# List of LGBTQ-related films of 1989

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 1989. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.

## Films

| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
| Acılar Paylaşılmaz | Eser Zorlu | Turkey | Drama | Kadir Inanir, Betül Aytaç, Kerem Tunaboylu and Osman Gidisoglu | |
| Coming Out | Heiner Carow | East Germany | Romance, drama | Matthias Freihof, Dagmar Manzel, Dirk Kummer, Michael Gwisdek, Werner Dissel, Gudrun Ritter, Walfriede Schmitt, Axel Wandtke, Pierre Bliss, René Schmidt, Thomas Gumpert, Ursula Staack, Robert Hummel and Horst Ziethen | Coming Out was the winner of the Teddy Award for best feature film at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. |
| Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | United States | Documentary | Dustin Hoffman (narrator) | About the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt; won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1990. |
| Dead Poets Society | Peter Weir | United States | Drama | Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Norman Lloyd, Kurtwood Smith, Dylan Kussman, James Waterston, Allelon Ruggiero, Alexandra Powers, Leon Pownall and George Martin | |
| Fun Down There | Roger Stigliano | United States | Drama | Yvonne Fisher, Martin Goldin, Nickolas B. Nagourney, Jeanne Smith, Gretchen Sommerville, Betty Waite, Harold Waite and Michael Waite | |
| Identity Crisis | Melvin Van Peebles | United States | Comedy | Mario Van Peebles | |
| Justine's Film | Jeanne Crépeau | Canada | Drama | Marie-Hélène Montpetit | a.k.a. Le film de Justine |
| The Things of Love | Jaime Chávarri | Spain | Musical | Ángela Molina, Ángel de Andrés López, Manuel Bandera, María Barranco, Amparo Baró, Mary Carmen Ramírez, Diana Peñalver, Juan Gea, Rafael Alonso, Eva León, Ana Sáinz, Manuel Gallardo, Mari Paz Ballesteros (as Mª Paz Ballesteros), María Rus and Antonio Canal (as Tony Canal) | a.k.a. Las cosas del querer |
| Last Exit to Brooklyn | Uli Edel | United States United Kingdom West Germany | Crime, drama | Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young, Peter Dobson, Jerry Orbach, Stephen Baldwin, Jason Andrews, James Lorinz, Sam Rockwell, Maia Danziger, Camille Saviola, Ricki Lake, Cameron Johann, John Costelloe, Christopher Murney, Alexis Arquette, Mark Boone Junior and Rutanya Alda | Based on the novel of the same name by Hubert Selby Jr. |
| Longtime Companion | Norman René | United States | Romance, drama | Campbell Scott, Patrick Cassidy, John Dossett, Mary-Louise Parker, Stephen Caffrey, Welker White, Bruce Davison, Mark Lamos, Dermot Mulroney, Michael Schoeffling, Brian Cousins, Annie Golden, Brent Barrett, Dan Butler, Robi Martin, Robert Joy, Tony Shalhoub, David Drake, Michael Carmine and Melora Creager | First wide-release film to deal with the subject of AIDS |
| The Long Weekend (O' Despair) | Gregg Araki | United States | Drama | Bretton Vail, Maureen Dondanville, Andrea Beane, Nicole Dillenberg, Marcus D'Amico and Lance Woods | Winner of the Ernest Artaria Award at the 1989 Locarno International Film Festival. |
| Looking for Langston | Isaac Julien | United Kingdom | Drama | Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji, John Wilson, Dencil Williams, Guy Burgess, James Dublin, Harry Donaldson, Jimmy Somerville, Stuart Hall and Langston Hughes | Memoriam to Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance, winner of the Teddy Award at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival |
| The Rainbow | Ken Russell | United Kingdom United States | Action, drama, romance | Sammi Davis, Paul McGann, Amanda Donohoe, Christopher Gable, David Hemmings, Glenda Jackson, Dudley Sutton, Jim Carter, Judith Paris, Kenneth Colley, Glenda McKay, Mark Owen, Ralph Nossek, Nicola Stephenson, Molly Russell, Alan Edmondson, Rupert Russell, Richard Platt, Bernard Latham, John Tams, Zoe Brown, Amy Evans and Sam McMullen | Adapted from the novel of the same name by D. H. Lawrence |
| Salut Victor | Anne Claire Poirier | Canada | Drama | Jean Besré, Muriel Dutil, Jacques Godin, Juliette Huot, Marthe Nadeau, Huguette Oligny, Jean-Louis Roux and Julie Vincent | Based on the short story Matthew and Chauncy by Edward O. Phillips |
| Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills | Paul Bartel | United States | Comedy | Jacqueline Bisset, Ray Sharkey, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Ed Begley Jr., Wallace Shawn, Arnetia Walker, Paul Bartel, Paul Mazursky, Rebecca Schaeffer, Barret Oliver, Edith Diaz, Susan Saiger, Jerry Tondo and Michael Feinstein | |
| Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland | Michael A. Simpson | United States | Slasher | Pamela Springsteen, Tracy Griffith | a.k.a. Nightmare Vacation III |
| Tongues Untied | Marlon Riggs | United States | Documentary | Marlon Riggs, Essex Hemphill and Brian Freeman | |
| The Unbelievable Truth | Hal Hartley | United States | Comedy, drama | Adrienne Shelly, Robert John Burke (credited as Robert Burke) | |
| Via Appia | Jochen Hick | Germany | Adventure, drama, romance | Peter Senner, Guilherme de Pádua (credited as Guilherme de Padua), Yves Jansen, Margarita Schmidt, José Carlos Berenguer and Gustavo Motta | |