# List of Italian films of 1989

A list of films produced in Italy in 1989 (see 1989 in film):
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| After Death | Claudio Fragasso | Jeff Stryker, Candice Daly | Horror | |
| About That Foreign Girl | Marco Leto | Helmut Griem, Joely Richardson, Duilio Del Prete | Drama-Mystery | |
| Amori in corso | Giuseppe Bertolucci | Amanda Sandrelli | comedy | |
| Arabella Black Angel | Stelvio Massi | Tinì Cansino | Giallo | |
| Il bambino e il poliziotto | Carlo Verdone | Carlo Verdone, Barbara Cupisti | crime-comedy | |
| Bankomatt | Villi Hermann | Bruno Ganz, Francesca Neri | drama | Italian-Swiss co-production |
| Beyond the Door III / Death Train | Jeff Kwitny | Bo Svenson | horror | |
| Blue Angel Cafe / Object of Desire | Joe D'Amato | Tara Buckman | erotic | |
| Born to Fight / Nato per combattere | Bruno Mattei | Brent Huff, Werner Pochath | Eurowar | |
| La bottega dell'orefice | Michael Anderson | Burt Lancaster, Olivia Hussey, Ben Cross, Jo Champa | drama | based on a play written by Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) |
| Burro | José María Sánchez | Renato Pozzetto, Elena Sofia Ricci | comedy-drama | |
| Casablanca Express | Sergio Martino | Jason Connery, Francesco Quinn | Eurowar | |
| 'The Church | Michele Soavi | Tomas Arana, Asia Argento | Horror | |
| The Belt | Giuliana Gamba | James Russo, Eleonora Brigliadori | erotic drama | |
| Codice privato | Francesco Maselli | Ornella Muti | drama | |
| Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love | Lina Wertmüller | Rutger Hauer, Nastassja Kinski, Dominique Sanda, Peter O'Toole, Faye Dunaway | drama | entered the competition at the 46th Venice International Film Festival |
| Dark Bar | Stelio Fiorenza | Marina Suma | drama | |
| Dimenticare Palermo | Francesco Rosi | James Belushi, Mimi Rogers, Joss Ackland | Thriller | |
| Disperatamente Giulia | Enrico Maria Salerno | Tahnee Welch, Fabio Testi, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Laura Antonelli | romance | TV miniseries |
| The End of the Night | Davide Ferrario | Claudio Bigagli, John Sayles | crime-drama | |
| Etoile | Peter Del Monte | Jennifer Connelly, Charles Durning | — | |
| Fashion Crimes | Damiano Damiani | Anthony Franciosa, Miles O'Keeffe | giallo | |
| Le finte bionde | Carlo Vanzina | Cinzia Leone | comedy | |
| Francesco | Liliana Cavani | Mickey Rourke, Helena Bonham Carter, Andréa Ferréol | biographical drama | Entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival |
| Fratelli d'Italia | Neri Parenti | Christian De Sica, Jerry Calà, Massimo Boldi | Comedy | |
| Goodnight, Michaelangelo | Carlo Liconti | Kim Cattrall, Giancarlo Giannini, Kim Coates, Lina Sastri | Comedy | |
| Ho vinto la lotteria di Capodanno | Neri Parenti | Paolo Villaggio, Antonio Allocca | Comedy | |
| The Icicle Thief (Ladri di saponette) | Maurizio Nichetti | Maurizio Nichetti, Caterina Sylos Labini, Federico Rizzo, Heidi Komarek, Renato Scarpa | Comedy | Golden St. George at Moscow, Nastro d'Argento best script |
| Indio | Antonio Margheriti | Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Francesco Quinn, Brian Dennehy | Adventure-Action | |
| Killer Crocodile | Fabrizio De Angelis | Van Johnson | Horror | |
| Leathernecks / Colli di cuoio | Ignazio Dolce | Richard Hatch, Tanya Gomez | Eurowar | |
| Marrakech Express | Gabriele Salvatores | Diego Abatantuono, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Cristina Marsillach | comedy | |
| Massacre Play / Gioco al massacro | Damiano Damiani | Tomas Milian, Elliott Gould, Nathalie Baye | drama | |
| Merry Christmas... Happy New Year | Luigi Comencini | Virna Lisi, Michel Serrault | comedy-drama | |
| Mery per sempre | Marco Risi | Michele Placido, Claudio Amendola, Francesco Benigno | drama | |
| Mortacci | Sergio Citti | Vittorio Gassman, Carol Alt, Malcolm McDowell, Mariangela Melato | commedia all'italiana | |
| Musica per vecchi animali | Umberto Angelucci, Stefano Benni | Dario Fo, Paolo Rossi, Francesco Guccini | comedy-drama | |
| Ne parliamo Lunedì | Luciano Odorisio | Andrea Roncato, Elena Sofia Ricci | comedy-drama | |
| Night Club | Sergio Corbucci | Christian De Sica, Mara Venier, Sabina Guzzanti | comedy | Set in 1960 |
| Nostos: The Return | Franco Piavoli | Luigi Mezzanotte [it] | adventure-drama | |
| 'O Re | Luigi Magni | Giancarlo Giannini, Ornella Muti, Luc Merenda | commedia all'italiana | |
| Paganini | Klaus Kinski | Klaus Kinski, Debora Caprioglio, Dalila Di Lazzaro | biographical drama | |
| Paganini Horror | Luigi Cozzi | Daria Nicolodi, Donald Pleasence | Horror | |
| Piccoli equivoci | Ricky Tognazzi | Sergio Castellitto, Lina Sastri, Nancy Brilli | comedy | |
| Il prete bello | Carlo Mazzacurati | Roberto Citran | drama | |
| The Red Monks | Gianni Martucci | Gerardo Merrato, Daniela Barnes, Malisa Longo | Horror | |
| Red Wood Pigeon (Palombella rossa) | Nanni Moretti | Nanni Moretti, Silvio Orlando, Asia Argento | Comedy | Nastro d'Argento best script |
| Santa Sangre | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Guy Stockwell | drama | Mexican-Italian co-production |
| Scugnizzi | Pupi Avati | Leo Gullotta, Pino Caruso, Aldo Giuffrè | musical drama | |
| Secret Scandal | Monica Vitti | Monica Vitti, Giancarlo Giannini, Stefania Sandrelli | commedia all'italiana | |
| Sinbad of the Seven Seas | Enzo G. Castellari | Lou Ferrigno, John Steiner, Alessandra Martines | commedia all'italiana | |
| The Sleazy Uncle | Franco Brusati | Vittorio Gassman, Elliott Gould, Catherine Spaak | commedia all'italiana | |
| Splendor | Ettore Scola | Marcello Mastroianni, Massimo Troisi, Marina Vlady | Filmgoer | entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Story of Boys and Girls (Storia di ragazzi e di ragazze) | Pupi Avati | Felice Andreasi, Lucrezia Lante della Rovere, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Comedy- Drama | Filmed in black and white, outside Italy, it's shown in color. 2 Nastro d'Argento. David di Donatello best script |
| The Tenth One in Hiding | Lina Wertmüller | Piera Degli Esposti, Dominique Sanda | drama | Screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival |
| Time to Kill | Giuliano Montaldo | Nicolas Cage, Ricky Tognazzi, Giancarlo Giannini | Drama | |
| Torrents of Spring | Jerzy Skolimowski | Timothy Hutton, Nastassja Kinski, Valeria Golino | romance | British-French-Italian co-production |
| Ultimo minuto | Pupi Avati | Ugo Tognazzi, Elena Sofia Ricci, Diego Abatantuono | Comedy- Drama | 2 David di Donatello |
| Vogliamoci troppo bene | Francesco Salvi | Francesco Salvi | Comedy | |
| What Time Is It? (Che ora è?) | Ettore Scola | Marcello Mastroianni, Massimo Troisi, Anne Parillaud | Drama | 4 Venice Awards |
| Wait Until Spring, Bandini | Dominique Deruddere | Joe Mantegna, Ornella Muti, Faye Dunaway | romance | Belgian-Italian-French-American co-production |
| Willy Signori e vengo da lontano | Francesco Nuti | Francesco Nuti, Isabella Ferrari, Anna Galiena | Comedy | |
| Witch Story | Alessandro Capone | Amy Adams, Jeff Bankert, Ian Bannen | | |

## Footnotes

* ↑ FB (2002). "Filmneuheiten". X Rated (in German). No. 19. p. 21.
* ↑ "After Death" (in Italian). Archiveo Del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
* ↑ J.C. Macek III (15 June 2012). "The Zombification Family Tree: Legacy of the Living Dead". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
* ↑ Luther Smith 1999, p. 8.
* ↑ Curti 2022, p. 391.
* ↑ Curti 2022, p. 9.
* ↑ Curti 2019, p. 171.
* ↑ Curti 2019, p. 175.
* ↑ Curti 2019, p. 181.
* ↑ Curti 2019, p. 178.
* ↑ Curti 2019, p. 185.

### Sources

* Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476672434.
* Curti, Roberto (2022). Italian Giallo in Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-8248-8.
* Luther Smith, Adrian (1999). Blood & Black Lace. Stray Cat Publishing. ISBN 0-9533261-1-X.