# List of Soviet films of 1989

| Title | Russian title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1989 ||||||
| Abduction of the Wizard | Похищение чародея | Viktor Kobzev | Yulia Aug, Romualdas Ramanauskas, Sergey Varchuk, Vladimir Gostyukhin | Science fiction | |
| Anarchy | Беспредел | Igor Gostev | Andrey Tashkov, Anton Androsov | Drama | |
| Anecdote | Анекдот | Yefim Abramov, Nizami Musayev | Rasim Balayev, Jeyhun Mirzayev, Yashar Nuri | Comedy, drama | |
| Anna: 6 - 18 | Анна: от 6 до 18 | Nikita Mikhalkov | Anna Mikhalkova | Experimental documentary | |
| Before Sunrise | Перед рассветом | Yaropolk Lapshin | Valeri Ryzhakov, Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyorny | Action | |
| Besame | Бесаме | Nino Akhvlediani | Dato Gabunia | Drama | |
| Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love | Чёрная роза — эмблема печали, красная роза — эмблема любви | Sergei Solovyov | Tatyana Drubich, Aleksandr Abdulov | Comedy | Screened at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival |
| Crash – Cop's Daughter | Авария — дочь мента | Mikhail Tumanishvili | Vladimir Ilyin, Oksana Arbuzova | Drama | |
| The Criminal Quartet | Криминальный квартет | Aleksandr Muratov | Nikolai Karachentsov, Vladimir Steklov | Action | |
| The Drayman and the King | Биндюжник и Король | Vladimir Alenikov | Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Zinoviy Gerdt | Comedy | |
| Entrance to the Labyrinth | Вход в лабиринт | Valeriy Kremnev | Igor Kostolevsky, Ivars Kalniņš, Yuriy Nazarov, Zhanna Prokhorenko | Crime | |
| The Feasts of Belshazzar, or a Night with Stalin | Пиры Валтасара, или Ночь со Сталиным | Yuri Kara | Aleksei Petrenko, Aleksandr Feklistov, Valentin Gaft, Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev | Historical drama | |
| Freeze Die Come to Life | Замри, умри, воскресни | Vitali Kanevsky | Dinara Drukarova | Drama | Won the Caméra d'Or at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival |
| From the Life of Fyodor Kuzkin | Из жизни Фёдора Кузькина | Stanislav Rostotsky | Aleksandr Susnin, Tatyana Bedova | Drama | |
| Hard to Be a God | Трудно быть богом | Peter Fleischmann | Edward Zentara, Alexander Philippenko, Andrei Boltnev, Werner Herzog | Science fiction | Soviet-French-West German co-production |
| How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea | В городе Сочи тёмные ночи | Vasili Pichul | Aleksei Zharkov, Natalya Negoda, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Alexander Lenkov | Comedy | Screened at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Initiated | Посвящённый | Oleg Teptsov | Gor Oganisyan, Lyubov Polishchuk | Drama | |
| Intergirl | Интердевочка | Pyotr Todorovsky | Elena Yakovleva, Vsevolod Shilovsky, Zinovy Gerdt, Lyubov Polishchuk | Drama | |
| It | Оно | Sergei Ovcharov | Rolan Bykov, Natalya Gundareva | Comedy | |
| It Happened Near the Sea | Это было у моря | Ayan Shakhmaliyeva | Valentina Ananina, Irina Annina | Drama | |
| Katala | Катала | Sergei Bodrov, Alexander Buravsky | Valeriy Garkalin, Yelena Safonova | Crime drama | |
| To Kill a Dragon | Убить дракона | Mark Zakharov | Aleksandr Abdulov, Oleg Yankovsky, Yevgeny Leonov, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Aleksandra Zakharova, Viktor Rakov | Fantasy | Soviet-West Germany co-production |
| Mother | Мать | Gleb Panfilov | Inna Churikova | Drama | Entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Red Flute | Месть | Yermek Shinarbayev | Aleksandr Pan | Drama | Screened at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Servant | Слуга | Vadim Abdrashitov | Oleg Borisov | Drama | Entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Stray Dogs | Псы | Dmitry Svetozarov | Sergey Kokovkin, Andrey Krasko | Thriller | |
| A Trip to Wiesbaden | Поездка в Висбаден | Yevgeni Gerasimov | Sergey Zhigunov, Yelena Seropova | Drama | |
| Two arrows. Stone Age Detective | Две стрелы. Детектив каменного века | Alla Surikova | Alexander Kuznetsov, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Olga Kabo, Nikolai Karachentsov | Crime | |
| A Visitor to a Museum | Посетитель музея | Konstantin Lopushansky | Viktor Mikhaylov | Science fiction | Entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival |
| The Witches Cave | Подземелье ведьм | Yuri Moroz | Sergey Zhigunov, Marina Levtova, Dmitry Pevtsov, Nikolai Karachentsov | Science fiction | |
| Yolki-palki | Ёлки-палки! | Sergei Nikonenko | Sergei Nikonenko, Ekaterina Voronina | Comedy | |
| Zerograd | Город Зеро | Karen Shakhnazarov | Leonid Filatov, Oleg Basilashvili, Vladimir Menshov, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev | Comedy, drama | Was as selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. |