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Overview of the events of 1989 in filmTemplate:SHORTDESC:Overview of the events of 1989 in film
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The year 1989 involved many significant films.

## Highest-grossing films

See also: List of 1989 box office number-one films in the United States
The top 10 films released in 1989 by worldwide gross are as follows:

## Events

* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million. Basinger would lose the town to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech Corp., in 1993 after being forced to file for bankruptcy when a California judge ordered her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film *Boxing Helena*.
* A director's cut of *Lawrence of Arabia* is released with a 227-minute length. The restoration was undertaken by Robert A. Harris under the supervision of director David Lean.
* April 23 – *Field of Dreams*, starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, and Burt Lancaster, is released.
* May 24 – *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* is released. It is the third installment of the Indiana Jones series.
* June 13 – The James Bond film *Licence to Kill* is released. It would be followed by years of legal wrangling over the future of the popular series. The next Bond film, *GoldenEye*, is not released until 1995.
* June 16 – *Ghostbusters II* is released.
* June 23
	+ *Batman* is released, going on to gross more than $410 million worldwide, and establishing the public and critical attention of director Tim Burton.
	+ *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* is released and marks the directorial debut of visual effects supervisor Joe Johnston, who later went on to direct *The Rocketeer*, *Jumanji*, *October Sky*, *Jurassic Park III*, and *Captain America: The First Avenger*.
* July 7 – *Lethal Weapon 2* is released and becomes the highest-grossing film in the franchise. As well as the highest grossing R-rated film of the year at the domestic box office.
* July 11 – Screen, stage, and Shakespearian legend Laurence Olivier died peacefully in his home in England, after appearing in his last filmed role as an old soldier in *War Requiem*.
* August 2 – Ron Howard's family comedy *Parenthood*, starring Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, and Rick Moranis, is released.
* September 28 – Sony announce its intention to buy Columbia Pictures and Tri-Star Pictures. The deal is completed in November for a total cost of nearly $5 billion. They appoint Peter Guber and Jon Peters as co-chairman, in a further deal that cost up to $1 billion, after settling a lawsuit with Warner Bros.
* November 7 - Andrew G. Vajna agrees to sell his stake in Carolco Pictures to his co-chairman and co-founder Mario Kassar for $106 million.
* November 17 – *The Little Mermaid* becomes a critical and commercial success and brings new life to Walt Disney Feature Animation. *The Little Mermaid* also reinvigorated public and critical interest in The Walt Disney Company, which would become one of the most prestigious corporations of the 1990s.
* November 22 – *Back to the Future Part II* is released.

## 1989 wide-release films

### A

* *A Better Tomorrow III*, directed by Tsui Hark, starring Chow Yun-fat, Anita Mui and Tony Leung – (Hong Kong)
* *The Abyss*, directed by James Cameron, starring Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
* *All About Ah-Long* (Ah Long dik gu si), starring Chow Yun-fat and Sylvia Chang – (Hong Kong)
* *All Dogs Go To Heaven*, directed by Don Bluth, voices of Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise – (Ireland/U.K./U.S.)
* *Always*, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman and Audrey Hepburn
* *Amanece, que no es poco* (Sunrise, which is not a small thing) – (Spain)
* *Apartment Zero* (Conviviendo con la muerte), directed by Martin Donovan, starring Colin Firth – Golden Space Needle award – (Argentina)

### B

* *The BFG*, voice of David Jason – (U.K.)
* *Babar: The Movie* – (Canada/France)
* *Back to the Future Part II*, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Mary Steenburgen
* *Bashu, the Little Stranger* (Bashu, gharibeye koochak) – (Iran)
* *Batman*, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Jack Palance and Robert Wuhl
* *Before the Bat's Flight Is Done* (Mielőtt befejezi röptét a denevér) – (Hungary)
* *Bert Rigby, You're a Fool*, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Robert Lindsay, Robbie Coltrane and Anne Bancroft
* *Best of the Best*, starring Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones and Sally Kirkland
* *The Big Picture*, directed by Christopher Guest, starring Kevin Bacon, Michael McKean, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Martin Short
* *Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure*, starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter and George Carlin
* *Black Rain*, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Michael Douglas, Andy García and Kate Capshaw – (United States)
* *Black Rain* (Kuroi ame), directed by Shohei Imamura – (Japan)
* *Black Rainbow*, directed by Mike Hodges, starring Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards and Tom Hulce
* *Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love* (Chyornaya roza – emblema pechali, krasnaya roza – emblema lyubvi) – (U.S.S.R.)
* *The Blasphemers' Banquet*
* *Blaze*, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Paul Newman and Lolita Davidovich
* *Blind Fury*, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Rutger Hauer
* *Bloodhounds of Broadway*, starring Matt Dillon, Jennifer Grey, Julie Hagerty, Rutger Hauer, Madonna, Esai Morales and Randy Quaid
* *Blood Red*, directed by Peter Masterson, starring Eric Roberts, Julia Roberts, Dennis Hopper, Burt Young and Giancarlo Giannini
* *Blue Steel*
* *Born on the Fourth of July*, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Cruise—Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
* *Breaking In*, directed by Bill Forsyth, starring Burt Reynolds and Casey Siemaszko
* *The 'Burbs*, directed by Joe Dante starring Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher and Bruce Dern
* *Bye Bye Blues*, starring Rebecca Jenkins and Michael Ontkean – (Canada)

### C

* *Cage*, directed by Lang Elliott, starring Reb Brown and Lou Ferrigno
* *Cameron's Closet*, starring Scott Curtis
* *Casualties of War*, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn
* *Cat Chaser*, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Peter Weller and Kelly McGillis
* *Chameleon Street*, directed by and starring Wendell B. Harris, Jr.
* *Chances Are*, starring Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey, Jr., Ryan O'Neal and Mary Stuart Masterson
* *Chandni* (Moonlight), starring Sridevi – (India)
* *Checking Out*, starring Jeff Daniels
* *Cheetah*
* *A City of Sadness* (*Beiqing chengshi*), starring Tony Leung – Golden Lion award – (Taiwan)
* *Cohen and Tate*, starring Roy Scheider and Adam Baldwin
* *Cold Feet*, starring Keith Carradine, Sally Kirkland and Tom Waits
* *Communion*, starring Christopher Walken
* *The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover*, directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon and Helen Mirren – (U.K.)
* *Cousins*, starring Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young and William Petersen
* *Crimes and Misdemeanors*, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Mia Farrow, Alan Alda, Martin Landau, Sam Waterston and Anjelica Huston
* *Criminal Law*, starring Gary Oldman and Kevin Bacon
* *Crusoe*, starring Aidan Quinn – (U.K.)
* *Cyborg*, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme

### D

* *Dad*, starring Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Ethan Hawke, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker and Kevin Spacey
* *Dead Bang*, starring Don Johnson
* *Dead Calm*, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane – (Australia)
* *Dead Poets Society*, directed by Peter Weir, starring Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke and Norman Lloyd
* *DeepStar Six*, starring Greg Evigan, Nancy Everhard, Cindy Pickett, Taurean Blacque and Miguel Ferrer
* *Dekalog*, directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski – (Poland)
* *The Delinquents*, starring Kylie Minogue and Charlie Schlatter – (Australia)
* *Der Todesking*, directed by Jörg Buttgereit – (Germany)
* *Dimenticare Palermo* (To Forget Palermo), directed by Francesco Rosi – (Italy)
* *Disorganized Crime*, starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Rubén Blades
* *Do the Right Thing*, directed by and starring Spike Lee, with Danny Aiello, John Turturro, Bill Nunn, Giancarlo Esposito, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
* *Doggie Adventure*, a novelty video made for dogs and released on VHS
* *Dream a Little Dream*, starring Corey Feldman, Corey Haim and Meredith Salenger
* *The Dream Team*, starring Michael Keaton, Peter Boyle, Christopher Lloyd and Stephen Furst
* *Driving Miss Daisy*, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd – Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture
* *Drugstore Cowboy*, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch
* *A Dry White Season*, directed by Euzhan Palcy, starring Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Susan Sarandon and Marlon Brando

### E

* *The Ear* (Ucho) – (Czechoslovakia) – made in 1970 but banned until 1989
* *Echoes of Paradise*, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Wendy Hughes and John Lone – (Australia)
* *Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!*, starring Michael Pare and Marina Orsini – (Canada)
* *Edge of Sanity*, starring Anthony Perkins
* *Eeshwar*, starring Anil Kapoor – (India)
* *Elves*, starring Dan Haggerty
* *Enemies, a Love Story*, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin and Margaret Sophie Stein
* *Erik the Viking*, directed by and starring Terry Jones, with Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney and John Cleese – (U.K.)
* *Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure*, starring Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle and Roxana Zal
* *The Experts*, starring John Travolta, Arye Gross and Kelly Preston

### F

* *The Fabulous Baker Boys*, starring Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer and Beau Bridges
* *Family Business*, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman and Matthew Broderick
* *Farewell to the King*, directed by John Milius, starring Nick Nolte and Nigel Havers
* *Fat Man and Little Boy*, starring Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, John Cusack and Laura Dern
* *Field of Dreams*, starring Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield and Burt Lancaster
* *Fletch Lives*, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook and R. Lee Ermey
* *Food of the Gods II*, directed by Damian Lee
* *Fool's Mate* (Zugzwang), starring Victoria Tennant – (West Germany)
* *For Queen and Country*, starring Denzel Washington – (UK/US)
* *Freeze Die Come to Life* (Zamri, umri, voskresni!) – (U.S.S.R.)
* *Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan*, directed by Rob Hedden, starring Jensen Daggett and Scott Reeves

### G

* *Gang of Four*, directed by Jacques Rivette, starring Bulle Ogier – (France)
* *Getting It Right*, starring Jane Horrocks and Helena Bonham Carter – (U.K.)
* *Ghostbusters II*, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts and Peter MacNicol
* *Gleaming the Cube*, starring Christian Slater
* *Glory*, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes and Morgan Freeman
* *God of Gamblers* (Du shen), starring Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau – (Hong Kong)
* *Godzilla vs. Biollante* – (Japan)
* *A Grand Day Out*, directed by Nick Park, voice of Peter Sallis - (U.K.)
* *Great Balls of Fire!*, directed by Jim McBride, starring Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder and Alec Baldwin
* *Gross Anatomy*, starring Matthew Modine, Daphne Zuniga and Christine Lahti

### H

* *Harlem Nights*, directed by and starring Eddie Murphy, with Richard Pryor, Danny Aiello, Jasmine Guy, Redd Foxx and Della Reese
* *Hathyar*, starring Dharmendra and Sanjay Dutt – (India)
* *Heart of Dixie*, starring Ally Sheedy, Virginia Madsen, Phoebe Cates and Treat Williams
* *Heathers*, directed by Michael Lehmann, starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater
* *Henry V*, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, with Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed, Paul Scofield and Emma Thompson – (U.K.)
* *Her Alibi*, starring Tom Selleck and Paulina Porizkova
* *Hit List*, starring Jan-Michael Vincent and Rip Torn
* *Homer and Eddie*, starring Whoopi Goldberg and James Belushi
* *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids*, starring Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer and Marcia Strassman
* *A Hoof Here, a Hoof There* (Kopytem sem, kopytem tam) – (Czechoslovakia)
* *Houseboat Horror*, starring Alan Dale – (Australia)
* *How I Got Into College*, starring Lara Flynn Boyle and Anthony Edwards
* *How to Get Ahead in Advertising*, directed by Bruce Robinson, starring Richard E. Grant – (U.K.)

### I

* *I Love, You Love* (Ja milujem, ty miluješ) – (Czechoslovakia)
* *Ice Pawn*, starring Dan Haggerty
* *The Icicle Thief* (Ladri di saponette) – (Italy)
* *Immediate Family*, starring Glenn Close, James Woods and Mary Stuart Masterson
* *In Country*, starring Bruce Willis and Emily Lloyd
* *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Julian Glover and River Phoenix
* *An Innocent Man*, starring Tom Selleck
* *Intergirl* (Interdevochka) – (U.S.S.R.)
* *Interrogation* (Przesluchanie), directed by Ryszard Bugajski – (Poland) – banned for over 7 years, released after overthrow of communist regime in Poland
* *Ivan and Alexandra* – (Bulgaria)

### J

* *Jacknife*, starring Robert De Niro, Ed Harris and Kathy Baker
* *The January Man*, starring Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Harvey Keitel, Danny Aiello and Rod Steiger
* *Je suis le seigneur du château* (I'm the King of the Castle) – (France)
* *Jesus of Montreal* – (Canada/France)
* *Johnny Handsome*, directed by Walter Hill, starring Mickey Rourke, Forest Whitaker, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern and Morgan Freeman

### K

* *K-9*, starring James Belushi
* *The Karate Kid Part III*, starring Ralph Macchio and Noriyuki "Pat" Morita
* *Kickboxer*, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
* *Kiki's Delivery Service* (Majo no Takkyūbin), directed by Hayao Miyazaki – (Japan)
* *The Killer* (dip hyut soeng hung), directed by John Woo, starring Chow Yun-fat – (Hong Kong)
* *Killing Dad*
* *Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects*, starring Charles Bronson

### L

* *Last Exit to Brooklyn*, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh
* *Lean on Me*, directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Morgan Freeman
* *Leningrad Cowboys Go America*, directed by Aki Kaurismäki, starring Leningrad Cowboys – (Finland)
* *Lethal Weapon 2*, directed by Richard Donner, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover
* *Leviathan*, starring Peter Weller, Richard Crenna and Meg Foster
* *Licence to Kill*, 16th of James Bond series, starring Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi and Carey Lowell – (U.K.)
* *Life and Nothing But* (La vie et rien d'autre), directed by Bertrand Tavernier – (France)
* *Listen to Me*, starring Kirk Cameron, Jami Gertz and Roy Scheider, Christopher Atkins
* *The Little Mermaid*, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, voices of Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll and Buddy Hackett
* *Little Monsters*, starring Fred Savage and Howie Mandel – (Ireland/UK/US)
* *Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland*, voices of Gabriel Damon, Mickey Rooney, René Auberjonois and Danny Mann, Bernard Erhard
* *Lock Up*, starring Sylvester Stallone and Donald Sutherland
* *Lonesome Dove*, TV film, starring Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Lane, Anjelica Huston, Chris Cooper, Ricky Schroder, Danny Glover and Frederic Forrest
* *Look Who's Talking*, starring John Travolta and Kirstie Alley
* *Lost Angels*, directed by Hugh Hudson, starring Donald Sutherland, Adam Horovitz and Amy Locane
* *Loverboy*, starring Patrick Dempsey, Carrie Fisher, Barbara Carrera and Kirstie Alley

### M

* *Maine Pyar Kiya* (I Fell in Love), starring Salman Khan – (India)
* *Major League*, directed by David S. Ward, starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, James Gammon, Margaret Whitton and Wesley Snipes
* *Marquis* – (Belgium/France)
* *The Marriage of the Blessed* (Arousi-ye Khouban) – (Iran)
* *Meet the Feebles*, directed by Peter Jackson – (New Zealand)
* *Meet the Hollowheads*, starring Juliette Lewis
* *The Mighty Quinn*, starring Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, Mimi Rogers and Esther Rolle
* *Millennium*, starring Kris Kristofferson and Cheryl Ladd
* *Miracles*, starring Jackie Chan, Anita Mui and Richard Ng (Hong Kong)
* *Miss Firecracker*, starring Holly Hunter, Tim Robbins, Mary Steenburgen, Alfre Woodard and Scott Glenn
* *Monsieur Hire*, directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Michel Blanc and Sandrine Bonnaire – (France)
* *Mother* (Mat) – (U.S.S.R.)
* *Music Box*, directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest and Lukas Haas – Golden Bear award (for 1990)
* *My 20th Century* – (Hungary/West Germany)
* *My Left Foot*, directed by Jim Sheridan, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker – (Ireland/U.K.)
* *Mystery Train*, directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Youki Kudoh, Masatoshi Nagase, Steve Buscemi and Joe Strummer – (Japan/United States)
* *Milo and Otis*, narrated by Dudley Moore, directed by Masanori Hata (English translation)

### N

* *National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation*, directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik, starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo and Randy Quaid
* *The Newcomer in The Cabbage*
* *New York Stories*, trilogy directed by Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Woody Allen, starring Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Mia Farrow and Talia Shire
* *Next of Kin*, starring Patrick Swayze
* *Night Game*, starring Roy Scheider
* *A Nightmare on Drug Street*, starring Adam Jeffries
* *A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child* directed by Stephen Hopkins, starting Robert Englund and Lisa Wilcox
* *No Holds Barred*, starring Hulk Hogan
* *Nowhere to Run*, directed by Carl Franklin, starring David Carradine

### O

* *O Sangue (Blood)* – (Portugal)
* *Old Gringo*, starring Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits
* *Out of the Dark*, starring Karen Black and Bud Cort

### P

* *The Package*, directed by Andrew Davis, starring Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy and Tommy Lee Jones
* *The Paper Wedding*, starring Geneviève Bujold – (Canada)
* *Parenthood*, directed by Ron Howard, starring Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards, Dianne Wiest, Rick Moranis, Tom Hulce and Martha Plimpton
* *Parents*, directed by Bob Balaban, starring Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt
* *Pedicab Driver* (Qun long xi feng), directed by and starring Sammo Hung – (Hong Kong)
* *Penn & Teller Get Killed*
* *Pet Sematary*, directed by Mary Lambert written by Stephen King, starring Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby and Miko Hughes
* *Physical Evidence*, directed by Michael Crichton, starring Burt Reynolds and Theresa Russell
* *Pink Cadillac*, starring Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters
* *Prancer*, starring Sam Elliott and Cloris Leachman
* *The Punisher*, starring Dolph Lundgren
* *Puppet Master*, starring Paul Le Mat

### R

* *The Rainbow*, directed by Ken Russell, starring Sammi Davis, Paul McGann, Amanda Donohoe and Glenda Jackson – (U.K.)
* *Ramji Rav Speaking* – (India)
* *Red Scorpion*, starring Dolph Lundgren
* *Relentless*, starring Judd Nelson and Robert Loggia
* *Renegades*, starring Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips
* *The Return of the Musketeers*, directed by Richard Lester, starring Michael York, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain and Kim Cattrall – (U.K./France/Spain)
* *Reunion*, starring Jason Robards – (U.K.)
* *La Révolution française* (The French Revolution), starring Klaus Maria Brandauer – (France/West Germany/Italy/U.K.)
* *Road House*, starring Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Ben Gazzara and Sam Elliott
* *Roadkill* – (Canada)
* *Roger & Me*, a documentary by Michael Moore
* *Rojo Amanecer* (Red Dawn) – (Mexico)
* *Rosalie Goes Shopping*, starring Marianne Sägebrecht and Judge Reinhold – (West Germany)

### S

* *Santa Sangre* (Holy Blood) – (Mexico)
* *Say Anything...*, directed by Cameron Crowe, starring John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney
* *Scandal*, directed by Michael Caton-Jones, starring Joanne Whalley, John Hurt, Ian McKellen, Bridget Fonda – (U.K.)
* *Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills*, directed by Paul Bartel, starring Jacqueline Bisset, Ed Begley, Jr., Rebecca Schaeffer
* *Sea of Love*, directed by Harold Becker, starring Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman
* *Second Sight*, starring John Larroquette, Bronson Pinchot, Stuart Pankin
* *See No Evil, Hear No Evil*, starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor
* *See You in the Morning*, starring Jeff Bridges, Alice Krige, Farrah Fawcett
* *The Servant* (Sluga) – (U.S.S.R.)
* *The Seventh Continent* (Der siebente Kontinent), directed by Michael Haneke – (Austria)
* *Sex, Lies, and Videotape*, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo—Palme d'Or award
* *Shag*, starring Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda, Annabeth Gish
* *Shaso* – (Japan)
* *She-Devil*, directed by Susan Seidelman, starring Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr, Ed Begley, Jr.
* *She's Out of Control*, starring Tony Danza
* *Shirley Valentine*, directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Pauline Collins (BAFTA for best actress) – (U.K.)
* *Shocker*, directed by Wes Craven, starring Michael Murphy, Peter Berg, Mitch Pileggi, Cami Cooper
* *Signs of Life*, starring Beau Bridges and Kathy Bates
* *Sinbad of the Seven Seas*, starring Lou Ferrigno
* *Sing*, starring Lorraine Bracco
* *Skin Deep*, directed by Blake Edwards, starring John Ritter
* *Slaves of New York*, directed by James Ivory, starring Bernadette Peters
* *Slipstream*, starring Mark Hamill, Bill Paxton, Ben Kingsley
* *Society*, starring Billy Warlock
* *Souvenir*, starring Christopher Plummer
* *Speed Zone*, starring John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Tim Matheson, Donna Dixon, the Smothers Brothers
* *Spider's Web* (Das Spinnennetz), directed by Bernhard Wicki – (West Germany)
* *Splendor*, starring Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
* *Split*
* *Star Trek V: The Final Frontier*, directed by and starring William Shatner, with Leonard Nimoy, Laurence Luckinbill
* *Staying Together*, directed by Lee Grant, starring Sean Astin, Stockard Channing, Melinda Dillon, Levon Helm, Dermot Mulroney, Daphne Zuniga
* *Steel Magnolias*, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah
* *Strapless*, directed by David Hare, starring Blair Brown, Bruno Ganz, Bridget Fonda – (U.K.)
* *The Striker with Number 9* (I fanela me to '9') – (Greece)
* *Sweet Home* – (Japan)
* *Sweetie*, directed by Jane Campion – (Australia)

### T

* *The Tall Guy*, directed by Mel Smith, starring Jeff Goldblum, Emma Thompson and Rowan Atkinson – (U.K.)
* *Tango & Cash*, starring Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell
* *Tap*, starring Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis, Jr.
* *Ten Little Indians*, starring Donald Pleasence, Herbert Lom, Brenda Vaccaro and Frank Stallone – (U.K.)
* *Tetsuo: The Iron Man* – (Japan)
* *Thick Skinned* (Peaux de vaches), starring Sandrine Bonnaire – (France)
* *Three Fugitives*, starring Nick Nolte and Martin Short
* *Too Beautiful for You* (Trop belle pour toi), directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu and Carole Bouquet – (France)
* *Triumph of the Spirit*, starring Willem Dafoe
* *Troop Beverly Hills*, starring Shelley Long, Betty Thomas and Craig T. Nelson
* *Tropical Snow*, starring David Carradine
* *True Love* – won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival
* *Turner & Hooch*, starring Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson and Reginald VelJohnson

### U

* *UHF*, written by and starring "Weird Al" Yankovic
* *Uncle Buck*, directed by John Hughes, starring John Candy and Amy Madigan

### V

* *Valmont*, directed by Miloš Forman, starring Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk and Henry Thomas – (United States/France)
* *Vampire's Kiss*, starring Nicolas Cage, María Conchita Alonso and Jennifer Beals
* *Violent Cop* (Sono otoko, kyōbō ni tsuki), directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano – (Japan)

### W

* *Waltzing Regitze* (Dansen med Regitze) – (Denmark)
* *Warlock*, starring Julian Sands
* *The War of the Roses*, directed by and starring Danny DeVito, with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner
* *War Requiem*, starring Laurence Olivier in his final role – (U.K.)
* *Weekend at Bernie's*, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman
* *Welcome Home*, directed by Franklin Schaffner, starring Kris Kristofferson, JoBeth Williams, Sam Waterston and Brian Keith
* *We're No Angels*, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Demi Moore, Hoyt Axton, Bruno Kirby and John C. Reilly
* *What Time is it?* (Che ora è?), directed by Ettore Scola, starring Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
* *When Harry Met Sally...*, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Bruno Kirby and Carrie Fisher
* *When the Whales Came*, starring Paul Scofield, David Threlfall and Helen Mirren – (U.K.)
* *Who's Harry Crumb?*, starring John Candy, Annie Potts, Jeffrey Jones, Barry Corbin, Tim Thomerson and Shawnee Smith
* *Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?* (Dalmaga dongjjok-euro gan ggadakeun?) – (South Korea)
* *Wicked Stepmother*, starring Bette Davis, Barbara Carrera and Colleen Camp
* *Willy the Sparrow* (Vili, a veréb) – (Hungary)
* *Wilt*, starring Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith – (U.K.)
* *Winter People*, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Kurt Russell, Kelly McGillis and Lloyd Bridges
* *The Winter War* (Talvisota) – (Finland)
* *The Wizard*, starring Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, Jenny Lewis, Beau Bridges and Christian Slater
* *Wodaabe - Herdsmen of the Sun* (Wodaabe – Die Hirten der Sonne), directed by Werner Herzog – (West Germany)
* *The Women on the Roof*
* *Worth Winning*, starring Mark Harmon, Madeleine Stowe and Lesley Ann Warren

## Births

* January 1 – Adele Haenel, French actress
* January 3 – Alex D. Linz, American actor
* January 8 - Karan Soni, Indian-American actor
* January 9 – Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress and model
* January 17 – Kelly Marie Tran, American actress
* January 23 – April Pearson, English actress
* January 20 – Piret Krumm, Estonian actress
* January 26 – Hannah Arterton, American actress
* January 30 - Khleo Thomas, American actor
* February 1 - Marco Pigossi, Brazilian actor
* February 3 - Ryne Sanborn, American former actor
* February 4
	+ Märt Pius, Estonian actor
	+ Priit Pius, Estonian actor
* February 5 – Jeremy Sumpter, American actor
* February 10 – Olga Korsak, Latvian actress
* February 13
	+ Carly McKillip, Canadian actress and singer
	+ Katie Volding, American actress
* February 16 – Elizabeth Olsen, American actress
* February 21
	+ Corbin Bleu, American actor and singer
	+ Scout Taylor-Compton, American actress and singer
* February 24 – Daniel Kaluuya, English actor
* March 1 – Daniella Monet, American actress and singer
* March 3
	+ Andrea Brooks, Canadian actress and model
	+ Nathalie Emmanuel, English actress
* March 5
	+ Jake Lloyd, American actor
	+ Sterling Knight, American actor and musician
* March 11
	+ Rainey Qualley, American actress and singer
	+ Anton Yelchin, Russian-American actor (died 2016)
* March 15 – Caitlin Wachs, American actress
* March 18 – Lily Collins, English-American actress
* March 20 – Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director
* March 23 - Ayesha Curry, Canadian-American actress
* March 25
	+ Matthew Beard (English actor), English actor and model
	+ Aly Michalka, American actress and singer
* April 2 – Liis Lass, Estonian actress
* April 5
	+ Freddie Fox (actor), English actor, director and voice artist
	+ Lily James, English actress
* April 8 - Gabriella Wilde, English model and actress
* April 18 – Alia Shawkat, American actress
* April 19 – Simu Liu, Canadian actor, writer, producer and stuntman
* April 26 - Luke Bracey, Australian actor
* April 29 – Gabriel Chavarria, American-Hispanic actor
* May 5 – Larissa Wilson, English actress
* May 10 – Lindsey Shaw, American actress
* May 16 – Pääru Oja, Estonian actor
* May 23 – Alberto Frezza, Italian–American actor
* May 24 - Tara Correa-McMullen, American actress (died 2005)
* May 29
	+ Riley Keough, American actress
	+ Mathew Waters, Australian actor
* June 3
	+ Imogen Poots, English actress
	+ Megumi Han, Japanese voice actress
* June 3 – Daniela Vega, Chilean actress
* June 14
	+ Lucy Hale, American actress and singer
	+ Courtney Halverson, American actress
* June 18 - Renee Olstead, American actress and singer
* June 20 – Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
* June 23 - Marielle Jaffe, American actress, singer and model
* June 25
	+ Edgar Morais, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
	+ Rafael Morais, Portuguese actor, director, and screenwriter
* June 27
	+ Kimiko Glenn, American actress
	+ Kelley Jakle, American actress and singer-songwriter
	+ Matthew Lewis, English actor
* July 1
	+ Mitch Hewer, English actor
	+ Hannah Murray, English actress
* July 11
	+ David Henrie, American actor
	+ Shareeka Epps, American actress
* July 12 - Phoebe Tonkin, Australian actress and model
* July 14 - Alisha Wainwright, American actress
* July 16 - Kim Woo-bin, South Korean actor
* July 21
	+ Rory Culkin, American actor
	+ Jasmine Cephas Jones, American actress, singer and producer
	+ Juno Temple, English actress
	+ Jing Tian, Chinese actress
	+ Jamie Waylett, British former actor
* July 23 – Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
* July 27 - Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
* July 31
	+ Alexis Knapp, American actress
	+ Jessica Williams (actress), American actress and comedian
	+ Zelda Williams, American actress, director, producer and writer
* August 1 - Landry Allbright, American actress, writer and editor
* August 2 – Priscilla Betti, French actress
* August 10 – Brenton Thwaites, Australian actor
* August 14 – Artyom Bogucharsky, Russian actor
* August 11 – Alexis Tipton, American voice actress
* August 15
	+ Joe Jonas, American singer and actor (Jonas Brothers)
	+ Carlos PenaVega, actor (Big Time Rush)
* August 18 - Anna Akana, American filmmaker, actress, comedian, musician and YouTuber
* August 21
	+ Rob Knox, English actor (died 2008)
	+ Hayden Panettiere, American actress and singer
* September 5
	+ Thomas Cocquerel, Australian actor
	+ Kat Graham, American actress, model, singer and dancer
	+ Olivier Richters, Dutch bodybuilder, actor and model
* September 7
	+ Loren Allred, American singer, songwriter and actress
	+ Hannah John-Kamen, English actress
	+ Jonathan Majors, American actor
	+ Hugh Mitchell (actor), English actor
* September 14
	+ Logan Henderson, actor (Big Time Rush)
	+ Jesse James (actor), American actor
* September 19 - Lorenza Izzo, Chilean actress and model
* October 1 – Brie Larson, American actress
* October 4 – Dakota Johnson, American actress
* October 10 - Aimee Teegarden, American actress, model and producer
* October 14 – Mia Wasikowska, Australian actress
* October 24 - Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress
* October 30 - Dustin Ybarra, American stand-up comedian and actor
* November 10 – Taron Egerton, Welsh actor
* November 18 - Stephanie Nogueras, American actress
* November 20 - Cody Linley, American actor and singer
* November 22 - Alden Ehrenreich, American actor
* November 26 - Katie Sagona, American former child actress
* December 2 – Cassie Steele, Canadian actress and singer
* December 7 – Nicholas Hoult, English actor
* December 13 – Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter, actress, and musician
* December 18 – Ashley Benson, American actress and model
* December 29
	+ Jane Levy, American actress
	+ Left Brain, American rapper

## Film debuts

* William Baldwin – *Born on the Fourth of July*
* Hugo Blick – *Batman*
* Adrien Brody – *New York Stories*
* Vincent Cassel – *Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête*
* Michael Chiklis – *Wired*
* Anna Chlumsky – *Uncle Buck*
* Steve Coogan – *Resurrected*
* Kevin Corrigan – *Lost Angels*
* Kirsten Dunst – *New York Stories*
* Ron Eldard – *True Love*
* Vivica A. Fox – *Born on the Fourth of July*
* Carla Gugino – *Troop Beverly Hills*
* Jared Harris – *The Rachel Papers*
* Teri Hatcher – *The Big Picture*
* Thomas Mikal Ford – *Harlem Nights*
* Rob Hedden (director) – *Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan*
* John Michael Higgins – *Vampire's Kiss*
* Bryce Dallas Howard – *Parenthood*
* Kelly Hu – *Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan*
* Toby Huss – *Zadar! Cow from Hell*
* Jason Isaacs – *The Tall Guy*
* Allison Janney – *Who Shot Pat?*
* Martin Lawrence – *Do the Right Thing*
* Harry Lennix – *The Package*
* Tobey Maguire – *The Wizard*
* Matt Malloy – *The Unbelievable Truth*
* Costas Mandylor – *Triumph of the Spirit*
* Michael Moore – *Roger & Me*
* Mary-Louise Parker – *Signs of Life*
* Rosie Perez – *Do the Right Thing*
* John C. Reilly – *Casualties of War*
* Sam Rockwell – *Clownhouse*
* Rene Russo – *Major League*
* Bill Sage – *The Unbelievable Truth*
* Adam Sandler – *Going Overboard*
* Annabella Sciorra – *True Love*
* Molly Shannon – *The Phantom of the Opera*
* Tom Sizemore – *Lock Up*
* Emma Thompson – *The Tall Guy*
* Aida Turturro – *True Love*
* Michael Jai White – *The Toxic Avenger Part II*
* Elijah Wood – *Back to the Future Part II*

## See also

* List of American films of 1989
* List of British films of 1989
* List of French films of 1989
* List of German films of the 1980s
* List of Bollywood films of 1989
* List of Italian films of 1989
* List of Japanese films of 1989
* List of Swedish films of the 1980s

## References

1. ↑ "1989 Worldwide Box Office". *Box Office Mojo*. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
2. ↑ "Daniel Radcliffe". *BFI*. Retrieved 9 January 2022.

## External links

* "The Summer Of '89" – www.screenrush.co.uk
* 1989 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
* Top 1989 Movies at the Domestic Box Office at The Numbers
* Top 1989 Movies at the International Box Office at The Numbers
* Top 1989 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office at The Numbers
* Top-US-Grossing Titles Released 1989-01-01 to 1989-12-31 at IMDb
* Most Popular Feature Films Released 1989-01-01 to 1989-12-31 at IMDb

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