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| 1 |  | Say Anything... (1989) |  3.2331 84 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Romance, Teen |
$6.88
| After high school graduation Lloyd finally gets the courage to ask out valedictorian Diane Court. ...more about Say Anything... starring John Cusack and Ione Skye |
| 2 |  | Do The Right Thing (1989) | 3.2097 73 reviews | R | Drama, Crime, Comedy |
$5.99
| On one of the hottest days of the year, in a small neighborhood in Brooklyn, tempers rise with the ...more about Do The Right Thing starring Spike Lee and Danny Aiello |
| 3 |  | Field of Dreams (1989) | 3.1945 60 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Sports |
$4.49
| An Iowa farmer begins to hear a voice telling him to build a baseball field. When his task is ...more about Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner and Amy Madigan |
| 4 |  | Glory (1989) | 3.1605 49 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, History, War |
$3.95
| Based on the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw. Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the ...more about Glory starring Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington |
| 5 |  | Heathers (1989) | 3.1316 104 reviews | R | Drama, Crime, Romance, Comedy |
$9.10
| Veronica is fed up with her mean, manipulative girlfriends, The Heathers. As a practical joke, she ...more about Heathers starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater |
| 6 |  | Driving Miss Daisy (1989) | 3.1055 54 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$4.21
| An elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta can no longer drive. Her son insists she allow him to ...more about Driving Miss Daisy starring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy |
| 7 |  | Abyss, The (1989) | 3.0643 97 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$7.49
| An American nuclear submarine is attacked (during the cold war) and crashes underwater. The navy ...more about Abyss starring Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio |
| 8 |  | Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) | 3.0630 65 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Comedy |
$5.69
| Opthalmologist Judah Rosenthal has had an affair with Dolores for several years, and now she ...more about Crimes and Misdemeanors starring Martin Landau and Derek Smith |
| 9 |  | War of the Roses, The (1989) | 3.0610 51 reviews | R | Drama, Comedy |
$4.11
| In this dark comedy the Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. When Barbara ...more about War of the Roses starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner |
| 10 |  | Santa sangre (1989) | 3.0507 33 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery | N/A | After escaping from a mental institution a young circus performer rejoins his armless mother and ...more about Santa sangre starring Axel Jodorowsky and Blanca Guerra |
| 11 |  | sex, lies, and videotape (1989) | 3.0361 37 reviews | R | Drama |
$6.29
| Ann is married to John, who is having an affair with her sister Cynthia. Ann's a quiet type and ...more about sex starring James Spader and David Foil |
| 12 |  | My Left Foot (1989) | 3.0255 35 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$10.98
| Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, ...more about My Left Foot starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker |
| 13 |  | Drugstore Cowboy (1989) | 3.0250 44 reviews | R | Drama, Crime |
$5.25
| A group of drug users in the 1970's help finance their habit by robbing drug stores. Matt Dillon's ...more about Drugstore Cowboy starring Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch |
| 14 |  | Casualties of War (1989) | 3.0223 56 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, War |
$3.92
| During the Vietnam war, a girl is taken from her village by five American soldiers. Four of the ...more about Casualties of War starring Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn |
| 15 |  | Dead Poets Society (1989) | 3.0115 75 reviews | PG | Drama |
$7.02
| Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was ...more about Dead Poets Society starring Robin Williams and Robert Sean Leonard |
| 16 |  | Born on the Fourth of July (1989) | 2.9854 59 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Biography |
$3.92
| The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human ...more about Born on the Fourth of July starring Tom Cruise and Raymond J. Barry |
| 17 |  | Fabulous Baker Boys, The (1989) | 2.8897 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Music |
$7.22
| Frank and Jack Baker are professional musicians who play small clubs. They play smaltzy music and ...more about Fabulous Baker Boys starring Jeff Bridges and Michelle Pfeiffer |
| 18 |  | Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) | 2.8798 40 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Comedy |
$1.45
| Riggs and Murtaugh are at it again in this sequel to the original Lethal Weapon in 1987. When a red ...more about Lethal Weapon 2 starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover |
| 19 |  | Unbelievable Truth, The (1989) | 2.8736 24 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where me meets Audry Hugo. No ...more about Unbelievable Truth starring Adrienne Shelly and Julia McNeal |
| 20 |  | Steel Magnolias (1989) | 2.8489 35 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$7.49
| Revolving around Truvy's Beauty Parlor in a small parish in modern-day Louisiana, STEEL MAGNOLIAS ...more about Steel Magnolias starring Sally Field and Dolly Parton |
| 21 |  | Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover, The (1989) | 2.8377 51 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between ...more about Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover starring Richard Bohringer and Michael Gambon |
| 22 |  | Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) | 2.8288 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute ...more about Last Exit to Brooklyn starring Stephen Lang and Jennifer Jason Leigh |
| 23 |  | Phantom of the Opera, The (1989) | 2.8124 25 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Music |
$5.99
| A newer and gorier version of the horror film classic of Gaston Leroux's classic tale. Christine ...more about Phantom of the Opera starring Robert Englund and Jill Schoelen |
| 24 |  | Blaze (1989) | 2.8028 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$7.35
| This movie tells the story of the latter years of Earl Long, a flamboyant governor of Louisiana. ...more about Blaze starring Lolita Davidovich and Jerry Hardin |
| 25 |  | Black Rain (1989) | 2.8010 39 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime |
$4.94
| Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. ...more about Black Rain starring Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia |
| 26 |  | Licence to Kill (1989) |  2.7428 42 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.99
| Shortly after an important drugs bust, CIA agent Felix Leiter is married, but when the drug lord he ...more about Licence to Kill starring Timothy Dalton and Carey Lowell |
| 27 |  | Big Picture, The (1989) | 2.7236 23 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Music |
$4.99
| Nick Chapman graduates from film school, and his short film wins a special prize. This gives him a ...more about Big Picture starring Kevin Bacon and Emily Longstreth |
| 28 |  | Sweetie (1989) | 2.7100 16 reviews | NA | Drama |
$24.99
| Explores sisters, in their twenties, their parents, and family dysfunctions. Kay is gangly and ...more about Sweetie starring Genevieve Lemon and Karen Colston |
| 29 |  | Lock Up (1989) | 2.7085 11 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$4.02
| Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is ...more about Lock Up starring Sylvester Stallone and Donald Sutherland |
| 30 |  | Communion (1989) | 2.6859 33 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Biography |
$8.20
| Whitley Strieber goes with his family and some friends to his holiday home in the forest. They ...more about Communion starring Christopher Walken and Lindsay Crouse |
| 31 |  | Sea of Love (1989) | 2.6528 14 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.95
| Frank Keller is a New York detective investigating a case of a serial killer who finds the victims ...more about Sea of Love starring Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin |
| 32 |  | Farewell to the King (1989) | 2.6503 17 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, War |
$5.22
| An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during ...more about Farewell to the King starring Nigel Havers and Gerry Lopez |
| 33 |  | Speaking Parts (1989) | 2.6320 12 reviews | NA | Drama |
$18.95
| A struggling, bit-part actor's job as a hotel custodian is a front for his real job: being rented ...more about Speaking Parts starring Arsinée Khanjian and Gabrielle Rose |
| 34 |  | Dry White Season, A (1989) | 2.6201 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$5.80
| Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at ...more about Dry White Season starring Donald Sutherland and Janet Suzman |
| 35 |  | Road House (1989) | 2.5997 23 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance |
$5.99
| Dalton is the Cooler in bars; He backs up and directs the bouncers. He takes a job in a Road House ...more about Road House starring Patrick Swayze and Kelly Lynch |
| 36 |  | Millennium (1989) | 2.5751 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$10.99
| An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an ...more about Millennium starring Kris Kristofferson and Cheryl Ladd |
| 37 |  | Always (1989) | 2.5309 35 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
$7.21
| Pete Sandich and buddy Al Yackey are daredevil aerial forest-fire fighters. Pete finds True Love ...more about Always starring Richard Dreyfuss and Holly Hunter |
| 38 |  | Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) | 2.5209 21 reviews | NA | Drama, History |
$2.10
| In real life, Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific head of the Manhattan Project, the secret ...more about Fat Man and Little Boy starring Dwight Schultz and Bonnie Bedelia |
| 39 |  | Parenthood (1989) | 2.5139 14 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$8.89
| The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They ...more about Parenthood starring Dianne Wiest and Mary Steenburgen |
| 40 |  | Music Box (1989) | 2.5037 15 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$9.99
| Hungarian immigrant Mike Laszlo has done well for himself since arriving in the USA nearly 50 years ...more about Music Box starring Jessica Lange and Frederic Forrest |
| 41 |  | Uncle Buck (1989) | 2.4941 26 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$7.21
| Uncle Buck has a reputation for being unreliable and a bit of a house wrecker. It is therefore with ...more about Uncle Buck starring John Candy and Jean Louisa Kelly |
| 42 |  | Parents (1989) | 2.4582 13 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Comedy | N/A | Michael Laemie (played by Brian Madorsky) is a young boy living in a typical 1950's suburbanite ...more about Parents starring Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt |
| 43 |  | Lean on Me (1989) | 2.4181 13 reviews | NA | Drama |
$7.38
| An arrogant and unorthodox teacher returns as principal to the idyllic high school from which he ...more about Lean on Me starring Morgan Freeman and Beverly Todd |
| 44 |  | Enemies: A Love Story (1989) | 2.3210 17 reviews | NA | Drama |
$9.85
| Set in 1949 New York, a Holocaust survivor (Ron Silver) who makes a living as a ghostwriter for a ...more about Enemies: A Love Story starring Ron Silver and Anjelica Huston |
| 45 |  | Scandal (1989) |  2.2499 13 reviews | R | Drama, History | N/A | An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live ...more about Scandal starring John Hurt and Bridget Fonda |
| 46 |  | Pink Cadillac (1989) | 2.2327 17 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Comedy |
$7.99
| Bounty hunter Tommy Nowak has been assigned to bring in Roy McGuinn. After arriving at the McGuinn ...more about Pink Cadillac starring Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters |
| 47 |  | True Believer (1989) | 2.2215 16 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$10.23
| Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. ...more about True Believer starring James Woods and Robert Downey Jr. |
| 48 |  | Harlem Nights (1989) | 2.2156 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Romance, Comedy |
$1.96
| "Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster ...more about Harlem Nights starring Thomas Mikal Ford and Richard Pryor |
| 49 |  | All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) | 2.2080 15 reviews | G | Drama, Musical, Family, Animation |
$6.62
| When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven ...more about All Dogs Go to Heaven starring Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise |
| 50 |  | New York Stories (1989) | 2.1718 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$7.02
| Three stories happening in New York. The first, by Scorsese, is about a painter who creates his ...more about New York Stories starring Woody Allen and Marvin Chatinover |
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