Best Movies of 1989

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Best Movies of 1989
Best Movies of 1989
TOP Movies: Dead Poets Society (1989), The Little Mermaid (1989), Batman (1989), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), Turner & Hooch (1989), Glory (1989), Back to the Future Part II (1989), The Abyss (1989), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Field of Dreams (1989), Ghostbusters II (1989), Uncle Buck (1989), Pet Sematary (1989), Road House (1989), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Do the Right Thing (1989), My Left Foot (1989), Henry V (1989).

List of Best Movies

Type:
TV Shows
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Style: philosophical, inspirational, sentimental, uplifting, touching ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot: teacher, suicide, poetry, coming of age, poet, mentor, teenager, literature, teachers and students, friendship, philosophy, dedicated educator ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1989, year 1959
Place: vermont, new england, usa, harvard university
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The Little Mermaid (1989)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, light, sweet, cute ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: mermaid, princess, love, witch, father daughter relationship, happy ending, prince, ocean, good versus evil, first love, disney princess, sea ...
Time: 1830s, year 1989, 19th century, 18th century, 1800s ...
Place: denmark, madagascar, atlantic ocean, caribbean
Is relevant?
 7.5
 429K
Batman (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker, who has seized control of Gotham's underworld.
Style: atmospheric, bleak, saga, neo noir, visual ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night, date night
Plot: vigilante, superhero, batman, justice, villain, good versus evil, insanity, corruption, costumed hero, organized crime, criminal, trauma ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989, 1920s, future
Place: usa, north america
Is relevant?
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being ...
Style: funny, humorous, not serious, slapstick, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: farce, deaf, disability, chase, blindness, blind man, witness, mute or deaf, murder, friendship, deafness, odd couple ...
Time: 80s
Place: manhattan new york city, north america, new jersey, seattle
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 6.2
 80K
Turner & Hooch (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some "real" cases, not just misdemeanors. Then Amos Reed is murdered, and Scott Turner sets himself on the case. The closest thing to a ...
Style: light, humorous, sweet, touching, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, date night, girls' night, preschool
Plot: dog, pets, chase, buddy cop, justice, murder, buddy, partner, police, kids and family, canine, animal actor ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, san francisco
Is relevant?
 7.8
 153K
Glory (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
Style: epic, inspirational, period piece, suspense, emotional ...
Plot: american civil war, battles, civil war, military, slavery, prejudice, racism, war, black history, u.s. civil war, human spirit, african american ...
Time: 19th century, year 1989, 1800s, 1860s, 20th century ...
Place: massachusetts, america, south carolina, georgia, africa ...
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Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch ...
Style: futuristic, entertaining, clever, light, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: time travel, time machine, alternate reality, changing the past or future, inventor, time, sent to the past, alternate timeline, travel, time paradox, time loop, mad scientist ...
Time: future, year 2015, 1950s, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place: california, los angeles, north america
Is relevant?
 7.5
 208K
The Abyss (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, exciting, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: ocean, ufo, underwater, first contact, disaster, sea, submarine, space and aliens, survival, heroic mission, alien encounter, alien ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989, future
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK, Spain, Italy, Jordan
Duration: 127 min.
Story: When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana must team up with Marcus Brody, Sallah and Elsa Schneider to follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis from recovering the ...
Style: entertaining, breathtaking, epic, saga, cult classic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, manly ...
Plot: treasure hunt, holy grail, archaeologist, archaeology, adventurer, map, artifact, mythology, father son relationship, father, escapades, myth ...
Time: 1930s, year 1912, 20th century, year 1989, year 1938 ...
Place: germany, europe, jordan, israel, utah ...
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Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Style: factual, disturbing, intense, serious, captivating ...
Plot: vietnam war, war, anti war, politics, disability, profanity, desert, wartime, fighting the system, biopic, military, vietnam veteran ...
Time: year 1989, post world war two, 1950s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place: vietnam, bronx new york city, north america, texas, the philippines ...
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When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: During their travels from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally Will debate whether or not sex ruins a perfect relationship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer.
Style: feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: male female friendship, friendship, fall in love, autumn, love and romance, love, love story, unlikely couple, initially antagonists, best friends in love, friends, life philosophy ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989, 70s, year 1987 ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, chicago, seattle, usa
Is relevant?
 7.5
 138K
Field of Dreams (1989)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.
Style: inspirational, feel good, sweet, sad, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick
Plot: baseball, hearing voices, regret, farmer, ghost, farm, small town, time travel, happy ending, doctor, magic realism, father son relationship ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century, 70s
Place: iowa, minnesota, usa, boston
Is relevant?
 6.6
 238K
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Five years after they defeated Gozer, the Ghostbusters are out of business. When Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement to aid her and hopefully save New York City from a new paranormal threat.
Style: parody, horror comedy, funny, scary, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: ghost, supernatural, painting, ghost hunter, single mother, reincarnation, monster, chase, mind control, baby, single parent, rescue ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989, year 1990, future
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
 7.1
 120K
Uncle Buck (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon ...
Style: feel good, funny, entertaining, light, touching ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: childhood, happy ending, family values, child care, when the parents are away, parents and children, babysitter, fish out of water, respect, mischievous children, siblings relations, babysitting ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, illinois, minnesota, wisconsin, usa ...
Is relevant?
 6.5
 123K
Pet Sematary (1989)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At ...
Style: scary, tense, frightening, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: zombie, macabre, stephen king, indian burial ground, supernatural horror, grave robbing, killer child, cemetery, back from the dead, death, creepy child, ghost ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: maine, usa, chicago, new england
Is relevant?
 6.7
 111K
Road House (1989)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton (Patrick Swayze) has been hired to clean it up. He might not look like much, but the Ph.D.-educated bouncer proves he's more than capable -- ...
Style: sexy, cult classic, suspense, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, small town, stripper, bouncer, nightclub, one man army, vigilante, bar fight, violence, skinny dipping, voyeur, bare breasts ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: missouri, memphis, usa
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
Style: funny, cute, intense, light, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: youth, inventor, shrinking, childhood, dog, mother daughter relationship, teen angst, scientist, teenage girl, neighbor, ant, rescue ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, turkey
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Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her colored chauffeur Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters in a time when those ...
Style: inspirational, sentimental, period piece, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night
Plot: racism, elderly, civil rights, friendship, old age, master and servant, chauffeur, racial segregation, cemetery, segregation, elevator, gardening ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 1940s, 70s, year 1989 ...
Place: atlanta georgia, georgia, southern usa, usa, north america
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Do the Right Thing (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Style: hood, independent film, controversial, sexy, realistic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: heat wave, racism, pizzeria, culture clash, hip hop, police brutality, pizza, african american, ghetto, boycott, black history, prejudice ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, africa, new york state
Is relevant?
 7.8
 85K
My Left Foot (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to be ...
Style: inspirational, unusual plot structure, touching, sentimental, sad ...
Plot: disability, cerebral palsy, biopic, artist, working class, writers, paralysis, handicapped, medical, painter, poet, art ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1989, 1930s
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, england, europe, canada
Is relevant?
 7.5
 33K
Henry V (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.
Style: exciting, costume drama, breathtaking, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience: date night
Plot: medieval, shakespeare, battles, politics, royalty, royal family, tragedy, king, honor, king of england, war, love and romance ...
Time: 15th century, middle ages, year 1989, medieval times, ancient times
Place: england, france, europe, britain, london ...
Is relevant?
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.
Style: philosophical, talky, humorous, witty, thought provoking ...
Plot: murder, adultery, infidelity, mistress, philosophy, existentialism, guilt, justice, uncle niece relationship, blackmail, moral dilemma, couple relations ...
Time: year 1989, 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, usa, canada
Is relevant?
 7.3
 200K
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under ...
Style: saga, breathtaking, entertaining, action packed, suspense ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: buddy cop, police, buddies, revenge, police officer, home invasion, buddy, car chase, vigilante, partner, interracial friendship, profanity ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, south africa, california, africa, usa
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but ...
Style: feel good, humorous, funny, christmas special, slapstick ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly
Plot: christmas, holiday, winter, christmas season, parents and children, vacation, dysfunctional family, rottweiler, christmas eve, family gatherings, squirrel, creativity ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
Is relevant?
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Bob and his friends Dianne, Rick and Nadine have been drug addicts for years and live from one high to the next. Gus Van Sant attempts to show an intimate look into the lives of heroin addicts with his film Drugstore Cowboy.
Style: cult classic, road movie, independent film, depressing, grim ...
Audience: teens
Plot: drug abuse, addiction, heroin, dark humor, drug addiction, drug, junkie, friendship, on the road, drug addict, beat generation, coming of age ...
Time: 70s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1971
Place: usa, portland oregon
Is relevant?
 7.3
 101K
Say Anything... (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A budding romance between noble underachiever Lloyd Dobler and high school valedictorian Diane Court is threatened when Diane's overly possessive, disapproving father interferes with their relationship. With a prized scholarship to study abroad ...
Style: feel good, sweet, romantic, rom com, light ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: high school, coming of age, couples, teenager, young love, opposites attract, first love, love story, youth, true love, happy ending, graduation ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: seattle, england, washington state, usa, washington d.c. ...
Is relevant?
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A sexually repressed woman's husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.
Style: independent film, sexy, black comedy, controversial, sexual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sex, voyeurism, infidelity, husband wife relationship, therapist, dysfunctional marriage, sister sister relationship, adultery, voyeur, sibling rivalry, impotence, sex scene ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place: louisiana, usa, los angeles, california
Is relevant?
The War of the Roses (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, satirical, psychological, cynical ...
Plot: divorce, battle of the sexes, lawyer, dark humor, dysfunctional family, marriage, divorce lawyer, dysfunctional marriage, relationships, death, greed, married couple ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., harvard university
Is relevant?
 6.4
 120K
Tango & Cash (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught ...
Style: action comedy, intense, detective, realistic, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: police detective, reluctant partners, prison, buddy, buddy cop, prisoner, law enforcement, prison escape, police, organized crime, gunfight, buddies ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant?
 7.2
 82K
Major League (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate -- but only a losing season will make that possible, which should be easy given the misfits she's hired. ...
Style: funny, humorous, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens
Plot: baseball, underdog, hot dog, major league, rivalry, professional sports, baseball coach, ambition, rise to the top, follow your dream, contests and competitions, against the odds ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: miami, ohio, florida, usa, new york ...
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