Top Movies of 1989


The top movies of 1989 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

101. Relentless

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: William Lustig
Actors: Judd Nelson, Robert Loggia, Leo Rossi, Meg Foster, Patrick O'Bryan, Ken Lerner

102. Scandal

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Actors: John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda, Ian McKellen, Leslie Phillips, Britt Ekland

103. Story of Women ( Une affaire de femmes )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet, Nils Tavernier, Marie Trintignant, Marie Bunel, Dominique Blanc

104. Valmont

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Milos Forman
Actors: Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk, Jeffrey Jones, Ian McNeice
Plot: the exploits of the french version of Casanova

105. Under the Sun of Satan ( Sous le soleil de Satan )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Maurice Pialat
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Alain Artur, Yann Dedet, Brigitte Legendre

106. Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Bartel
Actors: Jacqueline Bisset, Ray Sharkey, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Ed Begley Jr., Paul Bartel

107. Best of the Best

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Radler
Actors: Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, James Earl Jones, Chris Penn, Sally Kirkland, Tom Everett
Plot: An American team is picked to compete in an international martial arts tournament.

108. Black Rain

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw, Luis Guzmán, John Spencer, Ken Takakura

109. How to Get Ahead in Advertising

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bruce Robinson
Actors: Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Jacqueline Tong, John Shrapnel, Susan Wooldridge
Plot: A successful, young advertising executive finds himself stymied for coming
up with a slogan for new pimple cream. As his ad block begins to affect
not only his work life, but family life as well. To make matter worse, a
boil begins to grow on his shoulder... then grows a face and an alter ego.

110. UHF

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jay Levey
Actors: 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Victoria Jackson, Michael Richards, Kevin McCarthy, Billy Barty, Fran Drescher
Plot: A daydreamer without a steady job is promoted to Channel 62s new station owner by his uncle. With his wild imagination, the station soon becomes a hit, but his uncle's debt threatens this new-found glory.

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