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.

161. The Stepfather 2

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jeff Burr
Actors: Terry O'Quinn, Meg Foster, Caroline Williams, Jonathan Brandis, Henry Brown, Miriam Byrd-Nethery
Plot: The Stepfather escapes an insane asylum and winds up in another town, this time impersonating a marriage counselor.

162. Ghosthouse ( casa 3, La )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Actors: Lara Wendel, Greg Scott, Mary Sellers, Ron Houck, Martin Jay, Kate Silver

163. Criminal Law

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Campbell
Actors: Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper, Karen Young, Joe Don Baker, Michael Sinelnikoff

164. New York Stories

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola , Martin Scorsese
Actors: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Talia Shire, Adrien Brody, Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette
Plot: Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese present three short stories all taking place in the same New York locale: An artist who becomes obsessed with his young assistant, the adventures of precocious 12-year-old and a neurotic lawyer who has to deal with his possessive mother.

165. Intruder

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Scott Spiegel
Actors: Elizabeth Cox, Renée Estevez, Dan Hicks, David Byrnes, Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell
Plot: The ex-boyfriend of a check-out girl at a supermarket returns at closing time to make trouble. They quarrel and the boyfriend is ejected from the store. After they lock the building up to take inventory, the employees start dying off, and the survivors must eventually find a way to escape with their lives.

166. Leviathan

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Actors: Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays, Daniel Stern, Ernie Hudson, Hector Elizondo
Plot: An underwater mining crew finds the Russian ship "Leviathan" on the bottom of the ocean. The Leviathan's crew, long dead, offer few answers. They soon find themselves trapped in the ship, along with something that starts taking them out, one by one.

167. Harlem Nights

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Eddie Murphy
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello, Michael Lerner, Della Reese
Plot: An illegal gambling casino is under pressure by both the police and a rival casino.

168. Champions Forever

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dimitri Logothetis
Actors: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Ken Norton

169. Cohen and Tate

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Eric Red
Actors: Roy Scheider, Adam Baldwin, Harley Cross, Cooper Huckabee, Suzanne Savoy, Tom Campitelli
Plot: A pair of hitmen, and older professional and his hot-headed, brutal partner, kidnap a boy only to have the resourceful prisoner push all the right buttons to put the killers at each other's throat.

170. For Queen and Country

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Stellman
Actors: Denzel Washington, Dorian Healy, Sean Chapman, Graham McTavish, Geff Francis, Frank Harper

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