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 – (Ireland/U.K./U.S.)

Always, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Audrey Hepburn

Amanece, que no es poco (Amanece, Who is Not Small) – (Spain)

Apartment Zero (Conviviendo con la muerte), directed by Martin Donovan, starring Colin Firth – Golden Space Needle award – (Argentina)

The BFG, starring David Jason – (U.K.)

Babar: The Movie – (Canada/France)

Back to the Future Part II, starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd

Bashu, the Little Stranger (Bashu, gharibeye koochak) – (Iran)

Batman, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Jack Palance, 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, Anne Bancroft

Best of the Best, starring Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland

The Big Picture, directed by Christopher Guest, starring Kevin Bacon, Michael McKean, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Martin Short

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin

Black Rain, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Michael Douglas, Andy García, Kate Capshaw – (U.S.A.)

Black Rain (Kuroi ame), directed by Shohei Imamura – (Japan)

Black Rainbow, directed by Mike Hodges, starring Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, 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, Randy Quaid

Blood Red, directed by Peter Masterson, starring Eric Roberts, Julia Roberts, Dennis Hopper, Burt Young, Giancarlo Giannini

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, starring Tom Hanks

Bye Bye Blues, starring Rebecca Jenkins and Michael Ontkean – (Canada)

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, 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, Tom Waits

Communion, starring Christopher Walken

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren – (U.K.)

Cousins, starring Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young, William Petersen

Crimes and Misdemeanors, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Mia Farrow, Alan Alda, Martin Landau, Sam Waterston, Anjelica Huston

Criminal Law, starring Gary Oldman and Kevin Bacon

Crusoe, starring Aidan Quinn – (U.K.)

Cyborg, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme

Dad, starring Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Ethan Hawke, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker, Kevin Spacey

Dead Bang, starring Don Johnson

Dead Calm, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane – (Australia)

Dead Poets Society, directed by Peter Weir, starring Robin Williams

DeepStar Six, starring Greg Evigan, Taurean Blacque, Miguel Ferrer, Cindy Pickett

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, Ruby Dee

Dream a Little Dream, starring Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Meredith Salenger

The Dream Team, starring Michael Keaton, Peter Boyle, Christopher Lloyd, Stephen Furst

Driving Miss Daisy, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, 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, starring Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Susan Sarandon, Marlon Brando

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

Enemies, a Love Story, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin, Margaret Sophie Stein

Erik the Viking, starring Tim Robbins, Terry Jones, John Cleese – (U.K.)

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure, starring Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Roxana Zal

The Experts, starring John Travolta, Arye Gross, Kelly Preston

The Fabulous Baker Boys, starring Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges

Family Business, starring Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick

Farewell to the King, starring Nick Nolte and Nigel Havers

Fat Man and Little Boy, starring Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, John Cusack, Laura Dern

Field of Dreams, starring Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield, Burt Lancaster

Fletch Lives, starring Chevy Chase

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 – (U.K./U.S.A.)

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

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, Peter MacNicol

Gleaming the Cube, starring Christian Slater

Glory, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman

God of Gamblers (Du shen), starring Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau – (Hong Kong)

Godzilla vs. Biollante – (Japan)

Great Balls of Fire!, directed by Jim McBride, starring Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin

Gross Anatomy, starring Matthew Modine, Daphne Zuniga, Christine Lahti

Harlem Nights, directed by and starring Eddie Murphy, with Richard Pryor, Danny Aiello, Jasmine Guy, Redd Foxx, Della Reese

Hathyar, starring Dharmendra and Sanjay Dutt – (India)

Heart of Dixie, starring Ally Sheedy, Virginia Madsen, Phoebe Cates, 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, 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, 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, starring Richard E. Grant – (U.K.)

I Love, You Love (Ja milujem, ty miluješ) – (Czechoslovakia)

The Icicle Thief (Ladri di saponette) – (Italy)

Immediate Family, starring Glenn Close, James Woods, Mary Stuart Masterson

In Country, starring Bruce Willis and Emily Lloyd

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Harrison Ford and Sean Connery

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)

Jacknife, starring Robert De Niro, Ed Harris, Kathy Baker

The January Man, starring Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Harvey Keitel, Danny Aiello, 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, Morgan Freeman

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) – (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

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, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover

Leviathan, starring Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Meg Foster

Licence to Kill, 16th of James Bond series, starring Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi, 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, Roy Scheider, Christopher Atkins

The Little Mermaid, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, voices of Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Buddy Hackett

Little Monsters, starring Fred Savage and Howie Mandel – (Ireland/U.K./U.S.)

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, voices of Gabriel Damon, Mickey Rooney, René Auberjonois, 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, 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, Kirstie Alley

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, 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, 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, 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, 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 – (Japan/U.S.A.)

Milo and Otis, narrated by Dudley Moore, directed by Masanori Hata (English translation)

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik, starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo

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 Allen

Next of Kin, starring Patrick Swayze

Night Game, starring Roy Scheider

A Nightmare on Drug Street, starring Adam Jeffries

No Holds Barred, starring Hulk Hogan

Nowhere to Run, directed by Carl Franklin, starring David Carradine

O Sangue (Blood) – (Portugal)

Old Gringo, starring Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits

Out of the Dark, starring Karen Black and Bud Cort

The Package, directed by Andrew Davis, starring Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, 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, 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, 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

The Rainbow, directed by Ken Russell, starring Sammi Davis and Amanda Donohoe – (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, starring Michael York, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain, 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, 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)

Santa Sangre (Holy Blood) – (Mexico)

Say Anything..., directed by Cameron Crowe, starring John Cusack and Ione Skye

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 and Bronson Pinchot

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.)

Signs of Life, starring Beau Bridges and Kathy Bates

Sinbad of the Seven Seas

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)

The Tall Guy, starring Jeff Goldblum, Emma Thompson, 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, 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, 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, Reginald VelJohnson

UHF, written by and starring "Weird Al" Yankovic

Uncle Buck, directed by John Hughes, starring John Candy and Amy Madigan

Valmont, directed by Miloš Forman, starring Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk, Henry Thomas – (U.S.A./France)

Vampire's Kiss, starring Nicolas Cage, María Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals

Violent Cop (Sono otoko, kyōbō ni tsuki), directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano – (Japan)

Waltzing Regitze (Dansen med Regitze) – (Denmark)

Warlock

The War of the Roses, directed by Danny DeVito, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and DeVito

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, Brian Keith

We're No Angels, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Demi Moore, Hoyt Axton, Bruno Kirby, 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 and Meg Ryan

When the Whales Came, starring Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren – (U.K.)

Who's Harry Crumb?, starring John Candy, Annie Potts, Jeffrey Jones, Barry Corbin, Tim Thomerson, Shawnee Smith

Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (Dalmaga dongjjok-euro gan ggadakeun?) – (South Korea)

Wicked Stepmother, starring Bette Davis, Barbara Carrera, 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, Lloyd Bridges

The Winter War (Talvisota) – (Finland)

The Wizard, starring Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, Jenny Lewis, Beau Bridges, Christian Slater

Wodaabe - Herdsmen of the Sun (Wodaabe – Die Hirten der Sonne), directed by Werner Herzog – (West Germany)

Worth Winning, starring Mark Harmon, Madeleine Stowe, Lesley Ann Warren

Yaaba – (Burkina Faso)

Highest-grossing films[edit]

The top ten films released in 1989 by worldwide gross are as follows: