The Best Movies of 1989!

1. DRUGSTORE COWBOY (100-85%) Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, H. Graham
2. DO THE RIGHT THING (91%) Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis
3. SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (98-79%) James Spader, Andie MacDowell
4. DEAD POET'S SOCIETY (85-92%) Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, J. Charles
5. ROGER & ME (100%-79%) Michael Moore, Roger Smith [DOCUMENTARY]
6. HEATHERS (95-84%) Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty
7. SAY ANYTHING... (98-85%) John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney
8. WE'RE NO ANGELS (45%) Robert DeNiro, Sean Penn, John C. Reilly
9. PARENTHOOD (92-75%) Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Mary Steenburgen
10. LEAN ON ME (69-85%) Morgan Freeman, Robert Guillaume, L. Thigpen
11. BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (77%) Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter
12. THE TALL GUY (85-67%) Jeff Goldblum, Emma Thompson, Mr. Bean
13. THE WAR OF THE ROSES (82-70%) M. Douglas, K. Turner, D. DeVito
14. THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER (90%) Helen Mirren
15. THE KILLER (100-92%) Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh
16. JOHNNY HANDSOME (62-46%) Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin
17. LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN (76%) Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Burt Young
18. LET IT RIDE (30-75%) Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, David Johansen
19. THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS (96-69%) Jeff & Beau Bridges, M. Pfeiffer
20. MY LEFT FOOT (95%) Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker
21. GLORY (93%) Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman
22. CRIMES & MISDEMEANORS (92%) Woody Allen, Martin Landau, Mia Farrow
23. INDIANA JONES & THE LAST CRUSADE (91%) Harrison Ford, Sean Connery
24. THE LITTLE MERMAID (90%) Jodi Benson, Buddy Hackett
25. BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (90-76%) Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick
26. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (88%) Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher
27. FIELD OF DREAMS (87%) Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta
28. THE ABYSS (86%) Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
29. CASUALTIES OF WAR (83-75%) Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, John C. Reilly
30. MAJOR LEAGUE (83%) Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen
31. DEAD CALM (82-63%) Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane
32. DRIVING MISS DAISY (81%) Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, D. Aykroyd
33. LETHAL WEAPON 2 (80%) Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci
34. THE ADVENTURES OF MILO AND OTIS (78%) Dudley Moore
35. SEA OF LOVE (76-66%) Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman
36. HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS (75-53%) Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman
37. BATMAN (72-84%) Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger
38. STEEL MAGNOLIAS (67-89%) Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton
39. CHANCES ARE (66%) Cybil Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr
40. KICKBOXER (65%)* Jean Claude Van Damme, Dennis Alexio
41. SHAG (64-89%) Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda, Annabeth Gish
42. NATIONAL LAMPOON's "CHRISTMAS VACATION" (64-86%) Chevy Chase
43. UNCLE BUCK (64-77%) John Candy, Amy Madigan, Macauley Culkin
44. UHF (63-77%) Weird Al Yankovic, Victoria Jackson, Michael Richards
45. BACK TO THE FUTURE 2 (61-85%) Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
46. IMMEDIATE FAMILY (60%) Glenn Close, James Woods, M.S. Masterson
47. DAD (59%) Ted Danson, Jack Lemmon, Ethan Hawke, Olympia Dukakis
48. LOOK WHO'S TALKING (58-47%) John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Bruce Willis
49. VAMPIRE'S KISS (57%) Nicolas Cage, Jennifer Beals, Maria Conchita Alonso
50. WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S (55%) Andrew McCarthy, J. Silverman, Terry Kiser
51. THE DREAM TEAM (54-62%) Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd
52. TURNER & HOOCH (53%) Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson
53. ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN (50-63%) Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise
54. GHOSTBUSTERS II (50-61%) Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd
55. THE 'BURBS (47-72%) Tom Hanks, Rick Ducommon, Bruce Dern
56. OLD GRINGO (46%) Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits
57. LOVERBOY (44-59%) Patrick Dempsey, Kate Jackson, Kirstie Alley
58. SEE YOU IN THE MORNING (44-30%) Jeff Bridges, Alice Krige
59. SING (43-90%) Lorraine Bracco, Peter Dobson, Cuba Gooding Jr.
60. PET SEMATARY (43-60%) Ed Gwynne, Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby
61. THE KARATE KID Part 2 (43-52%) Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita
62. SHE-DEVIL (41-48%) Rosanne Barr, Meryl Streep, Ed Begley Jr.
63. ROAD HOUSE (40-67%) Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott
64. FLETCH LIVES (37-55%) Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips
65. TANGO & CASH (34-52%) Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher
66. PUPPET MASTER (33-40%) Paul Le Mat, William Hickey, Irene Miracle
67. GROSS ANATOMY (30-53%) Matthew Modine, Zaphne Zuniga
68. WHO'S HARRY CRUMB (30-46%) John Candy, Jeffrey Jones
69. GLEAMING THE CUBE (29-69%) Christian Slater, Steven Bauer
70. THE PUNISHER (28%) Dolph Lundgren, Lou Gossett Jr.
71. BLOOD RED (25%) Dennis Hopper, Eric & Julia Roberts, Burt Young
72. STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER (23%) W. Shatner, Leonard Nimoy
73. K-9 (22-44%) James Belushi, Ed O'Neill
74. THE JANUARY MAN (22-28%) Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, Rod Steiger
75. HEART OF DIXIE (21%) Ally Sheedy, Phoebe Cates, Treat Williams
76. SLIPSTREAM (20%) Mark Hamill, Bill Paxton, Bob Peck
77. SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL (18-73%) Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder
78. LOCK UP (17-50%) Sylvester Stallone, John Amos, Donald Sutherland
79. PINK CADILLAC (17-26%) Clint Eastwood, Bernadette Peters
80. NIGHT GAME (17%) Roy Scheider, Karen Young
81. HER ALIBI (15-44%) Tom Selleck, Paulina Porizkova, William Daniels
82. THREE FUGITIVES (14-51%) Nick Nolte, Martin Short, James Earl Jones
83. MILLENNIUM (13-30%) Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd
84. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE (12%) Burt Reynolds, Theresa Russell, Ned Beatty
85. SHE'S OUT OF CONTROL (11-52%) Tony Danza, Ami Dolenz
86. HO HOLDS BARRED (11%) Hulk Hogan, Jesse Ventura, David Paymer
87. RED SCORPION (10-36%) Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh
88. FRIDAY THE 13th PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN (9-27%)
89. DREAM A LITTLE DREAM (0-66%) Corey Feldman, Meredith Salenger
90. SECOND SIGHT (0-30%) John Larroquette, Bronson Pinchot
91. THE EXPERTS (0%) John Travolta, Arye Gross, Kelly Preston

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Still Have To See or Re-watch...

• A Dry White Season (81-71%) Donald Sutherland, Marlon Brando
• Always (63%) Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter [Steven Speilberg]
• An Innocent Man (38-46%) Tom Selleck, F Murray Abraham, Laila Robins
• The Big Picture (44%) Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Jason-Leigh [Christopher Guest]
• Black Rain (53%) Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw [Ridley Scott]
• Black Rainbow (53%) Rosanna Arquette, Tom Hulce, Jason Robards
• Blaze (80-47%) Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Jerry Hardin
• Breaking In (38%) Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko [w by John Sayles]
• Cat Chaser (40-18%) Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis, [Abel Ferrera]
• Chameleon Street (81%) Wendal B Harris Jr. (*X-cited*)
• Cousins (69%) Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young
• Communion (47%) Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse (*X-cited*)
• Dead Bang (27-44%) Don Johnson, Tim Reid, Penelope Ann Miller
• DeepStar Six (0-22%) Greg Evigan, Miguel Ferrer
• Disorganized Crime (50-57%) Lou Diamond Philips, Ed Gwynne
• Enemies, A Love Story (91-53%) Ron Silver, Lena Olin, Anjelica Huston
• Erik the Viking (47-59%) John Cleese, Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney
• Farewell to the King (57%) Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Frank McRae
• Fat Man and Little Boy (53-45%) Paul Newman, John Cusack, Laura Dern
• Great Balls of Fire! (63-53%) Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin
• Harlem Nights (21-81%) Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Danny Aiello
• Henry V (100-90%) Kenneth Branagh, Brian Blessed, Emma Thompson
• How I Got Into College (40%) Anthony Edwards, Lara Flynn Boyle
• How To Get Ahead In Advertising (57-79%) Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward
• In Country (70-35%) Bruce Willis, Emily Lloyd, Joan Allen
• Jacknife (64-47%) Robert De Niro, Ed Harris, Kathy Baker
• Leviathan (14-25%) Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Ernie Hudson
• License To Kill (76-59%) Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Duvall
• Listen To Me (-) Kirk Cameron, Jami Gertz, Christopher Atkins
• Little Monsters (62%) Fred Savage, Howie Mandel, Daniel Stern
• Meet the Feebles (72%) [directed by Peter Jackson]
• The Mighty Quinn (88-48%) Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend
• Miss Firecracker (70-54%) Holly Hunter, Tim Robbins, Mary Steenburgen
• Music Box (76%) Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Lukas Haas
• New York Stories (73-56%) Rosanna Arquette, Nick Nolte, Woody Allen
• Next of Kin (47%) Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Alec Baldwin
• The Package (64-43%) Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones
• Parents (52%) Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis
• Prancer (67-58%) Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Abe Vigoda
• Scandal (91-61%) John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda
• Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (80-61%) Ed Begley Jr.
• Shirley Valentine (67-87%) Pauline Collins, Alison Steadman
• Slaves of New York (13-70%) Bernadette Peters, Mary Beth Hurt
• Staying Together (80-54%) Dermot Mulroney, Sean Astin, S. Channing
• Triumph of the Sprit (50-55%) Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos
• True Love (75-41%) Annabella Sciorra, Ron Eldard, Aida Turturro
• Valmont (54-73%) Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk

The Academy Awards

best picture

1. Born On the Fourth of July

2. Dead Poets Society

3. Driving Miss Daisy*

4. Field of Dreams

5. My Left Foot

best director

1. Woody Allen - Crimes and Misdemeanors

2. Kenneth Branagh - Henry V

3. Jim Sheridan - My Left Foot

4. Oliver Stone - Born On The Fourth of July*

5. Peter Weir - Dead Poets Society

best actor

1. Kenneth Branagh - Henry V

2. Tom Cruise - Born On The Fourth of July

3. Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot*

4. Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy

5. Robin Williams - Dead Poets Society

best actress

1. Isabelle Adjani - Camille Claudel

2. Pauline Collins - Shirley Valentine

3. Jessica Lange - The Music Box

4. Michelle Pfeiffer - The Fabulous Baker Boys

5. Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy*