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The Best Movies Of 1989
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A list of movies that came out in 1989. They all came out in 1989, despite the date it shows on here.


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Movie: For All Mankind ( 1989 )
An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8.
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Movie: How I Got Into College ( 1989 )
The simple story of two young Michigan high school students, Jessica, Class President, Local Smart Girl, and object of Marlon's affections attempt to get into a small Pennsylvania college. Jessica fights off her parent's expectation of going to their alma mater of the University of Michigan, while Marlon fights his grades and SAT scores.
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Movie: Road House ( 1989 )
A tough bouncer is hired to tame a dirty bar.
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Movie: Hellgate ( 1989 )
A motorcycle gang kidnaps a young woman, Josie, from a diner and brutally kills her. Many years later, the girl's father finds a magic crystal that can bring the life back to dead objects. He uses it to re-animate his daughter. He lets her seduce any young man that comes to visit the small town and then kills them. Four young students, two boys and two girls spend a vacation near the town, Hellgate. They hear about the story and get involved.
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Movie: See No Evil, Hear No Evil ( 1989 )
Dave is deaf, and Wally is blind. They witness a murder, but it was Dave who was looking at her, and Wally who was listening.
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Movie: Going Overboard ( 1989 )
Schecky Moskowitz, a deservedly-struggling young comedian, lands a menial job on the cruise ship that's holding the Miss Universe pageant. The Big Man On Deck for this voyage is Dickie Diamond, the ship's comedian and all-around ladies' man. As an assorted array of thugs, Panamanian mercenaries, and terrorists try to storm the ship, Schecky hopes for one big chance to prove himself and enter the exciting world of cruise-ship comedy.
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Movie: The Rachel Papers ( 1989 )
Charles Highway (Dexter Fletcher) is in control of his life; he is about to finish sixth form college and start at Oxford. He is nineteen and wants an "older" woman before he turns twenty. Enter the beautiful Rachel Noyce (Ione Skye), and Charles puts his 'master-of-seduction' routines into top gear. Things however get complicated, Charles has a string of exes and a w...Read all
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Movie: The Return of Swamp Thing ( 1989 )
In this tongue-in-cheek sequel, the benevolent bog creature falls for the vegetarian, plant-loving daughter of the evil scientist who created him.
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Movie: Field of Dreams ( 1989 )
Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.
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Movie: My Name Is Bill W. ( 1989 )
The story of Bill Wilson and the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous.
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Movie: K-9 ( 1989 )
To stop an elusive criminal, a maverick detective enlists the aid of a police dog who's an unusually intelligent smart alec.
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Movie: Scandal ( 1989 )
Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.
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Movie: Loverboy ( 1989 )
Randy is still unfocused after 2 years in college. His dad will no longer pay tuition and Randy gets a job delivering pizzas. Several cute cougars pay him $200 for pizza delivery and "services rendered". Their husbands?
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Movie: Teen Witch ( 1989 )
High school misfit Louise, at a loss for romance, discovers magical abilities, but the teenage witch finds that she cannot conjure herself true love, so what?
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Movie: Pet Sematary ( 1989 )
After tragedy strikes, a grieving father discovers an ancient burial ground behind his home with the power to raise the dead.
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Movie: Cannonball Fever ( 1989 )
An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distress. Jackie Chan's car is not in this one, but many new cars make up for that. Who will win? Who will crash? Who will not even finish? Sit down and buckle up for the ride of your life.
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Movie: Kickboxer ( 1989 )
Kurt Sloane must learn the ancient kick boxing art of Muay Thai in order to avenge his brother.
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TV Show: Around the World in 80 Days ( 1989 )
Phileas Fogg, a Victorian Age English gentleman, accepts a wager to prove his contention that a man can go around the world in just 80 days. After betting his entire fortune, he takes his new butler (a man hoping for a quite life) on a tour of the world. However, just before the time he leaves, the Bank of England is robbed and a Detective believes that Fogg is the guilty party and he sets out after him.
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Movie: She's Out of Control ( 1989 )
When an average-looking teenage girl gets a makeover, it's enough to make her father become overprotective of her.
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Movie: Say Anything... ( 1989 )
A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.
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Movie: Shag ( 1989 )
Summer of 1963. Carson is getting married to her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for one last irresponsible weekend.
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Movie: Parent Trap III ( 1989 )
When Jeffrey Wyatt (Barry Bostwick) plans to remarry, his triplet daughters Megan (Joy Creel), Lisa (Leanna Creel), and Jessie (Monica Lacy) try to bring him together with Susan Evers (Hayley Mills).
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Movie: The Dream Team ( 1989 )
Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperon, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish the job.
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Movie: 84C MoPic ( 1989 )
The title refers to the U.S. Army's former "MOS" (job code) for a combat cameraman. The story follows a unit of American G.I.s in Vietnam, all with different backgrounds and motives for being there, through the lens of his camera.
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Movie: Dead Calm ( 1989 )
After a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.
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Movie: Cyborg ( 1989 )
A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.
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Movie: My Left Foot ( 1989 )
Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
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Movie: Major League ( 1989 )
The new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her.
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Movie: Dark Tower ( 1989 )
The construction of a skyscraper is being haunted by a ghost.
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Movie: Troop Beverly Hills ( 1989 )
A soon to be divorced Beverly Hills socialite is determined to prove to her husband and herself that she can finish what she starts out to do, by becoming a den mother to a troop of Beverly Hills Girl Scouts.
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Movie: Leviathan ( 1989 )
An American deep-sea mining colony stumbles upon a sunken Soviet vessel hiding a horrific secret.
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Movie: Fletch Lives ( 1989 )
After receiving an inheritance in Louisiana, Los Angeles reporter Irvin Fletcher heads to the Belle Isle plantation where he gets himself into hilarious trouble.
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Movie: Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death ( 1989 )
The government hires a feminist at the local university to track down the Piranha Women living in the uncharted Avocado Jungle (westernmost outpost is San Bernardino) to convince them to move to a reservation condo in Malibu. She hires a guide at the edge of the jungle, a male chauvinist pig, and they have many arguments about men and women as they work their way in, and eventually confront the Piranha Women.
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Movie: Chances Are ( 1989 )
A reincarnated man unknowingly falls in love with his own daughter from his previous life. Once he realizes this, he tries to end their relationship before angels erase his memory.
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Movie: New York Stories ( 1989 )
A middle-aged artist obsessed with his pretty young assistant, a precocious 12-year-old living in a hotel, and a neurotic lawyer with a possessive mother make up three Gotham tales.
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Movie: Jacknife ( 1989 )
A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister, with whom he lives, when she becomes romantically involved with the Army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle they both survived.
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Movie: Police Academy 6: City Under Siege ( 1989 )
Those bumbling cadets take to the streets when three inept goons successfully orchestrate a metropolitan crime wave.
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Movie: Lean on Me ( 1989 )
The dedicated but tyrannical Joe Clark is appointed the principal of a decaying inner-city school he is determined to improve by any and all means.
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Movie: Dream a Little Dream ( 1989 )
An accident puts the consciousness of an elderly dream researcher into the body of a bratty teenager. The problem? The kid prefers dreamworld limbo to real life.
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Movie: Skin Deep ( 1989 )
Zach Hutton is a womanizing, drunken writer whose life seems to be falling apart at the seams. He's still in love with his ex-wife (whose family can't stand him), writer's block is keeping him from completing his latest novel, and he repeatedly finds himself in trouble of one sort or another with the law, ex-girlfriends, and jealous boyfriends.
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Movie: The Toxic Avenger Part II ( 1989 )
The Toxic Avenger is tricked into traveling to Tokyo to search for his estranged father, leaving Tromaville open to complete domination by an evil corporation.
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Movie: The Mighty Quinn ( 1989 )
When police officer Xavier Quinn's childhood friend, Maubee, becomes associated with murder and a briefcase full of ten thousand dollar bills, The Mighty Quinn must clear his name. Or try to catch him, which could be even trickier.
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Movie: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure ( 1989 )
Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, are approached by a time machine that helps them make the ultimate history presentation.
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Movie: The 'Burbs ( 1989 )
An overstressed suburbanite and his fellow neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block are part of a murderous Satanic cult.
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Movie: Cousins ( 1989 )
Two couples go to a mutual friend's wedding and end up swapping partners.
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Movie: The Fly II ( 1989 )
The almost-human son of "Brundlefly" searches for a cure to his mutated genes while being monitored by a nefarious corporation that wishes to continue his father's experiments.
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Movie: Who's Harry Crumb? ( 1989 )
Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping.
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Movie: Three Fugitives ( 1989 )
A reformed bank robber is taken hostage by a desperate man during a bank hold up, but is forced to go on the run with his captor when they're both mistakenly thought to be in cahoots.
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Movie: Parents ( 1989 )
A young boy living in 1950s suburbia suspects his parents are cannibalistic murderers.
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Movie: Gleaming the Cube ( 1989 )
A young avid skateboarder uncovers a government conspiracy while investigating his adoptive brother's mysterious death.
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Movie: The January Man ( 1989 )
Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A web that includes Frank's wife, bribery, and corruption all are in the background as Nick tries to uncover the secret of where the killer will strike next, and finally must lay a trap without the police.
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Movie: DeepStar Six ( 1989 )
At the bottom of the ocean, the DeepStar Six has just discovered a new and deadly alien menace.
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Movie: Intruder ( 1989 )
The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a mysterious maniac.
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Movie: The Experts ( 1989 )
Travis and Wendell are kidnapped while on their way to opening a nightclub in rural Nebraska. The KGB spy Cameron Smith takes them to the U.S.S.R. instead with the intention of teaching KGB agents to be hip like Americans.
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Movie: The Killer ( 1989 )
A Hong Kong hitman accidentally blinds an innocent woman during a hit. He is determined to get her surgery to help her regain her sight but he needs to complete one more hit first. He completes the job but then is ambushed as he tries to escape: someone wants him dead. Meanwhile a resourceful, unorthodox police detective is hot on his trail.