Movie Releases by Genre

Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

August 3, 1990 | R
Financially irresponsible Giant (Spike Lee) manages a jazz group, but his sax player, Shadow (Wesley Snipes), wants to replace him with a better businessman. Bleek (Denzel Washington), the band's trumpeter, then tries to defend his close pal Giant, leading to a power struggle between the two musicians. Meanwhile, as Bleek tries to straighten things out with his band mates and manager, he also must choose to be with either sweet teacher Indigo (Joie Lee) or sultry singer Clarke (Cynda Williams).
Metascore:
61
User Score:
5.6
The Unbelievable Truth

The Unbelievable Truth

July 20, 1990 | R
A comedy of errors surrounding a beautiful college bound girl disturbingly preoccupied with the threat of nuclear destruction. Nevertheless, she falls in love with a handsome ex-con who is rumored to have murdered, many years before, the father of his high school sweetheart. (Possible Films)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
6.0
Ghost

Ghost

July 13, 1990 | PG-13
Patrick Swayze plays a ghost who teams with a psychic (Goldberg) to uncover the truth behind his murder - and to rescue his sweetheart (Moore) from a similar fate. (Paramount Pictures)
Metascore:
52
User Score:
8.4
No Picnic

No Picnic

July 12, 1990
A black-and-white love letter to pre-gentrification New York City, Phil Hartman's No Picnic captures a remote time and place - the East Village circa 1985, a vibrant, seedy neighborhood populated by musicians, pimps and poets. Macabee Cohen (David Brisbin), whose heyday as a rock musician is long gone, travels the city in a beat-up VW bus, supplying records to local juke boxes. His beloved Lower East Side neighborhood is in turmoil: rampant real estate speculation, tenants on rent strike, art invading the bars - "in my own neighborhood, I felt like I was in the middle of a party that I hadn't been invited to," he says. Mac's personal life is in turmoil, too: his girlfriend dumped him for the Air Force, his neighbor is pressuring him into a green card marriage, his father has left his mother for a younger man, and his brother is sending post cards from his sexual sojourn to all fifty states. Then a mysterious girl appears in his life, and Mac's obsession to find her becomes a quest of self-discovery, too - "I was looking for someone to save," he says, "to save myself."
Metascore:
72
User Score:
tbd
Days of Thunder

Days of Thunder

June 27, 1990 | PG-13
From the engine roar and fever pitch of professional stock car racing, Days of Thunder explodes with racing action. Race driver Cole Trickle, whose talent and ambition are surpassed only by his burning need to win. Discovered by businessman Tim Daland, Cole is teamed with legendary crew chief and car-builder Harry Hogge to race for the Winston Cup at the Daytona 500. A fiery crash nearly ends Cole's career and he must turn to a beautiful doctor to regain his nerve and the true courage needed to race, to win and to live.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
5.6
Another 48 Hrs.

Another 48 Hrs.

June 8, 1990 | R
Reggie Hammond and Jack Cates return in the sequel. The mob puts a price on Reggie's head. The bus transporting him from the pen flips over about 17 times. His prized Porsche is blown into scrap metal. Creeps in a bar still haven't learned it's dumb to get Reggie mad. And the night is still young. Before these 48 hours are up, Reggie and Jack will turn San Francisco inside out to nail an elusive druglord. The boys are back in town... and the action's on the streets. (Sony Pictures)
Metascore:
23
User Score:
5.3
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

May 4, 1990 | NC-17
When a disturbed young man (Antonio Banderas) kidnaps and ties up a porn queen, a psychological power play ensues. As the woman is held captive, she becomes torn by her growing bond with her abductor.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
7.8
Last Exit to Brooklyn

Last Exit to Brooklyn

May 4, 1990 | R
Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
tbd
Q & A

Q & A

April 27, 1990 | R
Dirty cop, Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
The Guardian

The Guardian

April 27, 1990 | R
A young couple with a newborn baby don't realize that the nanny they hired is a magical nymph who sacrifices infants to an evil tree.
Metascore:
35
User Score:
tbd
Wild Orchid

Wild Orchid

April 27, 1990 | R
A female lawyer (Carrie Otis) becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire (Mickey Rourke) during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters.
Metascore:
19
User Score:
tbd
Lisa

Lisa

April 20, 1990 | PG-13
A flirtatious teenager with an eye for older men gets more than she bargained for when the handsome stranger she's pursuing turns out to be a serial killer.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
tbd
Miami Blues

Miami Blues

April 20, 1990 | R
An ex-con's first act of freedom is moving to Miami where he restarts his old criminal ways with even more potency.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
6.4
Crazy People

Crazy People

April 13, 1990 | R
A bitter ad executive (Dudley Moore) who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the hospital's patients.
Metascore:
42
User Score:
tbd
The Juniper Tree

The Juniper Tree

April 10, 1990 | Not Rated
Margit (Björk) and her older sister, Katla, flee their homeland in Iceland after their mother is killed for practicing witchcraft. Needing a place to stay, Katla casts a spell over a young farmer named Jóhann which makes him fall in love with her, ensuring the wellbeing of herself and Margit. Jóhann's son, Jóhas, sees through Katla's plan and pleads for his father to make her go away. To help Jóhas in his struggle, Margit's mother appears to Margit in visions and provides a magic amulet of protection for the boy. Will Jóhas be able to rid his family of Katla or will she continue to control them with her witchcraft?
Metascore:
86
User Score:
8.3
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

April 6, 1990 | X
The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.8
Side Out

Side Out

March 30, 1990 | PG-13
A law student comes to California for the summer and ends up playing professional volleyball.
Metascore:
37
User Score:
tbd
The Fourth War

The Fourth War

March 23, 1990 | R
Cold War drama about two gung-ho border commanders (Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow) who carry out their own private war against each other on the German - Czechoslovakia border.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
tbd
Blue Steel

Blue Steel

March 16, 1990 | R
A female rookie in the police force must engage in a cat-and-mouse game with a pistol-wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
7.6
Blind Fury

Blind Fury

March 16, 1990 | R
A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.
Metascore:
31
User Score:
tbd
Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

March 16, 1990 | R
Stranded on an island, a group of schoolboys degenerate into savagery.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
7.4
Bad Influence

Bad Influence

March 9, 1990 | R
Michael, a wimpy young executive, is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in--and then disappears. Later that night, while jogging, Michael runs into the stranger on a pier. He introduces himself as Alex, and the two go out to an under- ground club. Within a matter of days, Alex wheedles his way into Michael's life and turns it upside down, and Michael doesn't realize that Alex is a dangerous sociopath until it's too late.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
8.1
The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

March 9, 1990 | R
In a dystopian, polluted right wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
tbd
Cinema Paradiso

Cinema Paradiso

March 1, 1990 | PG
Set in an Italian village, Salvatore finds himself enchanted by the flickering images at the Cinema Paradiso, yearning for the secret of the cinema’s magic. When the projectionist, Alfredo, agrees to reveal the mysteries of moviemaking, a deep friendship is born. The day comes for Salvatore to leave the village and pursue his dream of making movies of his own. Thirty years later he receives a message that beckons him back home to a secret and beautiful discovery that awaits him. [Miramax]
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.6
Glory

Glory

February 16, 1990 | PG
Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
6.7
Revenge

Revenge

February 16, 1990 | R
A retired US Navy pilot (Kevin Costner) comes to Mexico, where he falls in love with the wife (Madeleine Stowe) of a powerful businessman. The consequences will be cruel and unforeseen.
Metascore:
35
User Score:
tbd
Hard to Kill

Hard to Kill

February 9, 1990 | R
Left for dead with his wife killed in their house, L.A. Detective Mason Storm will have to make a quick recovery, expose those behind the murder and take revenge.
Metascore:
41
User Score:
5.5
Stella

Stella

February 2, 1990 | PG-13
A strong and eccentric woman's devoted relationship to her daughter through the years.
Metascore:
45
User Score:
tbd
Internal Affairs

Internal Affairs

January 12, 1990 | TV-14
An Internal Affairs agent becomes obsessed with bringing down a cop who has managed to maintain a spotless reputation despite being involved in a web of corruption.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.8
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

January 5, 1990 | Unrated
Henry (Michael Rooker) is a psychopathic drifter who has coldly murdered a number of people for no particular reason and without any remorse. Leaving scores of bodies in his wake, Henry makes his way to Chicago, where his murderous streak continues and he settles into the rundown apartment of his drug-dealing former prison friend Otis (Tom Towles). Also moving into the space is Otis’s younger sister Becky (Tracy Arnold), who is fleeing from her abusive husband. Henry soon reveals his troubled childhood background to Becky, which resulted in Henry’s murder of his mother, the crime that landed him in prison. Unbeknownst to Becky, Henry continues to commit a series of random killings along with Otis, who has quickly developed a taste for murder. [Dark Sky Films]
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.5
Akira

Akira

December 25, 1989 | R
Based on Katsuhiro Otomo's 2,000 page manga, Akira begins on July 16, 1988, when what was believed to be an atomic bomb was dropped on Tokyo, completely destroying the city and marking the beginning of WWIII.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.6
Always

Always

December 22, 1989 | PG
A romantic adventure about a legendary pilot's passion for dare-devil firefighting and his one true love.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
6.7
Born on the Fourth of July

Born on the Fourth of July

December 20, 1989 | R
Based on a true story, the film follows the young Ron Kovic from a zealous teen who eagerly volunteers for the Vietnam War, to an embittered veteran paralyzed from the mid-chest down. Deeply in love with his country, Kovic returned to an environment vastly different from the one he left, and struggled before emerging as a brave new voice for the disenchanted. (Universal Studios)
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.7
Family Business

Family Business

December 15, 1989 | TV-PG
An ex professor offers Adam $1,000,000 to "get" some plasma from a high tech company's lab. Adam asks his criminal grandpa for help. Can they convince Adam's now honest dad to join?
Metascore:
54
User Score:
tbd
Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy

December 15, 1989 | PG
This adaptation of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play looks at the 25-year relationship between an elderly Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.1
The Wizard

The Wizard

December 15, 1989 | PG
A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross country with the help of a girl they meet to compete in the ultimate video game championship.
Metascore:
23
User Score:
6.4
Blaze

Blaze

December 13, 1989 | R
A middle-aged Louisiana governor (Paul Newman) falls in love with a young stripper (Lolita Davidovich), jeopardizing his political career and the radical policies which have made him a controversial figure.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
tbd
Mapantsula

Mapantsula

December 3, 1989 | Not Rated
During demonstrations in apartheid-era South Africa, the police arrest Panic (Thomas Mogotlane), a “mapantsula” or petty gangster, while rounding up activists. His interrogation reveals the motivation for his involvement in the township riots. Once only concerned with partying, alcohol and his own interests, Panic finds himself being irreversibly pulled into the fray. Now, he is forced to choose between his personal freedom and taking a stand in the fight against the oppressive apartheid government.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
tbd
Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias

November 22, 1989 | PG
A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
7.8
Mystery Train

Mystery Train

November 17, 1989 | R
Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.2
Valmont

Valmont

November 17, 1989 | R
Based on the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Valmont (Firth) seduces a young lady on a bet from his former lover.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
7.7
Harlem Nights

Harlem Nights

November 17, 1989 | R
He's Quick with a quip, Quick with a gun. And Quick with a scheme to keep mobsters from muscling in on the 1930's Harlem hot spot, Club Sugar Ray. (Paramount Pictures)
Metascore:
16
User Score:
8.3
All Dogs Go to Heaven

All Dogs Go to Heaven

November 17, 1989 | G
Charley B. Barkin, the German shepherd is double-crossed and murdered by his pit bull partner. He returns from heaven to seek revenge but finds redemption instead.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
7.1
Dad

Dad

November 10, 1989 | PG
While his mom recovers in hospital from a heart attack, John puts his busy life on hold to fly home and help his elderly dad around the house. John's son later joins them and they all truly bond for the first and, tragically, final time.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
tbd
My Left Foot

My Left Foot

November 10, 1989 | R
True story of cerebral palsied Christy Brown, who overcame his illness and poverty to become an accomplished artist, poet and writer.
Metascore:
97
User Score:
8.3
Best of the Best

Best of the Best

November 10, 1989 | PG-13
A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win?
Metascore:
26
User Score:
7.8
Henry V

Henry V

November 8, 1989 | PG-13
The English king invades France and wins the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of William Shakespeare's Henry V.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.0
Kill Me Again

Kill Me Again

October 27, 1989 | R
A young detective becomes involved with a beautiful woman on the run from the mob and her psychopath boyfriend.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
tbd
The Bear

The Bear

October 27, 1989 | PG
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
7.5
Fat Man and Little Boy

Fat Man and Little Boy

October 20, 1989 | PG-13
This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
tbd
Crimes and Misdemeanors

Crimes and Misdemeanors

October 13, 1989 | PG-13
The film's title indicates the themes of two separate stories: 1) a renowned opthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship...which ends up in murder; and 2) an ethically frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an attractive television producer while making a film about her insufferably self-centered boss. [MGM]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.4
The Fabulous Baker Boys

The Fabulous Baker Boys

October 13, 1989 | R
The lives of two struggling musicians (the Bridges brothers), who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer (Michelle Pfeiffer)
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.9
Drugstore Cowboy

Drugstore Cowboy

October 6, 1989 | R
A group of heroin addicts lead by Bob (Dillon) rob drugstores to continue their addictions.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.5
An Innocent Man

An Innocent Man

October 6, 1989 | R
Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug dealing, based on the perjured evidence of a police informant. Thrown into a seedy jail, fighting to prove his innocence is diffucult when he has to deal with the realities of prison life, where everyone claims they were framed.
Metascore:
39
User Score:
tbd
Johnny Handsome

Johnny Handsome

September 29, 1989 | R
After being double crossed and thrown in jail, a deformed gangster gets a new face and rehabilitation, but his desire for revenge looms.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
tbd
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

September 20, 1989 | R
Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener's son is brutally beaten up by the police at a demonstration by black school children, he gradually begins to realize his own society is built on a pillar of injustice and exploitation.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.7
Sea of Love

Sea of Love

September 15, 1989 | R
A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
6.9
The Big Picture

The Big Picture

September 15, 1989 | PG-13
Film school grad Nick Chapman thought his career was made after his award winning short film, but discovered Hollywood wasn't as easy as it seems.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
6.6
Sweetie

Sweetie

September 10, 1989 | R
An introspective young woman's life is upturned by the arrival of her maladjusted sister.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.0
Shirley Valentine

Shirley Valentine

August 30, 1989 | R
Shirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg, wondering what happened to her life. She compares scenes in her current life with what she used to be like and feels she's stagnated and in a rut. But when her best friend wins an all-expenses-paid vacation to Greece for two, Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
7.2
Millennium

Millennium

August 25, 1989 | PG-13
An NTSB investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster meets a warrior woman from 1000 years in the future. She replaces the people from airplanes before they crash with corpses with the same features.
Metascore:
26
User Score:
tbd
The Adventures of Milo and Otis

The Adventures of Milo and Otis

August 25, 1989 | G
The adventures of a young cat and a dog as they find themselves accidentally separated and each swept into a hazardous trek.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
tbd
The Package

The Package

August 25, 1989 | R
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher (Gene Hackman) is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette (Tommy Lee Jones), back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
Casualties of War

Casualties of War

August 18, 1989 | R
During the Vietnam War, a soldier (Michael J. Fox) finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
5.3
Uncle Buck

Uncle Buck

August 16, 1989 | PG
Bachelor and all round slob, Buck, babysits his brother's rebellious teenage daughter and her cute younger brother and sister.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
7.6
sex, lies, and videotape

sex, lies, and videotape

August 4, 1989 | R
Written in eight days on a trip to Los Angeles by first-time feature director Stephen Soderbergh, and shot in five weeks on a meager $1.2 million budget, the film tells the story of Graham (James Spader), who visits old friend John (Peter Gallager), and engages John's wife (Andie McDowell), and her sister (Laura San Giacomo) in his unique method of overcoming his unusual sexual dysfunction.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
7.8
Parenthood

Parenthood

August 2, 1989 | PG-13
Gil Martin is a funny and loving husband who's also tries too hard to be the "perfect" parent to his uniquely different kids. (Universal Studios)
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.3
Kiki's Delivery Service

Kiki's Delivery Service

July 29, 1989 | G
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.4
Turner & Hooch

Turner & Hooch

July 28, 1989 | PG
A detective (Tom Hanks) must adopt a dog of a dead man to help him find the man's murderer.
Metascore:
36
User Score:
6.2
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

July 26, 1989 | TV-14
A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
Metascore:
94
User Score:
8.6
Shag

Shag

July 21, 1989 | PG
It's the Summer of 1963. Carson (Phoebe Cates) is getting married to her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for one last reckless weekend.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
tbd
When Harry Met Sally...

When Harry Met Sally...

July 12, 1989 | R
Will sex ruin a perfect relationship between a man and a woman? That's what Harry (Crystal) and Sally (Ryan) debate during their travels from Chicago to New York. 11 years and 2,000 miles later, they're still no closer to finding the answer. And they've never ventured past their friendship to discover the love that's right in front of them. Will these two best friends ever accept that they're meant for each other... or will they continue to deny the attraction that's existed since the first moment When Harry Met Sally? (MGM)
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.3
Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

June 30, 1989 | R
Set on the hottest day of the summer, the film examines various personal, social and economic issues through the eyes of an ensemble of neighborhood characters on a Bedford Stuyvesant block in Brooklyn.
Metascore:
93
User Score:
8.2
The Karate Kid Part III

The Karate Kid Part III

June 30, 1989 | PG
Ostracised villain John Kreese attempts to gain revenge on Daniel and Miyagi, with the help of a Vietnam War comrade, the wealthy owner of a toxic waste disposal business.
Metascore:
36
User Score:
5.2
Twister

Twister

June 30, 1989 | PG-13
Delusional and spoiled Maureen and her eccentric brother Howdy decide to track down and meet their estranged mother, all while the drama of dysfunctional relationships, disastrous weather conditions and a dark family secret ensue.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
Great Balls of Fire!

Great Balls of Fire!

June 30, 1989 | PG-13
The life and career of controversial rocker Jerry Lee Lewis.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
tbd
Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society

June 16, 1989 | PG
Robin Williams stars as John Keating, an unconventional teacher at a conservative New England prep school who inspires his students and encourages them with the rallying call "carpe diem" (seize the day).
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.3
Renegades

Renegades

June 2, 1989 | R
An undercover cop forms an alliance with a Native American to help him hunt down the criminals who stole an ancient Lakota tribal lance.
Metascore:
42
User Score:
tbd
Pink Cadillac

Pink Cadillac

May 26, 1989 | PG-13
Skip tracer Tommy looks for bail-jumper Lou Ann. Her crime is marrying Roy, who left counterfeit money in their mobile home and got her arrested. She leaves Roy in his pink Cadillac full of money. His psycho friends want their money back.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
4.8
Miracle Mile

Miracle Mile

May 19, 1989 | R
A young man hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit the city within 70 minutes.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
The Rachel Papers

The Rachel Papers

May 12, 1989 | R
Charles is in control of his life; he is about to finish 6th form college and start at Oxford. He is 19 and wants an 'older' woman before he turns 20. Enter the beautiful Rachel, and Charles puts his 'master-of-seduction' routines into top gear. Things however get complicated, Charles has a string of ex's and a weird brother-in-law. Rachel has a boyfriend named Deforest and Charles' father has a mistress.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
tbd
Chocolat

Chocolat

May 1, 1989 | PG-13
A French woman returns to her childhood home in Cameroon - formerly a colonial outpost - where she's flooded by memories, particularly of Protée, her servant.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
tbd
Danny the Champion of the World

Danny the Champion of the World

April 29, 1989
Somewhere in England in autumn 1955, widowed veteran William Smith and his son, Danny, live an idyllic life together. But their property happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer named Victor Hazell wants to buy. When he won't take no for an answer, and sets government inspectors and social works onto them, they decide to get even with him and his pheasant-shooting friends in a manner in keeping with their own family tradition.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
tbd
Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams

April 21, 1989 | PG
"If you build it, he will come." With thes words, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (Costner) is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife Annie (Madigan), Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true. Along the way he meets reclusive activist Terence Mann (Jones), the mysterious "Doc" Graham (Lancaster), and even the legendary "Shoeless Joe" Jackson (Liotta). (Universal)
Metascore:
57
User Score:
8.3
Say Anything...

Say Anything...

April 4, 1989 | PG-13
John Cusack plays Lloyd Dobler--an average guy with a penchant for kickboxing. There is only one thing that all-around nice guy Lloyd wants for his high school graduation: a date with beautiful valedictorian Diane Court (Skye). Lloyd's dream comes true when Diane accepts his invitation to a graduation party. Diane falls for Lloyd, whose goal is to spend as much time with her as possible. Their budding romance is put to the test when Diane has to choose between pursuing her academic dreams and spending time with him. John Mahoney is first-rate as Diane's father, a single parent who wants only the best for his brilliant daughter but who harbors a serious secret that the IRS is investigating. [20th Century Fox]
Metascore:
86
User Score:
8.1
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

March 10, 1989 | PG
The enchanting adventures of Baron von Munchausen follow him on his journey to save a town from defeat. Being swallowed by a giant sea-monster, a trip to the moon, a dance with Venus and an escape from the Grim Reaper are only some of the improbable adventures. (Sony Pictures)
Metascore:
69
User Score:
8.2
Dream a Little Dream

Dream a Little Dream

March 3, 1989 | PG-13
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.
Metascore:
32
User Score:
tbd
Skin Deep

Skin Deep

March 3, 1989 | R
A womanizing alcoholic writer, whose life seems to be falling apart at the seams, repeatedly finds himself in trouble of one sort or another with the law, ex-girlfriends, and jealous boyfriends.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
tbd
Lean on Me

Lean on Me

March 3, 1989 | TV-14
The dedicated but tyrannical Joe Clark is appointed the principal of a decaying inner-city school and he is determined to improve by any and all means.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
tbd
High Hopes

High Hopes

February 24, 1989 | PG
A slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.2
The Mighty Quinn

The Mighty Quinn

February 17, 1989 | R
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.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
tbd
True Believer

True Believer

February 17, 1989 | R
A cynical former civil liberties attorney now reduced to "specializing" in defending drug dealers becomes transformed by an eight-year-old murder case.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
tbd
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects

February 3, 1989 | R
A brutal Los Angeles police Lt. is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.
Metascore:
19
User Score:
tbd
Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning

January 27, 1989 | R
A fictionalized version of the murders of three civil rights activists on June 21, 1964 in Mississippi. The FBI comes in to solve the case and succeeds only after using unethical and illegal means. (MGM)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
8.5
Gleaming the Cube

Gleaming the Cube

January 13, 1989 | TV-MA
Brian's adopted brother is killed when he discovers that the shop he works in sends weapons to Vietnam instead of medications. To the police it looks like suicide, but Brian knows better so he skates off to investigate the murder himself.
Metascore:
40
User Score:
tbd
Talk Radio

Talk Radio

December 23, 1988 | R
A "shock jock" (Eric Bogosian) becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.0
Working Girl

Working Girl

December 23, 1988 | R
Ambitious secretary Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) makes her up the corporate ladder with a little creative deception by "taking over" when her boss Katherine Parker (Sigourney Weaver) breaks her leg on a ski trip.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.1
The Accidental Tourist

The Accidental Tourist

December 23, 1988 | PG
An author of travel books (Hurt) sees his world turned upside down when his son dies, his wife (Turner) leaves him, and he meets an eccentric dog trainer (Davis).
Metascore:
52
User Score:
7.1
Beaches

Beaches

December 21, 1988 | PG-13
When the irrepressible C.C. Bloom (Bette Midler) and the shy and proper Hillary Whitney (Barbara Hershey) first meet under the boardwalk at the beach, all the 11-year-olds have in common is the need for a best friend. Worlds apart in lifestyle and location, their friendship ebbs and flows through a lifetime of highs and lows, career changes, marriages, jealousy, and more. From the boardwalk in Atlantic City to the beach house on the Pacific, BEACHES may remind you of what being a true friend means.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
4.1
Dangerous Liaisons

Dangerous Liaisons

December 16, 1988 | R
A cruel wager is made between the beautiful but deviousMarquise de Merteuil (Close) and her former lover, the Vicomte de Valmont (Malkovich). The Marquise challenges Valmont to seduce the virginal Cecile de Volanges (Thurman) before the girl can be wed. As a counter-challenge Valmont bets the Marquise that he will be able to bed the married Madame de Tourvel (Pfeiffer).
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.5
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