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Top Ten Films of 1989: World Premieres Top Ten by U.S. Release Date (Updated) // My 1989 Oscar Ballot (Updated)
Exemplary Shorts: Cycles, Living Inside, Me and Rubyfruit Reviews from 1989 ★ = Full-Length Review / © = Capsule-Length Review / ★  = Blog Review (New Window)   ★   The Abyss Dir. James Cameron. With Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn B+ ★   Born on the Fourth of July Dir. Oliver Stone. With Tom Cruise, Willem Dafoe, Kyra Sedgwick B ★   Sweetie Dir. Jane Campion. With Karen Colston, Geneviève Lemon, Tom Lycos, Jon Darling A ©   When Harry Met Sally... Dir. Rob Reiner. With Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher A+ More Grades from 1989 Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade         Cycles Dir. Zeinabu Irene Davis. With Stephanie Ingram, Zeinabu Irene Davis, Marc Chéry B       Dead Calm Dir. Phillip Noyce. With Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, Rod Mullinar B+       Driving Miss Daisy Dir. Bruce Beresford. With Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd C       Hearing Voices Dir. Sharon Greytak. With Erika Nagy, Stephen Gatta, Tim Ahren D       James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket Dir. Karen Thorsen. Documentary about the author B       Looking for Langston Dir. Isaac Julien. With Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji B+       Music Box Dir. Costa-Gavras. With Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Lukas Haas B       My Left Foot Dir. Jim Sheridan. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh O'Conor, Brenda Fricker B+       Parents Dir. Bob Balaban. With Bryan Madorsky, Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis B+       Say Anything... Dir. Cameron Crowe. With John Cusack, Ione Skye, Lili Taylor, John Mahoney B       sex, lies, and videotape Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With Andie MacDowell, James Spader B+       She-Devil Dir. Susan Seidelman. With Roseanne Barr, Ed Begley Jr., Meryl Streep D+       Shirley Valentine Dir. Lewis Gilbert. With Pauline Collins, Bernard Hill, Tom Conti C       Steel Magnolias Dir. Herbert Ross. With Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton B       Sweet Bird of Youth Dir. Nicolas Roeg. TV Movie. With Mark Harmon, Elizabeth Taylor D       Tongues Untied Dir. Marlon Riggs. With Marlon Riggs, Essex Hemphill, Steve Langley B+   Also from 1989 The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain   Fetching       The War of the Roses Dir. Danny DeVito. With Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito       Wild Women Don't Have the Blues Dir. Christine Dall. Documentary about Harlem blues singers   Fair       Batman Dir. Tim Burton. With Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Michael Gough       Field of Dreams Dir. Phil Alden Robinson. With Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones       Glory Dir. Edward Zwick. With Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington       Heathers Dir. Michael Hoffman. With Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Kim Walker, Shannen Doherty       The Little Mermaid Dirs. Ron Clements & John Musker. Animated. Voice of Jodi Benson       Parenthood Dir. Ron Howard. With Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest, Rick Moranis   Feh       Blue Steel Dir. Kathryn Bigelow. With Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Peña       Casualties of War Dir. Brian De Palma. With Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Thuy Thu Le, John Harvey       The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover Dir. Peter Greenaway. With Michael Gambon       Dead Poets Society Dir. Peter Weir. With Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard       Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Dir. Joe Johnston. With Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Amy O'Neill       Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Harrison Ford, Sean Connery       Last Exit to Brooklyn Dir. Uli Edel. With Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young       Look Back in Anger Dirs. Judi Dench & David Jones. With Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson       Pet Sematary Dir. Mary Lambert. With Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby       Shag: The Movie Dir. Zelda Barron. With Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda, Annabeth Gish Still to Come from 1989   Ten Most Enticing Prospects:       Dekalog 10: Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Goods Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski       Drugstore Cowboy Dir. Gus Van Sant. With Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Remar       Enemies, a Love Story Dir. Paul Schrader. With Ron Silver, Lena Olin, Anjelica Huston       Jésus de Montréal Dir. Denys Arcand. With Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening       The Killer Dir. John Woo. With Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Chu Kong       Monsieur Hire Dir. Patrice Leconte. With Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire, Luc Thuillier       The Seventh Continent Dir. Michael Haneke. With Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer       Speaking Parts Dir. Atom Egoyan. With Michael McManus, Arsinée Khanjian       The Unbelievable Truth Dir. Hal Hartley. With Adrienne Shelly, Robert Burke       Yaaba Dir. Idrissa Ouédraogo. With Fatimata Sanga, Noufou Ouédraogo, Roukietou Barry Further Research:       Always Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson       Black Rain Dir. Ridley Scott. With Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura       Blaze Dir. Ron Shelton. With Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Jerry Hardin       Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Dirs. Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman       Creature Comforts Dir. Nick Park. Animated. Voice of Julie Sedgewick       The Cyclist Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf. With Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Esmail Soltanian       A Dry White Season Dir. Euzhan Palcy. With Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman       Eat a Bowl of Tea Dir. Wayne Wang. With Cora Miao, Russell Wong, Victor Wong       Fat Man and Little Boy Dir. Roland Joffé. With Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz       The Fly II Dir. Chris Walas. With Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, Lee Richardson, John Getz       A Grand Day Out Dir. Nick Park. Animated. Voice of Peter Sallis       Harlem Nights Dir. Eddie Murphy. With Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx       Homework Dir. Abbas Kiarostami. Documentary about Iranian school children       How to Get Ahead in Advertising Dir. Bruce Robinson. With Richard E. Grant       Immediate Family Dir. Jonathan Kaplan. With Glenn Close, Mary Stuart Masterson       In Country Dir. Norman Jewison. With Bruce Willis, Emily Lloyd, Joan Allen       Jacknife Dir. David Hugh Jones. With Robert De Niro, Kathy Baker, Ed Harris       Kiki's Delivery Service Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Animated. Voice of Minami Takayama       Lean on Me Dir. John G. Avildsen. With Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume       Licence to Kill Dir. John Glen. With Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi       Life and Nothing But Dir. Bertrand Tavernier. With Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azéma       Lonesome Dove Dir. Simon Wincer. TV Movie. With Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones       Meet the Feebles Dir. Peter Jackson. Animated. Voices of Donna Akersten, Stuart Devenie       Miss Firecracker Dir. Thomas Schlamme. With Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins       Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story Dir. Brian Gibson. TV Movie       Mystery Train Dir. Jim Jarmusch. With Youki Kudoh, Nicoletta Braschi, Steve Buscemi       New York Stories Dirs. Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese       Old Gringo Dir. Luis Puenzo. With Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Patricio Contreras       Pink Cadillac Dir. Buddy Van Horn. With Clint Eastwood, Bernadette Peters       Sea of Love Dir. Harold Becker. With Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman       Slaves of New York Dir. James Ivory. With Bernadette Peters, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt       The Tall Guy Dir. Mel Smith. With Jeff Goldblum, Rowan Atkinson, Emma Thompson       Tango & Cash Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky. With Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell       Too Beautiful for You Dir. Bertrand Blier. With Josiane Balasko, Gérard Depardieu       True Believer Dir. Joseph Ruben. With James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Yuji Okumoto       True Love Dir. Nancy Savoca. With Annabella Sciorra, Ron Eldard, Aida Turturro       We're No Angels Dir. Neil Jordan. With Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Demi Moore, Hoyt Axton
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