Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito's son and Jessie's grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past.

Snake Eater

1989

English

4.5

♡ 5

Action

George Erschbamer Director

Lorenzo Lamas as Jack 'Soldier' Kelly

Ronnie Hawkins as King

Ron Palillo as Torchy

Rick Collins as Uncle Joe

The Snake Eaters are an elite division of the Marines especially trained for search and destroy missions. This actioner chronicles the exploits of one of them who has become a cop. Known as a tough loner, he returns to find the band of backwoods bad-guys who killed his parents and abducted his sister.

The Banker

1989

English

5.0

♡ 3

33%

William Webb Director

Robert Forster as Dan

David Fine as Paramedic

Shanna Reed as Sharon

Duncan Regehr as Spaulding Osbourne

High-priced prostitutes are being systematically murdered, their corpses mutilated, and a bizarre South American symbol painted in blood is found at the scene. The cop investigating is out to solve the crime before his ex wife, a reporter, becomes the next victim.

Dance of the Damned

1989

English

5.2

♡ 6

71%

Katt Shea Director

Tom Ruben as Cabby

Paisley Yankolovich as Skinhead

Maria Ford as Teacher

Cyril O'Reilly as The Vampire

A vampire follows his instincts to a strip joint where he focuses in on one of the performers. He picks her for his meal because she is contemplating suicide, but he wants to share her life before taking it, and during the course of the evening they discuss their differences, their fears, and their lifestyles. As the moment of truth approaches, the woman becomes less sure that she wants to die.

She's Out of Control

1989

English

5.4

♡ 10

11%

Stan Dragoti Director

Bess Meyer as Cheryl

Wallace Shawn as Dr. Fishbinder

Terry Wills as Flight Captain

Derek McGrath as Jeff Robbins

A Los Angeles radio-station manager's girlfriend shows his teenage daughter how to be sexy.

Spy Games

1989

Cn

5.6

♡ 5

Action

Comedy

David Wu Director

Kenny Bee as Ken Chung

Philip Chan as Ken's Boss

Saburô Tokitô as Kudo

Waise Lee as Lee Chi-Hung

A japanese singer believes her father has been kidnapped. She goes to Hong Kong to find him.

Vielleicht bin ich wirklich eine Zauberin

1989

English

5.7

♡ 2

Action

Documentary

Katja Raganelli Director

Bibi Andersson as Self

Will Lyman as Self

Stina Ekblad as Self

Mai Zetterling as Self

A documentary on the theater and film of Swedish actress and director Mai Zettering, whose career took her to Britain ,Hollywood and France.

Coming Out

1989

German

7.0

♡ 6

Heiner Carow Director

Michael Gwisdek as Achim

Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss as Araber

Gudrun Ritter as Frau Möllemann / Serviererin

Dagmar Manzel as Tanja

Philipp, a closeted teacher, is dating a female colleague to keep up appearances. One night he stumbles into a gay bar and falls for a man. Transformed by this love, he is no longer afraid to face up to who he is.

Wer fürchtet sich vorm schwarzen Mann

1989

German

7.2

♡ 2

Documentary

woman director

Helke Misselwitz Director

Portrait of a private coal company in East Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district in 1988/89. The feisty woman boss runs the business with humour and understanding. Her seven male employees respect her. To the outside world, they are all tough guys, but as they describe their jobs and personal situations, above and beyond the hard manual labour, their vulnerability starts to come to light.

A legényanya

1989

Hungarian

7.4

Comedy

Dezsö Garas Director

Ferenc Vizsnyiczai as

Dezsö Garas as Béla, Józsi apja

Károly Eperjes as Józsi

Barnabás Tóth as Józsi fia

In the small village of Rátót, every male is called Béla. When a woman gives birth to her child, she names him Józsi...

The Yuppie Fantasia

1989

Cn

6.1

♡ 1

Comedy

Gordon Chan Director

Vivian Chow as

Sheren Tang as

Man-Biu Wong as

Mei Fung Chow as

Marital ups and downs and extramarital flings provide the background to this uproarious tale of life in an advertising agency. Yuppie ad-man Leung Foon separates from his similarly career-focused wife Ann, tries to get back together with his former girlfriend, and flirts with his woman boss, before questioning whether he was better off where he started.

Fat Man and Little Boy

1989

English

6.5

♡ 18

50%

Roland Joffé Director

Jim True-Frost as Donald Hornig

Mary Pat Gleason as Dora Welsh

Paul Newman as General Leslie R. Groves

John Williams as Mack Stoddard

Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."

Last Exit to Brooklyn

1989

English

6.8

♡ 6

65%

74%

Action

based on novel or book

Uli Edel Director

Alexis Arquette as Georgette

Jennifer Jason Leigh as Tralala

Bill Mondy as Uptown Doggie

Peter Dobson as Vinnie

A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.

Killer Crocodile

1989

English

4.7

♡ 11

15%

Fabrizio De Angelis Director

Amilcar Martins as (as Marte Amilcar)

Van Johnson as Judge

Sherrie Rose as Pamela

Franklin Dominguez as Pathologist

A group of environmentalists arrives at a faraway tropical delta where toxic waste is being dumped. However the water also hides a giant crocodile. The corrupt local officials don't help much either.

Beijing Watermelon

1989

Japanese

7.2

♡ 3

Action

Drama

Nobuhiko Ôbayashi Director

Tôru Minegishi as Dr. Muraki

Mitsuyo Asaka as Hatsuko Iida

Takashi Sasano as Mr. Yamada, the Real Estate Agent

Yasufumi Hayashi as Toru Horikoshi

Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters Li, a poor college student from China.

One Year in a Life of Crime

1989

English

7.6

♡ 7

Jon Alpert Director Freddy

Freddy as Robert

Robert as

Michael Jandreau as (as Mike)

Their job is stealing, their lives a cruel dead end. Director Jon Alpert takes his cameras undercover for this hard-hitting look at men who live by theft and suffer addiction. Focusing on a year in the lives of three professional criminals, this gritty profile—which includes hidden-camera footage of actual thefts—exposes the "petty" crimes that are paralyzing America.

Garfield's Thanksgiving

1989

English

7.6

♡ 4

Phil Roman Director

Julie Payne as Dr. Liz Wilson

Lorenzo Music as Garfield

Pat Carroll as Grandma

Brian Cummings as Pilgrim / Chef

On Thanksgiving, according to Garfield, people celebrate food by eating as much of it as possible. It's a tradition! But that tradition is history following a checkup from vet Liz, who says Garfield must go on a diet.