Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that's what Harry Burns believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry's determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it. But when a night of weakness ends in a morning of panic, can the pair avoid succumbing to Harry's fears by remaining friends and admitting they just might be the perfect match for each other?

My Left Foot

1989

English

7.8

♡ 23

98%

92%

Action

based on a true story

based on true story

biography

Biography

bodily disabled person

Drama

foot

poet

Jim Sheridan Director

Fiona Shaw as Dr. Eileen Cole

Ruth McCabe as Mary

Adrian Dunbar as Peter

Tom Hickey as Priest

No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.

All About Ah-Long

1989

Cn

7.2

♡ 2

88%

Drama

Johnnie To Director

Michael P. Da Silva as

Chi-Kwong Kwan as

Yun-Fat Chow as Ah-Long Yeung

Sylvia Chang as Sylvia Poon

Ah-Long, a father living a low-class lifestyle, while trying to raise his son, Porky. The strong bond between father and son is tested when a chance encounter from Ah-Long's ex-girlfriend changes the course of their lives.

Godzilla vs. Biollante

1989

Japanese

6.5

♡ 10

75%

Kazuki Ohmori Director

Kazue Ikura as

Toshiyuki Nagashima as Director Seiichi Yamamoto

Tôru Minegishi as Lieutenant Goro Gondo

Masanobu Takashima as Major Sho Kuroki

Kosuke Toyohara as Osamu Amesawa

Kenzo Ogiwara as Takeo Shimura

After the previous Godzilla attack, a miniature arms race ensues to collect his cells. Concerned over Godzilla's possible return, the Japanese government uses the cells to create a new bio-weapon, ANEB (Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria). They seeks the aid of geneticist Genshiro Shiragami, who's experiments result in a new mutation.

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

1989

English

4.9

♡ 49

11%

Dominique Othenin-Girard Director

Greg Nicotero as Guy in Gas Station

Danielle Harris as Jamie

Ellie Cornell as Rachel

Beau Starr as Sheriff Ben Meeker

After lying in a coma for a year, Michael Myers awakens and stalks his way back to his small hometown in Illinois, intent on killing his niece, Jamie, who has been confined to a mental institution since his last attempt to slay her.

Weekend at Bernie's

1989

English

6.4

♡ 37

52%

Ted Kotcheff Director

Skeet Ulrich as Extra

Catherine Mary Stewart as Gwen Saunders

Jonathan Silverman as Richard Parker

Louis Giambalvo as Vito

Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.

Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland

1989

English

5.0

♡ 34

22%

Michael A. Simpson Director

Haynes Brooke as Bobby

Michael J. Pollard as Herman

Tracy Griffith as Marcia

Kyle Holman as Snowboy

Psychotic Angela is itching to do what she does best: slaughter dozens of teenage campers. As luck would have it, the previous site of her murders has been renamed and converted into an experimental summer camp meant to bring together privileged and lower-class teens. On the day the youths are boarding the buses to camp, Angela runs over a potential camper with a garbage truck and assumes her identity. Once she has infiltrated the camp, the real terror begins.

Society

1989

English

6.5

♡ 34

64%

Brian Yuzna Director

Billy Warlock as Bill Whitney

Chanel Ryan as Extra

Charles Lucia as Jim Whitney

David Wells as Sergeant Burt

Bill Whitney is worried that he is different to his sister and parents. They mix with other upper-class people while Bill is more down to earth. Even his girlfriend seems a bit odd. All is revealed when Bill returns home to find a party in full swing.

Little Monsters

1989

English

6.1

♡ 18

44%

Richard Greenberg Director

Frank Whaley as Boy

Howard Spiegel as Father

Daniel Stern as Glen Stevenson

Rick Ducommun as Snik

A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games under his bed where pulling pranks on kids and other monsters is the main attraction.

Sex, Lies, and Videotape

1989

English

7.2

♡ 64

96%

Steven Soderbergh Director

Andie MacDowell as Ann Bishop Mullany

Laura San Giacomo as Cynthia Patrice Bishop

James Spader as Graham Dalton

Peter Gallagher as John Mullany

Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. When John’s best friend Graham arrives, his penchant for interviewing women about their sex lives forever changes John and Ann’s rocky marriage.

The Wizard

1989

English

6.1

♡ 22

29%

Todd Holland Director

Lee Arenberg as Armageddon Registrar

Tobey Maguire as Lucas' Goon at Video Armageddon

Christian Slater as Nick Woods

Jim Pirri as Studio Tour Guide

A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross-country, with help from a girl they meet, to compete in the ultimate video-game championship.

DeepStar Six

1989

English

5.3

♡ 33

18%

Sean S. Cunningham Director

Taurean Blacque as

Cindy Pickett as Diane Norris

Thom Bray as Hodges

Marius Weyers as Van Gelder

The crew of an experimental underwater nuclear base are forced to struggle for their lives when their explorations disturb a creature who threatens to destroy their base.

Heathers

1989

English

7.1

♡ 84

95%

Michael Lehmann Director

Glenn Shadix as Father Ripper

Bess Meyer as Female Stoner

Christian Slater as J.D.

Winona Ryder as Veronica

A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

In Between Loves

1989

Cn

5.1

♡ 7

Yi Ching Fung Director

Maggie Cheung as Jenny Tung

Lawrence Ng as John Liu

Fruit Chan as Kuo

Alexander Chan as Wah

Taxi driver Lung is obsessed with TV news reporter Jenny Tung. He attempts to gain her affection by providing minor news stories, but her arrogant lawyer boyfriend, John Liu gets in the way. He tells Lung that she is only interested in major events. When a series of murders begins to plaque the city, Lung begins to feed Tung info on the killings but is he more connected than he lets on?

Parents

1989

English

6.1

♡ 12

64%

Bob Balaban Director

Wayne Robson as Lab Attendant

Sandy Dennis as Millie Dew

Deborah Rush as Mrs. Zellner

Randy Quaid as Nick Laemle

Michael is a young boy living in a typical 1950s suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Young Michael begins to suspect his parents are cooking more than just hamburgers on the grill outside, but has trouble explaining his fears to his new-found friend Sheila, or the school's social worker.

Born on the Fourth of July

1989

English

7.2

♡ 69

84%

76%

Action

based on a true story

Biography

Drama

post traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

vietnam veteran

vietnam war

War

Oliver Stone Director

Willem Dafoe as Charlie

Raymond J. Barry as Mr. Kovic

William Baldwin as Platoon - Vietnam

Tom Cruise as Ron Kovic

Brian Tarantina as Vet #2 - Miami Convention

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

Warlock

1989

English

6.2

♡ 26

56%

Steve Miner Director

Ian Abercrombie as Magistrate #1

David Carpenter as Pastor

Kay E. Kuter as Proctor

Julian Sands as Warlock

In 17th century New England, witch hunter Giles Redferne captures an evil warlock, but the conjurer eludes death with supernatural help. Flung into the future, the warlock winds up in the 1980s and plans to bring about the end of the world. Redferne follows the enchanter into the modern era and continues his mission, but runs into trouble in such unfamiliar surroundings. With the help of a young woman, can Redferne finally defeat the warlock?

Psycho Cop

1989

English

4.4

♡ 8

22%

Wallace Potts Director

Bruce Melena as Cop #1

Glenn Steelman as Cop #2

Cindy Guyer as Julie

Robert R. Shafer as Officer Joe Vickers

Officer Joe Vickers would probably make a good policeman if it weren't for his two nasty habits. Firstly, he is a devoted satanist; secondly - he likes to kill people. When he meets a group of teenagers spending their vacation in a wood hut, he decides to investigate.

Monsieur Hire

1989

French

7.5

♡ 5

100%

Patrice Leconte Director

Sandrine Bonnaire as Alice

Nora Noël as La gardienne

André Wilms as L'inspecteur de police

Michel Blanc as Monsieur Hire

A French man spies on a lovely younger woman across the way. When he's spotted by the woman shortly after being questioned by the police about a local murder, the man's simple life becomes more complicated.