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    Chances Are 1989 POSTER

    Chances Are

    1989

    English

    6.5

    19

    66%

    65%

    Action

    afterlife

    Comedy

    daughter

    Fantasy

    heaven

    loss of loved one

    paradise

    resurrection

    Romance

    Emile Ardolino Emile Ardolino Director Robert Downey Jr. Robert Downey Jr. as Alex Finch James Noble James Noble as Dr. Bailey Marc McClure Marc McClure as Richard Susan Ruttan Susan Ruttan as Woman in the Bookstore
    Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda, together. It's not until Alex is invited to Louie's home that he begins to remember his former life, wife and best friend. Of course, there's also the problem that he's attracted to Louie's/his own daughter.
    Alien Private Eye 1989 POSTER

    Alien Private Eye

    1989

    English

    4.3

    5

    Action

    alien

    detective

    drug addiction

    private eye

    Sci-Fi

    Vik Rubenfeld Vik Rubenfeld Director Leeann Lee Leeann Lee as Electra Nur Nur Cummings Nur Nur Cummings as Rob John Alexander John Alexander as Scama Vel Omarr Vel Omarr as T-Bone
    An alien sent to Earth to retrieve a drug that was sent here on a black disc has to fight her race's enemies, who are also on Earth to search for the drug.
    Mes meilleurs copains 1989 POSTER

    Mes meilleurs copains

    1989

    French

    6.6

    3

    74%

    74%

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    Music

    Jean-Marie Poiré Jean-Marie Poiré Director Jean-Pierre Darroussin Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Dany, Daniel Peccoud Christian Clavier Christian Clavier as Jean-Michel Tuilier Didier Pain Didier Pain as Lou Bill Baker Gérard Lanvin Gérard Lanvin as Richard Chappoteaux
    They are the best friends of the world. Five friends who shared everything: may 68, hippies years, the rock and their love for Bernadette. This Bernadette has left them to become a rock-star, and is back 15 years later for a weekend. Jean-Marie Poire describes with this movie the portrait of a generation with lots of humor served by excelent actors.
    Surname Viet Given Name Nam 1989 POSTER

    Surname Viet Given Name Nam

    1989

    English

    6.6

    Action

    Documentary

    History

    Romance

    vietnam war

    War

    woman director

    T. Minh-ha Trinh T. Minh-ha Trinh Director
    The film evolves around questions of identity, popular memory and culture. While focusing on aspects of Vietnamese reality as seen through the lives and history of women resistance in Vietnam and in the U.S, it raises questions on the politics of interviewing and documenting.
    V síti casu 1989 POSTER

    V síti casu

    1989

    Czech

    6.4

    2

    Action

    movie business

    Frantisek Uldrich Frantisek Uldrich Director Frantisek Vlácil Frantisek Vlácil as Self
    Documentary about the making of the 1967 Czech film "Marketa Lazarova".
    Burning Sensation 1989 POSTER

    Burning Sensation

    1989

    Cn

    5.8

    4

    Comedy

    Horror

    Romance

    Ma Wu Ma Wu Director Kenny Bee Kenny Bee as Chien Blackie Shou Liang Ko Blackie Shou Liang Ko as First Taxi Driver Carol 'Do Do' Cheng Carol 'Do Do' Cheng as Ling Tak Yuen Tak Yuen as Opera Actor
    A firefighter salvages a spiritual shrine from an old burning building, which releases the gentle ghost of a Chinese opera singer, killed in a stage fire 30 years before. Grateful for saving her, the ghost falls for the firefighter and will stop at nothing to ensure his safety from the evils that lurk ahead. At the same time, the firefighter doesn't realize he is dating a ghost.
    The BFG 1989 POSTER

    The BFG

    1989

    English

    6.7

    21

    64%

    64%

    Action

    Adventure

    Animation

    based on children's book

    Drama

    dream

    dreams

    Family

    Fantasy

    imaginary land

    orphanage

    queen elizabeth ii

    Brian Cosgrove Brian Cosgrove Director Jimmy Hibbert Jimmy Hibbert as Additional Voices Angela Thorne Angela Thorne as Queen Of England Amanda Root Amanda Root as Sophie David Jason David Jason as The BFG
    Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities. She is soon put at ease, as she learns that BFG's job is to collect, catalog and deliver pleasant dreams to children. She joins him that night, but a mean giants follow them, planning to eat the children of the world.
    Deadly Games 1989 POSTER

    Deadly Games

    1989

    French

    6.4

    15

    Action

    car crash

    grandfather

    Horror

    psychopath

    santa claus

    Thriller

    video game

    video surveillance

    René Manzor René Manzor Director Brigitte Fossey Brigitte Fossey as Julie Marion Bureau Marion Bureau as La petite fille Canaillou Canaillou as Le chien J.R. Patrick Floersheim Patrick Floersheim as Le Père Noël / Santa Claus
    Thomas de Frémont, a precocious child obsessed with action films, sets himself up for a terrifying Christmas Eve after he unwittingly makes contact with a deranged psychopath who claims he's Santa Claus.
    Violent Cop 1989 POSTER

    Violent Cop

    1989

    Japanese

    7.1

    32

    83%

    81%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    drug dealer

    drug trafficking

    male friendship

    police

    police brutality

    Thriller

    torturing police

    Takeshi Kitano Takeshi Kitano Director Susumu Terajima Susumu Terajima as Maiko Kawakami Maiko Kawakami as Akari Sei Hiraizumi Sei Hiraizumi as Iwaki Shirô Sano Shirô Sano as Yoshinari
    A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and Yakuza activities.
    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt 1989 POSTER

    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    1989

    English

    8.1

    4

    100%

    93%

    1980s

    Action

    aids

    Biography

    Documentary

    History

    hiv

    lgbt

    Rob Epstein Rob Epstein Director Julie Harris Julie Harris as Frankie Addams Dustin Hoffman Dustin Hoffman as Narrator Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy as Self Tom Brokaw Tom Brokaw as Self - News Reporter
    On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving families and friends of people who have died of AIDS prepare panels to be added to a large-scale memorial quilt project. Drawing from the sea of names memorialized, director Robert Epstein focuses on the lives of six people. Alongside the intimate profiles offered, through news footage and interviews, Epstein puts the AIDS crisis in the larger context of social and government response to the disease.
    Patlabor: The Movie 1989 POSTER

    Patlabor: The Movie

    1989

    Japanese

    7.0

    56

    82%

    82%

    Action

    adult animation

    Animation

    anime

    Crime

    Drama

    mecha

    Mystery

    police

    real robot

    robot

    Sci-Fi

    Thriller

    Mamoru Oshii Mamoru Oshii Director Michihiro Ikemizu Michihiro Ikemizu as Oota Joe Ochman Joe Ochman as Shinshi Takehito Koyasu Takehito Koyasu as Tech Fumihiko Tachiki Fumihiko Tachiki as Worker
    A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.
    Sing 1989 POSTER

    Sing

    1989

    English

    6.7

    4

    43%

    88%

    Drama

    Musical

    Richard Baskin Richard Baskin Director Peter Dobson Peter Dobson as Dominic Patti LaBelle Patti LaBelle as Mrs. DeVere Krista Bridges Krista Bridges as Pretty Girl Leslie Carlson Leslie Carlson as Suit
    When a volatile young street tough with a talent for singing and dancing is tapped by the high school music teacher to lead the upcoming senior "Sing," he is forced to come to terms with his defiant self-destructive lifestyle and his growing attraction to his co-star.
    Tap 1989 POSTER

    Tap

    1989

    English

    6.6

    4

    56%

    70%

    Action

    Comedy

    dance teacher

    Drama

    ex-con

    Music

    musical

    tap dancing

    Nick Castle Nick Castle Director Harold Nicholas Harold Nicholas as Harold Sammy Davis Jr. Sammy Davis Jr. as Little Mo Joe Morton Joe Morton as Nicky Lloyd Kino Lloyd Kino as Party Hood
    Max Washington has just been released from prison after serving time for burglary. He returns to his old hangout, a hoofer club. His old girl friend, Amy, who still works at the club as a Tap instructor, is less than thrilled to see him. Her father, Little Mo, is happy to see him, because he has plans for a show involving Max. In addition, Max's old partners in crime have another job for him.
    Murder Story 1989 POSTER

    Murder Story

    1989

    Dutch

    5.3

    2

    Crime

    Thriller

    Eddie Arno Eddie Arno Director Garrick Hagon Garrick Hagon as Ben Zonis Bill Bailey Bill Bailey as Billy van Wyck / Kielman Bruce Boa Bruce Boa as Corrigan Alexis Denisof Alexis Denisof as Tony Zonis
    Aspiring young novelist Tony Zonis (Alexis Denisof) wants to write the next great suspense thriller, so he decides to study the work of master crime writer, Willard Hope (Christopher Lee). Together, they pick through random newspaper stories, looking for the unusual event that will make a good thriller. What they find is murder. A government cover-up... an international scandal... and the bodies are just beginning to fall into place. Now Tony isn't just writing the next best-seller... he's writing his own obituary.
    Thick Skinned 1989 POSTER

    Thick Skinned

    1989

    French

    6.6

    Action

    Drama

    woman director

    Patricia Mazuy Patricia Mazuy Director Sandrine Bonnaire Sandrine Bonnaire as Annie Jacques Spiesser Jacques Spiesser as Gérard Jean-Jacques Bernard Jean-Jacques Bernard as Le boucher Riri Laure Duthilleul Laure Duthilleul as Sophie
    Two brothers set fire to a barn while drunk, inadvertently causing the death of a sleeping wanderer. One of them takes all the blame for the incident and spends ten years in prison.
    Three Fugitives 1989 POSTER

    Three Fugitives

    1989

    English

    6.2

    20

    14%

    50%

    Action

    chase

    Comedy

    daughter

    falsely accused

    hostage

    police

    release from prison

    Francis Veber Francis Veber Director David Arnott David Arnott as Bank Teller Sherman Howard Sherman Howard as Canadian Police Officer Jeff Perry Jeff Perry as Orderly Two John Aylward John Aylward as Second Cop
    On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise money so that he can keep his daughter, Meg, and get her the treatment she needs. Dugan, a detective, assumes Lucas helped plan the robbery, and hence Lucas, Perry and Meg become three fugitives.
    Red Surf 1989 POSTER

    Red Surf

    1989

    English

    4.2

    5

    26%

    26%

    Action

    cocaine

    Crime

    Drama

    drug dealing

    drugs

    jet ski

    pregnancy

    H. Gordon Boos H. Gordon Boos Director Gene Simmons Gene Simmons as Doc Vincent Klyn Vincent Klyn as Noga Dedee Pfeiffer Dedee Pfeiffer as Rebecca George Clooney George Clooney as Remar
    Remar and Attila are a couple of surfers who also deal drugs to make a living. They are trying to set up a final deal with local drug lord, Calavera, when their friend True Blue is busted by the cops. Blue talks too much in the police station and Calavera is out for revenge because of the betrayal.
    Valmont 1989 POSTER

    Valmont

    1989

    English

    7.0

    27

    50%

    69%

    Action

    arranged marriage

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    loss of virginity

    love letter

    paris, france

    Romance

    seduction

    Milos Forman Milos Forman Director Fairuza Balk Fairuza Balk as Cecile Henry Thomas Henry Thomas as Danceny Jeffrey Jones Jeffrey Jones as Gercourt Colin Firth Colin Firth as Valmont
    Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont falls in love.
    Physical Evidence 1989 POSTER

    Physical Evidence

    1989

    English

    5.2

    14

    22%

    16%

    Action

    courtroom drama

    Crime

    lawyer

    murder

    Mystery

    police

    puzzle

    romance

    Romance

    Thriller

    Michael Crichton Michael Crichton Director David Ferry David Ferry as 1st Cop Malcolm Stewart Malcolm Stewart as Ames Kenneth Welsh Kenneth Welsh as Harry Norton J. Winston Carroll J. Winston Carroll as Samson
    A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.
    The January Man 1989 POSTER

    The January Man

    1989

    English

    5.5

    1

    28%

    30%

    Action

    Comedy

    Crime

    Mystery

    neo-noir

    police

    serial killer

    Thriller

    Pat O'Connor Pat O'Connor Director Susan Sarandon Susan Sarandon as Christine Starkey Brian Tarantina Brian Tarantina as Cone Kevin Kline Kevin Kline as Nick Starkey Kenneth Welsh Kenneth Welsh as Roger Culver
    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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