Do the Right Thing(1989)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 80

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.



Driving Miss Daisy(1989)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 76

An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.



When Harry Met Sally...(1989)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.



Dead Poets Society(1989)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 67

English teacher John Keating inspires his students to look at poetry with a different perspective of authentic knowledge and feelings.



Batman(1989)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 66

The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker.



Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade(1989)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 64

When Dr. Henry Jones, Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. must follow in his father's footsteps to stop the Nazis from getting their hands on the Holy Grail first.



Parenthood(1989)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 68

The Buckmans are a midwestern family all dealing with their lives: estranged relatives, raising children, pressures of the job, and learning to be a good parent and spouse.



Sex, Lies, and Videotape(1989)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A sexually repressed woman's husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.



Born on the Fourth of July(1989)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

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



Crimes and Misdemeanors(1989)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 64

An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.



Lethal Weapon 2(1989)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 58

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.



The Abyss(1989)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 56

A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and face danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.



Field of Dreams(1989)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 57

An Iowa corn farmer, hearing voices, interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields; he does, and the 1919 Chicago White Sox come.



Black Rain(1989)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 43

Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.



Henry V(1989)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 42

In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.



The Little Mermaid(1989)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 30

A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain with an unscrupulous sea-witch in order to meet a human prince on land.



Back to the Future Part II(1989)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 29

After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.



Valmont(1989)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 47

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...



A Dry White Season(1989)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 55

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 ...



Harlem Nights(1989)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 29

During the 1930s, a New York illegal gambling house owner and his associates must deal with strong competition, gangsters and corrupt cops in order to stay in business.




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