Scandal(1989)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.



Fat Man and Little Boy(1989)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 14

This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built.



Mystery Train(1989)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.



Johnny Handsome(1989)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 10

Johnny Handsome is a deformed gangster who plans a successful robbery with a friend of his, Mikey Chalmette, and another couple (Sunny Boid and Rafe Garrett). During the heist, Johnny and ...



The Punisher(1989)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When Frank Castle's family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as the Punisher.



The Package(1989)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 11

Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.



The Big Picture(1989)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Film school grad Nick Chapman thought his career was made after his award winning short film, but discovered Hollywood wasn't as easy as it seems.



Shirley Valentine(1989)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 11

Shirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg, wondering what happened to her life. She compares scenes in ...



Skin Deep(1989)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A womanizing, drunken, allelic writer, whose life seems to be falling apart at the seams, repeatedly finds himself in trouble of one sort or another with the law, ex-girlfriends, and jealous boyfriends.



Longtime Companion(1989)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 13

The emergence and devastation of the AIDS epidemic is chronicled in the lives of several gay men living during the 1980s.



Last Exit to Brooklyn(1989)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual.



True Believer(1989)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A cynical former civil liberties attorney now reduced to "specializing" in defending drug dealers becomes transformed by an eight-year-old murder case.



Prancer(1989)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A farm girl nurses a wounded reindeer she believes is one of Santa's, hoping to bring it back to health in time for Christmas. Her holiday spirit inspires those around her, something her disheartened father is having trouble understanding.



Monsieur Hire(1989)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 10

A recluse is accused of murdering a young woman simply because his neighbors think he is strange.



Dream a Little Dream(1989)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 9

An accident puts the consciousness of an elderly dream researcher into the body of a bratty teenager. The problem? The kid prefers dreamworld limbo to real life.



In Country(1989)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her Uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around...



Best of the Best(1989)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win?



Blue Steel(1989)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.



Jacknife(1989)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 10

A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle they both...



Der siebente Kontinent(1989)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A European family who plan on escaping to Australia, seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.




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