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1989 in film

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The year 1989 involved many significant films.

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1989 by worldwide gross are as follows:

RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross12345678910
Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeParamount$474,171,806
BatmanWarner Bros.$411,569,241
Back to the Future Part IIUniversal$332,950,002
Look Who's TalkingTriStar$297,999,813
Dead Poets SocietyBuena Vista$235,860,116
Lethal Weapon 2Warner Bros.$227,853,986
Honey, I Shrunk the KidsBuena Vista$222,724,172
Ghostbusters IIColumbia$215,394,738
The Little MermaidBuena Vista$184,155,863The Little Mermaid
Born on the Fourth of JulyUniversal$162,001,698

Events

  • Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million. Basinger would lose the town to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech Corp., in 1993 after being forced to file for bankruptcy when a California judge ordered her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film Boxing Helena.
  • A director's cut of Lawrence of Arabia is released with a 227-minute length. The restoration was undertaken by Robert A. Harris under the supervision of director David Lean.
  • May 24 – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is released by Paramount Pictures. It is the third installment of the Indiana Jones franchise.
  • June 13 – The James Bond film Licence to Kill is released. It would be followed by years of legal wrangling over the future of the popular series. The next Bond film, GoldenEye, will be released in 1995.
  • June 23
    • Batman is released by Warner Bros., earning more than $410 million worldwide. It established the public and critical attention of director Tim Burton.
    • Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is released by Walt Disney Pictures, marking the directorial debut of visual effects supervisor Joe Johnston, who later went on to direct The Rocketeer, Jumanji, October Sky, Jurassic Park III, and Captain America: The First Avenger.
  • July 7 – Lethal Weapon 2 is released by Warner Bros., becoming both the highest-grossing film in the franchise and the highest grossing R-rated film of the year at the domestic box-office.
  • July 11 – Screen, stage, and Shakespearian legend Laurence Olivier died peacefully at his British home, after appearing in his last filmed role as an old soldier in War Requiem.
  • August 2 – Ron Howard's family comedy Parenthood, starring Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, and Rick Moranis, is released by Universal Pictures.
  • September 28 – Sony announce its intention to buy Columbia Pictures and Tri-Star Pictures. The deal is completed in November for a total cost of nearly $5 billion. They appoint Peter Guber and Jon Peters as co-chairman, in a further deal that cost up to $1 billion, after settling a lawsuit with Warner Bros.
  • November 7 – Andrew G. Vajna agrees to sell his stake in Carolco Pictures to his co-chairman and co-founder Mario Kassar for $106 million.
  • November 17 – The Little Mermaid becomes a critical and commercial success, bringing new life to Walt Disney Feature Animation. This film also reinvigorated public and critical interest in The Walt Disney Company, which would become one of the most prestigious corporations of the 1990s.
  • November 22 – Back to the Future Part II is released by Universal Pictures.

Awards

Category/Organization47th Golden Globe Awards
January 20, 199062nd Academy Awards
March 26, 199043rd BAFTA Awards
1990DramaComedy or Musical
Best FilmBorn on the Fourth of JulyDriving Miss DaisyDead Poets Society
Best DirectorOliver Stone
Born on the Fourth of JulyKenneth Branagh
Henry V
Best ActorTom Cruise
Born on the Fourth of JulyMorgan Freeman
Driving Miss DaisyDaniel Day-Lewis
My Left Foot
Best ActressMichelle Pfeiffer
The Fabulous Baker BoysJessica Tandy
Driving Miss DaisyPauline Collins
Shirley Valentine
Best Supporting ActorDenzel Washington
GloryRay McAnally
My Left Foot
Best Supporting ActressJulia Roberts
Steel MagnoliasBrenda Fricker
My Left FootMichelle Pfeiffer
Dangerous Liaisons
Best Screenplay, AdaptedRon Kovic and Oliver Stone
Born on the Fourth of JulyAlfred Uhry
Driving Miss DaisyChristopher Hampton
Dangerous Liaisons
Best Screenplay, OriginalTom Schulman
Dead Poets SocietyNora Ephron
When Harry Met Sally...
Best Original ScoreThe Little Mermaid
Alan MenkenDead Poets Society
Maurice Jarre
Best Original Song"Under the Sea"
The Little MermaidN/A
Best Foreign Language FilmCinema ParadisoLife and Nothing But

1989 films

By country/region

  • List of American films of 1989
  • List of Argentine films of 1989
  • List of Australian films of 1989
  • List of Bangladeshi films of 1989
  • List of British films of 1989
  • List of Canadian films of 1989
  • List of French films of 1989
  • List of Hong Kong films of 1989
  • List of Japanese films of 1989
  • List of Mexican films of 1989
  • List of South Korean films of 1989
  • List of Soviet films of 1989
  • List of Spanish films of 1989

By genre/medium

  • List of action films of 1989
  • List of animated feature films of 1989
  • List of avant-garde films of 1989
  • List of comedy films of 1989
  • List of drama films of 1989
  • List of horror films of 1989
  • List of science fiction films of 1989
  • List of thriller films of 1989
  • List of western films of 1989

Births

  • January 1 – Zoe Boyle, British actress
  • January 3 – Alex D. Linz, American actor
  • January 6 - Max Pirkis, English actor
  • January 8 – Karan Soni, Indian-American actor
  • January 9 – Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress and model
  • January 13 – Andy Allo, Cameroonian-American singer-songwriter and actress
  • January 14 – Emma Greenwell, American-born English actress
  • January 15 - Ryan Corr, Australian actor
  • January 16
    • Rila Fukushima, Japanese actress and model
    • Yvonne Zima, American actress
  • January 17 – Kelly Marie Tran, American actress
  • January 20 - Nic Westaway, Australian actor and singer
  • January 23 – April Pearson, English actress
  • January 20 – Piret Krumm, Estonian actress
  • January 26 – Hannah Arterton, American actress
  • January 29 – Kaspar Velberg, Estonian actor
  • January 30
    • Kylie Bunbury, Canadian-American actress
    • Khleo Thomas, American actor
  • February 1 – Marco Pigossi, Brazilian actor
  • February 2 - Alex Sharp, English actor
  • February 3 – Ryne Sanborn, American former actor
  • February 4
    • Märt Pius, Estonian actor
    • Priit Pius, Estonian actor
  • February 5 – Jeremy Sumpter, American actor
  • February 10 – Olga Korsak, Latvian actress
  • February 11 - Adele Haenel, French actress
  • February 12
    • Odelya Halevi, Israeli actress
    • Katy O'Brian, American actress
  • February 13
    • Carly McKillip, Canadian actress and singer
    • Katie Volding, American actress
  • February 16 – Elizabeth Olsen, American actress
  • February 21
    • Corbin Bleu, American actor and singer
    • Scout Taylor-Compton, American actress and singer
  • February 24 – Daniel Kaluuya, English actor
  • February 28 – Angelababy, Hong Kong actress and singer
  • March 1 – Daniella Monet, American actress and singer
  • March 2 – Nathalie Emmanuel, English actress and model
  • March 3 – Andrea Brooks, Canadian actress and model
  • March 5
    • Jake Lloyd, American actor
    • Sterling Knight, American actor and musician
  • March 11
    • Rainey Qualley, American actress and singer
    • Anton Yelchin, Russian-American actor (died 2016)
  • March 15
    • Tom Bateman, British actor
    • Caitlin Wachs, American actress
  • March 17
    • Morfydd Clark, Welsh actress
    • Harry Melling, English actor
  • March 18 – Lily Collins, English-American actress
  • March 20 – Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director
  • March 21 – Takeru Sato, Japanese actor
  • March 23 – Ayesha Curry, Canadian-American actress
  • March 25
    • Matthew Beard, English actor and model
    • Aly Michalka, American actress and singer
  • April 2 – Liis Lass, Estonian actress
  • April 5
    • Freddie Fox, English actor, director and voice artist
    • Lily James, English actress
  • April 8 – Gabriella Wilde, English model and actress
  • April 9 – Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Norwegian actress
  • April 12 – Yoshi Sudarso, Indonesian-born American actor
  • April 18 – Alia Shawkat, American actress
  • April 19 – Simu Liu, Canadian actor, writer, producer and stuntman
  • April 26 – Luke Bracey, Australian actor
  • April 29
    • Sophie Charlotte, Brazilian actress
    • Gabriel Chavarria, American-Hispanic actor
  • April 30 - Alex Hafner, international actor
  • May 5 – Larissa Wilson, English actress
  • May 10 – Lindsey Shaw, American actress
  • May 12 – Mimi Gianopulos, American actress
  • May 16 – Pääru Oja, Estonian actor
  • May 18 – Jona Xiao, American actress
  • May 21 - Emily Robins, New Zealand actress
  • May 23 – Alberto Frezza, Italian–American actor
  • May 24
    • Tara Correa-McMullen, American actress (died 2005)
    • Brianne Howey, American actress
  • May 29
    • Riley Keough, American actress
    • Brandon Mychal Smith, American actor, singer and rapper
    • Mathew Waters, Australian actor
  • May 30 – Kevin Covais, American actor and singer-songwriter
  • June 3
    • Megumi Han, Japanese voice actress
    • Imogen Poots, English actress
    • Daniela Vega, Chilean actress
  • June 12
    • Jade Anouka, English actress
    • Stephanie Bennett, Canadian actress
  • June 13 - Irina Gorovaia, American actress
  • June 14
    • Lucy Hale, American actress and singer
    • Courtney Halverson, American actress
    • Tobit Raphael, American actor
    • Ellie White, English actress and comedian
  • June 18 – Renee Olstead, American actress and singer
  • June 19 – Giacomo Gianniotti, Italian-Canadian actor
  • June 20 – Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
  • June 21 – Jascha Washington, American actor
  • June 23 – Marielle Jaffe, American actress, singer and model
  • June 25
    • Edgar Morais, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
    • Rafael Morais, Portuguese actor, director, and screenwriter
  • June 26 – Carlos Lopez, American stunt performer (died 2014)
  • June 27
    • Kimiko Glenn, American actress
    • Kelley Jakle, American actress and singer-songwriter
    • Matthew Lewis, English actor
  • July 1
    • Mitch Hewer, English actor
    • Hannah Murray, English actress
  • July 3 – Kento Kaku, Japanese actor
  • July 7 - Alice Orr-Ewing, British actress
  • July 11
    • David Henrie, American actor
    • Shareeka Epps, American actress
  • July 12 – Phoebe Tonkin, Australian actress and model
  • July 14 – Alisha Wainwright, American actress
  • July 16 – Kim Woo-bin, South Korean actor
  • July 19 – James Austin Johnson, American comedian and actor
  • July 21
    • Rory Culkin, American actor
    • Jasmine Cephas Jones, American actress, singer and producer
    • Juno Temple, English actress
    • Jing Tian, Chinese actress
    • Jamie Waylett, British former actor
  • July 23 – Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
  • July 25 – Andrew Caldwell, American actor
  • July 27 – Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
  • July 31
    • Alexis Knapp, American actress
    • Sofia Pernas, American actress
    • Jessica Williams, American actress and comedian
    • Zelda Williams, American actress, director, producer and writer
  • August 1 – Landry Allbright, American actress, writer and editor
  • August 2 – Priscilla Betti, French actress
  • August 9 - Paige Spara, American actress
  • August 10
    • Marcus Rosner, Canadian actor
    • Brenton Thwaites, Australian actor
  • August 14 – Artyom Bogucharsky, Russian actor
  • August 15
    • Joe Jonas, American singer and actor (Jonas Brothers)
    • Carlos PenaVega, actor (Big Time Rush)
    • Masaki Okada, Japanese actor
  • August 18 – Anna Akana, American filmmaker, actress, comedian, musician and YouTuber
  • August 21
    • Rob Knox, English actor (died 2008)
    • Hayden Panettiere, American actress and singer
  • August 29 - Charlotte Ritchie, English actress
  • September 5
    • Thomas Cocquerel, Australian actor
    • Kat Graham, American actress, model, singer and dancer
    • Olivier Richters, Dutch bodybuilder, actor and model
  • September 7
    • Loren Allred, American singer, songwriter and actress
    • Hannah John-Kamen, English actress
    • Jonathan Majors, American actor
    • Hugh Mitchell, English actor
  • September 8 – Domee Shi, Canadian filmmaker
  • September 14
    • Logan Henderson, actor (Big Time Rush)
    • Jesse James, American actor
  • September 17 – Danielle Brooks, American actress and singer
  • September 19 – Lorenza Izzo, Chilean actress and model
  • September 22 – Sofía Espinosa, Mexican actress, writer and director
  • September 26 – Emma Rigby, English actress
  • October 1 – Brie Larson, American actress
  • October 4 – Dakota Johnson, American actress
  • October 10 – Aimee Teegarden, American actress, model and producer
  • October 14 – Mia Wasikowska, Australian actress
  • October 16 - Jack Salvatore Jr., American actor and television writer
  • October 18 - Joy Lauren, American producer, director, writer and former actress
  • October 24 – Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress
  • October 30 – Dustin Ybarra, American stand-up comedian and actor
  • November 3 – Elliott Tittensor, English actor
  • November 8 – Nia DaCosta, American filmmaker
  • November 10
    • Sherry Cola, American comedian and actress
    • Taron Egerton, Welsh actor
  • November 18 – Stephanie Nogueras, American actress
  • November 20
    • Cody Linley, American actor and singer
    • Sergei Polunin, Ukrainian actor and dancer
  • November 22 – Alden Ehrenreich, American actor
  • November 26 – Katie Sagona, American former child actress
  • December 2 – Cassie Steele, Canadian actress and singer
  • December 4 – Nafessa Williams, American actress
  • December 7
    • Nicholas Hoult, English actor
    • Caleb Landry Jones, American actor and musician
  • December 13 – Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter, actress, and musician
  • December 15 – Nichole Sakura, American actress
  • December 18 – Ashley Benson, American actress and model
  • December 21 - Quinta Brunson, American actress, comedian, writer and producer
  • December 24 – Daniel Durant, American actor
  • December 28
    • George Blagden, English actor
    • Jessie Buckley, Irish actress and singer
  • December 29
    • Jane Levy, American actress
    • Left Brain, American rapper
  • December 30 – Letícia Colin, Brazilian actress

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January3Nell O'Day79USActress
3Jean Willes65USActress
8Kenneth McMillan56USActor
15Helen Logan82USScreenwriter
15Joe Spinell52USActor
16Prem Nazir62IndiaActor
16Trey Wilson40USActor
19Norma Varden90UKActress
20Beatrice Lillie94CanadaActress
23Arthur Lonergan83USArt Director
26Morton DaCosta74USDirector
February2Walter M. Scott82USSet Decorator
3John Cassavetes59USActor, Director, Screenwriter
3Lionel Newman73USComposer
3Paul Carson54USActor
4Ferris Webster76USFilm Editor
5Emrys James60UKActor
11T. E. B. Clarke81UKScreenwriter
11Roland Gross80USFilm Editor
11George O'Hanlon76USActor
17Marguerite Roberts83USScreenwriter
22Roxanne Arlen58USActress
22Joan Woodbury73USActress
March6Harry Andrews77UKActor, Director, Screenwriter
10Maurizio Merli49ItalyActor
12Maurice Evans87UKActor
17Merritt Butrick29USActor
19Valérie Quennessen31FranceActress
21Milton Frome80USActor
25Reginald Le Borg89AustriaDirector
27May Allison98USActress
27Jack Starrett52USActor, Director
28Robert J. Wilke74USActor
29Bernard Blier73FranceActor
30Reg Allen71UKSet Decorator
April8Mario Chiari79ItalyProduction Designer
12Gerald Flood61UKActor
15Charles Vanel96FranceActor, Director
16John Dighton79UKScreenwriter
24Clyde Geronimi87USAnimator, Director
25George Coulouris85UKActor
26Lucille Ball77USActress
28Jack Cummings84USProducer, Director
30Sergio Leone60ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
30Guy Williams65USActor
May2James Crabe57USCinematographer
3William Squire71UKActor
15Johnny Green80USComposer
19Anton Diffring72GermanyActor
19Robert Webber64USActor
20Lyn Murray79UKComposer, Conductor
20Gilda Radner42USActress
22Gerd Oswald69GermanyDirector
25Brigid Bazlen44USActress
26Albert Woodbury79USComposer, Orchestrator
June10Richard Quine68USDirector
15Victor French54USActor
15Ray McAnally63IrelandActor
17John Matuszak38USActor
20Dona Drake74USActress
27Jack Buetel73USActor
28Joris Ivens90NetherlandsDirector, Documentarian
July2Franklin J. Schaffner79USDirector
2Ben Wright74UKActor
3Jim Backus76USActor
10Mel Blanc81USVoice Actor
11Laurence Olivier82UKActor, Director
18Rebecca Schaeffer21USActress
20Mary Treen82USActress
27Warren Low83USFilm Editor
28Jeff Richards64USActor
August4Maurice Colbourne49UKActor
11John Meillon55AustraliaActor
16Amanda Blake60USActress
20Joseph LaShelle89USCinematographer
18Robert Buckner83USScreenwriter
30Joe De Santis80USActor
31Claire Luce85USActress
September10Gordon McCallum70USSound Engineer
14John Bright81USScreenwriter
15Michael Klinger68UKProducer
19Philip Sayer42UKActor
21Ertem Eğilmez60TurkeyProducer, Director
21Corrado Gaipa65ItalyActor
22Irving Berlin101USComposer
23Angelo Ross78USFilm Editor
October2Vittorio Caprioli68ItalyActor, Director
4Graham Chapman48UKActor, Screenwriter
4Betsy King Ross68USActress
5Paul Lerpae89USSpecial Effects Artist
5Noël-Noël92FranceActor, Screenwriter
6Bette Davis81USActress
8Onest Conley82USActor
11Paul Shenar53USActor
13Cesare Zavattini87ItalyScreenwriter
14Michael Carmine30USActor
15James Lee Barrett59USScreenwriter
16Cornel Wilde77USActor, Director
20Anthony Quayle76UKActor
21Jean Image78HungaryDirector
22Roland Winters84USActor
23Armida78MexicoActress, Singer
29Roland Anderson85USArt Director
31Monica Collingwood81USFilm Editor
November1Peter Childs50UKActor
6Margit Makay98HungaryActress
6Yūsaku Matsuda40JapanActor
7Brunello Rondi64ItalyScreenwriter, Director
11Roger Heman Jr57USSound Engineer
17Billy Lee60USActor
18Edvin Laine84FinlandActor
20Lynn Bari75USActress
21Harvey Hart61CanadaDirector
December6Frances Bavier86USActress
6Sammy Fain87USComposer
6John Payne77USActor
11Howard Lang78UKActor
15Ben Barzman79CanadaScreenwriter
15Emile de Antonio70USDirector
15Jock Mahoney70USActor, Stuntman
15Edward Underdown81UKActor
16Aileen Pringle94USActress
16Lee Van Cleef64USActor
16Silvana Mangano59ItalyActress
17Luciano Salce67ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
19Audrey Christie77USActress
25Betty Garde84USActress
25Robert Pirosh79USDirector, Screenwriter

Film debuts

  • Alexis Arquette – Last Exit to Brooklyn
  • Yvan Attal – Love Without Pity
  • Daniel Baldwin – Born on the Fourth of July
  • William Baldwin – Born on the Fourth of July
  • Patrick Breen – Nobody's Perfect
  • Adrien Brody – New York Stories
  • Billy Burke – Daredreamer
  • Vincent Cassel – Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
  • Michael Chiklis – Wired
  • Steve Coogan – Resurrected
  • Kevin Corrigan – Lost Angels
  • Kristen Dalton – Tango & Cash
  • Embeth Davidtz – Mutator
  • Kirsten Dunst – New York Stories
  • Thomas Mikal Ford – Harlem Nights
  • Vivica A. Fox – Born on the Fourth of July
  • Willie Garson – Troop Beverly Hills
  • Carla Gugino – Troop Beverly Hills
  • Laura Harring – Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
  • Jared Harris – The Rachel Papers
  • John Michael Higgins – Vampire's Kiss
  • Serge Houde – Empire of Ash III
  • Bryce Dallas Howard – Parenthood
  • Kelly Hu – Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
  • Toby Huss – Zadar! Cow from Hell
  • Michael Imperioli – Alexa
  • Jason Isaacs – The Tall Guy
  • Katharine Isabelle – Cousins
  • Allison Janney – Who Shot Pat?
  • Jamie Kennedy – Dead Poets Society
  • Tom Kenny – How I Got Into College
  • Martin Lawrence – Do the Right Thing
  • Harry Lennix – The Package
  • Rex Linn – Night Game
  • Tobey Maguire – The Wizard
  • Matt Malloy – The Unbelievable Truth
  • Costas Mandylor – Triumph of the Spirit
  • Samantha Mathis – The Bulldance
  • Heather McComb – New York Stories
  • Ray McKinnon – Driving Miss Daisy
  • Larry Miller – Out Cold
  • Michael Moore (director) – Roger & Me
  • Bebe Neuwirth – Say Anything...
  • Dean Norris – Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
  • Josh Pais – Jacknife
  • Steve Park – Do the Right Thing
  • Mary-Louise Parker – Signs of Life
  • Nathaniel Parker – War Requiem
  • Rosie Perez – Do the Right Thing
  • Jim Piddock – Lethal Weapon 2
  • John C. Reilly – Casualties of War
  • Gloria Reuben – Immediate Family
  • Sam Rockwell – Clownhouse
  • Rene Russo – Major League
  • Bill Sage – The Unbelievable Truth
  • Ludivine Sagnier – Les Maris, les Femmes, les Amants
  • Adam Sandler – Going Overboard
  • Annabella Sciorra – True Love
  • Kimberly Scott – The Abyss
  • Molly Shannon – The Phantom of the Opera
  • Tom Sizemore – Lock Up
  • Michael Bailey Smith – A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
  • Tara Strong – The Long Road Home
  • Wes Studi – Powwow Highway
  • Emma Thompson – The Tall Guy
  • Aida Turturro – True Love
  • Skeet Ulrich – Weekend at Bernie's
  • Yorick van Wageningen – Wilde Harten
  • Dylan Walsh – Loverboy
  • David Warshofsky – Last Exit to Brooklyn
  • Muse Watson – Black Rainbow
  • Jake Weber – Born on the Fourth of July
  • Michael Jai White – The Toxic Avenger Part II
  • Elijah Wood – Back to the Future Part II

References

References

  1. "1989 Worldwide Box Office". [[IMDb]].
  2. "1989 Worldwide Grosses".
  3. "Daniel Radcliffe".
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