1989 Movies to See
by brentwillipeter | created - 10 Aug 2016 | updated - 11 Apr 2017 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Dead Next Door (1989)
Unrated | 78 min | Horror
An elite anti-Zombie team is assembled by the Government to cope with an ever-growing undead infection and the religious cult zealots who fanatically protect the festering foes.
Director: J.R. Bookwalter | Stars: Pete Ferry, Bogdan Pecic, Michael Grossi, Jolie Jackunas
Votes: 3,409
Netflix Disc
2. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
G | 103 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 165,758
Netflix Disc
3. Baxter (1989)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A white bull terrier named Baxter is given to an elderly woman by her daughter. As time passes, the dog develops aggressive and murderous behavior in order to be adopted by another family.
Director: Jérôme Boivin | Stars: Lise Delamare, Jean Mercure, Jacques Spiesser, Catherine Ferran
Votes: 2,748
Netflix Disc
4. Monster High (1989)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Two aliens steal a doomsday device from another world and abscond to earth. The device is Mr. Armageddon, a living embodiment of destruction who intends to destroy the planet. A ragtag group of high school students stand in his way.
Director: Rudy Poe | Stars: Dean Iandoli, Diana Frank, David Marriott, Robert Lind
Votes: 725
Netflix Disc
5. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
Not Rated | 67 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A businessman accidentally kills The Metal Fetishist, who gets his revenge by slowly turning the man into a grotesque hybrid of flesh and rusty metal.
Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Stars: Tomorô Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Votes: 25,950
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6. The Killer (1989)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Kong Chu
Votes: 51,106
Netflix
7. Moontrap (1988)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
NASA finds remains of an ancient humanoid race on the Moon that left behind deadly robots.
Director: Robert Dyke | Stars: Walter Koenig, Bruce Campbell, Leigh Lombardi, Robert Kurcz
Votes: 3,790
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8. The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
R | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Music
A young soprano becomes the obsession of a horribly disfigured composer, who has plans for those who oppose him or the young singer.
Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Robert Englund, Jill Schoelen, Alex Hyde-White, Bill Nighy
Votes: 4,523 | Gross: $3.95M
Rent $4
9. Lisa (1990)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A flirtatious teenager with an eye for older men gets more than she bargained for when the handsome stranger she's pursuing turns out to be a serial killer.
Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: Staci Keanan, Cheryl Ladd, D.W. Moffett, Tanya Fenmore
Votes: 2,328 | Gross: $4.35M
DVD $18
10. Dark Tower (1987)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A partially under construction office tower is being haunted by a deadly presence which seems to target the building's architect.
Directors: Freddie Francis, Ken Wiederhorn | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Jenny Agutter, Carol Lynley, Theodore Bikel
Votes: 1,257
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11. The Horror Show (1989)
R | 95 min | Horror
Detective McCarthy finally catches "Meat Cleaver Max", a serial killer, who promises revenge during his execution. Nonetheless, a parapsychologist tells the detective that the only hope of stopping Max for good is to destroy his spirit.
Directors: James Isaac, David Blyth | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Brion James, Rita Taggart, Dedee Pfeiffer
Votes: 4,643 | Gross: $1.74M
BluRay $19
12. Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
PG | 104 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
Desolate by the loss of his daughter, a geneticist creates a monstrous new mutation.
Directors: Kazuki Ômori, Koji Hashimoto, Kenjirô Ohmori | Stars: Kunihiko Mitamura, Yoshiko Tanaka, Masanobu Takashima, Kôji Takahashi
Votes: 6,794
DVD $14
13. Marquis (1989)
R | 83 min | Animation, Comedy
The scene is a pre-French Revolution Bastille, where various political prisoners are being held: a woman who was raped and impregnated by the king, a police chief who was accused of selling... See full summary »
Director: Henri Xhonneux | Stars: François Marthouret, Valérie Kling, Michel Robin, Isabelle Wolfe
Votes: 1,527
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14. Curse II: The Bite (1989)
R | 98 min | Horror
After being bitten by a radioactive snake, a young man begins to spawn snake-like creatures with a vicious, murdeous nature.
Director: Federico Prosperi | Stars: Jill Schoelen, J. Eddie Peck, Jamie Farr, Savina Gersak
Votes: 1,573
BluRay $19 (w/ The Curse)
15. Wicked Stepmother (1989)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A mother-and-daughter pair of witches wreaks havoc on a suburban family.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Bette Davis, Barbara Carrera, Colleen Camp, Lionel Stander
Votes: 2,391 | Gross: $0.04M
Rent $3
16. Hider in the House (1989)
R | 108 min | Thriller
A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.
Director: Matthew Patrick | Stars: Gary Busey, Mimi Rogers, Michael McKean, Kurt Christopher Kinder
Votes: 1,910
Rent $4
17. Terminator II (1989)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a polluted future Venice researchers work to improve the situation. One day, unknown forces start killing them. A team of soldiers and a couple of civilians is sent to investigate. Soon, they encounter strange murderous creatures.
Director: Bruno Mattei | Stars: Christopher Ahrens, Haven Tyler, Geretta Marie Giancarlo, Fausto Lombardi
Votes: 1,914
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18. Black Rainbow (1989)
R | 103 min | Horror, Thriller
A medium has a vision of a hit-man killing his target. The vision comes true, and the same hit-man is assigned to kill her. Her drunk father/manager doesn't believe she has the gift, and a curious journalist tries to protect her.
Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce, Mark Joy
Votes: 2,018
DVD $8
19. Edge of Sanity (1989)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
When Henry Jekyll's experiments with cocaine have gotten out of control, he transforms into the hideous Jack Hyde. As Hyde he searches the London streets at night for his prey in ... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Kikoïne | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, Sarah Maur Ward, David Lodge
Votes: 1,806 | Gross: $0.10M
DVD $7
20. My Mom's a Werewolf (1989)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Horror
After being bitten by a mysterious pet-shop owner, house-wife Leslie begins a gruesome transformation into a werewolf. Her only hope is her young daughter Jennifer who races against time to stop Leslie from turning into an animal for good.
Director: Michael Fischa | Stars: Susan Blakely, John Saxon, Tina Caspary, John Schuck
Votes: 1,360
DVD $16
21. Meet the Hollowheads (1989)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The Hollowheads, a slightly darker and more satirical 80s take on The Jetsons (1962), have their hands full when the head of the family's sleazy and abusive boss invites himself to their family dinner.
Director: Thomas R. Burman | Stars: John Glover, Nancy Mette, Richard Portnow, Matt Shakman
Votes: 865
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22. Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls (1989)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
When a sadistic slasher begins his reign of terror in the alleys behind Los Angeles' strip clubs, the hottest stripper in town must walk a tightrope between her own fragile sanity and the murderer's blade.
Director: Katt Shea | Stars: Maria Ford, Eb Lottimer, Karen Mayo-Chandler, Marjean Holden
Votes: 373
DVD $18
23. Ballet (1989)
101 min | Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Young American ballerina enrolls in a prestigious ballet school in Hungary. She suddenly becomes inexplicably obsessed with Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and her personality completely changes. A young man in love with her investigates.
Director: Peter Del Monte | Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Gary McCleery, Laurent Terzieff, Olimpia Carlisi
Votes: 825
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24. Night Shadow (1989)
Not Rated | 91 min | Horror
Big shot TV newswoman returns home for a vacation, as several of the town's residents start dying under mysterious circumstances.
Director: Randolph Cohlan | Stars: Brenda Vance, Rick Scott, Stuart Quan, Alta LaFlame
Votes: 399
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25. The Dead Pit (1989)
R | 95 min | Horror
The arrival of an amnesiac patient in a psychiatric hospital somehow frees a mad doctor, who was shot and entombed with his fiendish experiments in an abandoned wing of the asylum 20 years before.
Director: Brett Leonard | Stars: Jeremy Slate, Cheryl Lawson, Stephen Gregory Foster, Danny Gochnauer
Votes: 2,922
DVD $18
26. After Midnight (1989)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
A college class, Psychology of Fear, has a new teacher who believes that you have to feel fear to understand it. A group of students convene at the teacher's house, where scary stories are told.
Directors: Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat | Stars: Jillian McWhirter, Pamela Adlon, Ramy Zada, Judie Aronson
Votes: 2,395 | Gross: $0.08M
Netflix Disc
27. After Death (1989)
Unrated | 84 min | Action, Horror
A woman goes back to the island where her parents were killed. They had been working on a cure for cancer and accidentally raised the dead by angering a voodoo priest. With the woman is a ... See full summary »
Director: Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Jeff Stryker, Candice Daly, Massimo Vanni, Jim Gaines
Votes: 2,891
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28. Hell High (1987)
R | 84 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A teacher still haunted by the death of two teens that she accidentally caused as a young girl goes beserk when four teens start harassing her and then attack her in her home.
Director: Douglas Grossman | Stars: Maureen Mooney, Christopher Stryker, Christopher Cousins, Millie Prezioso
Votes: 1,394 | Gross: $0.19M
DVD $14
29. The Terror Within (1989)
R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When chemical warfare leaves the world barren and filled with mutated monsters, a band of survivors in an underground complex battle one of the creatures that was able to break in.
Director: Thierry Notz | Stars: Andrew Stevens, Starr Andreeff, George Kennedy, Terri Treas
Votes: 2,283 | Gross: $0.86M
DVD $14
30. The Forgotten One (1989)
R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
A recently widowed writer moves into a Victorian house that is supposedly haunted. Although he is attracted to his pretty next-door neighbor, he finds himself being seduced by the spirit of... See full summary »
Director: Phillip Badger | Stars: Terry O'Quinn, Kristy McNichol, Blair Parker, Elisabeth Brooks
Votes: 458
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31. The Cellar (1988)
PG-13 | 85 min | Horror
A family moves into an old house in the Texas desert that is haunted by a Native American curse in the form of a ferocious creature that dwells underground.
Director: Kevin Tenney | Stars: Patrick Kilpatrick, Chris Miller, Suzanne Savoy, Ford Rainey
Votes: 970
YouTube
32. Beverly Hills Vamp (1989)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Horror
A trio of geeks go to Hollywood to make a movie and are bored one night so they get some hookers to have some sex. Unfortunately, the hookers like to drink blood.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Britt Ekland, Eddie Deezen, Tim Conway Jr., Tom Shell
Votes: 762
Prime
33. Memorial Valley Massacre (1988)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
A newly opened campsite is terrorized by a primitive young man who begins killing campers to defend his territory.
Director: Robert Hughes | Stars: John Kerry, Mark Mears, Mark Caso, Lesa Lee
Votes: 1,365
DVD $13
34. Nightwish (1989)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A professor and four graduate students journey to a house in the mountains to investigate paranormal activities, but the experiment goes awry after an alien entity starts attacking them.
Director: Bruce R. Cook | Stars: Brian Thompson, Jack Starrett, Elizabeth Kaitan, Alisha Das
Votes: 1,281
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35. The Vineyard (1989)
R | 95 min | Horror
World famous winemaker, Elson Po, invites several actors to his estate to audition for a movie he's financing. Little do they know, there is no movie, and Po hides a deadly secret.
Directors: James Hong, William Rice | Stars: James Hong, Karen Lorre, Michael Wong, Lissa Zappardino
Votes: 1,076
Rent $3
36. Offerings (1989)
R | 95 min | Horror
Ten years after he was pushed down a well, a young man kills off the neighborhood bullies who tormented him and leaves their body parts as presents for the one girl who was kind to him.
Director: Christopher Reynolds | Stars: Loretta Leigh Bowman, Elizabeth Greene, G. Michael Smith, Jerry Brewer
Votes: 1,113
DVD $9
37. Maya (1989)
100 min | Horror
An ancient evil awakens in a small Mexican village and many people fall victim to its curse. It is up to a mystical doctor to try and stop this evil power before it is too late.
Director: Marcello Avallone | Stars: Peter Phelps, Mariella Valentini, Cyrus Elias, Mariangélica Ayala
Votes: 419
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38. Blades (1989)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Horror
Somewhere in New Jersey, a killer lawnmower stalks a small town's golf course.
Director: Thomas R. Rondinella | Stars: Robert North, Jeremy Whelan, Victoria Scott, Holly Stevenson
Votes: 1,174
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39. Girlfriend from Hell (1989)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
The inventor of the condom-- now God's bounty hunter- is tasked with tracking down and capturing the Devil, who has possessed the body of a high school wallflower in order to feed on human souls via sex.
Director: Daniel Peterson | Stars: Liane Curtis, Dana Ashbrook, Lezlie Deane, James Daughton
Votes: 1,012
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40. The Chilling (1989)
R | 90 min | Horror
The bodies at a cryogenic centre are defrosted by accident and turn into cannibalistic zombies.
Directors: Deland Nuse, Jack A. Sunseri | Stars: Linda Blair, Dan Haggerty, Troy Donahue, Jack De Rieux
Votes: 677
DVD $12
41. Cutting Class (1989)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A murderer is loose in a high school in this 'whodunit' movie.
Director: Rospo Pallenberg | Stars: Donovan Leitch Jr., Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 5,918
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