Movies released in 1989| The 'Burbs | Joe Dante |
| The Abyss | James Cameron |
| Action U.S.A. | John Stewart, Alan Stewart |
| Afghanistan: The Last War Bus | Pierluigi Ciriaci |
| After Midnight | Ken Wheat, Jim Wheat |
| Alien Space Avenger | Richard W. Haines |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven | Don Bluth |
| American Angels: Baptism of Blood | Ferd Sebastian, Beverly Sebastian |
| American Rampage | David DeCoteau |
| American Rickshaw | Sergio Martino |
| Amityville: The Evil Escapes | Sandor Stern |
| Arena | Peter Manoogian |
| Back to the Future Part II | Robert Zemeckis |
| The Banker | William Webb |
| Banned | Roberta Findlay |
| Baoh: The Visitor | Hiroyuki Yokoyama |
| The Basement | Timothy O'Rawe |
| Batman | Tim Burton |
| Battle Heater | George Iida |
| Best of the Best | Robert Radler |
| Beware: Children at Play | Mik Cribben |
| Beyond Dream's Door | Jay Woelfel |
| Beyond the Door III | Jeff Kwitny |
| Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | Stephen Herek |
| The Black Cat | Luigi Cozzi |
| Black Rain | Ridley Scott |
| Blind Faith | Dean Wilson |
| Blind Fury | Phillip Noyce |
| The Blood of Heroes | David Webb Peoples |
| Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma | Takashi Anno |
| Bloodfight | Shuji Goto |
| Bloodfist | Terence H. Winkless |
| Blue Flames | Noboru Ishiguro |
| Blue Vengeance | Danny Kuchuck, J. Christian Ingvordsen |
| Brenda Starr | Robert Ellis Miller |
| The Cellar | Kevin Tenney |
| The Chilling | Jack A. Sunseri, Deland Nuse |
| Chopper Chicks in Zombietown | Dan Hoskins |
| The Church | Michele Soavi |
| City Cops | Lau Kar-Wing |
| City Hunter: .357 Magnum | Kenji Kodama |
| Clownhouse | Victor Salva |
| Communion | Philippe Mora |
| Crack House | Michael Fischa |
| Crime Zone | Luis Llosa |
| Crimes and Misdemeanors | Woody Allen |
| Curfew | Gary Winick |
| Curse II: The Bite | Frederico Prosperi |
| Cutting Class | Rospo Pallenberg |
| Cyborg | Albert Pyun |
| Darkness, Light, Darkness | Jan Švankmajer |
| Darkroom | Terrence O'Hara |
| The Dead Next Door | J.R. Bookwalter |
| The Dead Pit | Brett Leonard |
| Dead Poets Society | Peter Weir |
| Dead Poets Society | Peter Weir |
| Deadly Embrace | David DeCoteau |
| Death Doll | William Mims |
| Death Doll | William Mims |
| Death Spa | Michael Fischa |
| DeepStar Six | Sean S. Cunningham |
| Desperation Rising | Jason Holt |
| Devil Hunters | Tony Liu Chun-Ku |
| Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee |
| Don't Panic | Rubén Galindo Jr. |
| Dr. Caligari | Stephen Sayadian |
| Dragon Fight | Billy Tang |
| Dream a Little Dream | Marc Rocco |
| Eat a Bowl of Tea | Wayne Wang |
| Edge of Sanity | Gérard Kikoïne |
| Elves | Jeffrey Mandel |
| Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure | Mel Damski |
| The Fabulous Baker Boys | Steve Kloves |
| Family Reunion | Michael Hawes |
| Fast Food | Michael A. Simpson |
| Fear, Anxiety & Depression | Todd Solondz |
| Fireballs | Charlie Wiener |
| The First Time is the Last Time | Raymond Leung |
| The Fly II | Chris Walas |
| Food of the Gods II | Damian Lee |
| Fortress of Amerikkka | Eric Louzil |
| Freeway Maniac | Paul Winters |
| Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Rob Hedden |
| Fright House | Len Anthony |
| Get Smart, Again! | Gary Nelson |
| Ghost Ballroom | Wilson Tong |
| Ghostbusters II | Ivan Reitman |
| Gleaming the Cube | Graeme Clifford |
| Glory | Edward Zwick |
| Godzilla vs. Biollante | Kazuki Ōmori |
| Goku II: Midnight Eye | Yoshiaki Kawajiri |
| Goku: Midnight Eye | Yoshiaki Kawajiri |
| Grave Robbers | Rubén Galindo Jr. |
| Grave Secrets | Donald P. Borchers |
| Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers | Dominique Othenin-Girard |
| Halloween Party | Dave Skowronski |
| Harlem Nights | Eddie Murphy |
| Heathers | Michael Lehmann |
| Heavy Metal Massacre | Ron Ottaviano, Steven DeFalco |
| Hell High | Douglas Grossman |
| Hellgate | William A. Levey |
| Hit List | William Lustig |
| Hitcher in the Dark | Umberto Lenzi |
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Joe Johnston |
| Hoodwinked | Lee H. Katzin |
| The Horror Show | James Isaac |
| Hot Times at Montclair High | Jose Altonaga |
| The House of Usher | Alan Birkinshaw |
| The House on Tombstone Hill | James Riffel |
| How I Got Into College | Savage Steve Holland |
| How to Get Ahead in Advertising | Bruce Robinson |
| In the Line of Duty 4 | Yuen Woo-ping |
| Incident at Raven's Gate | Rolf de Heer |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Steven Spielberg |
| Intruder | Scott Spiegel |
| Iron Angels 3 | Teresa Woo San |
| Johnny Handsome | Walter Hill |
| K-9 | Rod Daniel |
| Kamillions | Mike B. Anderson |
| The Karate Kid Part III | John G. Avildsen |
| Karura Mau Movie | Takaaki Ishiyama |
| Kickboxer | Mark DiSalle, David Worth |
| Kiki's Delivery Service | Hayao Miyazaki |
| The Killer | John Woo |
| Killer Angels | Tony Liu Chun-Ku |
| Killer Crocodile | Fabrizio De Angelis |
| A Killer's Blues | Raymond Lee |
| L.A. Bounty | Worth Keeter |
| L.A. Takedown | Michael Mann |
| Lady Terminator | H. Tjut Djalil |
| Last Exit to Brooklyn | Uli Edel |
| The Laughing Dead | Somtow Sucharitkul |
| Leningrad Cowboys Go America | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Lethal Weapon 2 | Richard Donner |
| Leviathan | George P. Cosmatos |
| Licence to Kill | John Glen |
| Life is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive | Wayne Wang |
| The Little Mermaid | John Musker, Ron Clements |
| Little Monsters | Richard Greenberg |
| The Lunch Date | Adam Davidson |
| Major League | David S. Ward |
| The Mask of Satan | Lamberto Bava |
| The McPherson Tape | Dean Alioto |
| Meet the Feebles | Peter Jackson |
| Megazone 23 III | Kenichi Yatagai, Shinji Aramaki |
| Millennium | Michael Anderson |
| Mind the Steps! | István Orosz |
| Mind Trap | Eames Demetrios |
| Ministry of Vengeance | Peter Maris |
| Moonstalker | Michael S. O'Rourke |
| Moontrap | Robert Dyke |
| Murder Weapon | David DeCoteau |
| My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown | Jim Sheridan |
| My Mom's a Werewolf | Michael Fischa |
| Mystery Train | Jim Jarmusch |
| National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Jeremiah S. Chechik |
| Never on Tuesday | Adam Rifkin |
| Night Life | David Acomba |
| Nightmare Beach | James Justice, Umberto Lenzi |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child | Stephen Hopkins |
| No Holds Barred | Thomas J. Wright |
| No Place Like Home | Lee Grant |
| Nowhere to Run | Carl Franklin |
| Offerings | Christopher Reynolds |
| The Package | Andrew Davis |
| Paganini Horror | Luigi Cozzi |
| Parenthood | Ron Howard |
| Parents | Bob Balaban |
| Patlabor: The Movie | Mamoru Oshii |
| Penn & Teller Get Killed | Arthur Penn |
| Pet Sematary | Mary Lambert |
| Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge | Richard Friedman |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Dwight H. Little |
| Prancer | John D. Hancock |
| Project A-Ko 4: Final | Yuji Moriyama |
| Psycho Cop | Wallace Potts |
| Puppet Master | David Schmoeller |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation | Eric Zala |
| Red Crow and the Ghost Ship | Kazuya Konaka |
| Red Dawn | Jorge Fons |
| Relentless | William Lustig |
| The Return of Swamp Thing | Jim Wynorski |
| Return of the Family Man | John Murlowski |
| Revenge | Yermek Shinarbayev |
| Rhea Gall Force | Katsuhito Akiyama |
| Riki-Oh: The Wall of Hell | Satoshi Dezaki |
| Rising Storm | Francis Schaeffer |
| River of Death | Steve Carver |
| Road House | Rowdy Herrington |
| Robot Jox | Stuart Gordon |
| Robot Ninja | J.R. Bookwalter |
| Rock-A-Die Baby | Bob Cook |
| Roger & Me | Michael Moore |
| Rush Week | Bob Bralver |
| Santa Sangre | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
| Satan's Princess | Bert I. Gordon |
| Satanic Attraction | Fauzi Mansur |
| Savage Beach | Andy Sidaris |
| Savage Beach | Andy Sidaris |
| Say Anything... | Cameron Crowe |
| Science Crazed | Ron Switzer |
| See No Evil, Hear No Evil | Arthur Hiller |
| Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Steven Soderbergh |
| Shag | Zelda Barron |
| She-Devil | Susan Seidelman |
| Shocker | Wes Craven |
| Shocking Dark | Bruno Mattei |
| Shogun's Shadow | Yasuo Furuhata |
| The Siege of Firebase Gloria | Brian Trenchard-Smith |
| Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! | Monte Hellman |
| Sinbad Of The Seven Seas | Luigi Cozzi, Enzo G. Castellari |
| Slash Dance | James Shyman |
| Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland | Michael A. Simpson |
| Snake Eater | George Erschbamer |
| Society | Brian Yuzna |
| Sonny Boy | Robert Martin Carroll |
| Spirit | Susilo SWD |
| Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | William Shatner |
| Stepfather 2 | Jeff Burr |
| Summer Job | Paul Madden |
| Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat | Anthony Hickox |
| Surgikill | Andy Milligan |
| Sweet Home | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
| Tango & Cash | Andrei Konchalovsky |
| Teen Witch | Dorian Walker |
| Terminal Force | Fred Olen Ray |
| Terror Eyes | Steve Sommers, Michael Rissi, Eric Parkinson |
| The Terror Within | Thierry Notz |
| Tetsuo: The Iron Man | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| They Call Me Macho Woman | Patrick G. Donahue |
| Things | Andrew Jordan |
| Tora-san, My Uncle | Yôji Yamada |
| The Toxic Avenger Part II | Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman |
| The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie | Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman |
| Tridev | Rajiv Rai |
| Troop Beverly Hills | Jeff Kanew |
| Turner & Hooch | Roger Spottiswoode |
| Twister | Michael Almereyda |
| U.F.O. Abduction | |
| UHF | Jay Levey |
| Uncle Buck | John Hughes |
| Unmasked Part 25 | Anders Palm |
| The Urge to Kill | Derek Ford |
| Vacations of Terror | René Cardona III |
| The Vampire Is Alive | Edgar Jere |
| Venus Wars | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko |
| The Vineyard | William Rice, James Hong |
| Violent Cop | Takeshi Kitano |
| Warlock | Steve Miner |
| We're No Angels | Neil Jordan |
| Weekend at Bernie's | Ted Kotcheff |
| When Harry Met Sally... | Rob Reiner |
| Who's Harry Crumb? | Paul Flaherty |
| Wild Search | Ringo Lam |
| Witchtrap | Kevin Tenney |
| The Wizard | Todd Holland |
| The Woman in Black | Herbert Wise |