1989 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1989. Top 30 & many honorables. 

(ballot)

Here's the countdown:





30.

MADONNA: EXPRESS YOURSELF

29.            PAPERHOUSE

.

28.            BAD TASTE

.

27.              THE BEAR

.

26.          NEAR DEATH

.
             OEDIPUS WRECKS
25.      [NEW YORK STORIES]

                 

-tie-25.    LIFE LESSONS

        [NEW YORK STORIES]

.

24.                   YAABA

.

23.          MIRACLE MILE

22.  

KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE

.
             
21.      ZU: WARRIORS

FROM THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN

.

20.                ARIEL

.

19.    DEAD MAN'S LETTERS

.

18.          THE CHURCH

.

17.            THE ABYSS

.

16.               ELEPHANT

.

15.           MY LEFT FOOT

.

14.      CASUALTIES OF WAR

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13.      A CITY OF SADNESS

.

12.       CASTLE IN THE SKY

.

11.             A SHORT 

       FILM ABOUT KILLING

.

-tie- 11. 
A SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE

             
10.    THE ADVENTURES

OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN

.

9.           MYSTERY TRAIN

.

8.    DRUGSTORE COWBOY

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7.         FOR ALL MANKIND

6.

SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE

.
5.               THE 'BURBS

                     BORN ON
4.      THE FOURTH OF JULY

.

3.      YEELEN [BRIGHTNESS]

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              THE DECALOGUE

2.   [Roadshow version]

.

1.        DO THE RIGHT THING

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(other titles of '89 I loved that could've placed)

GANG OF FOUR

BALANCE

SCREEN TWO: THE FIRM

.

THE SEVENTH CONTINENT

.

CHOCOLAT

.

MY NIGHTS ARE MORE 
BEAUTIFUL THAN YOUR DAYS

.

.

BATMAN

.

ISLE OF FLOWERS

.

CINEMA PARADISO

.

INDIANA JONES
AND THE LAST CRUSADE

.

CELIA

.

JOHNNY HANDSOME

.

THE COW Корова

.

SIDEWALK STORIES

.

THE NAVIGATOR:

A MEDIEVAL ODYSSEY

.

TALES FROM

THE GIMLI HOSPITAL

4K REDUX

.

84C MOPIC

.

SCENES FROM THE CLASS 

STRUGGLE IN BEVERLY HILLS

.

HOW TO 

GET AHEAD IN ADS

.

SAY ANYTHING

.

THE WOMAN IN BLACK

.

VIOLENT COP

.

IGUANA

. 

ROGER AND ME

.

MEET THE FEEBLES

.

36 FILLETTE

.

HEATHERS

.

SEA OF LOVE

.

4 ADVENTURES

OF REINETTE & MIRABELLE

.

COFFEE & CIGARETTES: 

MEMPHIS VERSION

.

TWISTER

.

UHF

.

CRIMES & MISDEMEANORS

.

THE BUTTON 

[SEHMAKOTCHAK]

DR. CALIGARI

INTRUDER

.

HENRY V

.

LET'S GET LOST

.

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY

.

BACK 

TO THE FUTURE PART II

.

THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD

.

LICENCE TO KILL

.

KITCHEN SINK

.

COMMON THREADS: 
STORIES FROM THE QUILT

.

KUROI AME

BLACK RAIN  黒い雨 

.

THE TALL GUY

.

THE LAIR
OF THE WHITE WORM

.

POWWOW HIGHWAY

.

SWEET HOME

スウィートホーム

.

PIN

.

THE WINTER WAR 

[TALVISOTA]

.

3615 CODE PÈRE NOËL

[DIAL CODE SANTA CLAUS]

.

MIND THE STEPS!

NOBLESSE OBLIGE

THE BIG PICTURE

.

KNICK KNACK

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT 

Слева направо

****

1989
TOP 30

1. DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee)
2. DEKALOG (Kieslowski)
3. BRIGHTNESS (Cissé)
4. BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY (Stone)
5. THE 'BURBS (Dante)
6. SEX, LIES & VIDEOTAPE (Soderbergh)
7. FOR ALL MANKIND (Reinert)
8. DRUGSTORE COWBOY (Van Sant)
9. MYSTERY TRAIN (Jarmusch)
10. BARON MUNCHAUSEN (Gilliam)
11. SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING (Kieslowski)                     -tie- SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE (Kieslowski) 
12. LAPUTA (Miyazaki)
13. CITY OF SADNESS (Hsiao-hsien Hou)
14. CASUALTIES OF WAR (De Palma)
15. MY LEFT FOOT (Sheridan)
16. ELEPHANT (Alan Clarke)
17. THE ABYSS (Cameron)
18. THE CHURCH (Saovi)
19. DEAD MAN'S LETTERS (Lopushanskiy)
20. ARIEL (Kaurismäki)
21. ZU: MAGIC MOUNTAIN WARRIORS (Hark Tsui)
22. KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE (Miyazaki)
23. MIRACLE MILE (De Jarnatt)
24. GRANDMA (Idrissa Ouedraogo)
25. NY STORIES: OEDIPUS WRECKS (Allen)                     -tie- NY STORIES: LIFE LESSONS (Scorsese)
26. NEAR DEATH (Wiseman)
27. THE BEAR (Annaud)
28. BAD TASTE (Jackson)
29. PAPERHOUSE (Rose)
30. MADONNA: EXPRESS YOURSELF (Fincher)

RUNNER-UP:

LA BANDE DES QUATRE (Rivette), BALANCE (Lauenstein bros), SCREEN 2: THE FIRM (Alan Clarke), THE SEVENTH CONTINENT (Haneke), CHOCOLAT (Denis), MY NIGHTS > YOUR DAYS (Zulawski), BATMAN (Burton), ISLAND OF FLOWERS (Furtado), CINEMA PARADISO (Tornatore), LAST CRUSADE (Spielberg), CELIA (Ann Turner), JOHNNY HANDSOME (Hill), KOROVA (Petrov), SIDEWALK STORIES (C.Lane), THE NAVIGATOR (Ward), TALES FROM THE GIMLI HOSPITAL (Maddin), 84C MoPic (P.Sheane Duncan), SCENES FROM THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN BEVERLY HILLS (Bartel), HOW TO GET AHEAD IN ADS (Robinson), SAY ANYTHING (Crowe), WOMAN IN BLACK (H.Wise), VIOLENT COP (Kitano),  IGUANA (Hellman), ROGER & ME (Moore), MEET THE FEEBLES (Jackson), JUNIOR SIZE 36 (Catherine Breillat), HEATHERS (Lehmann), SEA OF LOVE (Becker), 4 ADVENTURES OF REINETTE & MIRABELLE (Rohmer), COFFEE & CIGS: MEMPHIS (Jarmusch), TWISTER (Almereyda), UHF (Levey), CRIMES & MISDEMEANORS (Allen), THE BUTTON (Sahakyants), DR. CALIGARI (Sayadian), INTRUDER (Avary), HENRY V (Branagh), LET'S GET LOST (Weber), WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (R.Reiner), BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II (Zemeckis), THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD (Guggenheim), LICENCE TO KILL (Glen), COMMON THREADS (Epstien), KUROI AME (Imamura), THE TALL GUY (M.Smith), LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM (Russell), POWWOW HIGHWAY (Wacks), SWEET HOME (Kiyoshi Kurosawa), PIN (S.Stern), WINTER WAR (Parikka), DEADLY GAMES aka GAME OVER (Manzor), VIGYÁZAT, LÉPCSÖ! (Orosz), NOBLESSE OBLIGE (Heidmets), THE BIG PICTURE (Guest), KNICK KNACK (Lasseter), FROM LEFT TO RIGHT (Ivan Maksimov)