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: [1]

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Highest-grossing films of 1989
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Paramount $474,171,806
2 Batman Warner Bros. $411,348,924
3 Back to the Future Part II Universal $332,950,002
4 Look Who's Talking TriStar $297,999,813
5 Dead Poets Society Buena Vista $235,860,116
6 The Little Mermaid $235,343,479
7 Lethal Weapon 2 Warner Bros. $227,853,986
8 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Buena Vista $222,724,172
9 Ghostbusters II Columbia $215,394,738
10 Born on the Fourth of July Universal $162,001,698

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 47th Golden Globe Awards
January 20, 1990
62nd Academy Awards
March 26, 1990
43rd BAFTA Awards
1990
DramaComedy or Musical
Best Film Born on the Fourth of July Driving Miss Daisy Dead Poets Society
Best Director Oliver Stone
Born on the Fourth of July
Kenneth Branagh
Henry V
Best Actor Tom Cruise
Born on the Fourth of July
Morgan Freeman
Driving Miss Daisy
Daniel Day-Lewis
My Left Foot
Best Actress Michelle Pfeiffer
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Jessica Tandy
Driving Miss Daisy
Pauline Collins
Shirley Valentine
Best Supporting Actor Denzel Washington
Glory
Ray McAnally
My Left Foot
Best Supporting Actress Julia Roberts
Steel Magnolias
Brenda Fricker
My Left Foot
Michelle Pfeiffer
Dangerous Liaisons
Best Screenplay, Adapted Ron Kovic and Oliver Stone
Born on the Fourth of July
Alfred Uhry
Driving Miss Daisy
Christopher Hampton
Dangerous Liaisons
Best Screenplay, Original Tom Schulman
Dead Poets Society
Nora Ephron
When Harry Met Sally...
Best Original Score The Little Mermaid
Alan Menken
Dead Poets Society
Maurice Jarre
Best Original Song"Under the Sea"
The Little Mermaid
N/A
Best Foreign Language Film Cinema Paradiso Life and Nothing But

1989 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 3 Nell O'Day 79USActress
3 Jean Willes 65USActress
8 Kenneth McMillan 56USActor
15 Helen Logan 82USScreenwriter
15 Joe Spinell 52USActor
16 Prem Nazir 62IndiaActor
16 Trey Wilson 40USActor
19 Norma Varden 90UKActress
20 Beatrice Lillie 94CanadaActress
23 Arthur Lonergan 83USArt Director
26 Morton DaCosta 74USDirector
February 2 Walter M. Scott 82USSet Decorator
3 John Cassavetes 59USActor, Director, Screenwriter
3 Lionel Newman 73USComposer
3Paul Carson54USActor
4 Ferris Webster 76USFilm Editor
5 Emrys James 60UKActor
11 T. E. B. Clarke 81UKScreenwriter
11 Roland Gross 80USFilm Editor
11 George O'Hanlon 76USActor
17 Marguerite Roberts 83USScreenwriter
22 Roxanne Arlen 58USActress
22 Joan Woodbury 73USActress
March 6 Harry Andrews 77UKActor, Director, Screenwriter
10 Maurizio Merli 49ItalyActor
12 Maurice Evans 87UKActor
17 Merritt Butrick 29USActor
19 Valérie Quennessen 31FranceActress
21 Milton Frome 80USActor
25 Reginald Le Borg 89AustriaDirector
27 May Allison 98USActress
27 Jack Starrett 52USActor, Director
28 Robert J. Wilke 74USActor
29 Bernard Blier 73FranceActor
30 Reg Allen 71UKSet Decorator
April 8 Mario Chiari 79ItalyProduction Designer
12 Gerald Flood 61UKActor
15 Charles Vanel 96FranceActor, Director
16 John Dighton 79UKScreenwriter
24 Clyde Geronimi 87USAnimator, Director
25 George Coulouris 85UKActor
26 Lucille Ball 77USActress
28 Jack Cummings 84USProducer, Director
30 Sergio Leone 60ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
30 Guy Williams 65USActor
May 2 James Crabe 57USCinematographer
3 William Squire 71UKActor
15 Johnny Green 80USComposer
19 Anton Diffring 72GermanyActor
19 Robert Webber 64USActor
20 Lyn Murray 79UKComposer, Conductor
20 Gilda Radner 42USActress
22 Gerd Oswald 69GermanyDirector
25 Brigid Bazlen 44USActress
26 Albert Woodbury 79USComposer, Orchestrator
June 10 Richard Quine 68USDirector
15 Victor French 54USActor
15 Ray McAnally 63IrelandActor
17 John Matuszak 38USActor
20 Dona Drake 74USActress
27 Jack Buetel 73USActor
28 Joris Ivens 90NetherlandsDirector, Documentarian
July 2 Franklin J. Schaffner 79USDirector
2 Ben Wright 74UKActor
3 Jim Backus 76USActor
10 Mel Blanc 81USVoice Actor
11 Laurence Olivier 82UKActor, Director
18 Rebecca Schaeffer 21USActress
20 Mary Treen 82USActress
27 Warren Low 83USFilm Editor
28 Jeff Richards 64USActor
August 4 Maurice Colbourne 49UKActor
11 John Meillon 55AustraliaActor
16 Amanda Blake 60USActress
20 Joseph LaShelle 89USCinematographer
18 Robert Buckner 83USScreenwriter
30 Joe De Santis 80USActor
31 Claire Luce 85USActress
September 10 Gordon McCallum 70USSound Engineer
14 John Bright 81USScreenwriter
15 Michael Klinger 68UKProducer
21 Ertem Eğilmez 60TurkeyProducer, Director
21 Corrado Gaipa 65ItalyActor
22 Irving Berlin 101USComposer
23 Angelo Ross 78USFilm Editor
October 2 Vittorio Caprioli 68ItalyActor, Director
4 Graham Chapman 48UKActor, Screenwriter
4 Betsy King Ross 68USActress
5 Paul Lerpae 89USSpecial Effects Artist
5 Noël-Noël 92FranceActor, Screenwriter
6 Bette Davis 81USActress
8 Onest Conley 82USActor
11 Paul Shenar 53USActor
13 Cesare Zavattini 87ItalyScreenwriter
14 Michael Carmine 30USActor
15 James Lee Barrett 59USScreenwriter
16 Cornel Wilde 77USActor, Director
20 Anthony Quayle 76UKActor
21 Jean Image 78HungaryDirector
22 Roland Winters 84USActor
23 Armida 78MexicoActress, Singer
29 Roland Anderson 85USArt Director
31 Monica Collingwood 81USFilm Editor
November 1 Peter Childs 50UKActor
6 Margit Makay 98HungaryActress
6 Yūsaku Matsuda 40JapanActor
7 Brunello Rondi 64ItalyScreenwriter, Director
11 Roger Heman Jr 57USSound Engineer
17 Billy Lee 60USActor
20 Lynn Bari 75USActress
21 Harvey Hart 61CanadaDirector
December 6 Frances Bavier 86USActress
6 Sammy Fain 87USComposer
6 John Payne 77USActor
11 Howard Lang 78UKActor
15 Ben Barzman 79CanadaScreenwriter
15 Emile de Antonio 70USDirector
15 Jock Mahoney 70USActor, Stuntman
15 Edward Underdown 81UKActor
16 Aileen Pringle 94USActress
16 Lee Van Cleef 64USActor
16 Silvana Mangano 59ItalyActress
17 Luciano Salce 67ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
19 Audrey Christie 77USActress
25 Betty Garde 84USActress
25 Robert Pirosh 79USDirector, Screenwriter

Film debuts

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References

  1. "1989 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo . IMDb . Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  2. "Daniel Radcliffe". BFI. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2022.