1989 in film explained

The year 1989 involved many significant films.

Highest-grossing films

See also: List of 1989 box office number-one films in the United States. The top 10 films released in 1989 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]

Highest-grossing films of 1989[2]
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeParamount$474,171,806
2BatmanWarner Bros.$411,569,241
3 Back to the Future Part IIUniversal$332,950,002
4Look Who's TalkingTriStar$297,999,813
5Dead Poets SocietyDisney$235,860,116
6Lethal Weapon 2Warner Bros.$227,853,986
7Honey, I Shrunk the KidsDisney $222,724,172
8Ghostbusters IIColumbia$215,394,738
9The Little MermaidDisney$184,155,863-->[3]
10Born on the Fourth of JulyUniversal$162,001,698

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 47th Golden Globe Awards
January 20, 1990
62nd Academy Awards
March 26, 1990
43rd BAFTA Awards
1990
width=200Drama !Comedy 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 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

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January3 79 US Actress
3 65 US Actress
8 56 US Actor
15 82 US Screenwriter
15 52 US Actor
16 62 India Actor
16 40 US Actor
19 90 UK Actress
20 94 Canada Actress
23 83 US Art Director
26 74 US Director
February2 82 US Set Decorator
3 59 US Actor, Director, Screenwriter
3 73 US Composer
3 Paul Carson 54 US Actor
4 76 US Film Editor
5 60 UK Actor
11 81 UK Screenwriter
11 80 US Film Editor
11 76 US Actor
17 83 US Screenwriter
22 58 US Actress
22 73 US Actress
March6 77 UK Actor, Director, Screenwriter
10 49 Italy Actor
12 87 UK Actor
17 29 US Actor
19 31 France Actress
21 80 US Actor
25 89 Austria Director
27 98 US Actress
27 52 US Actor, Director
28 74 US Actor
29 73 France Actor
30 71 UK Set Decorator
April8 79 Italy Production Designer
12 61 UK Actor
15 96 France Actor, Director
16 79 UK Screenwriter
24 87 US Animator, Director
25 85 UK Actor
26 77 US Actress
28 84 US Producer, Director
30 60 Italy Director, Screenwriter
30 65 US Actor
May2 57 US Cinematographer
3 71 UK Actor
15 80 US Composer
19 72 Germany Actor
19 64 US Actor
20 79 UK Composer, Conductor
20 42 US Actress
22 69 Germany Director
25 44 US Actress
26 79 US Composer, Orchestrator
June10 68 US Director
15 54 US Actor
15 63 Ireland Actor
17 38 US Actor
20 74 US Actress
27 73 US Actor
28 90 Netherlands Director, Documentarian
July2 79 US Director
2 74 UK Actor
3 76 US Actor
10 81 US Voice Actor
11 82 UK Actor, Director
18 21 US Actress
20 82 US Actress
27 83 US Film Editor
28 64 US Actor
August4 49 UK Actor
11 55 Australia Actor
16 60 US Actress
20 89 US Cinematographer
18 83 US Screenwriter
30 80 US Actor
31 85 US Actress
September10 70 US Sound Engineer
14 81 US Screenwriter
15 68 UK Producer
21 60 Turkey Producer, Director
21 65 Italy Actor
22 101 US Composer
23 78 US Film Editor
October2 68 Italy Actor, Director
4 48 UK Actor, Screenwriter
4 68 US Actress
5 89 US Special Effects Artist
5 92 France Actor, Screenwriter
6 81 US Actress
8 82 US Actor
11 53 US Actor
13 87 Italy Screenwriter
14 30 US Actor
15 59 US Screenwriter
16 77 US Actor, Director
20 76 UK Actor
21 78 Hungary Director
22 84 US Actor
23 78 Mexico Actress, Singer
29 85 US Art Director
31 81 US Film Editor
November1 50 UK Actor
6 98 Hungary Actress
6 40 Japan Actor
7 64 Italy Screenwriter, Director
11 57 US Sound Engineer
17 60 US Actor
20 75 US Actress
21 61 Canada Director
December6 86 US Actress
6 87 US Composer
6 77 US Actor
11 78 UK Actor
15 79 Canada Screenwriter
15 70 US Director
15 70 US Actor, Stuntman
15 81 UK Actor
16 94 US Actress
16 64 US Actor
16 59 Italy Actress
17 67 Italy Director, Screenwriter
19 77 US Actress
25 84 US Actress
25 79 US Director, Screenwriter

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1989 Worldwide Box Office . Box Office Mojo. IMDb. March 7, 2020.
  2. Web site: 1989 Worldwide Grosses. Box Office Mojo. May 1, 2014.
  3. The Little Mermaid
    • Domestic grosses (US & Canada): Web site: The Little Mermaid (1989) – Release Summary . Box Office Mojo . June 21, 2024 . Initial: $84,355,863.
    • International grosses (outside US & Canada): Web site: 1989 Worldwide Grosses . June 21, 2024 . Box Office Mojo . https://web.archive.org/web/20140312140914/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1989&p=.htm . March 12, 2014 . Overseas: $99.8 million . dead.
  4. Web site: Daniel Radcliffe . https://web.archive.org/web/20170321072954/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc59f3537 . dead . March 21, 2017 . BFI . 9 January 2022 . en.