The year 1989 involved many significant films.

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Highest-grossing films

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The top 10 films released in 1989 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]

Highest-grossing films of 1989[2]
Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross
1 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Paramount $474,171,806
2 Batman Warner Bros. $411,569,241
3 Back to the Future Part II Universal $332,950,002
4 Look Who's Talking TriStar $297,999,813
5 Dead Poets Society Disney $235,860,116
6 Lethal Weapon 2 Warner Bros. $227,853,986
7 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Disney $222,724,172
8 Ghostbusters II Columbia $215,394,738
9 The Little Mermaid Disney $184,155,863[3]
10 Born on the Fourth of July Universal $162,001,698

Events

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Awards

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

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By country/region

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By genre/medium

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Births

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Deaths

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

Film debuts

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References

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  1. ^ "1989 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "1989 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  3. ^ The Little Mermaid
  4. ^ "Daniel Radcliffe". BFI. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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