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This is a list of American films released in 1989.
Driving Miss Daisy won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Highest grossing films[]
- Batman - directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson and Kim Basinger
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - starring Harrison Ford and Sean Connery
- Lethal Weapon 2 - starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover
- Look Who's Talking - starring Kirstie Alley, John Travolta, Olympia Dukakis
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - starring Rick Moranis
- Back to the Future Part II - starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson
- Ghostbusters II - starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson and Rick Moranis
- Driving Miss Daisy - starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd
- Parenthood - starring Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards, Dianne Wiest, Rick Moranis, Tom Hulce, Martha Plimpton and Keanu Reeves
- Dead Poets Society - starring Robin Williams
A[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84C MoPic | Patrick Sheane Duncan | Jonathan Emerson, Nicholas Cascone | Drama | |
| The Abyss | James Cameron | Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn | Science fiction, Drama | Visual Effects Academy Award |
| After Midnight | Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat | Marg Helgenberger, Marc McClure | Horror | |
| Alienator | Fred Olen Ray | Jan-Michael Vincent, John Phillip Law | Science fiction | |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven | Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Dan Kuenster | Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Judith Barsi, Vic Tayback | Animated film | United Artists |
| Always | Steven Spielberg | Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Brad Johnson, Audrey Hepburn | Fantasy, Romance | Hepburn's final film |
| American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt | Cedric Sundstrom | David Bradley, Steve James, Marjoe Gortner | Drama | sequel |
| Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes | Sandor Stern | Patty Duke, Jane Wyatt, Fredric Lehne | Horror | sequel |
| Arena | Peter Manoogian | Paul Satterfield, Hamilton Camp | Drama |
B-C[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back to the Future Part II | Robert Zemeckis | Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson | Science fiction, Comedy | sequel |
| Batman | Tim Burton | Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Jack Palance, Billy Dee Williams | Superhero, Action | top-grossing film of 1989 |
| Bert Rigby, You're a Fool | Carl Reiner | Robert Lindsay, Robbie Coltrane, Anne Bancroft | Musical | |
| Best of the Best | Robert Radler | Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland | Martial arts | |
| Beverly Hills Brats | Jim Sotos | Peter Billingsley, Martin Sheen | Comedy | |
| The Big Picture | Christopher Guest | Kevin Bacon, Martin Short, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Jason Leigh | Comedy | Guest's first film |
| Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | Stephen Herek | Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin | Comedy | led to sequel in 1991 |
| Black Rain | Ridley Scott | Michael Douglas, Andy García, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw | Crime drama | 2 Academy Award nominations |
| Blaze | Ron Shelton | Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich | Drama, Biography | Earl Long and Blaze Starr |
| Blind Fury | Phillip Noyce | Rutger Hauer, Terry O'Quinn | Drama | |
| Bloodhounds of Broadway | Howard Brookner | Matt Dillon, Jennifer Grey, Julie Hagerty, Rutger Hauer, Madonna, Esai Morales, Anita Morris, Randy Quaid | Drama, Musical | based on stories by Damon Runyon |
| Born on the Fourth of July | Oliver Stone | Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Willem Dafoe | Biography, Drama | based on Ron Kovic book; Academy Award for Stone |
| Breaking In | Bill Forsyth | Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko | Comedy | |
| Bridesmaids | Lila Garrett | Shelley Hack, Sela Ward | Drama | |
| The 'Burbs | Joe Dante | Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman | Black comedy | |
| C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. | David K. Irving | Brian Robbins, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Bianca Jagger | Comedy | |
| Cameron's Closet | Armand Mastroianni | Scott Curtis, Cotter Smith, Tab Hunter | Horror | |
| Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death | J.F. Lawton | Shannon Tweed, Bill Maher, Karen Mistal, Adrienne Barbeau | Comedy, Cult | |
| Casualties of War | Brian De Palma | Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn | War, Drama | |
| Cat Chaser | Abel Ferrara | Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning | Drama | |
| Chameleon Street | Wendell B. Harris, Jr. | Wendell B. Harris, Jr. | Drama | |
| Chances Are | Emile Ardolino | Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey, Jr., Ryan O'Neal, Mary Stuart Masterson | Romantic comedy | |
| Chattahoochee | Mick Jackson | Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Pamela Reed, Ned Beatty | Drama | |
| Checking Out | David Leland | Jeff Daniels, Melanie Mayron | Comedy | |
| Cheetah | Jeff Blyth | Keith Coogan, Lucy Deakins | Family | |
| Cohen and Tate | Eric Red | Roy Scheider, Adam Baldwin, Harley Cross | Crime drama | |
| Cold Feet | Robert Dornhelm | Keith Carradine, Sally Kirkland, Tom Waits | Drama | |
| Collision Course | Lewis Teague | Jay Leno, Pat Morita, Chris Sarandon | Action, Comedy | |
| Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, Music by Bobby McFerrin | Documentary | won Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature |
| Communion | Philippe Mora | Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse, Frances Sternhagen | Suspense | |
| Cookie | Susan Seidelman | Peter Falk, Dianne Wiest, Emily Lloyd, Jerry Lewis | Crime, Comedy | |
| Cousins | Joel Schumacher | Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young, William Petersen, Norma Aleandro, Lloyd Bridges | Romantic comedy | remake of Cousin, cousine |
| Crimes and Misdemeanors | Woody Allen | Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston, Sam Waterston, Jerry Orbach | Drama | 3 Oscar nominations |
| Criminal Law | Martin Campbell | Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper | Drama | |
| Cutting Class | Rospo Pallenberg | Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Martin Mull | Horror | |
| Cyborg | Albert Pyun | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter | Science fiction |
D-G[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dad | Gary David Goldberg | Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Ethan Hawke, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker, Kevin Spacey | Drama | based on a novel by William Wharton |
| Day One | Joseph Sargent | Brian Dennehy, David Strathairn, Michael Tucker | Documentary | Made for TV |
| Dead Bang | John Frankenheimer | Don Johnson, Tim Reid, Penelope Ann Miller | Crime drama | |
| Dead Calm | Phillip Noyce | Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane | Suspense | filmed in Great Barrier Reef |
| The Dead Pit | Britt Leonard | Jeremy Slate | Horror | |
| Dead Poets Society | Peter Weir | Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles | Drama | BAFTA Best Picture award |
| DeepStar Six | Sean S. Cunningham | Greg Evigan, Nia Peeples, Miguel Ferrer | Science fiction | |
| Disorganized Crime | Jim Kouf | Fred Gwynne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rubén Blades, Corbin Bernsen | Comedy | |
| Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, John Turturro, Bill Nunn, Ossie Davis, Giancarlo Esposito, Richard Edson, Rosie Perez, Ruby Dee | Drama | 2 Oscar nominations |
| Dr. Caligari | Stephen Sayadian | Madeleine Reynal, Laura Albert | Cult film | |
| The Dream Team | Howard Zieff | Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle | Comedy | |
| Dream a Little Dream | Marc Rocco | Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Meredith Salenger, Jason Robards, Piper Laurie | Comedy | |
| Driving Miss Daisy | Bruce Beresford | Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Esther Rolle, Patti LuPone | Drama | based on a play by Alfred Uhry; Oscar for Best Picture |
| Drugstore Cowboy | Gus Van Sant | Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch | Drama | based on James Fogle book |
| A Dry White Season | Euzhan Palcy | Donald Sutherland, Marlon Brando, Susan Sarandon, Janet Suzman | Drama | based on Andre Brink novel |
| Eat a Bowl of Tea | Wayne Wang | Cora Miao, Russel Wong | Drama | |
| Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! | Jean-Claude Lord | Michael Paré, Marina Orsini, Matthew Laurance | Drama | sequel |
| Edge of Sanity | Gérard Kikoïne | Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber | Horror | |
| Enemies, a Love Story | Paul Mazursky | Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin, Margaret Sophie Stein | Drama | 3 Academy Award nominations |
| The Evil Below | Paul Siebert, June Chadwick | Horror | ||
| The Experts | Dave Thomas | John Travolta, Arye Gross, Kelly Preston | Comedy | |
| The Fabulous Baker Boys | Steven Kloves | Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer | Drama | 4 Oscar nominations |
| Family Business | Sidney Lumet | Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick | Crime drama | based on Vincent Patrick novel |
| Farewell to the King | John Milius | Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Frank McRae | Drama | filmed in Borneo |
| Fat Man and Little Boy | Roland Joffé | Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack | Docudrama | on The Manhattan Project |
| The Favorite | Jack Smight | F. Murray Abraham, Maud Adams | Drama | Smight's final film |
| Field of Dreams | Phil Alden Robinson | Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster, Timothy Busfield, Gaby Hoffmann | Drama, Fantasy | based on W. P. Kinsella novel; 3 Oscar nominations |
| The Final Days | Richard Pearce | Lane Smith, Richard Kiley | Drama, Biography | based on Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein book |
| Fire and Rain | Jerry Jameson | Docudrama | ||
| Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders | Comedy | |||
| Fletch Lives | Michael Ritchie | Chevy Chase, R. Lee Ermey, Hal Holbrook | Comedy | sequel to Fletch |
| The Fly II | Chris Walas | Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga | Science fiction | sequel to The Fly |
| For All Mankind | Al Reinert | (Mission Apollo personnel) | Documentary | |
| Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Rob Hedden | Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Kane Hodder | Horror | sequel |
| Ghostbusters II | Ivan Reitman | Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Peter MacNicol | Comedy, Science fiction | sequel to Ghostbusters |
| Ginger Ale Afternoon | Rafal Zielkinski | Drama | ||
| Gleaming the Cube | Graeme Clifford | Christian Slater, Steven Bauer, Tony Hawk | Drama | features top skateboarders |
| Glory | Edward Zwick | Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Cary Elwes, Andre Braugher | Drama, War | Oscar for Washington |
| Going Overboard | Valerie Breiman | Adam Sandler | Comedy | |
| Great Balls of Fire! | Jim McBride | Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, John Doe, Alec Baldwin | Comedy, Biography | story of Jerry Lee Lewis |
| Gross Anatomy | Thom Eberhardt | Matthew Modine, Daphne Zuniga, Christine Lahti | Comedy, Drama |
H-K[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers | Dominique Othenin-Girard | Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Wendy Kaplan | Horror | 4th Halloween sequel |
| Harlem Nights | Eddie Murphy | Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Danny Aiello, Redd Foxx, Jasmine Guy, Michael Lerner, Stan Shaw, Arsenio Hall | Crime drama, comedy | first film directed by Murphy; two Razzie nominations |
| Heart of Dixie | Martin Davidson | Ally Sheedy, Virginia Madsen, Phoebe Cates | Drama | |
| The Heart of the Angel | Molly Dineen | Documentary | ||
| Heathers | Michael Lehmann | Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Kim Walker, Lisanne Falk | Comedy | |
| Her Alibi | Bruce Beresford | Tom Selleck, Paulina Porizkova | Comedy, Drama | |
| Hit List | William Lustig | Jan-Michael Vincent, Lance Henriksen | Action | |
| Homer and Eddie | Andrei Konchalovsky | Whoopi Goldberg, Jim Belushi | Comedy drama | |
| Homework | Drama | Iran | ||
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Joe Johnston | Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland | Family comedy | 2 sequels & TV series |
| The Horror Show | Jim Isaac | Lance Henriksen, Brion James | Horror | |
| How I Got into College | Savage Steve Holland | Anthony Edwards, Lara Flynn Boyle | Comedy | |
| Howling V: The Rebirth | Neal Sundstrom | Phil Davis, Victoria Caitlin | Horror | 4th sequel to The Howling |
| Identity Crisis | Melvin van Peebles | Mario van Peebles | Drama | |
| Immediate Family | Jonathan Kaplan | Glenn Close, James Woods, Mary Stuart Masterson | Drama | |
| In Country | Norman Jewison | Bruce Willis, Emily Lloyd | Drama | based on Bobbie Ann Mason novel |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Steven Spielberg | Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, Julian Glover, John Rhys-Davies, River Phoenix | Action Adventure | 3 Oscar nominations; 3rd Indiana Jones film |
| An Innocent Man | Peter Yates | Tom Selleck, David Rasche, Laila Robins | Crime drama | |
| Intruder | Scott Spiegel | Renee Estevez | Horror | |
| Jacknife | David Jones | Robert De Niro, Ed Harris, Kathy Baker | Drama | from Stephen Metcalfe play |
| The January Man | Pat O'Connor | Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Harvey Keitel, Danny Aiello, Rod Steiger | Comedy, Mystery | John Patrick Shanley script |
| Johnny Handsome | Walter Hill | Mickey Rourke, Lance Henriksen, Ellen Barkin | Crime drama | based on John Godey novel |
| K-9 | Rod Daniel | James Belushi, Mel Harris | Comedy | Universal |
| Kamillions | Drama | |||
| The Karate Kid, Part III | John G. Avildsen | Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Thomas Ian Griffith | Action | 2nd Karate Kid sequel; 5 Razzie nominations |
| Kickboxer | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Action | ||
| Kill Me Again | John Dahl | Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Michael Madsen | Crime drama | |
| Killer! | Tony Elwood | Duke Ernsberger | Horror | aka The Killer |
| Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects | J. Lee Thompson | Charles Bronson, Perry Lopez | Action | |
| Knick Knack | John Lasseter | Animated |
L-M[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.A. Takedown | Animated | |||
| Last Exit to Brooklyn | Uli Edel | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Drama | |
| Lauderdale | Bill Milling | Renee Shugart | Comedy | |
| Lean on Me | John G. Avildsen | Morgan Freeman, Lynne Thigpen, Robert Guillaume | Biography, Drama | story of principal Joe Clark |
| Let It Ride | Joe Pytka | Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Jennifer Tilly | Comedy | |
| Lethal Weapon 2 | Richard Donner | Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci | Action, Comedy | sequel to Lethal Weapon |
| Leviathan | George Pan Cosmatos | Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays | Horror | |
| Listen to Me | Douglas Day Stewart | Kirk Cameron, Jami Gertz, Roy Scheider, Christopher Atkins | Drama | Razzie for Atkins |
| Little Golden Book Land | Drama | |||
| The Little Mermaid | Ron Clements, John Musker | voices of Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Buddy Hackett | Animated | won 2 Oscars |
| Little Monsters | Richard Greenberg | Fred Savage, Daniel Stern | Comedy | |
| Lock Up | John Flynn | Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland | Drama | 3 Razzie nominations |
| Lonesome Dove | Simon Wincer | Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Lane, Danny Glover, Anjelica Huston, Robert Urich, Rick Schroeder, D. B. Sweeney, Frederic Forrest, Glenne Headly, Chris Cooper | Western | based on Larry McMurtry novel; 7 Emmy awards, 19 nominations |
| Look Who's Talking | Amy Heckerling | John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Olympia Dukakis | Comedy | followed by 2 sequels |
| Lords of the Deep | Mary Ann Fisher | Bradford Dillman, Priscilla Barnes | Science fiction | |
| Lost Angels | Hugh Hudson | Donald Sutherland | Drama | |
| Loverboy | Joan Micklin Silver | Patrick Dempsey, Kate Jackson, Kirstie Alley | Comedy | |
| Major League | David S. Ward | Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Rene Russo | Comedy | followed by 2 sequels |
| The Making of Me | Glenn Gordon Caron | Martin Short | Short subject | |
| Meet the Hollowheads | Thomas R. Bowman | Juliette Lewis, John Glover | Comedy | |
| The Mighty Quinn | Carl Schenkel | Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend | Crime drama | filmed in Jamaica |
| Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All | John Nicolella | Stacy Keach, Lynda Carter | Crime drama | made for TV; based on story by Mickey Spillane |
| Millennium | Michael Anderson | Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J. Travanti, Robert Joy | Science fiction | |
| Miss Firecracker | Thomas Schlamme | Holly Hunter, Tim Robbins, Mary Steenburgen | Comedy | based on Beth Henley play |
| Moontrap | Robert Dyke | Walter Koenig, Bruce Campbell | Science fiction | |
| Music Box | Costa-Gavras | Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest | Drama | Academy Award nomination for Lange |
| My Mom's a Werewolf | Michael Fischa | Comedy | ||
| My Name is Bill W. | Daniel Petrie | James Garner, James Woods, JoBeth Williams | Drama, Biography | made for TV; story of Alcoholics Anonymous; Emmy for Woods |
| Mystery Train | Jim Jarmusch | Youki Kudoh, Masatoshi Nagase | Anthology, Drama |
N-Q[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Jeremiah S. Chechik | Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Randy Quaid, Johnny Galecki, E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts, Diane Ladd | Comedy | third of National Lampoon's Vacation films |
| Never on Tuesday | Adam Rifkin | Comedy | ||
| New York Stories | Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen | Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Giancarlo Giannini, Talia Shire, Heather McComb, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow | Anthology | 3 short films |
| Next of Kin | John Irvin | Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton | Crime drama | |
| Nick Knight | Rick Springfield | Drama | TV | |
| Night Game | Peter Masterson | Roy Scheider, Karen Young | Crime drama | |
| Night of the Ninja | Drama | |||
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child | Stephen Hopkins | Robert Englund | Horror | 4th sequel of series |
| No Holds Barred | Thomas Wright | Hulk Hogan, Joan Severance | Comedy | |
| Nowhere to Run | Carl Franklin | David Carradine, Matt Adler | Action | |
| Old Gringo | Luis Puenzo | Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits | Drama | Razzie nomination for Fonda |
| Out of the Dark | Michael Shroeder | Karen Witter, Karen Black, Bud Cort | Horror | |
| The Package | Andrew Davis | Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones | Drama | |
| The Parent Trap III | Hayley Mills, Barry Bostwick | Comedy | sequel; made for TV | |
| Parenthood | Ron Howard | Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest, Keanu Reeves, Martha Plimpton, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis | Comedy | nominated for 2 Oscars; twice made into TV series |
| Parents | Bob Balaban | Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt | Horror | |
| Penn & Teller Get Killed | Arthur Penn | Penn and Teller | Comedy | |
| Pet Sematary | Mary Lambert | Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby | Horror | based on Stephen King story |
| The Phantom of the Opera: The Motion Picture | Dwight H. Little | Robert Englund, Jill Schoelen, Bill Nighy | Horror | based on Gaston Leroux story |
| Physical Evidence | Michael Crichton | Burt Reynolds, Theresa Russell, Ned Beatty | Crime thriller | |
| Pink Cadillac | Buddy Van Horn | Clint Eastwood, Bernadette Peters | Comedy | |
| Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | Peter Bonerz | Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook | Comedy | 5th sequel of series |
| Prancer | Rebecca Harrell, Sam Elliott | Comedy | ||
| The Preppie Murder | John Herzfeld | William Baldwin, Lara Flynn Boyle, Danny Aiello, Joanna Kerns, William Devane | Crime drama | made for TV |
| Pumpkinhead | Stan Winston | Lance Henriksen, Jeff East | Horror | |
| The Punisher | Mark Goldblatt | Dolph Lundgren | Action | |
| Puppet Master | David Schmoeller | Paul LeMat, William Hickey | Horror |
R-S[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.O.T.O.R. | Cullen Blaine | Richard Gesswein, Jayne Smith | Science fiction | |
| Red Scorpion | Joseph Zito | Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh | War, Action | |
| Relentless | William Lustig | Judd Nelson, Robert Loggia, Meg Foster | Crime | |
| Renegades | Jack Sholder | Lou Diamond Phillips, Kiefer Sutherland | Drama | |
| The Return of Swamp Thing | Jim Wynorski | Louis Jourdan, Heather Locklear | Science fiction | sequel to Swamp Thing; Razzie for Locklear |
| River of Death | Steve Carver | Michael Dudikoff, Robert Vaughn, and Donald Pleasence | Action | |
| Road House | Rowdy Herrington | Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara | Action | 5 Razzie nominations |
| Roger & Me | Michael Moore | Michael Moore, Roger B. Smith | Documentary | on woes of Flint, Michigan |
| Samurai Cop | Amir Shervan | Drama | ||
| Say Anything | Cameron Crowe | John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney, Lili Taylor | Romantic comedy | Crowe's first film |
| Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills | Paul Bartel | Jacqueline Bisset, Mary Woronov | Comedy | |
| Sea of Love | Harold Becker | Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman | Crime drama | |
| Second Sight | Joel Zwick | John Larroquette, Bronson Pinchot | Comedy | |
| See No Evil, Hear No Evil | Arthur Hiller | Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey | Comedy | 3rd Wilder-Pryor pairing |
| See You in the Morning | Alan J. Pakula | Jeff Bridges, Alice Krige, Farrah Fawcett | Comedy | |
| Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Steven Soderbergh | James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo | Drama | Cannes Palme d'Or winner |
| Shag | Zelda Barron | Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda, Annabeth Gish | Comedy | |
| She's Out of Control | Stan Dragoti | Tony Danza, Ami Dolenz, Catherine Hicks | Comedy | |
| She-Devil | Susan Seidelman | Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr, Ed Begley, Jr. | Comedy | based on Fay Weldon novel |
| Shocker | Wes Craven | Mitch Pileggi, Michael Murphy | Thriller | |
| Sidewalk Stories | Charles Lane | Tom Alpern, Nicole Alysia | Comedy | |
| Signs of Life | John David Coles | Beau Bridges, Vincent D'Onofrio | Drama | |
| Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! | Monte Hellman | Richard Beymer, Laura Harring | Thriller | sequel |
| Sinbad of the Seven Seas | Enzo G. Castellari | Lou Ferrigno, John Steiner | Adventure | Italy |
| Sing | Richard Baskin | Lorraine Bracco, Peter Dobson, Jessica Steen | Musical | |
| Skin Deep | Blake Edwards | John Ritter, Alyson Reed, Vincent Gardenia | Comedy | |
| Slaves of New York | James Ivory | Bernadette Peters, Adam Coleman Howard, Chris Sarandon | Comedy, Drama | based on Tama Janowitz book |
| Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland | Michael A. Simpson | Pamela Springsteen, Tracy Griffith | Horror | sequel |
| Small Sacrifices | Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, Gordon Clapp | Drama, Biography | TV | |
| Snake Eater | George Erschbamer | Lorenzo Lamas | Drama | |
| Society | Brian Yuzna | Billy Warlock, Devin DeVasquez | Horror | |
| Speed Zone! | Jim Drake | John Candy, Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty, Brooke Shields | Comedy | 3 Razzie nominations |
| Split | Chris Shaw | Timothy Dwight, Joan Bechtel | Drama | |
| Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | William Shatner | William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, James Doohan, Laurence Luckinbill | Science fiction | based on the TV series; winner of 3 Razzie awards including Worst Picture |
| Staying Together | Lee Grant | Sean Astin, Stockard Channing, Melinda Dillon | Comedy | |
| Steel Magnolias | Herbert Ross | Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts, Tom Skerritt, Dylan McDermott, Kevin J. O'Connor, Sam Shepard | Comedy, Drama | based on the Robert Harling play; Golden Globe for Roberts |
| Stepfather II | Jeff Burr | Terry O'Quinn, Meg Foster | Thriller | sequel |
| Strapless | David Hare | Bridget Fonda, Bruno Ganz, Blair Brown | Drama | |
| The Suckling | Francis Teri | Frank Reeves, Marie Michaels | Horror | |
| Sweet Bird of Youth | Nicolas Roeg | Elizabeth Taylor, Mark Harmon, Valerie Perrine, Rip Torn | Drama | made for TV; based on play by Tennessee Williams |
T-Z[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tango & Cash | Andrei Konchalovsky | Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Jack Palance, Teri Hatcher | Action, Comedy | 3 Razzie nominations |
| Tap | Nick Castle | Gregory Hines, Suzzanne Douglas, Sammy Davis, Jr. | Drama | final film for Davis |
| Teen Witch | Dorian Walker | Robyn Lively, Dan Gauthier | Comedy | |
| The Terror Within | Thierry Notz | George Kennedy, Andrew Stevens | Science fiction, Horror | produced by Roger Corman |
| This Ain't Bebop | Ralph Bakshi | Drama | ||
| Those She Left Behind | Gary Cole, Joanna Kerns | Drama | made for TV | |
| Three Fugitives | Francis Veber | Nick Nolte, Martin Short, James Earl Jones | Comedy | based on Veber's Les Fugitifs |
| To Die For | Deran Sarafian | Brendan Hughes | Horror | aka Dracula: The Love Story |
| Tongues Untied | Marlon Riggs | Documentary | ||
| The Toxic Avenger Part II | Michael Herz | Ron Fazio | Horror | sequel |
| The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie | Michael Herz | Horror | sequel | |
| The Trial of the Incredible Hulk | Bill Bixby | Lou Ferrigno, Bill Bixby | Science fiction | made for TV |
| Triumph of the Spirit | Robert M. Young | Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos | Drama, War | filmed at Auschwitz |
| Troop Beverly Hills | Jeff Kanew | Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson, Betty Thomas | Comedy | Columbia |
| Tropical Snow | Ciro Duran | Jsu Garcia, Madeleine Stowe, David Carradine | Action | |
| True Believer | Joseph Ruben | James Woods, Robert Downey, Jr. | Drama | based on a true story |
| True Love | Nancy Savoca | Annabella Sciorra, Aida Turturro | Comedy | Sundance prize winner |
| The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels | Frank Zappa | Documentary | ||
| Tummy Trouble | Rob Minkoff | Roger Rabbit | Animated | |
| Turner & Hooch | Roger Spottiswoode | Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson, J. C. Quinn, Reginald VelJohnson | Comedy | |
| Twister | Michael Almereyda | Suzy Amis, Dylan McDermott, Crispin Glover | Comedy | based on Mary Robison novel |
| UHF | Jay Levey | Weird Al Yankovic, Michael Richards | Comedy | |
| The Unbelievable Truth | Hal Hartley | Adrienne Shelley | Drama | |
| Uncle Buck | John Hughes | John Candy, Amy Madigan, Jean Louisa Kelly, Macaulay Culkin, Gaby Hoffmann | Comedy, Drama | later became TV series |
| Valmont | Miloš Forman | Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk | Drama | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Vampire's Kiss | Robert Bierman | Nicolas Cage, Jennifer Beals, María Conchita Alonso | Comedy | Hemdale Films |
| The War of the Roses | Danny DeVito | Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito | Comedy | from Warren Adler novel |
| Warlock | Steve Miner | Julian Sands, Lori Singer | Horror | |
| We're No Angels | Neil Jordan | Sean Penn, Robert De Niro, Demi Moore | Comedy | screenplay by David Mamet |
| Weekend at Bernie's | Ted Kotcheff | Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman | Comedy | followed by 1993 sequel |
| Welcome Home | Franklin J. Schaffner | Kris Kristofferson, JoBeth Williams, Sam Waterston | Drama | |
| When Harry Met Sally... | Rob Reiner | Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby | Comedy | screenplay by Nora Ephron |
| Who's Harry Crumb? | Paul Flaherty | John Candy, Annie Potts, Shawnee Smith | Comedy | |
| Wicked Stepmother | Larry Cohen | Bette Davis | Drama | Final film appearance for Bette Davis |
| Winter People | Ted Kotcheff | Kurt Russell, Kelly McGillis, Lloyd Bridges | Romance | |
| Wired | Larry Peerce | Michael Chiklis, J. T. Walsh | Drama, Biography | based on Bob Woodward book |
| The Wizard of Speed and Time | Mike Jittlov | Mike Jittlov, Paige Moore | Fantasy | |
| The Wizard | Todd Holland | Fred Savage | Comedy | |
| The Women of Brewster Place | Donna Deutch | Oprah Winfrey, Robin Givens | Drama | made for TV |
| Worth Winning | Will Mackenzie | Mark Harmon, Madeleine Stowe, Lesley Ann Warren | Comedy |
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