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Overview of the events of 1989 in film

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The year 1989 involved many significant films.

## Highest-grossing films

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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] Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross

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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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* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million. Basinger would lose the town to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech Corp., in 1993 after being forced to file for bankruptcy when a California judge ordered her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film Boxing Helena.
* A director's cut of Lawrence of Arabia is released with a 227-minute length. The restoration was undertaken by Robert A. Harris under the supervision of director David Lean.
* May 24 – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is released by Paramount Pictures. It is the third installment of the Indiana Jones franchise.
* June 13 – The James Bond film Licence to Kill is released. It would be followed by years of legal wrangling over the future of the popular series. The next Bond film, GoldenEye, will be released in 1995.
* June 23
* Batman is released by Warner Bros., earning more than $410 million worldwide. It established the public and critical attention of director Tim Burton.
* Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is released by Walt Disney Pictures, marking the directorial debut of visual effects supervisor Joe Johnston, who later went on to direct The Rocketeer, Jumanji, October Sky, Jurassic Park III, and Captain America: The First Avenger.
* July 7 – Lethal Weapon 2 is released by Warner Bros., becoming both the highest-grossing film in the franchise and the highest grossing R-rated film of the year at the domestic box-office.
* July 11 – Screen, stage, and Shakespearian legend Laurence Olivier died peacefully at his British home, after appearing in his last filmed role as an old soldier in War Requiem.
* August 2 – Ron Howard's family comedy Parenthood, starring Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, and Rick Moranis, is released by Universal Pictures.
* September 28 – Sony announce its intention to buy Columbia Pictures and Tri-Star Pictures. The deal is completed in November for a total cost of nearly $5 billion. They appoint Peter Guber and Jon Peters as co-chairman, in a further deal that cost up to $1 billion, after settling a lawsuit with Warner Bros.
* November 7 – Andrew G. Vajna agrees to sell his stake in Carolco Pictures to his co-chairman and co-founder Mario Kassar for $106 million.
* November 17 – The Little Mermaid becomes a critical and commercial success, bringing new life to Walt Disney Feature Animation. This film also reinvigorated public and critical interest in The Walt Disney Company, which would become one of the most prestigious corporations of the 1990s.
* November 22 – Back to the Future Part II is released by Universal Pictures.

## Awards

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

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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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* List of American films of 1989
* List of Argentine films of 1989
* List of Australian films of 1989
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1989
* List of British films of 1989
* List of Canadian films of 1989
* List of French films of 1989
* List of Hong Kong films of 1989
* List of Japanese films of 1989
* List of Mexican films of 1989
* List of South Korean films of 1989
* List of Soviet films of 1989
* List of Spanish films of 1989

### By genre/medium

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* List of action films of 1989
* List of animated feature films of 1989
* List of avant-garde films of 1989
* List of comedy films of 1989
* List of drama films of 1989
* List of horror films of 1989
* List of science fiction films of 1989
* List of thriller films of 1989
* List of western films of 1989

## Births

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* January 1 – Zoe Boyle, British actress
* January 3 – Alex D. Linz, American actor
* January 6 - Max Pirkis, English actor
* January 8 – Karan Soni, Indian-American actor
* January 9 – Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress and model
* January 13 – Andy Allo, Cameroonian-American singer-songwriter and actress
* January 14 – Emma Greenwell, American-born English actress
* January 16
* Rila Fukushima, Japanese actress and model
* Yvonne Zima, American actress
* January 17 – Kelly Marie Tran, American actress
* January 23 – April Pearson, English actress
* January 20 – Piret Krumm, Estonian actress
* January 26 – Hannah Arterton, American actress
* January 29 – Kaspar Velberg, Estonian actor
* January 30
* Kylie Bunbury, Canadian-American actress
* Khleo Thomas, American actor
* February 1 – Marco Pigossi, Brazilian actor
* February 3 – Ryne Sanborn, American former actor
* February 4
* Märt Pius, Estonian actor
* Priit Pius, Estonian actor
* February 5 – Jeremy Sumpter, American actor
* February 10 – Olga Korsak, Latvian actress
* February 11 - Adele Haenel, French actress
* February 12
* Odelya Halevi, Israeli actress
* Katy O'Brian, American actress
* February 13
* Carly McKillip, Canadian actress and singer
* Katie Volding, American actress
* February 16 – Elizabeth Olsen, American actress
* February 21
* Corbin Bleu, American actor and singer
* Scout Taylor-Compton, American actress and singer
* February 24 – Daniel Kaluuya, English actor
* February 28 – Angelababy, Hong Kong actress and singer
* March 1 – Daniella Monet, American actress and singer
* March 2 – Nathalie Emmanuel, English actress and model
* March 3 – Andrea Brooks, Canadian actress and model
* March 5
* Jake Lloyd, American actor
* Sterling Knight, American actor and musician
* March 11
* Rainey Qualley, American actress and singer
* Anton Yelchin, Russian-American actor (died 2016)
* March 15
* Tom Bateman, British actor
* Caitlin Wachs, American actress
* March 17
* Morfydd Clark, Welsh actress
* Harry Melling, English actor
* March 18 – Lily Collins, English-American actress
* March 20 – Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director
* March 21 – Takeru Sato, Japanese actor
* March 23 – Ayesha Curry, Canadian-American actress
* March 25
* Matthew Beard, English actor and model
* Aly Michalka, American actress and singer
* April 2 – Liis Lass, Estonian actress
* April 5
* Freddie Fox, English actor, director and voice artist
* Lily James, English actress
* April 8 – Gabriella Wilde, English model and actress
* April 12 – Yoshi Sudarso, Indonesian-born American actor
* April 18 – Alia Shawkat, American actress
* April 19 – Simu Liu, Canadian actor, writer, producer and stuntman
* April 26 – Luke Bracey, Australian actor
* April 29
* Sophie Charlotte, Brazilian actress
* Gabriel Chavarria, American-Hispanic actor
* April 30 - Alex Hafner, international actor
* May 5 – Larissa Wilson, English actress
* May 10 – Lindsey Shaw, American actress
* May 12 – Mimi Gianopulos, American actress
* May 16 – Pääru Oja, Estonian actor
* May 18 – Jona Xiao, American actress
* May 21 - Emily Robins, New Zealand actress
* May 23 – Alberto Frezza, Italian–American actor
* May 24
* Tara Correa-McMullen, American actress (died 2005)
* Brianne Howey, American actress
* May 29
* Riley Keough, American actress
* Brandon Mychal Smith, American actor, singer and rapper
* Mathew Waters, Australian actor
* May 30 – Kevin Covais, American actor and singer-songwriter
* June 3
* Megumi Han, Japanese voice actress
* Imogen Poots, English actress
* Daniela Vega, Chilean actress
* June 12
* Jade Anouka, English actress
* Stephanie Bennett, Canadian actress
* June 14
* Lucy Hale, American actress and singer
* Courtney Halverson, American actress
* Tobit Raphael, American actor
* June 18 – Renee Olstead, American actress and singer
* June 19 – Giacomo Gianniotti, Italian-Canadian actor
* June 20 – Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
* June 21 – Jascha Washington, American actor
* June 23 – Marielle Jaffe, American actress, singer and model
* June 25
* Edgar Morais, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
* Rafael Morais, Portuguese actor, director, and screenwriter
* June 26 – Carlos Lopez, American stunt performer (died 2014)
* June 27
* Kimiko Glenn, American actress
* Kelley Jakle, American actress and singer-songwriter
* Matthew Lewis, English actor
* July 1
* Mitch Hewer, English actor
* Hannah Murray, English actress
* July 3 – Kento Kaku, Japanese actor
* July 7 - Alice Orr-Ewing, British actress
* July 11
* David Henrie, American actor
* Shareeka Epps, American actress
* July 12 – Phoebe Tonkin, Australian actress and model
* July 14 – Alisha Wainwright, American actress
* July 16 – Kim Woo-bin, South Korean actor
* July 19 – James Austin Johnson, American comedian and actor
* July 21
* Rory Culkin, American actor
* Jasmine Cephas Jones, American actress, singer and producer
* Juno Temple, English actress
* Jing Tian, Chinese actress
* Jamie Waylett, British former actor
* July 23 – Daniel Radcliffe, English actor[4]
* July 25 – Andrew Caldwell, American actor
* July 27 – Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
* July 31
* Alexis Knapp, American actress
* Sofia Pernas, American actress
* Jessica Williams, American actress and comedian
* Zelda Williams, American actress, director, producer and writer
* August 1 – Landry Allbright, American actress, writer and editor
* August 2 – Priscilla Betti, French actress
* August 9 - Paige Spara, American actress
* August 10 – Brenton Thwaites, Australian actor
* August 14 – Artyom Bogucharsky, Russian actor
* August 15
* Joe Jonas, American singer and actor (Jonas Brothers)
* Carlos PenaVega, actor (Big Time Rush)
* Masaki Okada, Japanese actor
* August 18 – Anna Akana, American filmmaker, actress, comedian, musician and YouTuber
* August 21
* Rob Knox, English actor (died 2008)
* Hayden Panettiere, American actress and singer
* September 5
* Thomas Cocquerel, Australian actor
* Kat Graham, American actress, model, singer and dancer
* Olivier Richters, Dutch bodybuilder, actor and model
* September 7
* Loren Allred, American singer, songwriter and actress
* Hannah John-Kamen, English actress
* Jonathan Majors, American actor
* Hugh Mitchell, English actor
* September 8 – Domee Shi, Canadian filmmaker
* September 14
* Logan Henderson, actor (Big Time Rush)
* Jesse James, American actor
* September 17 – Danielle Brooks, American actress and singer
* September 19 – Lorenza Izzo, Chilean actress and model
* September 22 – Sofía Espinosa, Mexican actress, writer and director
* September 26 – Emma Rigby, English actress
* October 1 – Brie Larson, American actress
* October 4 – Dakota Johnson, American actress
* October 10 – Aimee Teegarden, American actress, model and producer
* October 14 – Mia Wasikowska, Australian actress
* October 16 - Jack Salvatore Jr., American actor and television writer
* October 24 – Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress
* October 30 – Dustin Ybarra, American stand-up comedian and actor
* November 3 – Elliott Tittensor, English actor
* November 8 – Nia DaCosta, American filmmaker
* November 10
* Sherry Cola, American comedian and actress
* Taron Egerton, Welsh actor
* November 18 – Stephanie Nogueras, American actress
* November 20
* Cody Linley, American actor and singer
* Sergei Polunin, Ukrainian actor and dancer
* November 22 – Alden Ehrenreich, American actor
* November 26 – Katie Sagona, American former child actress
* December 2 – Cassie Steele, Canadian actress and singer
* December 4 – Nafessa Williams, American actress
* December 7
* Nicholas Hoult, English actor
* Caleb Landry Jones, American actor and musician
* December 13 – Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter, actress, and musician
* December 15 – Nichole Sakura, American actress
* December 18 – Ashley Benson, American actress and model
* December 24 – Daniel Durant, American actor
* December 28
* George Blagden, English actor
* Jessie Buckley, Irish actress and singer
* December 29
* Jane Levy, American actress
* Left Brain, American rapper
* December 30 – Letícia Colin, Brazilian actress

## Deaths

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Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films

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January | 3 | Nell O'Day | 79 | US | Actress |

* The Road to Ruin
* Rackety Rax

3 | Jean Willes | 65 | US | Actress |

* Invasion of the Body Snatchers
* The King and Four Queens

8 | Kenneth McMillan | 56 | US | Actor |

* Ragtime
* The Pope of Greenwich Village

15 | Helen Logan | 82 | US | Screenwriter |

* Charlie Chan at the Olympics
* Pin Up Girl

15 | Joe Spinell | 52 | US | Actor |

* The Godfather
* Rocky

16 | Prem Nazir | 62 | India | Actor |

* Murappennu
* Dhwani

16 | Trey Wilson | 40 | US | Actor |

* Raising Arizona
* Bull Durham

19 | Norma Varden | 90 | UK | Actress |

* Casablanca
* The Sound of Music

20 | Beatrice Lillie | 94 | Canada | Actress |

* Thoroughly Modern Millie
* Around the World in 80 Days

23 | Arthur Lonergan | 83 | US | Art Director |

* Forbidden Planet
* M*A*S*H

26 | Morton DaCosta | 74 | US | Director |

* The Music Man
* Auntie Mame

February | 2 | Walter M. Scott | 82 | US | Set Decorator |

* The Sound of Music
* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

3 | John Cassavetes | 59 | US | Actor, Director, Screenwriter |

* The Dirty Dozen
* Faces

3 | Lionel Newman | 73 | US | Composer |

* Doctor Dolittle
* Hello, Dolly!

3 | Paul Carson | 54 | US | Actor |

* A Countess from Hong Kong
* You Only Live Twice

4 | Ferris Webster | 76 | US | Film Editor |

* The Great Escape
* The Manchurian Candidate

5 | Emrys James | 60 | UK | Actor |

* Dragonslayer
* The Man in the Iron Mask

11 | T. E. B. Clarke | 81 | UK | Screenwriter |

* The Lavender Hill Mob
* Passport to Pimlico

11 | Roland Gross | 80 | US | Film Editor |

* The Thing from Another World
* None but the Lonely Heart

11 | George O'Hanlon | 76 | US | Actor |

* Rocky
* Park Row

17 | Marguerite Roberts | 83 | US | Screenwriter |

* True Grit
* Ziegfeld Girl

22 | Roxanne Arlen | 58 | US | Actress |

* Gypsy
* The Best Things in Life Are Free

22 | Joan Woodbury | 73 | US | Actress |

* Brenda Starr, Reporter
* Paper Bullets

March | 6 | Harry Andrews | 77 | UK | Actor, Director, Screenwriter |

* The Agony and the Ecstasy
* The Hill

10 | Maurizio Merli | 49 | Italy | Actor |

* Violent Rome
* Mannaja

12 | Maurice Evans | 87 | UK | Actor |

* Planet of the Apes
* Rosemary's Baby

17 | Merritt Butrick | 29 | US | Actor |

* Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
* Head Office

19 | Valérie Quennessen | 31 | France | Actress |

* Conan the Barbarian
* Summer Lovers

21 | Milton Frome | 80 | US | Actor |

* Bye Bye Birdie
* The Nutty Professor

25 | Reginald Le Borg | 89 | Austria | Director |

* Jungle Woman
* War Drums

27 | May Allison | 98 | US | Actress |

* A Fool There Was
* The City

27 | Jack Starrett | 52 | US | Actor, Director |

* Blazing Saddles
* Race with the Devil

28 | Robert J. Wilke | 74 | US | Actor |

* High Noon
* The Magnificent Seven

29 | Bernard Blier | 73 | France | Actor |

* The Great War
* The Organizer

30 | Reg Allen | 71 | UK | Set Decorator |

* The Pink Panther
* Lady Sings the Blues

April | 8 | Mario Chiari | 79 | Italy | Production Designer |

* Doctor Dolittle
* King Kong

12 | Gerald Flood | 61 | UK | Actor |

* Patton
* Frightmare

15 | Charles Vanel | 96 | France | Actor, Director |

* The Wages of Fear
* Diabolique

16 | John Dighton | 79 | UK | Screenwriter |

* Roman Holiday
* Kind Hearts and Coronets

24 | Clyde Geronimi | 87 | US | Animator, Director |

* One Hundred and One Dalmatians
* Cinderella

25 | George Coulouris | 85 | UK | Actor |

* Citizen Kane
* Mr. Skeffington

26 | Lucille Ball | 77 | US | Actress |

* Mame
* The Big Street

28 | Jack Cummings | 84 | US | Producer, Director |

* Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
* Kiss Me Kate

30 | Sergio Leone | 60 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter |

* The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
* Once Upon a Time in America

30 | Guy Williams | 65 | US | Actor |

* Damon and Pythias
* Captain Sindbad

May | 2 | James Crabe | 57 | US | Cinematographer |

* Rocky
* The Karate Kid

3 | William Squire | 71 | UK | Actor |

* Where Eagles Dare
* The Lord of the Rings

15 | Johnny Green | 80 | US | Composer |

* West Side Story
* An American in Paris

19 | Anton Diffring | 72 | Germany | Actor |

* Circus of Horrors
* The Blue Max

19 | Robert Webber | 64 | US | Actor |

* 12 Angry Men
* 10

20 | Lyn Murray | 79 | UK | Composer, Conductor |

* To Catch a Thief
* Wives and Lovers

20 | Gilda Radner | 42 | US | Actress |

* The Woman in Red
* Haunted Honeymoon

22 | Gerd Oswald | 69 | Germany | Director |

* Screaming Mimi
* A Kiss Before Dying

25 | Brigid Bazlen | 44 | US | Actress |

* How the West Was Won
* The Honeymoon Machine

26 | Albert Woodbury | 79 | US | Composer, Orchestrator |

* My Fair Lady
* They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

June | 10 | Richard Quine | 68 | US | Director |

* Bell, Book and Candle
* Operation Mad Ball

15 | Victor French | 54 | US | Actor |

* An Officer and a Gentleman
* Chato's Land

15 | Ray McAnally | 63 | Ireland | Actor |

* The Mission
* My Left Foot

17 | John Matuszak | 38 | US | Actor |

* The Goonies
* North Dallas Forty

20 | Dona Drake | 74 | US | Actress |

* Road to Morocco
* Dangerous Millions

27 | Jack Buetel | 73 | US | Actor |

* The Outlaw
* Rose of Cimarron

28 | Joris Ivens | 90 | Netherlands | Director, Documentarian |

* Rain
* The Bridge

July | 2 | Franklin J. Schaffner | 79 | US | Director |

* Patton
* Planet of the Apes

2 | Ben Wright | 74 | UK | Actor |

* The Little Mermaid
* One Hundred and One Dalmatians

3 | Jim Backus | 76 | US | Actor |

* Rebel Without a Cause
* It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

10 | Mel Blanc | 81 | US | Voice Actor |

* Who Framed Roger Rabbit
* The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie

11 | Laurence Olivier | 82 | UK | Actor, Director |

* Hamlet
* Marathon Man

18 | Rebecca Schaeffer | 21 | US | Actress |

* Radio Days
* Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills

20 | Mary Treen | 82 | US | Actress |

* Kitty Foyle
* It's a Wonderful Life

27 | Warren Low | 83 | US | Film Editor |

* Now, Voyager
* True Grit

28 | Jeff Richards | 64 | US | Actor |

* Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
* Big Leaguer

August | 4 | Maurice Colbourne | 49 | UK | Actor |

* The Duellists
* Venom

11 | John Meillon | 55 | Australia | Actor |

* Crocodile Dundee
* Wake in Fright

16 | Amanda Blake | 60 | US | Actress |

* Miss Robin Crusoe
* The Boost

20 | Joseph LaShelle | 89 | US | Cinematographer |

* Laura
* The Apartment

18 | Robert Buckner | 83 | US | Screenwriter |

* Yankee Doodle Dandy
* Love Me Tender

30 | Joe De Santis | 80 | US | Actor |

* Al Capone
* The Professionals

31 | Claire Luce | 85 | US | Actress |

* Over She Goes
* Up the River

September | 10 | Gordon McCallum | 70 | US | Sound Engineer |

* Fiddler on the Roof
* Superman

14 | John Bright | 81 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Public Enemy
* Blonde Crazy

15 | Michael Klinger | 68 | UK | Producer |

* Get Carter
* Cul-de-sac

19 | Philip Sayer | 42 | UK | Actor |

* Xtro
* Slayground

21 | Ertem Eğilmez | 60 | Turkey | Producer, Director |

* Namuslu
* Arabesk

21 | Corrado Gaipa | 65 | Italy | Actor |

* The Godfather
* The Sicilian Connection

22 | Irving Berlin | 101 | US | Composer |

* Top Hat
* Holiday Inn

23 | Angelo Ross | 78 | US | Film Editor |

* Smokey and the Bandit
* Who Killed Teddy Bear

October | 2 | Vittorio Caprioli | 68 | Italy | Actor, Director |

* Leoni al sole
* Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale

4 | Graham Chapman | 48 | UK | Actor, Screenwriter |

* Monty Python's Life of Brian
* Monty Python and the Holy Grail

4 | Betsy King Ross | 68 | US | Actress |

* Smoke Lightning
* The Phantom Empire

5 | Paul Lerpae | 89 | US | Special Effects Artist |

* The War of the Worlds
* The Ten Commandments

5 | Noël-Noël | 92 | France | Actor, Screenwriter |

* Les Casse Pieds
* The French, They Are a Funny Race

6 | Bette Davis | 81 | US | Actress |

* All About Eve
* Jezebel

8 | Onest Conley | 82 | US | Actor |

* Grand Old Girl
* This Day and Age

11 | Paul Shenar | 53 | US | Actor |

* Scarface
* Raw Deal

13 | Cesare Zavattini | 87 | Italy | Screenwriter |

* Bicycle Thieves
* Shoeshine

14 | Michael Carmine | 30 | US | Actor |

* Batteries Not Included
* Leviathan

15 | James Lee Barrett | 59 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Greatest Story Ever Told
* Smokey and the Bandit

16 | Cornel Wilde | 77 | US | Actor, Director |

* The Greatest Show on Earth
* A Song to Remember

20 | Anthony Quayle | 76 | UK | Actor |

* The Guns of Navarone
* Lawrence of Arabia

21 | Jean Image | 78 | Hungary | Director |

* Johnny the Giant Killer
* Aladdin and His Magic Lamp

22 | Roland Winters | 84 | US | Actor |

* The Chinese Ring
* Blue Hawaii

23 | Armida | 78 | Mexico | Actress, Singer |

* Machine Gun Mama
* The Girl from Monterrey

29 | Roland Anderson | 85 | US | Art Director |

* White Christmas
* Breakfast at Tiffany's

31 | Monica Collingwood | 81 | US | Film Editor |

* The Bishop's Wife
* The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

November | 1 | Peter Childs | 50 | UK | Actor |

* Sweeney!
* Minder on the Orient Express

6 | Margit Makay | 98 | Hungary | Actress |

* Cats' Play
* Two Confessions

6 | Yūsaku Matsuda | 40 | Japan | Actor |

* Proof of the Man
* The Family Game

7 | Brunello Rondi | 64 | Italy | Screenwriter, Director |

* La Dolce Vita
* 8½

11 | Roger Heman Jr | 57 | US | Sound Engineer |

* Jaws
* Coal Miner's Daughter

17 | Billy Lee | 60 | US | Actor |

* Wagon Wheels
* The Biscuit Eater

20 | Lynn Bari | 75 | US | Actress |

* Shock
* The Bridge of San Luis Rey

21 | Harvey Hart | 61 | Canada | Director |

* Bus Riley's Back in Town
* The Sweet Ride

December | 6 | Frances Bavier | 86 | US | Actress |

* The Day the Earth Stood Still
* The Stooge

6 | Sammy Fain | 87 | US | Composer |

* Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
* Peter Pan

6 | John Payne | 77 | US | Actor |

* Miracle on 34th Street
* The Razor's Edge

11 | Howard Lang | 78 | UK | Actor |

* Gorgo
* Date at Midnight

15 | Ben Barzman | 79 | Canada | Screenwriter |

* The Fall of the Roman Empire
* El Cid

15 | Emile de Antonio | 70 | US | Director |

* Point of Order
* Painters Painting

15 | Jock Mahoney | 70 | US | Actor, Stuntman |

* The Land Unknown
* Tarzan Goes to India

15 | Edward Underdown | 81 | UK | Actor |

* Thunderball
* Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

16 | Aileen Pringle | 94 | US | Actress |

* Three Weeks
* She's No Lady

16 | Lee Van Cleef | 64 | US | Actor |

* The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
* Escape from New York

16 | Silvana Mangano | 59 | Italy | Actress |

* Bitter Rice
* Death in Venice

17 | Luciano Salce | 67 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter |

* Fantozzi
* Slalom

19 | Audrey Christie | 77 | US | Actress |

* Splendor in the Grass
* Carosuel

25 | Betty Garde | 84 | US | Actress |

* Call Northside 777
* Caged

25 | Robert Pirosh | 79 | US | Director, Screenwriter |

* Battleground
* Go for Broke!

## Film debuts

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* Daniel Baldwin – Born on the Fourth of July
* William Baldwin – Born on the Fourth of July
* Adrien Brody – New York Stories
* Vincent Cassel – Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
* Michael Chiklis – Wired
* Anna Chlumsky – Uncle Buck
* Steve Coogan – Resurrected
* Kevin Corrigan – Lost Angels
* Embeth Davidtz – Mutator
* Kirsten Dunst – New York Stories
* Thomas Mikal Ford – Harlem Nights
* Vivica A. Fox – Born on the Fourth of July
* Willie Garson – Troop Beverly Hills
* Carla Gugino – Troop Beverly Hills
* Laura Harring – Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
* Jared Harris – The Rachel Papers
* John Michael Higgins – Vampire's Kiss
* Bryce Dallas Howard – Parenthood
* Kelly Hu – Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
* Toby Huss – Zadar! Cow from Hell
* Michael Imperioli – Alexa
* Jason Isaacs – The Tall Guy
* Allison Janney – Who Shot Pat?
* Jamie Kennedy – Dead Poets Society
* Tom Kenny – How I Got Into College
* Martin Lawrence – Do the Right Thing
* Harry Lennix – The Package
* Tobey Maguire – The Wizard
* Matt Malloy – The Unbelievable Truth
* Costas Mandylor – Triumph of the Spirit
* Samantha Mathis – The Bulldance
* Ray McKinnon – Driving Miss Daisy
* Larry Miller – Out Cold
* Michael Moore (director) – Roger & Me
* Bebe Neuwirth – Say Anything...
* Dean Norris – Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
* Steve Park – Do the Right Thing
* Mary-Louise Parker – Signs of Life
* Nathaniel Parker – War Requiem
* Rosie Perez – Do the Right Thing
* John C. Reilly – Casualties of War
* Sam Rockwell – Clownhouse
* Rene Russo – Major League
* Bill Sage – The Unbelievable Truth
* Adam Sandler – Going Overboard
* Annabella Sciorra – True Love
* Molly Shannon – The Phantom of the Opera
* Tom Sizemore – Lock Up
* Tara Strong – The Long Road Home
* Wes Studi – Powwow Highway
* Emma Thompson – The Tall Guy
* Aida Turturro – True Love
* Skeet Ulrich – Weekend at Bernie's
* Dylan Walsh – Loverboy
* Michael Jai White – The Toxic Avenger Part II
* Elijah Wood – Back to the Future Part II

## 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
* Domestic grosses (US & Canada): "The Little Mermaid (1989) – Release Summary". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 21, 2024. "Initial: $84,355,863"
* International grosses (outside US & Canada): "1989 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. June 21, 2024. Archived from the original on March 12, 2014. "Overseas: $99.8 million"
4. ^ "Daniel Radcliffe". BFI. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2022.

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* "The Summer Of '89" – www.screenrush.co.uk
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* Top 1989 Movies at the International Box Office at The Numbers
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* Top-US-Grossing Titles Released 1989-01-01 to 1989-12-31 at IMDb
* Most Popular Feature Films Released 1989-01-01 to 1989-12-31 at IMDb
* List of 1989 films at IMDb
* List of 1989 deaths at IMDb
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