Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
Baby Cakes | Paul Schneider | Ricki Lake, Craig Sheffer, Nada Despotovich, Cynthia Dale, John Karlen, Betty Buckley | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Made-for-TV |
Back to the Future Part II | Robert Zemeckis | Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue, James Tolkan | Science Fiction, Comedy | sequel |
The Banker | William Webb | Robert Forster, Shanna Reed, Duncan Regehr, Richard Roundtree, Leif Garrett | Crime, Horror, Thriller | |
Batman | Tim Burton | Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Jack Palance, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle | Superhero, Action | top-grossing film of 1989 |
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool | Carl Reiner | Robert Lindsay, Robbie Coltrane, Anne Bancroft | Musical | Warner Bros. |
Best of the Best | Robert Radler | Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland, Phillip Rhee | Martial Arts | |
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers | Jonathan Mostow | Vic Tayback, Frank Gorshin, Art Metrano, Rodney Eastman | Comedy | |
Beverly Hills Brats | Jim Sotos | Peter Billingsley, Martin Sheen | Comedy | |
Beverly Hills Vamp | Fred Olen Ray | Eddie Deezen, Britt Ekland | Comedy, Horror | |
Beyond the Stars | David Saperstein | Christian Slater, Martin Sheen | Drama | |
The Big Picture | Christopher Guest | Kevin Bacon, Martin Short, Teri Hatcher, J. T. Walsh, Michael McKean, Jennifer Jason Leigh | Comedy | Guest's first film |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | Stephen Herek | Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin | Science Fiction, Comedy | led to sequels in 1991 and 2020 |
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman | Alan J. Levi | Lee Majors, Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Jeff Yagher, Sandra Bullock, Martin E. Brooks | Science Fiction, Action | Made-for-TV |
Black Rain | Ridley Scott | Michael Douglas, Andy García, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw | Neo-Noir, Action, Thriller | 2 Academy Award nominations |
Blades | Thomas R. Rondinella | Robert North, Victoria Scott, Jeremy Whelan | Horror | |
Blaze | Ron Shelton | Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich | Biography, Drama | story of Earl Long and Blaze Starr |
Blind Fury | Phillip Noyce | Rutger Hauer, Terry O'Quinn, Sho Kosugi | Drama | TriStar |
Bloodfist | Terence H. Winkless | Don "The Dragon" Wilson | Martial Arts, Action | |
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 | Goldwyn |
Bridesmaids | Lila Garrett | Shelley Hack, Sela Ward | Drama | CBS |
The 'Burbs | Joe Dante | Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Nick Katt, Henry Gibson, Gale Gordon, Brother Theodore, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman, Wendy Schaal | Black Comedy | Universal |
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 | Supernatural Horror | |
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death | J.F. Lawton | Shannon Tweed, Bill Maher, Pat Crawford Brown, Karen Mistal, Adrienne Barbeau | Comedy, Cult | |
Casualties of War | Brian De Palma | Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn | War, Drama | script by David Rabe |
Cat Chaser | Abel Ferrara | Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning | Heist | Based on novel by Elmore Leonard |
The Cellar | Kevin Tenney | Patrick Kilpatrick, Suzanne Savoy, Ford Rainey | Monster | |
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 | TriStar |
Chattahoochee | Mick Jackson | Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Pamela Reed, Frances McDormand, Ned Beatty | Drama | Hemdale |
Checking Out | David Leland | Jeff Daniels, Melanie Mayron | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
Cheetah | Jeff Blyth | Keith Coogan, Lucy Deakins | Family, Drama | Buena Vista Distribution |
The Chilling | Deland Nuse and Jack A. Sunseri | Linda Blair, Dan Haggerty, Troy Donahue | Horror | [2] |
Clownhouse | Victor Salva | Sam Rockwell | Slasher | |
Cohen and Tate | Eric Red | Roy Scheider, Adam Baldwin, Harley Cross | Thriller | Hemdale |
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 | New Line |
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, Anjelica Huston, Caroline Aaron, Jerry Orbach, Martin S. Bergmann, Mia Farrow, Claire Bloom, Daryl Hannah, Alan Alda, Sam Waterston | Comedy, Drama | 3 Oscar nominations |
Criminal Law | Martin Campbell | Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper | Drama | Hemdale |
Cutting Class | Rospo Pallenberg | Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen, Roddy McDowall, Martin Mull, Brad Pitt | Black Comedy, Slasher | |
Cyborg | Albert Pyun | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter | Martial Arts, Cyberpunk | MGM; 2 sequels |