Next of Kin (1989)

Next of Kin (1989)

[4] Patrick Swayze (Dirty Dancing, Ghost) stars as a hillbilly-turned-Chicago cop who holds his Kentucky relatives at bay after the youngest sibling (Bill Paxton) is killed by a mobster (Adam Baldwin). When one of the brothers (Liam Neeson) sets out…
Dead Poets Society (1989)

Dead Poets Society (1989)

[9] Robin Williams headlines this period drama from Australian auteur Peter Weir (Witness, Picnic at Hanging Rock) centered around teen boys coming of age at a late 1950s New England prep school. Williams plays Professor Keating, their inspirational English teacher,…
Communion (1989)

Communion (1989)

[7] Christopher Walken plays an alien abductee coming to grips with his experience in Communion. Walken's character goes through denial, then embarrassment, then fear, and finally an odd sort of acceptance over the course of the film. The supernatural elements…
Hitcher in the Dark (1989)

Hitcher in the Dark (1989)

[3] A young man preys on women along the Virginia coastline, picking them up for rides in his camper only to kidnap, torture, and kill them. When one victim's estranged boyfriend gives pursuit, things get more complicated for all parties…
She-Devil (1989)

She-Devil (1989)

[4] Roseanne Barr and Meryl Streep make one of filmdom's most curious pairings in She-Devil. The comedy from director Susan Seidelman (Desperately Seeking Susan) is based on a novel by Fay Weldon, about a belittled housewife (Barr) who plots a…
Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)

Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)

[4] Three furry aliens crash-land in Geena Davis' swimming pool in the San Fernando Valley. After determining they mean no harm, Davis decides to have her pool drained so they can repair their ship and go home. But in the…
Leviathan (1989)

Leviathan (1989)

[6] Deepsea miners dig for silver and find a genetically mutated monster that picks them off one by one -- you know, Alien under the sea. Even though the script is a hack job, Leviathan should still satisfy anyone in…
The War of the Roses (1989)

The War of the Roses (1989)

[8] Danny DeVito directs his Romancing the Stone co-stars Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in this supremely dark comedy about a divorcing couple who are each prepared to fight to the death over who keeps their lavish home. No one…
Uncle Buck (1989)

Uncle Buck (1989)

[5] Writer/director John Hughes serves up this comedy star vehicle for John Candy, who plays an unreliable uncle called upon to babysit his nieces and nephew while their parents are away on emergency travel. As you can imagine, the meat…
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

[6] When it was William Shatner's turn to spearhead a Star Trek movie, he wanted it to be about a search for God in which God turned out to be the Devil. The studio let him have his way, and…