Best 1989 movies
Stacker compiled a list of the best 1989 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.
#20. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Stacker score: 84.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (votes: 846,000)
- Metascore: 65
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- Actors: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody
- Runtime: 2 hours 7 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $197,171,806
#19. The War of the Roses
- Stacker score: 84.6
- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (votes: 60,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Danny DeVito
- Actors: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito
- Runtime: 1 hour 56 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $86,888,546
#18. Parenthood
- Stacker score: 87.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 57,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Ron Howard
- Actors: Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest
- Runtime: 2 hours 4 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $100,047,830
#17. When Harry Met Sally...
- Stacker score: 87.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 259,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: Rob Reiner
- Actors: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher
- Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $93,117,425
#16. The Fabulous Baker Boys
- Stacker score: 88.0
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (votes: 27,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Steve Kloves
- Actors: Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges
- Runtime: 1 hour 54 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $18,428,904
#15. Drugstore Cowboy
- Stacker score: 88.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 43,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Gus Van Sant
- Actors: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros
- Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $4,729,352
#14. Driving Miss Daisy
- Stacker score: 88.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 122,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Bruce Beresford
- Actors: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd
- Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $106,593,296
#13. Mystery Train
- Stacker score: 88.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 32,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Jim Jarmusch
- Actors: Masatoshi Nagase, Yûki Kudô, Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- Runtime: 1 hour 50 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $1,541,218
#12. Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Stacker score: 88.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 62,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: Woody Allen
- Actors: Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Bill Bernstein
- Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $18,254,702
#11. Glory
- Stacker score: 89.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 150,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: Edward Zwick
- Actors: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes
- Runtime: 2 hours 2 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $26,979,166
#10. Henry V
- Stacker score: 90.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 33,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Kenneth Branagh
- Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Simon Shepherd
- Runtime: 2 hours 17 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $10,161,099
#9. Sex, Lies, and Videotape
- Stacker score: 90.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 63,000)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: Steven Soderbergh
- Actors: James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher
- Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $24,741,667
#8. The Killer
- Stacker score: 90.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 53,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: John Woo
- Actors: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh
- Runtime: 1 hour 51 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A
#7. Say Anything
- Stacker score: 90.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 100,000)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: Cameron Crowe
- Actors: John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney
- Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $20,781,385
#6. Dead Poets Society
- Stacker score: 91.4
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 607,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Peter Weir
- Actors: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke
- Runtime: 2 hours 8 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $95,860,116
#5. Kiki's Delivery Service
- Stacker score: 93.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 180,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Hayao Miyazaki
- Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma
- Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $1,004,057
#4. The Little Mermaid
- Stacker score: 93.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 305,000)
- Metascore: 88
- Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
- Actors: Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Rene Auberjonois
- Runtime: 1 hour 23 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $111,543,479
#3. The Seventh Continent
- Stacker score: 94.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 18,000)
- Metascore: 89
- Director: Michael Haneke
- Actors: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer
- Runtime: 1 hour 48 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: N/A
#2. Do the Right Thing
- Stacker score: 98.9
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 121,000)
- Metascore: 93
- Director: Spike Lee
- Actors: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Rating: R
- Box office: $27,545,445
#1. My Left Foot
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 83,000)
- Metascore: 97
- Director: Jim Sheridan
- Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan
- Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $14,743,391
