1989 in film
See also:
1988 in film,
other events of 1989,
1990 in film,
list of 'years in film'.
Events
- 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 movie Boxing Helena.)
- Mike Myers and Rob Lowe join SNL
- February - Filming begins on Back to the Future Part II
- June - Filming of Back to the Future Part II is completed
- June 23 - The movie Batman is released in the United States.
- August - Filming begins on Back to the Future Part III
- September - Christina Applegate moves to college
- December - Filming of Back to the Future Part III is completed
Top Grossing Films of the Year
- Batman, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson and Kim Basinger
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, starring Harrison Ford
- Lethal Weapon 2, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover
- Look Who's Talking
- Twins, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito
- Back to the Future Part II, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson
- Ghostbusters II, starring Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray
- The Little Mermaid
- Driving Miss Daisy
- Parenthood, starring Steve Martin
- Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy - Majestic Films International, Zanuck Company., Warner Bros.
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot
- Best Actress: Jessica Tandy -Driving Miss Daisy
Births
Deaths
- January 20 - Beatrice Lillie, actress
- February 3 - Lionel Newman, composer
- February 3 - John Cassavetes, actor, director
- February 11 - George O'Hanlon, actor/director.
- April 26 - Lucille Ball, film and television actress
- May 20 - Gilda Radner, actress
- June 28 - Joris Ivens, filmmaker
- July 3 - Jim Backus, actor
- July 10 - Mel Blanc, voice actor
- July 11 - Laurence Olivier, actor
- August 16 - Amanda Blake, actress
- October 4 - Graham Chapman, comedian
- October 6 - Bette Davis, actress
- October 16 - Cornel Wilde, actor
- October 20 - Anthony Quayle, actor
- November 20 - Lynn Bari, actress
- December 16 - Aileen Pringle, actress
- December 16 - Silvana Mangano, actress
- December 16 - Lee Van Cleef, actor
Other Movies Released
- The Abyss
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter
- Born on the Fourth of July
- Dance 'Til Dawn
- Dead Calm
- Dead Poets Society
- Do the Right Thing
- Field of Dreams
- Ghostbusters II
- Going Overboard, starring Adam Sandler
- Great Balls of Fire the Jerry Lee Lewis Story
- Harlem Nights
- Leningrad Cowboys Go America, directed by Aki Kaurismäki, starring Leningrad Cowboys
- Honey, I Shrunk The Kids
- Mystery Train
- New York Stories
- Rattle and Hum
- Uncle Buck, starring John Candy
- The War of the Roses, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner
- When Harry Met Sally...