Was 1989 the best year for movies ever? (1 Viewer)

[Jayrod]

Here is a list of the notable movies that came out that year:

• The Abyss, directed by James Cameron, starring Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
• Always, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Audrey Hepburn
• Back to the Future Part II, starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd
• Batman, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Jack Palance, Robert Wuhl
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin
• Born on the Fourth of July, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Cruise—Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
• The 'Burbs, starring Tom Hanks
• Dead Poets Society, directed by Peter Weir, starring Robin Williams

• The Dream Team, starring Michael Keaton, Peter Boyle, Christopher Lloyd, Stephen Furst
• Driving Miss Daisy, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture
• The Fabulous Baker Boys, starring Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges

• Field of Dreams, starring Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield, Burt Lancaster
• Fletch Lives, starring Chevy Chase
• Ghostbusters II, starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Peter MacNicol

• Gleaming the Cube, starring Christian Slater
• Glory, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman
• Great Balls of Fire!, directed by Jim McBride, starring Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin
• Gross Anatomy, starring Matthew Modine, Daphne Zuniga, Christine Lahti

• Harlem Nights, directed by and starring Eddie Murphy, with Richard Pryor, Danny Aiello, Jasmine Guy, Redd Foxx, Della Reese
• Heathers, directed by Michael Lehmann, starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, starring Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Harrison Ford and Sean Connery

• Lean on Me, directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Morgan Freeman
• Lethal Weapon 2, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover
• Licence to Kill, 16th of James Bond series, starring Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi, Carey Lowell - (U.K.)
• The Little Mermaid, voices of Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Buddy Hackett
• Look Who's Talking, starring John Travolta and Kirstie Alley
• Major League, directed by David S. Ward, starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, James Gannon, Margaret Whitton, Wesley Snipes

• My Left Foot, directed by Jim Sheridan, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker - (Ireland/U.K.)
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo

• Parenthood, directed by Ron Howard, starring Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards, Dianne Wiest, Rick Moranis, Tom Hulce, Martha Plimpton
• Pet Sematary, directed by Mary Lambert written by Stephen King, starring Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Miko Hughes
• Road House, starring Terry Funk, Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Ben Gazzara, Sam Elliott
• Say Anything..., directed by Cameron Crowe, starring John Cusack and Ione Skye

• See No Evil, Hear No Evil, starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor
• Sex, Lies, and Videotape, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo—Palme d'Or award
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, directed by and starring William Shatner, with Leonard Nimoy, Laurence Luckinbill
• Steel Magnolias, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah
• Tango & Cash, starring Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell

• Turner & Hooch, starring Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson, Reginald VelJohnson

• UHF, written by and starring "Weird Al" Yankovic
• Uncle Buck, directed by John Hughes, starring John Candy and Amy Madigan
• The War of the Roses, directed by Danny DeVito, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and DeVito

• Weekend at Bernie's, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman
• When Harry Met Sally..., directed by Rob Reiner, starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan
• Who's Harry Crumb?, starring John Candy, Annie Potts, Jeffrey Jones, Barry Corbin, Tim Thomerson, Shawnee Smith

Big time comedies, a few blockbusters, dramas, sequels from prominent series, cult classics, etc. I even left off a bunch of movies that I enjoyed a lot as a kid during that time, but I was surprised at home many of these movies I not only knew but enjoyed and wouldn't mind watching again. I skimmed a couple of other random years and nothing came close to the same number of likeable movies.

 

[Jayrod]

Well, crap....wrong forum. Mods please move?

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

NO

 

[VaTerp]

Wrong forum but I'm impressed at the number of quality and/or entertaining films from that one year.

I remember watching many of those as a kid.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Major League and Field of Dreams were both in 1989

 

[Soulfly3]

Tango & Cash in the 8th round is a Shark Move

 

[zamboni]

I'll spare you from the typical smartass wrong forum answers before it's moved.

Not sure it's among the very best, but an extremely good year.

 

[Run It Up]

Wow, it was a good year for cinema apparently.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

SNEHNE is underrated, Kevin Spacey has a nice role with a protruding mole, the shower scene and the sexy woman also were a nice touch.

 

[socrates]

Tango & Cash in the 8th round is a Shark Move

Tango McCauley and Keith Cash?

Great year, but what about 1939? Gone With the Wind, Wizard of Oz, Stagecoach, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Wuthering Heights, Gunga Din, Destry Rides Again, the list goes on . . .

 

[Area51Inhabitant]

Tango & Cash in the 8th round is a Shark Move

I would personally wait until round 13 and scarf up Fletch Lives.

 

[VaTerp]

Tango & Cash in the 8th round is a Shark Move

Tango McCauley and Keith Cash?

Great year, but what about 1939? Gone With the Wind, Wizard of Oz, Stagecoach, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Wuthering Heights, Gunga Din, Destry Rides Again, the list goes on . . .

Now that's an impressive list but I think the OP was thinking of best movie year in the Super Bowl era........... 1989 has got to be a strong contender.

 

[Faust]

Solid depth and some great starters, but 1939, 1967, 1987, and 1999 also offer some strong competition for 1989.

 

[LionOfGosforth]

Can't believe you missed Drugstore Cowboy.

 

[MoveToSkypager]

My Left Foot was a great biopic of Garo Yepremian

 

[zamboni]

My Left Foot was a great biopic of Garo Yepremian

And the way he played sometimes, Bernie Kosar would have been a suitable stand-in for Weekend At Bernie's.

 

[MoveToSkypager]

License to Kill was a powerful documentary on Leonard Little's poor choices early in life and how they still haunt him.

9/10

 

[The Man With No Name]

One year among others I like better is 1955 :

To Catch a Thief

The Night of the Hunter

Rebel Without a Cause

East of Eden

The Seven Year Itch

Marty

Picnic

The Ladykillers

Kiss Me Deadly

Mister Roberts

Lady and the Tramp

Bad Day at Black Rock

Guys and Dolls

The Trouble With Harry

Tarantula

To Hell and Back

Diabolique

Blackboard Jungle

The Dam Busters

We're No Angels

Rififi

 

[Don Quixote]

I'd vote for 1939 as well.

If limiting to past 30 years or so, I'd put 1994 ahead of 1989 -- Shawshank, Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, Hoop Dreams, Natural Born Killers, Clerks, Dumb and Dumber, Quiz Show, Hudsucker Proxy, Lion King....

 

[Touchdown Syndrome]

I'd vote for 1939 as well.

If limiting to past 30 years or so, I'd put 1994 ahead of 1989 -- Shawshank, Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, Hoop Dreams, Natural Born Killers, Clerks, Dumb and Dumber, Quiz Show, Hudsucker Proxy, Lion King....

wow,

Shawshank, Pulp Fiction, and Forrest Gump trump everything on the '89 list, imho.

 

[OG_GF]

1976-77

Jaws, Star Wars, etc

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

How are there so many years chock full of great movies and all I ever see ads for now is absolute crap (and about half of that is remakes)?

 

[Ministry of Pain]

I think this thread inadvertently made the SP better today. Thanks Jay!

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

The Shark Pool has been darn near worthless this year anyway.

 

[ufgatorbuc]

I would have to say 1994 takes it.

http://www.imdb.com/year/1994/?ref_=tt_ov_inf

 

[Todem]

1989 was a strong year.

1994 was an amazing year as well. The Shawshank Redemption may be my all time favorite movie......ever that is not sci-fi or horror.

Just a perfect movie in every way.

The Last Crusade is such a great flick. Major League....Field of Dreams, The Little Mermaid was a monster and brought Disney back on the map as a viable animation studio.

Lot's of really good movies in 89.

 

[ummich10]

1984 is pretty strong for me, as someone who came of age in the early - mid 1980's.

The Terminator, Ghostbusters, Karate Kid, Beverly Hills Cop, Nightare on Elm Street, Footloose, Police Academy, Revenge of the Nerds, Gremlins, Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom, Splash, Bachelor Party, Purple Rain, Breakin'.

Special mention goes to The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of Yik Yak. A poorly-acted, cheap ripoff of the Indiana Jones movies, it features a young Tawny Kitaen and enough nudity and light bondage to occupy a 13 year old's time late at night.

 

[B-Deep]

All we are is dust in the wind, dude

 

[MCguidance]

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=510721&page=1

1994 was pretty good.

 

[Amused to Death]

I'd vote for 1939 as well.

If limiting to past 30 years or so, I'd put 1994 ahead of 1989 -- Shawshank, Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, Hoop Dreams, Natural Born Killers, Clerks, Dumb and Dumber, Quiz Show, Hudsucker Proxy, Lion King....

Very underrated movie imho. What a way for Harrelson to shed the 'Woody Boyd' persona.

 

[pats3in4]

1994 definitely has the best of the heavy hitters (Shawshank, Pulp, Gump).

1989 to me has more depth, but that may have to do more with how important movies were to me within that 5yr span.

1984 might be my best year for going to the theater as I didn't have cable and VHS rentals were few and far between for me.

 

[DoubleG]

1984 is pretty strong for me, as someone who came of age in the early - mid 1980's.

The Terminator, Ghostbusters, Karate Kid, Beverly Hills Cop, Nightare on Elm Street, Footloose, Police Academy, Revenge of the Nerds, Gremlins, Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom, Splash, Bachelor Party, Purple Rain, Breakin'.

Special mention goes to The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of Yik Yak. A poorly-acted, cheap ripoff of the Indiana Jones movies, it features a young Tawny Kitaen and enough nudity and light bondage to occupy a 13 year old's time late at night.

Yep - 1984 is probably my #1....and you left "Red Dawn" off your '84 list..."WOLVERINES!!!!!!"

There was also Dune, The Natural, Ice Pirates (well...)

 

[teamramrod]

Roadhouse

peace

 

[Leroy Hoard]

My Left Foot was a great biopic of Garo Yepremian

I'm still waiting for the sequel about Scott Norwood, "My Wide Right Foot" .

 

[Don Quixote]

1984 is pretty strong for me, as someone who came of age in the early - mid 1980's.

The Terminator, Ghostbusters, Karate Kid, Beverly Hills Cop, Nightare on Elm Street, Footloose, Police Academy, Revenge of the Nerds, Gremlins, Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom, Splash, Bachelor Party, Purple Rain, Breakin'.

Special mention goes to The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of Yik Yak. A poorly-acted, cheap ripoff of the Indiana Jones movies, it features a young Tawny Kitaen and enough nudity and light bondage to occupy a 13 year old's time late at night.

Yep - 1984 is probably my #1....and you left "Red Dawn" off your '84 list..."WOLVERINES!!!!!!"

There was also Dune, The Natural, Ice Pirates (well...)

This is Spinal Tap also in 1984.

 

[CalBear]

1977. Star Wars.

The rest of the list is unnecessary, but if you care, there's also:

Close Encounters

Saturday Night Fever

A Bridge Too Far

Annie Hall

Smokey and the Bandit

The Spy Who Loved me

The Goodbye Girl

Eraserhead

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Kentucky Fried Movie

Pumping Iron

 

[Annyong]

UHF is fantastic

 

[Eephus]

You left off Do the Right Thing and Crimes and Misdemeanors

 

[KarmaPolice]

for my money, there are a ton of movies listed that don't hold up. 1997 is the champ for me.

 

[Arizona Ron]

1995 for me. Not even close.

Movies I remember from 1995 in no particular order:

Braveheart

Casino

Leaving Las Vegas

The Usual Suspects (best movie I've ever walked into without knowing anything about it - ever)

Apollo 13

Se7en

Waterworld (f you, I liked it)

Les Misérables

Dead Man Walking

Get Shorty

Clockers

Dangerous Minds

Dead Presidents

Friday

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Roadhouse easily puts this over the top.

 

[The Ref]

Yeah I came in here to say 1994.....

I personally considered the whole 93-95 to be a small golden age of movies. You got the whole 94 catalog and then you add in

Schindler's List

Jurassic Park

The Fugitive

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Braveheart (I'm one of those guys who think its top 3)

The Usual Suspects

Apollo 13

Casino

Leaving Las Vegas

12 Monkeys

Seven

Crimson Tide

This is one Hell of a lineup for 3 years.

I cant think of 5 must see movies from the last 3 years.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Yeah I came in here to say 1994.....

I personally considered the whole 93-95 to be a small golden age of movies. You got the whole 94 catalog and then you add in

Schindler's List

Jurassic Park

The Fugitive

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Braveheart (I'm one of those guys who think its top 3)

The Usual Suspects

Apollo 13

Casino

Leaving Las Vegas

12 Monkeys

Seven

Crimson Tide

This is one Hell of a lineup for 3 years.

I cant think of 5 must see movies from the last 3 years.

I don't see Roadhouse on this list, so you are incorrect.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

You left off Do the Right Thing

This is a HUGE omission. Also not listing Roadhouse twice seems to be an even bigger mistake. REVOTE!

 

[mon]

1. 2000

2. 1999

3. 1994

Movies I liked from 2000:


Cast Away
Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Erin Brockovich
Finding Forrester
Gladiator
High Fidelity
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
Me, Myself & Irene
Memento
The Million Dollar Hotel
Miss Congeniality
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Patriot
Pay it Forward
Remember the Titans
Requiem for a Dream
Saving Grace
Sexy Beast
Shadow of the Vampire
Small Time Crooks
Snatch
Space Cowboys
The Tao of Steve
Traffic
Unbreakable
What Planet Are You From?
The Whole Nine Yards
X-Men

 

[NewlyRetired]

2001 had a decent year

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

A Beautiful Mind

Harry Potter 1

Gosford Park

Training Day

Monsters Ball

Memento

Shrek

Monsters Inc

Black Hawk Down

Oceans's 11

Donnie Darko

Enemy at the Gates

A Knights Tale

Spirited Away

The Royal Tenenbaums

 

[Sarnoff]

84-86 was an incredible run for Hollywood.

1984

Beverly Hills Cop

Ghostbusters

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Gremlins

Karate Kid

Police Academy I

Footloose

Romancing the Stone

Star Trek 3

Splash

Purple Rain

Amadeus

The Natural

Revenge of the Nerds

Bachelor Party

Red Dawn

The Terminator

The Killing Fields

Conan the Destroyer

Dune

The Gods Must be Crazy

The Last Starfighter

The Cotton Club

The Muppets take Manhattan

Nightmare on Elm Street

Sixteen Candles

Top Secret!

The Neverending Story

This Is Spinal Tap

1985

Back to the Future

Rambo 2

Rocky 4

Out of Africa

Cocoon

The Jewel of the Nile

Witness

The Goonies

Spies Like Us

Fletch

National Lampoon's European Vacation

The Breakfast Club

Pee Wee's Big Adventure

Brewster's Millions

E.T.

Mad Max

Commando

Teen Wolf

Desperately Seeking Susan

Weird Science

The Black Cauldron

To Live and Die in LA

Clue

Real Genius

Better Off Dead

Brazil

The Man with One Red Shoe

Blood Simple

1986

Top Gun

Crocodile Dundee

Platoon

Star Trek 4

Back to School

Aliens

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Down & Out in Beverly Hills

The Color of Money

Stand by Me

Cobra

Short Circuit

Pretty in Pink

The Fly

Three Amigos

The Money Pit

Hannah and her Sisters

Hoosiers

Iron Eagle

F/X

Flight of the Navigator

Delta Force

Youngblood

Legend

One Crazy Summer

Labyrinth

Big Trouble in Little China

Manhunter

Blue Velvet

The Name of the Rose

She's Gotta Have It

9 1/2 Weeks

Highlander

The Manhattan Project

Sid & Nancy

Basically, pick any multiplex on any of one hundred and fifty-six weekends, and you're pretty much guaranteed to have to choose between two or three awesome movies.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

If Major League had been the only movie released that year I'd still have voted Yes

 

[Annyong]

If Major League had been the only movie released that year I'd still have voted Yes

Good posting. Couple that with UHF and its was a glorious year

 

[T with T]

who gives a #### about movies this is football talk