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51. Freedom (2023)
109 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During Romania's 1989 revolution, Sibiu witnesses a violent attack on a police station that spirals into armed clashes between soldiers, police, protesters and secret police.
Director: Tudor Giurgiu | Stars: Alex Calangiu, Catalin Herlo, Ionut Caras, Iulian Postelnicu
Votes: 1,185
52. The Mighty Quinn (1989)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When police officer Xavier Quinn's childhood friend, Maubee, becomes associated with murder and a briefcase full of ten thousand dollar bills, The Mighty Quinn must clear his name. Or try to catch him, which could be even trickier.
Director: Carl Schenkel | Stars: Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, James Fox, Mimi Rogers
Votes: 6,545 | Gross: $4.56M
53. No Man of God (2021)
100 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The complicated relationship that formed between the FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Ted Bundy during Bundy's final years on death row.
Director: Amber Sealey | Stars: Elijah Wood, Luke Kirby, Aleksa Palladino, Robert Patrick
Votes: 9,051
54. In a World... (2013)
R | 93 min | Comedy
An underachieving voice coach finds herself competing in the movie trailer voice-over profession against her arrogant father and his protégé.
Director: Lake Bell | Stars: Lake Bell, Fred Melamed, Michaela Watkins, Rob Corddry
Votes: 33,058 | Gross: $2.96M
55. Two Evil Eyes (1990)
R | 120 min | Horror
A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.
Directors: Dario Argento, George A. Romero | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Harvey Keitel, Ramy Zada, Bingo O'Malley
Votes: 8,140 | Gross: $0.35M
56. The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A woman's terribly dull life is upended by a one-night stand pregnancy, causing her to seek retribution.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Vesa Vierikko
Votes: 11,658
57. Earthquake Bird (2019)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An enigmatic translator with a dark past is brought in for questioning after an ex-pat friend, who came between her and her photographer boyfriend, ends up missing and presumed dead.
Director: Wash Westmoreland | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Kiki Sukezane, Kenichi Masuda, Chiaki Kawamo
Votes: 15,804
58. Longtime Companion (1989)
R | 96 min | Drama, Romance
The emergence and devastation of the AIDS epidemic is chronicled in the lives of several gay men living during the 1980s.
Director: Norman René | Stars: Stephen Caffrey, Patrick Cassidy, Brian Cousins, Bruce Davison
Votes: 6,132 | Gross: $4.61M
59. Anne (2022)
47 min | Drama, History
The story of Anne Williams' fight for the truth of her son's death.
Stars: Maxine Peake, Bobby Schofield, Rob Jarvis, Stephen Walters
Votes: 2,163
60. Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.
Director: Gregor Jordan | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn
Votes: 25,562 | Gross: $0.35M
61. Escanaba in da Moonlight (2001)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A macho man in a family on the eve of deer-hunting season must deal with the eldest son's curse of never having bagged a buck.
Director: Jeff Daniels | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Harve Presnell, Joey Albright, Wayne David Parker
Votes: 1,995
62. Dead of Summer (2016)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In 1989, school is out for the summer. When Camp Stillwater's dark, ancient mythology awakens, what was supposed to be a summer of fun soon turns into one of unforgettable scares and evil at every turn.
Stars: Elizabeth Mitchell, Elizabeth Lail, Alberto Frezza, Mark Indelicato
Votes: 4,879
63. Two Tickets to Greece (2022)
110 min | Comedy
When childhood friends Magalie and Blandine cross paths after many years, they decide to finally take their dream vacation to Greece.
Director: Marc Fitoussi | Stars: Laure Calamy, Olivia Côte, Kristin Scott Thomas, Alexandre Desrousseaux
Votes: 1,020
64. 90 Minutes in Heaven (2015)
PG-13 | 121 min | Drama
A man involved in a horrific car crash is pronounced dead, only to come back to life an hour and a half later, claiming to have seen Heaven.
Director: Michael Polish | Stars: Kate Bosworth, Hayden Christensen, Hudson Meek, Bobby Batson
Votes: 4,313 | Gross: $4.70M
65. Milli Vanilli (2023)
TV-MA | 106 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The bizarre untold truth behind the greatest con in music history - Milli Vanilli.
Director: Luke Korem | Stars: Downtown Julie Brown, Boney M., Diane Warren, Sabrina Salerno
Votes: 1,976
66. Fatima (2020)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, War
Three young shepherds in Fátima, Portugal report visions of the Virgin Mary, inspiring believers and angering officials of the Church and the government, who try to force them to recant their story. Based on historical events.
Director: Marco Pontecorvo | Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Goran Visnjic, Stephanie Gil, Alejandra Howard
Votes: 4,103
67. Ski Patrol (1990)
PG | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Sport
A developer attempts to sabotage the safety record of a ski resort.
Director: Richard Correll | Stars: Roger Rose, T.K. Carter, Yvette Nipar, Leslie Jordan
Votes: 4,153 | Gross: $8.53M
68. Fair City (1989– )
25 min | Drama
The day-to-day dramas of the community who live and work in the fictional north Dublin suburb of Carrigstown.
Stars: Mick Nolan, Philip Michael, Rodrigo Ternevoy, Alexander Lester
Votes: 673
69. Dark Ride (2006)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of six friends on a road trip stop off at an amusement park attraction named 'Dark Ride', unaware that a psychopath who brutally murdered two girls, has just escaped a mental institution and is seeking refuge there.
Director: Craig Singer | Stars: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Patrick Renna, David Clayton Rogers, Alex Solowitz
Votes: 6,707
70. My Secret Identity (1988–1991)
25 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The adventures of a superpowered teen and his scientist friend.
Stars: Derek McGrath, Jerry O'Connell, Wanda Cannon, Marsha Moreau
Votes: 1,489
71. Dark Woods (2020– )
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A case that remained a mystery for nearly thirty years. The desperate search of a brother for his sister. And the agony of those who are left behind by a chillingly brutal crime.
Stars: Matthias Brandt, Karoline Schuch, Silke Bodenbender, August Wittgenstein
Votes: 1,366
72. Bad Hair (2020)
Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Horror, Music
In 1989 an ambitious young woman gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career may come at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own.
Director: Justin Simien | Stars: Zaria Kelley, Corinne Massiah, Elle Lorraine, Moses Storm
Votes: 4,328
73. Gamera: Rebirth (2023– )
TV-14 | 47 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the summer of 1989, four kids in Tokyo witness the emergence of the turtle kaiju Gamera, who bravely stands up against giant human-eating monsters.
Stars: Hisako Kanemoto, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Aki Toyosaki, Subaru Kimura
Votes: 819
74. Firewatch (2016 Video Game)
M | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In 1989, Henry takes a volunteer fire lookout job in the Wyoming wilderness to escape from his troubled past, only to be thrown into plethora of paranoia and mystery.
Director: Jake Rodkin | Stars: Rich Sommer, Cissy Jones, Larissa Gallagher, Erin Yvette
Votes: 4,811
75. Deutschland 89 (2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Thriller
Martin Rauch experiences the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 during his activities as an East German spy.
Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Sylvester Groth, Corinna Harfouch
Votes: 3,342
76. The Central Park Five (2012)
Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A documentary that examines the 1989 case of five black and Latino teenagers who were convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park. After having spent between 6 and 13 years each in prison, a serial rapist confessed to the crime.
Directors: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon | Stars: Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Kharey Wise, Raymond Santana
Votes: 7,935 | Gross: $0.27M
77. Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
PG | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music
In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Penne Hackforth-Jones
Votes: 8,298 | Gross: $4.81M
78. Snails in the Rain (2013)
Unrated | 82 min | Drama, Romance
Tel Aviv, Summer 1989. Boaz, a beautiful and alluring linguistics student, receives anonymous, male-written love letters that undermine his sexual identity and interfere with his peaceful life with his beloved girlfriend.
Director: Yariv Mozer | Stars: Yoav Reuveni, Yehuda Nahari Halevi, Yariv Mozer, Moran Rosenblatt
Votes: 2,437
79. Last Orders (2001)
R | 109 min | Drama
A group of old friends reminisce about their lives over the years after the death of one of their crew.
Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, Tom Courtenay, David Hemmings
Votes: 6,733 | Gross: $2.33M
80. Damascus Cover (2017)
R | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller
A spy navigates the precarious terrain of love and survival during an undercover mission in Syria.
Director: Daniel Zelik Berk | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Olivia Thirlby, Jürgen Prochnow, Igal Naor
Votes: 3,294
81. Malevolence (2003)
R | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Ten years after the kidnapping of Martin Bristol, bank robbers hide in an isolated rural farmhouse where a serial killer lurks.
Director: Stevan Mena | Stars: R. Brandon Johnson, Samantha Dark, Heather Magee, Richard Glover
Votes: 3,777
82. Asylum Blackout (I) (2011)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of cooks at an asylum for the criminally insane get locked in with the inmates during a massive thunderstorm.
Director: Alexandre Courtès | Stars: Rupert Evans, Kenny Doughty, Joseph Kennedy, Dave Legeno
Votes: 5,312
83. Kolya (1996)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A confirmed bachelor is in for the surprise of his life when a get-rich-quick scheme backfires and leaves him with a pint-sized new roommate.
Director: Jan Sverák | Stars: Zdenek Sverák, Andrey Khalimon, Libuse Safránková, Ondrej Vetchý
Votes: 16,225 | Gross: $5.73M
84. Lan Yu (2001)
R | 86 min | Drama, Romance
A young, gay student has a relationship with an older, successful businessman. The handsome playboy-businessman must choose between his comfortable, yet closeted straight life, or an honest, yet subversive life with the student.
Director: Stanley Kwan | Stars: Ye Liu, Jun Hu, He Du, Bin Li
Votes: 3,023 | Gross: $0.12M
85. Fay Grim (2006)
R | 118 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A ten-years-later continuation of Hal Hartley's "Henry Fool", where Fay Grim (Posey) is coerced by a CIA agent (Goldblum) to try and locate notebooks that belonged to her fugitive ex-husband (Ryan). Published in them is information that could compromises the security of the U.S., causing Fay to first head to Paris to fetch them ...
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, Liam Aiken, D.J. Mendel
Votes: 4,904 | Gross: $0.13M
86. Le tourbillon de la vie (2022)
120 min | Drama, Romance
About an 80-year old Julia, who reflects on the decisions and circumstances that happened in her life which could have led her down different paths.
Director: Olivier Treiner | Stars: Lou de Laâge, Raphaël Personnaz, Isabelle Carré, Grégory Gadebois
Votes: 637
87. Zappa (2020)
Not Rated | 129 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An in-depth look into the life and work of musician Frank Zappa.
Director: Alex Winter | Stars: Frank Zappa, Lonnie Lardner, Patrice Zappa, Carl Zappa
Votes: 3,595
88. Deep Fear (2022)
80 min | Horror
Paris, the early 90s. Three students decide to celebrate their graduation with a visit of the Paris catacombs. When they discover the legendary 717 Bunker. Little do they know it's not the only thing Nazi soldiers have left behind them.
Director: Grégory Beghin | Stars: Sofia Lesaffre, Victor Meutelet, Joseph Olivennes, Kassim Meesters
Votes: 812
89. Woodland (IV) (2018)
87 min | Thriller
On an island in the Pacific Northwest, a junkie photojournalist's disturbing future is revealed to him through the images he shoots.
Director: Jon Silverberg | Stars: Richard Harmon, Philip Granger, Frank C. Turner, Catherine Jack
Votes: 1,030
90. Howling V: The Rebirth (1989)
R | 96 min | Horror
A group of strangers visit an ancient Hungarian castle and bring along a werewolf.
Director: Neal Sundstrom | Stars: Phil Davis, Victoria Catlin, Elizabeth Shé, Ben Cole
Votes: 2,954
91. The Truth About Jane (2000 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance
A high-school girl's first sexual experience is with another girl, and, along with her first broken heart, she must deal with her mother's reaction to her revelation that she is a lesbian and with ostracism at school.
Director: Lee Rose | Stars: Stockard Channing, Ellen Muth, Kelly Rowan, Jenny O'Hara
Votes: 2,616
92. Abandoned (VI) (2015)
TV-14 | 86 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.
Director: John Laing | Stars: Dominic Purcell, Peter Feeney, Owen Black, Greg Johnson
Votes: 3,331
93. Way... Way Out (1966)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic world, the USA decides to send a married couple of astronauts to its moon base in order to prevent any improper contact with the Soviet female cosmonauts manning the USSR moon base.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Connie Stevens, Robert Morley, Dennis Weaver
Votes: 1,111
94. Daughter of Darkness (1990 TV Movie)
R | 93 min | Horror
The Daughter of Darkness is an atmospheric, sub-hallucinogenic venture into the world of the unknown. The enigma facing the young woman is the identity of her father. Unfortunately for her ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Mia Sara, Robert Reynolds, Dezsö Garas
Votes: 955
95. Southside with You (2016)
PG-13 | 84 min | Biography, Drama, History
Chronicles the 1989 summer afternoon when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady, Michelle Obama, on a first date across Chicago's South Side.
Director: Richard Tanne | Stars: Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Phillip Edward Van Lear
Votes: 10,136 | Gross: $6.30M
96. The Man Who Loved Yngve (2008)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A teenage boy loses his footing when he finds himself drawn to the new boy in class.
Director: Stian Kristiansen | Stars: Rolf Kristian Larsen, Arthur Berning, Ida Elise Broch, Ole Christoffer Ertvaag
Votes: 5,028
97. I Am Paul Walker (2018)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary examining the life of the late actor Paul Walker.
Director: Adrian Buitenhuis | Stars: Paul Walker, Cheryl Crabtree Walker, Paul Walker III, Caleb Walker
Votes: 1,141
98. Going In (2023)
97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Toronto, 1989. Leslie and Reuben were inseparable best friends until a toxic lifestyle tore them apart. Now, when their city is overrun by a wild new drug, they're forced to reunite and infiltrate a deadly underground game to stay alive.
Director: Evan Rissi | Stars: Ira Goldman, Evan Rissi, Victor D.S. Man, Chanelle Luu
Votes: 94
99. When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
PG-13 | 92 min | Biography, Drama
The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Juliet Stevenson, Bradley Johnson
Votes: 4,684 | Gross: $1.07M
100. Hotline Miami (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Horror
A surrealist video game that dives into the mind of an assassin living within the neon gloss of the late 1980s of Miami.
Directors: Jonatan Söderström, Dennis Wedin
Votes: 2,379