Subgenre Sampler
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1989)
- Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Steve Martin, Michael Caine
- Small–time peddler Steve Martin and aristocratic con–man Michael Caine compete to swindle $50,000 from the next woman they meet. Wild and…
Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis…
- Spike Lee's tour–de–force of racial friction and personal politics, forged his status as the most important black director in history.…
Dominion Tank Police (1989)
- Four parts on two cassettes.
Dream Team, The (1989)
- Dir. Howard Zieff
Feat. Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle
- Four mental patients are taken by their psychiatrist to see a baseball game and end up lost in New York after he is knocked unconscious while…
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd
- Oscar–winning adaptation of Albert Uhry's stage play charting the 25–year relationship between a crotchety Southern woman and her black…
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham…
- A stylised yet vivid journey into the lives of a group of sympathetic, drug–addicted youths in the early '70s.
A high point in the career…
Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)
- Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Victor Wong
- Witty Chinese–American fable about a young New Yorker under increasing social pressure, especially from his father, who arranged his marriage…
Eight Men Out (1989)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. John Cusack, Michael Rooker, Christopher Lloyd…
- True story of the Chicago White Sox baseball team who conspired with gamblers to lose the World Series in 1919. Finely detailed topical drama with an…
Emerald City (1989)
- Dir. Michael Jenkins
Feat. John Hargreaves, Robyn Nevin
- Screen adaptation of David Williamson's play about an 'arty' film writer who moves to Sydney and coaxed into making commercial schlock. Funny and…
Emma's Shadow (1989)
- Dir. Soeren Jacobsen
Feat. Line Kruse, Borje Ahlstedt, Erik Wedersoe
- 12–year–old Emma, feeling that her affluent parents would care more for her if she were missing, fakes her own kidnapping, and discovers…