Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Major League (1989)
- Dir. David S. Ward
Feat. Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen…
- Likeable sports comedy in which a former showgirl inherits a baseball team and tries to sabotage her contract by putting together an incompetent team…
Man Called Rainbo, A (1989)
- Dir. Lesser Pizmo
Feat. Sylvester Stallone
- Awful hippy film Rebel featuring a young Stallone is here redubbed for comic effect by failed film students. Unfortunately they manage to make it…
Master of the Marionettes, A (1989)
- Dir. Pedr James
Feat. Kenneth Cranham, Carol Drinkwater
- Effective though modest BBC drama–thriller posits a 'Twilight Zone' scenario of a salesman suspected of stabbing a man he has rescued.
As…
Matter of Degrees, A (1989)
- Dir. W.T. Morgan
Feat. Arye Gross, Sarah Bork
- Student life on a Long Island university campus, centering around the imminent commercialisation of their beloved radio station. Well–made…
Metropolitan (1989)
- Dir. Whit Stillman
Feat. Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman
- Sundance–winning arthouse hit focuses on the disappearing Manhattan debutante scene. An unknown ensemble play upper–class adolescents who…
Michael Palin Around the World in 80 Days (TV Series) (1989)
- Feat. Michael Palin
- The first of Michael Palin's successful globe–trotting escapades follows the scheme of Jules Verne's novel – a circumnavigation of the…
Mighty Quinn, The (1989)
- Dir. Carl Schenkel
Feat. Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, Mimi Rogers…
- Entertaining Caribbean caper stars Denzel as the chief of police on a tropical island who is suddenly thrust into action when his crooked best friend…
Millennium (1989)
- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd
- Perplexing but fascinating sci–fi think piece about an air disaster investigator (Kristofferson) who discovers evidence of time travel while…
Milou En Mai (May Fools) (1989)
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Michel Piccoli, Miou-Miou
- In May of '68, a rural family gather for the reading of their matriarch's will, an event that will strangely affect their idyllic existence. Stephane…
Miracle Mile (1989)
- Dir. Steve DeJarnatt
Feat. Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, John Agar…
- Anthony Edwards has 60 minutes in which to contemplate a phone call that claims to be the instigation of an imminent nuclear assault. A good crack at…