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Subgenre Sampler
Heathers (1989)
- Dir. Michael Lehmann
Feat. Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty - 'Heathers' are an elite group of glamourous, stuck–up brat–girls who gradually meet their maker courtesy of a rebel Heather (Winona…
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)- Dir. Bruce Robinson
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward - Richard E. Grant encores for the director of WITHNAIL AND I to play a manic genius ad–man whose conscience rears its ugly head while he…
In Country (1989)- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Bruce Willis, Emily Lloyd, Joan Allen - Drama about a High School graduate from Kentucky who throws herself into a rigorous investigation of the life of her father, who died in the Vietnam…
Jeweller's Shop, The (1989)- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Olivia Hussey, Ben Cross - Charming, low–key adaptation of a play by Pope John Paul the Second. Burt Lancaster in his last film role plays a jeweller in 1930's Poland…
Lean On Me (1989)- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Robert Guillaume - Principal Morgan Freeman whips the pupils of a troubled high–school into shape in this formulaic but likeable example of the genre.
My Name is Bill W. (1989)- Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. James Woods, JoBeth Williams, James Garner - James Woods plays Bill Wilson, the famed co–founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, in this tele–movie charting his descent from 1920's business…
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (Christmas Vacation) (1989)- Dir. Jeremiah Chechik
Feat. Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid - A John Hughes–penned comedy featuring Chevy Chase as the bedraggled father of the family Griswold, whose plans for a big family Christmas…
Parenthood (1989)- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest… - An effervescent and poignant comedy about the trials and tribulations of family life. An impressive ensemble cast headed by Steve Martin provide…
Romero (1989)- Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Raul Julia, Richard Jordan - Provocative political drama details the story of Salvadorian Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was assassinated in 1980 by representatives of an…
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder - Average teaming of Wilder and Pryor as a deaf man and a blind man on the lam. The high obscene–language level doesn't yield much comic results.
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