121. City of Sadness, A ( Bei qing cheng shi )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou
Actors: Wou Yi Fang, Nakamura Ikuyo, Jack Kao, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ikuyo Nakamura, Sung Young Chen
122. Look Who's Talking
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Amy Heckerling
Actors: John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Olympia Dukakis, George Segal, Abe Vigoda, Bruce Willis
Plot: Follows the adventures of a newborn as his thoughts are narrated.
123. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William Shatner
Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei
Plot: The Enterprise is forced into a search for God after Spock's half brother Sybok takes control of the ship.
124. Weekend at Bernie's
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Actors: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, Terry Kiser, Don Calfa, Catherine Parks
Plot: Two corporate nobodies get invited to their boss' retreat but find him
dead when they arrive. They do everything they can to prove he's still
"alive" in order to extend their vacation.
125. Puppet Master
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Schmoeller
Actors: Paul Le Mat, William Hickey, Irene Miracle, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Robin Frates, Matt Roe
Plot: The puppet-maker Toulon discovered how to imbue his work with life, but killed himself to protect the secret. Years later, Neil Gallagher discovers the secret himself, but also winds up dead but not before sending a message to his friends. Trying to unravel the mystery, they visit the house where he died, only to find that evil comes in all sizes.
126. An Innocent Man
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Yates
Actors: Tom Selleck, F. Murray Abraham, Laila Robins, David Rasche, Richard Young, M.C. Gainey
127. Powwow Highway
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jonathan Wacks
Actors: A Martinez, Gary Farmer, Joannelle Nadine Romero, Amanda Wyss, Sam Vlahos, Wayne Waterman
128. The Rainbow
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Sammi Davis, Paul McGann, Amanda Donohoe, Christopher Gable, David Hemmings, Glenda Jackson
129. Immediate Family
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Actors: Glenn Close, James Woods, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kevin Dillon, Linda Darlow, Mimi Kennedy
130. Dad
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Gary David Goldberg
Actors: Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker, Kevin Spacey, Ethan Hawke
Plot: A man decides to spend more time with his aging father, but in doing that distances himself from his young son