Subgenre Sampler
Rental > (1989-1989): 91 Films to Rent on VHS
- Beyond Gravity (1989)
- Dir. Garth Maxwell
Feat. Iain Rea, Robert Pollock
- Gay romance blossoms for a astronomy–obsessed technician when he encounters a free–spirited Italian.
- BFG, The (Big Friendly Giant) (1989)
- Dir. Brian Cosgrove
- Animated as a telemovie this version of Roald Dahl's story is commendable is a little stiff. Concerns the adventures of orpahn Sophie who is abducted…
- Billy Crystal - Midnight Train to Moscow (1989)
- Dir. Paul Flaherty
Feat. Billy Crystal
- Billy Crystal explores his Russian roots, with a mockumentary 'Jokenost' tour of Russian and a standup performance live at the Pushkin Theatre.
- Butter Battle Book (1989)
- Dir. Ralph Bakshi
Feat. Charles Durning
- Ralph Bakshi animates the Dr. Suess favourite about the ridiculously trivial feud between the Yooks and the Zooks.
- Canton Godfather, The (Miracles; Mr. Canton and Lady Rose) (1989)
- Dir. Jackie Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Anita Mui
- Though light on martial arts, this lavish period production is generally considered Jackie Chan's most accomplished movie. At once inspired by THE…
- Cat Chaser (1989)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning…
- The director atypically sidesteps controversy in adapting Elmore Leonard's political novel about a Miami hotel owner who courts danger when he…
- Circus Boys (1989)
- Dir. Kaizo Hayashi
Feat. Hiroshi Mikami, Moe Kamura, Shu Ken
- Sumptuous film blends illusion and reality in contrasting the paths of two brothers from a circus family, one an idealist who attempts to rejuvenate…
- City of Sadness, A (Beiging Chengsi) (1989)
- Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Hsin Shu-fen, Chen Sown-yung…
- The first of the director’s trilogy of films about the modern history of Taiwan, here depicting the unstable post–WW2 period through the eyes…
- Club Extinction (Dr. M) (1989)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Alan Bates, Jennifer Beals, Jan Niklas…
- Chabrol’s re–examination of Fritz Lang’s DR MABUSE is set in a future Berlin saturated with Big Brother messages and a plague of…
- Cold Feet (1989)
- Dir. Robert Dornhelm
Feat. Keith Carradine, Sally Kirkland, Tom Waits…
- A deranged assassin and a strange couple concoct a scheme to smuggle emeralds over the Mexican border. Bawdy, off–kilter Southern romp features…