The year 1989 involved many significant films.
The top ten films released in 1989 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million. (Basinger would lose the town to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech Corp., in 1993 after being forced to file for bankruptcy when a California judge ordered her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film Boxing Helena.)
April 23 – Field of Dreams, starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, and Burt Lancaster, is released, striking an emotional chord in men and fans of baseball.
May 24 – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is released. It is the third installment of the Indiana Jones series.
June 13 – The James Bond film Licence to Kill is released. Unknown to anyone at the time, it would be followed by years of legal wrangling over the future of the popular series. The next Bond film, GoldenEye, is not released until 1995.
June 16 – Ghostbusters II is released.
June 23
Batman is released, going on to gross more than $410 million worldwide, and establishing the public and critical attention of director Tim Burton.
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is released and marks the directorial debut of visual effects supervisor Joe Johnston, who later went on to direct The Rocketeer, Jumanji, October Sky, Jurassic Park III, and Captain America: The First Avenger.
July 7 – Lethal Weapon 2 is released and becomes the highest-grossing film in the franchise. As well as the highest grossing R-rated film of the year at the domestic box office.
July 11 – Screen, stage, and Shakespearian legend Laurence Olivier died peacefully in his home in England, after appearing in his last filmed role as an old soldier in War Requiem.
August 2 – Ron Howard's family comedy Parenthood, starring Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, and Rick Moranis, is released.
September 28 – Columbia Pictures and Tri-Star Pictures are sold to Sony.
November 17 – The Little Mermaid becomes a critical and commercial success and brings new life to Walt Disney Feature Animation. The Little Mermaid also reinvigorated public and critical interest in The Walt Disney Company, which would become one of the most prestigious corporations of the 1990s.
November 22 – Back to the Future Part II is released.
U.S.A. unless stated
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A Better Tomorrow III, directed by Tsui Hark, starring Chow Yun-fat, Anita Mui and Tony Leung – (Hong Kong)
The Abyss, directed by James Cameron, starring Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
All About Ah-Long (Ah Long dik gu si), starring Chow Yun-fat and Sylvia Chang – (Hong Kong)
All Dogs Go To Heaven – (Ireland/U.K./U.S.)
Always, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Audrey Hepburn
Amanece, que no es poco (Amanece, Who is Not Small) – (Spain)
Apartment Zero (Conviviendo con la muerte), directed by Martin Donovan, starring Colin Firth – Golden Space Needle award – (Argentina)
B
The BFG, starring David Jason – (U.K.)
Babar: The Movie – (Canada/France)
Back to the Future Part II, starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd
Bashu, the Little Stranger (Bashu, gharibeye koochak) – (Iran)
Batman, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Jack Palance, Robert Wuhl
Before the Bat's Flight Is Done (Mielőtt befejezi röptét a denevér) – (Hungary)
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Robert Lindsay, Robbie Coltrane, Anne Bancroft
Best of the Best, starring Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland
The Big Picture, directed by Christopher Guest, starring Kevin Bacon, Michael McKean, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Martin Short
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin
Black Rain, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Michael Douglas, Andy García, Kate Capshaw – (U.S.A.)
Black Rain (Kuroi ame), directed by Shohei Imamura – (Japan)
Black Rainbow, directed by Mike Hodges, starring Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce
Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love (Chyornaya roza – emblema pechali, krasnaya roza – emblema lyubvi) – (U.S.S.R.)
The Blasphemers' Banquet
Blaze, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Paul Newman and Lolita Davidovich
Blind Fury, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Rutger Hauer
Bloodhounds of Broadway, starring Matt Dillon, Jennifer Grey, Julie Hagerty, Rutger Hauer, Madonna, Esai Morales, Randy Quaid
Blood Red, directed by Peter Masterson, starring Eric Roberts, Julia Roberts, Dennis Hopper, Burt Young, Giancarlo Giannini
Born on the Fourth of July, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Cruise—Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
Breaking In, directed by Bill Forsyth, starring Burt Reynolds and Casey Siemaszko
The 'Burbs, starring Tom Hanks
Bye Bye Blues, starring Rebecca Jenkins and Michael Ontkean – (Canada)
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Cage, directed by Lang Elliott, starring Reb Brown and Lou Ferrigno
Cameron's Closet, starring Scott Curtis
Casualties of War, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn
Cat Chaser, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Peter Weller and Kelly McGillis
Chameleon Street, directed by and starring Wendell B. Harris, Jr.
Chances Are, starring Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey, Jr., Ryan O'Neal, Mary Stuart Masterson
Chandni (Moonlight), starring Sridevi – (India)
Checking Out, starring Jeff Daniels
Cheetah
A City of Sadness (Beiqing chengshi), starring Tony Leung – Golden Lion award – (Taiwan)
Cohen and Tate, starring Roy Scheider and Adam Baldwin
Cold Feet, starring Keith Carradine, Sally Kirkland, Tom Waits
Communion, starring Christopher Walken
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren – (U.K.)
Cousins, starring Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young, William Petersen
Crimes and Misdemeanors, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Mia Farrow, Alan Alda, Martin Landau, Sam Waterston, Anjelica Huston
Criminal Law, starring Gary Oldman and Kevin Bacon
Crusoe, starring Aidan Quinn – (U.K.)
Cyborg, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
D
Dad, starring Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Ethan Hawke, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker, Kevin Spacey
Dead Bang, starring Don Johnson
Dead Calm, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane – (Australia)
Dead Poets Society, directed by Peter Weir, starring Robin Williams
DeepStar Six, starring Greg Evigan, Taurean Blacque, Miguel Ferrer, Cindy Pickett
Dekalog, directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski – (Poland)
The Delinquents, starring Kylie Minogue and Charlie Schlatter – (Australia)
Der Todesking, directed by Jörg Buttgereit – (Germany)
Dimenticare Palermo (To Forget Palermo), directed by Francesco Rosi – (Italy)
Disorganized Crime, starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Rubén Blades
Do the Right Thing, directed by and starring Spike Lee, with Danny Aiello, John Turturro, Bill Nunn, Giancarlo Esposito, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee
Dream a Little Dream, starring Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Meredith Salenger
The Dream Team, starring Michael Keaton, Peter Boyle, Christopher Lloyd, Stephen Furst
Driving Miss Daisy, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd – Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture
Drugstore Cowboy, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch
A Dry White Season, starring Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Susan Sarandon, Marlon Brando
E
The Ear (Ucho) – (Czechoslovakia) – made in 1970 but banned until 1989
Echoes of Paradise, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Wendy Hughes and John Lone – (Australia)
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!, starring Michael Pare and Marina Orsini – (Canada)
Edge of Sanity, starring Anthony Perkins
Eeshwar, starring Anil Kapoor – (India)
Elves
Enemies, a Love Story, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin, Margaret Sophie Stein
Erik the Viking, starring Tim Robbins, Terry Jones, John Cleese – (U.K.)
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure, starring Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Roxana Zal
The Experts, starring John Travolta, Arye Gross, Kelly Preston
F
The Fabulous Baker Boys, starring Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges
Farewell to the King, starring Nick Nolte and Nigel Havers
Fat Man and Little Boy, starring Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, John Cusack, Laura Dern
Field of Dreams, starring Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield, Burt Lancaster
Fletch Lives, starring Chevy Chase
Food of the Gods II, directed by Damian Lee
Fool's Mate (Zugzwang), starring Victoria Tennant – (West Germany)
For Queen and Country, starring Denzel Washington – (U.K./U.S.A.)
Freeze Die Come to Life (Zamri, umri, voskresni!) – (U.S.S.R.)
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, directed by Rob Hedden, starring Jensen Daggett and Scott Reeves
G
Gang of Four, directed by Jacques Rivette, starring Bulle Ogier – (France)
Getting It Right, starring Jane Horrocks and Helena Bonham Carter – (U.K.)
Ghostbusters II, starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Peter MacNicol
Gleaming the Cube, starring Christian Slater
Glory, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman
God of Gamblers (Du shen), starring Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau – (Hong Kong)
Godzilla vs. Biollante – (Japan)
Great Balls of Fire!, directed by Jim McBride, starring Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin
Gross Anatomy, starring Matthew Modine, Daphne Zuniga, Christine Lahti
H
Harlem Nights, directed by and starring Eddie Murphy, with Richard Pryor, Danny Aiello, Jasmine Guy, Redd Foxx, Della Reese
Hathyar, starring Dharmendra and Sanjay Dutt – (India)
Heart of Dixie, starring Ally Sheedy, Virginia Madsen, Phoebe Cates, Treat Williams
Heathers, directed by Michael Lehmann, starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater
Henry V, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, with Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed, Paul Scofield, Emma Thompson – (U.K.)
Her Alibi, starring Tom Selleck and Paulina Porizkova
Hit List, starring Jan-Michael Vincent and Rip Torn
Homer and Eddie, starring Whoopi Goldberg and James Belushi
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, starring Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman
A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (Kopytem sem, kopytem tam) – (Czechoslovakia)
Houseboat Horror, starring Alan Dale – (Australia)
How I Got Into College, starring Lara Flynn Boyle and Anthony Edwards
How to Get Ahead in Advertising, starring Richard E. Grant – (U.K.)
I
I Love, You Love (Ja milujem, ty miluješ) – (Czechoslovakia)
The Icicle Thief (Ladri di saponette) – (Italy)
Immediate Family, starring Glenn Close, James Woods, Mary Stuart Masterson
In Country, starring Bruce Willis and Emily Lloyd
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Harrison Ford and Sean Connery
An Innocent Man, starring Tom Selleck
Intergirl (Interdevochka) – (U.S.S.R.)
Interrogation (Przesluchanie), directed by Ryszard Bugajski – (Poland) – banned for over 7 years, released after overthrow of communist regime in Poland
Ivan and Alexandra – (Bulgaria)
J
Jacknife, starring Robert De Niro, Ed Harris, Kathy Baker
The January Man, starring Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Harvey Keitel, Danny Aiello, Rod Steiger
Je suis le seigneur du château (I'm the King of the Castle) – (France)
Jesus of Montreal – (Canada/France)
Johnny Handsome, directed by Walter Hill, starring Mickey Rourke, Forest Whitaker, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern, Morgan Freeman
K
K-9, starring James Belushi
The Karate Kid Part III, starring Ralph Macchio and Noriyuki "Pat" Morita
Kickboxer, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
Kiki's Delivery Service (Majo no Takkyūbin) – (Japan)
The Killer (dip hyut soeng hung), directed by John Woo, starring Chow Yun-fat – (Hong Kong)
Killing Dad
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects, starring Charles Bronson
L
Last Exit to Brooklyn, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh
Lean on Me, directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Morgan Freeman
Leningrad Cowboys Go America, directed by Aki Kaurismäki, starring Leningrad Cowboys – (Finland)
Lethal Weapon 2, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover
Leviathan, starring Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Meg Foster
Licence to Kill, 16th of James Bond series, starring Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi, Carey Lowell – (U.K.)
Life and Nothing But (La vie et rien d'autre), directed by Bertrand Tavernier – (France)
Listen to Me, starring Kirk Cameron, Jami Gertz, Roy Scheider, Christopher Atkins
The Little Mermaid, voices of Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Buddy Hackett
Little Monsters, starring Fred Savage and Howie Mandel – (Ireland/U.K./U.S.)
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, voices of Gabriel Damon, Mickey Rooney, René Auberjonois, Danny Mann, Bernard Erhard
Lock Up, starring Sylvester Stallone and Donald Sutherland
Lonesome Dove, TV film, starring Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Lane, Anjelica Huston, Chris Cooper, Ricky Schroder, Danny Glover, Frederic Forrest
Look Who's Talking, starring John Travolta and Kirstie Alley
Lost Angels, directed by Hugh Hudson, starring Donald Sutherland, Adam Horovitz, and Amy Locane
Loverboy, starring Patrick Dempsey, Carrie Fisher, Barbara Carrera, Kirstie Alley
M
Maine Pyar Kiya (I Fell in Love), starring Salman Khan – (India)
Major League, directed by David S. Ward, starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, James Gammon, Margaret Whitton, Wesley Snipes
Marquis – (Belgium/France)
The Marriage of the Blessed (Arousi-ye Khouban) – (Iran)
Meet the Feebles, directed by Peter Jackson – (New Zealand)
Meet the Hollowheads, starring Juliette Lewis
The Mighty Quinn, starring Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, Mimi Rogers, Esther Rolle
Millennium, starring Kris Kristofferson and Cheryl Ladd
Miracles, starring Jackie Chan, Anita Mui and Richard Ng (Hong Kong)
Miss Firecracker, starring Holly Hunter, Tim Robbins, Mary Steenburgen, Alfre Woodard, Scott Glenn
Monsieur Hire, directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Michel Blanc and Sandrine Bonnaire – (France)
Mother (Mat) – (U.S.S.R.)
Music Box, directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest, Lukas Haas – Golden Bear award (for 1990)
My 20th Century – (Hungary/West Germany)
My Left Foot, directed by Jim Sheridan, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker – (Ireland/U.K.)
Mystery Train, directed by Jim Jarmusch – (Japan/U.S.A.)
Milo and Otis, narrated by Dudley Moore, directed by Masanori Hata (English translation)
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo
The Newcomer in The Cabbage
New York Stories, trilogy directed by Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Woody Allen, starring Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Mia Farrow and Allen
Next of Kin, starring Patrick Swayze
Night Game, starring Roy Scheider
A Nightmare on Drug Street, starring Adam Jeffries
No Holds Barred, starring Hulk Hogan
Nowhere to Run, directed by Carl Franklin, starring David Carradine
O
O Sangue (Blood) – (Portugal)
Old Gringo, starring Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits
Out of the Dark, starring Karen Black and Bud Cort
P
The Package, directed by Andrew Davis, starring Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones
The Paper Wedding, starring Geneviève Bujold – (Canada)
Parenthood, directed by Ron Howard, starring Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards, Dianne Wiest, Rick Moranis, Tom Hulce, Martha Plimpton
Parents, directed by Bob Balaban, starring Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt
Pedicab Driver (Qun long xi feng), directed by and starring Sammo Hung – (Hong Kong)
Penn & Teller Get Killed
Pet Sematary, directed by Mary Lambert written by Stephen King, starring Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Miko Hughes
Physical Evidence, directed by Michael Crichton, starring Burt Reynolds and Theresa Russell
Pink Cadillac, starring Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters
Prancer, starring Sam Elliott and Cloris Leachman
The Punisher, starring Dolph Lundgren
Puppet Master, starring Paul Le Mat
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The Rainbow, directed by Ken Russell, starring Sammi Davis and Amanda Donohoe – (U.K.)
Ramji Rav Speaking – (India)
Red Scorpion, starring Dolph Lundgren
Relentless, starring Judd Nelson and Robert Loggia
Renegades, starring Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips
The Return of the Musketeers, starring Michael York, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain, Kim Cattrall – (U.K./France/Spain)
Reunion, starring Jason Robards – (U.K.)
La Révolution française (The French Revolution), starring Klaus Maria Brandauer – (France/West Germany/Italy/U.K.)
Road House, starring Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Ben Gazzara, Sam Elliott
Roadkill – (Canada)
Roger & Me, a documentary by Michael Moore
Rojo Amanecer (Red Dawn) – (Mexico)
Rosalie Goes Shopping, starring Marianne Sägebrecht and Judge Reinhold – (West Germany)
S
Santa Sangre (Holy Blood) – (Mexico)
Say Anything..., directed by Cameron Crowe, starring John Cusack and Ione Skye
Scandal, directed by Michael Caton-Jones, starring Joanne Whalley, John Hurt, Ian McKellen, Bridget Fonda – (U.K.)
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, directed by Paul Bartel, starring Jacqueline Bisset, Ed Begley, Jr., Rebecca Schaeffer
Sea of Love, directed by Harold Becker, starring Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman
Second Sight, starring John Larroquette and Bronson Pinchot
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor
See You in the Morning, starring Jeff Bridges, Alice Krige, Farrah Fawcett
The Servant (Sluga) – (U.S.S.R.)
The Seventh Continent (Der siebente Kontinent), directed by Michael Haneke – (Austria)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo—Palme d'Or award
Shag, starring Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda, Annabeth Gish
Shaso – (Japan)
She-Devil, directed by Susan Seidelman, starring Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr, Ed Begley, Jr.
She's Out of Control, starring Tony Danza
Shirley Valentine, directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Pauline Collins (BAFTA for best actress) – (U.K.)
Signs of Life, starring Beau Bridges and Kathy Bates
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
Sing, starring Lorraine Bracco
Skin Deep, directed by Blake Edwards, starring John Ritter
Slaves of New York, directed by James Ivory, starring Bernadette Peters
Slipstream, starring Mark Hamill, Bill Paxton, Ben Kingsley
Society, starring Billy Warlock
Souvenir, starring Christopher Plummer
Speed Zone, starring John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Tim Matheson, Donna Dixon, the Smothers Brothers
Spider's Web (Das Spinnennetz), directed by Bernhard Wicki – (West Germany)
Splendor, starring Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
Split
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, directed by and starring William Shatner, with Leonard Nimoy, Laurence Luckinbill
Staying Together, directed by Lee Grant, starring Sean Astin, Stockard Channing, Melinda Dillon, Levon Helm, Dermot Mulroney, Daphne Zuniga
Steel Magnolias, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah
Strapless, directed by David Hare, starring Blair Brown, Bruno Ganz, Bridget Fonda – (U.K.)
The Striker with Number 9 (I fanela me to '9') – (Greece)
Sweet Home – (Japan)
Sweetie, directed by Jane Campion – (Australia)
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The Tall Guy, starring Jeff Goldblum, Emma Thompson, Rowan Atkinson – (U.K.)
Tango & Cash, starring Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell
Tap, starring Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis, Jr.
Ten Little Indians, starring Donald Pleasence, Herbert Lom, Brenda Vaccaro, Frank Stallone – (U.K.)
Tetsuo: The Iron Man – (Japan)
Thick Skinned (Peaux de vaches), starring Sandrine Bonnaire – (France)
Three Fugitives, starring Nick Nolte and Martin Short
Too Beautiful for You (Trop belle pour toi), directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu and Carole Bouquet – (France)
Triumph of the Spirit, starring Willem Dafoe
Troop Beverly Hills, starring Shelley Long, Betty Thomas, Craig T. Nelson
Tropical Snow, starring David Carradine
True Love – won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival
Turner & Hooch, starring Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson, Reginald VelJohnson
U-V
UHF, written by and starring "Weird Al" Yankovic
Uncle Buck, directed by John Hughes, starring John Candy and Amy Madigan
Valmont, directed by Miloš Forman, starring Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk, Henry Thomas – (U.S.A./France)
Vampire's Kiss, starring Nicolas Cage, María Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals
Violent Cop (Sono otoko, kyōbō ni tsuki), directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano – (Japan)
W
Waltzing Regitze (Dansen med Regitze) – (Denmark)
Warlock
The War of the Roses, directed by Danny DeVito, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and DeVito
War Requiem, starring Laurence Olivier in his final role – (U.K.)
Weekend at Bernie's, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman
Welcome Home, directed by Franklin Schaffner, starring Kris Kristofferson, JoBeth Williams, Sam Waterston, Brian Keith
We're No Angels, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Demi Moore, Hoyt Axton, Bruno Kirby, John C. Reilly
What Time is it? (Che ora è?), directed by Ettore Scola, starring Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
When Harry Met Sally..., directed by Rob Reiner, starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan
When the Whales Came, starring Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren – (U.K.)
Who's Harry Crumb?, starring John Candy, Annie Potts, Jeffrey Jones, Barry Corbin, Tim Thomerson, Shawnee Smith
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (Dalmaga dongjjok-euro gan ggadakeun?) – (South Korea)
Wicked Stepmother, starring Bette Davis, Barbara Carrera, Colleen Camp
Willy the Sparrow (Vili, a veréb) – (Hungary)
Wilt, starring Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith – (U.K.)
Winter People, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Kurt Russell, Kelly McGillis, Lloyd Bridges
The Winter War (Talvisota) – (Finland)
The Wizard, starring Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, Jenny Lewis, Beau Bridges, Christian Slater
Wodaabe - Herdsmen of the Sun (Wodaabe – Die Hirten der Sonne), directed by Werner Herzog – (West Germany)
Worth Winning, starring Mark Harmon, Madeleine Stowe, Lesley Ann Warren
XYZ
Yaaba – (Burkina Faso)
January 3 – Alex D. Linz, American actor
January 9 – Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress and model
January 26 – Hannah Arterton, American actress
February 5 – Jeremy Sumpter, American actor
February 13
Carly McKillip, Canadian actress and singer
Katie Volding, American actress
February 16 – Elizabeth Olsen, American actress
February 21
Corbin Bleu, American actor and singer
Scout Taylor-Compton, American actress and singer
March 1 – Daniella Monet, American actress and singer
March 3 – Nathalie Emmanuel, British actress
March 5
Jake Lloyd, American actor
Sterling Knight, American actor and musician
March 11 – Anton Yelchin, Russian-American actor (died 2016)
March 15 – Caitlin Wachs, American actress
March 25 – Aly Michalka, American actress and singer
April 2 – Liis Lass, Estonian actress
April 18 – Alia Shawkat, American actress
April 20 – Alex Black, American actor
May 10 – Lindsey Shaw, American actress
May 16 – Pääru Oja, Estonian actor
June 3 – Imogen Poots, English actress
June 14 – Lucy Hale, American actress and singer
June 27 – Matthew Lewis, British actor
July 11
David Henrie, American actor
Shareeka Epps, American actress
July 21
Juno Temple, British actress
Rory Culkin, American actor
July 23 – Daniel Radcliffe, British actor
July 27 – Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
August 2 – Priscilla Betti, French actress
August 10 – Brenton Thwaites, Australian actor
August 14 – Artyom Bogucharsky, Russian actor
August 11 – Alexis Tipton, American voice actress
August 15
Joe Jonas, American singer and actor (Jonas Brothers)
Carlos Pena Jr., actor (Big Time Rush)
August 21 – Hayden Panettiere, American actress and singer
September 5 – Kat Graham, American actress, model, singer and dancer
September 14 – Logan Henderson, actor (Big Time Rush)
October 1 – Brie Larson, American actress
October 4 – Dakota Johnson, American actress
October 14 – Mia Wasikowska, Australian actress
November 10 – Taron Egerton, Welsh actor
December 2 – Cassie Steele, Canadian actress and singer
December 7 – Nicholas Hoult, British actor
December 13 – Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter, actress, and musician
December 18 – Ashley Benson, American actress and model
December 29 – Left Brain, American rapper
Adrien Brody – New York Stories
Vincent Cassel – Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
Michael Chiklis – Wired
Kirsten Dunst – New York Stories
Ron Eldard – True Love
Neil Flynn – Major League
Vivica A. Fox – Born on the Fourth of July
Carla Gugino – Troop Beverly Hills
Rebecca Harrell – Prancer
Jared Harris – The Rachel Papers
Teri Hatcher – The Big Picture
Bryce Dallas Howard – Parenthood
Jason Isaacs – The Tall Guy
Allison Janney – Who Shot Patakango?
Martin Lawrence – Do the Right Thing
Toby Maguire - The Wizard
Rosie Perez – Do the Right Thing
John C. Reilly – Casualties of War
Sam Rockwell – Clownhouse
Rene Russo – Major League
Adam Sandler – Going Overboard
Annabella Sciorra – True Love
Molly Shannon – The Phantom of the Opera
Tom Sizemore – Blue Steel
Emma Thompson – The Tall Guy
Elijah Wood – Back to the Future Part II
Michael Jai White – The Toxic Avenger Part II
Lydia Zimmermann – Moon Child
