Comedy Movies
Harlem Nights (1989)
‘Sugar’ Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business….
Steel Magnolias (1989)
A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome…
Staying Together (1989)
After their father abruptly sells the beloved family-owned restaurant that has employed them for years, the charismatic McDermott boys – hot-tempered Brian (Quill), lovelorn Kit (Mulroney) and jokester Duncan (Astin)…
Hot Times at Montclair High (1989)
It’s a new year at Montclair High and it’s about to become the most tumultuous time for this year’s senior crop. At Montclair High School, three different students bond with…
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense loves him…
Second Sight (1989)
Wills is an ex-cop who pairs up with Bobby, a wacky psychic, to form the “Second Sight Detective Agency.” Bobby’s clairvoyant abilities come in handy during their investigations. When a…
Worth Winning (1989)
Taylor is a man who has no problems with women. So confident is he that he accepts a challenge from his friends: he has to secure proposals of marriage from…
Class Cruise (1989)
A few pupils from County High are selected to be the first to go on a study cruise, a privilege that formerly was reserved for members of private schools. Sam,…
Rising Storm (1989)
The year is 2099. The United States is ruled by the Reverend Jimmy Joe II, in a dictatorship where big guns and fundamentalist religion are used to keep the masses…
Gross Anatomy (1989)
Joe Slovak is a brilliant first-year med student whose casual, nonconforming approach to life gets tested when he enrolls in Gross Anatomy, the toughest course in med school.
Ghosts Can’t Do It (1989)
Elderly Scott kills himself after a heart attack wrecks his body, but then comes back as a ghost and convinces his loving young hot wife Kate to pick and kill…
Catch Me… If You Can (1989)
A hotshot teenage car racer persuades the class president of a small Minnesota high school to gamble on illegal car races to raise money for their school which is facing…
Breaking In (1989)
Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has “larceny in his heart”, it will take him a long time to get as good as…
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an attractive television producer while making a film about…
Look Who’s Talking (1989)
Mollie is a single working mother who’s out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it…
Dr. Alien (1989)
When the mysterious and sexy Ms. Xenobia takes over the biology class at the local college, the dating life of supergeek Wesley Littlejohn takes a serious turn. Littlejohn agrees to…
Asterix and the Big Fight (1989)
Due to an unfortunate accident involving Obelix throwing a menhir, Getafix the druid not only loses his memory, but goes completely mad. Now deprived of the wisdom of their beloved…
Transylvania Twist (1989)
The nephew of a librarian must go collect a 200 year old book, “The Book of Ulthar.” that should have never been checked out by the Evil Count Orlock cause…
Easy Wheels (1989)
A group of leather-clad bikers are on the trail of the female bikers who are stealing babies all over the state and selling them on the black market.
Sweetie (1989)
The buttoned-down, superstitious Kay is attempting to lead a normal existence with her new boyfriend Louis. That’s until Sweetie, her rampaging, devil-may-care sister, returns home after an absence, exposing the…
I Want to Go Home (1989)
The Wizard of Speed and Time (1989)
A Hollywood filmmaker (Mike Jittlov) makes a short for an evil film studio. Unbeknownst to him, the producer has placed a bet of $25,000 that he won’t come up with…
Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
The “bad boys of magic” go over the edge in this mind-blowing, role-switching comedy murder mystery set in the dizzying world of Atlantic City casinos. In a TV interview, Penn…
Night Life (1989)
Archie works part-time at his uncle’s mortuary and is harassed by a few of the popular kids because of it. His harassers die in an automobile accident, and the bodies…
The Big Picture (1989)
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with…
Sidewalk Stories (1989)
A New York City street artist rescues a baby girl after her father is murdered. He then sets off to find the mother, but has to first learn how to…
True Love (1989)
Donna and Michael are getting married. But first, they have to plan the reception, get the tux, buy the rings, and cope with their own uncertainty about the decision. Michael…
Eversmile New Jersey (1989)
Traveling dentist O’Connell traverses South America on his motorcycle for the ‘Eversmile’ foundation of New Jersey, in a fight not only against cavities, but also against fear, ignorance, indifference –…
Mystery Train (1989)
In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a young Japanese couple…
Roger & Me (1989)
A documentary about the closure of General Motors’ plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an…
My Twentieth Century (1989)
A tale of twin girls, Dóra and Lili, who are born in 1880 Budapest at the same moment Thomas Edison presents his electric lightbulb to the world. The sisters are…
Shirley Valentine (1989)
Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband’s chips and egg. When…
A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
Guy Jones (Irons) moves to a small British town and joins the local amateur dramatics society as a way to meet people. However he soon finds the drama offstage far…