Best award winning movies with cinematic magic from 1989

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with cinematic magic from 1989! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with cinematic magic from 1989, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Little Mermaid (1989)

This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.

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1989-11-17 | Animation / Family

Cast

Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright

Rating

rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #29 for
    trending now
  2. Ranked #37 for
    kid-friendly
  3. Ranked #42 for
    great soundtrack

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The Little Mermaid trailer
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2 Field of Dreams (1989)

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.

Info

1989-04-21 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan

Rating

rating icon 7.108
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #157 for
    schmaltzy
  2. Ranked #186 for
    mawkish
  3. Ranked #203 for
    magical

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Field of Dreams trailer
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3 Dead Poets Society (1989)

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

Info

1989-06-02 | Drama

Cast

Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard

Rating

rating icon 8.312
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #182 for
    disciplinarian
  2. Ranked #209 for
    remarkable
  3. Ranked #222 for
    self-improvement

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Dead Poets Society trailer
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4 Batman (1989)

Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.

Info

1989-06-21 | Fantasy / Action

Cast

Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson

Rating

rating icon 7.234
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #164 for
    mythology extending
  2. Ranked #208 for
    like Cape Fear
  3. Ranked #215 for
    Based on TV Series

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Batman trailer
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5 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr.. He sets out to rescue his father by following clues in the old man's notebook, which his father had mailed to him before he went missing. Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, Dr. Elsa Schneider, along with Marcus Brody and Sallah. Together they must stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life and taking over the world!

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1989-05-24 | Adventure / Action

Cast

Harrison Ford, Sean Connery

Rating

rating icon 7.85
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #92 for
    welcome return
  2. Ranked #96 for
    swashbuckler
  3. Ranked #104 for
    globetrotting

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade trailer
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6 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.

Info

1989-10-13 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Bridges

Rating

rating icon 6.609
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #11 for
    hugely talented
  2. Ranked #37 for
    sassy
  3. Ranked #61 for
    musically talented actor

Trailer

The Fabulous Baker Boys trailer
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7 Warlock (1989)

In 17th century New England, witch hunter Giles Redferne captures an evil warlock, but the conjurer eludes death with supernatural help. Flung into the future, the warlock winds up in the 1980s and plans to bring about the end of the world. Redferne follows the enchanter into the modern era and continues his mission, but runs into trouble in such unfamiliar surroundings. With the help of a young woman, can Redferne finally defeat the warlock?

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1989-06-01 | Horror / Fantasy

Cast

Julian Sands, Lori Singer

Rating

rating icon 6.258
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #74 for
    Occult
  2. Ranked #91 for
    lumberjack
  3. Ranked #122 for
    Slasher Film

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Warlock trailer
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8 The Abyss (1989)

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.

Info

1989-08-09 | Adventure / Action

Cast

Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Rating

rating icon 7.347
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #127 for
    like Titanic
  2. Ranked #137 for
    Space Opera
  3. Ranked #174 for
    didactic

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The Abyss trailer
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9 Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.

Info

1989-12-13 | Drama

Cast

Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy

Rating

rating icon 7.237
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #53 for
    Oscar-worthy performance
  2. Ranked #60 for
    extraordinary
  3. Ranked #104 for
    cantankerous

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Driving Miss Daisy trailer
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10 Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.

Info

1989-11-22 | Adventure / Comedy

Cast

Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd

Rating

rating icon 7.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #50 for
    time-loop
  2. Ranked #55 for
    multiverse
  3. Ranked #130 for
    stopgap

Trailer

Back to the Future Part II trailer
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