Top 30 films of 1989 (baumer's favourite year)IMDB is the source...if it's 1989 on IMDb it qualifies...Aug 25th is deadline

[dxmatrixdt]

[dxmatrixdt]

9 hours ago, 2010s Painkiller Race said:

Communion is at a B-/C+ right now

I got Akira at the median with 85% with the rest of these suckers to outscore it.

96 - Indiana Jones

95 - Batman

93 - Halloween 5

92 - Nightmare on Elm Street 5

88 - Friday the 13th 8 

88 - The Abyss

86 - License to Kill

85 - Pet Semetary

85 - Akira

84 - Dead Poets Society

83 - Christmas Vacation

78 - Always

77 - Parenthood

75 - Ghostbusters 2

 

not good with Lethal Weapon 2 and Star Trek 5 so far.  just above Akira's 85%, will probably round out the top 30.  

88 - The Abyss

86 - License to Kill

85 - Star Trek 5

85 - Lethal Weapon 2

85 - Pet Semetary

85 - Akira

84 - Dead Poets Society

83 - Christmas Vacation

70 - The Punisher

 

no one's stopping Born on the Fourth of July from seeing itself into the B+/A- range

Edited August 23, 2019 by 2010s Painkiller Race

[dxmatrixdt]

The Fly 2....  wow.  This and Communion are really aimed at kids with the makeup effects. 

I wonder if they had to deal with the MPAA with edgy material, or maybe just they were trying to cater to a larger audience.

It is not looking good so far.

[baumer]

3 minutes ago, 2010s Painkiller Race said:

The Fly 2....  wow.  This and Communion are really aimed at kids with the makeup effects. 

I wonder if they had to deal with the MPAA with edgy material, or maybe just they were trying to cater to a larger audience.

It is not looking good so far.

The Fly 2s big mistake was excluding Cronenberg.

[Avatree]

Didn't even know there was a The Fly 2!

[terrestrial]

2 hours ago, Avatree said:

Didn't even know there was a The Fly 2!

You wont miss a thing... Baumer said it 100% right,

[lorddemaxus]

@baumer So what time on the 25th are lists due by?

Edited August 23, 2019 by lorddemaxus

[baumer]

1 hour ago, lorddemaxus said:

@baumer So what time on the 25th are lists due by?

 Whenever you get it in. 

[tawasal]

@2010s Painkiller Race it’s amazing that you’re watching so many exciting movies at the same time. I was once like you.

[cannastop]

20 minutes ago, baumer said:

 Whenever you get it in. 

Some people are @aabattery though.

[cdsacken]

Dear God so many good movies. I was 4 years old in 89 yet I have seen most of the best ones. What a great year for movies.

 

I can't help it btw I love Bill and Ted. 

[dxmatrixdt]

23 hours ago, Happy Harry Hardon said:

@2010s Painkiller Race it’s amazing that you’re watching so many exciting movies at the same time. I was once like you.

binge analysis.  nothing for my memory or skills =(

 

*nvm Casualties of War was ridiculous.  they should have all been in a mental institution.   I was fixating on the images of Glory and Oprah in the 1989 poster 

 

 

Edited August 24, 2019 by 2010s Painkiller Race

[dxmatrixdt]

13 hours ago, Happy Harry Hard-On said:

@2010s Painkiller Race it’s amazing that you’re watching so many exciting movies at the same time. I was once like you.

[titanic2187]

On 8/5/2019 at 10:33 PM, titanic2187 said:

My 1989s list.

1. Dead Poet Society.

2. Little mermaid

3. Back to future 2

4. Do the right things

5. Driving Miss Daisy

6. Ghostbuster 2

7. Batman - this is 10++ years ago

 

I think i can only pick 1 or 2 in the end

 

If Akira is eligible, then 8!

 

Since then have watched When harry met sally and born o 4th July.

 

I think i am go ahead and submit my top 5 instead of 30.  

[4815162342]

sent in a list of 25.

 

[dxmatrixdt]

is there any good ones missing from this list?  action stuff.  big spiders, monsters, anything sci-fi or extreme?

 

7 - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier - 52.2
7 - Lethal Weapon 2 - 147.3
7 - Do the Right Thing - 27.5
7 - Born on the Fourth of July - 70.0
7 - Roger and Me - 6.7
7 - Fat Man and Little Boy - 3.6
7 - Red Scorpion - 4.2
7 - The Phantom of the Opera - 4.0
7 - Communion - 1.9
7 - The Fly II - 20.0
7 - Shocker - 16.6
7 - Back to the Future II - 118.5
7 - Millennium - 5.8
7 - Glory - 26.8
7 - Deepstar Six - 8.1
7 - 976-Evil - 3.0
7 - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - 40.5
7 - Relentless - 7.0
7 - Fright Night II - 3.0
7 - Stepfather 2 - 1.5
7 - Say Anything - 20.8
7 - Tango & Cash - 63.4
7 - Leviathan - 15.7
7 - The Terror Within - 0.9
7 - Harlem Nights - 60.9
7 - The Little Mermaid - 84.4
7 - Dead Calm - 7.8
7 - Lean on Me - 31.9
7 - Cyborg - 10.2
7 - Earth Girls Are Easy - 3.9
7 - Henry V - 10.2
7 - For All Mankind - 0.8
7 - Heart of Dixie - 1.1
7 - A Dry White Season - 3.8
7 - Drugstore Cowboy - 4.7

6 - Rooftops - 2.0
6 - My Left Foot - 14.7
6 - Miss Firecracker - 1.9
6 - Crimes and Misdemeanors - 18.3
6 - Casualties of War - 18.7
6 - Field of Dreams - 64.4
6 - Renegades - 9.0
6 - Gleaming the Cube - 2.8
6 - Best of the Best - 1.7
6 - The Horror Show - 1.7
6 - How I Got Into College - 1.6
6 - Farewell to the King - 2.4
6 - The Little Thief - 1.1
6 - Music Box - 6.3
6 - Rude Awakening - 3.2
6 - The Wizard - 14.3
6 - Black Rain - 46.2
6 - Sea of Love - 58.6
6 - Lock Up - 22.1
6 - Dead Bang - 8.1
6 - Sex, Lies, and Videotape - 24.7
6 - New York Stories - 10.8
6 - Enemies: A Love Story - 7.8
6 - Dream a Little Dream - 5.6
6 - Physical Evidence - 3.6
6 - Scandal - 8.8
6 - The Mighty Quinn - 4.6
6 - She-Devil - 15.4
6 - Pink Cadillac - 12.1
6 - The Package - 10.6
6 - Johnny Handsome - 7.2
6 - Crack House - 0.9
6 - UHF - 6.2
6 - Heathers - 1.1
6 - The January Man - 4.6
6 - Apartment Zero - 1.3
6 - Let it Ride - 5.0
6 - Kickboxer - 14.7
6 - Bloodfist - 1.8
6 - American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt - 0.9
6 - Camille Claudel - 3.3
6 - Valmont - 1.1
6 - Chocolat - 2.3
6 - Romero - 1.3
6 - Who's Harry Crumb? - 11.0
6 - Young Einstein - 11.5
6 - Immediate Family - 5.9
6 - We're No Angels - 10.6
6 - Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills - 2.2
6 - Vampire's Kiss - 0.7
6 - Parents - 0.9
6 - Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects - 3.4
6 - Speed Zone - 3.1
6 - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - 8.1
6 - All Dogs Go to Heaven - 27.1
5 - Prancer - 18.6
5 - Uncle Buck - 66.8
5 - Next of Kin - 15.9
5 - In Country - 3.5
5 - Road House - 30.1
5 - Steel Magnolias - 83.8
5 - The War of the Roses - 86.9
5 - When Harry Met Sally... - 92.8
5 - Major League - 49.8
5 - Driving Miss Daisy - 106.6
5 - See No Evil, Hear No Evil - 46.9
5 - Family Business - 12.1
5 - Getting it Right - 1.0
5 - The Karate Kid Part III - 39.0
5 - Slaves of New York - 0.5
5 - Little Monsters - 0.8
5 - Miracle Mile - 1.1
5 - Little Vera - 1.3
5 - The Adventures of Milo and Otis - 3.0
5 - War Party - 0.7
5 - Jacknife - 2.1
5 - Chances Are - 16.3
5 - The Dream Team - 28.9
5 - Weekend at Bernies - 30.2
5 - Tap - 9.1
5 - Erik the Viking - 1.9
5 - Sing - 2.3
5 - Shag: The Movie - 7.0
5 - Welcome Home - 1.0
5 - Police Academy 6: City Under Siege - 11.6
5 - Loverboy - 4.0
5 - Gross Anatomy - 11.6
5 - Cheetah - 8.2
5 - The 'Burbs - 36.6
5 - Fletch Lives - 35.2
5 - Criminal Law - 10.0
5 - Old Gringo - 3.6
5 - The Girl in a Swing - 0.7
5 - Winter People - 2.0
5 - Troop Beverly Hills - 8.5
5 - Turner & Hooch - 71.1
5 - An Innocent Man - 20.0
5 - Cookie - 1.9
5 - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - 130.7
5 - Look Who's Talking - 140.1 
5 - True Believer - 8.7
5 - True Love - 1.4
5 - Great Balls of Fire! - 13.7
5 - Mystery Train - 1.5
5 - Second Sight - 5.4
5 - Wired - 1.1
5 - The Toxic Avenger Part II - 0.8
5 - Shirley Valentine - 6.1
5 - Disorganized Crime - 7.7
5 - Listen to Me - 4.3
5 - The Fabulous Baker Boys - 18.4
5 - Skin Deep - 19.7
5 - Blaze - 19.1
5 - She's Out of Control - 12.1
5 - Worth Winning - 3.7
5 - See You in the Morning - 4.8
5 - Staying Together - 4.3
5 - Breaking In - 1.9
5 - Dad - 22.1
5 - No Holds Barred - 16.1
4 - The Bear - 31.8
4 - Three Fugitives - 40.6
4 - Queen of Hearts - 1.2
4 - Cousins - 22.0
4 - Her Alibi - 18.7
4 - K-9 - 43.2

Edited August 24, 2019 by 2010s Painkiller Race

[dxmatrixdt]

Do the Right Thing is tanking right now.  it's barely looking to make the top ten with this list.  The pizza joint setting is too familiar now with movies. If feels plucked right out of time.   The laughs are good 30 minutes in, but they can be easy to make.  If it gets an A, then it is going to have to rank above License to Kill, Star Trek, and Lethal Weapon.  

1 - Halloween

2 - Nightmare on Elm Street

3 - Friday the 13th

4 - The Abyss

5 - Batman

6 - Indiana Jones     

7 - License to Kill

(8 - Star Trek 5)

(9 - Lethal Weapon 2)

10 - Akira

11 - Dead Poet's Society

12 - Leviathan

13 - Glory

14 - Pet Semetary

15 - Christmas Vacation

(16 - The Fly 2)

17 - Communion

18 - Casualties of War

19 - Always

(20 - Red Scorpion)

21 - Parenthood

22 - Ghostbusters 2

23 - The Punisher

[aabattery]

1. Do the Right Thing
2. When Harry Met Sally
3. For All Mankind
4. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
5. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
6. Batman
7. The Abyss
8. The Mighty Quinn
9. Mystery Train
10. sex, lies and videotapes
11. The Little Mermaid
12. My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
13. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
14. Back to the Future II
15. Say Anything
16. Glory
17. Heathers
18. All Dogs Go to Heaven
19. Ghostbusters II
20. Always
21. Licence to Kill

[4815162342]

1 hour ago, aabattery said:

no sir ken

 

 

[Tower]

I ended up seeing 31 films from 1989. Lethal Weapon 2, Field Of Dreams, Major League, and Always were bad, so here are the other 27 ranked:

1	Do The Right Thing
2	The Killer
3	Dead Poets Society
4	The Abyss
5	Indiana Jones 3
6	Heathers
7	Back To The Future 2
8	Glory
9	The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
10	UHF
11	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
12	The 'Burbs
13	Crimes And Misdemeanours
14	Licence To Kill
15	Batman
16	The Little Mermaid
17	Sex, Lies, And Videotape
18	My Left Foot
19	All Dogs Go To Heaven
20	Pet Sematary
21	The Gods Must Be Crazy 2
22	Kiki's Delivery Service
23	Steel Magnolias
24	Parenthood
25	Driving Miss Daisy
26	Black Rain
27	When Harry Met Sally