1989 in film

The year 1989 involved many significant films.

January–March

 * January 1989
 * January 4 - Oliver and the Funfair
 * January 10 - Chess
 * January 13
 * DeepStar Six
 * The Experts
 * Gleaming the Cube
 * The January Man
 * January 27
 * Cohen and Tate
 * Physical Evidence
 * Three Fugitives
 * January 28 - Oliver Goes to Texas
 * February 1989
 * February 3
 * Gone With the Wind (re-release)
 * Her Alibi
 * Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
 * Who's Harry Crumb?
 * February 10
 * Cousins
 * The Fly II
 * Tap
 * February 15 - Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports
 * February 17
 * Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
 * The 'Burbs, starring Tom Hanks
 * The Mighty Quinn
 * True Believer
 * February 24
 * American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt
 * Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
 * The Toxic Avenger Part II
 * March 1989
 * March 1 - New York Stories (New York City; U.S.A. March 10, 1989)
 * March 3
 * Dream a Little Dream
 * Farewell to the King
 * Lean on Me, starring Morgan Freeman
 * Skin Deep
 * March 10
 * The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
 * Chances Are, starring Cybill Shepherd and Robert Downey, Jr.
 * Jacknife starring Robert De Niro
 * Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
 * March 16 - Blind Fury
 * March 17
 * Fletch Lives
 * Leviathan
 * The Rescuers (re-release)
 * March 18
 * The Good, the Bad, and Deputy Huck
 * Rooftops
 * The Railway Dragon
 * March 24
 * Dead Bang
 * 976-EVIL
 * Troop Beverly Hills
 * March 28 - Oliver and the Goldmine
 * March 31
 * Heathers
 * Sing

April–June

 * April 1989
 * April 7
 * Cyborg
 * Dead Calm
 * The Dream Team
 * Major League
 * April 14
 * Disorganized Crime
 * Say Anything...
 * She's Out of Control
 * Winter People
 * April 20 - Kickboxer
 * April 21
 * Field of Dreams
 * Pet Sematary
 * Red Scorpion
 * See You in the Morning
 * Speed Zone
 * Teen Witch
 * April 28
 * Criminal Law
 * The Horror Show
 * K-9
 * Loverboy
 * Miss Firecracker
 * Scandal
 * May 1989
 * May 5
 * Listen to Me
 * Signs of Life
 * May 10 - Oliver and the Crystal Ball
 * May 12
 * Earth Girls Are Easy
 * See No Evil, Hear No Evil
 * May 19
 * How I Got into College
 * Fright Night 2
 * Miracle Mile
 * Road House
 * May 23 - Garfield's Babes and Bullets
 * May 24 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
 * May 26 - Pink Cadillac
 * June 1989
 * June 1 - My Mom's a Werewolf
 * June 2
 * Dead Poets Society
 * No Holds Barred
 * Renegades
 * Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
 * Vampire's Kiss
 * June 6 - Oliver and the Nuts in Space
 * June 9 - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
 * June 10 - Oliver at Creepy Castle
 * June 13 - Licence to Kill, London premiere
 * June 16 - Ghostbusters II
 * June 23
 * Batman
 * Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
 * June 30
 * Do the Right Thing
 * Great Balls of Fire!
 * The Karate Kid, Part III

July–September

 * July 1989
 * July 5
 * Weekend at Bernie's, starring Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman
 * Oliver's Siblings (1989 film)
 * July 7
 * Lethal Weapon 2, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, first sequel of the Lethal Weapon series
 * Oliver and the Train Robbers
 * July 14
 * Peter Pan (re-release)
 * When Harry Met Sally...
 * July 21 - UHF, written by and starring 'Weird' Al Yankovic
 * July 22
 * Annette, Collette, and Danielle in Stinky Dalton To The Rescue!
 * July 28
 * Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, eighth entry in the Friday the 13th series
 * Turner & Hooch, starring Tom Hanks
 * August 1989
 * August 1 - ''Dastardly and Muttley in the Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound
 * August 2 - Parenthood
 * August 4 - Lock Up, starring Sylvester Stallone
 * August 9 - The Abyss, directed by James Cameron, starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn
 * August 11 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, fifth entry in A Nightmare on Elm Street series
 * August 16
 * Uncle Buck
 * Oliver in the Arctic
 * August 18
 * Blood Red
 * Casualties of War starring Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn
 * Cheetah
 * Sex, Lies, and Videotape
 * August 30 - Shirley Valentine
 * September 1989
 * September 15
 * The Singing Strays Meets the Boo Brothers
 * True Love
 * Oliver and the Ice Cream Factory
 * September 18 - Oliver and the Chocolate Factory
 * September 20 - Oliver and the Stolen Rocket Ship
 * September 22 - Black Rain
 * September 24 - Bingo and Stinky Dalton Meet Frankenstein
 * September 29 - Little Monsters

October–December

 * October 1989
 * October 5 - The Punisher
 * October 6 - An Innocent Man
 * October 9 - Drugstore Cowboy
 * October 12 - Puppet Master
 * October 13
 * Breaking In
 * Crimes and Misdemeanors
 * The Fabulous Baker Boys
 * Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, fifth entry in the Halloween series
 * Look Who's Talking
 * October 15 - Oliver and the Pearl Fishers
 * ''The Chipettes vs. the Bandits
 * October 20
 * Fat Man and Little Boy
 * Gross Anatomy
 * Next of Kin
 * October 23
 * Oliver and the Gun Smugglers
 * The Super Mario Bros. Super Show - Koopa Klaus
 * October 27
 * Worth Winning
 * October 29 - Oliver and the Indians
 * November 1989
 * November 5 - Oliver and the Elephant's Graveyard
 * November 6 - Oliver and the Toy Shop
 * November 8 - Henry V
 * November 11 - Oliver Meets the Boo Brothers
 * November 15 - Steel Magnolias, starring Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MacLaine and Daryl Hannah, directed by Herbert Ross
 * November 17
 * All Dogs Go to Heaven
 * The Little Mermaid
 * November 22
 * Back to the Future Part II, starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd; the first sequel of Back to the Future trilogy
 * Garfield's Thanksgiving
 * November 24 - Oliver and the School Little Girls
 * November 25 - Oliver and the Treasure Island
 * December 1989
 * December 1 - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
 * December 2
 * ''The Pebble and the Penguin: Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears
 * December 6 - The Wind in the Willows - A Tale of Two Toads
 * December 8
 * She-Devil
 * The War of the Roses, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito
 * A Cat's Life
 * December 14 - Glory
 * December 15
 * Blaze
 * Driving Miss Daisy
 * The Wizard
 * December 20
 * Born on the Fourth of July
 * Roger & Me
 * December 22
 * Always
 * Tango & Cash, Starring Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell
 * December 25
 * The BFG
 * Wallace and Gromit - A Grand Day Out