1989 in film
The year 1989 involved many significant films.
Actress 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.
Kim Basinger
A director's cut of is released with a 227-minute length. The restoration was undertaken by Robert A. Harris under the supervision of director David Lean.
Lawrence of Arabia
April 23 – , starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, and Burt Lancaster, is released.
Field of Dreams
May 24 – is released. It is the third installment of the Indiana Jones series.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
June 13 – The film Licence to Kill is released. 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.
James Bond
June 16 - is released.
Ghostbusters II
Batman
July 7 – 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.
Lethal Weapon 2
July 11 – Screen, stage, and Shakespearian legend died peacefully in his home in England, after appearing in his last filmed role as an old soldier in War Requiem.
Laurence Olivier
August 2 – 's family comedy Parenthood, starring Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, and Rick Moranis, is released.
Ron Howard
September 28 – announce its intention to buy Columbia Pictures and Tri-Star Pictures. The deal is completed in November for a total cost of nearly $5 billion. They appoint Peter Guber and Jon Peters as co-chairman, in a further deal that cost up to $1 billion, after settling a lawsuit with Warner Bros.
Sony
November 7 - agrees to sell his stake in Carolco Pictures to his co-chairman and co-founder Mario Kassar for $106 million.
Andrew G. Vajna
November 17 – 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.
The Little Mermaid
November 22 – is released.
Back to the Future Part II
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January 1 – , French actress
Adele Haenel
January 3 – , American actor
Alex D. Linz
January 8 - , Indian-American actor
Karan Soni
January 9 – , Bulgarian-Canadian actress and model
Nina Dobrev
January 13 - , Cameroonian-American singer-songwriter and actress
Andy Allo
January 14 - , American-born English actress
Emma Greenwell
Rila Fukushima
January 17 – , American actress
Kelly Marie Tran
January 23 – , English actress
April Pearson
January 20 – , Estonian actress
Piret Krumm
January 26 – , American actress
Hannah Arterton
January 29 – , Estonian actor
Kaspar Velberg
Kylie Bunbury
February 1 - , Brazilian actor
Marco Pigossi
February 3 - , American former actor
Ryne Sanborn
Märt Pius
February 5 – , American actor
Jeremy Sumpter
February 10 – , Latvian actress
Olga Korsak
February 12 - , Israeli actress
Odelya Halevi
Carly McKillip
February 16 – , American actress
Elizabeth Olsen
Corbin Bleu
February 24 – , English actor
Daniel Kaluuya
February 29 - , Hong Kong actress and singer
Angelababy
March 1 – , American actress and singer
Daniella Monet
March 2 - , English actress and model
Nathalie Emmanuel
March 3 - , Canadian actress and model
Andrea Brooks
Jake Lloyd
Rainey Qualley
Tom Bateman
Morfydd Clark
March 18 – , English-American actress
Lily Collins
March 20 – , Canadian actor and director
Xavier Dolan
March 21 – , Japanese actor
Takeru Sato
March 23 - , Canadian-American actress
Ayesha Curry
Matthew Beard
April 2 – , Estonian actress
Liis Lass
Freddie Fox
April 8 - , English model and actress
Gabriella Wilde
April 12 - , Indonesian-born American actor
Yoshi Sudarso
April 18 – , American actress
Alia Shawkat
April 19 – , Canadian actor, writer, producer and stuntman
Simu Liu
April 26 - , Australian actor
Luke Bracey
Sophie Charlotte
May 5 – , English actress
Larissa Wilson
May 10 – , American actress
Lindsey Shaw
May 12 - , American actress
Mimi Gianopulos
May 16 – , Estonian actor
Pääru Oja
May 18 - , American actress
Jona Xiao
May 23 – , Italian–American actor
Alberto Frezza
Tara Correa-McMullen
Riley Keough
May 30 - , American actor and singer-songwriter
Kevin Covais
Megumi Han
June 12 - , English actress
Jade Anouka
Lucy Hale
June 18 - , American actress and singer
Renee Olstead
June 19 - , Italian-Canadian actor
Giacomo Gianniotti
June 20 – , American actor
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
June 21 - , American actor
Jascha Washington
June 23 - , American actress, singer and model
Marielle Jaffe
Edgar Morais
June 26 - , American stunt performer (died 2014)
Carlos Lopez
Kimiko Glenn
Mitch Hewer
July 3 - , Japanese actor
Kento Kaku
July 4 - , American Football Player
T. J. Graham
David Henrie
July 12 - , Australian actress and model
Phoebe Tonkin
July 14 - , American actress
Alisha Wainwright
July 16 - , South Korean actor
Kim Woo-bin
July 19 - , American comedian and actor
James Austin Johnson
Rory Culkin
July 25 - , American actor
Andrew Caldwell
July 27 - , Canadian actress
Charlotte Arnold
Alexis Knapp
August 1 - , American actress, writer and editor
Landry Allbright
August 2 – , French actress
Priscilla Betti
August 10 – , Australian actor
Brenton Thwaites
August 14 – , Russian actor
Artyom Bogucharsky
Joe Jonas
August 18 - , American filmmaker, actress, comedian, musician and YouTuber
Anna Akana
Rob Knox
Thomas Cocquerel
Loren Allred
September 8 - , Canadian filmmaker
Domee Shi
Logan Henderson
September 17 - , American actress and singer
Danielle Brooks
September 19 - , Chilean actress and model
Lorenza Izzo
September 22 - , Mexican actress, writer and director
Sofía Espinosa
September 26 - , English actress
Emma Rigby
October 1 – , American actress
Brie Larson
October 4 – , American actress
Dakota Johnson
October 10 - , American actress, model and producer
Aimee Teegarden
October 14 – , Australian actress
Mia Wasikowska
October 24 - , Canadian actress
Shenae Grimes
October 30 - , American stand-up comedian and actor
Dustin Ybarra
November 3 - , English actor
Elliott Tittensor
November 8 - , American filmmaker
Nia DaCosta
Sherry Cola
November 18 - , American actress
Stephanie Nogueras
November 20 - , American actor and singer
Cody Linley
November 22 - , American actor
Alden Ehrenreich
November 26 - , American former child actress
Katie Sagona
December 2 – , Canadian actress and singer
Cassie Steele
December 4 - , American actress
Nafessa Williams
Nicholas Hoult
December 13 – , American singer-songwriter, actress, and musician
Taylor Swift
December 15 - , American actress
Nichole Sakura
December 18 – , American actress and model
Ashley Benson
December 24 - , American actor
Daniel Durant
December 28 - , Irish actress and singer
Jessie Buckley
Jane Levy
December 30 – , Brazilian actress