Editing 1989 in film

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The year 1989 involved many significant films.

==Highest-grossing films==
{{see also|List of 1989 box office number-one films in the United States}}
The top 10 films released in 1989 by worldwide gross are as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/1989/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1|title=1989 Worldwide Box Office |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[IMDb]]|access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1989<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1989&p=.htm|title=1989 Worldwide Grosses|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 1, 2014}}</ref>
|-
! Rank!! Title!! Distributor!! Worldwide gross 
|-
! style="text-align:center;" | 1
| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $474,171,806
|-
! style="text-align:center;" | 2
| ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| $411,569,241
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3 
| ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]''
| [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]
| $332,950,002
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
| ''[[Look Who's Talking]]''
| [[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]]
| $297,999,813	
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
| ''[[Dead Poets Society]]''
| [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Disney]]
| $235,860,116	 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
| ''[[Lethal Weapon 2]]''
| Warner Bros.
| $227,853,986	 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]]''
| Disney
 |$222,724,172	 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[Ghostbusters II]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
| $215,394,738	 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
| ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]''
| Disney
| $184,155,863<!-- PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ADDING THE TOTAL LIFETIME BOX OFFICE GROSS. THE NUMBER LISTED HERE IS REFERRING TO THE GROSS MADE DURING ITS INITIAL THEATRICAL RUN! --><ref name="littlemermaid">''The Little Mermaid''
* Domestic grosses (US & Canada): {{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2860012037/ |title=The Little Mermaid (1989) – Release Summary |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=June 21, 2024 |quote=Initial: $84,355,863}}
* International grosses (outside US & Canada): {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1989&p=.htm  |title=1989 Worldwide Grosses |date=June 21, 2024 |website=Box Office Mojo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312140914/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1989&p=.htm |archive-date=March 12, 2014 |quote=Overseas: $99.8 million |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July]]''
| Universal
| $162,001,698	 
|-
|}

==Events==
* Actress [[Kim Basinger]] 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 in film|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]]''.
* A director's cut of ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' is released with a 227-minute length. The restoration was undertaken by [[Robert A. Harris]] under the supervision of director [[David Lean]].
* May 24 – ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' is released by Paramount Pictures. It is the third installment of the '''''[[Indiana Jones]]''''' franchise.
* June 13 – The '''''[[James Bond (film series)|James Bond]]''''' 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]]'', will be released in 1995.
* June 23
** ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'' is released by Warner Bros., earning more than $410 million worldwide. It established the public and critical attention of director [[Tim Burton]].
** ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]]'' is released by Walt Disney Pictures, marking the directorial debut of visual effects supervisor [[Joe Johnston]], who later went on to direct ''[[The Rocketeer (film)|The Rocketeer]]'', ''[[Jumanji]]'', ''[[October Sky]]'', ''[[Jurassic Park III]]'', and ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]''.
* July 7 – ''[[Lethal Weapon 2]]'' is released by Warner Bros., becoming the highest-grossing film in the franchise. As well as the highest grossing R-rated film of the year at the domestic box-office.
* July 11 – Screen, stage, and Shakespearian legend [[Laurence Olivier]] died peacefully at his British home, after appearing in his last filmed role as an old soldier in ''[[War Requiem (film)|War Requiem]]''.
* August 2 – [[Ron Howard]]'s family comedy ''[[Parenthood (film)|Parenthood]]'', starring [[Steve Martin]], [[Tom Hulce]], and [[Rick Moranis]], is released by Universal Pictures.
* September 28 – [[Sony]] 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.]]
* November 7 – [[Andrew G. Vajna]] agrees to sell his stake in [[Carolco Pictures]] to his co-chairman and co-founder [[Mario Kassar]] for $106 million.
* November 17 – ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' becomes a critical and commercial success, bringing new life to [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]]. This film also reinvigorated public and critical interest in [[The Walt Disney Company]], which would become one of the most prestigious corporations of the 1990s.
* November 22 – ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]'' is released by Universal Pictures.

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[47th Golden Globe Awards]]<br />January 20, 1990 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[62nd Academy Awards]]<br />March 26, 1990 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[43rd British Academy Film Awards|43rd BAFTA Awards]]<br />1990
|-
! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Comedy or Musical
|-
| Best Film || ''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July]]'' || colspan="2"|''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]'' || ''[[Dead Poets Society]]''
|-
| Best Director || colspan="3"| [[Oliver Stone]]<br/>''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July]]'' || [[Kenneth Branagh]]<br/>''[[Henry V (1989 film)|Henry V]]''
|-
| Best Actor || [[Tom Cruise]]<br/>''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July]]'' || [[Morgan Freeman]]<br/>''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]'' || colspan="2"| [[Daniel Day-Lewis]]<br/>''[[My Left Foot]]'' 
|-
| Best Actress || [[Michelle Pfeiffer]]<br/>''[[The Fabulous Baker Boys]]'' || colspan="2"| [[Jessica Tandy]]<br/>''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]'' || [[Pauline Collins]]<br/>''[[Shirley Valentine (film)|Shirley Valentine]]''
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="3"| [[Denzel Washington]]<br/>''[[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]]'' || [[Ray McAnally]]<br/>''[[My Left Foot]]''
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2"| [[Julia Roberts]]<br/>''[[Steel Magnolias]]'' || [[Brenda Fricker]]<br/>''[[My Left Foot]]'' || [[Michelle Pfeiffer]]<br/>''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Adapted || rowspan="2" colspan="2"| [[Ron Kovic]] and [[Oliver Stone]]<br>''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July]]'' || [[Alfred Uhry]]<br />''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]''|| [[Christopher Hampton]]<br/>''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Original || [[Tom Schulman]]<br/>''[[Dead Poets Society]]'' || [[Nora Ephron]]<br/>''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]''
|-
| Best Original Score || colspan="3"| ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]''<br/>[[Alan Menken]] || ''[[Dead Poets Society]]''<br/>[[Maurice Jarre]]
|-
| Best Original Song || colspan="3"| "[[Under the Sea]]"<br/>''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' ||'''N/A'''
|-
| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="3"| ''[[Cinema Paradiso]]'' || ''[[Life and Nothing But]]''
|}

== 1989 films ==
=== By country/region ===
* [[List of American films of 1989]]
* [[List of Argentine films of 1989]]
* [[List of Australian films of 1989]]
* [[List of Bangladeshi films of 1989]]
* [[List of British films of 1989]]
* [[List of Canadian films of 1989]]
* [[List of French films of 1989]]
* [[List of Hong Kong films of 1989]]
* [[List of Japanese films of 1989]]
* [[List of Mexican films of 1989]]
* [[List of South Korean films of 1989]]
* [[List of Soviet films of 1989]]
* [[List of Spanish films of 1989]]

===By genre/medium===
* [[List of action films of the 1980s#1989|List of action films of 1989]]
* [[List of animated feature films of 1989]]
* [[List of avant-garde films of the 1980s|List of avant-garde films of 1989]]
* [[List of comedy films of the 1980s#1989|List of comedy films of 1989]]
* [[List of drama films of the 1980s#1989|List of drama films of 1989]]
* [[List of horror films of 1989]]
* [[List of science fiction films of the 1980s#1989fc|List of science fiction films of 1989]]
* [[List of thriller films of the 1980s#1989|List of thriller films of 1989]]
* [[List of Western films of the 1980s|List of western films of 1989]]

==Births==
* January 1 – [[Adele Haenel]], French actress
* January 3 – [[Alex D. Linz]], American actor
* January 6 - [[Max Pirkis]], English actor
* January 8 – [[Karan Soni]], Indian-American actor
* January 9 – [[Nina Dobrev]], Bulgarian-Canadian actress and model
* January 13 – [[Andy Allo]], Cameroonian-American singer-songwriter and actress
* January 14 – [[Emma Greenwell]], American-born English actress
* January 16
**[[Rila Fukushima]], Japanese actress and model
**[[Yvonne Zima]], American actress
* January 17 – [[Kelly Marie Tran]], American actress
* January 23 – [[April Pearson]], English actress
* January 20 – [[Piret Krumm]], Estonian actress 
* January 26 – [[Hannah Arterton]], American actress
* January 29 – [[Kaspar Velberg]], Estonian actor
* January 30
**[[Kylie Bunbury]], Canadian-American actress
**[[Khleo Thomas]], American actor
* February 1 – [[Marco Pigossi]], Brazilian actor 
* February 3 – [[Ryne Sanborn]], American former actor
* February 4 
** [[Märt Pius]], Estonian actor
** [[Priit Pius]], Estonian actor
* February 5 – [[Jeremy Sumpter]], American actor
* February 10 – [[Olga Korsak]], Latvian actress
* February 12 – [[Odelya Halevi]], Israeli actress
* February 13
** [[Carly McKillip]], Canadian actress and singer
** [[Katie Volding]], American actress
* February 16 – [[Elizabeth Olsen]], American actress
* February 21
** [[Corbin Bleu]], American actor and singer
** [[Scout Taylor-Compton]], American actress and singer
* February 24 – [[Daniel Kaluuya]], English actor
* February 28 – [[Angelababy]], Hong Kong actress and singer
* March 1 – [[Daniella Monet]], American actress and singer
* March 2 – [[Nathalie Emmanuel]], English actress and model
* March 3 – [[Andrea Brooks]], Canadian actress and model
* March 5
** [[Jake Lloyd]], American actor
** [[Sterling Knight]], American actor and musician
* March 11
**[[Rainey Qualley]], American actress and singer
**[[Anton Yelchin]], Russian-American actor (died 2016)
* March 15
**[[Tom Bateman (actor)|Tom Bateman]], British actor
**[[Caitlin Wachs]], American actress
* March 17
**[[Morfydd Clark]], Welsh actress
**[[Harry Melling (actor)|Harry Melling]], English actor
* March 18 – [[Lily Collins]], English-American actress
* March 20 – [[Xavier Dolan]], Canadian actor and director
* March 21 – [[Takeru Sato]], Japanese actor
* March 23 – [[Ayesha Curry]], Canadian-American actress
* March 25
**[[Matthew Beard (English actor)|Matthew Beard]], English actor and model
**[[Aly Michalka]], American actress and singer
* April 2 – [[Liis Lass]], Estonian actress 
* April 5
**[[Freddie Fox (actor)|Freddie Fox]], English actor, director and voice artist
**[[Lily James]], English actress
* April 8 – [[Gabriella Wilde]], English model and actress
* April 12 – [[Yoshi Sudarso]], Indonesian-born American actor
* April 18 – [[Alia Shawkat]], American actress
* April 19 – [[Simu Liu]], Canadian actor, writer, producer and stuntman
* April 26 – [[Luke Bracey]], Australian actor
* April 29
**[[Sophie Charlotte (actress)|Sophie Charlotte]], Brazilian actress
**[[Gabriel Chavarria]], American-Hispanic actor
* April 30 - [[Alex Hafner]], international actor
* May 5 – [[Larissa Wilson]], English actress
* May 10 – [[Lindsey Shaw]], American actress
* May 12 – [[Mimi Gianopulos]], American actress
* May 16 – [[Pääru Oja]], Estonian actor
* May 18 – [[Jona Xiao]], American actress
* May 21 - [[Emily Robins]], New Zealand actress
* May 23 – [[Alberto Frezza]], Italian–American actor
* May 24
**[[Tara Correa-McMullen]], American actress (died 2005)
**[[Brianne Howey]], American actress
* May 29
**[[Riley Keough]], American actress
**[[Brandon Mychal Smith]], American actor, singer and rapper
**[[Mathew Waters]], Australian actor
* May 30 – [[Kevin Covais]], American actor and singer-songwriter
* June 3
**[[Megumi Han]], Japanese voice actress
**[[Imogen Poots]], English actress
**[[Daniela Vega]], Chilean actress
* June 12
**[[Jade Anouka]], English actress
**[[Stephanie Bennett (actress)|Stephanie Bennett]], Canadian actress
* June 14
**[[Lucy Hale]], American actress and singer
**[[Courtney Halverson]], American actress
**[[Tobit Raphael]], American actor
* June 18 – [[Renee Olstead]], American actress and singer
* June 19 – [[Giacomo Gianniotti]], Italian-Canadian actor
* June 20 – [[Christopher Mintz-Plasse]], American actor
* June 21 – [[Jascha Washington]], American actor
* June 23 – [[Marielle Jaffe]], American actress, singer and model
* June 25
** [[Edgar Morais]], Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
** [[Rafael Morais]], Portuguese actor, director, and screenwriter
* June 26 – [[Carlos Lopez (stuntman)|Carlos Lopez]], American stunt performer (died 2014)
* June 27
**[[Kimiko Glenn]], American actress
**[[Kelley Jakle]], American actress and singer-songwriter
**[[Matthew Lewis (actor)|Matthew Lewis]], English actor
* July 1
** [[Mitch Hewer]], English actor
** [[Hannah Murray]], English actress
* July 3 – [[Kento Kaku]], Japanese actor
* July 7 - [[Alice Orr-Ewing]], British actress
* July 11 
** [[David Henrie]], American actor
** [[Shareeka Epps]], American actress
* July 12 – [[Phoebe Tonkin]], Australian actress and model
* July 14 – [[Alisha Wainwright]], American actress
* July 16 – [[Kim Woo-bin]], South Korean actor
* July 19 – [[James Austin Johnson]], American comedian and actor
* July 21
**[[Rory Culkin]], American actor
**[[Jasmine Cephas Jones]], American actress, singer and producer
**[[Juno Temple]], English actress
**[[Jing Tian]], Chinese actress
**[[Jamie Waylett]], British former actor
* July 23 – [[Daniel Radcliffe]], English actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Radcliffe |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc59f3537 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321072954/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc59f3537 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 21, 2017 |website=BFI |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* July 25 – [[Andrew Caldwell (actor)|Andrew Caldwell]], American actor
* July 27 – [[Charlotte Arnold]], Canadian actress
* July 31
**[[Alexis Knapp]], American actress
**[[Sofia Pernas]], American actress
**[[Jessica Williams (actress)|Jessica Williams]], American actress and comedian
**[[Zelda Williams]], American actress, director, producer and writer
*August 1 – [[Landry Allbright]], American actress, writer and editor
* August 2 – [[Priscilla Betti]], French actress
* August 9 - [[Paige Spara]], American actress
* August 10 – [[Brenton Thwaites]], Australian actor
* August 14 – [[Artyom Bogucharsky]], Russian actor 
* August 15 
** [[Joe Jonas]], American singer and actor (Jonas Brothers)
** [[Carlos PenaVega]], actor (Big Time Rush)
**[[Masaki Okada]], Japanese actor 
* August 18 – [[Anna Akana]], American filmmaker, actress, comedian, musician and YouTuber
* August 21
**[[Rob Knox]], English actor (died 2008)
**[[Hayden Panettiere]], American actress and singer
* September 5
**[[Thomas Cocquerel]], Australian actor
**[[Kat Graham]], American actress, model, singer and dancer
**[[Olivier Richters]], Dutch bodybuilder, actor and model
* September 7
**[[Loren Allred]], American singer, songwriter and actress
**[[Hannah John-Kamen]], English actress
**[[Jonathan Majors]], American actor
**[[Hugh Mitchell (actor)|Hugh Mitchell]], English actor
* September 8 – [[Domee Shi]], Canadian filmmaker
* September 14
**[[Logan Henderson]], actor (Big Time Rush)
**[[Jesse James (actor)|Jesse James]], American actor
* September 17 – [[Danielle Brooks]], American actress and singer
* September 19 – [[Lorenza Izzo]], Chilean actress and model
* September 22 – [[Sofía Espinosa]], Mexican actress, writer and director
* September 26 – [[Emma Rigby]], English actress
* October 1 – [[Brie Larson]], American actress
* October 4 – [[Dakota Johnson]], American actress
* October 10 – [[Aimee Teegarden]], American actress, model and producer
* October 14 – [[Mia Wasikowska]], Australian actress
* October 16 - [[Jack Salvatore Jr.]], American actor and television writer
* October 24 – [[Shenae Grimes]], Canadian actress
* October 30 – [[Dustin Ybarra]], American stand-up comedian and actor
* November 3 – [[Elliott Tittensor]], English actor
* November 8 – [[Nia DaCosta]], American filmmaker
* November 10
**[[Sherry Cola]], American comedian and actress
**[[Taron Egerton]], Welsh actor
* November 18 – [[Stephanie Nogueras]], American actress
* November 20
**[[Cody Linley]], American actor and singer
**[[Sergei Polunin]], Ukrainian actor and dancer
* November 22 – [[Alden Ehrenreich]], American actor
* November 26 – [[Katie Sagona]], American former child actress
* December 2 – [[Cassie Steele]], Canadian actress and singer
* December 4 – [[Nafessa Williams]], American actress
* December 7
**[[Nicholas Hoult]], English actor
**[[Caleb Landry Jones]], American actor and musician
* December 13 – [[Taylor Swift]], American singer-songwriter, actress, and musician
* December 15 – [[Nichole Sakura]], American actress
* December 18 – [[Ashley Benson]], American actress and model
* December 24 – [[Daniel Durant]], American actor
* December 28
**[[George Blagden]], English actor
**[[Jessie Buckley]], Irish actress and singer
* December 29
** [[Jane Levy]], American actress
** [[Left Brain]], American rapper
* December 30 – [[Letícia Colin]], Brazilian actress

==Deaths==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;"
|- style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;"
! Month !! Date !! Name !! Age !! Country !! Profession !! Notable films
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in January 1989|January]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Nell O'Day]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Road to Ruin (1934 film)|The Road to Ruin]]''| ''[[Rackety Rax]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Jean Willes]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film)|Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]''| ''[[The King and Four Queens]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Kenneth McMillan (actor)|Kenneth McMillan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Ragtime (film)|Ragtime]]''| ''[[The Pope of Greenwich Village]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Helen Logan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Charlie Chan at the Olympics]]''| ''[[Pin Up Girl (film)|Pin Up Girl]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Joe Spinell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Godfather]]''| ''[[Rocky]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Prem Nazir]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| India || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Murappennu]]''| ''[[Dhwani]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Trey Wilson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 40 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Raising Arizona]]''| ''[[Bull Durham]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Norma Varden]] || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''| ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Beatrice Lillie]] || style="text-align:center;"| 94 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Thoroughly Modern Millie]]''| ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Arthur Lonergan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Art Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Forbidden Planet]]''| ''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Morton DaCosta]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Music Man (1962 film)|The Music Man]]''| ''[[Auntie Mame (film)|Auntie Mame]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=12 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in February 1989|February]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Walter M. Scott]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Set Decorator || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]''| ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[John Cassavetes]] || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director, Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Dirty Dozen]]''| ''[[Faces (1968 film)|Faces]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Lionel Newman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Doctor Dolittle (film)|Doctor Dolittle]]''| ''[[Hello, Dolly! (film)|Hello, Dolly!]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || Paul Carson || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[A Countess from Hong Kong]]''| ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Ferris Webster]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]''| ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Emrys James]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Dragonslayer (1981 film)|Dragonslayer]]''| ''[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1977 film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[T. E. B. Clarke]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]]''| ''[[Passport to Pimlico]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Roland Gross]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Thing from Another World]]''| ''[[None but the Lonely Heart (film)|None but the Lonely Heart]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[George O'Hanlon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Rocky]]''| ''[[Park Row (film)|Park Row]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Marguerite Roberts]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[True Grit (1969 film)|True Grit]]''| ''[[Ziegfeld Girl (film)|Ziegfeld Girl]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Roxanne Arlen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Gypsy (1962 film)|Gypsy]]''| ''[[The Best Things in Life Are Free (film)|The Best Things in Life Are Free]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Joan Woodbury]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Brenda Starr, Reporter (film)|Brenda Starr, Reporter]]''| ''[[Paper Bullets]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=12 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in March 1989|March]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Harry Andrews]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director, Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Agony and the Ecstasy (film)|The Agony and the Ecstasy]]''| ''[[The Hill (1965 film)|The Hill]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Maurizio Merli]] || style="text-align:center;"| 49 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Violent Rome]]''| ''[[Mannaja]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Maurice Evans (actor)|Maurice Evans]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]''| ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Merritt Butrick]] || style="text-align:center;"| 29 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]''| ''[[Head Office]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Valérie Quennessen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 31 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)|Conan the Barbarian]]''| ''[[Summer Lovers]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Milton Frome]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)|Bye Bye Birdie]]''| ''[[The Nutty Professor (1963 film)|The Nutty Professor]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Reginald Le Borg]] || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Jungle Woman]]''| ''[[War Drums]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[May Allison]] || style="text-align:center;"| 98 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[A Fool There Was (1915 film)|A Fool There Was]]''| ''[[The City (1926 film)|The City]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Jack Starrett]] || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Blazing Saddles]]''| ''[[Race with the Devil]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Robert J. Wilke]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|{{hlist|''[[High Noon]]''| ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Bernard Blier]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Great War (1959 film)|The Great War]]''| ''[[The Organizer]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Reg Allen (set decorator)|Reg Allen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Set Decorator || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Pink Panther (1963 film)|The Pink Panther]]''| ''[[Lady Sings the Blues (film)|Lady Sings the Blues]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in April 1989|April]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Mario Chiari]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Production Designer || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Doctor Dolittle (1967 film)|Doctor Dolittle]]''| ''[[King Kong (1976 film)|King Kong]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Gerald Flood]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''| ''[[Frightmare (1974 film)|Frightmare]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Charles Vanel]] || style="text-align:center;"| 96 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Wages of Fear (film)|The Wages of Fear]]''| ''[[Diabolique (1955 film)|Diabolique]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[John Dighton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Roman Holiday]]''| ''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Clyde Geronimi]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Animator, Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]''| ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[George Coulouris]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Citizen Kane]]''| ''[[Mr. Skeffington]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Lucille Ball]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Mame (film)|Mame]]''| ''[[The Big Street]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Jack Cummings (director)|Jack Cummings]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]]''| ''[[Kiss Me Kate (film)|Kiss Me Kate]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Sergio Leone]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]''| ''[[Once Upon a Time in America]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Guy Williams (actor)|Guy Williams]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text=align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Damon and Pythias (1962 film)|Damon and Pythias]]''| ''[[Captain Sindbad]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in May 1989|May]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[James Crabe]] || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Rocky]]''| ''[[The Karate Kid]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[William Squire]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Where Eagles Dare]]''| ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|The Lord of the Rings]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Johnny Green]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]''| ''[[An American in Paris (film)|An American in Paris]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Anton Diffring]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Circus of Horrors]]''| ''[[The Blue Max]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Robert Webber]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[12 Angry Men (1957 film)|12 Angry Men]]''| ''[[10 (1979 film)|10]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Lyn Murray]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Composer, Conductor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[To Catch a Thief]]''| ''[[Wives and Lovers (film)|Wives and Lovers]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Gilda Radner]] || style="text-align:center;"| 42 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Woman in Red (1984 film)|The Woman in Red]]''| ''[[Haunted Honeymoon]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Gerd Oswald]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Screaming Mimi (film)|Screaming Mimi]]''| ''[[A Kiss Before Dying (1956 film)|A Kiss Before Dying]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Brigid Bazlen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 44 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]]''| ''[[The Honeymoon Machine]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Albert Woodbury]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer, Orchestrator || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]''| ''[[They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)|They Shoot Horses, Don't They?]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in June 1989|June]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Richard Quine]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Bell, Book and Candle]]''| ''[[Operation Mad Ball]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Victor French]] || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[An Officer and a Gentleman]]''| ''[[Chato's Land]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Ray McAnally]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| Ireland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Mission (1986 film)|The Mission]]''| ''[[My Left Foot (film)|My Left Foot]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[John Matuszak]] || style="text-align:center;"| 38 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Goonies]]''| ''[[North Dallas Forty]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Dona Drake]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Road to Morocco]]''| ''[[Dangerous Millions]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Jack Buetel]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Outlaw]]''| ''[[Rose of Cimarron (film)|Rose of Cimarron]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Joris Ivens]] || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| Netherlands || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Documentarian || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Rain (1929 film)|Rain]]''| ''[[De brug|The Bridge]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in July 1989|July]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Franklin J. Schaffner]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''| ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Ben Wright (English actor)|Ben Wright]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]''| ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Jim Backus]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]''| ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Mel Blanc]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Voice Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''| ''[[The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Laurence Olivier]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]''| ''[[Marathon Man (film)|Marathon Man]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Rebecca Schaeffer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 21 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Radio Days]]''| ''[[Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Mary Treen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Kitty Foyle (film)|Kitty Foyle]]''| ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Warren Low]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Now, Voyager]]''| ''[[True Grit (1969 film)|True Grit]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Jeff Richards (baseball player/actor)|Jeff Richards]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]]''| ''[[Big Leaguer]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in August 1989|August]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Maurice Colbourne]] || style="text-align:center;"| 49 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Duellists]]''| ''[[Venom (1981 film)|Venom]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[John Meillon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| Australia || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Crocodile Dundee]]''| ''[[Wake in Fright]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Amanda Blake]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Miss Robin Crusoe]]''| ''[[The Boost]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Joseph LaShelle]] || style="text-align:center;| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer || {{hlist|''[[Laura (1944 film)|Laura]]''| ''[[The Apartment]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Robert Buckner]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]''| ''[[Love Me Tender (film)|Love Me Tender]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Joe De Santis]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Al Capone (film)|Al Capone]]''| ''[[The Professionals (1966 film)|The Professionals]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Claire Luce]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Over She Goes]]''| ''[[Up the River]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in September 1989|September]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Gordon McCallum]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Sound Engineer || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Fiddler on the Roof (film)|Fiddler on the Roof]]''| ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[John Bright (screenwriter)|John Bright]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Public Enemy]]''| ''[[Blonde Crazy]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Michael Klinger (producer)|Michael Klinger]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Producer || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Get Carter]]''| ''[[Cul-de-sac (1966 film)|Cul-de-sac]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Philip Sayer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 42 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:lext;"| {{hlist|''[[Xtro]]''| ''[[Slayground]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Ertem Eğilmez]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| Turkey || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Namuslu]]''| ''[[Arabesk (film)|Arabesk]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Corrado Gaipa]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Godfather]]''| ''[[The Sicilian Connection]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Irving Berlin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 101 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Top Hat]]''| ''[[Holiday Inn (film)|Holiday Inn]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Angelo Ross]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]''| ''[[Who Killed Teddy Bear]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=18 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in October 1989|October]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Vittorio Caprioli]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Leoni al sole]]''| ''[[Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Graham Chapman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 48 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]''| ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Betsy King Ross]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Smoke Lightning]]''| ''[[The Phantom Empire]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Paul Lerpae]] || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Special Effects Artist || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|The War of the Worlds]]''| ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Noël-Noël]] || style="text-align:center;"| 92 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Les Casse Pieds]]''| ''[[The French, They Are a Funny Race]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Bette Davis]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[All About Eve]]''| ''[[Jezebel (1938 film)|Jezebel]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Onest Conley]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Grand Old Girl]]''| ''[[This Day and Age (film)|This Day and Age]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Paul Shenar]] || style="text-align:center;"| 53 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]''| ''[[Raw Deal (1986 film)|Raw Deal]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Cesare Zavattini]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Bicycle Thieves]]''| ''[[Shoeshine (film)|Shoeshine]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Michael Carmine]] || style="text-align:center;"| 30 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Batteries Not Included]]''| ''[[Leviathan (1989 film)|Leviathan]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[James Lee Barrett]] || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]''| ''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Cornel Wilde]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (film)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]''| ''[[A Song to Remember]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Anthony Quayle]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]''| ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Jean Image]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Johnny the Giant Killer]]''| ''[[Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1970 film)|Aladdin and His Magic Lamp]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Roland Winters]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Chinese Ring]]''| ''[[Blue Hawaii]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Armida (actress)|Armida]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| Mexico || style="text-align:center;| Actress, Singer || style="text-align:left;"|{{hlist|''[[Machine Gun Mama]]''| ''[[The Girl from Monterrey]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Roland Anderson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Art Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[White Christmas (film)|White Christmas]]''| ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Monica Collingwood]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Bishop's Wife]]''| ''[[The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film)|The Secret Life of Walter Mitty]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in November 1989|November]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Peter Childs]] || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Sweeney!]]''| ''[[Minder on the Orient Express]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Margit Makay]] || style="text-align:center;"| 98 || style="text-align:center;"| Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Cats' Play]]''| ''[[Two Confessions]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Yūsaku Matsuda]] || style="text-align:center;"| 40 || style="text-align:center;"| Japan || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Proof of the Man]]''| ''[[The Family Game]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Brunello Rondi]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[La Dolce Vita]]''| ''[[8½]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Roger Heman Jr]] || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Sound Engineer || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''| ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Billy Lee (actor)|Billy Lee]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Wagon Wheels (film)|Wagon Wheels]]''| ''[[The Biscuit Eater (1940 film)|The Biscuit Eater]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Lynn Bari]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Shock (1946 film)|Shock]]''| ''[[The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944 film)|The Bridge of San Luis Rey]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Harvey Hart]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Bus Riley's Back in Town]]''| ''[[The Sweet Ride]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=15 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in December 1989|December]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Frances Bavier]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]''| ''[[The Stooge]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Sammy Fain]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (film)|Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing]]''| ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]''| ''[[The Razor's Edge (1946 film)|The Razor's Edge]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Howard Lang]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Gorgo (film)|Gorgo]]''| ''[[Date at Midnight]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Ben Barzman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Fall of the Roman Empire (film)|The Fall of the Roman Empire]]''| ''[[El Cid (film)|El Cid]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Emile de Antonio]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Point of Order (film)|Point of Order]]''| ''[[Painters Painting]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Jock Mahoney]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Stuntman || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Land Unknown]]''| ''[[Tarzan Goes to India]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Edward Underdown]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]''| ''[[Dr. Terror's House of Horrors]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Aileen Pringle]] || style="text-align:center;"| 94 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Three Weeks (film)|Three Weeks]]''| ''[[She's No Lady]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Lee Van Cleef]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]''| ''[[Escape from New York]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Silvana Mangano]] || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Bitter Rice]]''| ''[[Death in Venice (film)|Death in Venice]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Luciano Salce]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Fantozzi (film)|Fantozzi]]''| ''[[Slalom (1965 film)|Slalom]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Audrey Christie]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"| {{hlist|''[[Splendor in the Grass]]''| ''[[Carousel (film)|Carosuel]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Betty Garde]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Call Northside 777]]''| ''[[Caged (1950 film)|Caged]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Robert Pirosh]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Battleground (film)|Battleground]]''| ''[[Go for Broke! (1951 film)|Go for Broke!]]''}}
|}


== Film debuts ==
{{Column list|
*[[Daniel Baldwin]] – ''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July]]''
*[[William Baldwin]] – ''Born on the Fourth of July''
*[[Adrien Brody]] – ''[[New York Stories]]''
*[[Vincent Cassel]] – ''Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête''
*[[Michael Chiklis]] – ''[[Wired (film)|Wired]]''
*[[Anna Chlumsky]] – ''[[Uncle Buck]]''
*[[Steve Coogan]] – ''[[Resurrected (film)|Resurrected]]''
*[[Kevin Corrigan]] – ''[[Lost Angels]]''
*[[Embeth Davidtz]] – ''Mutator''
*[[Kirsten Dunst]] – ''New York Stories''
*[[Thomas Mikal Ford]] – ''[[Harlem Nights]]''
*[[Vivica A. Fox]] – ''Born on the Fourth of July''
*[[Willie Garson]] – ''[[Troop Beverly Hills]]''
*[[Carla Gugino]] – ''Troop Beverly Hills''
*[[Laura Harring]] – ''[[Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!]]''
*[[Jared Harris]] – ''[[The Rachel Papers]]''
*[[John Michael Higgins]] – ''[[Vampire's Kiss]]''
*[[Bryce Dallas Howard]] – ''[[Parenthood (film)|Parenthood]]''
*[[Kelly Hu]] – ''[[Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan]]''
*[[Toby Huss]] – ''[[Zadar! Cow from Hell]]''
*[[Michael Imperioli]] – ''Alexa''
*[[Jason Isaacs]] – ''[[The Tall Guy]]''
*[[Allison Janney]] – ''[[Who Shot Pat?]]''
*[[Jamie Kennedy]] – ''[[Dead Poets Society]]''
*[[Tom Kenny]] – ''[[How I Got Into College]]''
*[[Martin Lawrence]] – ''[[Do the Right Thing]]''
*[[Harry Lennix]] – ''[[The Package (1989 film)|The Package]]''
*[[Tobey Maguire]] – ''[[The Wizard (1989 film)|The Wizard]]''
*[[Matt Malloy]] – ''[[The Unbelievable Truth (film)|The Unbelievable Truth]]''
*[[Costas Mandylor]] – ''[[Triumph of the Spirit]]''
*[[Samantha Mathis]] - ''[[The Bulldance]]''
*[[Ray McKinnon (actor)|Ray McKinnon]] – ''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]''
*[[Larry Miller (comedian)|Larry Miller]] – ''[[Out Cold (1989 film)|Out Cold]]''
*[[Michael Moore]] (director) – ''[[Roger & Me]]''
*[[Bebe Neuwirth]] – ''[[Say Anything...]]''
*[[Dean Norris]] – ''[[Police Academy 6: City Under Siege]]''
*[[Steve Park (comedian)|Steve Park]] – ''Do the Right Thing''
*[[Mary-Louise Parker]] – ''[[Signs of Life (1989 film)|Signs of Life]]''
*[[Nathaniel Parker]] – ''[[War Requiem (film)|War Requiem]]''
*[[Rosie Perez]] – ''Do the Right Thing''
*[[John C. Reilly]] – ''[[Casualties of War (film)|Casualties of War]]''
*[[Sam Rockwell]] – ''[[Clownhouse]]''
*[[Rene Russo]] – ''[[Major League (film)|Major League]]''
*[[Bill Sage]] – ''The Unbelievable Truth''
*[[Adam Sandler]] – ''[[Going Overboard]]''
*[[Annabella Sciorra]] – ''[[True Love (1989 film)|True Love]]''
*[[Molly Shannon]] – ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1989 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''
*[[Tom Sizemore]] – ''[[Lock Up (1989 film)|Lock Up]]''
*[[Tara Strong]] – ''The Long Road Home''
*[[Emma Thompson]] – ''The Tall Guy''
*[[Aida Turturro]] – ''True Love''
*[[Skeet Ulrich]] – ''[[Weekend at Bernie's]]'' 
*[[Dylan Walsh]] – ''[[Loverboy (1989 film)|Loverboy]]''
*[[Michael Jai White]] – ''[[The Toxic Avenger Part II]]''
*[[Elijah Wood]] – ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]''
}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.screenrush.co.uk/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18478129&page=2&maxpages=5.html "The Summer Of '89"] – [http://www.screenrush.co.uk/ www.screenrush.co.uk]
*[https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1989&view=releasedate&view2=domestic&sort=gross&order=DESC&&p=.htm 1989 Domestic Grosses] at [[Box Office Mojo]]
*[https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/domestic/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-1989 Top 1989 Movies at the Domestic Box Office] at [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]
*[https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/international/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-1989 Top 1989 Movies at the International Box Office] at [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]
*[https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-1989 Top 1989 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office] at [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title?year=1989&title_type=feature&sort=boxoffice_gross_us,desc&ref_=tt_ov_inf Top-US-Grossing Titles Released 1989-01-01 to 1989-12-31] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title?year=1989&title_type=feature&ref_=tt_ov_inf Most Popular Feature Films Released 1989-01-01 to 1989-12-31] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1989-01-01,1989-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1989 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1989-01-01,1989-12-31&adult=include List of 1989 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1989-01-01,1989-12-31&adult=include List of 1989 births] at [[IMDb]]

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