December 12, 1989

Top 10 Films of 1989

1. ''Meet The Feebles'' (Peter Jackson, New Zealand)

2. "When Harry Met Sally" (Rob Reiner, USA)

3. ''The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover'' (Peter Greenaway, UK)

4. "The Killer" (John Woo, Hong Kong)

5. "Time Of The Gypsies" (Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia)

6. ''Valmont'' (Milos Forman, USA)

7. "My 20th Century" (Ildikó Enyedi, Hungary)

8. "Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade" (Steven Spielberg, USA)

9. "Un Monde sans pitié" (Eric Rochant, France)

10. "Heathers" (Michael Lehmann, USA)


Other great films:

84 Charlie MoPic
Ashik Kerib (Soviet Union)
Atame (Spain)
Kopytem sem kopytem tam (Czechoslovakia)
My Left Foot (Ireland)
Noce blanche (France)
Ostatni prom (Poland)
Pedicab Driver (Hong Kong)
Santa Sangre (Mexico)
Scandal (UK)
Sweetie (Australia)
Yaaba (Burkina Faso)

Short Top 3:

1. "The Deadman" (Peggy Ahwesh, USA)

2. "Ce qui me meut" (Cédric Klapisch, France)

3. "Cycles" (Zeinabu irene Davis, USA)


Other great shorts:

Almanach (France)
You Take Care Now (Canada)

Top 3 Music Videos:

1. "Express Yourself" (David Fincher, Madonna)

2. "Straight Up" (David Fincher, Paula Abdul)

3. "She Drives Me Crazy" (Philippe Decouflé, Fine Young Cannibals)


Top Commercial:

"Soviet Union" (Pepsi)


TV Top 3:

1. "Dekalog" (Krzysztof Kieslowski, TVP, Poland)

2. "Lonesome Dove" (Simon Wincer, CBS)

3. "Miami Vice: Victims Of Circumstance" (Colin Bucksey, NBC)

 

Other great TV shows:


Cartoon Top 3:

1. "25 Ways To Quit Smoking" (Bill Plympton, USA)

2. "Tummy Trouble" (Rob Minkoff, Disney)

3. "Balance" (Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein, Germany)


Other great cartoons:

How To Kiss
Juke-Bar (Canada)
Knick Knack
Korova (Soviet Union)
War Story (UK)

Weak films of 1989:

All Dogs Go To Heaven
Always
Back To The Future II
Black Rain
Blaze
Celia (Australia)
Cruising Bar (Canada)
Les Deux Fragonard (France)
Driving Miss Daisy
A Dry, White Season
Eat A Bowl Of Tea
Eight Taels Of Gold (Hong Kong)
Eric The Viking
Fields Of Dreams
Glory
God Of Gamblers (Hong Kong)
Gross Anatomy
Henry V (UK)
Internal Affairs
Look Who's Talking
Monsieur Hire (France)
Music Box
National Lampoo's Christmas Vacation
Palombella rossa (Italy)
Parenthood
Portion d'éternité (Canada)
Prancer
La Revolution Francaise (France)
Romero
The Scenes Of The Class Struggle In Beverly Hills
She-Devil
The Sleazy Uncle (Italy)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Steel Magnolias
La Vie et rien d'autre (France)
Waltzing Regitze (Denmark)
What Time Is It ? (Italy)
Young Einstein (Australia)

Weak shorts:

Diner avec M. Boy et la femme qui aime Jesus (France)
Picture Perfect (Canada)

Weak cartoons:

245 Days
L'Anniversaire (Canada)
La Boite (Canada)
Colporteur (Canada)
Felicité (Canada)
The Hill Farm (UK)
Ident (UK)
Nathael et la chasse aux phoques (Canada)
Next (UK)

Top Musical of 1989

"Great Balls Of Fire" (Jim McBride, Orion)