Best Film of 1989 (ongoing survey)

[JonTurner]

I know we've got polls like this all the time around here, but I figure this one will be a little more comprehensive and perhaps even informative.

This thread will be for your pick for best film released during 1989 (think Oscar considerations for what's eligible). I'm not making it a poll because whether you like it or not, that would influence some people's choice.

Results will be posted in this thread, and all subsequent threads for each year, and they will be ongoing... so you can still vote here even weeks after other year's polls have begun.

Please start your post with your #1 film from 1989 (try to limit it to one - after all, that's the point - two at the most (I'll split the vote)), and yes, discussions are more than welcome!

Current Leader -- Do the Right Thing

All Years:
2000 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=169768) -- Requiem For a Dream*
1999 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=170274) -- Fight Club*
1998 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=171440) -- (currently) Saving Private Ryan
1997 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=172054) -- (currently) Boogie Nights
1996 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=173057) -- Fargo*
1995 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=174141) -- (currently) Braveheart
1994 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=175192) -- Pulp Fiction*
1993 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=176491) -- Schindler's List*
1992 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=177944) -- Unforgiven*
1991 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=179517) -- Silence of the Lambs*
1990 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=182060) -- Goodfellas*
1989 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=183974) -- Do the Right Thing*
1988 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=186578) -- Die Hard*
1987 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=189840) -- Full Metal Jacket*
1986 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=193610) -- (currently) Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1985 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=195894) -- Back to the Future*
1984 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=197576) -- (currently) Ghostbusters
1983 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=199215) -- Return of the Jedi*
1982 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201052) -- (currently) Blade Runner
1981 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202653) -- Raiders of the Lost Ark*
1980 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=204201) -- (currently) The Empire Strikes Back
1979 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206190) -- Apocalypse Now*
1978 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=208024) -- (currently) The Deer Hunter
1977 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210111) -- Star Wars*
1976 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=211221)

If you haven't voted on the previous years, feel free to go back and do so.

*Poll closed, winner declared.

[JonTurner]

My short list:

1) Field of Dreams
2) Born on the Fourth of July
3) Do the Right Thing

I've only seen 17 from '89 though.

Just FYI, and to help you remember some other possibilities (I'm sure Sunday Morning will provide us with many more), here are Siskel & Ebert's choices:

Ebert:
1) Do the Right Thing
2) Drugstore Cowboy
3) My Left Foot
4) Born on the Fourth of Fuly
5) Roger & Me
6) The Mighty Quinn
7) Field of Dreams
8) Crimes and Misdemeanors
9) Driving Miss Daisy
10) Say Anything

Siskel:
1) Do the Right Thing
2) Roger & Me
3) Drugstore Cowboy
4) Enemies: A Love Story
5) Born on the Fourth of July
6) The Little Mermaid
7) Crimes and Misdemeanors
8) The Fabulous Baker Boys
9) Say Anything
10) The War of the Roses

...but please don't turn this into a discussion/criticism of their lists ;)

[randy1320]

My pick: Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade :up:
Other favorites:
Field of Dreams
Dead Poets Society
Glory
Batman(the only good Batman movie)
Say Anything

[drc]

Do the Right Thing is the best . . . but Roger & Me is my favorite from that year.

[CrashMan]

My sentimental favorite, soon to be on DVD...

Say Anything

[Sunday Morning]

#1 miracle mile

[Sunday Morning]

ebert fugged up that year

the mighty quinn?
field of dreams?
driving miss daisy?

[/gag]

[LBPound]

This obviously won't win this, but my vote goes to

<b>GHOSTBUSTERS II</b>

RUNNERS UP:
Little Mermaid, The
Back to the Future Part II
Cheetah
Major League
Uncle Buck
Driving Miss Daisy
Field of Dreams
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

[evenflow]

My vote goes to Glory.

[CitizenKaneRBud]

IMO a great year for films

1- Born on the fourth of july

other notables

batman
say anything
do the right thing
Back to the Future Part II
major league
glory
sex, lies and videotape
the adventures of baron munchausen
dead poets society
field of dreams
christmas vacation
indiana jones
crimes and misdemeanors

[costanza187]

Christmas Vacation

[Damfino]

Born on the Fourth of July

[Keyser_Soze2]

"The Killer," with "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" and "Roger & Me" not far behind.

[explosivej]

Do The Right Thing

[Goat3001]

i'm gonna go with Batman :)

[monkey]

Born on the Fourth of July

[Tesiae]

Definitely "Glory"

[Copenhagen]

The Little Mermaid

[KyleJBre_et]

Back to the Future Part II

[dave955]

Do the Right Thing

[Geofferson]

1. Field of Dreams
2. Drugstore Cowboy
3. Born on the 4th of July
4. Kill Me Again
5. Dead Calm

[Gdrlv]

Say Anything...

[twikoff]

Field of dreams
batman
when harry met sally

[Johnny Zhivago]

<b>Drugstore Cowboy</b>

<i>Glory</i> a close second.

[JonTurner]

Okay, I gotta resurrect this thread from the dead... hopefully we can get some more votes in since this is gonna be a very tight race.

[groovyk1]

Back to the future II
Heathers
Ghostbusters II

[Sierra Disc]

Say Anything is my pick.

[ToddSm66]

Glory

[das Monkey]

Do the Right Thing.

das

[Three Day Delay]

Do the Right Thing.

[funstan]

Do The Right Thing was the best story and the most important picture of the year, but my favorite is Say Anything.

[wildcatlh]

Do The Right Thing

[skuehl34]

Field of Dreams

[J-Dubya]

Glory

Denzel Washington
Morgan Freeman
Andre Braugher

[skar]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Best movie of an excellent trilogy (ok, two incredible movies and one average one) IMO.

[paratize]

1. DO THE RIGHT THING
2. BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
3. GLORY
4. INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
5. FIELD OF DREAMS

Honorable mention: <i>Always</i>

[Arkonne]

Say Anything...

[Dan Average]

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

[conscience]

Hands down:

<b>Dead Poets Society</b>

My # 5 movie of all time, BTW.


Runners - up:

sex, lies, and videotape
AND
My Left Foot

[cwwallace]

IMO, it was a weak year for movies. I'll go with a favorite comedy of mine: Christmas Vacation.

[swamptours]

My favorite of 1989 is Crimes and Misdemeanors. This is also one of my favorite films of all time.

[wm lopez]

LICENSE TO KILL

[JonTurner]

Alright, I'll get '88 going tonight... a little bump to get a few more votes in first.

[Robert]

1. Field of Dreams
2. Born on the Fourth of July
3. Glory
4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

[Jaymole]

Do the Right Thing

[Big Quasimodo]

Do the Right Thing

[Steveweiser]

I love Field of Dreams to death, but Do The Right Thing is definately the better movie so that's my choice.

[randy1320]

88! 88! 88! :D

[JonTurner]

Results so far:
1) Do the Right Thing (10 votes)
2) Field of Dreams (5)
3) Say Anything (4.5)
4) Glory (4)
5) Born on the Fourth of July (3)

A few people gave one film as their favorite, but another as one they consider the best - for these I counted 1/2 a vote for each.

The 1988 Thread is now open here! (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=186578)

[eedoon]

Originally posted by evenflowddt
My vote goes to Glory.

:thumbsup:

[Jeremy517]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

[Gil Jawetz]

Without a doubt, Do the Right Thing.

[madcougar]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sunday Morning
1989

#1 miracle mile

I don't know too many people who saw this one. I know I enjoyed it.

My pick however would be Say Anything.

[dvds4u]

field of dreams and glory, split mine up...just couldnt decide which was better

[NitroJMS]

Batman

[KJROD20]

dead poets society

[leepyswetr]

Field of Dreams.

Maybe not the best, but I thought that Spike Lee garbage was just that..garbage.

-leepy

[bears35]

BATMAN

[lesterlong]

<b>Batman</b>

[jessecrx]

Glory, without a doubt!

JesseCrx

[Chief Brody]

Can't believe this thread is two pages old and no-one has mentioned THE ABYSS yet. Ok, for the record this was my favorite year in history for Hollywood movies. Just look at what we had in the summer compared to what we have now

SUMMER 89 - LAST CRUSADE, ABYSS, FIELD OF DREAMS, DEAD POETS SOCIETY, BATMAN, LETHAL WEAPON 2, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY.

SUMMER 2001 - THE MUMMY RETURNS, PLANET OF THE APES, PEARL HARBOR, TOMB RAIDER.

Ah, those were the days. A top ten?

1. FIELD OF DREAMS
2. INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
3. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
4. DEAD POET'S SOCIETY
5. GLORY
6. THE ABYSS
7. LETHAL WEAPON 2
8. THE LITTLE MERMAID
9. BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
10. BACK TO THE FUTURE PART 2

[Jango Fett II]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Dead Poets Society
Glory
Field of Dreams
Batman

[ctyankee]

Do The Right Thing

[Anthony Soprano]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

[sebastianv50]

1. Glory
2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

[grunter]

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

[BizRodian]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

[BearFan]

Field of Dreams

[Endy]

Glory

[B.A.]

Christmas Vacation

seriously, its a classic

[Tackleberry]

Born on the 4th of July

[JonTurner]

Very spread out votes...

1) Do the Right Thing (12)
2) Field of Dreams / Glory (8.5 each)
4) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (or was it ;)) (6)
5) Say Anything (5.5)
6) Batman / Born on the Fourth of July (4 each)

[DarthMarino]

Batman

[Ergyu]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

[Eddyhazkel]

Glory!

[kian69]

Back to the Future II

[Morf]

Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade

[cineman]

Do the Right Thing

[Disneykid]

The Little Mermaid. :)

[castaway190]

Frustratingly, I have a tie between Say Anything... and The Abyss.

The former gave us "dissed in the Malibu", one of the best catchphrases that never was, and the latter provided perhaps the most pulse pounding 10 minute sequence (two stranded soulmates, one oxygen suit, one plan) I've ever seen.

[The Pro]

Born On The 4th of July

[Masoo]

The Killer

[garmonbozia]

good year.

#1 sex, lies, and videotape

2. Do The Right Thing
3. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover

[nnorland]

another vote for say anything...

.ned

[DVD Smurf]

Do The Right Thing

[victant]

Count me in for Do the Right Thing

[gcribbs]

Glory was the best film that year.

I did not like Do the right thing at all.

[JonTurner]

New tally:

1) Do the Right Thing (15)
2) Glory (10.5)
3) Field of Dreams (8.5)
4) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (8)
5) Say Anything (7)
6) Batman / Born on the Fourth of July (5 each)

[movielib]

Do the Right Thing

[Quadinaros]

No arguments here...
Do The Right Thing.

[TCG]

Last Crusade! wooohooo!

[Khan]

Monsieur Hire

[brizz]

Gotta go with Glory

Close 2nd: Drugstore Cowboy

Honorable Mentions:
Say Anything
Born on the 4th of July

[Tyler_Durden]

Do The Right Thing.

[Bostnbound]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

[Surf Monkey]

I have no choice but to vote for Drugstore Cowboy. I'm from Portland after all.

[Lebowski]

Pretty weak year for movies. I'll go with:

Field of Dreams

I didn't like Do the Right Thing at all.

[yotamb12]

Best Film of 1989: Glory
Runner-up: Driving Miss Daisy

[Ginwen]

Drugstore Cowboy.

[DVDealer]

1) Born on the Fourth of July
2) The Abyss
3) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
4) Batman
5) When Harry Met Sally
6) Heathers
7) Glory
8) Do the Right Thing
9) Field of Dreams
10) Adventures of Baron Munchausen

[Kashmir]

1 Field of Dreams
2 Batman
3 Glory

[MadameTourvel]

The Little Mermaid

this film single-handedly resurrected feature-length animation

[Suprmallet]

Also gonna go with Do The Right Thing.

[Andalusia]

Do the Right Thing

followed by

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Roger and Me

[raithen]

Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade

-matt

[Bugg]

Crimes and Misdemeanors

[Vampyr]

Henry V (1989)

[J_Morrison]

Last Crusade

[JonTurner]

New tally:

1) Do the Right Thing (20 votes)
2) Glory (12.5)
3) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (12)
4) Field of Dreams (10.5)

The battle for second would still rage on, but with Do the Right Thing pulling away, it's time to close this one and call it the winner.