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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back to the Future Part II | Robert Zemeckis | Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson | Sci-Fi, Comedy | sequel |
| Batman | Tim Burton | Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Jack Palance, Billy Dee Williams | Superhero, Action | top-grossing film of 1989 |
| Bert Rigby, You're a Fool | Carl Reiner | Robert Lindsay, Robbie Coltrane, Anne Bancroft | Musical | |
| Best of the Best | Robert Radler | Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland | Martial arts | |
| Beverly Hills Brats | Jim Sotos | Peter Billingsley, Martin Sheen | Comedy | |
| The Big Picture | Christopher Guest | Kevin Bacon, Martin Short, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Jason Leigh | Comedy | Guest's first film |
| Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | Stephen Herek | Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin | Comedy | led to sequel in 1991 |
| Black Rain | Ridley Scott | Michael Douglas, Andy García, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw | Crime drama | 2 Academy Award nominations |
| Blaze | Ron Shelton | Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich | Drama, Biopic | Earl Long and Blaze Starr |
| Blind Fury | Phillip Noyce | Rutger Hauer, Terry O'Quinn | Drama | |
| Bloodhounds of Broadway | Howard Brookner | Matt Dillon, Jennifer Grey, Julie Hagerty, Rutger Hauer, Madonna, Esai Morales, Anita Morris, Randy Quaid | Drama, Musical | based on stories by Damon Runyon |
| Born on the Fourth of July | Oliver Stone | Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Willem Dafoe | Biopic, Drama | based on Ron Kovic book; Academy Award for Stone |
| Breaking In | Bill Forsyth | Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko | Comedy | |
| Bridesmaids | Lila Garrett | Shelley Hack, Sela Ward | Drama | |
| The 'Burbs | Joe Dante | Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman | Black comedy | |
| C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. | David K. Irving | Brian Robbins, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Bianca Jagger | Comedy | |
| Cameron's Closet | Armand Mastroianni | Scott Curtis, Cotter Smith, Tab Hunter | Horror | |
| Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death | J.F. Lawton | Shannon Tweed, Bill Maher, Karen Mistal, Adrienne Barbeau | Comedy, Cult | |
| Casualties of War | Brian De Palma | Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn | War, Drama | |
| Cat Chaser | Abel Ferrara | Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning | Drama | |
| Chameleon Street | Wendell B. Harris Jr. | Wendell B. Harris Jr. | Drama | |
| Chances Are | Emile Ardolino | Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey, Jr., Ryan O'Neal, Mary Stuart Masterson | Romantic comedy | |
| Chattahoochee | Mick Jackson | Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Pamela Reed, Ned Beatty | Drama | |
| Checking Out | David Leland | Jeff Daniels, Melanie Mayron | Comedy | |
| Cheetah | Jeff Blyth | Keith Coogan, Lucy Deakins | Family | |
| Cohen and Tate | Eric Red | Roy Scheider, Adam Baldwin, Harley Cross | Crime drama | |
| Cold Feet | Robert Dornhelm | Keith Carradine, Sally Kirkland, Tom Waits | Drama | |
| Collision Course | Lewis Teague | Jay Leno, Pat Morita, Chris Sarandon | Action, Comedy | |
| Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, Music by Bobby McFerrin | Documentary | won Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature |
| Communion | Philippe Mora | Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse, Frances Sternhagen | Suspense | |
| Cookie | Susan Seidelman | Peter Falk, Dianne Wiest, Emily Lloyd, Jerry Lewis | Crime, Comedy | |
| Cousins | Joel Schumacher | Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young, William Petersen, Norma Aleandro, Lloyd Bridges | Romantic comedy | remake of Cousin, cousine |
| Crimes and Misdemeanors | Woody Allen | Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston, Sam Waterston, Jerry Orbach | Drama | 3 Oscar nominations |
| Criminal Law | Martin Campbell | Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper | Drama | |
| Cutting Class | Rospo Pallenberg | Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Martin Mull | Horror | |
| Cyborg | Albert Pyun | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter | Sci-Fi |
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