1989 in Film

1989 In Film

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy - Majestic Films International, Zanuck Company., Warner Bros.

Best Director: Oliver Stone - Born on the Fourth of July

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot

Best Actress: Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy

Best Supporting Actor: Denzel Washington - Glory

Best Supporting Actress: Brenda Fricker - My Left Foot

Best Foreign Language Film: Nuovo cinema Paradiso (Cinema Paradiso), directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy

Best Art Direction/Set Decoration: Anton Furst and Peter Young - Batman

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: Born on the Fourth of July

Best Actor: Tom Cruise - Born on the Fourth of July

Best Actress: Michelle Pfeiffer - The Fabulous Baker Boys

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy

Best Actor: Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy

Best Actress: Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy

Other

Best Director: Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July

Best Foreign Language Film: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (Cinema Paradiso), Italy

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Sex, Lies, and Videotape, directed by Steven Soderbergh, United States

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

A City of Sadness (Beiqing chengshi), directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien, China

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Rain Man, directed by Barry Levinson, United States