Movies Using the English Language and Released in 1989
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The list below includes all films using the English language, including movies using other languages as well.
| Movie | Language(s) | Genre | Production
Budget | Worldwide
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
English |
Adventure |
$48,000,000 |
$474,171,806 |
|
| Batman |
English |
Action |
$35,000,000 |
$411,348,924 |
|
| Back to the Future Part II |
English |
Adventure |
$40,000,000 |
$331,971,868 |
|
| Look Who’s Talking |
English |
Comedy |
|
$297,100,000 |
|
| Dead Poets Society |
English |
Drama |
$16,400,000 |
$239,500,000 |
|
| Lethal Weapon 2 |
English |
Action |
|
$227,300,000 |
|
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids |
English |
Adventure |
|
$222,700,000 |
|
| The Little Mermaid |
English |
Musical |
|
$222,267,613 |
|
| Ghostbusters II |
English |
Comedy |
|
$215,500,000 |
|
| The War of the Roses |
|
Black Comedy |
|
$156,999,711 |
|
| Licence to Kill |
English |
Action |
$42,000,000 |
$156,167,015 |
|
| Black Rain |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$30,000,000 |
$133,892,212 |
|
| Parenthood |
English |
Comedy |
|
$126,297,830 |
|
| Sea of Love |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$19,000,000 |
$110,879,513 |
|
| Driving Miss Daisy |
English |
Drama |
$7,500,000 |
$106,593,296 |
|
| Harlem Nights |
English |
Comedy |
$30,000,000 |
$95,857,262 |
|
| Steel Magnolias |
English |
Comedy |
|
$95,151,938 |
|
| When Harry Met Sally… |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
$16,000,000 |
$93,000,145 |
|
| National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation |
English |
Comedy |
|
$77,953,708 |
|
| Always |
English |
Drama |
|
$72,143,630 |
|
| Turner & Hooch |
English |
Comedy |
|
$71,079,915 |
|
| Born on the Fourth of July |
English |
Drama |
$14,000,000 |
$70,001,698 |
|
| Uncle Buck |
English |
Comedy |
|
$66,758,929 |
|
| Field of Dreams |
English |
Drama |
|
$64,532,235 |
|
| Tango & Cash |
English |
Action |
$55,000,000 |
$63,408,614 |
|
| The Abyss |
English |
Adventure |
$70,000,000 |
$54,793,997 |
|
| To the Limit |
English |
Documentary |
|
$53,000,000 |
|
| Major League |
English |
Comedy |
$11,000,000 |
$49,793,054 |
|
| Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure |
English,
French,
German,
Greek |
Adventure |
$10,000,000 |
$40,510,111 |
|
| K-9 |
English |
Comedy |
|
$38,859,189 |
|
| Sex, Lies, and Videotape |
English |
Drama |
$1,200,000 |
$36,741,667 |
|
| The ‘Burbs |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$35,382,246 |
|
| Fletch Lives |
English |
Comedy |
|
$33,266,859 |
|
| Weekend at Bernie's |
English |
Comedy |
|
$30,218,387 |
|
| Road House |
English |
Action |
$10,000,000 |
$30,050,028 |
|
| Far From Home |
English |
Drama |
|
$27,735,792 |
|
| Glory |
English |
Drama |
$18,000,000 |
$26,828,365 |
|
| The Dream Team |
English |
Comedy |
|
$26,793,650 |
|
| All Dogs Go To Heaven |
English |
Adventure |
|
$26,220,877 |
|
| Do the Right Thing |
English |
Drama |
$6,000,000 |
$26,051,502 |
|
| Cousins |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$21,707,236 |
|
| Dad |
English |
Comedy |
|
$19,738,015 |
|
| The Fly II |
English |
Horror |
|
$19,441,528 |
|
| Blaze |
English |
Drama |
|
$19,049,727 |
|
| Skin Deep |
English |
Comedy |
|
$19,000,000 |
|
| Casualties of War |
English,
Vietnamese |
Drama |
|
$18,468,714 |
|
| Crimes and Misdemeanors |
English,
Hebrew |
Comedy |
|
$18,254,702 |
|
| The Fabulous Baker Boys |
English |
Comedy |
|
$18,121,297 |
|
| Her Alibi |
English,
Romanian,
Spanish |
Comedy |
|
$17,195,050 |
|
| Shocker |
English |
Horror |
|
$16,554,699 |
|
| Prancer |
English |
Drama |
|
$16,115,398 |
|
| Next of Kin |
English |
Action |
|
$15,942,628 |
|
| Chances Are |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$15,939,663 |
|
| Leviathan |
English |
Horror |
|
$15,363,560 |
|
| Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan |
English |
Horror |
$5,000,000 |
$14,343,976 |
|
| The Wizard |
English |
Adventure |
|
$14,278,900 |
|
| Great Balls of Fire! |
English |
Drama |
|
$13,691,550 |
|
| She's Out of Control |
English |
Comedy |
|
$12,065,892 |
|
| Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers |
English |
Horror |
$6,000,000 |
$11,642,254 |
|
| Police Academy 6: City Under Siege |
English |
Comedy |
|
$11,567,000 |
|
| Gross Anatomy |
English |
Drama |
|
$11,346,186 |
|
| Family Business |
English |
Comedy |
|
$11,053,835 |
|
| Who's Harry Crumb? |
English |
Comedy |
|
$10,982,364 |
|
| The Package |
English |
Action |
|
$10,647,219 |
|
| We're No Angels |
English |
Comedy |
$20,000,000 |
$10,555,348 |
|
| Henry V |
English,
French |
Drama |
$9,000,000 |
$10,176,701 |
|
| Cyborg |
English |
Action |
|
$10,030,875 |
|
| Criminal Law |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$9,443,550 |
|
| Tap |
English |
Drama |
|
$9,114,702 |
|
| Renegades |
English |
Action |
|
$9,015,164 |
|
| True Believer |
English |
Drama |
|
$8,742,000 |
|
| The Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
English |
Comedy |
|
$8,040,008 |
|
| Cheetah |
English |
Adventure |
|
$7,882,250 |
|
| Enemies: A Love Story |
English |
Comedy |
|
$7,815,403 |
|
| Deepstar Six |
English |
Horror |
|
$7,724,847 |
|
| Disorganized Crime |
English |
Comedy |
|
$7,210,149 |
|
| Troop Beverly Hills |
English |
Comedy |
$18,000,000 |
$7,190,505 |
|
| Dead Calm |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$7,032,915 |
|
| Relentless |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$6,985,999 |
|
| Dead Bang |
English |
Action |
|
$6,935,216 |
|
| UHF |
English |
Comedy |
$5,000,000 |
$6,157,157 |
|
| Immediate Family |
English |
Drama |
|
$5,841,286 |
|
| Dream a Little Dream |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$5,171,429 |
|
| Drugstore Cowboy |
English |
Drama |
|
$4,729,623 |
|
| Listen to Me |
English |
Drama |
|
$4,177,448 |
|
| The Phantom of the Opera |
English |
Horror |
|
$3,953,745 |
|
| Earth Girls are Easy |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$3,916,303 |
|
| Loverboy |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$3,887,852 |
|
| Fat Man and Little Boy |
English |
Drama |
|
$3,560,942 |
|
| A Dry White Season |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$3,282,890 |
|
| Kinjite |
English |
Action |
|
$3,088,086 |
|
| Speed Zone! |
English |
Comedy |
|
$3,077,061 |
|
| 976-Evil |
English |
Horror |
|
$2,955,917 |
|
| Chocolat |
English,
French |
Drama |
|
$2,798,430 |
|
| Gleaming the Cube |
English |
Action |
|
$2,454,590 |
|
| Farewell to the King |
English |
|
|
$2,361,132 |
|
| Fright Night Part 2 |
English |
Horror |
|
$2,350,289 |
|
| Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills |
English |
Comedy |
|
$2,156,471 |
|
| Winter People |
English |
|
|
$2,023,282 |
|
| Erik the Viking |
English,
Japanese |
Comedy |
|
$1,932,642 |
|
| Communion |
English |
Horror |
|
$1,919,000 |
|
| Breaking In |
English |
Comedy |
|
$1,811,086 |
|
| Bloodfist |
English |
Action |
|
$1,770,082 |
|
| Cookie |
English |
Comedy |
|
$1,755,480 |
|
| Best of the Best |
English |
Action |
|
$1,700,000 |
|
| The Stepfather 2 |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$1,519,796 |
|
| Babar The Movie |
English,
French |
Adventure |
|
$1,305,187 |
|
| High Hopes |
English |
Comedy |
|
$1,192,322 |
|
| Kiki's Delivery Service |
English,
Japanese |
Adventure |
|
$1,144,186 |
|
| Valmont |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,132,000 |
|
| Heart of Dixie |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,093,011 |
|
| Miracle Mile |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$1,092,822 |
|
| Welcome Home |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,029,822 |
|
| Wired |
English |
|
|
$1,000,000 |
|
| Heathers |
English |
Comedy |
|
$982,614 |
|
| American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt |
English |
Action |
|
$902,000 |
|
| The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover |
Dutch,
English,
French |
Drama |
|
$801,887 |
|
| Vampire's Kiss |
English,
German |
Horror |
|
$726,402 |
|
| Cage |
English |
Action |
|
$647,032 |
|
| Little Monsters |
English |
Comedy |
|
$542,939 |
|
| Eddie and the Cruisers II |
English |
Musical |
$5,000,000 |
$540,000 |
|
| Crack House |
English |
Action |
|
$486,722 |
|
| Fast Food |
English |
|
|
$472,340 |
|
| Slaves of New York |
English |
Drama |
|
$463,972 |
|
| Out of the Dark |
English |
Horror |
$1,600,000 |
$419,428 |
|
| Triumph of the Spirit |
English |
Drama |
|
$408,839 |
|
| Mystery Train |
English,
Italian,
Japanese |
Comedy |
|
$371,609 |
|
| Night Game |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$337,812 |
|
| Dark Obsession |
English |
Drama |
|
$333,811 |
|
| Crusoe |
English |
|
|
$315,421 |
|
| Out Cold |
English |
|
|
$294,266 |
|
| Cold Feet |
English |
Comedy |
|
$289,975 |
|
| Kill Me Again |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$283,694 |
|
| The Return of Swamp Thing |
English |
Horror |
|
$274,928 |
|
| Eat a Bowl of Tea |
English,
Mandarin |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$231,423 |
|
| Fist Fighter |
English |
Action |
|
$221,163 |
|
| A Chorus of Disapproval |
English |
Comedy |
|
$216,000 |
|
| For Queen & Country |
English |
Action |
|
$191,051 |
|
| The Experts |
English,
Russian |
Comedy |
|
$169,203 |
|
| 84C MoPic |
English,
Vietnamese |
Drama |
|
$154,264 |
|
| The Big Picture |
English |
Comedy |
|
$117,463 |
|
| Heart of Midnight |
English |
Horror |
|
$113,000 |
|
| Edge of Sanity |
English |
Horror |
|
$102,219 |
|
| Signs of Life |
English,
Portuguese |
Drama |
|
$96,000 |
|
| Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train |
English |
Drama |
|
$54,454 |
|
| Bloodhounds of Broadway |
English |
Comedy |
|
$44,000 |
|
| Let’s Get Lost |
English |
Documentary |
|
$37,424 |
|
| Checking Out |
English |
Comedy |
|
$31,000 |
|
| To Kill a Priest |
English |
Drama |
|
$30,000 |
|
| Bye Bye Baby |
English |
Comedy |
|
$29,565 |
|
| The Toxic Avenger Part II |
English,
Japanese,
Russian |
Black Comedy |
$2,300,000 |
$28,950 |
|
| On the Black Hill |
English |
Drama |
|
$18,590 |
|
| Valentino Returns |
English |
Drama |
|
$15,954 |
|
| Haunted Summer |
English |
Drama |
|
$10,000 |
|
| Ich und er |
English,
German |
Comedy |
|
$8,265 |
|
| Heaven Becomes Hell |
English |
Horror |
|
$7,405 |
|
| Fear, Anxiety and Depression |
English |
Comedy |
|
$4,212 |
|
| Georgia |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| How to Get Ahead in Advertising |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Gojira tai Biorante |
English,
Japanese |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Cutting Class |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Going Overboard |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Society |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Tripwire |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Nowhere to Run |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Sleepaway Camp III |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| The Delinquents |
English |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| I, Madman |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Paint it Black |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Bert Rigby, You’re a Fool |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| After Midnight |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Cohen and Tate |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Luther the Geek |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Savage Beach |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Mind Games |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Ten Little Indians |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Il gatta nero |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Souvenir |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Murder Story |
Dutch,
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Powaqqatsi |
English,
Spanish |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| The Everlasting Secret Family |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Witchtrap |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| True Love |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
