12th Göteborg Film Festival (1990)

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Göteborg Film Festival 26 Jan - 4 Feb 1990, a few films missing

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1. The Decalogue (1989–1990)
Episode: Dekalog, jeden (1989)

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama

A woman worries about her nephew's spiritual education, whose life and his father's are run on their home computer.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Henryk Baranowski, Wojciech Klata, Maja Komorowska, Artur Barcis

Votes: 7,545

2. The Decalogue (1989–1990)
Episode: Dekalog, dwa (1989)

TV-MA | 59 min | Drama

A woman with a gravely ill husband and pregnant of her lover faces a dilemma: if her husband dies, she'll keep the baby; if not, she'll abort.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Krystyna Janda, Aleksander Bardini, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Artur Barcis

Votes: 5,655

3. The Decalogue (1989–1990)
Episode: Dekalog, trzy (1989)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama

On Christmas Eve, a taxi driver's ex-lover asks him for help to look for her missing husband.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Maria Pakulnis, Joanna Szczepkowska, Artur Barcis

Votes: 4,711

4. The Decalogue (1989–1990)
Episode: Dekalog, cztery (1989)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama

When her father is away on business, a young woman discovers a letter from her dead mother reading, 'Open after my death'.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Adrianna Biedrzynska, Janusz Gajos, Artur Barcis, Aleksander Bardini

Votes: 4,629

5. The Decalogue (1989–1990)
Episode: Dekalog, piec (1989)

TV-MA | 59 min | Drama

A soon-to-be lawyer crosses his path with a taxi driver and a young sinister man.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Artur Barcis

Votes: 4,830

6. The Decalogue (1989–1990)
Episode: Dekalog, szesc (1989)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

A teenager spies on his older neighbour through binoculars.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Olaf Lubaszenko, Grazyna Szapolowska, Piotr Machalica, Stefania Iwinska

Votes: 4,516

7. The Decalogue (1989–1990)
Episode: Dekalog, siedem (1989)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama

Raised as sisters, one is in fact the other's mother. Unwilling to continue living a lie, the mother tries to get her daughter back from her parents.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Anna Polony, Maja Barelkowska, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Boguslaw Linda

Votes: 3,870

8. The Decalogue (1989–1990)
Episode: Dekalog, osiem (1989)

TV-MA | 56 min | Drama

A researcher meets a professor and reveals herself as the child to whom she refused to shelter during World War II.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Maria Koscialkowska, Teresa Marczewska, Artur Barcis, Tadeusz Lomnicki

Votes: 3,666

9. The Decalogue (1989–1990)
Episode: Dekalog, dziewiec (1989)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

Following the discovery of his sexual impotence a man urges his wife to take a lover.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Ewa Blaszczyk, Piotr Machalica, Artur Barcis, Jan Jankowski

Votes: 3,592

10. The Decalogue (1989–1990)
Episode: Dekalog, dziesiec (1989)

TV-MA | 59 min | Drama

After their father's death, two brothers inherit a valuable stamp collection.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Jerzy Stuhr, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Henryk Bista, Olaf Lubaszenko

Votes: 3,694

11. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

NC-17 | 124 min | Crime, Drama

62 Metascore

At Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence and gluttony. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge.

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard

Votes: 41,753 | Gross: $7.72M

12. Caracas (1989)

90 min | Comedy, Crime

Hopfner runs a gas station together with his wife Helga. They both prepare for a dance competition. A prostitute from a nearby brothel bears a striking resemblance to his wife, leading him to hatch a plan to get rid of Helga.

Director: Michael Schottenberg | Stars: Regula Bill, Gerhard Zemann, Herta Böhm, Christoph Künzler

Votes: 16

13. The Seventh Continent (1989)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama

89 Metascore

A European family who plan on escaping to Australia seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.

Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel

Votes: 17,031

18. A City of Sadness (1989)

157 min | Drama, History

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s.

Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Shu-Fen Hsin, Sung-Young Chen, Jack Kao

Votes: 6,102

19. Chicken and Duck Talk (1988)

95 min | Comedy

Old Hui, the stingy owner of a traditional BBQ duck restaurant, has to fight to retain customers defecting to a new fast-food fried chicken joint just across the street.

Director: Clifton Ko | Stars: Michael Hui, Ricky Hui, Sylvia Chang, Lowell Lo

Votes: 889

21. An Enemy of the People (1989)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama

In this adaption of the Ibsen stage play, an idealistic physician discovers that the town's temple waters are dangerously contaminated. But with the community relying on the holy attraction for tourist dollars, his warnings go unheeded.

Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Dipankar Dey, Ruma Guha Thakurta

Votes: 1,573

22. Ek Din Achanak (1989)

Unrated | 105 min | Drama

A retired professor suddenly goes missing. Time passes by, life goes on, but his children and wife keep on looking back, trying to find their way through emotional torrents of the past and the present.

Director: Mrinal Sen | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Shreeram Lagoo, Aparna Sen, Uttara Baokar

Votes: 355

23. Naedine s prirodoy (1989 TV Short)

5 min | Animation, Short

Add a Plot

Director: Aleksandr Fedulov | Star: Aleksandr Pozharov

Votes: 12

24. Main Zinda Hoon (1988)

120 min | Drama

A middle class housewife becomes the sole breadwinner of her married household, when her husband deserts them. Things change when she finds love outside marriage and her husband returnss.

Director: Sudhir Mishra | Stars: Suresh Bhagwat, Rajendra Gupta, Ali Haider, Sarita Joshi

Votes: 60

25. Gisèle Kérozène (1990)

5 min | Short, Action, Comedy

Across a futuristic city's narrow streets, a coven of modern witches chases a thief on motorized flying brooms.

Director: Jan Kounen | Stars: Abel Aboualiten, Pascal Banos, Bob Fletchard, Jan Kounen

Votes: 739

26. Heavy Petting (1989)

R | 74 min | Documentary

Celebrity confessions about their first sexual experiences.

Directors: Obie Benz, Joshua Waletzky | Stars: David Byrne, Sandra Bernhard, Frances Fisher, Allen Ginsberg

Votes: 409 | Gross: $0.27M

27. Triumph of the Spirit (1989)

R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History

In Greece during World War II, a young Jewish boxer, his girlfriend, and their families are sent to Auschwitz. When the camp guards learn of his boxing abilities, they force him to participate in weekly boxing matches.

Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle

Votes: 2,784 | Gross: $0.41M

28. I Went to the Dance (1989)

84 min | Documentary, Music

Film on the history of the toe-tapping, foot-stomping music of French Southwest Louisiana.

Directors: Les Blank, Chris Strachwitz | Stars: Barry Jean Ancelet, Alphonse Ardoin, Dewey Balfa, Rodney Balfa

Votes: 103

29. Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)

PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Sphere Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with friends and family about the offbeat genius.

Director: Charlotte Zwerin | Stars: Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Jimmy Cleveland, Harry Colomby

Votes: 1,313 | Gross: $0.52M

30. New Year's Day (1989)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama

A man returns to his sublet apartment to find the previous tenants, three offbeat young women, still in residence, under the mistaken belief that they have the apartment until the end of New Year's Day.

Director: Henry Jaglom | Stars: Maggie Wheeler, Gwen Welles, Melanie Winter, Henry Jaglom

Votes: 341

31. Parents (1989)

R | 81 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

66 Metascore

A young boy living in 1950s suburbia suspects that his parents are cannibalistic murderers.

Director: Bob Balaban | Stars: Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, Bryan Madorsky

Votes: 8,587 | Gross: $0.87M

32. Save and Protect (I) (1989)

Not Rated | 167 min | Drama, History

Inspired by Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Sokurov's Save and Protect recalls the most crucial events of Emma's decline and fall, including affairs with an aristocratic and a student. Focusing ... See full summary »

Director: Aleksandr Sokurov | Stars: Robert Vaap, Cécile Zervudacki, Aleksandr Abdulov, Aleksandr Cherednik

Votes: 318

33. Moskovskaya elegiya (1990)

88 min | Documentary

A film in homage to Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. It concentrates on his absence from the Soviet Union and what he left behind. There are episodes of his funeral and places he lived in Moscow.

Director: Aleksandr Sokurov | Stars: Andrei Tarkovsky, Tonino Guerra, Aleksandr Sokurov

Votes: 386

34. Muzh i doch' Tamary Aleksandrovny (1989)

108 min | Drama

The complex relationship, against a darkly depicted Moscow landscape, of a father and daughter after he has divorced his wife.The story culminates in a disturbing act of street violence.

Director: Olga Narutskaya | Stars: Valentina Malyavina, Aleksandr Galibin, Anna Bazhenova, Antonina Dmitrieva

Votes: 21

36. Zerograd (1988)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Going on a business trip, the hero of the film suddenly finds himself in a fantastic city. It is very similar to our world, only the hidden absurdity of everyday life here has become apparent.

Director: Karen Shakhnazarov | Stars: Leonid Filatov, Oleg Basilashvili, Vladimir Menshov, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Votes: 2,565

37. Konechnaya ostanovka (1990)

Not Rated | 77 min | Drama

Dark, naturalistic depiction of life in a godforsaken Kazakh village plagued by poverty, deterioration and violence.

Director: Serik Aprimov | Stars: Sabit Kurmanbekov, Murad Akhmetov, Bakhitzhan Alpeisov, Nagimbek Samayev

Votes: 22

38. Isolde (1989)

92 min | Drama

Isolde decides to leave her husband, who is a politician. At the library where she works, she meets a naive student and falls in love.

Director: Jytte Rex | Stars: Carsten Bang, Peter Boesen, Kirsten Brøndum, Christine Crone

Votes: 17

40. Magnús (1989)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

A comedy with a serious undertone about a 45-year-old lawyer, whose routine is upset by the personal news that he is suffering from cancer.

Director: Þráinn Bertelsson | Stars: Egill Ólafsson, Þórhallur Sigurðsson, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Jón Sigurbjörnsson

Votes: 117

41. For Dear Life (1989)

101 min | Documentary

A warm story about the fight for a decent life. Deals with teenagers having problems with alcohol and drugs.

Director: Sigve Endresen

Votes: 57

42. Lars Ole, 5c (1973)

84 min | Drama

It's nice to be a kid with school, play and friends. But just below the surface is astonishing cruelty, craftiness and seriousness that can make the life hell for a 12-year-old boy in the 5th grade.

Director: Nils Malmros | Stars: Søren Rasmussen, Knud Randa Frank Nielsen, Lars Randrup Mikkelsen, Judith Nysom

Votes: 215

43. Drenge (1977)

83 min | Drama

Three episodes that illustrate three steps in a boy's relationship with the sexual. First as five-years old meeting with the more experienced cousin, then the first serious crush as seventeen and finally the student's carefree girl hunt.

Director: Nils Malmros | Stars: Lars Junggren, Inez Thomsen, Ilse Rande, Jesper Hede

Votes: 286

44. Tree of Knowledge (1981)

101 min | Drama

We follow the Danish students in a class at Århus Katedralskole late 1950s, from age 13 till 16.

Director: Nils Malmros | Stars: Eva Gram Schjoldager, Jan Johansen, Line Arlien-Søborg, Marian Wendelbo

Votes: 1,875

45. Beauty and the Beast (1983)

87 min | Drama

In Århus, Denmark, mom's in hospital, pregnant, while dad and 16 y.o.daughter are spending time together painting the baby room. Dad can't accept that his daughter has grown up with interest in guys etc. Instead, he turns to spying on her.

Director: Nils Malmros | Stars: Line Arlien-Søborg, Jesper Klein, Carsten Jørgensen, Merete Voldstedlund

Votes: 626

46. Århus by night (1989)

101 min | Biography, Drama

A director recounts his experiences on his first film and memories from his childhood.

Director: Nils Malmros | Stars: Thomas Schindel, Tom McEwan, Michael Carøe, Søren Østergaard

Votes: 382

47. Life Is Hard and Then You Die (1990)

5 min | Short, Comedy

A pitch black comedy about how blue a Monday morning can be.

Director: Maria Sødahl | Star: Frode Rasmussen

Votes: 28

48. Monsieur Hire (1989)

PG-13 | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A recluse is accused of murdering a young woman simply because his neighbors think he is strange.

Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire, Luc Thuillier, André Wilms

Votes: 7,137 | Gross: $1.42M

49. I Want to Go Home (1989)

100 min | Comedy

A grumpy American is suffering during his visit to Europe.

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Laura Benson, Adolph Green, Linda Lavin, Gérard Depardieu

Votes: 809

50. Love Without Pity (1989)

R | 84 min | Comedy, Romance

25 years old Hippo doesn't have a job, doesn't study either but lives from the money his younger brother earns with dealing and from occasional Poker winnings -- he's a representative of a ... See full summary »

Director: Eric Rochant | Stars: Hippolyte Girardot, Mireille Perrier, Yvan Attal, Jean-Marie Rollin

Votes: 764

52. The Married Woman of Nam Xuong (1989)

23 min | Short, Drama

Observation of the relationship between husband and wife.

Director: Anh Hung Tran | Stars: Quang An, Lâm Lê, Duy Mai Lan Nguyen, Anh Hung Tran

Votes: 53

53. L'air de rien (1989)

87 min | Drama

About a woman who is convinced that she has only a few months to live. In the time left, she wanders through various European communities, seeking out new experiences.

Director: Mary Jimenez | Stars: Carole Courtoy, Gabriel Arcand, Josse De Pauw, Lucas Belvaux

Votes: 23

55. La salle de bain (1989)

93 min | Comedy, Drama

The story takes place in Paris with the main character who decides to settle in his bathroom to read quietly and never leave again. Outside characters come to disturb him.

Director: John Lvoff | Stars: Tom Novembre, Gunilla Karlzen, Manfred Andrae, Roland Bertin

Votes: 58

56. Hemligheten (1990)

105 min | Adventure, Family, Thriller

Sam and Amanda are friends. One day, they accidentally throw Sam's sister's diaries in the garbage can and have to trace them to the city dump. While looking for the diaries, they discover ... See full summary »

Director: Ralf Karlsson | Stars: Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Sif Ruud, Susanna Björklund, Peter Öberg

Votes: 51

57. Werther (1990)

92 min | Comedy

The neurotic director Max Karlsson tries to do a film of Goethe's "Die Leiden des jungen Werthers". He finds all actors for his melodrama - except Lotte, the wonderful girl who is an object... See full summary »

Director: Håkan Alexandersson | Stars: Gert Fylking, Ulrika Hansson, Peter Kneip, Ellen Lamm

Votes: 18

59. Den Första kyssen (1989)

26 min | Short, Drama

On a Sunday of summer 1963, Conny starts a timid conversation with a romantic pretty young girl on the other side of the fence of the local asylum.

Director: Mats Olof Olsson | Stars: Susanne Lejeborg, Max Winerdahl

60. Ex libris (1990)

12 min | Short

A young messenger comes to a second-hand bookseller to fetch a number of books. While his packet is made ready he goes around among the bookshelves. Suddenly a book drops to the floor. He ... See full summary »

Director: Mats Olof Olsson | Stars: Gösta Bredefeldt, Malena Hallerdt, Niclas Ljungquist

Votes: 7

61. Tumba-Tarzan: Den siste legenden (1990)

58 min | Documentary, Drama

Tumba-Tarzan, born Rolf Eskil Johansson (1925-1978) was a Swedish burglar who became nationally known in 1954 when he was on the run from the police for more than half a year. During the ... See full summary »

Director: Mats Olof Olsson | Stars: Gösta Bredefeldt, Ernst Brunner, Börje Carlsson, Anita Cedring

62. Bulan (1990)

97 min | Comedy

A factory worker get a sharp bump on his head after having collided with a lamppost. This incident causes him to leave his square daily life for spontaneous escapades and whims.

Director: Karsten Wedel | Stars: Lars Brandeby, Eivin Dahlgren, Urban Eldh, Christer Fant

Votes: 17

63. Train to Heaven (1989)

90 min | Drama

About Niño, an orphanage boy in the port city of Guayaquil in Ecuador.

Director: Torgny Anderberg | Stars: Boris Arizaga, Eddy Castro, James Coburn, Teodor De La Torre

Votes: 44

65. Stormy Summer (1989)

95 min | Drama

Every year, the whole gather in the French region of Auvergne's home. During this 1944 summer, Louis falls in love with his cousin Laurence. The arrival of a British skydiver, Jack, will ... See full summary »

Director: Charlotte Brändström | Stars: Judith Godrèche, Stanislas Carré de Malberg, Murray Head, Marie-Christine Barrault

Votes: 51

66. Saknad av ingen (1990)

23 min | Drama, Short

About an old woman who is found dead in her apartment, with pieces of memory from the life she once lived.

Director: Ulf Ryberg | Stars: Michael Mansson, Helena Norén, Mikael Södersten, Finn Zandén

68. Den inre hamnen (1990)

30 min | Short

About the port of Gothenburg, in a strong transformation process. The old port disappears, office complexes take over the quays. Fewer and fewer ships call at, in addition to the constantly expansive ferry traffic.

Director: Christoffer von Platen

Votes: 20

69. We at Solglantan (1939)

94 min | Comedy

The politicians wants to build a factory on the allotment garden Solgläntan, but they encounter resistance.

Director: Gunnar Olsson | Stars: Dagmar Ebbesen, Rut Holm, Nils Lundell, Britta Brunius

Votes: 9

70. Den blomstertid... (1940)

100 min | Drama

During the Finnish-Russian war in the winter of 1940. On Måsön in the Swedish archipelago lives the romantic and idealist ringer Albin Olsson and the young beautiful and passionate teacher Eva Andersson.

Director: Alf Sjöberg | Stars: Sture Lagerwall, Gerd Hagman, Arnold Sjöstrand, Ragnar Falck

Votes: 20

71. Rid i natt! (1942)

106 min | Drama, History

In the south of Sweden, some farmers get into trouble when the German Count is forcing them to perform day labor for him. But a man refuses to bow to the German Count.

Director: Gustaf Molander | Stars: Oscar Ljung, Gerd Hagman, Eva Dahlbeck, Erik 'Bullen' Berglund

Votes: 151

72. Alle man på post (1940)

75 min | Comedy

Kurre, a simple man of the people, is called for military service and turned into 1740 Karlsson.

Director: Anders Henrikson | Stars: Aino Taube, Elof Ahrle, Anders Henrikson, Arnold Sjöstrand

Votes: 31

73. Ta hand om Ulla (1942)

111 min | Drama

1930 and times are bad. When Ulla and Gunnar also get notice the future doesn't look bright. Besides that Ulla discover that she's pregnant. Gunnar gets a job thought so now they can get ... See full summary »

Director: Ivar Johansson | Stars: Marianne Aminoff, Bengt Logardt, Claes Thelander, Nils Lundell

Votes: 48

74. Snapphanar (1941)

113 min | History, War

It is 1676 and Denmark declares war on Sweden. The intention is to recapture the region Skåne. The Danes have on their side a number of sympathizers, called Snapphanar.

Director: Åke Ohberg | Stars: Edvard Persson, Tekla Sjöblom, George Fant, Oscar Ljung

Votes: 80

75. The Heavenly Play (1942)

106 min | Drama

Mats Ersson is engaged to Marit and they plan to get married in the spring. But when the plague comes, the people accuse Marit of witchcraft. She is sentenced to death. Mats can not ... See full summary »

Director: Alf Sjöberg | Stars: Rune Lindström, Eivor Landström, Anders Henrikson, Holger Löwenadler

Votes: 66

76. Farliga vägar (1942)

86 min | Drama

A stateless lawyer comes with his son Karel and his two daughters Vanja and Sonja as refugees to Stockholm. No one gets work permits in Sweden and the family's problems grow, and not all of... See full summary »

Director: Anders Henrikson | Stars: Karin Ekelund, Anders Henrikson, Georg Rydeberg, Ernst Eklund

Votes: 18

77. En dag skall gry (1944)

95 min | Drama, War

An army officer kills his wife's lover, then escapes to Finland to fight in the Winter War.

Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Edvin Adolphson, Elsie Albiin, Hasse Ekman, Sture Lagerwall

Votes: 88

78. Excellensen (1944)

101 min | Drama

Celebrated elderly Austrian poet opposes nazism, while his daughter admires and falls in love with leading nazi activist, who eventually becomes concentration camp commander with his father-in-law as prisoner.

Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Lars Hanson, Gunnar Sjöberg, Elsie Albiin, Stig Järrel

Votes: 81

79. Diamond Skulls (1989)

R | 100 min | Drama, Thriller

A group of young British guardsmen have to cover up a hit and run incident that occurred at the end of a night of drunken revelry.

Director: Nick Broomfield | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Amanda Donohoe, Struan Rodger, Douglas Hodge

Votes: 395 | Gross: $0.33M

80. Driving Me Crazy (1988)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary

Nick Broomfield's rarely seen 1988 doc goes behind-the-scenes of a famous theater director's unusual musical, with hilarious and chaotic results.

Director: Nick Broomfield | Stars: André Heller, Graciela Daniele, Mercedes Ellington, George Faison

Votes: 107

82. Time of the Gypsies (1988)

R | 142 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he loves.

Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Davor Dujmovic, Bora Todorovic, Ljubica Adzovic, Husnija Hasimovic

Votes: 32,714 | Gross: $0.28M

83. Tapeheads (1988)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Music

A couple of creative losers accidently become big shots in the video music industry.

Director: Bill Fishman | Stars: John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Mary Crosby, Clu Gulager

Votes: 4,357 | Gross: $0.34M

85. West Is West (1989)

80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Handsome and broke, Vikram arrives from Bombay to the US to find his college plans have fallen through. Exploring exotic San Francisco, he discovers and falls for Sue, a feisty bohemian artist.

Director: David Rathod | Stars: Ashutosh Gowariker, Heidi Carpenter, Pearl Padamsee, Rex Delgado

Votes: 87

87. Hear on to Howling, Hermann (1989)

40 min | Short, Drama

The film shows the self release of a young man, who has a low-sitting, instilled fear of women and God.

Director: Margret Run | Stars: Andreas Jung, Andrea Rosenberg, Eckhard Preuß, Margret Run

89. Die Jungfrauenmaschine (1988)

R | 84 min | Drama, Romance

A reporter who goes to San Francisco to write about romance has an affair with a stripper from an all-women's club.

Director: Monika Treut | Stars: Ina Blum, Marcelo Uriona, Gad Klein, Peter Kern

Votes: 276

90. Die Kunst, ein Mann zu sein (1989)

45 min | Short

(spoilers!)

Vanity, polygamy, Weltschmerz! - The young Turk R. and his German buddy, M., both proud denizens of Berlin-Kreuzberg, try their hands at the Art of Being a Man. They love their ... See full synopsis »

Director: Matthias Drawe | Stars: Silvia Castillo, Matthias Drawe, Thornton Jacobs, Sissi Salomon

91. Mix Wix (1989)

83 min | Drama

Mix Wix is a successful entrepreneur. He did good business with socks and underpants and made a lot of money. Hispanties department is the largest of its kind. But now he's reaching his limits.

Director: Herbert Achternbusch | Stars: Herbert Achternbusch, Judit Achternbusch, Alfred Edel, Annamirl Bierbichler

Votes: 38

92. A Dry White Season (1989)

R | 106 min | Drama, Thriller

68 Metascore

A white middle class South African suburbanite with no interest in politics agrees to help his black gardener find his jailed son. His investigation opens his eyes to the horrors committed by the secret police and turns him into a target.

Director: Euzhan Palcy | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae, Jürgen Prochnow

Votes: 6,198 | Gross: $3.77M

93. The Rainbow (1989)

R | 113 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A young woman deals in her own personal way with the trials of adolescence and young adulthood in early 1900s England.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Sammi Davis, Amanda Donohoe, Paul McGann, Christopher Gable

Votes: 1,695 | Gross: $0.44M

94. In Fading Light (1990)

103 min | Drama

A feature drama set in the declining fishing industry in North Shields, the actors auditioned and trained by local fishermen and filmed on the 63 foot seine netter bought by Amber.

Director: Murray Martin | Stars: Joe Caffrey, Maureen Harold, Dave Hill, Brian Hogg

Votes: 26

95. Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989)

Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary

Wim Wenders talks with Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto about the creative process and ponders the relationship between cities, identity and the cinema in the digital age.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Wim Wenders, Yohji Yamamoto

Votes: 1,106

96. Túsztörténet (1989)

110 min | Drama

In 1970's Hungary, two teen brothers take hostage 20 girls in their dorm to secure safe passage to the West. Based on the true incident of the first modern hostage situation in Hungary.

Director: Gyula Gazdag | Stars: Ari Bery, Gábor Svidrony, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Tibor Bitskey

Votes: 114

97. Pictures of the Old World (1972)

70 min | Documentary

Pictures of the Old World is an unquestioned masterpiece of European documentary cinema, with existential radicalism that offers a contrast to the shallowness of hundreds of other ... See full synopsis »

Director: Dusan Hanák

Votes: 808

98. Henry V (1989)

PG-13 | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History

83 Metascore

In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Simon Shepherd, James Larkin

Votes: 31,658 | Gross: $10.16M

99. Henry V (1944)

Not Rated | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History

In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer

Votes: 7,074

100. Play Me Something (1989)

72 min | Drama

As a group of individuals waits for a plane on a remote Scottish island, an enigmatic stranger tells them a story about an Italian countryman who visits Venice.

Director: Timothy Neat | Stars: John Berger, Hamish Henderson, Lucia Lanzarini, Charlie Barron

Votes: 108



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