Romance Movies
And a Nightingale Sang (1989)
Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over thirty and with a limp,…
The First Time is the Last Time (1989)
A very dark, realistic women-in-prison film from Angel director, Raymond Leung. Carrie Ng plays Winnie, a young woman who is jailed after avenging her boyfriend’s death at the hands of…
She’s Out of Control (1989)
A Los Angeles radio-station manager’s girlfriend shows his teenage daughter how to be sexy.
Shag (1989)
Summer of 1963. Carson is getting married to her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for one last irresponsible weekend.
Winter People (1989)
Wayland Jackson, a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934. They are taken in by Collie Wright, a single mother…
Say Anything… (1989)
Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. He surprises just about everyone-including himself-when she returns the sentiment. But…
Under the Boardwalk (1989)
It is the final weekend of summer and a group of Californian teenagers are looking forward to an upcoming surf contest. Rival gangs the ‘Vals’ and the ‘Lowks’ are confident…
Bridge to Silence (1989)
A hearing impaired woman suffers a mental breakdown when a drunk-driving accident kills her husband and she finds herself in a struggle with her mother over the fate of her…
Parent Trap III (1989)
When Jeff plans to marry again, his triplet daughters Megan, Lisa and Jessie try to bring him together with Susan.
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
The U.S. government, eager to protect the nation’s avacado supplies, recruits feminist professor Margo Hunt to make contact with the Piranha Women, an all-female tribe who believe men are only…
Chances Are (1989)
Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex…
Skin Deep (1989)
Hard-drinking novelist Zach Hutton spirals out of control after his wife and mistress both leave him. Alone and crippled by a bad case of writer’s block, Zach slips in and…
Dream a Little Dream (1989)
Bobby Kellar has a crush on Lainie Diamond, girlfriend of school jerk Joel. Coleman is working on an experiment which will help him move into a place where Dreams are…
Scandal (1989)
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties…
Cousins (1989)
Two couples go to a mutual friend’s wedding and end up swapping partners.
The Tall Guy (1989)
An American actor in England tries to find love and work.
The Witches Cave (1989)
An interstellar expedition is sent to study a strange planet. Despite the fact that creatures from various Earth time periods inhabit the world, the natives possess metal swords, even though…
The Boost (1988)
Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds himself $700,000 in hock with nowhere…
The Accidental Tourist (1988)
After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon’s wife is having similar problems. They separate, and Macon meets a strange,…
The Little Thief (1988)
In a small town in post-WWII France, 16-year-old Janine tries to improve her conditions by any means necessary. Three people—Michel, a married lover; Raoul, a fellow thief; Mauricette, a photographer…
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with…
Working Girl (1988)
Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess takes over her…
Haunted Summer (1988)
Authors Lord Byron, Mary Shelley (née Godwin) and Percy Shelley get together for some philosophical discussions, but the situation soon deteriorates into mind games, drugs, and sex. It is a…
The Dressmaker (1988)
In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier.
Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
Arnold is a gay man working as a drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man.
The Girl in Glass (1988)
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while…
Full Moon in Blue Water (1988)
Floyd, the owner of a bar on the Texas coast, has been depressed for a year after his wife disappeared in a swimming accident. He lives with his senile father-in-law…
Fresh Horses (1988)
A Cincinnati college student breaks off his engagement to his wealthy fiancée after he falls in love with a backwoods Kentucky girl he meets at a party. She says she’s…
Last Rites (1988)
After witnessing her lover being murdered by his jealous wife, Angela seeks refuge in a church where she encounters a young priest named Michael, who gives her sanctuary. But the…
Everybody’s All-American (1988)
Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown….
The Good Mother (1988)
After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter’s custody, by her ex, who claims that her lover has a bad influence on the kid.
Mystic Pizza (1988)
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut.
