1989

1. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee)
2. Chameleon Street (Wendell B. Harris, Jr.)
3. Heathers (Michael Lehmann)
4. Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch)
5. Sweetie (Jane Campion)
6. The Abyss (James Cameron)
7. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (Peter Greenaway)
8. The Killer (John Woo)
9. The Icicle Thief (Maurizio Nichetti)
10. Mr. Hoover & I (Emile de Antonio)
11. Roger & Me (Michael Moore)

Almost There: Batman (Tim Burton), Creature Comforts [short] (Nick Park), Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen), A Grand Day Out [short] (Nick Park), Homework (Abbas Kiarostami), How to Get Ahead in Advertising (Bruce Robinson), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg), Leningrad Cowboys Go America (Aki Kaurismaki), sex, lies, and videotape (Steven Soderbergh), The Tall Guy (Mel Smith), Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun (Werner Herzog).

Have Yet to See: Casualties of War (Brian De Palma), The Decalogue (Krzysztof Kieslowski), Kiki's Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki), Violent Cop (Takeshi Kitano).