List of LGBT-related films of 1989

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in 1989. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.

Films[]

Title	Director	Country	Genre	Cast	Notes
		Turkey	Drama	Kadir Inanir, Betül Aytaç, Kerem Tunaboylu and Osman Gidisoglu
Apartment Zero	Martin Donovan	United Kingdom	Thriller	Hart Bochner, Colin Firth
Coming Out	Heiner Carow	East Germany	Romance, drama	Matthias Freihof, Dagmar Manzel, Dirk Kummer, Michael Gwisdek, Werner Dissel, Gudrun Ritter, Walfriede Schmitt, Axel Wandtke, Pierre Bliss, René Schmidt, Thomas Gumpert, Ursula Staack, Robert Hummel and Horst Ziethen	Coming Out was the winner of the Teddy Award for best feature film at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.^[1]
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt	Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman	United States	Documentary	Dustin Hoffman (narrator)	About the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt; won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1990.^[2]
Dead Poets Society	Peter Weir	United States	Drama	Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Norman Lloyd, Kurtwood Smith, Dylan Kussman, James Waterston, Allelon Ruggiero, Alexandra Powers, Leon Pownall and George Martin
Identity Crisis	Melvin Van Peebles	United States	Comedy	Mario Van Peebles
Justine's Film (Le film de Justine)	Jeanne Crépeau	Canada	Drama	Marie-Hélène Montpetit
Las cosas del querer	Jaime Chávarri	Spain	Musical	Ángela Molina, Ángel de Andrés López, Manuel Bandera, María Barranco, Amparo Baró, Mary Carmen Ramírez, Diana Peñalver, Juan Gea, Rafael Alonso, Eva León, Ana Sáinz, Manuel Gallardo, Mari Paz Ballesteros (as Mª Paz Ballesteros), María Rus and Antonio Canal (as Tony Canal)	aka The Things of Love
Last Exit to Brooklyn	Uli Edel	United States United Kingdom West Germany	Crime, drama	Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young, Peter Dobson, Jerry Orbach, Stephen Baldwin, Jason Andrews, James Lorinz, Sam Rockwell, Maia Danziger, Camille Saviola, Ricki Lake, Cameron Johann, John Costelloe, Christopher Murney, Alexis Arquette, Mark Boone Junior and Rutanya Alda	Based on the novel of the same name by Hubert Selby Jr.
Longtime Companion	Norman René	United States	Romance, drama	Campbell Scott, Patrick Cassidy, John Dossett, Mary-Louise Parker, Stephen Caffrey, Welker White, Bruce Davison, Mark Lamos, Dermot Mulroney, Michael Schoeffling, Brian Cousins, Annie Golden, Brent Barrett, Dan Butler, Robi Martin, Robert Joy, Tony Shalhoub, David Drake, Michael Carmine and Melora Creager	First wide-release film to deal with the subject of AIDS
The Long Weekend (O' Despair)	Gregg Araki	United States	Drama	Bretton Vail, Maureen Dondanville, Andrea Beane, Nicole Dillenberg, Marcus D'Amico and Lance Woods	Winner of the Ernest Artaria Award at the 1989 Locarno International Film Festival.
Looking for Langston	Isaac Julien	United Kingdom		Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji	Memoriam to Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance
The Rainbow	Ken Russell	United Kingdom United States	Action, drama, romance	Sammi Davis, Paul McGann, Amanda Donohoe, Christopher Gable, David Hemmings, Glenda Jackson, Dudley Sutton, Jim Carter, Judith Paris, Kenneth Colley, Glenda McKay, Mark Owen, Ralph Nossek, Nicola Stephenson, Molly Russell, Alan Edmondson, Rupert Russell, Richard Platt, Bernard Latham, John Tams, Zoe Brown, Amy Evans and Sam McMullen	Adapted from the novel of the same name by D. H. Lawrence
Salut Victor	Anne Claire Poirier	Canada	Drama	Jean Besré, Muriel Dutil, Jacques Godin, Juliette Huot, Marthe Nadeau, Huguette Oligny, Jean-Louis Roux and Julie Vincent	Based on the short story Matthew and Chauncy by Edward O. Phillips
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills	Paul Bartel	United States	Comedy	Jacqueline Bisset, Ray Sharkey, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Ed Begley Jr., Wallace Shawn, Arnetia Walker, Paul Bartel, Paul Mazursky, Rebecca Schaeffer, Barret Oliver, Edith Diaz, Susan Saiger, Jerry Tondo and Michael Feinstein
Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland	Michael A. Simpson	United States	Slasher	Pamela Springsteen, Tracy Griffith	a.k.a. Nightmare Vacation III
Tongues Untied	Marlon Riggs	United States	Documentary	Marlon Riggs, Essex Hemphill and Brian Freeman
The Unbelievable Truth	Hal Hartley	United States	Comedy, drama	Adrienne Shelly, Robert John Burke (credited as Robert Burke)
Via Appia	Jochen Hick	Germany	Adventure, drama, romance	Peter Senner, Guilherme de Pádua (credited as Guilherme de Padua), Yves Jansen, Margarita Schmidt, José Carlos Berenguer and Gustavo Motta

References[]

^ Teddy Award - Coming Out. Retrieved 3 December 2016
^ "Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2008-11-18.

[1] Teddy Award - Coming Out. Retrieved 3 December 2016

[NY_Times-2] "Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2008-11-18.

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