Withnail and I (1987)
84%
8/10
“Everyone has known a Withnail. And, what's more, everyone is a Withnail. ” –
Detroit Free Press
Apr 4, 2025
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Do the Right Thing (1989)
92%
“Though there are certain elements of the film that don't work,...I think Lee knows exactly what he's saying, that he has a right to say it and that he's set up his 60-40 point of view in fascinatingly complicated ways.” –
Detroit Free Press
Mar 18, 2025
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Steel Magnolias (1989)
73%
7/10
“Harling's and Ross' pop blend of comedy and tragedy captures the real kidding and bonding, needling and support of women's friendships because both men enjoy exaggerating.” –
Detroit Free Press
Apr 30, 2024
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Postcards From the Edge (1990)
83%
9/10
“My own postcards to Streep, MacLaine and Fisher would read: Good going, ladies. Your bleached-Techni-color weather is beautiful in a freaky California kinda way. Wish you'd be there on next January's Oscar nomination list.” –
Detroit Free Press
Apr 29, 2024
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Goodfellas (1990)
94%
10/10
“Like his finale to the tune of the Sid Vicious "I Did It May Way," Scorsese is trying a stylistic variation that's wired, joltingly different, but right.” –
Detroit Free Press
Oct 18, 2023
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Batman (1989)
77%
8/10
“In one of the few summer movies that leave lasting images, you'll certainly remember the explosive Joker, who's like the graffiti the city spits onto its own walls. But even more, you'll remember the implosive Batman... In the end, it's his movie.” –
Detroit Free Press
Jul 25, 2023
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
84%
7/10
“Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is what you were probably expecting: It's better than Temple of Doom but not as good as Raiders of the Lost Ark.” –
Detroit Free Press
Mar 29, 2023
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Thelma & Louise (1991)
86%
8/10
“Every frame has a marvelous touch... These big, glossy images may owe too much to Scott's advertising background, but they're as terrific and irresistible as Sarandon and Davis. ” –
Detroit Free Press
Mar 2, 2023
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A Dry White Season (1989)
82%
8/10
“[A Dry White Season makes us feel every bend of Donald Sutherland's slowly changing point of view.” –
Detroit Free Press
Jan 3, 2023
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Dances With Wolves (1990)
87%
9/10
“Beginning with [a] kind of comically earnest freshness, Dances with Wolves stretches into an engaging, noble, epic vision worthy of filling a screen so wide it seems to literally sweep from sea to shining sea. ” –
Detroit Free Press
Nov 7, 2022
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Rain Man (1988)
88%
8/10
“[Dustin Hoffman] enters his character with the stagey-yet-dead-on empathy that creates an affectively deep, full performance.” –
Detroit Free Press
Aug 4, 2022
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The Last Emperor (1987)
86%
9/10
“If this movie were the quotations of someone's Little Red Book, it wouldn't be the least bit important. As the continuing story of a great director's thoughts about the revolutionary possibilities of Marxism and Freudian-ism, it's very important.” –
Detroit Free Press
Aug 1, 2022
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The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
82%
10/10
“Yearningly, humanly, and superhumanly, it truly does make the 20th Century soul the arena of the ultimate struggle. ” –
Detroit Free Press
May 5, 2022
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Three Men and a Baby (1987)
67%
8/10
“Cutting the incompetence and ick without skimping on genuine humor and feeling, Three Men and a Baby is an energetic, heads-up American translation that's the perfect holiday outing. ” –
Detroit Free Press
Apr 19, 2022
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
95%
8/10
“Throughout the movie, Demme gets across more terror than a dozen Friday the 13ths by showing not the horrifying thing itself but the faces of people looking at horror.” –
Detroit Free Press
Mar 23, 2022
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La Bamba (1987)
83%
7/10
“Sweet and serious, a fine little movie that accomplishes just what it sets out to do.” –
Detroit Free Press
Aug 10, 2021
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Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
14%
5/10
“"Troop Beverly Hills" is based on the real experiences of its producer Ava Fries, but it doesn't pay the kind of detailed attention to the Beverly Hills girls Fries must have known to make the movie work.” –
Detroit Free Press
Jun 24, 2021
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Baby Boom (1987)
67%
6/10
“Ultimately, "Baby Boom" is a bust because the writers took the baby out of the boom instead of taking the boom out of the baby.” –
Detroit Free Press
Jun 24, 2021
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Skin Deep (1989)
32%
5/10
“These women exist only to wear clothes and take them off. With clothes is better than without, since the communication of genuine sexual attraction isn't one of the movie's strong points.” –
Detroit Free Press
Jun 18, 2021
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License to Drive (1988)
24%
5/10
“Bee-man [has] a light, affectionate touch with his stars and an even lighter, more affectionate touch with the cars that survive some amusingly narrow escapes.” –
Detroit Free Press
Jun 17, 2021
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The Getting of Wisdom (1977)
80%
“In a world that's harder to like, it gives you a heroine who is often no moral peach and whose attractions are more difficult to understand.” –
Sojourner
Aug 15, 2019
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The Shining (1980)
83%
“Kubrick gives Shelley Duvall's persona depth and importance.” –
Sojourner
Aug 15, 2019
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Heart Beat (1980)
20%
“The part gives Spacek little to do and her "acting" is a series of poses in 50's dresses and hairdos.” –
Sojourner
Aug 15, 2019
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