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No Holds Barred

1989

No Holds Barred

1989
4.8
Rip is the World Wrestling Federation champion who is faithful to his fans and the network he wrestles for, but Brell, the new head of the World Television Network, wants Rip to wrestle for his network.
Shotgun

1989

Shotgun

1989
3
Detective Ian 'Shotgun' Jones hunts a sadistic misogynistic maniac.
Warlock

1989

Warlock

1989
6.2
In 17th century New England, witch hunter Giles Redferne captures an evil warlock, but the conjurer eludes death with supernatural help. Flung into the future, the warlock winds up in the 1980s and plans to bring about the end of the world. Redferne follows the enchanter into the modern era and continues his mission, but runs into trouble in such unfamiliar surroundings. With the help of a young woman, can Redferne finally defeat the warlock?
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure

1989

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure

1989
5.9
Based on the true story of baby Jessica McClure who fell into a drain pipe in her back yard while playing. She was stuck in the pipe about 20 to 30 feet down and it took rescuers 58 hours to get her out. There was fear that if they shook the earth too much with machinery they could cause Jessica to fall further down and die.
Dog City: The Movie

1989

Dog City: The Movie

1989
8
This parody of film noir and gangster flicks takes us through the dangerous town of Dog City, teeming with colorful Muppet Dog characters. Rowlf the dog is your guide through the underside of canine life during the 1930s in Dog City. Our hero, Ace, enters the world of bulldog gangsters and terrier molls when he inherits a saloon from his late Uncle Harry. Unwilling to pay protection money, Ace finds himself the target of Bugsy, a bulldog bully who owns most of Dog City. Life can be ruff!
Witchtrap

1989

Witchtrap

1989
5.1
A group of parapsychologists, as well as a skeptical cop, are terrorized by a Satanic ghost in a bed-and-breakfast.
Sonny Boy

1989

Sonny Boy

1989
4.8
A small-town car thief and his transgender wife come across an abandoned infant; they amputate his tongue and train him for a life in crime.
Rooftops

1989

Rooftops

1989
4.4
T, as most of his friends, lives in a self-constructed 'house', built on top of an old building in the city. Their one passion is 'combat'. Combat is a dance/streetfight during which the contestants try to push each other out of the arena, while not allowed to actually touch each other. When drugdealers move into the neighbourhood and kill T's best friend he embarks on a mission to eradicate the drug-presence in the neigbourhood. His friends are reluctant to help though, knowing what happened to T's friend when he crossed them.
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death

1989

Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death

1989
4.5
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 good as a source of food. Accompanying Dr. Hunt on her trip are Jim, a guide of questionable competence, and Bunny, a student of unquestionable incompetence.
The Three Musketeers: Adventure of Aramis

1989

The Three Musketeers: Adventure of Aramis

1989
6.8
In this reimagining of Alexandre Dumas's classic novel, the musketeer Aramis is secretly a woman in disguise, drawn to the elite corps after exacting revenge on her lover's murderer. Years later, plucky musketeer-in-waiting D'Artagnan is to be hanged for a crime he didn't commit. To exonerate her friend, Aramis must uncover the truth by navigating a twisting web of court conspiracies and her own past — without revealing her secret.
Skinheads

1989

Skinheads

1989
3
A group of students traveling to California are menaced by a vicious group of skin-heads in the Colorado mountains. A WW2 vet living in the mountains comes to their rescue.
L.A. Heat

1989

L.A. Heat

1989
4.8
An L.A. vice cop is on the hunt for a drug dealer, but the mission turns deadly when his partner is murdered.
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

1989

The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

1989
The story of the hijacking of the Itallian liner Achille Lauro by four militants of the Palestine Liberation Front, in 1985, who demanded the release of several Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli prisoners. On their hands, lies the fate of several passengers, many Americans included and among them, Jewish American businessman Leon Klinghoffer.
Time Burst: The Final Alliance

1989

Time Burst: The Final Alliance

1989
2.8
Several different factions compete in the search for ancient Japanese tablets that have the secret of immortality.
Trapper County War

1989

Trapper County War

1989
3.5
A pair of city boys get in trouble with a backwoods North Carolina family, when the boys try to stop the abuse of the family's step daughter. A pair of locals decide to step up to help the boys and the girl.
Merchants of War

1989

Merchants of War

1989
3.3
The heroes are best friends and commandos sent on a covert mission by the CIA. The mission is a success, but the two incur the wrath of the world's most feared terrorist, a fanatical Islamic, when they set out to do one last mission.
Malarek

1988

Malarek

1988
4
Malarek is a film directed by Roger Cardinal in 1989. Ex-juvenile offender Victor Malarek catches a break when he's hired as a cub reporter for the Montreal Star. After witnessing a cop murder a street kid, Malarek dedicates himself to exposing corruption in the social welfare system.
Crime Zone

1988

Crime Zone

1988
4.1
In a post-nuclear future, crime has been eliminated in the city of Soleil through a strict class structure imposed upon the population. Two illegal young lovers are enticed into becoming criminals by a shady guy who promises them a way out of the city so they can continue their lives in peace.
The Lady and the Highwayman

1988

The Lady and the Highwayman

1988
5.1
During one of his robberies, a highwayman, who steals from the rich and gives to the poor, falls in love with an aristocratic lady. Now, he is forced to choose between his true love or his true cause.
Breaking Loose

1988

Breaking Loose

1988
2.6
A young man leaves home in search of his fathers backgound in a small country town and gets mixed up with all sorts of weird and wild characters.