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The Best Movies of 1989

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown leads at 86, ahead of Do the Right Thing (84) and For All Mankind (83). 60 titles made the cut, ordered from highest Balasaur Score to lowest. The typical pick here scores 74, well above the catalog median of 66. The newest addition is Born on the Fourth of July, released in December 1989. The score blends IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB ratings into one 0 to 100 number.

Scores run 86 down to 66.

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