U.S./Canada release date |
Title |
Studio |
Notes
|
January 4
|
Mr. North |
The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
VHS release
|
Young Guns |
20th Century Fox |
VHS release
|
January 11 |
The Thin Blue Line |
Miramax |
VHS release
|
January 12
|
The Great Outdoors |
Universal |
VHS release
|
Phantasm II |
Universal |
VHS release
|
January 18 |
Hot to Trot |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
January 25
|
The Dead Pool |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
The Presidio |
Paramount |
VHS release
|
January 26
|
Bull Durham |
Orion |
VHS release
|
Die Hard |
20th Century Fox |
VHS release
|
January 31 |
The Good Mother |
Touchstone |
VHS release
|
February 1 |
Waxwork |
Vestron Pictures |
VHS release
|
February 8 |
Caddyshack II |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
February 14 |
Poltergeist III |
MGM |
VHS release
|
February 23
|
A Fish Called Wanda |
MGM |
VHS release
|
Married to the Mob |
Orion |
VHS release
|
Midnight Run |
Universal |
VHS release
|
February 28 |
Big Business |
Touchstone |
VHS release
|
March 1 |
Spike of Bensonhurst |
FilmDallas |
VHS release
|
March 8 |
Imagine: John Lennon |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
March 9 |
Iron Eagle II |
Carolco |
VHS release
|
March 15
|
Clean and Sober |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
Crocodile Dundee II |
Paramount |
VHS release
|
March 16
|
Moon over Parador |
Universal |
VHS release
|
Punchline |
Columbia |
VHS release
|
March 21 |
Betrayed |
United Artists |
VHS release
|
March 23 |
Big |
20th Century Fox |
VHS release
|
March 30 |
Mac and Me |
Orion |
VHS release
|
April 5
|
Bat*21 |
TriStar |
VHS release
|
Mystic Pizza |
The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
VHS release
|
Stealing Home |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
April 6 |
Rocket Gibraltar |
Columbia |
VHS release
|
April 12
|
Crossing Delancey |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
Dakota |
Miramax |
VHS release
|
Dead Ringers |
20th Century Fox |
VHS release
|
Tucker: The Man and His Dream |
Paramount |
VHS release
|
April 13
|
Gorillas in the Mist |
Universal |
VHS release
|
They Live |
Universal |
VHS release
|
April 18 |
Cocktail |
Touchstone |
VHS release
|
April 19 |
Running on Empty |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
April 20 |
Memories of Me |
MGM |
VHS release
|
Star Wars |
20th Century Fox |
Laserdisc release
|
April 25 |
Child's Play |
United Artists |
VHS release
|
April 26 |
Clara's Heart |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
April 27
|
Eight Men Out |
Orion |
VHS release
|
Fresh Horses |
Columbia |
VHS release
|
Things Change |
Columbia |
VHS release
|
May 3
|
The Accused |
Paramount |
VHS release
|
Full Moon in Blue Water |
Trans World Entertainment |
VHS release
|
Miles from Home |
Cinecom |
VHS release
|
May 11 |
Madame Sousatzka |
Universal |
VHS release
|
May 17 |
Coming to America |
Paramount |
VHS release
|
May 18 |
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers |
Galaxy International Releasing |
VHS release
|
May 21 |
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects |
Cannon |
VHS release
|
May 23
|
Burning Secret |
Vestron Pictures |
VHS release
|
Pumpkinhead |
United Artists |
VHS release
|
May 24
|
Distant Thunder |
Paramount |
VHS release
|
Everybody's All-American |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
Far North |
Nelson Entertainment |
VHS release
|
High Spirits |
TriStar |
VHS release
|
May 25 |
Another Woman |
Orion |
VHS release
|
June 7 |
A Cry in the Dark |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
June 8
|
DeepStar Six |
TriStar |
VHS release
|
My Stepmother Is an Alien |
Columbia |
VHS release
|
June 14 |
Parents |
Vestron |
VHS release
|
June 15
|
Alien Nation |
20th Century Fox |
VHS release
|
Twins |
Universal |
VHS release
|
June 21
|
Bird |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
Buster |
MGM |
VHS release
|
June 22
|
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
Orion |
VHS release
|
Torch Song Trilogy |
New Line |
VHS release
|
June 27 |
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka |
United Artists |
VHS release
|
June 28
|
The Accidental Tourist |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt |
Cannon |
VHS release
|
Heartbreak Hotel |
Touchstone |
VHS release
|
June 29 |
The Last Temptation of Christ |
Universal |
VHS release
|
July 6 |
Cocoon: The Return |
20th Century Fox |
VHS release
|
July 12
|
The Boost |
Hemdale |
VHS release
|
Dangerous Liaisons |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
July 13
|
Talk Radio |
Universal |
VHS release
|
True Believer |
Columbia |
VHS release
|
Who's Harry Crumb? |
TriStar |
VHS release
|
July 19
|
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
Split Decisions |
New Century Entertainment |
VHS release
|
July 25
|
1969 |
Atlantic |
VHS release
|
Heathers |
New World |
VHS release
|
July 26 |
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
July 27 |
Mississippi Burning |
Orion |
VHS release
|
August 1 |
Red Scorpion |
SGE |
VHS release
|
August 2 |
Tequila Sunrise |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
August 3 |
The Fly II |
20th Century Fox |
VHS release
|
August 9 |
Gleaming the Cube |
20th Century Fox |
VHS release
|
August 10 |
The 'Burbs |
Universal |
VHS release
|
August 15
|
Under the Boardwalk |
New World |
VHS release
|
The Wizard of Oz (1939) |
MGM |
VHS release
|
August 16
|
Little Dorrit |
Cannon |
VHS release
|
Patty Hearst |
Atlantic |
VHS release
|
August 17 |
Tap |
TriStar |
VHS release
|
August 23
|
Beaches |
Touchstone |
VHS release
|
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool |
Warner Bros |
VHS release
|
Disorganized Crime |
Touchstone |
VHS release
|
Heathcliff: The Movie |
Atlantic |
VHS release
|
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! |
Paramount |
VHS release
|
August 30 |
Rain Man |
United Artists |
VHS release
|
August 31
|
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure |
Orion |
VHS release
|
Boyfriends and Girlfriends |
Orion Classics |
VHS release
|
Devil in the Flesh |
Orion Classics |
VHS release
|
Hey Babu Riba |
Orion Classics |
VHS release
|
Wings of Desire |
Orion Classics |
VHS release
|
September 6
|
Dream a Little Dream |
Vestron |
VHS release
|
Edge of Sanity |
Allied Vision |
VHS release
|
Skin Deep (1989) |
20th Century Fox |
VHS release
|
September 7
|
The January Man |
MGM |
VHS release
|
Under the Sun of Satan |
Alive Films |
VHS release
|
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train |
Miramax |
VHS release
|
September 13
|
Her Alibi |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
Jacknife |
Kings Road |
VHS release
|
September 14
|
Cousins |
Paramount |
VHS release
|
Fletch Lives |
Universal |
VHS release
|
Rooftops |
New Visions |
VHS release
|
The Land Before Time |
Universal |
VHS release
|
Salaam Bombay! |
Cinecom |
VHS release
|
September 20
|
Cyborg |
Cannon |
VHS release
|
Fast Food |
Fries Entertainment |
VHS release
|
Night of the Demons |
Meridian |
VHS release
|
Out Cold |
Hemdale |
VHS release
|
Powwow Highway |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
September 26
|
Gone with the Wind |
MGM |
VHS release
|
The Horror Show |
United Artists |
VHS release
|
The Terror Within |
New Concorde |
VHS release
|
September 27
|
Lean on Me |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
Speed Zone |
Orion |
VHS release
|
A Summer Story |
Atlantic |
VHS release
|
September 28
|
Bambi |
Disney |
VHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics
|
Farewell to the King |
Orion |
VHS release
|
Sing |
TriStar |
VHS release
|
Slaves of New York |
TriStar |
VHS release
|
October 1 |
Bye Bye Baby |
Prism Entertainment |
VHS release
|
October 4
|
Checking Out |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
Criminal Law |
Hemdale |
VHS release
|
October 5
|
976-EVIL |
New Line |
VHS release
|
Fright Night Part II |
TriStar |
VHS release
|
Major League |
Paramount |
VHS release
|
Out of the Dark |
CineTel |
VHS release
|
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
20th Century Fox |
VHS release
|
The Return of Swamp Thing |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
Suspiria |
Magnum |
VHS release
|
Working Girl |
20th Century Fox |
VHS release
|
October 11 |
Earth Girls Are Easy |
Vestron |
VHS release
|
October 12
|
The Dream Team |
Universal |
VHS release
|
Fist Fighter |
International Video Entertainment |
VHS release
|
Pet Sematary |
Paramount |
VHS release
|
Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
Touchstone |
VHS release
|
October 18
|
Dead Bang |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
Dead Calm |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie |
The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
VHS release
|
A World Apart |
Atlantic Entertainment Group |
VHS release
|
October 19
|
Lawrence of Arabia |
Columbia |
VHS release
|
No Holds Barred |
New Line |
VHS release
|
October 24
|
Getting It Right |
M.C.E.G. |
VHS release
|
Leviathan |
MGM |
VHS release
|
October 25
|
Scandal |
Palace Pictures |
VHS release
|
Tango Bar |
Castle Hill |
VHS release
|
The Toxic Avenger Part II |
Troma |
VHS release
|
October 26
|
Lost Angels |
Orion |
VHS release
|
Winter People |
Columbia |
VHS release
|
October 27
|
Singing the Blues in Red |
JCI |
VHS release
|
We the Living |
Angelika |
VHS release
|
October 31 |
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey |
Home Cinema Group |
VHS release
|
November 1
|
Ernest Saves Christmas |
Touchstone |
VHS release
|
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills |
Cinecom |
VHS release
|
Three Fugitives |
Touchstone |
VHS release
|
Valentino Returns |
Vidmark Entertainment |
VHS release
|
November 2
|
Chances Are |
TriStar |
VHS release
|
The Rachel Papers |
United Artists |
VHS release
|
Say Anything... |
20th Century Fox |
VHS release
|
Troop Beverly Hills |
Columbia |
VHS release
|
November 8 |
Teen Witch |
Trans World Entertainment |
VHS release
|
November 9
|
Loverboy |
TriStar |
VHS release
|
Miss Firecracker |
Corsair Pictures |
VHS release
|
Scrooged |
Paramount |
VHS release
|
She's Out of Control |
Columbia |
VHS release
|
November 14 |
Wicked Stepmother |
MGM |
VHS release
|
November 15
|
Batman |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
The Rainbow |
Vestron |
VHS release
|
November 16 |
K-9 |
Universal |
VHS release
|
November 21 |
Lords of the Deep |
MGM |
VHS release
|
November 22
|
Ghostbusters II |
Columbia |
VHS release
|
The Mighty Quinn |
MGM |
VHS release
|
Vampire's Kiss |
Hemdale Film Corporation |
VHS release
|
November 29 |
I, Madman |
Trans World Entertainment |
VHS release
|
December 6
|
How to Get Ahead in Advertising |
Warner Bros. |
VHS release
|
Miracle Mile |
Columbia |
VHS release
|
December 7
|
84 Charlie Mopic |
The Charlie Mopic Company |
VHS release
|
Listen to Me |
Columbia |
VHS release
|
See No Evil, Hear No Evil |
TriStar |
VHS release
|
December 12 |
Road House |
United Artists |
VHS release
|
December 13 |
Shag: The Movie |
Hemdale |
VHS release
|
December 14
|
How I Got Into College |
20th Century Fox |
VHS release
|
Renegades |
Universal |
VHS release
|
When Harry Met Sally... |
Nelson Entertainment |
VHS release
|
December 20
|
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
Columbia |
VHS release
|
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child |
New Line |
VHS release
|
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier |
Paramount |
VHS release
|
December 21
|
Great Balls of Fire! |
Orion |
VHS release
|
La Lectrice |
Orion Classics |
VHS release
|
Lock Up |
TriStar |
VHS release
|
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown |
Orion Classics |
VHS release
|
December 28 |
Weekend at Bernie's |
20th Century Fox |
VHS release
|
Unknown
|
The Empire Strikes Back |
20th Century Fox |
Laserdisc release
|
King of Kings |
MGM |
VHS release
|
Wee Wendy |
Toei Animation |
VHS release
|