1989 Apr 2026

The Little Mermaid premiered, launching the Disney Renaissance .

Batman (the year's highest-grossing film), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , and Back to the Future Part II . The Little Mermaid premiered

1989 is often cited as a "peak" year for cinema . Major releases that year included: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

The Game Boy and Sega Genesis were released, and Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web at CERN. Music & Taylor Swift The Little Mermaid premiered