Blockbuster movies aren’t what they used to be. The genre once referred to pretty much any film with high production value that made lots of money at the box office. But in recent years, the only movies that seem to qualify as real, legitimate Hollywood blockbusters are sequels, prequels, or superhero stories.

Clearly, something changed, but figuring out exactly when that shift occurred is tougher than selling an original script to Walt Disney Studios. While the successes of films like Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope and Jaws fundamentally reshaped Hollywood in the late 1970s, it still took a few decades for the movie industry to become the franchise-obsessed and IP-driven business it is today. In the years between, a wide variety of comedic and dramatic films not only continued to get sizable budgets but also crossed over so well with audiences that they raked in blockbuster-size numbers at the box office.

One need look no further than 1989 for proof. The year’s highest-grossing films include a handful of franchise sequels (and one superhero movie), as well as multiple critically acclaimed dramas, award winners, and comedies. It represents, in many ways, the platonic ideal of what a year of movies should be, and it’s one that Hollywood should strive to replicate more often.

Hollywood did everything in its power to stop Gina Gershon from starring in Bound. But that just made her want it more.

“I knew it was an issue just because everyone was giving me such a hard time about doing the movie,” Gershon tells Inverse. “Actresses weren't even allowed to go in [to audition] because during that time, you don't do a lesbian movie or else you destroy your career. Which, you know, I thought was just so insane.”

Three years before they delivered a reality-warping A-bomb to the action and science fiction genres with The Matrix, Lana and Lilly Wachowski (then known as Larry and Andy) challenged Hollywood conventions in more down-to-earth fashion with Bound, which has just received a sparkling new 4K UHD Blu-ray release from the Criterion Collection.