1988 in film
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[edit] Events
- Michael Jackson's first film was Moonwalker
[edit] Top grossing films
- Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit, starring Bob Hoskins
- Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy
- Big, starring Tom Hanks
- Twins, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito
- Crocodile Dundee II
- Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, starring Leslie Nielsen
- Cocktail, starring Tom Cruise
- Beetlejuice, starring Michael Keaton
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: Rain Man - Mirage Entertainment, Star Partners II, United Artists
- Best Director: Barry Levinson - Rain Man
- Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
- Best Actress: Jodie Foster - The Accused
- Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Kline - A Fish Called Wanda
- Best Supporting Actress: Geena Davis - The Accidental Tourist
- Best Foreign Language Film: Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren), directed by Bille August, Denmark
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Rain Man
- Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
- Best Actress (tie): Jodie Foster - The Accused
- Best Actress (tie): Sigourney Weaver - Gorillas in the Mist
- Musical or Comedy:
- Best Picture: Working Girl
- Best Actor: Tom Hanks - Big
- Best Actress: Melanie Griffith - Working Girl
- Other
- Best Director: Clint Eastwood - Bird
- Best Foreign Language Film: Pelle the Conqueror, Denmark
PALM D'OR (Cannes Film Festival):
- Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren), directed by Bille August, Denmark
GOLDEN LION (Venice Film Festival):
- La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore (The Legend of the Holy Drinker), directed by Ermanno Olmi, Italy / France
GOLDEN BEAR (Berlin Film Festival):
- Red Sorghum (Hong gao liang), directed by Yimou Zhang, China
[edit] Films released in 1988
- 18 Again!
- The Accidental Tourist
- The Accused
- Action Jackson
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Alice (Něco z Alenky)
- Alien Nation
- Amsterdamned
- And God Created Woman
- Another Woman
- Arthur 2:On The Rocks
- Bat 21
- Beaches
- The Beast
- Beetlejuice
- Betrayed
- Big
- The Big Blue, directed by Luc Besson
- Big Business
- Big Time
- Big Top Pee-wee
- Biloxi Blues -(film only mentioned in article)
- Bird
- Black Eagle
- The Blob
- Bloodsport
- La Boheme, by Luigi Comencini (see disambiguation)
- Burning Secret
- Buster
- Caddyshack II
- Call Me
- Camille Claudel
- Child's Play
- Chocolat
- The Chocolate War -(film mentioned in article)
- Clara's Heart
- Clean and Sober
- Cocktail
- Cocoon: The Return
- Colors
- Coming to America
- Consuming Passions
- The Couch Trip
- The Courier
- Crocodile Dundee II
- Crossing Delancey
- A Cry in the Dark
- Da
- Dangerous Liaisons
- The Deceivers
- The Dead Pool
- Dead Ringers
- Die Hard
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Distant Thunder
- Distant Voices, Still Lives
- D.O.A.
- Doin' Time On Planet Earth
- Dream Demon
- Drowning By Numbers
- Earth Girls Are Easy
- Eight Men Out
- Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
- Ernest Saves Christmas
- The Everlasting Secret Family
- Everybody's All-American
- Far North
- Feds
- A Fish Called Wanda
- Five Corners
- Frantic
- Fresh Horses
- Fright Night II
- The Fruit Machine
- Full Moon In Blue Water
- Ghost Town
- Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
- Gotham (aka) The Dead Can't Lie
- The Good Mother
- Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
- Hairspray
- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- Hanna's War
- Hanussen
- Haunted Summer
- Hawks, starring Timothy Dalton and Anthony Edwards
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Hellbound: Hellraiser II
- High Hopes
- High Spirits, directed by Neil Jordan
- Hot to Trot
- Hotel Terminus: Klaus Barbie, His Life and Times
- The House on Carroll Street
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
- It Couldn't Happen Here
- Iron Eagle II
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space
- The Land Before Time
- The Last Temptation of Christ, directed by Martin Scorsese
- La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore (The Legend Of The Holy Drinker) - Golden Lion award
- The Little Devil (Il Piccolo Diavolo), starring Walter Matthau, Roberto Benigni (also director)
- Mac and Me
- Midnight Run
- Mississippi Burning
- Moonwalker
- The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
- Oliver and Company
- Paperhouse
- Patty Hearst*La Casa del sorriso (The House of Smiles) - Golden Bear award
- Punchline
- Pushpak
- Quelques Jours avec Moi (A Few Days with Me)
- Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture and Golden Bear (for 1989)
- Rattle and Hum
- Scrooged
- Shakedown aka Blue Jean Cop
- She's Having a Baby
- Shoot to Kill aka Deadly Pursuit
- A Short Film About Love by Krzysztof Kieslowski
- Stand and Deliver
- They Live, starring Roddy Piper
- Twins
- Vibes
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being, according to a book by Milan Kundera
- Waxwork
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Working Girl, starring Harrison Ford - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- A World Apart, starring Barbara Hershey and Jodhi May
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- January 7 - Michel Auclair, actor (b. 1922)
- January 7 - Trevor Howard, actor
- February 1 - Heather O'Rourke, actress
- January 25 - Colleen Moore, actress
- March 6 - Jeanne Aubert, French actress
- May 30 - Ella Raines, actress
- July 25 - Judith Barsi, actress
- August 4 - Florence Eldridge, actress
- September 5 - Gert Fröbe, actor
- October 1 - Lucien Ballard, cinematographer
- December 23 – Frederick W. Elvidge, actor
