American films of 1988

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Cinema of the
United States


1890s
1890 1891 1892 1893 1894
1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904
1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s
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1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s
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1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s
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1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s
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1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s
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1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

A list of American films released in 1988.
Rain Man won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

















Contents

[edit] A

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1969 (film) Ernest Thompson Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, Bruce Dern, Drama
36 Fillette
'68 (film)
Above the Law Andrew Davis Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Sharon Stone Action
The Accidental Tourist (film)
The Accused
Action Jackson
After Death
Alice (1988 film)
Alien Nation (film)
Alien from L.A.
American Gothic (film) John Hough Rod Steiger, Yvonne De Carlo, Sarah Torgov, Janet Wright, Michael J. Pollard, William Hootkins, Mark Ericksen, Caroline Barclay, Mark Chapman, Fiona Hutchison, Stephen Shellen, Terry Kelly Horror
And God Created Woman (1988 film)
Another Woman
Appointment With Death (film)
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Ariel (film)
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
As Tears Go By

[edit] B

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Babette's Feast Gabriel Axel
Bad Dreams Horror, Thriller
Bat*21
Beaches (film)
The Bear (film)
The Beast (1988 film)
Beetlejuice Tim Burton Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder Comedy, Fantasy
The Bengali Night Nicolas Klotz
Betrayed (1988 film)
Big Penny Marshall Tom Hanks Comedy
The Big Blue
Big Business (1988 film)
Big Top Pee-wee
Biloxi Blues
Bird (1988 film)
Black Roses (film)
The Blob (1988 film)
Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls
Bloodsport Jean-Claude Van Damme Action
Bloodstone (film)
The Blue Iguana John Lafia Dylan McDermott Action-comedy
The Boost Harold Becker Romantic drama
The Bourne Identity
Braddock: Missing in Action III|Chuck Norris|
Brain Damage (film)
Bravestarr: The Legend
Bright Lights, Big City
Bull Durham
Bulletproof (1988 film)
Buster (film)

[edit] C

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.
Caddyshack II
Call Me Sollace Mitchell Erotic thriller
Cannibal Tours
Care Bears Nutcracker Suite
Casual Sex? Geneviève Robert Comedy
Cellar Dweller
Child's Play Tom Holland Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Brad Dourif Horror
Christmas in Tattertown
Clara's Heart Robert Mulligan Whoopi Goldberg, Kathleen Quinlan, Neil Patrick Harris Drama
Clean and Sober
Clownhouse
Cocktail Roger Donaldson Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown Romantic comedy
Cocoon: The Return
Colors
Comic Book Confidential
Coming to America
Consuming Passions
Cop
Crash Course
The Crazy Companies
The Crazy Companies II
Crocodile Dundee II Paul Hogan
Crossing Delancey Amy Irving
A Cry in the Dark Fred Schepisi Meryl Streep, Sam Neill Docudrama Released as Evil Angels in Australia

[edit] D

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
D.O.A. (1988 film)
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters Animated film
Dance 'Til Dawn
Dangerous Curves (film)
Dangerous Liaisons
Dead Heat (1988 film)
The Dead Next Door
The Dead Pool
Dead Ringers (film)
Dead Solid Perfect
Deadly Dreams
Death Faces
The Decalogue
The Decline of Western Civilization II
Destroyer Robert Kirk Action, Horror
Die Hard Bruce Willis Action
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (film)
Distant Thunder (1988 film)
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Dominick and Eugene
The Dragon Family
Dragons Forever
The Drifter (1988 film)
Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure Adventure Animated film
Drowning by Numbers

[edit] E

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Earth Girls Are Easy
Eight Men Out
The Eighth Happiness
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (film)
Elvis and Me
Ernest Saves Christmas Comedy
Everybody's All-American (film)

[edit] F

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Feds
Feeling from Mountain and Water
The Firm (1988 film)
A Fish Called Wanda
Flesheater
For Keeps?
Frantic (film)
The French as seen by...
Fresh Horses
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood Slasher
Fright Night II
The Fruit Machine (film)

[edit] G

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Garfield: His 9 Lives
'Gator Bait II: Cajun Justice Beverly Sebastion Jan Mackenzie, Jocelyn Boudreaux, Rocky Dugas, Keith Gros
Georgia (1988 film)
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
The Good Mother (1988 film)
The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
Grave of the Fireflies
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
The Great Outdoors (1988 film)
The Green Inferno

[edit] H

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Hairspray Musical
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Horror
Hawks (film)
Heartbreak Hotel (film)
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Hero Hiralal
Hidden City
High Hopes (film)
High Spirits (film)
Hobgoblins (film)
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
Homeboy (film)
Hot to Trot
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare

[edit] I

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Ika Hands
The Incredible Hulk Returns
The Inspector Wears Skirts
The Interview
Iron Eagle II
It Came from Somewhere Else
It Couldn't Happen Here (film)

[edit] J

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Jack's Back
Johnny Be Good Bud S. Smith Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr. Comedy
Justin Case (film)

[edit] K

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Kansas (film)
Kenny (1988 film)
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Killing Birds

[edit] L

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Lady in White
The Land Before Time Animated film
The Last Temptation of Christ
Laura Lansing Slept Here
License to Drive Greg Beeman Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Carol Kane, Richard Masur, Heather Graham Adventure comedy
Life Is a Long Quiet River
Light Years (film)
The Little Devil
Little Dorrit (film)
Little Nikita Richard Benjamin Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix Drama
The Little Thief
Little Vera

[edit] M

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Mac and Me
Macho Dancer
Madame Sousatzka
A Man for All Seasons (1988 film)
The Man from Snowy River II
Maniac Cop
Married to the Mob
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Midnight Run
The Milagro Beanfield War
Miles from Home
Miracle Mile (film)
Mississippi Burning
The Moderns
Monkey Shines
Moon Over Parador
Moonwalker
Moving (film)
The Murder of Mary Phagan
My Best Friend Is a Vampire
My Neighbor Totoro
My Stepmother Is an Alien
Mystic Pizza

[edit] N

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Leslie Nielsen Spoof
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
Negatives (film)
Never Say Die (1988 film)
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
The Night Before (film)
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
Nightmare at Bittercreek
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Ninja Strike Force
No Retreat, No Surrender 2
Nosferatu in Venice
Not of This Earth (1957 film)

[edit] O

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Off Limits
Oliver & Company
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
Open from 18 to 24
Out of Time (1988 film)
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

[edit] P

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Paperhouse
Pascali's Island
Pass the Ammo
Patty Hearst (film)
Permanent Record
Phantasm II
Picasso Trigger
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach Comedy
Police Story 2 Jackie Chan Action
Poltergeist III Thriller
Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
The Presidio (film)
The Prince of Pennsylvania
Prison (1988 film)
Punchline (film)
Purple People Eater (film)
Puss in Boots (1988 film)

[edit] R

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Raggedy Rawney
Rain Man Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman
Rambo III Sylvester Stallone Action
Rampage
Rattle and Hum
Red Heat
Red Hot Skate Rock
Rent-A-Cop
Rented Lips
Return of the Killer Tomatoes
Return of the Living Dead Part II
Rikki and Pete
Rocket Gibraltar
Running on Empty Sidney Lumet River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Christine Lahti, Martha Pimpton Drama

[edit] S

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Saturday the 14th Strikes Back
Scarecrows (1988 film)
School Daze
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School Animated film
Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf Animated film
Scrooged
The Serpent and the Rainbow
The Seventh Sign
Shadow Man (1988 film)
Shakedown (1988 film)
She's Having a Baby
Shoot to Kill (film)
Short Circuit 2
A Short Film About Killing
A Short Film About Love
Side Streets
Slaughterhouse II
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
Slugs (film)
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
Space Mutiny
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
Spellbinder
Spellcaster (film)
Spike of Bensonhurst
Splash, Too
Stand and Deliver
Stealing Home
Stormy Monday
Story of Women
Storytelling Giant
Summer of Aviya
Sweet Lies (film)
Switching Channels

[edit] T

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Talk Radio (film)
Tapeheads
A Taxing Woman 2
Tequila Sunrise (film)
The Dirtwater Dynasty
The Lair of the White Worm (film)
They Live
The Thin Blue Line (documentary)
Three Against the World
Tiger on Beat
Time Is Money (DuckTales)
A Time of Destiny (film)
Time of the Gypsies
Tin Toy
Tokyo Pop
Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller
Too Good to Be True (film)
Torch Song Trilogy
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Tumbledown
Twins (film)
Two Moon Junction
Two Women

[edit] U

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)
The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II

[edit] V

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Vanishing (1988 film)
A Very Brady Christmas
Vibes
Vice Versa
Victim of the Brain
The Vision (TV Movie)

[edit] W

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
War Party
War and Remembrance
Watchers
Waxwork
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Robert Zemeckis Bob Hoskins Comedy
Willow (film)
Willy the Sparrow
Witchcraft
Without a Clue
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Working Girl
A World Apart

[edit] Y

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Young Einstein
Young Guns

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