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Displaying Search Results: 23 Best Movies from 1988 till 1988

Hotaru no haka ( 1988 )

Genre:   Animation | Drama | War

Runtime:  88

Country:  Japan

Language:  Japanese

Director:  Isao Takahata

Writer:   Akiyuki Nosaka | Isao Takahata

Stars:   Tsutomu Tatsumi | Ayano Shiraishi | Yoshiko Shinohara | Akemi Yamaguchi

Plot:    A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso ( 1988 )

Genre:   Drama | Romance

Runtime:  174

Country:  Italy | France

Language:  Italian

Director:  Giuseppe Tornatore

Writer:   Giuseppe Tornatore | Giuseppe Tornatore | Vanna Paoli

Stars:   Antonella Attili | Enzo Cannavale | Isa Danieli | Leo Gullotta

Plot:    Salvatore, a famous film director, returns to his hometown for the funeral of the local theater's film projectionist, Alfredo. He reminisces about his life as a young boy falling in love with cinema.

Die Hard ( 1988 )

Genre:   Action | Thriller

Runtime:  132

Country:  United States

Language:  English | German | Italian

Director:  John McTiernan

Writer:   Roderick Thorp | Jeb Stuart | Steven E. de Souza

Stars:   Bruce Willis | Bonnie Bedelia | Reginald VelJohnson | Paul Gleason

Plot:    A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Tonari no Totoro ( 1988 )

Genre:   Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Runtime:  86

Country:  Japan

Language:  Japanese

Director:  Hayao Miyazaki

Writer:   Hayao Miyazaki | Hayao Miyazaki | Hayao Miyazaki

Stars:   Noriko Hidaka | Chika Sakamoto | Shigesato Itoi | Sumi Shimamoto

Plot:    When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.

Dom za vesanje ( 1988 )

Genre:   Comedy | Crime | Drama | Fantasy

Runtime:  142

Country:  Yugoslavia | Italy | United Kingdom

Language:  Romany | Serbo-Croatian | Italian

Director:  Emir Kusturica

Writer:   Emir Kusturica | Gordan Mihic

Stars:   Davor Dujmovic | Bora Todorovic | Ljubica Adzovic | Husnija Hasimovic

Plot:    In this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he loves.

Rain Man ( 1988 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  133

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Italian

Director:  Barry Levinson

Writer:   Barry Morrow | Ron Bass | Barry Morrow

Stars:   Dustin Hoffman | Tom Cruise | Valeria Golino | Gerald R. Molen

Plot:    After a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.

The Thin Blue Line ( 1988 )

Genre:   Documentary | Crime

Runtime:  101

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Errol Morris

Writer:   Errol Morris

Stars:   Randall Adams | David Harris | Gus Rose | Jackie Johnson

Plot:    A film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas.

Mississippi Burning ( 1988 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Runtime:  128

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Alan Parker

Writer:   Chris Gerolmo

Stars:   Gene Hackman | Willem Dafoe | Frances McDormand | Brad Dourif

Plot:    Two FBI agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights activists.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit ( 1988 )

Genre:   Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Fantasy | Mystery

Runtime:  104

Country:  United States | United Kingdom

Language:  English

Director:  Robert Zemeckis

Writer:   Jeffrey Price | Peter S. Seaman | Gary K. Wolf | Ted Osborne | Al Taliaferro

Stars:   Bob Hoskins | Christopher Lloyd | Joanna Cassidy | Charles Fleischer

Plot:    When a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, he enlists the help of a burnt out private investigator to prove his innocence.

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! ( 1988 )

Genre:   Comedy | Crime

Runtime:  85

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  David Zucker

Writer:   Jerry Zucker | Jim Abrahams | David Zucker | Pat Proft | Jim Abrahams | David Zucker | Jerry Zucker

Stars:   Leslie Nielsen | Priscilla Presley | Ricardo Montalban | George Kennedy

Plot:    Incompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

Beetlejuice ( 1988 )

Genre:   Comedy | Fantasy

Runtime:  92

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Tim Burton

Writer:   Michael McDowell | Larry Wilson | Michael McDowell | Warren Skaaren

Stars:   Alec Baldwin | Geena Davis | Annie McEnroe | Maurice Page

Plot:    The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.

A Fish Called Wanda ( 1988 )

Genre:   Comedy | Crime

Runtime:  108

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English | Italian | Russian

Director:  Charles Crichton | John Cleese

Writer:   John Cleese | Charles Crichton | John Cleese

Stars:   John Cleese | Jamie Lee Curtis | Kevin Kline | Michael Palin

Plot:    In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool the very proper barrister Archibald Leach.

The Last Temptation of Christ ( 1988 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  164

Country:  Canada | United States

Language:  English

Director:  Martin Scorsese

Writer:   Nikos Kazantzakis | Paul Schrader

Stars:   Willem Dafoe | Harvey Keitel | Paul Greco | Steve Shill

Plot:    The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.

Midnight Run ( 1988 )

Genre:   Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Runtime:  126

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Martin Brest

Writer:   George Gallo

Stars:   Robert De Niro | Charles Grodin | Yaphet Kotto | John Ashton

Plot:    A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.

Dangerous Liaisons ( 1988 )

Genre:   Drama | Romance

Runtime:  119

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English

Director:  Stephen Frears

Writer:   Christopher Hampton | Choderlos de Laclos | Christopher Hampton

Stars:   Glenn Close | John Malkovich | Michelle Pfeiffer | Swoosie Kurtz

Plot:    A scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.

Le grand bleu ( 1988 )

Genre:   Adventure | Drama | Sport

Runtime:  168

Country:  France | Italy | United States

Language:  French | English | Italian

Director:  Luc Besson

Writer:   Luc Besson | Luc Besson | Robert Garland | Marilyn Goldin | Jacques Mayol | Marc Perrier

Stars:   Rosanna Arquette | Jean-Marc Barr | Jean Reno | Paul Shenar

Plot:    The rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two childhood friends and now world-renowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ( 1988 )

Genre:   Comedy | Crime

Runtime:  110

Country:  United States

Language:  English | French | German

Director:  Frank Oz

Writer:   Dale Launer | Stanley Shapiro | Paul Henning

Stars:   Steve Martin | Michael Caine | Glenne Headly | Anton Rodgers

Plot:    Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of fifty thousand dollars first.

The Land Before Time ( 1988 )

Genre:   Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family

Runtime:  69

Country:  United States | Ireland

Language:  English

Director:  Don Bluth

Writer:   Stu Krieger | Judy Freudberg | Tony Geiss

Stars:   Pat Hingle | Helen Shaver | Gabriel Damon | Bill Erwin

Plot:    An orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a valley.

Big ( 1988 )

Genre:   Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Runtime:  104

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Spanish

Director:  Penny Marshall

Writer:   Gary Ross | Anne Spielberg

Stars:   Tom Hanks | Elizabeth Perkins | Robert Loggia | John Heard

Plot:    After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.

They Live ( 1988 )

Genre:   Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Runtime:  94

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  John Carpenter

Writer:   Ray Nelson | John Carpenter

Stars:   Roddy Piper | Keith David | Meg Foster | George 'Buck' Flower

Plot:    They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.

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