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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.