1988 in film

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• Michael Jackson
  Michael Jackson
  
  Michael Joseph Jackson is an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group....
  's first film was Moonwalker
  Moonwalker
  
  Moonwalker, also known as Michael Jackson: Moonwalker, is a film released in 1988 by singer Michael Jackson. Rather than featuring one continuous narrative, the film is a collection of short films about the King of Pop, several of which are long-form music videos from Jackson's Bad album....
  

Top grossing films (U.S.)

Awards

Best Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture

The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to artists working in the film industry....
: Rain Man

Rain Man

Rain Man is a 1988 in film drama film written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass and directed by Barry Levinson. It tells the story of an abrasive, selfish yuppie, Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his father has left all of his millionaire estate to his brother, Raymond, an Autism Savant syndrome, of whose existence he was unaware....
- Mirage Entertainment, Star Partners II, United Artists

Best Director: Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson is an Academy Award-winning United States screenwriter, film director, actor, and Film producer of film and television....
 - Rain Man

Best Actor

Academy Award for Best Actor

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
: Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Lee Hoffman is a two-time Academy Award-, six-time Golden Globe-, three-time BAFTA- and Emmy Award-winning United States actor....
 - Rain Man

Best Actress

Academy Award for Best Actress

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
: Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster

Alicia Christian Foster, better known as Jodie Foster , is a two-time Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-award winning and Emmy-nominated United States actor, Film director and film producer....
 - The Accused

Best Supporting Actor

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
: Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline

Kevin Delaney Kline is an Academy Award winning American actor of theatre and film....
 - A Fish Called Wanda

A Fish Called Wanda

A Fish Called Wanda is a comedy film written by John Cleese and Charles Crichton and directed by Charles Crichton, and starring Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin....

Best Supporting Actress

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
: Geena Davis

Geena Davis

Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis is an Academy Awards-, Golden Globe-winning and Emmy Award-nominated United States actor, Film producer, writer, former fashion model and a women's Olympics archery team semi-finalist ....
 - The Accidental Tourist

The Accidental Tourist (film)

The Accidental Tourist is a 1988 in film United States drama film. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan, with an Academy Award nominated score by John Williams, the film's screenplay was adapted by Kasdan and Frank Galati from the The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler....

Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Award, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ....
: Pelle the Conqueror

Pelle the Conqueror

Pelle the Conqueror is a 1987 film by Bille August that tells the story of two Sweden immigrants to Denmark, a father and son, who try to build a new life for themselves....
(Pelle erobreren), directed by Bille August, Denmark

Drama:

Best Picture

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture ? Drama, since its institution in 1951....
: Rain Man

Best Actor

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 in film....
: Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man

Best Actress

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 in film....
 (tie): Jodie Foster - The Accused

Best Actress

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 in film....
 (tie): Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known for her roles as Lt. Ellen Ripley in the Alien film series and as Dana Barrett in the Ghostbusters movies....
 - Gorillas in the Mist

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy has been awarded annually since 1952 in film by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association....
: Working Girl

Working Girl

Working Girl is a 1988 film written by Kevin Wade and directed by Mike Nichols. It tells the story of a Staten Island-raised secretary, Tess McGill , working in the mergers and acquisitions department of a Wall Street investment bank....

Best Actor

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 in film....
: Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American film actor, film director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving success as a dramatic actor portraying several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia , the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander J...
 - Big

Best Actress

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1950 in film....
: Melanie Griffith

Melanie Griffith

Melanie Griffith is an Academy Award and Emmy-nominated, Golden Globe-award winning United States actress. She is the daughter of actress Tippi Hedren and the wife of actor Antonio Banderas....
 - Working Girl

Other

Best Director

Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture

This page lists the winners of and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Since its inception in 1943, it has been presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization comprised of journalists who cover the United States film industry for publications based outside North America....
: Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American actor, film director, film producer and composer. He is known for his tough guy, anti-hero acting roles in Action films and western films, particularly in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s....
 - Bird

Bird (1988 film)

Bird is a 1988 United States film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood.The film is a Biographical film, a tribute to the life and music of jazz Saxophone Charlie Parker, written by Joel Oliansky....

Best Foreign Language Film

Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the awards presented at the Golden Globe Awards, an American film awards ceremony....
: Pelle the Conqueror, Denmark

Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren), directed by Bille August, Denmark

La leggenda del santo bevitore

La leggenda del santo bevitore

La leggenda del santo bevitore is a 1988 Italian film directed by Ermanno Olmi. It tells the story of a drunken homeless man in Paris who is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local church when he can afford to; the film depicts the man's constrant frustrations as he attempts to do so....
(The Legend of the Holy Drinker), directed by Ermanno Olmi

Ermanno Olmi

Ermanno Olmi is a renowned Italy film director....
, Italy / France

Red Sorghum

Red Sorghum

Red Sorghum is a 1987 Cinema of China about a young woman's life working on a distillery for Kaoliang. It is based on a novel by Mo Yan.The film marked the directorial debut of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yimou, and the acting debut of film star Gong Li....
(Hong gao liang), directed by Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou is an internationally acclaimed China filmmaker and former cinematographer, and one of the best known of the Fifth Generation of Chinese film directors....
, China

• 18 Again!
  18 Again!
  
  18 Again! is a 1988 comedy film starring George Burns. The plot involves a grandson switching souls with his grandfather by means of an accident....
  
• 1969
  1969 (film)
  
  1969 is a 1988 in film drama film starring Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, and Winona Ryder. It was written and directed by Ernest Thompson....
  
• The Accidental Tourist
  The Accidental Tourist (film)
  
  The Accidental Tourist is a 1988 in film United States drama film. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan, with an Academy Award nominated score by John Williams, the film's screenplay was adapted by Kasdan and Frank Galati from the The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler....
  , starring William Hurt
  William Hurt
  
  William M. Hurt is an United States actor. He won both the Academy Awards and BAFTA Awards for his work in Kiss of the Spider Woman ....
  , Kathleen Turner
  Kathleen Turner
  
  Mary Kathleen Turner , better known as Kathleen Turner, is a Tony Award- and Academy Award-nominated United States actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, after roles in the Hollywood films Body Heat, Romancing the Stone and Prizzi's Honor....
   and Geena Davis
  Geena Davis
  
  Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis is an Academy Awards-, Golden Globe-winning and Emmy Award-nominated United States actor, Film producer, writer, former fashion model and a women's Olympics archery team semi-finalist ....
  
• The Accused, starring Jodie Foster
  Jodie Foster
  
  Alicia Christian Foster, better known as Jodie Foster , is a two-time Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-award winning and Emmy-nominated United States actor, Film director and film producer....
   and Kelly McGillis
  Kelly McGillis
  
  Kelly Ann McGillis is an United States actress, whose notable movies include Witness , Top Gun , and The Accused .Biography...
  
• Action Jackson
  Action Jackson
  
  "Action Jackson" is a 1988 in film action film directed by Craig R. Baxley and starring Carl Weathers, Vanity , Craig T. Nelson, and Sharon Stone....
  , starring Carl Weathers
  Carl Weathers
  
  Carl Weathers is an United States acting, as well as former professional American football player in the American football and Canadian football....
  , Craig T. Nelson
  Craig T. Nelson
  
  Craig Theodore Nelson is an United States actor.Nelson was born in Spokane, Washington to a drummer father. Because another Craig Richard Nelson was registered with the Screen Actors Guild, he registered as Craig Theodore Nelson....
  , Vanity
  Vanity
  
  In conventional parlance, vanity is the excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others. In many religions vanity is considered a form of self-idolatry, in which one rejects God for the sake of one's own , and thereby becomes divorced from the Divine graces of God....
   and Sharon Stone
  Sharon Stone
  
  Sharon Yvonne Stone is an United Statesn actress, film producer and former Model . She first acheived international recognition for her performance in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct....
  
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
  The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
  
  The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 in film film directed by Terry Gilliam, starring John Neville , Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, and Robin Williams....
  
• Akira
  Akira (film)
  
  is a 1988 in film anime film co-written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo based on Akira of the same name. The film is set in a neon-lit Tokyo in 2019....
  
• Alice
  Alice (1988 film)
  
  Alice is a 1988 Czech language surrealist fantasy film by Jan ?vankmajer. It retells Lewis Carroll's first 'Alice' book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, in ?vankmajer's unique style....
  (Neco z Alenky)
• Alien Nation
  Alien Nation (film)
  
  Alien Nation is a 1988 in film science fiction film written by Rockne S. O'Bannon and directed by Graham Baker. It stars James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, and Kevyn Major Howard....
  , starring James Caan
  James Caan
  
  James Caan is an American actor. He is best-known for his Academy Award nominated role of Sonny Corleone in 1972's The Godfather, Paul Sheldon in Stephen King's Misery and for his role as Ed Deline on Las Vegas ....
   and Mandy Patinkin
  Mandy Patinkin
  
  Mandel Bruce ?Mandy? Patinkin is an American actor of stage and screen and a tenor vocalist. Patinkin is known for his roles in television series such as: Chicago Hope, Dead Like Me and the first two seasons of Criminal Minds....
  
• Amsterdamned
  Amsterdamned
  
  Amsterdamned is a 1988 in film Dutch horror movie about a serial killer who hides in the canal system of Amsterdam. The film was directed and written by Dick Maas, and stars Huub Stapel, Monique van de Ven, and Serge-Henri Valcke....
  
• And God Created Woman
  And God Created Woman (1988 film)
  
  'And God Created Woman' is a 1988 in film that starred Rebecca De Mornay and Vincent Spano.The film was directed by Roger Vadim. He also directed the 1956 in film French language film Et Dieu......
  
• Another Woman
  Another Woman
  
  Another Woman is a 1988 film written and directed by Woody Allen. It stars Gena Rowlands and Mia Farrow and does not feature Allen in an acting role....
  
• Arthur 2: On the Rocks
  Arthur 2: On the Rocks
  
  Arthur 2: On the Rocks is the 1988 sequel to the 1981 Arthur . Lead actors Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli reprised their roles.Billionaire Bert Johnson , the father of Susan Johnson , the wealthy woman whom Arthur jilted in the first film, takes control of Arthur's inheritance, and Arthur is soon broke and homeless....
  , starring Dudley Moore
  Dudley Moore
  
  Dudley Stuart John Moore Order of the British Empire was an English people actor, comedian and musician.Moore first came to prominence as one of the four writer-performers in Beyond the Fringe in the early 1960s and became famous as half of the hugely popular television double-act he formed with Peter Cook....
   and Liza Minnelli
  Liza Minnelli
  
  Liza May Minnelli is an United Statesn actress and singer. She is the daughter of actress and singer Judy Garland and Garland's second husband, film director Vincente Minnelli....
  
• Bat 21, starring Gene Hackman
  Gene Hackman
  
  Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. He came to fame during the 1970s, after his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection , and continued to appear in Hollywood films playing major roles, including Harry Caul in The Conversation, Norman Dale in Hoosiers, Agent Rupert Anderso...
   and Danny Glover
  Danny Glover
  
  Danny Lebern Glover is an United States actor, film director, and political activist. Glover is possibly best known for his role as Detective Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film Media franchise....
  
• Beaches
  Beaches (film)
  
  Beaches , is a 1988 in film Academy Award-nominated movie adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue from the Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart. It was directed by Garry Marshall, and stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard , James Read, Spalding Gray, Lainie Kazan, Mayim Bialik and Marcie Leeds....
  , starring Bette Midler
  Bette Midler
  
  Bette Midler is an American singing, actress and comedienne, also known as The Divine Miss M. During her career, she has won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards....
   and Barbara Hershey
  Barbara Hershey
  
  Barbara Hershey is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning United States actress, known for her many film roles....
  
• The Beast
• Beetlejuice
  Beetlejuice
  
  Beetle Juice is a 1988 comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton. The film stars Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones and Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice....
  , starring Michael Keaton
  Michael Keaton
  
  'Michael John Douglas' , better known by the stage name 'Michael Keaton', is an American actor, known for his early comedic roles in films such as Night Shift , Beetlejuice, and his portrayal of Batman in the two Tim Burton-directed films of the series, as well as lead roles in the late 1990s and 2000s including Jackie Brown, ...
  , Alec Baldwin
  Alec Baldwin
  
  Alexander Rae Baldwin III is an United States film and television actor. Working as Alec Baldwin, he has appeared in prominent films such as Beetlejuice, as Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October , in the Martin Scorsese films The Aviator and The Departed....
  , Geena Davis
  Geena Davis
  
  Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis is an Academy Awards-, Golden Globe-winning and Emmy Award-nominated United States actor, Film producer, writer, former fashion model and a women's Olympics archery team semi-finalist ....
   and Winona Ryder
  Winona Ryder
  
  Winona Laura Horowitz , better known under her professional name Winona Ryder, is an American actress. She started her career in 1986. Although Ryder made her screen debut in Lucas , her first significant role came in 1988 with Beetle Juice as Lydia Deetz, a Goth subculture teenager, in a performance that gained her critical an...
  
• Betrayed
  Betrayed (1988 film)
  
  Betrayed is a 1988 motion picture drama directed by Costa Gavras, written by Joe Eszterhas and starring Tom Berenger and Debra Winger....
  
• Big, starring Tom Hanks
  Tom Hanks
  
  Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American film actor, film director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving success as a dramatic actor portraying several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia , the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander J...
  
• The Big Blue
  The Big Blue
  
  The Big Blue , released in 1988 in film, is the first English language film made by French people director Luc Besson. The film stars Jean-Marc Barr, Rosanna Arquette, Jean Reno and depicts a fictionalized account of the sporting rivalry between two famed free diving....
  , directed by Luc Besson
  Luc Besson
  
  Luc Besson is a French film director, writer and film producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company....
  
• Big Business
  Big Business (1988 film)
  
  Big Business is a 1988 in film American farce comedy film starring Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin. Produced by Touchstone Pictures and loosely based on The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, it revolves around two pairs of identical twins who were mixed up as newborns, with one pair ending in a wealthy urban family and the other...
  , starring Bette Midler
  Bette Midler
  
  Bette Midler is an American singing, actress and comedienne, also known as The Divine Miss M. During her career, she has won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards....
   and Lily Tomlin
  Lily Tomlin
  
  Mary Jean ?Lily? Tomlin is an United States actor, comedian, writer and Theatrical producer. During her 40-year career she has also been nominated for an Academy Award, and has won multiple awards from many quarters, including Tony Awards, Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award....
  
• Big Time
  Big Time (film)
  
  Big Time is a 1929 in film film starring Lee Tracy and Mae Clarke as a show business couple who break up over his infidelity. This was Clarke's film debut....
  
• Big Top Pee-wee
  Big Top Pee-wee
  
  Big Top Pee-wee is the 1988 in film family comedy sequel to the 1985 in film film, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, and stars Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, Penelope Ann Miller, Valeria Golino, and Kris Kristofferson....
  , starring Paul Reubens
  Paul Reubens
  
  Paul Reubens is an American actor, writer, and comedian, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s and started his career as an Improvisational theatre and stage actor....
  
• Biloxi Blues
  Biloxi Blues
  
  Biloxi Blues is a 1988 in film United States comedy film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Neil Simon is based on his semi-autobiography Biloxi Blues ....
  , starring Matthew Broderick
  Matthew Broderick
  
  Matthew Broderick is an United States award-winning film and stage actor who is best known for his roles as the title character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Nick in Godzilla and David Lightman in WarGames....
   and Christopher Walken
  Christopher Walken
  
  'Christopher Walken' is an Academy Award winning United States actor of theater and film, on which he has spent more than 50 years. A prolific actor, he has appeared in over 100 movie and television roles, notably including A View to a Kill, At Close Range, The Deer Hunter, King of New York, Batman Returns and Pulp Fictio...
  
• Bird
  Bird (1988 film)
  
  Bird is a 1988 United States film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood.The film is a Biographical film, a tribute to the life and music of jazz Saxophone Charlie Parker, written by Joel Oliansky....
  , starring Forest Whitaker
  Forest Whitaker
  
  Forest Steven Whitaker is an United States actor, film producer, and film director. Whitaker won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland ....
  
• Black Eagle
  Black Eagle (film)
  
  Black Eagle is a 1988 in film martial arts film set on the Mediterranean sea island of Malta....
  
• Blind Justice
  Blind Justice
  
  Blind Justice is an American television series about a blindness New York City police detective, created by Steven Bochco. It was introduced mid-season in March 2005 to fill the time slot left by Bochco's highly successful NYPD Blue, which had just aired its final episode after a twelve year run....
  , aka Hold My Hand I'm Dying starring Oliver Reed
  Oliver Reed
  
  Robert Oliver Reed was an England actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough-guy" roles. His films include Oliver! , Women in Love, Hannibal Brooks, The Triple Echo, The Devils, The Three Musketeers , Tommy , Castaway and Gladiator ....
  , directed by Terence Ryan
  Terence Ryan
  
  Terence Ryan is a British writer-director. His films include The Brylcreem Boys and Puckoon.External links and references...
  
• The Blob
  The Blob (1988 film)
  
  The Blob is a 1988 in film American monster film horror film distributed by Tristar Pictures. It is a remake of the 1958 in film film The Blob, which starred Steve McQueen....
  
• Bloodsport
  Bloodsport (film)
  
  Bloodsport is a 1988 in film martial arts film "Based on true events in the life of Frank Dux" as portrayed by Jean-Claude Van Damme. Although it enjoyed little box office success, it is considered a cult classic by martial arts film enthusiasts for showcasing a large variety of international fighting styles, ranging from Kung Fu to Jeet...
  
• La Boheme, by Luigi Comencini (see disambiguation
  La bohème (disambiguation)
  
  La boh?me is an opera by Giacomo Puccini.La boh?me may also refer to:In literature*Sc?nes de la vie de boh?me, the novelization of Henri Murger's stories, on which the opera was based...
  )
• The Boost
  The Boost
  
  The Boost is a 1988 in film drama film about an investor/salesman who descends into drug addiction following a financial misfortune. The film was directed by Harold Becker; it stars James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos, Steven Hill, June Chandler and--in her final role--Amanda Blake of Gunsmoke fame....
  starring James Woods
  James Woods
  
  James Howard Woods is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winning United States film, Theatre and television actor....
   and Sean Young
  Sean Young
  
  Sean Young is an United States of America actor, best known for her performance in films in the 1980s such as Blade Runner and No Way Out , but who has arguably become more famous because of her bizarre antics....
  
• Bright Lights, Big City
  Bright Lights, Big City (film)
  
  Bright Lights, Big City is a 1988 in film drama film staring Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland and Phoebe Cates, based on the Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney....
  , starring Michael J. Fox
  Michael J. Fox
  
  Michael J. Fox is a Canadian American actor. His roles include Marty McFly from the Back to the Future trilogy trilogy ; Alex P. Keaton from Family Ties , for which he won four Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award; and Mike Flaherty from Spin City , for which he won an Emmy, three Golden Globes, and two Screen Actors Guild Awar...
  , Kiefer Sutherland
  Kiefer Sutherland
  
  Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland is a Canadian actor, well-known for his lead role of Jack Bauer on the FOX Broadcasting Company thriller drama series 24 ....
  , Phoebe Cates
  Phoebe Cates
  
  Phoebe Cates is an United States film actor known for her roles in several teen films, most notably Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Gremlins....
   and Dianne Wiest
  Dianne Wiest
  
  Dianne Wiest is an American actress. She has enjoyed a successful career on stage, television, and film, and has won two Academy Awards, two Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award....
  
• Bull Durham
  Bull Durham
  
  Bull Durham is a 1988 in film Cinema of the United States film about love and baseball. It is based upon the minor league baseball experiences of writer/Film director Ron Shelton and depicts the players and fans of the Durham Bulls, a minor league baseball team in Durham, North Carolina....
  , starring Kevin Costner
  Kevin Costner
  
  Kevin Michael Costner is an United States actor, film producer, and Academy Award-winning film director. He has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards, won two Oscars and a Golden Globe Award....
  , Susan Sarandon
  Susan Sarandon
  
  Susan Sarandon is an Academy Award-winning American actress. She has worked in films and television since 1970, and won an Oscar for her performance in the 1995 film, Dead Man Walking ....
   and Tim Robbins
  Tim Robbins
  
  Timothy Francis Robbins is an Academy Award winning United States actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer, Activism and musician. He is the longtime domestic partner of actress Susan Sarandon....
  
• Burning Secret
  Burning Secret
  
  Burning Secret is a 1988 in film drama film, based on the short story Brennendes Geheimnis by Stefan Zweig, about an American diplomat's son who befriends a mysterious baron while staying at an Austria spa during the 1920s....
  
• Buster
  Buster (film)
  
  Buster is the name of a 1988 in film comedy-drama film starring musician Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb and Sheila Hancock. The Buster featured two Phil Collins' singles which eventually topped the Billboard 100 singles chart....
  
• Caddyshack II
  Caddyshack II
  
  Caddyshack II is a 1988 sequel to the 1980 cult film golf comedy film Caddyshack. The film stars Jackie Mason, Dan Aykroyd, Robert Stack, Dyan Cannon, Chevy Chase, Jonathan Silverman and Jessica Lundy....
  
• Call Me
  Call Me (film)
  
  Call Me is a 1988 in film erotic thriller film about a woman who strikes up a relationship with a stranger over the phone, and in the process becomes entangled in a murder....
  
• Camille Claudel
  Camille Claudel (film)
  
  Camille Claudel is a 1988 in film film about the life of the 19th century female sculpture Camille Claudel. The movie was based on the book by Reine-Marie Paris, granddaughter of Camille's brother, the poet and diplomat Paul Claudel....
  
• Celia
  Celia (film)
  
  Celia is a 1988 in film Australian drama film written and directed by Ann Turner . Set in rural Australia in the 1950s amidst the Red Scare and a Rabbits in Australia, it stars Rebecca Smart as troubled nine year old Celia as the movie follows her descent into madness....
  
• Child's Play
  Child's Play
  
  Child's Play is a American horror film written by Don Mancini and directed by Tom Holland . It was released on November 9, 1988. The film met with moderate success upon its release, and has since developed a cult following among fans of the horror film genre....
  
• Chocolat
  Chocolat (1988 film)
  
  Chocolat is a 1988 movie, directed by Claire Denis, about a French family that lives in colonial Cameroon. Marc and Aim?e Dalens are the parents of France , a young girl who befriends Prot?e , a Cameroon native that is the family's household servant....
  
• The Chocolate War
  The Chocolate War
  
  The Chocolate War is a young adult literature novel by United States author Robert Cormier and first published in 1974. It was adapted into a film in 1988....
  -(film mentioned in article)
• A Chorus of Disapproval
  A Chorus of Disapproval
  
  A Chorus of Disapproval is a 1988 British film adapted from the Alan Ayckbourn A Chorus of Disapproval , directed by Michael Winner. Among the movie's cast are Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Richard Briers, and Alexandra Pigg....
  
• Clara's Heart
  Clara's Heart
  
  Clara's Heart is a 1988 movie starring Kathleen Quinlan and Whoopi Goldberg. The movie tells the story of a family in crisis. The mother, Leona , escapes to Jamaica to grieve the loss of her baby daughter....
  , starring Whoopi Goldberg
  Whoopi Goldberg
  
  Whoopi Goldberg is an United Statesn actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and media personality.She is one of only a handful of List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards....
   and Neil Patrick Harris
  Neil Patrick Harris
  
  Neil Patrick Harris is an United Statesn Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated actor and magician. Prominent roles in his career include the title character of Doogie Howser, M.D., the womanizing Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, Col....
  
• Clean and Sober
  Clean and Sober
  
  Clean and Sober is a 1988 in film dramatic film directed by Glenn Gordon Caron , and starring Michael Keaton as Daryl, a slick commercial real estate agent who goes into a rehabilitation clinic when his cocaine addiction and alcoholism spins out of control....
  , starring Michael Keaton
  Michael Keaton
  
  'Michael John Douglas' , better known by the stage name 'Michael Keaton', is an American actor, known for his early comedic roles in films such as Night Shift , Beetlejuice, and his portrayal of Batman in the two Tim Burton-directed films of the series, as well as lead roles in the late 1990s and 2000s including Jackie Brown, ...
  
• Cocktail
  Cocktail (film)
  
  Cocktail is a film released by Touchstone Pictures in 1988. It stars Tom Cruise as a talented bartender who finds love while working at a bar in Jamaica....
  , starring Tom Cruise
  Tom Cruise
  
  Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known by his Stage name Tom Cruise, is an United States actor and film producer. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006....
  , Bryan Brown
  Bryan Brown
  
  Bryan Neathway Brown Order of Australia is an Australian actor....
   and Elisabeth Shue
  Elisabeth Shue
  
  Elisabeth Judson Shue is an Academy Award-nominated United States film actor....
  
• Cocoon: The Return
  Cocoon: The Return
  
  Cocoon: The Return is a 1988 in film science fiction film that is the sequel to the feature film, Cocoon . Most of the original actors from the first film reprised their roles in this film....
  
• Colors
  Colors (film)
  
  Colors is a 1988 in film police procedural crime film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall and directed by Dennis Hopper. The story takes place in South Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, and is about an experienced Los Angeles Police Department cop, Bob Hodges and his rookie partner, Danny McGavin who try to keep the gang violence be...
  , starring Robert Duvall
  Robert Duvall
  
  Robert Selden Duvall is an United States film actor and Film director who has won an Academy Award, two Emmys, and four Golden Globes. He has appeared in films such as To Kill a Mockingbird , The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, The Natural , Network , THX 1138, MASH , The Great Santini,...
   and Sean Penn
  Sean Penn
  
  Sean Justin Penn is an United States film actor. He is also a filmmaker and political activist. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama for his role in Mystic River and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and Academy Awa...
  
• Coming to America
  Coming to America
  
  Coming to America is a 1988 in film comedy film directed by John Landis. The screenplay was written by David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein, from a story by Eddie Murphy, who also stars in the film....
  , starring Eddie Murphy
  Eddie Murphy
  
  Bold text'Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy is an United States actor, film director, Film producer, comedian and "singer". Murphy ranks as the highest grossing film star in history, having a total of 37 films to date, his films grossing over $3.4 billion in the US alone, averaging $104 million per film....
   and Arsenio Hall
  Arsenio Hall
  
  Arsenio Hall is an American actor, comedian, and former talk show host. He is best known for his talk show, The Arsenio Hall Show, which ran between 1989 and 1994....
  
• Consuming Passions
  Consuming Passions
  
  Consuming Passions is a 1988 in film black comedy comedy film conceived - though not actually written by - Michael Palin and Terry Jones. The film stars Vanessa Redgrave, Jonathan Pryce, and Sammi Davis and was directed by Giles Foster....
  
• The Couch Trip
  The Couch Trip
  
  The Couch Trip is a 1988 in film comedy film starring Dan Aykroyd as a mental patient who gets a chance to go to Hollywood and host a radio talk show....
  
• The Courier
• Crocodile Dundee II
  Crocodile Dundee II
  
  Crocodile Dundee II is a Australian films of the 1980s Cinema of Australia adventure film and comedy film. It is the sequel to the 1986 in film film Crocodile Dundee, and was followed by 2001 in film's Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles....
  , starring Paul Hogan
  Paul Hogan
  
  Paul Hogan Order of Australia is an Australian Golden Globe-winning actor and comedian most famous for his role as Crocodile Dundee....
   and Linda Koszlowski
• Crossing Delancey
  Crossing Delancey
  
  Crossing Delancey is a romantic comedy film starring Amy Irving and Peter Riegert released in 1988. It is directed by Joan Micklin Silver and based on a play by Susan Sandler, who also wrote the screenplay....
  , starring Amy Irving
  Amy Irving
  
  Amy Davis Irving is an United States actress, known for her roles in the films Crossing Delancey, The Fury , Carrie and her The Oscars- and Golden Raspberry Awards nominated role in Yentl as well as acclaimed roles on Broadway theatre and off-Broadway....
  
• A Cry in the Dark
  A Cry in the Dark
  
  A Cry in the Dark is a 1988 Australian/American docudrama film directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay by Schepisi and Robert Caswell is based on John Bryson 's 1985 book Evil Angels, the title under which the film was released in Australia....
  , starring Meryl Streep
  Meryl Streep
  
  Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as being one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era....
   and Sam Neill
  Sam Neill
  
  Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill, New Zealand Order of Merit, Order of British Empire is a New Zealand actor.He has had a number of high-profile roles including: the lead in Reilly, Ace of Spies, the adult Damien in Omen III: The Final Conflict, Merlin in the miniseries Merlin , the executive officer, Capt 2nd Class Vasily Borodin...
  
• Da
  Da (film)
  
  Da is a film directed by Matt Clark and starring Martin Sheen, Barnard Hughes, reprising his Tony Award-winning Broadway performance, and William Hickey ....
  
• Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
  Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
  
  Daffy Duck's Quackbusters is a 1988 Looney Tunes film with a compilation of classic Warner Bros. Cartoons shorts and animated bridging sequences, starring Daffy Duck....
  
• Dancing in the Dust
  Dancing in the Dust
  
  Dancing in the Dust or Ball in the Dust is a 1988 C?te d'Ivoire film dealing with themes of polygyny by Henri Duparc with actors ...
  - Ivory Coast polygyny
  Polygyny
  
  Polygyny is a form of polygamy, where a man has more than one recognized female sexual partner or wife at the one time. It is distinguished from a man who has a sexual partner outside marriage, such as a concubine, casual sexual partner, paramour, or other culturally recognized secondary partner....
   film
• Dangerous Liaisons
  Dangerous Liaisons
  
  Dangerous Liaisons is a 1988 film directed by Stephen Frears and starring John Malkovich, Glenn Close, Michelle Pfeiffer and Uma Thurman. It is based upon a play by Christopher Hampton which in turn is based on the classic eighteenth-century novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos....
  , starring Glenn Close
  Glenn Close
  
  Glenn Close is an United States actress and singer of theatre and film, perhaps best known for her role as deranged stalker Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction ....
  , John Malkovich
  John Malkovich
  
  'John Gavin Malkovich' is an Emmy Award-winning, two-time Academy Award-nominated United States actor, film producer and film director. Over the last 25 years, Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures, including Dangerous Liaisons, In the Line of Fire, Con Air, The Man in the Iron Mask , Rounders , Changelin...
   and Michelle Pfeiffer
  Michelle Pfeiffer
  
  Michelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American actress. Over the course of her film career, she has been the recipient of a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award, for her performances in The Fabulous Baker Boys and Dangerous Liaisons respectively, as well as three Academy Award nominations....
  
• The Dawning
  The Dawning
  
  The Dawning is a 1988 in film film, based on Jennifer Johnston's book, The Old Jest about an Irish Republican Army gunman on the run from the authorities....
  
• The Deceivers
  The Deceivers
  
  The Deceivers is a 1952 novel by John Masters on the Thuggee movement in India during British Empire rule. It was a 1988 Merchant Ivory Productions film starring Shashi Kapoor, Pierce Brosnan, Bijaya Jena, Saeed Jaffrey and Dalip Tahil....
  
• The Dead Pool
  The Dead Pool
  
  The Dead Pool is the fifth and last film in the Dirty Harry , set in San Francisco, California and starring Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan ....
  
• Dead Ringers
  Dead Ringers (film)
  
  Dead Ringers is a 1988 psychology horror film starring Jeremy Irons in a dual role as identical twin gynecology. Director David Cronenberg co-wrote the screenplay with Norman Snider; their script was based on the novel Twins by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland....
  
• Die Hard
  Die Hard
  
  Die Hard is the first action film in the Die Hard series. The film was produced by Lawrence Gordon and Charles Gordon , along with Joel Silver....
  , starring Bruce Willis
  Bruce Willis
  
  Walter Bruce Willis , better known as Bruce Willis, is an United Statesn actor and film producer. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since....
   and Alan Rickman
  Alan Rickman
  
  Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman is an Emmy-, Golden Globe-, BAFTA- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning England film, television and Theatre actor....
  
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (film)
  
  Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 1988 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film directed by Frank Oz. The screenplay by Dale Launer, Stanley Shapiro, and Paul Henning focuses on two Confidence trick who ply their trade on the French Riviera....
  , starring Steve Martin
  Steve Martin
  
  Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an Emmy Award-winning United States actor, comedian, writer, playwright, Film producer, musician, and composer....
   and Michael Caine
  Michael Caine
  
  Sir Michael Caine Order of the British Empire , is a two-time Academy Award and multiple BAFTA Award and Golden Globe winning England film actor who has appeared in more than one hundred films....
  
• Distant Thunder
  Distant Thunder
  
  Distant Thunder is a 1988 United States drama film, directed by Rick Rosenthal and starring John Lithgow and Ralph Macchio....
  
• Distant Voices, Still Lives
  Distant Voices, Still Lives
  
  Distant Voices, Still Lives is a 1988 in film Cinema of the United Kingdom directed and written by Terence Davies. It evokes working-class family life in Liverpool during the 1940s and early 1950s, paying particular attention to the role of popular music, Hollywood cinema, light entertainment, and the public house within this tight-kn...
  
• D.O.A.
  D.O.A. (1988 film)
  
  D.O.A. is a 1988 in film remake of the 1950 in film film noir D.O.A. . The film was directed by Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton, the creators of Max Headroom ....
  
• Doin' Time On Planet Earth
• Dream Demon
  Dream Demon
  
  Dream Demon is a British horror film, released in 1988, starring Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall and Jemma Redgrave is on the verge of marrying caddish Mark Greenstreet ....
  
• Drowning By Numbers
  Drowning by Numbers
  
  Drowning by Numbers is a 1988 in film motion picture directed by Peter Greenaway....
  
• Earth Girls Are Easy
  Earth Girls Are Easy
  
  Earth Girls Are Easy is a 1989 in film United States comedy film/musical film film directed by Julien Temple. It stars Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Michael McKean, Julie Brown, and hitherto largely unknown comedians Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans....
  
• Eight Men Out
  Eight Men Out
  
  Eight Men Out is an United States dramatic sports film, released in 1988, based on 8 Men Out, published in 1963, by Eliot Asinof. It was written and directed by John Sayles....
  
• Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
  Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (film)
  
  Elvira, Mistress of the Dark is a 1988 in film comedy film directed by James Signorelli. Cassandra Peterson reprises her role as horror host Elvira in her feature film debut....
  
• Ernest Saves Christmas
  Ernest Saves Christmas
  
  Ernest Saves Christmas is a 1988 Touchstone Pictures comedy film directed by John R. Cherry III and starring Jim Varney. It is the third film to feature the character Ernest P....
  
• The Everlasting Secret Family
• Everybody's All-American
  Everybody's All-American
  
  Everybody's All-American is a novel by longtime Sports Illustrated contributor Frank Deford and later made into a Everybody's All-American motion picture directed by Taylor Hackford....
  , starring Dennis Quaid
  Dennis Quaid
  
  Dennis William Quaid is an United States acting. Raised in Texas, he became known during the 1980s after appearing in several successful films, and established a career as a Hollywood actor....
  , Jessica Lange
  Jessica Lange
  
  Jessica Phyllis Lange is an United States stage and screen actress who, among many other accolades, has won two Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards....
   and Timothy Hutton
  Timothy Hutton
  
  Timothy T. Hutton is an United States actor. He is the youngest actor to win the Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at the age of 20 for his performance as Conrad Jarrett in Ordinary People ....
  
• Far North
• Feds
  Feds
  
  Feds is a 1988 in film comedy film written and directed by Daniel Goldberg, and starring Rebecca De Mornay and Mary Gross....
  
• A Fish Called Wanda
  A Fish Called Wanda
  
  A Fish Called Wanda is a comedy film written by John Cleese and Charles Crichton and directed by Charles Crichton, and starring Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin....
  , starring John Cleese
  John Cleese
  
  'John Marwood Cleese' is an Academy Award-nominated English actor, comedian, writer, film producer and singer, who is known as being a member of Monty Python, a group of comedians responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and for all of the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty...
  , Jamie Lee Curtis
  Jamie Lee Curtis
  
  Jamie Lee Curtis is an American film actress and author of children's literature. Although she was initially known as a "scream queen" because of her starring roles in many horror films early in her career such as Halloween , The Fog, Prom Night and Terror Train, Curtis has since compiled a body of work that covers many genr...
  , Kevin Kline
  Kevin Kline
  
  Kevin Delaney Kline is an Academy Award winning American actor of theatre and film....
   and Michael Palin
  Michael Palin
  
  Michael Edward Palin, Order of the British Empire is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his Travel documentary....
  
• Frantic
  Frantic (film)
  
  Frantic is a noted 1988 in film thriller film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Harrison Ford....
  , starring Harrison Ford
  Harrison Ford
  
  Harrison Ford is an United Statesn actor. Ford is best known for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy, and as the Indiana Jones in the Indiana Jones franchise#Films film series....
  
• Fresh Horses
  Fresh Horses
  
  Fresh Horses is a 1988 drama film starring Andrew McCarthy and Molly Ringwald, directed by David Anspaugh....
  
• Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
  Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
  
  Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood is the seventh installment in the original Friday the 13th series. It also marked the first appearance of Kane Hodder in the role of Jason Voorhees....
  
• Fright Night II
  Fright Night II
  
  Fright Night Part II is the 1988 in film sequel to Fright Night. Regine , sister to the first film's vampire Jerry Dandridge, seeks revenge on Charley and Peter Vincent while Charley's new girlfriend Alex becomes embroiled....
  
• The Fruit Machine
• Full Moon In Blue Water
• Fun Down There
  Fun Down There
  
  Fun Down There is a 1988 in film drama film directed by Roger Stigliano. It stars Michael Waite, who co-wrote the script with Stigliano. It premiered at the 1989 Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film....
  
• Funny Farm
  Funny Farm (film)
  
  Funny Farm is a 1988 film directed by George Roy Hill, starring Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith Osborne. The film was Film adaptation from a 1985 Funny Farm by Jay Cronley....
  , starring Chevy Chase
  Chevy Chase
  
  Cornelius Crane ?Chevy? Chase is an United States Emmy Award comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent family, Chase quickly became a key cast member in the inaugural season of Saturday Night Live, where his Weekend Update skit quickly became a staple of the show....
  
• Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
  Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
  
  Ghosts... of the Civil Dead is a 1988 Australian movie directed by John Hillcoat. The script was written by Hillcoat, producer Evan English, Gene Conkie, and musicians Nick Cave and Hugo Race....
  
• Gotham (aka) The Dead Can't Lie
• The Good Mother
  The Good Mother (film)
  
  The Good Mother is a 1988 American film directed by Leonard Nimoy. The film explores the characters' feelings and beliefs about children's exposure to adult sexuality and challenges society's growing reliance upon courts to settle complex private and ethical matters....
  
• Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
  Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
  
  Gorillas in the Mist is a 1988 in film film which tells the true-life story of natural history Dian Fossey and her work in Rwanda with Mountain Gorillas....
  , starring Sigourney Weaver
  Sigourney Weaver
  
  Sigourney Weaver is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known for her roles as Lt. Ellen Ripley in the Alien film series and as Dana Barrett in the Ghostbusters movies....
  
• Hairspray, starring Ricki Lake
  Ricki Lake
  
  Ricki Pamela Lake is an United States actress and media personality, best known for her long-running Ricki Lake and starring role as Tracy Turnblad in the original Hairspray ....
  , Divine, Jerry Stiller
  Jerry Stiller
  
  Gerald Isaac "Jerry" Stiller is an United States of America Emmy Award-nominated comedian and actor.He spent many years in the comedy team Stiller and Meara with his wife Anne Meara....
  , Sonny Bono
  Sonny Bono
  
  Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono was an United States record producer, singer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades....
   and Deborah Harry
• Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
  Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
  
  Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers is a 1988 in film independently-released horror film and the fourth installment in the Halloween movie series....
  
• Hanna's War
• Hanussen
• Haunted Summer
• Hawks
  Hawks (film)
  
  Hawks is a 1988 in film United Kingdom comedy film about two terminally ill patients: an English lawyer named Bancroft and a young American football player , who decide to sneak out of their hospital rooms and live life to its fullest for whatever time they have left....
  , starring Timothy Dalton
  Timothy Dalton
  
  Timothy Peter Dalton is a Wales actor. He is best known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill and for his roles in William Shakespeare films and plays....
   and Anthony Edwards
  Anthony Edwards
  
  Anthony Charles Edwards is an Emmy Award-winning United States actor and television director. He has appeared in various movies and television shows, including Top Gun , Zodiac , Revenge of the Nerds, Northern Exposure and ER ....
  
• Heartbreak Hotel
  Heartbreak Hotel (film)
  
  Heartbreak Hotel is a 1988 in film comedy film written and directed by Chris Columbus and starring David Keith and Tuesday Weld. Set in 1972, the story deals with one of the many "legends" involving Elvis Presley about his fictional kidnapping, and his subsequent redemption from decadence....
  
• Hellbound: Hellraiser II
  Hellbound: Hellraiser II
  
  Hellbound: Hellraiser II is a 1988 in film directed by Tony Randel. It draws heavily upon, and was made by much of the same cast and crew as its precursor, Hellraiser....
  
• High Hopes
  High Hopes (film)
  
  High Hopes is a 1988 film directed by Mike Leigh, focussing on an extended working-class family living in King's Cross, London, London and elsewhere....
  
• High Spirits
  High Spirits (film)
  
  High Spirits is an 1988 in film comedy film directed by Neil Jordan.Set in a remote Irish castle, High Spirits is a topsy-turvy comedy with thematic leanings towards Ireland's rich folklore regarding ghosts and spirits....
  , directed by Neil Jordan
  Neil Jordan
  
  Neil Jordan is an Academy Award-winning Ireland filmmaker and novelist. He received the Academy Award for The Crying Game....
  , starring Peter O'Toole
  Peter O'Toole
  
  Peter Seamus O'Toole is an Irish people actor of stage and screen who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T.E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia ....
  , Steve Guttenberg
  Steve Guttenberg
  
  Steven Robert "Steve" Guttenberg is an United States actor and comedian. He became known during the 1980s, after a series of starring roles in major Hollywood films, including Cocoon , Three Men and a Baby, Police Academy , and Short Circuit....
   and Daryl Hannah
  Daryl Hannah
  
  Daryl Christine Hannah is an American film actress. After making her screen debut in 1978, Hannah starred in a number of Hollywood films throughout the 1980s notably Blade Runner, Splash , Wall Street and Roxanne and in 2003-4 received acclaim for her role in the Kill Bill series....
  
• Hold My Hand I'm Dying, aka Blind Justice starring Oliver Reed
  Oliver Reed
  
  Robert Oliver Reed was an England actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough-guy" roles. His films include Oliver! , Women in Love, Hannibal Brooks, The Triple Echo, The Devils, The Three Musketeers , Tommy , Castaway and Gladiator ....
  , directed by Terence Ryan
  Terence Ryan
  
  Terence Ryan is a British writer-director. His films include The Brylcreem Boys and Puckoon.External links and references...
  
• Hot to Trot
  Hot to Trot
  
  Hot to Trot is a comedy film released in 1988 by Warner Bros.. It stars Bobcat Goldthwait as an investment broker, Dabney Coleman as the head of the company Bobcat works for and John Candy voices a horse that helps Bobcat's character make smart decisions in investing....
  
• Hotel Terminus: Klaus Barbie, His Life and Times
• The House on Carroll Street
• I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
  I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
  
  I'm Gonna Git You Sucka is a 1988 in film blaxploitation mockumentary film written and directed by and starring Keenen Ivory Wayans. Featured in the film are several African American actors who were part of the blaxploitation phenomenon; including Jim Brown, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas and Isaac Hayes....
  
• It Couldn't Happen Here
  It Couldn't Happen Here
  
  It Couldn't Happen Here is a Pet Shop Boys film released in 1988 in film. It was originally conceived as an hour-long video based around their album Actually , but it turned into a surreal full-scale feature film directed by Jack Bond and co-starring Barbara Windsor, Joss Ackland, Neil Dickson and Gareth Hunt....
  
• Iron Eagle II
  Iron Eagle II
  
  Iron Eagle II is a 1988 action film about a joint United States/Soviet task force formed to counter the threat of an unnamed Middle Eastern country....
  
• Kansas
  Kansas (film)
  
  Kansas is a film starring Matt Dillon and Andrew McCarthy.It was released in 1988 and tells the story of a young man returning home to attend a wedding who hooks up with a drifter who turns out to be a violent bank robber....
  
• Killer Klowns from Outer Space
  Killer Klowns from Outer Space
  
  Killer Klowns From Outer Space is a 1988 in film American comedy horror movie, made by The Chiodo Brothers and starring Grant Cramer. It is the only Chiodo Brothers directed and written film - they have worked in many other projects in other roles, such as producing and visual effects....
  
• The Land Before Time
  The Land Before Time
  
  The Land Before Time is a 1988 theatrical animated film, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, and directed by Don Bluth. It was originally released by Universal Studios and Sullivan Bluth Studios....
  
• The Last Temptation of Christ
  The Last Temptation of Christ (film)
  
  The Last Temptation of Christ is a 1988 in film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the controversial 1951 in literature The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis....
  , directed by Martin Scorsese
  Martin Scorsese
  
  Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese is an Academy Award-winning American filmmaker, screenwriter, film producer, and film historian. Also affectionately known as "Marty", he is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation and a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Gol...
  
• La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore
  La leggenda del santo bevitore
  
  La leggenda del santo bevitore is a 1988 Italian film directed by Ermanno Olmi. It tells the story of a drunken homeless man in Paris who is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local church when he can afford to; the film depicts the man's constrant frustrations as he attempts to do so....
  (The Legend Of The Holy Drinker) - Golden Lion award
• License to Drive
  License to Drive
  
  License to Drive is a 1988 teen comedy/adventure, starring Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Heather Graham , Carol Kane, Richard Masur, Michael Manasseri and Nina Siemaszko....
  
• Light Years
  Light Years (film)
  
  Light Years is a 1988 in film France animated science fiction film and fantasy film. The original version was directed by Ren? Laloux, and was based on Jean-Pierre Andrevon's novel Les Hommes-machines contre Gandahar ....
  
• The Little Devil
  The Little Devil
  
  The Little Devil is a 1988 in film Italy film directed by Roberto Benigni, also starring Walter Matthau, Stefania Sandrelli, Nicoletta Braschi and John Lurie....
  (Il Piccolo Diavolo), starring Walter Matthau
  Walter Matthau
  
  Walter John Matthau was an United States award-winning actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with fellow Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon....
  , Roberto Benigni
  Roberto Benigni
  
  Roberto Remigio Benigni, Italian orders of merit is an Academy Awards-winning Italian actor, comedian, writer and film director of film, theatre and television....
   (also director)
• Mac and Me
  Mac and Me
  
  'Mac and Me' is a 1988 in film family film about a paraplegic boy and an extraterrestrial life juvenile. The decision to create it was based largely on the success of E.T....
  
• Married to the Mob
  Married to the Mob
  
  Married to the Mob is a 1988 in film comedy film. It was directed by Jonathan Demme and starred Matthew Modine, Alec Baldwin, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joan Cusack, and Mercedes Ruehl....
  , starring Michelle Pfeiffer
  Michelle Pfeiffer
  
  Michelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American actress. Over the course of her film career, she has been the recipient of a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award, for her performances in The Fabulous Baker Boys and Dangerous Liaisons respectively, as well as three Academy Award nominations....
  , Matthew Modine
  Matthew Modine
  
  Matthew Avery Modine is an United States actor, perhaps most famous for playing Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick 1987 in film film Full Metal Jacket and high school wrestler Louden Swain in Vision Quest....
   and Dean Stockwell
  Dean Stockwell
  
  Dean Stockwell is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-nominated, Best Actor Award and Golden Globe-winning United States actor of film and television, active for over 60 years....
  
• Masquerade
  Masquerade (1988 film)
  
  Masquerade is a 1988 film starring Rob Lowe and Meg Tilly. Directed by Bob Swaim, the pyschological thriller centers around the unfolding relationship between Hamptons heiress Olivia and yacht skipper Tim who are introduced soon after the death of Olivia's mother, which has left her tremendously wealthy....
  , starring Rob Lowe
  Rob Lowe
  
  Robert Hepler Lowe is an United States actor. He became famous after appearing in popular 1980s movies such as The Outsiders and St. Elmo's Fire , which included other members of the Brat Pack ....
   and Meg Tilly
  Meg Tilly
  
  Meg Tilly is an Academy Award-nominated United States actress, Broadway theatre dancer and ballerina....
  
• Midnight Run
  Midnight Run
  
  Midnight Run is a 1988 in film Cinema of the United States action film/comedy film/buddy film film starring Robert De Niro as a bounty hunter and Charles Grodin as his prisoner....
  , starring Robert De Niro
  Robert De Niro
  
  Robert Mario De Niro, Jr. is a two-time Academy Award-winning United States actor, director and producer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time....
   and Charles Grodin
  Charles Grodin
  
  Charles Grodin is an United States actor, comedian, author and former cable talk show host....
  
• Mio in the Land of Faraway
  Mio min Mio (film)
  
  Mio in the Land of Faraway is a fantasy film directed by Vladimir Grammatikov and starring Christopher Lee, Christian Bale, Nicholas Pickard, Timothy Bottoms and Susannah York....
  (U.S. release)
• Mississippi Burning
  Mississippi Burning
  
  Mississippi Burning is a 1988 crime drama film based on the FBI investigation into the real-life Mississippi civil rights workers murders in the U.S....
  , starring Gene Hackman
  Gene Hackman
  
  Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. He came to fame during the 1970s, after his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection , and continued to appear in Hollywood films playing major roles, including Harry Caul in The Conversation, Norman Dale in Hoosiers, Agent Rupert Anderso...
  , Willem Dafoe
  Willem Dafoe
  
  William J. "Willem" Dafoe is a two-time Academy Award-nominated United States film and theatre actor, and a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group....
   and Frances McDormand
  Frances McDormand
  
  Frances Louise McDormand is an Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated United States film, stage , and television actress....
  
• Moonwalker
  Moonwalker
  
  Moonwalker, also known as Michael Jackson: Moonwalker, is a film released in 1988 by singer Michael Jackson. Rather than featuring one continuous narrative, the film is a collection of short films about the King of Pop, several of which are long-form music videos from Jackson's Bad album....
  
• Moving
  Moving (film)
  
  Moving is the title of a comedy film produced in 1988 in film and starring Richard Pryor as Arlo Pear, a father moving his family cross-country....
  
• My Neighbour Totoro
• My Stepmother Is an Alien
  My Stepmother Is an Alien
  
  My Stepmother Is An Alien is a comedy science fiction film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Kim Basinger and Dan Aykroyd, with featured performances by Jon Lovitz and Alyson Hannigan....
  , starring Kim Basinger
  Kim Basinger
  
  'Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger' is an United States film actor and former fashion model.She won multiple best supporting actress awards for her role in the 1997 film L.A....
  , Dan Aykroyd
  Dan Aykroyd
  
  Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, Order of Canada is an Academy Awards-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist....
   and Alyson Hannigan
  Alyson Hannigan
  
  Alyson Lee Hannigan is an United Statesn actress. She is best known for her role as Willow Rosenberg on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer ....
  
• The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, starring Leslie Nielsen
  Leslie Nielsen
  
  Leslie William Nielsen Order of Canada is a Canadian American comedian and actor. Although Nielsen's acting career crossed a variety of genres in both television and films, he has achieved his greatest film success in comedies, including Airplane! and The Naked Gun series of films....
   and Priscilla Presley
  Priscilla Presley
  
  Priscilla Beaulieu Presley is an United States actress and businesswoman. She is the ex-wife of singer and actor Elvis Presley, and the mother of singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley....
  
• Never on Tuesday
• The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
  The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
  
  The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking is a 1988 in film fantasy film-adventure film-musical film based on the books of the fictional character Pippi Longstocking, created by Swedish people children's literature author Astrid Lindgren ....
  
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
  A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
  
  A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is the fourth film in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series. It was released in 1988. The film was directed by Renny Harlin....
  
• Off Limits
  Off Limits
  
  Off Limits is a 1988 in film film set during the Vietnam War starring Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines and directed by Christopher Crowe. The term "off limits" referred to the area where the original crime took place, an area of Saigon off limits to military personnel....
  
• Oliver & Company
  Oliver & Company
  
  Oliver & Company is a 1988 in film animated feature film in which a homeless kitten named Oliver joins a gang of dogs to survive on the 1980s New York City streets....
  
• Paperhouse
  Paperhouse (film)
  
  Paperhouse is a 1988 in film British film directed by Bernard Rose . It was based on the novel Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr. It marked lead actress Charlotte Burke's only major film role, and also stars Ben Cross as the heroine's father....
  
• Patty Hearst
  Patty Hearst (film)
  
  Patty Hearst is a 1988 biographical film film director by Paul Schrader and starring Natasha Richardson as Patty Hearst and Ving Rhames as Symbionese Liberation Army leader Donald DeFreeze....
  *La Casa del sorriso
  La casa del sorriso
  
  La casa del sorriso is a 1988 Italian film directed by Marco Ferreri. It depicts a romance between an old man and an old woman inside a care home....
  (The House of Smiles) - Golden Bear award
• Pelle the Conqueror
  Pelle the Conqueror
  
  Pelle the Conqueror is a 1987 film by Bille August that tells the story of two Sweden immigrants to Denmark, a father and son, who try to build a new life for themselves....
  , starring Max von Sydow
  Max von Sydow
  
  , is a Swedish people actor , known in particular for his collaboration with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. He has been nominated for the Academy Award, the Emmy, and the Golden Globe, and has won the Pasinetti Award, the European Film Award, and the Honorary Cannes Award....
  
• Phantasm II
  Phantasm II
  
  Phantasm II is the 1988 sequel to the cult classic horror film Phantasm . It was written and directed by Don Coscarelli, starring Angus Scrimm, James LeGros and Reggie Bannister....
  
• Plain Clothes
  Plain Clothes (1988 film)
  
  Plain Clothes is a 1988 comedy film directed by Martha Coolidge. The film stars Arliss Howard and was released by Paramount Pictures. As of 2008, it is only available on VHS....
  
• Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
  Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
  
  Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw is an animation released on March 18, 1988 by TriStar Pictures. The film was based on the Tonka/Mattel toy line and Hanna-Barbera television series Pound Puppies....
  
• Prison
• Punchline
  Punchline (film)
  
  Punchline is a 1988 in film written and directed by David Seltzer and stars Tom Hanks as a very talented young comic who helps a housewife, played by Sally Field who wants to break into stand-up comedy....
  , starring Sally Field
  Sally Field
  
  Sally Margaret Field is an United States two-time Academy Awards-winning actress. She is also a three-time Emmy Award winner and two-time Golden Globe Award winner who became a household name at the age of 20 as Sister Bertrille in the 1960s sitcom The Flying Nun....
   and Tom Hanks
  Tom Hanks
  
  Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American film actor, film director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving success as a dramatic actor portraying several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia , the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander J...
  
• Pushpak
  Pushpak
  
  Pushpaka Vimaana or just Pushpak for subsequent films in other languages is a black comedy India film released in 1988. Set in an large unnamed Indian city , the film is based on the king-for-a-day story....
  
• Quelques Jours avec Moi (A Few Days with Me)
• Rain Man
  Rain Man
  
  Rain Man is a 1988 in film drama film written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass and directed by Barry Levinson. It tells the story of an abrasive, selfish yuppie, Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his father has left all of his millionaire estate to his brother, Raymond, an Autism Savant syndrome, of whose existence he was unaware....
  , starring Dustin Hoffman
  Dustin Hoffman
  
  Dustin Lee Hoffman is a two-time Academy Award-, six-time Golden Globe-, three-time BAFTA- and Emmy Award-winning United States actor....
   and Tom Cruise
  Tom Cruise
  
  Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known by his Stage name Tom Cruise, is an United States actor and film producer. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006....
   - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture and Golden Bear (for 1989)
• Rambo III
  Rambo III
  
  Rambo III is a 1988 in film Cinema of the United States action film released on May 25, 1988. It is the third film in the Rambo series following First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II....
  , starring Sylvester Stallone
  Sylvester Stallone
  
  Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone , nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an 48th Academy Awards-nominated American actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter....
  
• Rattle and Hum
  Rattle and Hum
  
  Rattle and Hum is the name of both an album and a companion motion picture recorded by Republic of Ireland rock music band U2. Both were released in 1988....
  
• Red Heat
  Red Heat
  
  Red Heat is a 1988 in film buddy cop film directed by Walter Hill . The film stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, as Moscow Narc Ivan Danko; James Belushi, as Chicago detective Art Rid?ic....
  , starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
  Arnold Schwarzenegger
  
  Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, businessman, and Politics of the United States, currently serving as the List of Governors of California Governor of California of the state of California....
   and James Belushi
  James Belushi
  
  James Adam "Jim" Belushi is an United States actor, comedian and musician, best known for being the younger brother of late comedian John Belushi....
  
• The Rescue
• Ricky 1
  Ricky 1
  
  Ricky 1 is a 1988 in film low-budget Parody#Film_parodies film, parodying the first film in the Rocky series. The titular character, Ricky Wanero, is a male gigolo, stripper , and fish market trainee who sets out to beat the "Silver Shadow" in the boxing ring....
  
• Running on Empty
  Running on Empty
  
  Running on Empty has several meanings:*Running on Empty , a 1977 album by Jackson Browne**Running on Empty , the album's title track*Running on Empty , a Hardy Boys Casefiles novel...
  , starring Christine Lahti
  Christine Lahti
  
  Christine Lahti is an United States Emmy Award- and two-time Golden Globe Award-winning actress and Academy Awards-winning film director....
  , Judd Hirsch
  Judd Hirsch
  
  Judd Hirsch is an American actor known for playing the characters Alex Reiger on the television comedy series Taxi and Alan Eppes on the current CBS series Numb3rs....
  , River Phoenix
  River Phoenix
  
  River Jude Phoenix was an United States film actor. He was listed on John Willis's Screen World, Vol. 38 as one of twelve "promising new actors of 1986", and was hailed as highly talented by such critics as Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel....
   and Martha Plimpton
  Martha Plimpton
  
  Martha Campbell Plimpton is an Emmy Award-nominated United States actress....
  
• Salome's Last Dance
  Salome's Last Dance
  
  Salome's Last Dance is a 1988 in film film by British film director, Ken Russell. Although most of the action is a verbatim performance of Oscar Wilde's 1893 play Salome , which is itself based on a story from the New Testament, there is also a framing narrative written by Russell himself....
  
• Scrooged
  Scrooged
  
  Scrooged is a 1988 in film comedy film, a modernization of Charles Dickens' novella, A Christmas Carol. The film was produced and directed by Richard Donner, and the cinematography was by Michael Chapman ....
  , starring Bill Murray
  Bill Murray
  
  'William James' "'Bill'" 'Murray' is an Academy Award-nominated United States comedian and actor. He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live, following that with roles in films such as Stripes , Caddyshack, The Razor's Edge , Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day , Space Jam, Rushmore and What Abo...
  
• Shakedown
  Shakedown (1988 film)
  
  Shakedown is a 1988 in film crime drama/action movie movie starring Peter Weller and Sam Elliott. The movie is about an idealistic lawyer teaming with a veteran cop to find out the truth in a possible police corruption scandal....
  aka Blue Jean Cop
• She's Having a Baby
  She's Having a Baby
  
  She's Having a Baby is an American movie, released in 1988 in film, which was directed by John Hughes .The movie portrays a young newlywed couple, Kristy and Jake Briggs played by Elizabeth McGovern and Kevin Bacon, who try to cope with being married and what is expected of them by their parents....
  , starring Kevin Bacon
  Kevin Bacon
  
  Kevin Norwood Bacon is an United States film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, A Few Good Men , Stir of Echoes, Queens Logic, Wild Things, JFK , Murder in the First, Apollo 13 , Mystic River, The Woodsman, Footloose, Friday the 13th , Diner , and Balto ....
   and Elizabeth McGovern
  Elizabeth McGovern
  
  Elizabeth McGovern is an Academy Award-nominated United States film and theater actress, who later became a singer songwriter. In 1992, she married English producer and director Simon Curtis, with whom she lives in Chiswick, London, together with their two daughters....
  
• Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
  Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
  
  Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers is a 1988 sequel to the movie Sleepaway Camp, written by Fritz Gordon and directed by Michael A. Simpson....
  
• Shoot to Kill
  Shoot to Kill (film)
  
  Shoot to Kill is an adventure Thriller movie released in 1988 starring Sidney Poitier and Tom Berenger. The film was directed by Roger Spottiswoode....
   aka Deadly Pursuit
• Short Circuit 2
  Short Circuit 2
  
  Short Circuit 2 is a 1988 in film motion picture, sequel to 1986's Short Circuit directed by Kenneth Johnson . It starred Fisher Stevens as Ben Jahveri ; Michael McKean as Fred Ritter; Cynthia Gibb as Sandy Banatoni; and Johnny 5 , voiced by Tim Blaney....
  
• A Short Film About Love
  A Short Film About Love
  
  A Short Film About Love is an expanded film version of the sixth episode of director Krzysztof Kieslowski's 1988 Poland language ten-part television series, The Decalogue....
   by Krzysztof Kieslowski
  Krzysztof Kieslowski
  
  Krzysztof Kieslowski , was an influential Academy Awards-nominated Poland film film director and screenwriter, known internationally for his film cycles The Decalogue and Three Colors....
  
• Space Mutiny
  Space Mutiny
  
  Space Mutiny is a 1988 List of South African films Science fiction film action film about a mutiny aboard the starship known as the Southern Sun....
   by David Winters
  David Winters (choreographer)
  
  David Winters is an England-born American Dance, choreographer, Film producer, film director, screenwriter, and actor. Winters has directed and produced over 200 television series, Television special, and films....
   - (considered the worst sci fi space action film made in the English language)
• Stand and Deliver
  Stand and Deliver
  
  Stand and Deliver is a 1988 in film film dramatizing the work of Jaime Escalante, a dedicated high school mathematics teacher portrayed by Edward James Olmos....
  , starring Edward James Olmos
  Edward James Olmos
  
  Edward James "Eddie" Olmos is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated United States actor and director. Some of his most memorable roles are Characters in Blade Runner#Gaff in Blade Runner, Lieutenant Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver, William Adama in the Battlestar Galactica re-i...
   and Lou Diamond Phillips
  Lou Diamond Phillips
  
  Lou Diamond Phillips is an United States film, television, and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Ritchie Valens in the 1987 biographical film hit La Bamba ....
  
• Story of Women
  Story of Women
  
  Story of Women is a 1988 France drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. Based on the true story of Marie-Louise Giraud, and the book by Francis Szpiner, it premiered at the Toronto Film Festival....
  
• Tapeheads
  Tapeheads
  
  Tapeheads is a 1988 in film comedy film directed by Bill Fishman. The film features John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Sam Moore, and Junior Walker. There are also a number of cameo appearance including "Weird Al" Yankovic, Don Cornelius, Zander Schloss, Martha Quinn, Ted Nugent, Jello Biafra, Connie Stevens, Courtney Love, and the bands Fishbone...
  , starring John Cusack
  John Cusack
  
  John Paul Cusack is an United States film actor and screenwriter. He won the 1990 Most Promising Actor CFCA Award for Say Anything..., the 1998 Favorite Supporting Actor Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Con Air, and the 2000 Commitment to Chicago Award....
   and Tim Robbins
  Tim Robbins
  
  Timothy Francis Robbins is an Academy Award winning United States actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer, Activism and musician. He is the longtime domestic partner of actress Susan Sarandon....
  
• Ten Zan: The Ultimate Mission
  Ten Zan: The Ultimate Mission
  
  Ten Zan: The Ultimate Mission is a 1988 Cinema of North Korea/Cinema of Italy film, co-directed by Ferdinando Baldi and Pak Jong-ju under the pseudonym "Ted Kaplan"....
  
• They Live
  They Live
  
  They Live is a 1988 in film film directed by John Carpenter, who also wrote the screenplay under the pseudonym "Frank Armitage." The movie is based on Ray Nelson's 1963 short story "Eight O?Clock in the Morning."...
  , starring Roddy Piper
  Roddy Piper
  
  Roderick George Toombs better known by his ring name "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestling and film actor....
  
• To Kill A Priest (France)
• Tucker: The Man and His Dream
  Tucker: The Man and His Dream
  
  Tucker: The Man and His Dream is a 1988 in film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Jeff Bridges which tells the story of Preston Tucker and his attempt to produce and market the Tucker automobile....
  , directed by Francis Ford Coppola
  Francis Ford Coppola
  
  Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola is a five-time Academy Award-winning United States film director, Film producer and screenwriter. Away from showbusiness, Coppola is also a vintner, publisher and Hotel manager....
  , starring Jeff Bridges
  Jeff Bridges
  
  Jeffrey Leon Bridges is a four-time Academy Award-nominated American actor and musician. His most notable films include The Last Picture Show, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Tron , Starman , The Fisher King , The Big Lebowski, Seabiscuit , and Iron Man ....
   and Martin Landau
  Martin Landau
  
  Martin Landau is an Academy Awards-winning United States film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the television series Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999 ....
  
• Twins, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
  Arnold Schwarzenegger
  
  Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, businessman, and Politics of the United States, currently serving as the List of Governors of California Governor of California of the state of California....
   and Danny DeVito
  Danny DeVito
  
  Daniel Michael "Danny-Fanny" DeVito, Jr. is an United States actor, film director and film producer, who first gained prominence for his portrayal of "Louie De Palma" on the popular American Broadcasting Company and NBC television television program Taxi ....
  
• A Very Brady Christmas
  A Very Brady Christmas
  
  A Very Brady Christmas is a 1988 in television television movie based on the television series The Brady Bunch, featuring all of the original actors who appeared in the series except Susan Olsen , who was on her honeymoon when the film was being made....
  , directed by Peter Baldwin
  Peter Baldwin
  
  Peter Baldwin is a British actor.He is best known for his role of 'Derek Wilton' in the UK soap opera Coronation Street.Baldwin made several appearances in films until he landed a main role in the television comedy Girls About Town which ran from 1969 to 1971....
  , starring Florence Henderson
  Florence Henderson
  
  Florence Agnes Henderson is an American actress and singer, perhaps best known for playing the role of Carol Brady in the television program The Brady Bunch, which ran from 1969 to 1974....
  , Robert Reed
  Robert Reed
  
  Robert Reed was an Emmy Award-nominated American stage and television actor....
  , Ann B. Davis
  Ann B. Davis
  
  Ann Bradford Davis is an American television actress.Davis achieved prominence for her role in The Bob Cummings Show for which she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series....
  , Maureen McCormick
  Maureen McCormick
  
  Maureen Denise McCormick is an American actress, reality show participant, and recording artist. She is best known as a child actor who played Characters of The Brady Bunch#Marcia Brady in the television series The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974....
   and Eve Plumb
  Eve Plumb
  
  Eve Aline Plumb is an American actress and painter. Plumb is best known for her portrayal of Characters of The Brady Bunch#Jan Brady in the television sitcom The Brady Bunch....
  
• Vibes
  Vibes
  
  Vibes is a comedy film released in 1988 in film starring pop icon and singing Cyndi Lauper, actor Jeff Goldblum, actor Julian Sands and legendary actor Peter Falk....
  , starring Jeff Goldblum
  Jeff Goldblum
  
  Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum is an Academy Award-nominated United Statesn actor. He often portrays quirky, intense or eccentric characters. He is also known for his distinctive appearance and staccato delivery of lines....
   and Cyndi Lauper
  Cyndi Lauper
  
  Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an Music of the United States Grammy- and Emmy award winning singer-songwriter and actress. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual, and became the first artist to have four top-five singles released from one album....
  
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being
  The Unbearable Lightness of Being
  
  The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a novel written by Milan Kundera in 1982, first published in 1984 in literature in France....
  , according to a book by Milan Kundera
  Milan Kundera
  
  Milan Kundera is a Czech Republic and French writer of Czech Republic origin who has lived in exile in France since 1975, where he became a Naturalization in 1981....
  
• Watchers
  Watchers (1988 film)
  
  Watchers is a 1988 in film Cinema of Canada horror film, starring Corey Haim, Michael Ironside, Barbara Williams and Lala Sloatman. It is based on the Watchers by Dean R....
  
• Waxwork
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  
  Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 fantasy film comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Steven Spielberg and based on Gary K. Wolf's novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?....
  , starring Bob Hoskins
  Bob Hoskins
  
  Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. is an England actor, known for playing Cockney rough diamonds and gangsters, and for his performances in family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Hook ....
   and Christopher Lloyd
  Christopher Lloyd
  
  Christopher Allen Lloyd is a three-time Emmy Award-winning United States actor known for his gruff eloquent voice. He is of Wales ancestry and is well known for his roles as Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Uncle Fester in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values, as well a...
  
• Willow
  Willow (film)
  
  Willow is a 1988 fantasy film adventure film directed by Ron Howard and produced/co-written by George Lucas. Warwick Davis stars in the film, as well as Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh and Patricia Hayes....
  , starring Val Kilmer
  Val Kilmer
  
  Val Edward Kilmer is an American actor and possible candidate for Governor of New Mexico. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! , then the cult classic Real Genius , as well as blockbuster action films, including a role in Top Gun ...
   and Warwick Davis
  Warwick Davis
  
  Warwick Ashley Davis is a British actor. He is noted for his dwarfism, standing at tall. Davis is probably best known as the title characters in Willow and the Leprechaun series of films; other prominent roles include List of Star Wars characters#W in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Professor Filius Flitwick in the...
  
• Working Girl
  Working Girl
  
  Working Girl is a 1988 film written by Kevin Wade and directed by Mike Nichols. It tells the story of a Staten Island-raised secretary, Tess McGill , working in the mergers and acquisitions department of a Wall Street investment bank....
  , starring Melanie Griffith
  Melanie Griffith
  
  Melanie Griffith is an Academy Award and Emmy-nominated, Golden Globe-award winning United States actress. She is the daughter of actress Tippi Hedren and the wife of actor Antonio Banderas....
  , Harrison Ford
  Harrison Ford
  
  Harrison Ford is an United Statesn actor. Ford is best known for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy, and as the Indiana Jones in the Indiana Jones franchise#Films film series....
   and Sigourney Weaver
  Sigourney Weaver
  
  Sigourney Weaver is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known for her roles as Lt. Ellen Ripley in the Alien film series and as Dana Barrett in the Ghostbusters movies....
   - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
• A World Apart
  A World Apart (film)
  
  A World Apart is a 1988 anti-Apartheid drama, written by Shawn Slovo and directed by Chris Menges. It is based on the lives of Slovo's parents, Ruth First and Joe Slovo....
  , starring Barbara Hershey
  Barbara Hershey
  
  Barbara Hershey is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning United States actress, known for her many film roles....
   and Jodhi May
• Young Guns
  Young Guns
  
  Young Guns is a 1988 in film action film/western film first made by Morgan Creek Productions and released by 20th Century Fox and Vestron Pictures ....
  , starring Emilio Estevez
  Emilio Estevez
  
  'Emilio Est?vez' is an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He started his career as an actor and is famous for being a member of the acting Brat Pack , appearing in The Breakfast Club and St....
  , Kiefer Sutherland
  Kiefer Sutherland
  
  Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland is a Canadian actor, well-known for his lead role of Jack Bauer on the FOX Broadcasting Company thriller drama series 24 ....
  , Lou Diamond Phillips
  Lou Diamond Phillips
  
  Lou Diamond Phillips is an United States film, television, and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Ritchie Valens in the 1987 biographical film hit La Bamba ....
  , Charlie Sheen
  Charlie Sheen
  
  Carlos Irwin Est?vez , better known as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. His character roles in films have included Chris Taylor in the 1986 Vietnam War drama Platoon and Bud Fox in 1987 film Wall Street ....
  , Dermot Mulroney
  Dermot Mulroney
  
  Dermot Mulroney is an United States actor....
   and Casey Siemaszko
  Casey Siemaszko
  
  Casey Siemaszko is an United States actor.Siemaszko was born in Chicago, Illinois to a Polish American father and an English mother. His most well-known film roles are Back to the Future and Back to the Future Part II as 3-D, Stand By Me as Billy Tessio, Young Guns as Charley Bowdre and as Curley in Of Mice and Men ....
  

Births

• May 24 - Joseph John Tromans
• April 10 - Haley Joel Osment
  Haley Joel Osment
  
  Haley Joel Osment is an United States actor. After a series of roles in television and film during the 1990s, including a small part in Forrest Gump playing the title character?s son, Osment rose to fame with his performance as Cole Sear in M....
  
• April 25 - Sara Paxton
  Sara Paxton
  
  Sara Paxton is an American actor and singer. She grew up in California and began acting at an early age, appearing in many minor roles in both films and television shows, before coming to wider renown in 2004, after playing the title role in the series Darcy's Wild Life....
  , American singer/actress
• May 1 - Jacobo León
• August 24 - Rupert Grint
  Rupert Grint
  
  Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint is an English actor best known for playing Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter#The films films.In December 2007, Grint was ranked #16 in the list of Forbes Top twenty earners under 25 with an annual earning of $4 million ....
  , British actor
• November 15 - Zena Grey
  Zena Grey
  
  Zena Lotus Grey is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the Hollywood films Snow Day and Max Keeble's Big Move....
  
• June 8 - Chris Green
  Chris Green
  
  Chris Green may refer to:* Chris Green , British writer* Chris Green , British comedian and writer* Chris Green , American writer* Chris Green , NFL defensive back...
  
• June 9 - Jessie Hardin
• October 14 - Max Thieriot
  Max Thieriot
  
  Maximillion Drake Thieriot is an American actor. During the 2000s, he appeared in several Hollywood films, including Catch That Kid, The Pacifier, Nancy Drew , Jumper , and Kit Kittredge: An American Girl....
  
• December- Bonnie Boulware

Deaths

• January 7 - Michel Auclair
  Michel Auclair
  
  Michel Auclair was an actor.Auclair was born Vladimir Vujovic to a Serbian father and a France mother in Koblenz. His father was Vojislav Vujovic, prominent Yugoslav Communist and secretary of the Communist Youth International....
  , actor (b. 1922)
• January 7 - Trevor Howard
  Trevor Howard
  
  Trevor Howard, Order of the British Empire , born Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith, was an England film, Theatre and television actor....
  , actor
• February 1 - Heather O'Rourke
  Heather O'Rourke
  
  Heather O'Rourke was an American child actress who played Carol Anne Freeling in the Poltergeist , as well as several television guest appearances....
  , actress
• January 25 - Colleen Moore
  Colleen Moore
  
  Colleen Moore was an United States film actor, and one of the most fashionable stars of the silent film era....
  , actress
• March 6 - Jeanne Aubert
  Jeanne Aubert
  
  Jeanne Aubert, was a France singer and actress.Born Marguerite Perrinot in Paris, France to an aristocratic father and a former flower girl, she was pushed by her mother into showbusiness....
  , French actress
• May 30 - Ella Raines
  Ella Raines
  
  Ella Raines was an American actress....
  , actress
• July 25 - Judith Barsi
  Judith Barsi
  
  Judith Eva Barsi was an United States Child actor. She was small in stature and often played characters younger than her actual age.On July 25, 1988, at the age of 10, she was murdered, along with her mother Maria Barsi, by her father, Jozsef Barsi....
  , actress
• August 4 - Florence Eldridge
  Florence Eldridge
  
  Florence Eldridge was a Tony Award-nominated American actress....
  , actress
• September 5 - Gert Fröbe
  Gert Fröbe
  
  Karl Gerhart Fr?be, better known as Gert Fr?be , was a Germany actor who starred in many films, including the James Bond film Goldfinger as Auric Goldfinger, The Threepenny Opera as Peachum, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Baron Bomburst and in Der R?uber Hotzenplotz as Hotzenplotz....
  , actor
• October 1 - Lucien Ballard
  Lucien Ballard
  
  Lucien Ballard, A.S.C. was an United States cinematography and director of photography.Born in Miami, Oklahoma, Ballard began working on films at Paramount Studios in 1929....
  , cinematographer
  Cinematographer
  
  A cinematographer is one photography with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting film crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image....
  
• December 23 – Frederick W. Elvidge, actor