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1. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime
In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.
Directors: Charles Crichton, John Cleese | Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin
Votes: 153,898 | Gross: $63.49M
2. A Handful of Dust (1988)
PG | 118 min | Drama, Romance
The wife's affair and a death in the family hasten the demise of an upper-class English marriage.
Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: James Wilby, Kristin Scott Thomas, Richard Beale, Jackson Kyle
Votes: 2,316 | Gross: $1.56M
3. A Summer Story (1988)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Romance
Frank Ashton and his best friend are hiking across Dartmoor when he twists his ankle. Frank goes for help at a nearby farmhouse where he stays for a few days and falls in love with Megan.
Director: Piers Haggard | Stars: Imogen Stubbs, James Wilby, Susannah York, Kenneth Colley
Votes: 1,222 | Gross: $0.46M
4. A World Apart (1988)
PG | 113 min | Drama
1963. Thirteen year old Molly Roth, the eldest of three offspring of Gus and Diana Roth, lives a carefree life as part of the affluent white minority in South Africa. Race is a non-issue ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Menges | Stars: Barbara Hershey, David Suchet, Jodhi May, Jeroen Krabbé
Votes: 1,800 | Gross: $2.33M
5. American Roulette (1988)
R | 102 min | Thriller
Carlos Quintas, the democratically-elected president of an unnamed South American country, has been deposed by a military coup. He is in London, the head of a government in exile, rallying ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Hatton | Stars: Andy Garcia, Kitty Aldridge, Guy Bertrand, Ricardo Sibelo
Votes: 224
6. Apartment Zero (1988)
R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In early 1980s Buenos Aires, a struggling movie theater owner takes in a roommate but suspects he is responsible for a series of political assassinations.
Director: Martin Donovan | Stars: Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Dora Bryan, Liz Smith
Votes: 4,237 | Gross: $0.67M
7. Burning Secret (1988)
PG | 106 min | Drama
While being treated for asthma at a country spa, an American diplomat's lonely 12-year-old son is befriended and infatuated by a suave, mysterious baron. During a story of his war ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Birkin | Stars: David Eberts, Faye Dunaway, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ian Richardson
Votes: 515
8. Blind Justice (1988)
110 min | Drama, War
When an African country declares its independence, the results vary from thrilling to catastrophic, depending on what side of revolution one fought with.
Director: Terence Ryan | Stars: Christopher Cazenove, Edita Brychta, Patrick Shai, Oliver Reed
Votes: 298
9. Business as Usual (1988)
PG | 89 min | Drama
After seeing her husband fail in fighting a battle to keep his factory open, a manageress loses her job in a disagreement with the manager over sexual harassment of her staff. She accepts ... See full summary »
Director: Lezli-An Barrett | Stars: Glenda Jackson, John Thaw, Cathy Tyson, Mark McGann
Votes: 121
10. Buster (1988)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Based on the story of Ronald Christopher "Buster" Edwards (Phil Collins), one of the thieves involved in "The Great Train Robbery" of 1963.
Director: David Green | Stars: Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb, Stephanie Lawrence
Votes: 4,370 | Gross: $0.54M
11. Cameron's Closet (1988)
R | 88 min | Fantasy, Horror
A father (Tab Hunter) who experiments with his son's (Scott Curtis) psychokinetic powers is unaware that these experiments release a demon from hell, which lives in his son's closet, preparing to take over the young boy's soul.
Director: Armand Mastroianni | Stars: Cotter Smith, Mel Harris, Scott Curtis, Chuck McCann
Votes: 1,137 | Gross: $0.14M
12. Closing Ranks (1988)
90 min
Crime Police Squad protects brutal member when he beats up protester.
Director: Roger Graef | Stars: Jill Brassington, Ian Brimble, Janet Bruce, David Crane
14. Consuming Passions (1988)
R | 98 min | Comedy
A tragic mishap at a chocolate factory results in candy lovers getting an unexpected 'extra' in their sweets. The problem is that they want more!
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Vanessa Redgrave, Tyler Butterworth, Freddie Jones
Votes: 586 | Gross: $0.12M
15. Covert Action (1988)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, War
Inside the stately Senate Hearing Room, Frank White, professional soldier, Vietnam vet and CIA operative, is fighting the toughest battle of his life: he's on trial for the assassination of a Central American diplomat.
Director: J. Christian Ingvordsen | Stars: Rick Washburn, J. Christian Ingvordsen, Stuart Garrison Day, Amanda Zinsser
Votes: 55
16. Crusoe (1988)
PG-13 | 91 min | Adventure, Drama
Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked and he finds himself all alone on a tropical island. With a few tools he manages to rescue from the wreck he has to learn to support himself until help arrives.
Director: Caleb Deschanel | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Ade Sapara, Elvis Payne, Richard D. Sharp
Votes: 1,176 | Gross: $0.32M
17. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz
Votes: 75,129 | Gross: $34.70M
18. Welcome to Germany (1988)
102 min | Drama
An US-based film director returns from the US to Germany, where he was forced along with other concentration camp prisoners to participate in an Anti-Semitic propaganda film in 1942. He plans to make a documentary on this part of his past.
Director: Thomas Brasch | Stars: Tony Curtis, Katharina Thalbach, Matthias Habich, Karin Baal
Votes: 98
19. The Voice (1988)
90 min | Thriller
A half-dozen random people find themselves locked overnight in a floating discotheque and at the mercy of mysterious terror.
Director: Gustavo Graef Marino | Stars: Ian Dury, Jon Finch, Suzanna Hamilton, Heinz Hoenig
Votes: 25
20. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
PG-13 | 84 min | Drama, Music
The lives of an English working-class family are told out of order in a free-associative manner. The first part, "Distant Voices", focuses on the father's role in the family. The second part, "Still Lives", focuses on his children.
Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Pete Postlethwaite, Freda Dowie, Angela Walsh, Dean Williams
Votes: 5,164 | Gross: $0.69M
21. Time of the Gypsies (1988)
R | 142 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he loves.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Davor Dujmovic, Bora Todorovic, Ljubica Adzovic, Husnija Hasimovic
Votes: 32,706 | Gross: $0.28M
22. Dream Demon (1988)
R | 89 min | Horror
A young woman about to be married begins having terrifying dreams about demons. When she wakes, however, the demons are real and begin to commit gruesome murders.
Director: Harley Cokeliss | Stars: Jemma Redgrave, Kathleen Wilhoite, Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail
Votes: 1,448
23. Drowning by Numbers (1988)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
Three generations of women share the same problem--marriage woes--and want to put an end to it.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Bernard Hill, Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, Joely Richardson
Votes: 10,973 | Gross: $0.42M
24. Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A Southern California girl befriends three furry aliens after their spaceship lands in her swimming pool.
Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans
Votes: 25,215 | Gross: $3.92M
25. Journey to the South (1988)
89 min | Drama
A 30-year-old man returns from South America to his native village in the mountains of Yugoslavia to find his spouse. He chooses a self-supporting Jewish woman's youngest daughter. The ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Bautista Stagnaro | Stars: Adrian Ghio, Mirjana Jokovic, Zarko Lausevic, Mira Furlan
Votes: 127
26. Eugene Onegin (1988)
117 min | Music
Onegin visits a friend, his fiancee and her sister Tatiana, who believes Onegin is her fated love. She writes a note telling him so, but he rejects her. Years later he returns, finding her married, but now he's smitten with her.
Director: Petr Weigl | Stars: Bernd Weikl, Michal Docolomanský, Teresa Kubiak, Magda Vásáryová
Votes: 51
27. Forbidden Sun (1988)
R | 88 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After a rape at a girl's gymnastics school, questions arise and bring to light ancient Cretan rituals.
Director: Zelda Barron | Stars: Lauren Hutton, Cliff De Young, Robert Beltran, Viveka Davis
Votes: 151
28. Further and Particular (1988)
110 min | Drama
An old man remembers the troubled relationship he had with his mother, the erotic games, and the fantasies in which she managed to entrap him.
Director: Stephen Dwoskin | Stars: Richard Butler, Bruce Cooper, Jean Fennell, Irene Marot
Votes: 12
29. Girl from the South (1988)
84 min | Drama, Romance
Poor little rich girl into Mills and Boon fantasies falls for unemployed black boy up north and tries to 'help'.
Director: Richard Woolley | Stars: Mark Crowshaw, Michelle Mulvany, Daphne Oxenford, Alan Thompson
Votes: 15
30. Hard Road (1988)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
When Kelly and Max, two 13-year olds from widely different social backgrounds, form an unlikely alliance and take off in Max's father's Ferrari for an illegal trip to Brighton. On the way ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Finbow | Stars: Francesca Camillo, Max Rennie, John Louis Mansi, Andrew Mulquin
Votes: 25
31. Hawks (1988)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
Two terminally ill patients in a hospital yearn for relief from their predicament. With little or no friends, they form an uneasy alliance and plot an escape for one last wild time.
Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Anthony Edwards, Janet McTeer, Camille Coduri
Votes: 1,217
32. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
R | 97 min | Horror, Thriller
Kirsty is brought to an institution after the horrible events of Hellraiser (1987), where the occult-obsessive head doctor resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites and their demonic underworld.
Director: Tony Randel | Stars: Doug Bradley, Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Kenneth Cranham
Votes: 56,124 | Gross: $11.09M
33. High Hopes (1988)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
The life of a working class couple living in London and their complicated relationships with other members of the family.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Philip Jackson
Votes: 5,785 | Gross: $1.19M
34. High Spirits (1988)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy
When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Daryl Hannah, Steve Guttenberg, Donal McCann
Votes: 10,679 | Gross: $8.58M
35. Me and Him (1988)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's completely insane.
Director: Doris Dörrie | Stars: Griffin Dunne, Ellen Greene, Kelly Bishop, Carey Lowell
Votes: 608
36. Diamond's Edge (1988)
PG | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
When the man who left a package in his care is murdered, detective Tim Diamond suddenly has every major gangster in the city after him. With only the package and the help of his little brother, he sets out to unravel the mysterious plot.
Director: Stephen Bayly | Stars: Colin Dale, Saeed Jaffrey, Dursley McLinden, José René Ruiz
Votes: 308
37. La Bohème (1988)
106 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Paris, 1910. On Christmas Eve, a young woman knocks on her neighbor's door to borrow some lamp oil. A touching romance is ignited even as the young woman becomes very sick.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Barbara Hendricks, José Carreras, Luca Canonici, Angela Maria Blasi
Votes: 106
38. Veronico Cruz (1988)
Unrated | 95 min | Drama, War
A rural teacher in Jujuy, establishes a friendly relationship with the inhabitants of Chorcán, a small Andean village. Circumstances in EEE Outbreak of War of the Malvinas and one of his ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Pereira | Stars: Leopoldo Aban, Juan José Camero, Guillermo Delgado, Ana María González
Votes: 222
39. La nuit Bengali (1988)
153 min | Drama
A British engineer becomes entangled in a forbidden romance with his Indian employer's eldest daughter. As their passion ignites, the East-meets-West clash of cultures leads to surprising and tragic consequences.
Director: Nicolas Klotz | Stars: Hugh Grant, Shabana Azmi, Supriya Pathak, John Hurt
Votes: 351
40. Life Calls (1988)
52 min
Stylish and harrowing account of attempt to drive a 'Dennis' Fire engine from the Northern most point of Europe (Cape North) to the Southern most tip of Africa (Cape South) to raise funds for the Samaritans.
41. Lorelei (1988)
110 min
Director: Michael Stone | Stars: Niamh Roth, Marcus Craig, Judith Kerlin, Christie Larson
42. Madame Sousatzka (1988)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Music
Renowned Russian piano teacher Irina Sousatzka gets a new student - Bengali piano prodigy Manek. They are both immigrants in the UK and bond quickly. When Manek's single mother's business fails, he must make a career decision.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Navin Chowdhry, Peggy Ashcroft, Twiggy
Votes: 1,612 | Gross: $3.55M
43. Managing Problem People. Behavioral Skills for Leaders (1988)
93 min | Documentary, Comedy
In original a corporate training film, "Managing problem people" brings its subject with humor as it introduces us to Rulebound Reggie, Big-Mouth Billy, Moaning Minnie, Wimpy Wendy, Lazy Linda, and Silent Sam.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Gyearbuor Asante, Angela Bruce, John Cleese, Tenniel Evans
Votes: 17
44. Mapantsula (1988)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
Mapantsula tells the story of Panic, a petty gangster who inevitably becomes caught up in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and has to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system.
Director: Oliver Schmitz | Stars: Thomas Mogotlane, Marcel van Heerden, Thembi Mtshali, Dolly Rathebe
Votes: 212
45. Milk and Honey (1988)
89 min | Drama
Jo, a Jamaican native, moves to Canada to help support her family. But she quickly learns that earning money and respect will be more difficult than she ever imagined.
Directors: Glen Salzman, Rebecca Yates | Stars: Josette Simon, Lyman Ward, Richard Mills, Djanet Sears
Votes: 40
46. Alice (1988)
Not Rated | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A surrealistic revision of Alice in Wonderland.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Kristýna Kohoutová, Camilla Power
Votes: 13,985
47. Olympus Force: The Key (1988)
102 min | Action, Drama
Olympian gods watch the Earth and resolve to fight a group of terrorists who stole a diskette containing a secret that can destroy the world.
Directors: James Fortune, Robert Garofalo | Stars: Linda Thorson, John Draikas, Joss Ackland, Katerina Moletti
Votes: 25
48. On the Black Hill (1988)
117 min | Drama
The story covers eighty years in the lives of a pair of Welsh identical twins with an unusual bond, as they go through war, love affairs and land disputes.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Aled Baker, Rhys Baker, Iona Banks, Nicola Beddoe
Votes: 183
51. Paperhouse (1988)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy
A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Charlotte Burke, Jane Bertish, Samantha Cahill, Glenne Headly
Votes: 6,282 | Gross: $0.24M
52. Paris by Night (1988)
103 min | Drama, Thriller
Clara Paige (Charlotte Rampling) is a busy Euro Member of Parliament with a husband and child at home and a high powered career, but on a trip to Paris, her ordered existence is overturned by a murder and a chance encounter.
Director: David Hare | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Michael Gambon, Iain Glen, Robert Hardy
Votes: 217
53. Pascali's Island (1988)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama
A secret agent in Turkey is persuaded by his superiors to assist a couple of English cons in the theft of a priceless Greek statue.
Director: James Dearden | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance, Kevork Malikyan, George Murcell
Votes: 1,497 | Gross: $1.45M
54. Patty Hearst (1988)
R | 108 min | Biography, Drama
In the 1970s, Patricia Hearst is abducted by American revolutionaries, but eventually joins their cause instead.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Natasha Richardson, William Forsythe, Ving Rhames, Frances Fisher
Votes: 2,345 | Gross: $1.22M
55. Predator: The Quietus (1988)
Not Rated | 91 min | Horror
The unexplainable disappearances of innocently-courting teenagers and a child, plus the brutal slaying of livestock, attracts the international media.
Director: Leslie McCarthy | Stars: Cordelia Roche, Cliff Twemlow, Darryl Marchant, Mark Gover
Votes: 155
56. Prisoner of Rio (1988)
R | 90 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
The story of the great train robber Ronald Biggs.
Director: Lech Majewski | Stars: Steven Berkoff, Paul Freeman, Peter Firth, Florinda Bolkan
Votes: 116
57. Run for Your Life (1988)
90 min | Drama, Sport, Thriller
Major Charles Forsythe (Carradine) is a Vietnam veteran U.S. Army officer stationed near Rome. He is a brutal, if effective, commander who was "fragged" by his own men in Vietnam. When he ... See full summary »
Director: Terence Young | Stars: David Carradine, Lauren Hutton, George Segal, Franco Nero
Votes: 92
58. SOS (1988)
104 min | Comedy, Family
The landlubber Stig-Helmer and his Norwegian friend Ole get on a barge by mistake. They arrive to an island in the archipelago and have to spend Midsummer among the fancy rich people, their... See full summary »
Director: Lasse Åberg | Stars: Lasse Åberg, Jon Skolmen, Birgitte Söndergaard, Tor Isedal
Votes: 5,501
59. Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Not Rated | 113 min | Crime, Drama
Young Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Shafiq Syed, Anjaan, Amrit Patel, Murari Sharma
Votes: 10,092 | Gross: $2.08M
60. Salome's Last Dance (1988)
R | 89 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
On Guy Fawkes Day 1892m Oscar Wilde goes to a performance of his controversial, banned play 'Salome'. The 'theatre' is a brothel and the performers are prostitutes.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Stratford Johns, Nickolas Grace, Douglas Hodge
Votes: 1,903 | Gross: $0.33M
61. Screwball Hotel (1988)
R | 101 min | Comedy
Three boys drop out of military school. They get jobs working at a hotel, but it's about to go under. They decide to help the owner raise enough money to stay in business. They prove that ... See full summary »
Director: Rafal Zielinski | Stars: Michael Bendetti, Andrew Zeller, Jeff Greenman, Lori Deann Pallett
Votes: 346
62. Shadowman (1988)
96 min | Drama
The story of a war refugee who's hiding in Amsterdam.
Director: Piotr Andrejew | Stars: Jeroen Krabbé, Tom Hulce, Manouk van der Meulen, Trudy Labij
Votes: 63
65. Some Girls (1988)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Michael flies up to French Canada to visit his girlfriend and her wacky family. She doesn't love him anymore, the grandma mistakes him for her late husband, the sister appears naked and makes advances, the dad likes to be naked as well.
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Jennifer Connelly, Sheila Kelley, Lance Edwards
Votes: 3,862 | Gross: $0.40M
67. Soursweet (1988)
R | 110 min | Drama
Just married Hong Kong couple Chen & Lily emigrate to England, soon to become parents to a little baby boy and generally struggle through life. Chen works long days in a restaurant, while ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Sylvia Chang, Danny Dun, Jodi Long, Speedy Choo
Votes: 125
68. Stealing Heaven (1988)
R | 108 min | Drama, History, Romance
In medieval Paris, a young religious scholar and the beautiful niece of a local patrician fall madly in love and consummate their passion for each other. In the religious uproar that follows, they are condemned and brutally punished.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Derek de Lint, Kim Thomson, Denholm Elliott, Bernard Hepton
Votes: 829
69. State Park (1988)
R | 91 min | Comedy
A business man plans to dump toxic waste in a state park, but it doesn't go according to plan.
Directors: Kerry Feltham, Rafal Zielinski | Stars: Kim Myers, Isabelle Mejias, James Wilder, Jennifer Inch
Votes: 520
70. Storms of August (1988)
104 min | Comedy
Director: Endaf Emlyn | Stars: Arwel Gruffydd, Judith Humphreys, Alaw Bennet Jones, Helen Griffiths
71. Stormy Monday (1988)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and the American's ex lover fall in love and inadvertently stir the pot.
Director: Mike Figgis | Stars: Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting, Sean Bean
Votes: 4,437 | Gross: $1.79M
72. Taffin (1988)
R | 96 min | Action, Thriller
An Irish tough-guy debt collector is asked by his local community to help rid the town of developers bent on building a chemical plant on the outskirts of town. The developers are ruthless ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Megahy | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Ray McAnally, Alison Doody, Jeremy Child
Votes: 2,115 | Gross: $0.16M
73. Hard Times (1988)
90 min | Drama
A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Henrique Viana, Júlia Britton, Eunice Muñoz, Ruy Furtado
Votes: 105
74. Testament (1988)
80 min | Drama
An exiled Ghanaian politician returns to Ghana two decades after the 1966 coup.
Director: John Akomfrah | Stars: Tania Rogers, Evans Oma Hunter, Frank Parkes, Sally Sagoe
Votes: 22
75. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
PG | 126 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed
Votes: 56,857 | Gross: $8.08M
76. The Choice (1988)
Director: Robert Paget | Stars: Paul Marin, Ferdy Mayne, Deborah Shelton, Oliver Tobias
Votes: 11
77. The Courier (1988)
R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When a courier at the D-Day Courier Service mistakenly finds a pile of money in his regular delivery, he does some digging and discovers that the messenger company is a front for a drug ... See full summary »
Directors: Frank Deasy, Joe Lee | Stars: Padraig O'Loinsigh, Cait O'Riordan, Gabriel Byrne, Ian Bannen
Votes: 140
78. The Dawning (1988)
PG | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
An I.R.A. gunman (Sir Anthony Hopkins) on the run from the government. He meets up with an idealistic young woman (Rebecca Pidgeon) and attempts to win her support for his cause.
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard
Votes: 416
79. The Deceivers (1988)
PG-13 | 102 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Fact-based account of a secret society of murderers, and of the man who exposed them in British India 1825.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey, Shashi Kapoor, Helena Michell
Votes: 1,270 | Gross: $0.35M
80. The First Kangaroos (1988)
Drama, Sport
The story of the Australian Rugby League's first visit to England.
Director: Frank Cvitanovich | Stars: Dennis Waterman, Chris Haywood, Dominique Sweeney, Philip Quast
Votes: 43
81. The Dressmaker (1988)
92 min | Drama, Romance
In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their seventeen-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier.
Director: Jim O'Brien | Stars: Joan Plowright, Billie Whitelaw, Pete Postlethwaite, Jane Horrocks
Votes: 274
82. The Fruit Machine (1988)
R | 103 min | Drama
Two gay teenagers go on the run after witnessing a murder.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Emile Charles, Tony Forsyth, Robert Stephens, Clare Higgins
Votes: 612
83. The Gaol (1988)
A man finds himself incarcerated alone in a prison cell, not knowing who his unseen captors might be, or why he has been imprisoned.....
Director: John Stewart | Stars: Tim Jones, Niamh Mahon, George Staines
84. The Girl in a Swing (1988)
R | 119 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love with the woman, despite the fact that he ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Meg Tilly, Rupert Frazer, Nicholas Le Prevost, Elspet Gray
Votes: 820 | Gross: $0.75M
85. The House on the Edge of the Park: Part II
91 min | Horror | Announced
A sequel to the 1980 cult classic 'The House on the Edge of the Park' that focuses on the surviving villain Ricky.
Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: David Hess, Giovanni Lombardo Radice
86. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror
When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi
Votes: 15,085 | Gross: $1.19M
87. The Most Dangerous Man in the World (1988 TV Movie)
98 min | Action, Thriller
Dramatisation of the events surrounding the attempt by Turk Mehmet Ali Agca to shoot Pope John Paul II in May 1981.
Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Martin Shaw, Ian Sears, Tom Radcliffe, George Innes
Votes: 11
88. The Naked Cell (1988)
84 min | Drama
The Movie tells the story of a successful businesswoman who craves love and seeks fulfillment through brief flirtations and unsatisfactory sexual liaisons.
Director: John Crome | Stars: Victoria Jeffrey, Richard Fallon, Jacquetta May, Yvonne Bonnamy
Votes: 23
89. The Nature of the Beast (1988)
PG | 95 min | Drama
A boy reads about the attacks of a unknown animal on livestock in the town. He plans to run his own investigation. The so called beast however is also used as a metaphor for every day problems the townsfolk face.
Director: Franco Rosso | Stars: Lynton Dearden, Paul Simpson, Tony Melody, Freddie Fletcher
Votes: 74
90. The Perfect Murder (1988)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Thriller, Action
Police Inspector Ghote lives a middle-class life in Bombay along with his wife, Pratima. He has been employed with the Bombay Police for many years. His wife is generally disgruntled and ... See full summary »
Directors: Zafar Hai, M.R. Shahjahan | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Stellan Skarsgård, Amjad Khan, Madhur Jaffrey
Votes: 330
91. The Raggedy Rawney (1988)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance, War
During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before wounding his commanding officer with a knife in order to escape. The young man, now very emotionally... See full summary »
Director: Bob Hoskins | Stars: Dexter Fletcher, Zoë Nathenson, Zoë Wanamaker, Bob Hoskins
Votes: 405
92. The Unholy (1988)
R | 102 min | Horror
A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning.
Director: Camilo Vila | Stars: Ben Cross, Hal Holbrook, Ruben Rabasa, Nicole Fortier
Votes: 2,073 | Gross: $6.34M
93. The Zero Option (1988)
120 min | Action
An ex-SAS officer and an ex member of the Special Boat Services, team up to search for £ 2 million worth of diamonds which go missing when an aircraft is hijacked. Ruthless terrorists seize... See full summary »
Director: Sarah Hellings | Stars: Denyse Alexander, Miles Anderson, Judith Anthony, Aran Bell
Votes: 13
94. Track 29 (1988)
R | 90 min | Drama, Mystery
Linda is still tormented by giving up a baby for adoption at 15. She wants a baby, but her husband has enough in his model trains, mistress and being a doctor.
Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Theresa Russell, Gary Oldman, Christopher Lloyd, Colleen Camp
Votes: 2,479 | Gross: $0.43M
96. Tyger Tyger Burning Bright (1988)
98 min | Drama
Director: Neal Sundstrom | Stars: Kitty Aldridge, Arthur Hall, Candice Hillebrand, Michael McCabe
97. Under the Bed (1988)
90 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
A young girl kicks all of her rubbish under her bed creating a monster which she and her brother must fight. A funny family film with cameos from The Goodies.
Director: Colin Finbow | Stars: Thomas Arnold, Danny Barnard, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Maria Charles
Votes: 36
98. Unmasked Part 25 (1988)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Jackson is a lonely serial killer who is really beginning to question the point of all his killing. He is losing focus on why he started to kill in the first place. The future looks bleak ... See full summary »
Director: Anders Palm | Stars: Gregory Cox, Fiona Evans, Edward Brayshaw, Debbie Lee London
Votes: 893
99. Vila Orhideja (1988)
95 min | Drama
Successful writer (Boris), accompanied with his fiancé, returns to place where he grew up in hope to find inspiration for new book. But memories are somewhat distracting, especially those of an old love...
Director: Kresimir Golik | Stars: Rene Medvesek, Neva Rosic, Gordana Gadzic, Zlatko Crnkovic
Votes: 67
100. Waxwork (1988)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Horror
A wax museum owner uses his horror exhibits to unleash evil on the world.
Director: Anthony Hickox | Stars: Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Jennifer Bassey, Joe Baker
Votes: 14,034 | Gross: $0.81M
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