SHR - 1988
by robotmonkeycat | created - 4 months ago | updated - 3 months ago | PublicCreated for the Self Help Radio* show "1988", which aired on KFFD-LP 98.3/KFFP-LP 90.3 Portland (freeformportland.org) on 1/18/24. (*not a self help show)
Films on the list are listed on IMDb as US productions or co-productions and released in 1988.
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Also, check out the YouTube playlists I made with trailers & full films from the list:
Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2NHRFDvuiYQ-W1-Qmbcdm3414Aa0FNqe
Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2NHRFDvuiYQzj7bxofEZJvJGkeSLcbtZ
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1. Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
After a worldwide nuclear war, where 68% of the male population was wiped out and virile men becoming a rarity, Sam Hell, a scavenger and a highly virile man, is assigned to help rescue a group of fertile women kidnapped by humanoid frogs.
Directors: Donald G. Jackson, R.J. Kizer | Stars: Julius LeFlore, RCB, Roddy Piper, William Smith
Votes: 7,313
2. Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
R | 80 min | Comedy, Horror
As part of a sorority ritual, pledges and their male companions steal a trophy from a bowling alley; unbeknownst to them, it contains a devilish imp who makes their lives a living Hell.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Andras Jones, Linnea Quigley, Robin Stille, Hal Havins
Votes: 4,892
3. Return of the Living Dead II (1988)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Curious kids unearth the barrels that previously helped revive the dead, which proves the second time's an undead charm.
Director: Ken Wiederhorn | Stars: James Karen, Thom Mathews, Michael Kenworthy, Thor Van Lingen
Votes: 21,550 | Gross: $9.21M
4. The Couch Trip (1988)
R | 97 min | Comedy
A burnt-out shrink needs a temp. A charming escaped convict takes over his practice and radio show.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Donna Dixon
Votes: 5,594 | Gross: $11.01M
5. Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
R | 103 min | Action, War
Braddock mounts a one-man assault to free his wife and son who are still being held in a Vietnam prison camp.
Director: Aaron Norris | Stars: Chuck Norris, Aki Aleong, Roland Harrah III, Miki Kim
Votes: 7,173 | Gross: $6.19M
6. Tapeheads (1988)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Music
A couple of creative losers accidently become big shots in the video music industry.
Director: Bill Fishman | Stars: John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Mary Crosby, Clu Gulager
Votes: 4,356 | Gross: $0.34M
7. The Telephone (1988)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A crazy out of work actress, Vashti Blue, spends all her time in her small apartment with her pet owl and her telephone, which she uses to try and solve all her problems with life.
Director: Rip Torn | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Severn Darden, Amy Wright, Elliott Gould
Votes: 1,147 | Gross: $0.10M
8. Born to Race (1988)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama
A race-car driver falls in love with a beautiful Italian automobile engineer who is travelling the NASCAR circuit to sell her controversial engine technology.
Director: James Fargo | Stars: Joseph Bottoms, Marla Heasley, Robert Logan, George Kennedy
Votes: 165
9. Brain Damage (1988)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Horror
One morning, a young man wakes to find that a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to the base of his brain stem. The creature gives him a euphoric state of happiness but demands human victims in return.
Director: Frank Henenlotter | Stars: Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry, Theo Barnes
Votes: 13,169
10. The Sisterhood (1988)
R | 75 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the year 2021, women have been enslaved by men, with their only hope for freedom lying in the hands of a nomadic band of maiden warriors. The maiden warriors Alee and Vera tap Marya and her hawk to help them.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Rebecca Holden, Chuck Wagner, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Barbara Patrick
Votes: 756
11. She's Having a Baby (1988)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Young newlyweds find out just how unprepared they are for their future together.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin, James Ray
Votes: 13,882 | Gross: $16.03M
12. Cop (1988)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
Director: James B. Harris | Stars: James Woods, Lesley Ann Warren, Charles Durning, Charles Haid
Votes: 6,173 | Gross: $1.88M
13. Powaqqatsi (1988)
G | 99 min | Documentary, Music
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
Director: Godfrey Reggio | Stars: Christie Brinkley, David Brinkley, Patrick Disanto, Pope John Paul II
Votes: 8,877 | Gross: $0.59M
14. Necromancer (1988)
R | 88 min | Horror
Julie, a college student, is sexually assaulted by two fellow students. Desperate for revenge, she makes contact with a necromancer, who begins using her demonic powers to get rid of any guy Julie hates.
Director: Dusty Nelson | Stars: Elizabeth Kaitan, John Tyler, Rhonda Dorton, Stan Hurwitz
Votes: 997
15. Bloodsport (1988)
R | 92 min | Action, Biography, Drama
"Bloodsport" follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.
Director: Newt Arnold | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Norman Burton
Votes: 94,003 | Gross: $11.81M
16. 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
17. Apprentice to Murder (1988)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The small beautiful Pennsylvania Dutch community is rocked by a series of bizarre events which lead to a web of deception, violence and murder. Apprentice to Murder is a story of infatuation with love, dreams, and out-of-world temptations.
Director: Ralph L. Thomas | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Chad Lowe, Mia Sara, Knut Husebø
Votes: 754 | Gross: $0.47M
18. '68 (1988)
R | 99 min | Drama
'68 covers exactly one year (January 1st through December 31st) in the lives of Zoltan Szabo and his family, Hungarian immigrants, working hard to make a life in San Francisco in 1968. The ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Kovacs | Stars: Eric Larson, Robert Locke, Neil Young, Sándor Técsy
Votes: 95
19. Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
R | 80 min | Comedy, Horror
A sex-changed slasher returns as a camp counselor.
Director: Michael A. Simpson | Stars: Pamela Springsteen, Renée Estevez, Tony Higgins, Valerie Hartman
Votes: 13,346
20. Picasso Trigger (1988)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
After his brother got eliminated in Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987), a crime lord triggers a ruthless hunt against all agents responsible, and the remaining agents will have to avenge their fallen comrades.
Director: Andy Sidaris | Stars: Steve Bond, Dona Speir, Hope Marie Carlton, Harold Diamond
Votes: 1,714
21. The Drifter (1988)
R | 89 min | Thriller
A young interior designer with a jealous boyfriend has a one-night stand with a handsome drifter who won't go away.
Director: Larry Brand | Stars: Kim Delaney, Timothy Bottoms, Al Shannon, Miles O'Keeffe
Votes: 540
22. Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here (1988)
82 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Insect-like aliens invade a small town. The local teenagers have been watching a sci-fi marathon in the local theater, and from those films they get ideas on how to fight the creatures.
Director: Robert Skotak | Stars: Janice Fabian, Christian Lee, Larry Bagby, Dana Young
Votes: 250
23. Moving (1988)
R | 89 min | Comedy
Arlo accepts what seems to him to be a dream promotion to Idaho. He soon discovers, however, that moving has its own share of problems.
Director: Alan Metter | Stars: Richard Pryor, Beverly Todd, Stacey Dash, Raphael Harris
Votes: 6,336 | Gross: $10.82M
24. And God Created Woman (1988)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Aspiring and incarcerated rock singer, Robin Shea (Rebecca De Mornay) seduces hardworking carpenter Billy Moran (Vincent Spano). Robin marries Billy to get out of jail, but Robin's concerns are on politician James Tiernan (Frank Langella).
Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Rebecca De Mornay, Vincent Spano, Frank Langella, Donovan Leitch Jr.
Votes: 2,117 | Gross: $0.72M
25. Pulse (1988)
PG-13 | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A visiting son tries to warn his father and stepmother that they are being menaced by a living and intelligent pulse of electricity that moves from house to house and terrorizes the residents therein.
Director: Paul Golding | Stars: Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart, Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence
Votes: 2,872 | Gross: $0.04M
26. The House on Carroll Street (1988)
PG | 101 min | Thriller
In 1950s America, an FBI agent and a blacklist victim uncover a plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the country.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin, Jessica Tandy
Votes: 2,801 | Gross: $0.46M
27. Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988)
60 min | Documentary, Biography
HIS OWN MAN One of Hollywood's most enduring and popular stars draws on his memories to tell the amusing and touching story of how it was when the studios ruled supreme, and how a shy and ... See full summary »
Directors: Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter | Stars: Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Jane Fonda, Walter Gotell
Votes: 124
28. Johnny Be Good (1988)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Sport
Johnny's the top high-school football player and many colleges want him. His girlfriend, coach and best friend want him in the college, serving themselves most.
Director: Bud S. Smith | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Gleason, Uma Thurman
Votes: 7,373 | Gross: $17.55M
29. Maniac Cop (1988)
R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.
Director: William Lustig | Stars: Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree
Votes: 20,186 | Gross: $0.67M
30. Night Wars (1988)
R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two Vietnam Veterans have realistic nightmares about the war. So real are these nightmares that they start getting injured in them, and bringing things back that they had in the dream. They... See full summary »
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: Dan Haggerty, Brian Edward O'Connor, Cameron Smith, Steve Horton
Votes: 229
31. Tusks (1988)
R | 100 min | Adventure
An unhinged poacher who makes his living off the ivory trade is challenged by a game warden, who happens to be his former old friend, and a female animal conservationist. The poacher snaps and decides to kill them both.
Director: Tara Moore | Stars: Lucy Gutteridge, Andrew Stevens, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover
Votes: 134
32. 18 Again! (1988)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
An aging ruthless businessman swaps bodies with his grandson in the wake of getting into a car accident.
Director: Paul Flaherty | Stars: Charlie Schlatter, George Burns, Tony Roberts, Anita Morris
Votes: 5,031 | Gross: $2.57M
33. Kandyland (1988)
R | 83 min | Drama
Joni gets persuaded to enter a bikini contest by her friends and likes the attention. She talks to another contestant, Harlow, who suggests she try exotic dancing at Kandyland, where she ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Allen Schnitzer | Stars: Kim Evenson, Charles Laulette, Sandahl Bergman, Cole Stevens
Votes: 186
34. Appointment with Death (1988)
PG | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a former prison wardress who dominates the lives of her three adult stepchildren and her daughter is found dead at an archaeological dig near the Dead Sea, there are a great many suspects.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud
Votes: 6,045 | Gross: $0.96M
35. Colors (1988)
R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.
Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks
Votes: 29,821 | Gross: $46.62M
36. The Night Before (1988)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy
A popular beauty surprisingly asks a nerd to take her to the prom. He wakes up hours later in a sleazy alley. She's missing but he remembers nothing about it.
Director: Thom Eberhardt | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Lori Loughlin, Theresa Saldana, Trinidad Silva
Votes: 3,638
37. Mission Manila (1988)
R | 90 min | Action
A recovering drug addict and former CIA agent reunites with an old flame to help save his brother from the criminal underground in Manila. Starring Larry Wilcox, Robin Eisenman and Sam Hennings.
Director: Peter Mackenzie | Stars: Larry Wilcox, Robin Eisenman, Sam Hennings, Al Mancini
Votes: 75
38. Lady in White (1988)
PG-13 | 113 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
An author tells the story of how, as a young boy growing up in a 1960s small town, he was haunted after witnessing the murder of a little girl.
Director: Frank LaLoggia | Stars: Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Alex Rocco, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 8,047 | Gross: $1.71M
39. Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Crazy old Professor Gangreen has developed a way to make tomatoes look human for a second invasion.
Director: John De Bello | Stars: Anthony Starke, George Clooney, Karen M. Waldron, Steve Lundquist
Votes: 7,670
40. 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
41. A Time of Destiny (1988)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, War
A modernized version of the story which inspired Verdi's opera, "La Forza del Destino".
Director: Gregory Nava | Stars: William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, Melissa Leo, Francisco Rabal
Votes: 439 | Gross: $1.21M
42. Night of the Demons (1988)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Ten teenagers party at an abandoned funeral parlor on Halloween night. When an evil force awakens, demonic spirits keep them from leaving and turn their gathering into a living Hell.
Director: Kevin Tenney | Stars: Cathy Podewell, Alvin Alexis, Hal Havins, Allison Barron
Votes: 19,140 | Gross: $3.11M
43. The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck (1988)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A drunken, down-on-his-luck adventurer is hired by a wealthy man and his beautiful wife to take them on a hunting expedition in the jungle. After a while, though, the guide begins to ... See full summary »
Director: David Keith | Stars: David Keith, Kathy Shower, Brant von Hoffman, Sydney Lassick
Votes: 725
44. Masquerade (1988)
R | 91 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain in the Long Island Hamptons. He shows interest in her, but love may not be the reason.
Director: Bob Swaim | Stars: Rob Lowe, Meg Tilly, Kim Cattrall, Doug Savant
Votes: 4,392 | Gross: $15.86M
45. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Crime
A film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas.
Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Randall Adams, David Harris, Gus Rose, Jackie Johnson
Votes: 25,942 | Gross: $1.21M
46. Destroyer (1988)
R | 98 min | Horror, Thriller
A prison riot breaks out at the moment of a serial murderer's execution by electrocution, 18 months later, a team of filmmakers converge on the prison to film a women-in-prison exploitation flick.
Director: Robert Kirk | Stars: Deborah Foreman, Clayton Rohner, Lyle Alzado, Anthony Perkins
Votes: 1,031
47. Dead Heat (1988)
R | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A cop is killed investigating a strange case of resurrected corpses. His partner and a pathologist resurrect him, but he only has a limited time before he starts to decompose, and he uses it to chase down the diabolical man who killed him.
Director: Mark Goldblatt | Stars: Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Lindsay Frost, Darren McGavin
Votes: 9,233 | Gross: $3.59M
48. Jack's Back (1988)
R | 97 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A serial killer in Los Angeles celebrates Jack the Ripper's 100th birthday by committing similar murders and only one has a chance of stopping him.
Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: James Spader, Cynthia Gibb, Jim Haynie, Robert Picardo
Votes: 4,083 | Gross: $0.49M
49. Assault of the Killer Bimbos (1988)
R | 85 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two go-go dancers, Lulu and Peaches, are framed for the murder of their employer by the real killer, sleazy gangster Vinnie. Picking up waitress Darlene along the way, the three are ... See full summary »
Director: Anita Rosenberg | Stars: Elizabeth Kaitan, Christina Whitaker, Tammara Souza, Nick Cassavetes
Votes: 657
50. Slime City (1988)
Not Rated | 81 min | Horror
A student moves into a run-down building in New York City. His bizarre neighbors make a concoction in their apartment they call wine, but when he takes some of it, he turns into a deformed, murderous monster.
Director: Gregory Lamberson | Stars: Craig Sabin, Mary Huner, T.J. Merrick, Dennis Embry
Votes: 1,290
51. Judgment in Berlin (1988)
PG | 96 min | Drama
American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sam Wanamaker, Max Gail, Jürgen Heinrich
Votes: 884 | Gross: $0.23M
52. Tiger Warsaw (1988)
R | 93 min | Drama
Chuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now a semi-invalid. After 15 years of self destruction, he returns home to seek forgiveness.
Director: Amin Q. Chaudhri | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Piper Laurie, Lee Richardson, Mary McDonnell
Votes: 1,065 | Gross: $0.42M
53. 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: 2,346 | Gross: $1.22M
54. Illegally Yours (1988)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Crime
A college dropout called for jury duty tries to prove his childhood crush innocent.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Rob Lowe, Colleen Camp, Kenneth Mars, Kim Myers
Votes: 1,227 | Gross: $0.26M
55. The Wrong Guys (1988)
PG | 86 min | Comedy
Cub Scout Pack 18 organizes a 25-year reunion to relive their fond boyhood memories. But when the five friends meet for a camping trip, they discover that what little they had once known about wilderness survival has dwindled to nothing.
Director: Danny Bilson | Stars: Louie Anderson, Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer, Franklyn Ajaye
Votes: 1,002 | Gross: $1.15M
56. Under the Boardwalk (1988)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
Nick Rainwood and Allie Yorpin are a modern day Romeo and Juliet living in southern California, separated by the unbridgeable gulf of their backgrounds and torn between loyalty to their "gangs" and their real desires.
Director: Fritz Kiersch | Stars: Richard Joseph Paul, Danielle von Zerneck, Keith Coogan, Steve Monarque
Votes: 428 | Gross: $0.15M
57. Call Me (1988)
R | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
A journalist agrees to meet an obscene caller at a bar, and ends up witnessing a murder.
Director: Sollace Mitchell | Stars: Patricia Charbonneau, Stephen McHattie, Boyd Gaines, Sam Freed
Votes: 1,031 | Gross: $0.25M
58. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town.
Director: Stephen Chiodo | Stars: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, John Vernon
Votes: 45,478 | Gross: $15.63M
59. Vampire's Kiss (1988)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
After an encounter with a neck-biter, a publishing executive thinks that he's turning into a vampire.
Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals, Elizabeth Ashley
Votes: 20,906 | Gross: $0.73M
60. Death Spa (1988)
R | 88 min | Horror
Gruesome deaths begin to occur at a hip Los Angeles health club.
Director: Michael Fischa | Stars: William Bumiller, Brenda Bakke, Merritt Butrick, Robert Lipton
Votes: 3,479
61. Black Eagle (1988)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama
CIA agent must outrace KGB agent in searching of super weapon lost in Mediterranean.
Director: Eric Karson | Stars: Shô Kosugi, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Doran Clark, Bruce French
Votes: 8,203
62. 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
63. Buy & Cell (1988)
R | 95 min | Comedy
Herbie Altman is framed for Stock fraud by his boss when the SEC starts investigating his company. Sent to prison, he helps a fellow inmate successfully invest his money. Soon all the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Boris | Stars: Robert Carradine, Michael Winslow, Malcolm McDowell, Lise Cutter
Votes: 677
64. 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
65. The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary showcase, what life was like for the music artists living during the Los Angeles Heavy Metal scene in the mid and late 1980s.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Gene Simmons, Alice Cooper
Votes: 4,313 | Gross: $0.37M
66. Puss in Boots (1988)
G | 96 min | Fantasy, Musical, Family
Delightful tale of a cat who becomes a sharp gentleman and sets out to restore his master's name and wealth after he gives Puss a pair of magic boots.
Director: Eugene Marner | Stars: Christopher Walken, Jason Connery, Carmela Marner, Yossi Graber
Votes: 774
67. 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: 14,036 | Gross: $0.81M
68. 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
69. 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
70. Pumpkinhead (1988)
R | 86 min | Fantasy, Horror
After a tragic accident, a man conjures up a towering, vengeful demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy a group of unsuspecting teenagers.
Director: Stan Winston | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Jeff East, John D'Aquino, Kimberly Ross
Votes: 27,831 | Gross: $4.39M
71. Grotesque (1988)
R | 89 min | Horror
A gang of crazed punks breaks into a family's vacation home in the mountains and slaughters the entire family, except for one daughter who gets away.
Director: Joe Tornatore | Stars: Linda Blair, Tab Hunter, Donna Wilkes, Brad Wilson
Votes: 1,349
72. The Unnamable (1988)
R | 87 min | Horror
College students check out a haunted house where in the 1800's an ugly monster called "the Unnamable" was trapped in a vault.
Director: Jean-Paul Ouellette | Stars: Charles Klausmeyer, Mark Kinsey Stephenson, Alexandra Durrell, Laura Albert
Votes: 3,168
73. Fresh Kill (1988)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror
Leona and Allen unintentionally kill two offenders who have in their wake a lot of "friends". Since that day, the couple begins a slow metamorphosis that involves their existence and their moral values.
Director: Joseph Merhi | Stars: Pamela Dixon, Jody Jaress, Flint Keller, Tricia Parks
Votes: 125
74. Arizona Heat (1988)
R | 85 min | Action, Crime
A tough Arizona cop is teamed with a lesbian cop to catch a serial killer who is murdering police officers.
Director: John G. Thomas | Stars: Michael Parks, Denise Crosby, Hugh Farrington, Ron Briskman
Votes: 246
75. Operation Warzone (1988)
R | 86 min | Action, War
A squad of U.S. troops seek out a mysterious agent hiding out in the jungles of 1960s Vietnam whom has classified documents that could win the war.
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: Joe Spinell, Fritz Matthews, William Zipp, John Cianetti
Votes: 123
76. Dracula's Widow (1988)
R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
The young owner of a waxworks in Hollywood receives six instead of five ordered chests with Romanian antiques. He does not know that Vanessa, widow of Count Dracula, sleeps in the sixth ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Coppola | Stars: Sylvia Kristel, Josef Sommer, Lenny von Dohlen, Marc Coppola
Votes: 682
77. 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: 153,910 | Gross: $63.49M
78. 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: 2,480 | Gross: $0.43M
79. It Takes Two (1988)
PG-13 | 81 min | Comedy, Romance
In Texas, the naive Travis Rogers quits his job to marry his beloved Stephanie "Stephi" Lawrence and work with his father-in-law. However he decides to buy a car with his US$ 5,000.00 ... See full summary »
Director: David Beaird | Stars: George Newbern, Leslie Hope, Kimberly Foster, Barry Corbin
Votes: 930 | Gross: $0.34M
80. Hobgoblins (1988)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A young security guard must track down diminutive aliens who kill people even as they make their fantasies come true.
Director: Rick Sloane | Stars: Tom Bartlett, Paige Sullivan, Steven Boggs, Kelley Palmer
Votes: 12,448
81. Mr. North (1988)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
After gaining a reputation as a mysterious healer, a charming Yale graduate must defend his honor before his unique talent lands him in jail.
Director: Danny Huston | Stars: Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum, Lauren Bacall, Harry Dean Stanton
Votes: 1,611 | Gross: $1.22M
82. Monkey Shines (1988)
R | 113 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A quadriplegic man has a trained monkey help him with his paralysis, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten
Votes: 13,030 | Gross: $5.34M
83. Young Guns (1988)
R | 107 min | Action, Drama, Western
A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.
Director: Christopher Cain | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen
Votes: 68,041 | Gross: $45.66M
84. Married to the Mob (1988)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A mobster's wife hates her lifestyle, but gets a chance to change it when her husband is killed - if the Long Island mob and the FBI let her.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Alec Baldwin, Paul Lazar, Captain Haggerty
Votes: 19,715 | Gross: $21.49M
85. Mac and Me (1988)
PG | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
An alien trying to escape from NASA is befriended by a wheelchair-bound boy.
Director: Stewart Raffill | Stars: Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward, Tina Caspary, Lauren Stanley
Votes: 14,520 | Gross: $6.42M
86. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
PG | 110 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill-fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 21,845 | Gross: $19.65M
87. Lone Wolf (1988)
R | 97 min | Horror, Music, Mystery
A struggling rock band and other college students cope with the usual trials and tribulations of their young lives, such as determining what exactly is behind the recent full-moon killings which have been attributed to wild dogs.
Director: John Callas | Stars: Dyann Brown, Kevin Hart, Jamie Newcomb, Ann Douglas
Votes: 397
88. FleshEater (1988)
R | 88 min | Horror
A group of college students on an overnite hayride come across a group of maneating zombies. They must fight for their lives while trying to escape and warn the authorities.
Director: S. William Hinzman | Stars: S. William Hinzman, John Mowod, Leslie Ann Wick, Kevin Kindlin
Votes: 2,010
89. Homeboy (1988)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A simple self-destructive drifter and tough small-time boxer with a brain injury that could kill him meets and falls for a cute beach carnival owner, Ruby, but also befriends a sleazy friendly criminal, Wesley, who's planning a big score.
Director: Michael Seresin | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Christopher Walken, Debra Feuer, Thomas Quinn
Votes: 2,831
90. Hero and the Terror (1988)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Danny was lucky 3 years ago at the arrest of Terror, a serial killer of young women. Danny's about to be a dad, when Terror escapes prison and is back killing. Will Danny get lucky this time?
Director: William Tannen | Stars: Chuck Norris, Brynn Thayer, Steve James, Jack O'Halloran
Votes: 4,426 | Gross: $5.30M
91. Scarecrows (1988)
R | 83 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Criminals hijack a plane and force the pilot and his daughter to fly them to Mexico. However, an unexpected landing finds them in a cemetery inhabited by killer scarecrows.
Director: William Wesley | Stars: Ted Vernon, Michael David Simms, Richard Vidan, Kristina Sanborn
Votes: 5,648
92. 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: 3,863 | Gross: $0.40M
93. Space Mutiny (1988)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A pilot is the only hope to stop the mutiny of a spacecraft by its security crew, who plot to sell the crew of the ship into slavery.
Directors: David Winters, Neal Sundstrom | Stars: Reb Brown, John Phillip Law, James Ryan, Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 7,393
94. Let's Get Lost (1988)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from Baker's earlier life and some modern-day performances.
Director: Bruce Weber | Stars: Chet Baker, Carol Baker, Vera Baker, Paul Baker
Votes: 2,208
95. Search and Destroy (1988)
R | 99 min | Action
Terrorists destroy a chemical factory. A virus is released that infects the people of the town with a strange psychosis.
Director: J. Christian Ingvordsen | Stars: Joe Ambrose, Tom Banks, Jeff Barton, Paul Birk
Votes: 68
96. Eight Men Out (1988)
PG | 119 min | Drama, History, Sport
A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: John Cusack, Clifton James, Jace Alexander, Gordon Clapp
Votes: 22,089 | Gross: $5.68M
97. Freeway (1988)
R | 91 min | Thriller
A deeply-disturbed priest goes on a murderous night-time rampage across America's highways.
Director: Francis Delia | Stars: Darlanne Fluegel, James Russo, Billy Drago, Richard Belzer
Votes: 554 | Gross: $0.14M
98. Miracle Mile (1988)
R | 87 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A young man hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit his city in 70 minutes.
Director: Steve De Jarnatt | Stars: Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, John Agar, Lou Hancock
Votes: 12,349 | Gross: $1.15M
99. Dead Ringers (1988)
R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon
Votes: 53,579 | Gross: $9.13M
100. 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: 25,216 | Gross: $3.92M
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