- 1988 in film
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Top grossing films (U.S.)
Awards
- Best Picture: Rain Man - Mirage Entertainment, Star Partners II, United Artists
- Best Director: Barry Levinson - Rain Man
- Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
- Best Actress: Jodie Foster - The Accused
- Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Kline - A Fish Called Wanda
- Best Supporting Actress: Geena Davis - The Accidental Tourist
- Best Foreign Language Film: Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren), directed by Bille August, Denmark
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Rain Man
- Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
- Best Actress (tie): Jodie Foster - The Accused
- Best Actress (tie): Sigourney Weaver - Gorillas in the Mist
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Working Girl
- Best Actor: Tom Hanks - Big
- Best Actress: Melanie Griffith - Working Girl
- Other
- Best Director: Clint Eastwood - Bird
- Best Foreign Language Film: Pelle the Conqueror, Denmark
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren), directed by Bille August, Denmark
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- La leggenda del santo bevitore (The Legend of the Holy Drinker), directed by Ermanno Olmi, Italy / France
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Red Sorghum (Hong gao liang), directed by Zhang Yimou, China
Films released in 1988
Numerals and A-B
- A
- Above the Law, starring Steven Seagal and Pam Grier
- The Accidental Tourist, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Bill Pullman
- The Accused, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis
- Act of Piracy
- Action Jackson, starring Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Akira
- Alice (Něco z Alenky)
- Alien Nation, starring James Caan and Mandy Patinkin
- Amsterdamned
- And God Created Woman, starring Rebecca DeMornay
- Angel III: The Final Chapter
- Another Woman, directed by Woody Allen, starring Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm, Gene Hackman
- Appointment With Death, starring Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Piper Laurie, Hayley Mills, Carrie Fisher
- Ariel, directed by Aki Kaurismäki
- Arthur 2: On the Rocks, starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli
- As Tears Go By, directed by Wong Kar-wai
- B
- Bad Dreams, directed by Andrew Fleming and starring Jennifer Rubin
- Bat 21, starring Gene Hackman and Danny Glover
- Beaches, starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey
- The Bear, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
- The Beast
- Beetlejuice, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder
- Betrayed, directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Debra Winger and Tom Berenger
- Big, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Tom Hanks
- The Big Blue, directed by Luc Besson, starring Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno
- Big Business, directed by Jim Abrahams, starring Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin
- Big Time, a musical starring Tom Waits
- Big Top Pee-wee, starring Paul Reubens, Valeria Golino, Penelope Ann Miller, Kris Kristofferson
- Biloxi Blues, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Matthew Broderick and Christopher Walken
- Bird, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Forest Whitaker and Diane Venora
- Black Eagle
- Blind Justice, aka Hold My Hand I'm Dying starring Oliver Reed, directed by Terence Ryan
- The Blob
- Bloodsport, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Forest Whitaker
- La Bohème, by Luigi Comencini * The Boost starring James Woods and Sean Young
- Braddock: Missing in Action III, starring Chuck Norris
- Bravestarr: The Movie
- Bright Lights, Big City, directed by James Bridges, starring Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Dianne Wiest
- Bull Durham, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins
- Bulletproof
- Burning Secret
- Buster, starring Phil Collins and Julie Walters
C-G
- C
- Caddyshack II, starring Jackie Mason, Dyan Cannon, Robert Stack, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd
- Call Me, starring Patricia Charbonneau
- Camille Claudel, starring Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu
- Candy Mountain
- La Casa del sorriso (The House of Smiles) - Golden Bear award
- Celia
- Chicken and Duck Talk (雞同鴨講)
- Child's Play, starring Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Brad Dourif, Alex Vincent
- Chilsu and Mansu (칠수와 만수), directed by Park Kwang-su
- Chocolat, directed by Claire Denis
- The Chocolate War
- A Chorus of Disapproval, starring Anthony Hopkins and Jeremy Irons
- Cinema Paradiso, winner of Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for best foreign language film
- Clara's Heart, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Neil Patrick Harris
- Clean and Sober, starring Michael Keaton, Morgan Freeman, Kathy Baker
- Cocktail, starring Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue
- Cocoon: The Return, starring Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Courteney Cox, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon
- Colors, directed by Dennis Hopper, starring Robert Duvall and Sean Penn
- Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones
- Consuming Passions
- Cop, starring James Woods and Lesley Ann Warren
- The Couch Trip, starring Dan Aykroyd, Charles Grodin, Donna Dixon, Walter Matthau
- The Courier
- Crocodile Dundee II, starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski
- Crossing Delancey, starring Amy Irving and Peter Riegert
- A Cry in the Dark, starring Meryl Streep and Sam Neill
- D
- Da
- Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
- Damnation (Karhozat), directed by Bela Tarr
- Dancing in the Dust - Ivory Coast polygyny film
- Dangerous Liaisons, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer
- The Dawning
- Day of the Panther
- Dead Heat
- The Dead Pool, starring Clint Eastwood, Liam Neeson, Patricia Clarkson, Jim Carrey
- Dead Ringers, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Jeremy Irons and Geneviève Bujold
- Dead Solid Perfect, starring Randy Quaid, Kathryn Harrold, Corinne Bohrer
- The Deceivers
- Die Hard, directed by John McTiernan, starring Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Alan Rickman
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, directed by Frank Oz, starring Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly
- Distant Thunder
- Distant Voices, Still Lives
- D.O.A., starring Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan
- Doin' Time on Planet Earth
- Dominick and Eugene, starring Tom Hulce, Ray Liotta, Jamie Lee Curtis
- Dream Demon
- Drowning By Numbers, directed by Peter Greenaway
- E
- Earth Girls Are Easy, directed by Julien Temple, starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, Jim Carrey
- Eight Men Out, directed by John Sayles, starring John Cusack, David Strathairn, John Mahoney, D.B. Sweeney, Charlie Sheen
- Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
- Ernest Saves Christmas
- The Everlasting Secret Family
- Everybody's All-American, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Dennis Quaid, Jessica Lange, Timothy Hutton, John Goodman
- F
- Far North, directed by Sam Shepard, starring Jessica Lange
- Feds, starring Rebecca De Mornay and Mary Gross
- First Kangaroos, The
- A Fish Called Wanda, directed by Charles Crichton, starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin
- Frantic, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Harrison Ford
- Fresh Horses, starring Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy
- Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
- Fright Night II
- The Fruit Machine
- Full Moon in Blue Water
- Fun Down There
- Funny Farm, starring Chevy Chase
- G
- Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
- The Good Mother, starring Diane Keaton
- Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey, directed by Michael Apted, starring Sigourney Weaver
- Gotham (aka) The Dead Can't Lie, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Virginia Madsen
- Grave of the Fireflies
- The Great Outdoors, starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy
H-M
- H
- Hairspray, starring Ricki Lake, Divine, Jerry Stiller, Sonny Bono and Deborah Harry
- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- A Handful of Dust
- Hanna's War
- Hanussen, directed by István Szabó, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer
- Haunted Summer
- Hawks, starring Timothy Dalton and Anthony Edwards
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Heathers, starring Winona Rider, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty
- Hellbound: Hellraiser II
- Hero and the Terror
- High Hopes
- High Spirits, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg and Daryl Hannah
- Hold My Hand I'm Dying aka Blind Justice, starring Oliver Reed, directed by Terence Ryan
- Hot to Trot, starring Bobcat Goldthwait and Dabney Coleman
- Hotel Terminus: Klaus Barbie, His Life and Times
- The House on Carroll Street, directed by Peter Yates, starring Kelly McGillis and Jeff Daniels
- I
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, directed by and starring Keenan Ivory Wayans
- The In Crowd
- Iron Eagle II
- It Couldn't Happen Here
- J
- Johnny Be Good, starring Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey, Jr. and Uma Thurman
- K
- Kansas, starring Matt Dillon
- Keaton's Cop
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space
- L
- The Land Before Time
- The Last Temptation of Christ, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel and Barbara Hershey
- La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore (The Legend Of The Holy Drinker) - Golden Lion award
- License to Drive
- Light Years
- The Little Devil (Il Piccolo Diavolo), starring Walter Matthau, Roberto Benigni (also director)
- Little Dorrit, starring Derek Jacobi and Alec Guinness
- M
- Mac and Me
- Madame Sousatzka, starring Shirley MacLaine
- Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter
- Married to the Mob, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine and Dean Stockwell
- Masquerade, starring Rob Lowe and Meg Tilly
- Mercenary Fighters
- Men Behind the Sun
- Midnight Run, directed by Martin Brest, starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin
- The Milagro Beanfield War, directed by Robert Redford
- Miles from Home, starring Richard Gere
- Mio in the Land of Faraway (U.S. release)
- Miracle Mile, starring Mare Winningham and Anthony Edwards
- Mississippi Burning, directed by Alan Parker, starring Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe and Frances McDormand
- The Moderns, starring Keith Carradine and Linda Fiorentino
- Monkey Shines
- Moon over Parador, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Raúl Juliá and Sonia Braga
- Moonwalker, starring Michael Jackson
- Moving, starring Richard Pryor
- My Neighbour Totoro
- My Stepmother Is an Alien, directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Kim Basinger, Dan Aykroyd and Alyson Hannigan
- Mystic Pizza, starring Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts and Lili Taylor
N-Z
- N
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, directed by David Zucker, starring Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley
- Necromancer
- Never on Tuesday
- The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
- O
- Off Limits, starring Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines
- Oliver & Company
- P
- Paperhouse
- Pascali's Island, starring Ben Kingsley and Helen Mirren
- Patty Hearst, starring Natasha Richardson
- Pelle the Conqueror, starring Max von Sydow
- Phantasm II
- Plain Clothes
- Platoon Leader
- Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
- Poltergeist 3
- Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
- The Power of Ninjutsu
- The Presidio, starring Sean Connery, Mark Harmon and Meg Ryan
- Prison
- Punchline, directed by David Seltzer, starring Sally Field and Tom Hanks
- Pushpak
- Q
- Quelques Jours avec Moi (A Few Days with Me)
- R
- Rain Man, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture and Golden Bear (for 1989)
- Rambo III, starring Sylvester Stallone
- Rattle and Hum
- Red Heat, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi
- The Rescue
- Return to Snowy River
- Running on Empty, starring Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch, River Phoenix and Martha Plimpton
- S
- Salaam Bombay!, directed by Mira Nair
- Salome's Last Dance
- Screwball Hotel
- Scrooged, starring Bill Murray, Karen Allen, Carol Kane, Alfre Woodard, Bobcat Goldthwait and Robert Mitchum
- The Secret of the Sahara, directed by Alberto Negrin, starring Michael York and Andie MacDowell
- Seven Hours to Judgment
- Shakedown aka Blue Jean Cop
- She's Having a Baby, starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern
- Shoot to Kill aka Deadly Pursuit, starring Sidney Poitier and Tom Berenger
- Short Circuit 2
- A Short Film About Killing
- A Short Film About Love by Krzysztof Kieslowski
- Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
- Space Mutiny by David Winters - (considered the worst sci fi space action film made in the English language)
- Spike of Bensonhurst
- Stand and Deliver, starring Edward James Olmos and Lou Diamond Phillips
- Stars and Bars
- Stealing Heaven, starring Derek de Lint and Kim Thomson
- Story of Women, directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Isabelle Huppert
- Strike Commando 2
- T
- Taffin
- Talk Radio, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene and Alec Baldwin
- Tapeheads, starring John Cusack and Tim Robbins
- Ten Zan: The Ultimate Mission
- Tequila Sunrise, starring Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell
- They Live, starring Roddy Piper
- To Kill a Priest (France)
- Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller
- Torch Song Trilogy, starring Harvey Fierstein, Anne Bancroft and Matthew Broderick
- Tougher Than Leather
- Traxx
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen and Martin Landau
- Twins, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito
- U
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being, directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche and Lena Olin
- Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter
- V
- The Vanishing (Spoorloos)
- Vibes, starring Jeff Goldblum and Cyndi Lauper
- W
- War and Remembrance, TV mini-series, starring Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Victoria Tennant and Hart Bochner
- War Party
- Watchers
- Waxwork
- White Mischief, starring Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance, Joss Ackland and John Hurt
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit, starring Bob Hoskins, Joanna Cassidy and Christopher Lloyd
- Willow, directed by Ron Howard, starring Val Kilmer and Warwick Davis
- Without a Clue, starring Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas
- Working Girl, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- A World Apart, starring Barbara Hershey and Jodhi May
- World Gone Wild
- Y
- Young Einstein
- Young Guns, starring Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney and Casey Siemaszko
Births
- March 27 - Brenda Song, American actress, singer and model
- April 10 - Haley Joel Osment, American actor
- April 25 - Sara Paxton, American singer/actress
- May 17 - Nikki Reed, American actress/writer
- June 7 - Michael Cera, American actor
- June 9 - Mae Whitman, American actress
- June 18 - Jose Manuel Niño Zarate, Colombian
- August 16 - Rumer Willis, American actress
- August 24 - Rupert Grint, English actor
- August 27 - Alexa Vega, American actress
- November 9 - Nikki Blonsky, American singer and actress
- December 14 - Vanessa Hudgens, American actress and singer
Deaths
- January 7 - Michel Auclair, actor (b. 1922)
- January 7 - Trevor Howard, actor
- January 25 - Colleen Moore, actress
- February 1 - Heather O'Rourke, actress
- March 6 - Jeanne Aubert, French actress
- April 21 - I. A. L. Diamond, screenwriter
- April 15 - Kenneth Williams, actor
- May 30 - Ella Raines, actress
- July 12 - Joshua Logan, director
- July 25 - Judith Barsi, actress
- August 4 - Florence Eldridge, actress
- September 5 - Gert Fröbe, actor
- October 1 - Lucien Ballard, cinematographer
- October 27 - Charles Hawtrey, actor
- October 31 - John Houseman, actor
- November 27 - John Carradine, actor
- December 27 - Hal Ashby, director
Film debuts
- Annette Bening - The Great Outdoors
- Matt Damon - Mystic Pizza
- Juliette Lewis - My Stepmother Is An Alien
- Julianne Moore
- Alan Rickman - Die Hard
- Steven Seagal - Above the Law
- Uma Thurman - Johnny Be Good
- Cuba Gooding, Jr. - Coming to America
- Neil Patrick Harris - Clara's Heart
- Felicity Huffman - Things Change
- Benicio del Toro - Big Top Pee-wee
- Bonnie Hunt - Rain Man
- Stephen Root - "Crocodile" Dundee II
- David Hyde Pierce - Bright Lights, Big City
- Michael Imperioli
- Gary Sinise - director
- Danielle Harris - Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- David Duchovny - Working Girl
- Bill Nunn - School Daze
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