Top Movies of 1988


The top movies of 1988 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

141. The Dressmaker

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jim O'Brien
Actors: Joan Plowright, Billie Whitelaw, Pete Postlethwaite, Jane Horrocks, Tim Ransom, Pippa Hinchley

143. Shoot to Kill

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Actors: Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Kirstie Alley, Clancy Brown, Richard Masur, Andrew Robinson

144. American Gothic

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Hough
Actors: Rod Steiger, Yvonne De Carlo, Sarah Torgov, Janet Wright, Michael J. Pollard, William Hootkins
Plot: On a lonely island in the Pacific Northwest, a group of travelers find themselves targeted by a crazed, homicidal family.

145. Phantasm II

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Don Coscarelli
Actors: James LeGros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, Paula Irvine, Samantha Phillips, Kenneth Tigar
Plot: Following the events of the first film, Mike is released from a psych ward -convincing the doctors everything he experienced was his imagination. Yet immediately on release, he contacts Redge and decides to continue his hunt for the "Tall Man" - and when he starts having dreams about a beautiful girl, one he knows is in danger, he means to stop him before he can get to the young woman.

146. The Firm

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Alan Clarke

147. Patty Hearst

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Schrader
Actors: Natasha Richardson, William Forsythe, Ving Rhames, Frances Fisher, Jodi Long, Dana Delany

148. Clara's Heart

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Mulligan
Actors: Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Ontkean, Kathleen Quinlan, Neil Patrick Harris, Spalding Gray, Jason Downs

149. Brain Damage

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Henenlotter
Actors: Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry, Theo Barnes, Lucille Saint-Peter, Vicki Darnell

150. Family Viewing

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Atom Egoyan
Actors: David Hemblen, Aidan Tierney, Gabrielle Rose, Arsinée Khanjian, Selma Keklikian, Jeanne Sabourin

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