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.

31. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Frank Oz
Actors: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Ian McDiarmid, Anton Rodgers, Barbara Harris
Plot: Two men compete for the honor of being the worst scoundrel around by trying to cheat a lady out of her money.

32. Talk Radio

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope, John C. McGinley, Alec Baldwin, Michael Wincott
Plot: A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.

33. Pathfinder ( Ofelas )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nils Gaup
Actors: Mikkel Gaup, Ingvald Guttorm, Nils Utsi, Henrik H. Buljo, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Helgi Skúlason
Plot: A young boy in Lapland sees his family massacred by a wild tribe of nomads. In exchange for his life he agrees to guide them though the mountains to the next village.

34. Young Guns

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christopher Cain
Actors: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko
Plot: Follows the life of Billy the Kid and his gang of outlaws.

35. Clean and Sober

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Glenn Gordon Caron
Actors: Michael Keaton, Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman, Claudia Christian, Tate Donovan, Henry Judd Baker
Plot: An drug-addicted man realizes that he must get sober.

36. Police Story 2 ( Ging chaat goo si juk jaap )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Kwok-Hung Lam, Bill Tung, Charlie Cho, Yuen Chor
Plot: After being demoted from detective to traffic cop, a highly successful officer finds himself the target of a Triad member seeking revenge against him and his girlfriend.

37. U2: Rattle and Hum

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Phil Joanou
Actors: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., B.B. King, Phil Joanou

38. Dragons Forever ( Fei lung mang jeung )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Corey Yuen
Actors: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Biao Yuen, Pauline Yeung, Deannie Yip, Wah Yuen
Plot: A chemical plant in Hong Kong with questionable ethics hires a young, hot-shot lawyer to protect them. But when the lawyer falls for a woman who will stop at nothing to get the plant shut down, he looks into the issue himself and doesn't like what he finds. Calling in his two most trusted friends Samo and Biao - he will get to the bottom of things, no matter the cost.

39. Running on Empty

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Martha Plimpton, Jonas Abry, Ed Crowley

40. As Tears Go By ( Wong gok ka moon )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Actors: Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Alex Man, Ronald Wong, To-hoi Kong

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