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.

121. Big Business

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jim Abrahams
Actors: Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward, Edward Herrmann, Daniel Gerroll, Michele Placido
Plot: Two sets of identical twins are mixed up at birth. One set born to a rich couple, one to a poor country couple. Through a strange twist of fate, both sets of mixed-up twins end up inadvertently and unknowingly interacting with other as adults.

122. A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: William Richert
Actors: River Phoenix, Ann Magnuson, Meredith Salenger, Ione Skye, Matthew Perry, Paul Koslo

123. Red Heat

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Walter Hill
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross, Laurence Fishburne, Gina Gershon
Plot: Russian police officer is sent to the U.S. to extradite an alleged drug dealer.

124. Horse Thief, The ( Dao ma zei )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Zhuangzhuang Tian, Peicheng Pan
Actors: Rigzin Tseshang, Jiji Dan, Jamco Jayang, Gaoba, Daiba, Drashi

125. Dial: Help ( Minaccia d'amore )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Actors: Charlotte Lewis, Marcello Modugno, Mattia Sbragia, Carola Stagnaro, William Berger, Victor Cavallo

126. Everybody's All American

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Taylor Hackford
Actors: Jessica Lange, Dennis Quaid, Timothy Hutton, John Goodman, Carl Lumbly, Ray Baker

127. Phantasm II

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 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.

128. Daffy Duck's Quackbusters

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Greg Ford, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Terry Lennon, Robert McKimson
Actors: Mel Blanc, June Foray, Mel Tormé, Julie Bennett, Roy Firestone, Ben Frommer

129. Slugs ( Slugs, muerte viscosa )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Juan Piquer Simón
Actors: Michael Garfield, Kim Terry, Philip MacHale, Alicia Moro, Santiago Álvarez, Concha Cuetos
Plot: Construction of a new mall unknowingly built over an old toxic waste dumping ground accidentally unleashes a horde of killer slugs upon the unsuspecting citizens of a small town. Includes nudity, sexual content, vulgar language, horrific imagery and bad dialog.

130. The Seventh Sign

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Carl Schultz
Actors: Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Jürgen Prochnow, Peter Friedman, Manny Jacobs, John Taylor
Plot: A pregnant, atheist woman is trying to come to terms with the fact that
her unborn child may be the one thing that saves the world from
destruction.

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