21. Dangerous Liaisons
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Frears
Actors: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Keanu Reeves, Uma Thurman
Plot: Set in 1760s France, a group of wealthy, bored aristocrats play a deadly game of seduction and betrayal.
22. Dead Ringers
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, Shirley Douglas, Stephen Lack
Plot: Twin gynecologists, Elliot and Beverly Mantl, can't help spiraling into madness and addiction when they meet a pill-popping actress who hopes to have children.
23. Short Film About Love, A ( Krótki film o milosci )
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Actors: Grazyna Szapolowska, Olaf Lubaszenko, Stefania Iwinska, Piotr Machalica, Artur Barcis, Stanislaw Gawlik
Plot: A 19-year-old observes his 30-year-old neighbor through binoculars - watching a stream of men that go through the artist's life. He thinks she has everything but when the two finally meet - it turns out the share more in common he would have thought.
24. They Live
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George 'Buck' Flower, Peter Jason, Sy Richardson
Plot: An unemployed construction worker heads to L.A. for work. When he puts on a pair of innocuous sunglasses, he finds out the world is not what it seems.
25. Eight Men Out
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Sayles
Actors: John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn
Plot: The story of the 1919 Chicago White Sox and how they came to throw the World Series earning them the name the Black Sox.
26. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David Zucker
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Nancy Marchand
Plot: After Lieutenant Frank Drebin's partner is nearly murdered, he uncovers a
nefarious plot by a well-respected businessman to assassinate Queen
Elizabeth II using mind control.
27. Angel III: The Final Chapter
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tom DeSimone
Actors: Mitzi Kapture, Mark Blankfield, Emile Beaucard, Maud Adams, Richard Roundtree, S.A. Griffin
28. Taxing Woman, A ( Marusa no onna )
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Juzo Itami
Actors: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Shinsuke Ashida, Mariko Okada, Moeko Ezawa
29. Bull Durham
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ron Shelton
Actors: Tim Robbins, Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Robert Wuhl, Lloyd T. Williams, Trey Wilson
Plot: A catcher and a pitcher are up and coming minor leaguers when they both seem to fall for the same fan. A movie about baseball.
30. Colors
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dennis Hopper
Actors: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Don Cheadle, Damon Wayans, Randy Brooks
Plot: Detective drama about a police unit trying to control the gangs in East Los Angeles.
