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.

41. 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

42. Oliver & Company

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: George Scribner
Actors: Joseph Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin, Richard Mulligan, Dom DeLuise, Robert Loggia
Plot: An orphan kitten befriends a group of stray dogs.

43. Bagdad Café ( Out of Rosenheim )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Percy Adlon
Actors: Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann, Monica Calhoun, Darron Flagg

44. Working Girl

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Griffith, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt
Plot: Secretary Tess McGill has struggled to be taken seriously and given the opportunity to move up in the financial world. Realizing that no one is going to give her a leg up, she decides to create the opportunity herself while her condescending, self-centered boss, Katherine, is out of the office with a broken leg. Moving into Katherine's office, home and wardrobe, Tess puts together a deal. Can she close the deal and make herself a place in the financial world before Katherine catches on and blows her cover?

45. Salaam Bombay!

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mira Nair
Actors: Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal, Chanda Sharma, Raghuvir Yadav, Anita Kanwar, Nana Patekar

46. Pelle the Conqueror ( Pelle erobreren )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bille August
Actors: Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Astrid Villaume, Axel Strøbye

47. Scrooged

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover, Bob Goldthwait, Carol Kane
Plot: A truly heartless TV executive is taken on a tour of Christmas past, present and future in this satiric take on A Christmas Carol.

48. Amsterdamned

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dick Maas
Actors: Huub Stapel, Monique van de Ven, Serge-Henri Valcke, Tanneke Hartzuiker, Wim Zomer, Hidde Maas

49. Dominick and Eugene

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert M. Young
Actors: Ray Liotta, Tom Hulce, Jamie Lee Curtis, Robert Levine, Todd Graff, Bill Cobbs

50. Gorillas in the Mist

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Apted
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi, Iain Cuthbertson, Constantin Alexandrov
Plot: A film version of the life of Dian Fossey and her study and protection of endangered mountain gorillas.

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