U.S. Release Date: 1988-12-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Jerry Molen
An oddball buddy/road movie that nearly drowns in a tsunami of sentimentality and predictability.
U.S. Release Date: 1988-10-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Dwight H. Little
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, George P. Wilbur, Michael Pataki, Beau Starr, Kathleen Kinmont, Sasha Jenson
When the original Halloween reached screens in ...
U.S. Release Date: 1988-05-20
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, Patricia Hayes, Billy Barty, Pat Roach, Gavin O’Herlihy
A perfect example of ‘80s fantasy in every way – targeted toward children, unremarkable, and ultimately disappointing.
U.S. Release Date: 1988-12-14
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Anton Rodgers, Ian McDiarmid, Ian McDiarmid
A comedy caper that relies more on the charm of its stars than the twistiness of its narrative, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" isn’t quite clever enough to justify the full 110-minute running length.
U.S. Release Date: 1988-10-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
Director: Graham Baker
Cast: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevyn Major Howard, Leslie Bevis
More often frustrating than successful, this is a generic neo-noir buddy cop movie that misses too many opportunities to do anything different.
U.S. Release Date: 1988-09-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi, Iain Cuthbertson
It's possible that Michael Apted may be the ...
U.S. Release Date: 1988-02-21
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Mild Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Adventure/Thriller
Director: Gary Nelson
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Deborah Raffin, Ben Masters, John Rhys-Davies, Julia Nickson, Khigh Dhiegh, Gordon Jackson, Burt Kwouk, Ping Wu, Kay Tong Lim, Tia Carrere, Edward Petherbridge, John Houseman, Denholm Elliott
A good match for anyone in search of something to “binge watch” from a time long before that phrase was ever used for productions of this length.
U.S. Release Date: 1988-06-03
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: COMEDY/FANTASY
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Tom Hanks, David Moscow, Jared Rushton, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard
Big came out of nowhere during the summer of 1988 ...
U.S. Release Date: 1988-06-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Ron Shelton
Cast: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Jenny Robertson, Trey Wilson, Robert Wuhl
If one was to make a list of the best baseball-...
U.S. Release Date: 1988-12-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Keanu Reeves, Uma Thurman
As happens with surprising regularity in the movie...