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.

101. D.O.A.

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Charlotte Rampling, Daniel Stern, Jane Kaczmarek, Robert Knepper
Plot: Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter need to find the murderer who has poisoned him and fast.

102. Da

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Matt Clark
Actors: Barnard Hughes, Martin Sheen, William Hickey, Karl Hayden, Doreen Hepburn, Hugh O'Conor

103. A World Apart

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Chris Menges
Actors: Jodhi May, Jeroen Krabbé, Barbara Hershey, Nadine Chalmers, Maria Pilar, Tim Roth

104. Distant Thunder

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Actors: Ralph Macchio, John Lithgow, Kerrie Keane, Reb Brown, Janet Margolin, Tom Bower

105. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Todd Haynes
Actors: Merrill Graves, Michael Edwards, Melissa Brown, Rob LaBelle, Nannie Doyle, Cynthia Schneider
Plot: Karen Carpenter's eating disorder spirals out of control in this docu-drama. She and the rest of the family are portrayed by Barbie dolls.

106. Brain Damage

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Henenlotter
Actors: Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry, Theo Barnes, Lucille Saint-Peter, Vicki Darnell

107. Appleseed ( Appurushîdo - 1988 )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kazuyoshi Katayama
Actors: Masako Katsuki, Yoshisada Sakaguchi, Toshiko Sawada, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Shô, Nobuo Iwamoto

108. Little Nikita

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Benjamin
Actors: Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Richard Jenkins, Caroline Kava, Loretta Devine, Richard Bradford

109. Above the Law

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Andrew Davis
Actors: Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Sharon Stone, Ron Dean, Daniel Faraldo
Plot: Ex-CIA operative Nico Toscani has left the past behind and now works as a local cop in Chicago. Working on a drug bust, he finds a connection to C4, the CIA and his old drug-smuggling superior officer Zagon and he puts his life on the line to stop them at any cost.

110. Married to the Mob

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jonathan Demme
Actors: Michelle Pfeiffer, Alec Baldwin, Dean Stockwell, Joan Cusack, Mercedes Ruehl, Oliver Platt
Plot: A widowed mob wife becomes the target of affection for both an undercover FBI agent and a mob kingpin.

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