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. 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

122. License to Drive

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Greg Beeman
Actors: Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Carol Kane, Heather Graham, Richard Masur, Nina Siemaszko
Plot: After failing his driver's exam, a teen decides to take his grandpa's Cadillac for a night out on the town.

123. 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.

124. Cop

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James B. Harris
Actors: James Woods, Lesley Ann Warren, Charles Durning, Charles Haid, Raymond J. Barry, Randi Brooks

125. Twins

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ivan Reitman
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, Chloe Webb, Bonnie Bartlett, Trey Wilson
Plot: An experiment to form the perfect child encounter a slight hitch - one boy
turns out to be a perfect physical specimen, smart, caring and strong. The
other gets the leftovers. One is raised by philosophers, the other becomes
a crook. When the two meet, it couldn't be better timing but are the two
compatible enough to find their long-lost mother?

126. Red Heat

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.3 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.

127. The Milagro Beanfield War

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Redford
Actors: Rubén Blades, Richard Bradford, Sonia Braga, Melanie Griffith, John Heard, Christopher Walken

128. Kansas

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Stevens
Actors: Matt Dillon, Andrew McCarthy, Leslie Hope, Alan Toy, Brent Jennings, Kyra Sedgwick
Plot: A young man returning home to attend a wedding hooks up with a drifter who turns out to be a violent bank robber. Before he knows it, the man finds himself involved in the robber's plans.

129. Cellar Dweller

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Carl Buechler
Actors: Yvonne De Carlo, Debrah Farentino, Brian Robbins, Pamela Bellwood, Miranda Wilson, Vince Edwards

130. Masquerade

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bob Swaim
Actors: Rob Lowe, Meg Tilly, Kim Cattrall, Doug Savant, Dana Delany, John Glover
Plot: For it's time, this is a pretty good thriller/romance. It's hard to picture Rob Lowe going for Tilly, but putting that aside, it has it's charm, heat and suspense. Of course, it wouldn't stand up to today's romantic thrillers.

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