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.

141. Moon Over Parador

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Paul Mazursky
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia, Jonathan Winters, Charo, Sonia Braga, Fernando Rey
Plot: An actor tells the story of him masquerading as a dead dictator in an attempt to keep his death from the people of his country, only to change the military leader's image and those around him.

142. Blackout

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Doug Adams
Actors: Gail O'Grady, Carol Lynley, Michael Keys Hall, Joseph Gian, Deena Freeman, Joanna Miles

143. The Dawning

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Knights
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard, Hugh Grant, Tara MacGowran

144. Vampire at Midnight

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gregory McClatchy
Actors: Jason Williams, Gustav Vintas, Lesley Milne, Esther Elise, Jeanie Moore, Christopher Nee

145. For Keeps?

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John G. Avildsen
Actors: Molly Ringwald, Randall Batinkoff, Kenneth Mars, Miriam Flynn, Pauly Shore, Conchata Ferrell

146. Waxwork

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Anthony Hickox
Actors: Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Michelle Johnson, Dana Ashbrook, Miles O'Keeffe, John Rhys-Davies
Plot: A group of friends are invited to see a very special wax museum, featuring scenes of some of the most evil men ever to exist. What they don't know is that the exhibits are very real, and they will become part of the permanent collection when they die.

147. Crossing Delancey

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Actors: Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, David Hyde Pierce, Reizl Bozyk, Jeroen Krabbé, Sylvia Miles

148. Tin Toy

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Lasseter
Plot: 1988 Academy Award winner for Best Animated Short about Tinny, a tin-toy trying to escape from Billy the baby.

149. Rambo III

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter MacDonald
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Kurtwood Smith, Marc de Jonge, Spiros Focás, Sasson Gabai
Plot: Though reluctant at first, Rambo decides to join the war effort once again after his best friend is captured.

150. School Daze

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Ossie Davis, Bill Nunn, Joe Seneca

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