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.

231. Stars and Bars

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Pat O'Connor
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Harry Dean Stanton, Maury Chaykin, Kent Broadhurst, Joan Cusack, Keith David

232. Love at Stake

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Moffitt
Actors: Patrick Cassidy, Kelly Preston, Bud Cort, Georgia Brown, Stuart Pankin, Dave Thomas
Plot: A lampoon of the Salem witch trials.

233. The Deceivers

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey, Shashi Kapoor, Helena Michell, Keith Michell, David Robb

234. Homeboy

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Seresin
Actors: Mickey Rourke, Christopher Walken, Debra Feuer, Thomas Quinn, Kevin Conway, Jon Polito

235. Purple People Eater

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Linda Shayne
Actors: Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Neil Patrick Harris, Peggy Lipton, Chubby Checker, Little Richard
Plot: A purple space monster comes to earth, forms a band with a bunch of teens and tries to help save an elderly couple being evicted by their greedy landlord.

236. The Good Mother

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Actors: Diane Keaton, Liam Neeson, Jason Robards, Katey Sagal, Teresa Wright, Ralph Bellamy

237. The Couch Trip

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Ritchie
Actors: Dan Aykroyd, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Donna Dixon, Richard Romanus, David Clennon

238. Ernest Saves Christmas

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John R. Cherry III
Actors: Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Oliver Clark, Noelle Parker, Gailard Sartain, Billie Bird
Plot: When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new St. Nick a perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kids-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas.

239. Casual Sex?

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Geneviève Robert
Actors: Lea Thompson, Victoria Jackson, Stephen Shellen, Jerry Levine, Andrew Dice Clay, Mary Gross
Plot: Determined to develop a deep and meaningful relationship with a man not afraid to make a commitment, Stacy and Melissa take a vacation at a plush health resort. Romance blooms, though not quite in the way they had expected.

240. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Actors: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas, Steve James, Isaac Hayes, Jim Brown
Plot: When his brother overdoses on gold chains, avenger Jack Spade recruits some over-the-hill heroes to rid the ghetto of bling-pushing baddie Mr. Big.

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