71. Mystic Pizza
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Donald Petrie
Actors: Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, Vincent D'Onofrio, William R. Moses, Adam Storke
Plot: Two sisters, one beautiful and wild (Roberts) and one smart and sensible
(Gish) both work at the local pizza parlor in a small town in Connecticut
with their best friend (Taylor). This charming story follows a summer in
the lives and relationships of these three as they learn about love,
friendship and the realities of becoming adults.
72. Monkey Shines
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Stephen Root, Stanley Tucci, Joyce Van Patten
Plot: A quadriplegic man is given a genetically enhanced monkey to help him in
his daily life but when the emotional bond between the two becomes akin to
a psychic connection, the monkey acts on his subconscious rage.
73. Jack the Ripper
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Wickes
Actors: Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Ray McAnally, Lewis Collins, Jane Seymour, Lysette Anthony
74. The Bourne Identity
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roger Young
Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Anthony Quayle, Donald Moffat, Yorgo Voyagis, Denholm Elliott
75. The Serpent and the Rainbow
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield, Michael Gough, Paul Guilfoyle
Plot: A businessman tries to find out the active ingredients in a voodoo concoction that makes people zombie-like.
76. Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest, Mako, Elias Koteas
Plot: Based on a true story - following the end of WWII, Preston Tucker has a grand idea to challenge the auto industry with his maverick attitude and revolutionary designs, along with some smooth-talking, Tucker began his dream only to run afoul of the SEC.
77. Return of the Living Dead Part II
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Actors: Michael Kenworthy, Thor Van Lingen, Jason Hogan, James Karen, Jonathan Terry, Marsha Dietlein
Plot: A barrel of Trioxin 2-4-5 falls out of a truck into a quaint town, but
when a group of teenagers find it and unleash the deadly gas, the dead
once again rise and seek out fresh brains to appease their hunger.
78. Hellraiser II: Hellbound
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Randel
Actors: Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Kenneth Cranham, Imogen Boorman, William Hope, Doug Bradley
Plot: The only survivor of the events of Hellraiser is put into an institution after she tells her story. The doctor in charge of the hospital has been searching for a doorway to another dimension for years and uses his new patients knowledge to horrible effect.
79. Things Change
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Mamet
Actors: Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky, J.J. Johnston, Ricky Jay, Mike Nussbaum
80. Alien Nation
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Graham Baker
Actors: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevyn Major Howard, Leslie Bevis, Peter Jason
Plot: Two cops, one originally from another planet, the other a human racist against the aliens, have to learn to get along to find a police killer, and get a dangerous alien drug off the street.
