Best Movies of 1988
Most watched in 1988
Die Hard1988 · ★ 7.8 · 2h 12m
My Neighbor Totoro1988 · ★ 8.1 · 1h 26m
Beetlejuice1988 · ★ 7.4 · 1h 32m
Rain Man1988 · ★ 7.7 · 2h 14m
Grave of the Fireflies1988 · ★ 8.4 · 1h 29m
Who Framed Roger Rabbit1988 · ★ 7.5 · 1h 44m
#1 Grave of the Fireflies (1988) · ★ 8.4 · 6,595 votes · 1h 29m · drama, animation, warIn the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with t…
#2 Cinema Paradiso (1988) · ★ 8.4 · 4,985 votes · 2h 4m · romance, dramaA filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.…
#3 My Neighbor Totoro (1988) · ★ 8.1 · 9,112 votes · 1h 26m · fantasy, animation, familyTwo sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits o…
#4 Akira (1988) · ★ 7.9 · 5,026 votes · 2h 4m · action, science-fiction, animationA secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.…
#5 Die Hard (1988) · ★ 7.8 · 12,672 votes · 2h 12m · action, thrillerHigh above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. One man has manages to escape... An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside.…
#6 Rain Man (1988) · ★ 7.7 · 7,367 votes · 2h 14m · dramaWhen car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and th…
#7 Mississippi Burning (1988) · ★ 7.7 · 2,031 votes · 2h 8m · thriller, drama, crimeTwo FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and…
#8 Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) · ★ 7.5 · 6,365 votes · 1h 44m · comedy, fantasy, animationToon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly rai…
#9 Beetlejuice (1988) · ★ 7.4 · 8,706 votes · 1h 32m · comedy, fantasyA newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.…
#10 The Big Blue (1988) · ★ 7.4 · 1,627 votes · 2h 48m · adventure, romance, dramaChildhood friends Jacques and Enzo share a passion for the danger of free diving. Jacques, following in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy, harbors…
#11 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) · ★ 7.4 · 1,011 votes · 1h 28m · comedy, dramaAfter being dumped by her lover, Pepa finds her life and the lives of those around her spiraling out of control in a deliciously chaotic series of events.…
#12 The Vanishing (1988) · ★ 7.4 · 867 votes · 1h 46m · thriller, mysteryRex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation when they stop at a busy service station. Saskia is abducted in broad daylight and three years pass with no answers or closu…
#13 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) · ★ 7.3 · 4,699 votes · 1h 26m · comedy, crimeWhen the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.…
#14 They Live (1988) · ★ 7.3 · 3,662 votes · 1h 33m · action, thriller, science-fictionA lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into su…
#15 Big (1988) · ★ 7.2 · 4,191 votes · 1h 44m · comedy, fantasy, romanceWhen a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big, he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight, but he is…
#16 The Land Before Time (1988) · ★ 7.2 · 2,836 votes · 1h 9m · adventure, drama, animationAn orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the wa…
#17 A Fish Called Wanda (1988) · ★ 7.2 · 2,527 votes · 1h 49m · comedy, crimeWhile a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.…
#18 Midnight Run (1988) · ★ 7.2 · 1,344 votes · 2h 6m · action, comedy, thrillerA bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.…
#19 Dangerous Liaisons (1988) · ★ 7.2 · 1,310 votes · 1h 59m · romance, dramaIn 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet t…
#20 The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) · ★ 7.2 · 1,243 votes · 2h 44m · dramaJesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations th…
#21 Bloodsport (1988) · ★ 7.1 · 2,285 votes · 1h 32m · action, thriller, dramaAn American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.…
#22 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) · ★ 7.1 · 1,089 votes · 1h 50m · comedy, crimeCon artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson…
#23 Dead Ringers (1988) · ★ 7.1 · 1,053 votes · 1h 55m · thriller, horrorElliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevita…
#24 The Accused (1988) · ★ 7.1 · 707 votes · 1h 51m · drama, crimeOut drinking one night after a fight with her boyfriend, three men brutally rape Sarah Tobias in a bar while people watch and cheer. District Attorney Kathryn Murphy takes the case…
#25 Moonwalker (1988) · ★ 7.1 · 691 votes · 1h 33m · fantasy, musicThis fantastical movie inspired by the music of Michael Jackson features imaginative interpretations of hit tracks from the iconic 1987 album “Bad”.…
#26 Police Story 2 (1988) · ★ 7.1 · 659 votes · 1h 45m · action, thriller, crimeThe Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.…
#27 The Bear (1988) · ★ 7.1 · 536 votes · 1h 37m · adventure, drama, familyAn orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.…
#28 Willow (1988) · ★ 7.0 · 2,265 votes · 2h 6m · action, fantasy, adventureThe evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspirin…
#29 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) · ★ 7.0 · 1,038 votes · 2h 6m · comedy, fantasy, adventureAn account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.…
#30 Gorillas in the Mist (1988) · ★ 7.0 · 679 votes · 2h 9m · drama, historyThe story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.…
#31 Coming to America (1988) · ★ 6.9 · 4,899 votes · 1h 57m · comedy, romanceAn African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant,…
#32 The Blob (1988) · ★ 6.9 · 1,111 votes · 1h 35m · action, thriller, horrorIn Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.…
#33 The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) · ★ 6.9 · 523 votes · 2h 51m · romance, dramaSuccessful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already h…
#34 Child's Play (1988) · ★ 6.8 · 3,487 votes · 1h 27m · horrorAfter being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her six-year-old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.…
#35 Scrooged (1988) · ★ 6.8 · 1,765 votes · 1h 41m · comedy, fantasy, dramaFrank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christm…
#36 Oliver & Company (1988) · ★ 6.7 · 1,749 votes · 1h 14m · comedy, animation, familyPutting its own 'twist' on the story of Oliver Twist, the orange runt of a litter of kittens must fight for survival on the rough streets on New York City, finding unlikely friends…
#37 Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) · ★ 6.7 · 1,214 votes · 1h 26m · comedy, horror, science-fictionAliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.…
#38 Frantic (1988) · ★ 6.7 · 1,177 votes · 2h 0m · thriller, drama, crimeThe wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and…
#39 Young Guns (1988) · ★ 6.7 · 1,085 votes · 1h 47m · action, adventure, dramaA group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they b…
#40 Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) · ★ 6.7 · 621 votes · 1h 36m · comedy, fantasy, horrorArriving in the small town of Fallwell, Massachusetts to claim her inheritance, horror hostess Elvira receives a less than enthusiastic reception from the conservative locals, incl…