High Hopes(1988)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 42

Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and ...



The Unbearable Lightness of Being(1988)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 17

In 1968, a Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.



The Blob(1988)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Remake of the 1958 sci-fi horror classic about a deadly blob from another planet which consumes everything in its path. Teenagers attempt without success to warn the townspeople, who refuse to take them seriously.



Earth Girls Are Easy(1988)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A Southern California girl befriends three furry aliens after their spaceship lands in her swimming pool.



The Serpent and the Rainbow(1988)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 21

An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.



Killer Klowns from Outer Space(1988)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 16

Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town.



Talk Radio(1988)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 25

A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.



The Great Outdoors(1988)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A Chicago man's hope for a peaceful family vacation in the woods is shattered when the annoying in-laws drop in.



Above the Law(1988)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 13

A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.



My Stepmother Is an Alien(1988)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 14

An alien is sent on a secret mission to Earth, where she appears as a gorgeous, attractive, and single lady. Her mission is to make contact with a rather nerdy young scientist, who's quite ...



She's Having a Baby(1988)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 24

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want ...



Pumpkinhead(1988)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 15

After a tragic accident, a man conjures up a towering, vengeful demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy a group of unsuspecting teenagers.



Running on Empty(1988)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 19

The eldest son of a fugitive family comes of age and wants to live a life of his own.



Caddyshack II(1988)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 16

When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the club and turning it into a tacky amusement park.



Biloxi Blues(1988)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A group of young recruits go through boot camp during the Second World War in Biloxi, Mississippi. From the play by Neil Simon.



Tonari no Totoro(1988)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.



Another Woman(1988)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Facing a mid-life crisis, a woman rents an apartment next to a psychiatrist's office to write a new book, only to become drawn to the plight of a pregnant woman seeking that doctor's help.



Short Circuit 2(1988)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 10

Robot Johnny Five comes to the city and gets manipulated by criminals who want him for their own purposes.



Poltergeist III(1988)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Carol Anne is staying with her aunt in a highrise building, and the supernatural forces that have haunted her previously follow her there.



Young Einstein(1988)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 20

Albert Einstein is the son of a Tasmanian apple farmer, who discovers the secret of splitting the beer atom to put the bubbles back into beer. When Albert travels to Sydney to patent his ...




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