Best movies of 1988

Actors : Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Swoosie Kurtz,
Directors : James Bridges,

A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.

Actors : Shô Kosugi, Doran Clark, Bruce French, Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Directors : Eric Karson,

One of the US Air Force's most modern tactical aircraft, an F-111 Aardvark with a new laser guidance system, crashes into the sea near Malta - a region where the Soviet forces are highly ...

Actors : Robert Prosky, Don Ameche, J.J. Johnston, Joe Mantegna,
Directors : David Mamet,

Shoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.

Actors : Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper, Karen Young,
Directors : Martin Campbell,

Oldman plays a lawyer who defends a killer, but, soon after he wins he finds out that the killer is guilty.

Actors : Anita Morris, George Burns, Tony Roberts, Charlie Schlatter,
Directors : Paul Flaherty,

By means of an accident the soul of David and his swinging grandfather get swapped. While the grandfather's body is still in coma, he enjoys having a young body again and repairs some facts...

Actors : Linda Fiorentino, Keith Carradine, Wallace Shawn, Geneviève Bujold,
Directors : Alan Rudolph,

Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He spends most of his time drinking and socializing in local cafés and pestering gallery...

Actors : Hidde Maas, Monique van de Ven, Serge-Henri Valcke, Huub Stapel,
Directors : Dick Maas,

A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for the city's best detective, who doesn't ...

Actors : Necati Bilgiç, Sener Sen, Müjde Ar, Ugur Yücel,
Directors : Ertem Egilmez,

This is the tragicomic story of two lovers who cannot ever get together. Sener is the son of a simple family in the village and he is in love with the village headman's daughter Mujde. Kaya...

Actors : Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Jackie Chan, Pauline Yeung,

Three successful Hong Kong lawyers are hired by a chemical company of questionable ethics and must eventually make a difficult decision when their employer's motives become clear.

Actors : Eileen Brennan, David Seaman, Cory Crow, Tami Erin,
Directors : Ken Annakin,

After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso, and monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and takes up residence in the old ...

Actors : William R. Moses, Kathy Ireland, Richard Haines, Don Michael Paul,
Directors : Albert Pyun,

A nerdy teen-age girl goes looking for her missing archaeologist father, and stumbles into a strange subterranean civilization.

Actors : Stratos Tzortzoglou, Eva Kotamanidou, Michalis Zeke, Tania Palaiologou,
Directors : Theodoros Angelopoulos,

Road movie about two children (Voula and Alexandre) searching for their father who is supposed to live in Germany. Their obsession for this father figure will take them to the boundaries ...

Actors : Kathleen Quinlan, Michael Ontkean, Neil Patrick Harris, Whoopi Goldberg,
Directors : Robert Mulligan,

David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies. Clara is a chambermaid at a Jamaican resort who's hired to be a housekeeper. She and ...

Actors : Jianxin Chen, Hsu Gou, Linjie Hao, Haizhe Jin,
Directors : Tun Fei Mou,

Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to a place called Squadron 731, where they are grotesquely tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.

Actors : Dorian Healy, Denzel Washington, Sean Chapman, Graham McTavish,
Directors : Martin Stellman,

A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.

Actors : Anthony Michael Hall, Uma Thurman, Paul Gleason, Robert Downey Jr.,
Directors : Bud S. Smith,

It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent ...

Actors : Aki Aleong, Roland Harrah III, Miki Kim, Chuck Norris,
Directors : Aaron Norris,

Braddock mounts a one-man assault to free his wife and son who are still being held in a Vietnam prison camp.

Actors : Turo Pajala, Matti Pellonpää, Susanna Haavisto, Eetu Hilkamo,
Directors : Aki Kaurismäki,

A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.

Actors : Fred Ward, Willem Dafoe, Gregory Hines, Amanda Pays,
Directors : Christopher Crowe,

McGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S. military policemen on duty in war-time Saigon. However, their job becomes even...

Actors : Shirley MacLaine, Twiggy, Peggy Ashcroft, Navin Chowdhry,
Directors : John Schlesinger,

Renowned Russian piano teacher Irina Sousatzka gets a new student - Bengali piano prodigy Manek. They are both immigrants in the UK and bond quickly. When Manek's single mother's business fails, he must make a career decision.