Drama Movies
Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
Arnold is a gay man working as a drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man.
Rain Man (1988)
When 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…
I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1988)
The Bundy family try to have a good family Christmas, despite World War II.
Roots: The Gift (1988)
On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they…
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Two 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…
Tricks of the Trade (1988)
After her picture perfect husband is murdered in a prostitute’s apartment, Beverly Hills homemaker Catherine is devastated. But she doesn’t spend too long mourning, because she’s soon on a mission…
The Tenth Man (1988)
During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execution of one in ten…
Zombie Death House (1988)
A renegade federal agent uses a new drug to create an army of unbeatable warriors.
Shootdown (1988)
Nan Moore is a U.S. government employee whose son is killed when Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by Soviets on September 1, 1983. While the “official” story maintains…
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders (1988)
It is 1985, and a small, tranquil Florida town is being rocked by a wave of vicious serial murders and bank robberies. Particularly sickening to the authorities is the gratuitous…
Chilsu and Mansu (1988)
An aimless young man and his sign-painter friend draw a crowd when they climb to the top of a high-rise billboard.
Summer Temptations (1988)
Full Moon in Blue Water (1988)
Floyd, the owner of a bar on the Texas coast, has been depressed for a year after his wife disappeared in a swimming accident. He lives with his senile father-in-law…
Scrooged (1988)
Frank 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 Christmas…
Garfield: His 9 Lives (1988)
Garfield plays multiple roles including ancient Egyptian royalty, a fairyland kitten, a movie ‘stunt cat” and more!
The Chocolate War (1988)
Jerry, a new student at an elite Catholic prep school, must face the hazing practices handed down by the Vigils, a group of powerful students. When teacher Brother Leon pushes…
Fresh Horses (1988)
A Cincinnati college student breaks off his engagement to his wealthy fiancĂ©e after he falls in love with a backwoods Kentucky girl he meets at a party. She says she’s…
Last Rites (1988)
After witnessing her lover being murdered by his jealous wife, Angela seeks refuge in a church where she encounters a young priest named Michael, who gives her sanctuary. But the…
Deadbeat at Dawn (1988)
Goose leaves the gang life behind after pleas from his girlfriend. But it isn’t long before he’s pulled back into the world of violence.
Distant Voices Still Lives (1988)
Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen’s wedding. It is a joyous occasion, but through flashbacks, it becomes clear that the family was not…
Iron Eagle II (1988)
Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear missile site in the Middle East. Chappy…
Heart of a Dog (1988)
“Heart of a Dog” is a Soviet film adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s iconic novella. Set in 1920s Moscow, it tells the satirical and darkly humorous story of a stray dog…
Distant Thunder (1988)
A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He returns after 10 years, where he’s been living like an animal in…
Painted Faces (1988)
Heart of Midnight (1988)
A young woman who is getting back on her feet after a mental breakdown, Carol Rivers discovers that her late uncle has left her a rundown nightclub. Carol decides to…
Far North (1988)
After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original issues.
Police Story: Gladiator School (1988)
Robert Conrad is Officer Stacy, an LAPD cop with an attitude. After busting a prostitute, she files a complaint against him. A week later he shoots her in an apparent…
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.
Everybody’s All-American (1988)
Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown….
The Fruit Machine (1988)
Eddie and Michael are two 16-year-old gay friends from Liverpool. Berated by his father for his camp behavior, Eddie runs away from his Liverpool home and joins Michael, a streetwise…
The Good Mother (1988)
After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter’s custody, by her ex, who claims that her lover has a bad influence on the kid.
Evil Angels (1988)
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria,…