Drama Movies
Paperhouse (1988)
A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in…
Doc’s Kingdom (1988)
Some Girls (1988)
While on Christmas break, college student Michael journeys to Quebec City to spend time with his attractive girlfriend, Gabriella. Not long after he arrives, Gabriella breaks up with him, but…
Running on Empty (1988)
The Popes are a family who haven’t been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort…
Taboo (1988)
Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
A man’s family comes for his 77th birthday and while he loves all of his children and their children, he and his children don’t exactly connect. However, he connects with…
Eight Men Out (1988)
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey – a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players…
After School (1988)
A student-teacher relationship goes way beyond the classroom, including pre-historic times.
The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper (1988)
A panel of experts examines the five main suspects in the Jack the Ripper murders and determines which of them is the most likely to have committed the crimes.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
Sir Charles Baskerville dies on the moor under mysterious circumstances and rumors abound about a demonic hound. When the American heir arrives to take charge, a family friend calls in…
Hero and the Terror (1988)
Danny O’Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O’Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by…
Stealing Home (1988)
Billy Wyatt (Harmon), a former high school and minor-league baseball baseball player receives a telephone call from his mother revealing that his former child-sitter, and later in his teens, his…
Betrayed (1988)
An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.
Homeboy (1988)
Johnny Walker is a cowboy and a boxer. He is very shy and a bit of a fool. He is in love with Ruby, but he cannot tell her. He…
1969 (1988)
Two rebellious youths, Ralph and Scott, find themselves struggling with adulthood as the Vietnam War rages. Feeling trapped in their small town, Scott battles with his conservative veteran father, Cliff,…
La Lectrice (1988)
A young woman passionate about reading immerses herself in the adventures of a fictional character who makes reading her profession. As she explores different neighborhoods and wintertime Provence, her imagination…
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile…
A Summer Story (1988)
A young lawyer from London, Mr. Ashton, and his best friend are hiking across Dartmoor. When he twists his ankle, Ashton is forced to seek help at a nearby farmhouse…
Clean and Sober (1988)
Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company’s money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he…
Downtown Heroes (1988)
Hawks (1988)
Two terminally ill patients in a hospital yearn for relief from their predicament. With little or no friends, they form an uneasy alliance and plot an escape for one last…
The Rescue (1988)
A team of Navy Seals are sent to destroy a disabled submarine so it will not fall into the “wrong” hands. They complete their mission, but are captured before they…
The George McKenna Story (1988)
Washington plays a school principal in a tough inner city Los Angeles high school out to rid it of drugs, gangs, low moral of teachers, and restore educational values.
The Carrier (1988)
An orphaned teen is attacked by a mysterious beast and struck with an infectious disease that turns everything he touches into a death trap.
Monkey Shines (1988)
A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those…
Cocktail (1988)
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of…
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988)
A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job….
Mr. North (1988)
Mr. North, a stranger to a small, but wealthy, Rhode Island town, quickly has rumors started about him that he has the power to heal people’s ailments…