Drama Movies
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…
Bat★21 (1988)
Lt. Col. Iceal “Ham” Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton…
Short Circuit 2 (1988)
Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for…
The Silk Road (1988)
A Handful of Dust (1988)
English aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit his vast estate. There Beaver makes the acquaintance of Tony’s wife, Brenda. Together, they…
Backfire (1988)
Mara McAndrew’s marriage is falling apart. Her husband, Donnie, a Vietnam veteran, suffers troubling flashbacks about the war, leaving him unresponsive to her needs. Mara wants out, but she also…
A World Apart (1988)
A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what’s happening around her…
A Soldier’s Tale (1988)
In the days following the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France, a British platoon leader named Saul (Gabriel Byrne) and his corporal (Paul Wyett) reach an isolated farmhouse and encounter a…
Split Decisions (1988)
When a boxer is killed because he wouldn’t take a dive, his brother tries to find a way to avenge him even if only symbolically.
It Couldn’t Happen Here (1988)
Pet Shop Boys Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant embark upon a journey across England – but which England? Is it the half-remembered England of their childhoods, or the brutal reality…
Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss (1988)
A world of strong colours between documentary and fiction, centered on the life and work of modernist painter Amadeo de Souza Cardoso.
Big (1988)
When 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…
Sound and Fury (1988)
Wuthering Heights (1988)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Jesus, 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…
Mapantsula (1988)
A petty gangster inevitably becomes involved in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and is forced to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system.
Call Me (1988)
After agreeing to meet an obscene caller at a bar, a young New York reporter witnesses a murder and becomes an unwilling player in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse.
Hanussen (1988)
A man’s story parallels Hitler’s rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy…
Chocolat (1988)
For Queen & Country (1988)
A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.
Soursweet (1988)
Just married Hong Kong couple Chen & Lily emigrate to England, soon to become parents to a little baby boy and generally struggle through life. Chen works long days in…
Track 29 (1988)
Years after a desperate teenage Linda gives up her baby for adoption, she finds herself face-to-face with Martin, a young man claiming to be her long-lost son. Linda embraces Martin…
Slime City (1988)
A student moves into a run-down building in New York City. His bizarre neighbors make a concoction in their apartment they call wine, but when he takes some of it,…
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988)
A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel “The Caine Mutiny”.
Salome’s Last Dance (1988)
London, England, November 5th, 1892, Guy Fawkes Night. The famous playwright Oscar Wilde and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas discreetly go to a luxury brothel where the owner, Alfred Taylor,…
Shakedown (1988)
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze…
Judgment in Berlin (1988)
An American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.
Mala Noche (1988)
Walt is a lonely convenience store clerk who has fallen in love with a Mexican migrant worker named Johnny. Though Walt has little in common with the object of his…
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany (1988)
Clinton and Nadine (1988)
Eager to find his brother’s murderer, Clinton enlists the aid of Nadine, an expensive call girl. Together they get sucked into a plot to smuggle guns to the Contra forces…
Black Eagle (1988)
One of the US Air Force’s most modern tactical aircrafts, an F-100 with a new laser guidance system, crashes into the sea near Malta – a region where the Soviet…
Father (1988)
Two Moon Junction (1988)
A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival.