1988 Movies
Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse (1988)

Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse (1988)

Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse (1988)
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49

Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1 1/2 miles long, teaches Little Richard how...

Swedes at Sea (1988)

Swedes at Sea (1988)

Swedes at Sea (1988)
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104

The landlubber Stig-Helmer and his Norwegian friend Ole get on a barge by mistake. They arrive at an archipelago and have to spend Midsummer among the fancy rich boat people,...

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Genre: Comedy
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (1988)

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (1988)

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (1988)
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100

In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, however he is afraid of committing to a relationship.

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Genre: Comedy
The Boost (1988)

The Boost (1988)

The Boost (1988)
IMDb: N/A
95

Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds himself $700,000 in hock with nowhere...

Genre: Drama, Romance
Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)

Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)

Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)
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43

Pleasant Ebenezer Blackadder is turned into a cruel and witty miser after seeing visions of his ancestors and descendants.

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Trapped Alive (1988)

Trapped Alive (1988)

Trapped Alive (1988)
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92

A sheriff's deputy, some escaped prisoners and two young girls find themselves trapped in a mine shaft where a cannibalistic mutant is hunting them for food.

Genre: Drama, Horror
Burning Secret (1988)

Burning Secret (1988)

Burning Secret (1988)
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106

While recuperating in a sanatorium in the mountains, a young boy becomes very close friends with an older baron. But the baron is only using the boy to get to...

Genre: Drama
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
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97

Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain....

Genre: Horror
The Accidental Tourist (1988)

The Accidental Tourist (1988)

The Accidental Tourist (1988)
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121

After the death of his son, Macon Leary, a travel writer, seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife, seems to be having trouble too, and thinks it would...

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
We Think the World of You (1988)

We Think the World of You (1988)

We Think the World of You (1988)
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92

An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. When he gets out of...

Genre: Drama
Mr Vampire Saga 4 (1988)

Mr Vampire Saga 4 (1988)

Mr Vampire Saga 4 (1988)
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96

A Taoist priest protests against the idea of a Buddhist priest being his neighbour. They often argue with each other until a vampire is at large and threatens the villagers'...

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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Talk Radio (1988)

Talk Radio (1988)

Talk Radio (1988)
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110

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

Genre: Drama
The Little Thief (1988)

The Little Thief (1988)

The Little Thief (1988)
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110

In a small town in post-WWII France, 16-year-old Janine tries to improve her conditions by any means necessary. Three people—Michel, a married lover; Raoul, a fellow thief; Mauricette, a photographer...

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
City War (1988)

City War (1988)

City War (1988)
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91

Two cops--both partners and best friends--find their friendship and their lives at stake when they try to take down a ruthless drug dealer.

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Genre: Action, Crime
Beaches (1988)

Beaches (1988)

Beaches (1988)
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123

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Dark Side of the Sun (1988)

The Dark Side of the Sun (1988)

The Dark Side of the Sun (1988)
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101

Traveling in search of a cure for a rare skin disease, a man finds freedom and love along the way.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Working Girl (1988)

Working Girl (1988)

Working Girl (1988)
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114

Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess takes over her...

Genre: Comedy, Romance
A Very Brady Christmas (1988)

A Very Brady Christmas (1988)

A Very Brady Christmas (1988)
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100

Almost 20 years after the start of the original "Brady Bunch" the kids are grown up and have kids of their own. Everyone is having a wonderful time back at...

Faithfully Yours (1988)

Faithfully Yours (1988)

Faithfully Yours (1988)
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88

Playboy Hong Kong Barber Happy Chan opens a fashionable new salon, right next to an old-fashioned Shanhainese barber shop. Its owner, Chuk, is furious at this development and starts a...

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Genre: Comedy
The Dressmaker (1988)

The Dressmaker (1988)

The Dressmaker (1988)
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92

In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier.

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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Haunted Summer (1988)

Haunted Summer (1988)

Haunted Summer (1988)
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106

Authors Lord Byron, Mary Shelley (née Godwin) and Percy Shelley get together for some philosophical discussions, but the situation soon deteriorates into mind games, drugs, and sex. It is a...

Genre: Drama, Romance
Young Einstein (1988)

Young Einstein (1988)

Young Einstein (1988)
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91

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...

Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
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110

Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can be the first to swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000.

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Captive Rage (1988)

Captive Rage (1988)

Captive Rage (1988)
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99

When the DEA director arrests the drug-dealing son of a South American general and cocaine baron, the dictator orders a plane of college students, among them the DEA director's daughter,...

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Genre: Drama
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988)

I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988)

I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988)
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96

The Bundy family try to have a good family Christmas, despite World War II.

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Rain Man (1988)

Rain Man (1988)

Rain Man (1988)
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134

Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.

Genre: Drama
The Girl in Glass (1988)

The Girl in Glass (1988)

The Girl in Glass (1988)
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97

A girl from a wealthy family falls in love with a working-class boy.

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Genre: Romance
Love and Action in Osaka (1988)

Love and Action in Osaka (1988)

Love and Action in Osaka (1988)
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102

Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble brought on by his...

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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
The Peacock King (1988)

The Peacock King (1988)

The Peacock King (1988)
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86

Coerced by the evil Witch Raga, Ashura, the Hell Virgin, attempts to unlock the four Earth holes that lead to the Gates of Hell. Together, Raga aims to control the...

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Hansel and Gretel (1988)

Hansel and Gretel (1988)

Hansel and Gretel (1988)
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84

Hansel and Gretel tells the tale of two young children driven from home by their scolding mother. Losing their way in the dark forest they stumble upon the cottage of...

Genre: Family, Fantasy
Emerald City (1988)

Emerald City (1988)

Emerald City (1988)
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92

A comedy of life's temptations - lust, greed and power. The city in question is Sydney and the colour green signifies greed and envy in David Williamsons amusing satire on...

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
My Stepmother is an Alien (1988)

My Stepmother is an Alien (1988)

My Stepmother is an Alien (1988)
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108

Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She woos quirky scientist Dr. Steve Mills, a widower...

Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Troma's War (1988)

Troma's War (1988)

Troma's War (1988)
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105

A small group of typical Tromaville citizens find themselves in the path of a terrorist army controlled by the power elite...

976-EVIL (1988)

976-EVIL (1988)

976-EVIL (1988)
IMDb: N/A
92

People who dial 976-EVIL receive supernatural powers and turn into satanic killers. When Spike dialed 976-EVIL, he knew it was an expensive toll call, but he didn't know that he'd...

Genre: Horror
Twins (1988)

Twins (1988)

Twins (1988)
IMDb: N/A
107

Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and...

Genre: Comedy
Last Romance (1988)

Last Romance (1988)

Last Romance (1988)
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105

Two best friends So-so and Nancy are love-struck by the same handsome Japanese boy who cannot fulfill both girls' destinies.

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Genre: Drama
Mississippi Burning (1988)

Mississippi Burning (1988)

Mississippi Burning (1988)
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128

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...

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Camille Claudel (1988)

Camille Claudel (1988)

Camille Claudel (1988)
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175

The life of Camille Claudel, a french sculptor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and later his lover. Her passion for her art and Rodin drive her further away...

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
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126

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

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Dead End City (1988)

Dead End City (1988)

Dead End City (1988)
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82

The government's new urban renewal policy results in street gangs fighting for control of the inner cities. While most of the residents flee, one factory owner determines to fight the...

Genre: Action