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Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · 89m
War DramaAnimeMilitary
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe,…
Movies of 1988
60 movies from 1988. Includes Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbor Totoro, and Cinema Paradiso.
Common vibes here: Based on a True Story · Anime · Military
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My Neighbor Totoro
1988 · 86m
Urban FantasyAnimeMedical
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are…
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Cinema Paradiso
1988 · 124m
Coming-of-AgeComing of AgeDrama
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's…
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Heart of a Dog
1988 · 136m
DramaComedyScience Fiction
In 1920s Moscow, shortly after the October Revolution, a stray dog named Sharik is taken in by Professor Preobrazhensky, a wealthy and respected…
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82
Disney+
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · 104m
Neo-Noir & Film NoirWhodunit & MysteryPsychological
Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her.
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988 · 88m
Marriage & DivorceFriendshipComedy
After being dumped by her lover, Pepa finds her life and the lives of those around her spiraling out of control in a deliciously chaotic series of…
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The Vanishing
1988 · 106m
Grief & LossHostage & KidnappingThriller
Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation when they stop at a busy service station.
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Tubi
A Fish Called Wanda
1988 · 109m
HeistLegalComedy
While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.
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Alice
1988 · 86m
AnimationFantasyAdventure
A quiet young English girl named Alice finds herself in an alternate version of her own reality after chasing a white rabbit.
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Akira
1988 · 124m
Military Sci-FiDystopian Sci-FiCyberpunk
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a…
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Midnight Run
1988 · 126m
Buddy ComedyRoad TripComedy
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after…
78
Prime
Rain Man
1988 · 134m
Road TripDrama
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…
78
Paramount+
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988 · 86m
ComedyCrime
When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate…
78
Disney+
Big
1988 · 104m
Coming-of-AgeComing of AgeFantasy
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…
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Dangerous Liaisons
1988 · 119m
DramaRomance
In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return…
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Dead Ringers
1988 · 115m
ThrillerHorror
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly.
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Stand and Deliver
1988 · 103m
BiopicBased on a True StoryHigh School
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood.
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The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 · 164m
Drama
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…
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Hairspray
1988 · 92m
Comedy
'Pleasantly plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show.
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Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988 · 84m
DramaMusic
Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding.
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Bull Durham
1988 · 108m
SportsComedyRomance
Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh.
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Landscape in the Mist
1988 · 125m
Drama
Two Greek children embark on a journey to search for their father, who supposedly lives in Germany.
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Beetlejuice
1988 · 92m
Urban FantasySupernaturalFantasy
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
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Tubi
Mississippi Burning
1988 · 128m
Based on a True StoryDramaCrime
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…
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Tubi
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988 · 110m
Gambling & CasinosCon Artists & GriftersComedy
Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is,…
75
Prime
The Bear
1988 · 97m
AdventureDramaFamily
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
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Evil Angels
1988 · 120m
Legal DramaBased on a True StoryLegal
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…
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Prime
Drowning by Numbers
1988 · 119m
Dark ComedyParenthood & Family BondsComedy
Cissie Colpitts drowns her cheating husband and, in the ensuing cover-up, enlists the help of lonely coroner Henry Madgett, an old friend with a…
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Prime
Paperhouse
1988 · 92m
DramaFantasy
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…
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988 · 126m
MonstersFantasyAdventure
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.
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The Accused
1988 · 111m
Legal DramaBiopicBased on a True Story
Out drinking one night after a fight with her boyfriend, three men brutally rape Sarah Tobias in a bar while people watch and cheer.
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Gorillas in the Mist
1988 · 129m
BiopicBased on a True StoryDrama
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988 · 171m
Medical DramaMarriage & DivorceMedical
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him.
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Bird
1988 · 161m
Based on a True StoryDramaMusic
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing.
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Prime
Eight Men Out
1988 · 120m
SportsDramaHistory
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a…
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Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
1988 · 75m
Epic FantasyAnimeMythology & Folklore
The Sun God Abel returns to life, bent on punishing the humans and cleansing Earth from their presence.
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Police Story 2
1988 · 105m
Martial ArtsProceduralDetective
The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.
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Tubi
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988 · 111m
Period & Historical DramaBiopicBased on a True Story
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945.
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Ariel
1988 · 73m
PrisonDramaRomance
A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.
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Talk Radio
1988 · 109m
Drama
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
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Ödipussi
1988 · 88m
Comedy
Paul Winkelmann is the CEO of a successful business in Hamburg that he took over after the death of his father eight years ago.
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As Tears Go By
1988 · 98m
Mob / MafiaMafia & MobDrama
Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.
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They Live
1988 · 93m
Dystopian Sci-FiAlien InvasionDystopian
A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as…
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Working Girl
1988 · 114m
ComedyRomanceDrama
When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she takes a risky chance to reclaim it by impersonating him and running the project from his position.
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Shoot to Kill
1988 · 109m
ActionThrillerCrime
When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city…
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Tubi
The Beast of War
1988 · 111m
War DramaMilitaryWar
During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of…
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The Land Before Time
1988 · 69m
Grief & LossDinosaursDisaster
An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley.
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Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
1988 · 92m
VampiresWerewolvesAnimation
Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy are on their way to Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls, where they've been hired as gym teachers.
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Dragons Forever
1988 · 93m
Martial ArtsMafia & MobLegal
A hot-shot lawyer is hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways.
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Frantic
1988 · 120m
Spy / EspionageEspionageMedical
The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris.
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Tubi
Married to the Mob
1988 · 104m
ComedyCrime
Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world.
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Tubi
The Blob
1988 · 95m
Military Sci-FiAlien InvasionAliens
In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it…
68
Tubi
Colors
1988 · 120m
ActionCrimeDrama
A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is…
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The Little Devil
1988 · 99m
ComedyFantasy
Father Maurice, a priest living in a residential college for priests in Rome, is called out one day to "exorcise" the devil from someone.
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Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf
1988 · 92m
MonstersWerewolvesAnimation
Shaggy is turned into a werewolf by the wicked Count Dracula, and it's up to Scooby, Scrappy and Shaggy's girlfriend Googie to help him win a race…
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Coming to America
1988 · 117m
ComedyRomance
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess...