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The Best Movies of 1988

Grave of the Fireflies leads at 90, ahead of My Neighbor Totoro (85) and Cinema Paradiso (85). 60 titles made the cut, ordered from highest Balasaur Score to lowest. The typical pick here scores 75, well above the catalog median of 66. The newest addition is Dangerous Liaisons, released in December 1988. The score blends IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB ratings into one 0 to 100 number.

Scores run 90 down to 65.

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