1988

The Student
5.7

The Student

Oct. 05, 1988

The Student

An ambitious teaching student’s finals studies are interrupted by a passionate affair with a jazz musician.
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
6.6

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

When her great aunt dies, famed horror hostess Elvira heads for the uptight new England town of Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted ...
Heartbreak Hotel
5.7

Heartbreak Hotel

Sep. 30, 1988

Heartbreak Hotel

When a teen tries to set up a band at his school, his mother who was a big fan of Elvis Presley gets in a wreck he and his band members decides ...
Scarecrows
5.5

Scarecrows

Sep. 28, 1988

Scarecrows

Five men heist the Camp Pendleton payroll and kidnap a pilot and his daughter, who are forced to fly them to Mexico. Enroute a double cross has ...
Gorillas in the Mist
7

Gorillas in the Mist

Sep. 23, 1988

Gorillas in the Mist

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
Dead Ringers
7.3

Dead Ringers

Sep. 23, 1988

Dead Ringers

Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has ...
Spellbinder
5.8

Spellbinder

Sep. 23, 1988

Spellbinder

When Jeff and his friend rescue a young beautiful woman (Kelly Preston) from an apparently abusive boyfriend, the trouble starts. Jeff unknowing ...
The Lair of the White Worm
5.9

The Lair of the White Worm

In a remote corner of England’s Peak District, a mysterious skull is unearthed. But even weirder is that Lady Sylvia steals the skull for ...
Garfield and Friends
7.2

Garfield and Friends

Sep. 17, 1988

Garfield and Friends

The animated stories of Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get into. And also Orson the Pig and his adventures ...
Vampire’s Kiss
6

Vampire’s Kiss

Sep. 17, 1988

Vampire’s Kiss

A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries ...
The Needle
7.1

The Needle

Sep. 16, 1988

The Needle

Moro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina, and discovers ...
Messenger of Death
5.5

Messenger of Death

Sep. 16, 1988

Messenger of Death

Wifes and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house. The police believes the crime had a religious ...
The Beast of War
7.3

The Beast of War

Sep. 14, 1988

The Beast of War

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 ...
Cocoon: The Return
5.4

Cocoon: The Return

Sep. 13, 1988

Cocoon: The Return

The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one ...
Drowning by Numbers
7.2

Drowning by Numbers

Sep. 10, 1988

Drowning by Numbers

An ironic black comedy of love and death that takes place an a lyrically beautiful landscape. Three related women, all named Cissie Colpitts ...
Landscape in the Mist
8

Landscape in the Mist

Sep. 10, 1988

Landscape in the Mist

Two children search for their father who is supposed to live in Germany. Their obsession for this father figure will take them to the boundaries ...
Paperhouse
6.7

Paperhouse

Sep. 10, 1988

Paperhouse

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 ...
Moon Over Parador
6

Moon Over Parador

Sep. 09, 1988

Moon Over Parador

Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator’s right ...
Running on Empty
7.7

Running on Empty

Sep. 09, 1988

Running on Empty

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 ...
Some Girls
5.8

Some Girls

Sep. 09, 1988

Some Girls

While on Christmas break, college student Michael journeys to Quebec City to spend time with his attractive girlfriend, Gabriella. Not long after ...
Eight Men Out
7.2

Eight Men Out

Sep. 02, 1988

Eight Men Out

The great Chicago White Sox team of 1919 is the saddest team to ever win a pennent. The team is bitter at their penny pincher owner, Charles ...
The Thin Blue Line
8

The Thin Blue Line

Aug. 28, 1988

The Thin Blue Line

Errol Morris’s unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer’s murder in Dallas.
Stealing Home
6.7

Stealing Home

Aug. 26, 1988

Stealing Home

Billy Wyatt (Harmon), a former high school and minor-league baseball baseball player receives a telephone call from his mother revealing that his ...
Betrayed
6.3

Betrayed

Aug. 26, 1988

Betrayed

An FBI agent (Debra Winger) falls in love with a white supremacist (Tom Berenger) whose group she infiltrates.
Hero and the Terror
5.3

Hero and the Terror

Aug. 26, 1988

Hero and the Terror

Danny O’Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O’Brien had ...
Homeboy
5.8

Homeboy

Aug. 24, 1988

Homeboy

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 is also a bit old ...
Married to the Mob
6.2

Married to the Mob

Aug. 19, 1988

Married to the Mob

Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband’s line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for ...