1988 - Movies

St Elsewhere 1982 1988 This hour long dramatic series featured life at St Eligius Hospital, headed by Drs Donald Westphall and Daniel Auschlander Every year, new residents would walk down the halls of St Eligius learning to deal with perfectionist Cardiovascular Surgeon Mark Craig was only the begin

Paradise 1988 1990 Gunfighter Ethan Cord, left to raise his dead sisters children, tries to settle down in the town of Paradise, but finds that his past continues to haunt him

Rat Man 1988 A maniac butchers a fashion model on a Caribbean island and leaves the body to be eaten by rats The models sister suspects something isnt quite right with the police investagation and decides to go snooping on her own With her friend, Fred, their investagations lead them to an unknown p

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Akira 1988 2019 31 years after being destroyed during World War 3, Tokyo now Neo Tokyo has been rebuilt and is a thriving metropolis Shotaro Kaneda is the leader of a biker gang His friend Tetsuo is injured in an accident and taken to a top secret government facility He develops telekinetic powers b

Edge of Darkness 1988 A Hong Kong cops first undercover assignment sends him on a psychological downward spiral, unable to separate his two identities after unearthing a connection between his supervisor and the crime syndicate hes investigating

Crackdown Mission 1988 Devil worshippers devise a scheme to bring Lucifer to the world, by taking advantage of mentally and emotionally women to rack up a body count

Mystery Science Theater 3000 1988 1999 When zany mad scientist Dr Clayton Forrester and his loopy assistant Frank get bored with their work at the Deep Thirteen research center, they kidnap Joel the janitor and shoot him into orbit on the Satellite of Love While in space Joel builds wacky robot side

Chocolat 1988 A young French woman returns to the vast silence of West Africa to contemplate her childhood days in a colonial outpost in Cameroon Her strongest memories are of the familys houseboy, Protee a man of great nobility, intelligence and beauty and the intricate nature of relationships in a

Tora sans Salad Day Memorial 1988 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

Garfield and Friends 1988 1995 The star of the series was Garfield, a lazy feline whose only desires in life were lasagna, catnaps and kicking his hapless canine companion, Odie, off the table The show also starred Garfields hopelessly single owner, Jon Arbuckle Each Garfield adventure featured Garf

Tiger Cage 1988 After getting their drug operation raided by the cops, a drug trafficker nicknamed Swatow Hung and his American counterparts vows revenge on the ones responsible Inspector Sau and his comrades Fong Chun Yau, Ho Siu Ling, Tai, and Terry Hung manages to track down Sau and shoot him dea

Our House 1986 1988 Following the death of his son, Gus Witherspoon takes in his daughter in law and his three grandchildren to live with him Adjustment to the new arrangement is not easy on any of them

The Kids in the Hall 1988 2021 The Kids in the Hall are a sketch comedy troupe, set apart by their cross dressing antics and seemingly infinite supply of unique characters Although writer Paul Bellini, various extras, and sometimes even an actual woman appear in the sketches, for the most part, the

The Facts of Life 1979 1988 A group of girls attending a boarding school experience the joys and the trials of adolescence under the guiding hand of housemother Edna Garrett, the Drummonds maid on Diffrent Strokes Later in the series, she is promoted to school dietitian, and four of the girls move i

Cagney Lacey 1981 1988 Television police drama starring two female cops as partners Their contrasting personalities one is tough and the other sensitive strengthen them as a team, allowing each a different perspective on both personal and professional situations

Whose Line Is It Anyway 1988 1998 A British show in which actors and comedians improvise sketches in various theatre sports type games, based on audience suggestions The games might include singing a Hoedown about Tory Politicians, acting out a soap opera as hamsters, becoming bizarre super heroes,

I ragazzi di via Panisperna 1988 The lives of a group of highly gifted young physicists known as the Via Panisperna Boys, led by Enrico Fermi One of them, Ettore Majorana, mysteriously disappeared in 1938

Murphy Brown 1988 2018 Murphy Brown Candice Bergen is a very selfish, stubborn, extremely hot tempered, but also talented, resourceful, clever, and caring middle aged reporter who works for FYI News Network and at the same time tries to raise her child as an unmarried, working woman Her friends and

A Very Brady Christmas 1988 Almost 20 years after the start of the orignal Brady Bunch, the kids are grown up and have kids of their own Everyone is having a wonderful time back at the family house for Christmas, until Mike learns of a structural problem in one of the buildings he designed As he is

Bernadette 1988 In 1857, an unemployed miller moves his family into grim lodgings his wife takes in laundry In February of 1858, at the Massabielle grotto, their 14 year old asthmatic, illiterate daughter, Bernadette, sees a light she later distinguishes as a beautiful young woman The girl converses

U2 Rattle and Hum 1988 This film documents the 1987 North American tour of the great rock band U2 Fresh with their success of their best selling album The Joshua Tree, the band plays monster gigs Along the way, the band takes the opportunity to indulge in some special musical activities like playing

Salsa (1988) Fatherless barrio Puertorican Rico is a menial car mechanic by day, but lives for the nights, when he dances and dates hot dancing girls, cockily convinced the title of Salsa king in fancy nightclub La Luna's upcoming contest is to be his. He encourages his best friend, courteous gentle

Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (19881995) After a thousand years of exile, Talpa, ruler of the Netherworld, returns to claim the Earth as his own. The only thing that can stop him and his minions are five young men and their mystical suits of armor.

Ich und er (1988) A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's completely insane.

Trappola diabolica (1988) Michael Ransom's Vietnam squad leader, Vic Jenkins, is captured by terrorists demanding ten million dollars worth of diamonds in return for his release. Michael, reluctantly aided by local tough-girl Rosanna Boom, is dispatched by the C.I.A. to recapture Jenkins, and put a

Hawks (1988) Two terminally ill patients in a hospital yearn for relief from their predicament. With little or no friends, they form an uneasy alliance and plot an escape for one last wild time.

The Haunted Cop Shop II (1988) Specially trained government troops are sent to clean out a city that is plagued by vampires, ghosts and cannibalistic zombies.

Hairspray (1988) 'Pleasantly Plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former

In what turned out to be the final work of Toshiya Fujita, we follow the titular revolver as it passes, coincidentally or deliberately, from owner to owner and home to home bringing misery, curse or surprise to its then current owner. By following the gun the viewer meets its owners and gets to know

ScoobyDoo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988) Shaggy is turned into a werewolf, and it's up to Scooby, Scrappy and his girlfriend to help him win the contest.

In the Line of Duty III (1988) Genji Nakamura and his soul-mate and partner Michiko Nishiwaki are thieves for the notorious Red Army terrorist organization in Japan. After pulling off the jewelry heist of the century (in...

Top Squad (1988) Madame Wu (Sibelle Hu) has been assigned to the Hong Kong Police Academy to train female Banshee Squad Members, next door to the male Tiger Squad Members lead by Inspector Kan (Shui-Fan Fung). After internal conflicts and courting mishaps, the squad members were ordered to band toge

The Wrong Guys (1988) Five former cub scouts have a reunion and go camping on the mountain they never conquered. High jinks ensue due to their childhood enemies and a group of escaped convicts who mistake them for an FBI unit.

A Few Days with Me (1988) Martial's mother owns a chain of supermarkets. He had spent some years in a mental hospital because of pervasive indolence. Hoping that an active task may improve his condition, he is sent to inspect one of the supermarkets. The manager had taken a large loan of money belon

Too Beautiful to Die (1988) The models of an agency are invited to a party by the owner of the agency, Alex. During the party, Alex is playing games in his computer and it looks like the girls have the house to themselves, but there's another guest.

Les possédés (1988) This story begins in 1870 at a little town somewhere in Russia. It processed the real "Nyecsajev story". A group of young revolutionists wanna ruin the system with violence. They think this is the only chance to reform the old Russian Society. The leader of this group is Pierre

Létudiante (1988) Three months before her final examinations, the ambitious teachership student Valentine concentrates herself completely on learning. When Jazz musician Edouard wooes her, she agrees on a date though - planning for one night of pleasure only. But when she comes to know him better,

Sound and Fury (1988) This drama depicts the misery of neglected children in big cities. 13 years old Bruno is of a good family, but since the death of his grandmother he spends most of his time alone, in a phantasy world, while his mother is away at work. But then he befriends the violent Jean-Roge

The Bear (1988) The director of _Quest for Fire_ creates yet another film in nature with almost no human dialogue in this picturesque story of an orphaned bear cub who is adopted by an adult male bear and must avoid hunters. Bart the Bear stars in this anthropomorphic fantasy.

The Lair of the White Worm (1988) Scottish archaeologist Angus Flint discovers an odd skull amid the ruins of a convent that he is excavating. Shortly thereafter, Lady Sylvia Marsh returns to Temple House, a nearby mansion, far earlier than expected. At a party in the village, Angus meets Lord James

Call Me (1988) A journalist agrees to meet an obscene caller at a bar, and ends up witnessing a murder.

The Girl in a Swing (1988) A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love with the woman, despite the fact that he knows virtually nothing about her. She insists on not being married in a church, and

Frankenstein General Hospital (1988) Dr. Bob Frankenstein (Mark Blankfield) is the great-great grandson of Victor. Unlike Victor, however, he is working at a Los Angeles General Hospital as an intern under the name of Dr. Robert Frankenheimer. What his coworkers do not know, however, is that he has

It Takes Two (1988) In Texas, the naive Travis Rogers quits his job to marry his beloved Stephanie "Stephi" Lawrence and work with his father-in-law. However he decides to buy a car with his US$ 5,000.00 savings in Dallas before the wedding. He goes to a car dealer and the sexy saleswoman Jonni Tige

Madame Sousatzka (1988) Bengali Sushila Sen and her son, Manek, relocate from India to London after Sushila's relationship with her husband fails. Sushila struggles with everyday living. A child piano prodigy, Manek's schoolteacher refers him to a piano teacher, Irina Sousatzka, a Russian immigrant

A woman with two teenage children, who usually composes some songs and present them in community shows, has one of her songs discovered by a music producer that turns her into a star.