1988 IN FILM

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1988

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Michael Jackson's first film was ''Moonwalker''

Top grossing films

# ''Rain Man'', starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise
# ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', starring Bob Hoskins
# ''Coming to America'', starring Eddie Murphy
# ''Big'', starring Tom Hanks
# ''Twins'', starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito
# ''Crocodile Dundee II''
# ''Die Hard'', starring Bruce Willis
# '', starring Leslie Nielsen
# ''Cocktail'', starring Tom Cruise
# ''Beetlejuice'', starring Michael Keaton

Awards

'Academy Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''Rain Man''' - Mirage Entertainment, Star Partners II, United Artists
:Best Director: 'Barry Levinson' - ''Rain Man''
:Best Actor: 'Dustin Hoffman' - ''Rain Man''
:Best Actress: 'Jodie Foster' - ''The Accused''
:Best Supporting Actor: 'Kevin Kline' - ''A Fish Called Wanda''
:Best Supporting Actress: 'Geena Davis' - ''The Accidental Tourist''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''Pelle the Conqueror''' (''Pelle erobreren''), directed by Bille August, Denmark
'Golden Globe Awards:'
:'Drama:'
:Best Picture: '''Rain Man'''
:Best Actor: 'Dustin Hoffman' - ''Rain Man''
:Best Actress (tie): 'Jodie Foster' - ''The Accused''
:Best Actress (tie): 'Sigourney Weaver' - ''Gorillas in the Mist''
:'Musical or comedy:'
:Best Picture: '''Working Girl'''
:Best Actor: 'Tom Hanks' - ''Big''
:Best Actress: 'Melanie Griffith' - ''Working Girl''
:'Other'
:Best Director: 'Clint Eastwood' - ''Bird''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''Pelle the Conqueror''', Denmark
'Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):'
:'''Pelle the Conqueror''' (''Pelle erobreren''), directed by Bille August, Denmark
'Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):'
:'''La leggenda del santo bevitore''' (''The Legend of the Holy Drinker''), directed by Ermanno Olmi, Italy / France
'Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):'
:'''Red Sorghum''' (''Hong gao liang''), directed by Yimou Zhang, China

Films released in 1988

★ ''18 Again!''

★ ''1969

★ ''The Accidental Tourist''

★ ''The Accused''

★ ''Action Jackson''

★ ''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen''

★ ''Alice'' (''Něco z Alenky'')

★ ''Alien Nation''

★ ''Amsterdamned''

★ ''And God Created Woman''

★ ''Another Woman''

★ ''

★ ''Bat 21''

★ ''Beaches''

★ ''The Beast''

★ ''Beetlejuice''

★ ''Betrayed''

★ ''Big''

★ ''The Big Blue'', directed by Luc Besson

★ ''Big Business''

★ ''Big Time''

★ ''Big Top Pee-wee''

★ ''Biloxi Blues'' -(film only mentioned in article)

★ ''Bird''

★ ''Black Eagle''

★ ''The Blob''

★ ''Bloodsport''

★ ''La Boheme'', by Luigi Comencini (see disambiguation)

★ ''Burning Secret''

★ ''Buster''

★ ''Caddyshack II''

★ ''Call Me''

★ ''Camille Claudel''

★ ''Celia''

★ ''Child's Play''

★ ''Chocolat''

★ ''The Chocolate War'' -(film mentioned in article)

★ ''A Chorus of Disapproval''

★ ''Clara's Heart''

★ ''Clean and Sober''

★ ''Cocktail''

★ ''

★ ''Colors''

★ ''Coming to America''

★ ''Consuming Passions''

★ ''The Couch Trip''

★ ''The Courier''

★ ''Crocodile Dundee II''

★ ''Crossing Delancey''

★ ''A Cry in the Dark''

★ ''Da''

★ ''Daffy Duck's Quackbusters''

★ ''Dangerous Liaisons''

★ ''The Deceivers''

★ ''The Dead Pool''

★ ''Dead Ringers''

★ ''Die Hard''

★ ''Dirty Rotten Scoundrels''

★ ''Distant Thunder''

★ ''Distant Voices, Still Lives''

★ ''D.O.A.

★ ''Doin' Time On Planet Earth''

★ ''Dream Demon''

★ ''Drowning By Numbers''

★ ''Earth Girls Are Easy''

★ ''Eight Men Out''

★ ''Elvira, Mistress of the Dark''

★ ''Ernest Saves Christmas''

★ ''The Everlasting Secret Family''

★ ''Everybody's All-American''

★ ''Far North''

★ ''Feds''

★ ''A Fish Called Wanda''

★ ''Frantic''

★ ''Fresh Horses''

★ ''

★ ''Fright Night II''

★ ''The Fruit Machine''

★ ''Full Moon In Blue Water''

★ ''Fun Down There''

★ ''Ghost Town''

★ ''Ghosts... of the Civil Dead''

★ ''Gotham'' (aka) ''The Dead Can't Lie''

★ ''The Good Mother''

★ ''

★ ''Hairspray''

★ ''

★ ''Hanna's War''

★ ''Hanussen''

★ ''Haunted Summer''

★ ''Hawks'', starring Timothy Dalton and Anthony Edwards

★ ''Heartbreak Hotel''

★ ''

★ ''High Hopes''

★ ''High Spirits'', directed by Neil Jordan

★ ''Hot to Trot''

★ ''

★ ''The House on Carroll Street''

★ ''I'm Gonna Git You Sucka''

★ ''It Couldn't Happen Here''

★ ''Iron Eagle II''

★ ''Killer Klowns from Outer Space''

★ ''The Land Before Time''

★ ''The Last Temptation of Christ'', directed by Martin Scorsese

★ ''La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore'' (''The Legend Of The Holy Drinker'') - Golden Lion award

★ ''License to Drive''

★ ''The Little Devil'' (''Il Piccolo Diavolo''), starring Walter Matthau, Roberto Benigni (also director)

★ ''Mac and Me''

★ ''Midnight Run''

★ ''Mississippi Burning''

★ ''Moonwalker''

★ ''My Neighbour Totoro''

★ ''The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking''

★ ''

★ ''Oliver and Company''

★ ''Paperhouse''

★ ''Patty Hearst''
★ ''La Casa del sorriso'' (''The House of Smiles'') - Golden Bear award

★ ''Punchline''

★ ''Pushpak''

★ ''Quelques Jours avec Moi'' (''A Few Days with Me'')

★ ''Rain Man'', starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture and Golden Bear (for 1989)

★ ''Rattle and Hum''

★ ''Red Heat''

★ ''Scrooged''

★ ''Shakedown'' aka ''Blue Jean Cop''

★ ''She's Having a Baby''

★ ''Shoot to Kill'' aka ''Deadly Pursuit''

★ ''A Short Film About Love'' by Krzysztof Kieslowski

★ ''Stand and Deliver''

★ ''Story of Women''

★ ''They Live'', starring Roddy Piper

★ ''Twins''

★ ''Vibes''

★ ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being, according to a book by Milan Kundera

★ ''Waxwork''

★ ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit''

★ ''Willow

★ ''Working Girl'', starring Harrison Ford - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)

★ ''A World Apart'', starring Barbara Hershey and Jodhi May

Births

★ April 10 - Haley Joel Osment

★ April 25 - Sara Paxton, American singer/actress

★ May 1 - Jacobo León

★ August 24 - Rupert Grint, British actor

★ November 15 - Zena Grey

★ June 8 - Chris Green

★ December- Bonnie Boulware

Deaths

★ January 7 - Michel Auclair, actor (b. 1922)

★ January 7 - Trevor Howard, actor

★ February 1 - Heather O'Rourke, actress

★ January 25 - Colleen Moore, actress

★ March 6 - Jeanne Aubert, French actress

★ May 30 - Ella Raines, actress

★ July 25 - Judith Barsi, actress

★ August 4 - Florence Eldridge, actress

★ September 5 - Gert Fröbe, actor

★ October 1 - Lucien Ballard, cinematographer

★ December 23 – Frederick W. Elvidge, actor