
1988 Wide-release films
January–March
- January 1988
- January 8
- Cop
- January 15
- The Couch Trip
- For Keeps
- January 22
- Braddock: Missing in Action III
- January 29
- And God Created Woman
- Puss in Boots
- January 8
- February 1988
- February 5
- She's Having a Baby
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- February 12
- Action Jackson
- Shoot to Kill
- February 16
- Hairspray
- February 26
- Bloodsport
- Frantic
- February 5
- March 1988
- March 4
- Moving
- Prison
- Switching Channels
- March 11
- Masquerade
- Off Limits
- Stand and Deliver
- March 18
- D.O.A.
- The Milagro Beanfield War
- Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
- Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
- Stars and Bars
- March 23
- The BFG (U.K.)
- March 25
- Biloxi Blues
- The Fox and the Hound (re-release)
- Johnny Be Good
- March 30
- Beetlejuice
- March 4
April–June
- April 1988
- April 1
- Bright Lights, Big City
- The Seventh Sign
- April 8
- 18 Again!
- Above the Law
- Bad Dreams
- April 15
- Appointment with Death
- Brain Damage
- Colors
- The Moderns
- Plain Clothes
- Return to Snowy River
- April 22
- Casual Sex?
- Return of the Killer Tomatoes
- The Unholy
- April 29
- Critters 2: The Main Course
- Powaqqatsi
- Sunset
- April 1
- May 1988
- May 4
- The House on Carroll Street
- May 6
- Dead Heat
- Salsa
- Shakedown
- May 13
- Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
- Maniac Cop
- The Nest
- Not of This Earth
- May 20
- Call Me
- "Crocodile" Dundee II (Australia; North America 25 May 1988; UK 23 Jun 1988)
- Willow
- May 25
- Rambo III
- May 27
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space
- May 4
- June 1988
- June 3
- Big
- Funny Farm
- June 10
- Big Business
- Poltergeist III
- The Presidio
- June 15
- Bull Durham
- June 17
- The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
- The Great Outdoors
- Red Heat
- Waxwork
- June 22
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- June 29
- Coming to America
- June 3
July–September
- July 1988
- July 6
- License to Drive
- Short Circuit 2
- July 8
- Arthur 2: On the Rocks
- It Couldn't Happen Here
- July 13
- The Dead Pool
- July 15
- Bambi (re-release)
- Die Hard
- A Fish Called Wanda
- July 20
- Midnight Run
- July 22
- Big Top Pee-wee
- Caddyshack II
- Mr. North
- July 29
- Cocktail
- Monkey Shines
- The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
- July 6
- August 1988
- August 5
- The Blob
- The Rescue
- Vibes
- August 10
- Clean and Sober
- August 12
- The Last Temptation of Christ
- Mac and Me
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream
- Young Guns
- August 19
- Married to the Mob
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
- August 24
- Crossing Delancey
- August 26
- Betrayed
- Hero and the Terror
- Hot to Trot
- Stealing Home
- August 5
- September 1988
- September 2
- The Deceivers
- Eight Men Out
- September 8
- Earth Girls Are Easy
- September 9
- Moon over Parador
- Running on Empty
- September 12
- Miles from Home
- September 15
- War Party
- September 16
- Messenger of Death
- Tougher Than Leather (NYC premiere)
- September 23
- Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
- Kansas
- Patty Hearst
- Sweet Hearts Dance
- September 24
- Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
- September 30
- Bird
- Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
- Heartbreak Hotel
- September 2
October–December
- October 1988
- October 7
- Alien Nation
- Clara's Heart
- Memories of Me
- Punchline
- October 14
- The Accused
- The Kiss
- Another Woman
- Night of the Demons
- Pumpkinhead
- October 21
- Bat*21
- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- Little Dorrit (wide-release)
- Mystic Pizza
- Tapeheads
- October 28
- Feds
- October 29
- Moonwalker
- October 7
- November 1988
- November 4
- Everybody's All-American
- The Good Mother
- Rattle and Hum (U.S.)
- They Live
- November 9
- Child's Play
- November 11
- Template:Sort
- Distant Thunder
- Ernest Saves Christmas
- Iron Eagle II
- Split Decisions
- November 18
- 1969
- The Chocolate War
- Fresh Horses
- High Spirits
- The Land Before Time
- Oliver & Company
- November 23
- Buster
- Cocoon: The Return
- Full Moon in Blue Water
- Hanna's War
- Scrooged
- November 4
- December 1988
- December 2
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
- Tequila Sunrise
- Watchers
- December 8
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (West Germany)
- December 9
- Mississippi Burning
- My Stepmother Is an Alien
- Twins
- December 14
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
- Torch Song Trilogy
- December 16
- Dangerous Liaisons
- Purple People Eater
- Rain Man
- December 21
- Beaches
- Talk Radio
- Working Girl
- December 23
- The Accidental Tourist
- Dominick and Eugene
- Hellbound: Hellraiser II
- December 28
- The Boost
- December 2
References
Resources
- Wikipedia, 1988 in film