Movies in 1988

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
• 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
• 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

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
• 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
• 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

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
• 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
• 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

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
• 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
• 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

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