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The following is an overview of events in 1988 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Rain Man was awarded the Academy Award for Best Picture, marking one of the few instances where the top-grossing film of the year was also the winner of such an Oscar award that year.
Highest-grossing films[edit]
The top 10 films released in 1988 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rain Man | MGM | $354,825,435 |
| 2 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Disney | $329,803,958 |
| 3 | Coming to America | Paramount | $288,752,301 |
| 4 | Crocodile Dundee II | $239,606,210 | |
| 5 | Twins | Universal | $216,614,388 |
| 6 | Rambo III | TriStar / Carolco | $189,015,611 |
| 7 | A Fish Called Wanda | MGM | $177,889,000[2][3] |
| 8 | Cocktail | Disney | $171,504,781 |
| 9 | Big | Fox | $151,668,774 |
| 10 | Die Hard | $140,767,956 |
Events[edit]
- October 10 – Batman officially commences filming at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire.
Awards[edit]
| Category/Organization | 46th Golden Globe Awards January 28, 1989 | 42nd BAFTA Awards March 19, 1989 | 61st Academy Awards March 29, 1989 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | Musical or Comedy | |||
| Best Film | Rain Man | Working Girl | The Last Emperor | Rain Man |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood Bird | Louis Malle Au revoir les enfants | Barry Levinson Rain Man | |
| Best Actor | Dustin Hoffman Rain Man | Tom Hanks Big | John Cleese A Fish Called Wanda | Dustin Hoffman Rain Man |
| Best Actress | Jodie Foster The Accused Shirley MacLaine Madame Sousatzka Sigourney Weaver Gorillas in the Mist | Melanie Griffith Working Girl | Maggie Smith The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Jodie Foster The Accused |
| Best Supporting Actor | Martin Landau Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Michael Palin A Fish Called Wanda | Kevin Kline A Fish Called Wanda | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Sigourney Weaver Working Girl | Judi Dench A Handful of Dust | Geena Davis The Accidental Tourist | |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal Running on Empty | Jean-Claude Carriere and Philip Kaufman The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Christopher Hampton Dangerous Liaisons | |
| Best Screenplay, Original | A World Apart Shawn Slovo | Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow Rain Man | ||
| Best Original Score | Maurice Jarre Gorillas in the Mist | John Williams Empire of the Sun | Dave Grusin The Milagro Beanfield War | |
| Best Original Song | "Two Hearts" Buster "Let the River Run" Working Girl | N/A | "Let the River Run" Working Girl | |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Pelle the Conqueror | Babette's Feast | Pelle the Conqueror | |
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 International Film Festival)
- Red Sorghum (Hong gao liang), directed by Zhang Yimou, China
1988 Wide-release films[edit]
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January–March[edit]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J A N U A R Y | 8 | Cop | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | James B. Harris (director/screenplay); James Woods, Lesley Ann Warren, Charles Durning, Charles Haid, Raymond J. Barry, Randi Brooks, Steven Lambert, Christopher Wynne, Jan McGill, Vicki Wauchope, Melinda Lynch, John Petievich, Dennis Stewart, Annie McEnroe | Crime, Thriller | Live action |
| 15 | The Couch Trip | Orion Pictures | Michael Ritchie (director); Steven Kampmann, William Porter, Sean Stein, Walter Bernstein (screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Donna Dixon, Richard Romanus, Mary Gross, David Clennon, Scott Thomson, David Wohl, Arye Gross, Victoria Jackson, Chevy Chase | Comedy | Live action | |
| For Keeps | TriStar Pictures | John G. Avildsen (director); Denise DeClue, Tim Kazurinsky (screenplay); Molly Ringwald, Randall Batinkoff, Kenneth Mars, Miriam Flynn, Conchata Ferrell, Sharon Brown, John Zarchen, Pauly Shore, Michelle Downey, Patricia Barry, Janet MacLachlan, Jaclyn Bernstein, Matthew Licht, Renee Estevez, Darcy DeMoss | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| 22 | The Telephone | New World Pictures | Rip Torn (director); Terry Southern, Harry Nilsson (screenplay); Whoopi Goldberg, Severn Darden, Elliott Gould, John Heard, Amy Wright | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| Braddock: Missing in Action III | Cannon Films | Aaron Norris (director); James Bruner, Chuck Norris (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Aki Aleong, Keith David, Yehuda Efroni, Roland Harrah III, Miki Kim | Action, Adventure | Live action | ||
| 29 | Biggles: Adventures in Time | UIP | John Hough (director); John Groves, Kent Walwin (screenplay); Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, Fiona Hutchison, Peter Cushing, Marcus Gilbert, William Hootkins, Alan Polonsky, Francesca Gonshaw, Michael Siberry, James Saxon, Daniel Flynn | Sci-Fi, Adventure | Live action | |
| F E B R U A R Y | 5 | She's Having a Baby | Paramount Pictures / Hughes Entertainment | John Hughes (director/screenplay); Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin, William Windom, Holland Taylor, Cathryn Damon, John Ashton, James Ray, Bill Irwin, Paul Gleason, Dennis Dugan, Larry Hankin, Edie McClurg, Nancy Lenehan, Michael Keaton, Woody Harrelson, Matthew Broderick | Romance, Comedy | Live action |
| The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Orion Pictures | Philip Kaufman (director/screenplay); Jean-Claude Carrière (screenplay); Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint, Erland Josephson, Pavel Landovský, Donald Moffat, Tomek Bork, Daniel Olbrychski, Stellan Skarsgård, Anne Lonnberg | Drama, Romance | Live action | ||
| 12 | Action Jackson | Lorimar Film Entertainment | Craig R. Baxley (director); Robert Reneau (screenplay); Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone, Bill Duke, Robert Davi, Jack Thibeau, Armelia McQueen, Stan Foster, Roger Aaron Brown, Thomas F. Wilson, Edgar Small, Chino 'Fats' Williams, Prince A. Hughes, Frank McCarthy, De'Voreaux White, Dennis Hayden, David Glen Eisley, Bob Minor, David Effron, Brian Libby, Nicholas Worth, Branscombe Richmond, Miguel Nunez, Charles Meshack, Al Leong, Ed O'Ross, Mary Ellen Trainor, Jim Haynie, Ivor Barry, Michael McManus, Sonny Landham | Action | Live action | |
| Shoot to Kill | Touchstone Pictures | Roger Spottiswoode (director); Harv Zimmel, Michael Burton, Daniel Petrie, Jr. (screenplay); Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Kirstie Alley, Andrew Robinson, Clancy Brown, Richard Masur, William S. Taylor, Frederick Coffin, Ken Camroux, Fred Henderson, Samuel Hiona, Les Lannom, Robert Lesser, Michael MacRae, Walter Marsh, Janet Rotblatt, Kevin Scannell, Frank C. Turner | Adventure, Crime, Thriller | Live action | ||
| 20 | Baja Oklahoma | HBO Pictures / Rastar Productions / Warner Bros. Television Distribution | Bobby Roth (director/screenplay); Dan Jenkins (screenplay); Lesley Ann Warren, Peter Coyote, Swoosie Kurtz, Julia Roberts, Billy Vera, Anthony Zerbe, William Forsythe, Willie Nelson, Bruce Abbott, Carmen Argenziano, Paul Bartel, Jordan Charney, Carole Davis, Emmylou Harris, John M. Jackson, Alice Krige, John Mayall, Rob Nilsson, Walter Olkewicz, Cyril O'Reilly | Comedy, Drama, Music | Live action | |
| 26 | Alien from L.A. | The Cannon Group / Golan-Globus Productions | Albert Pyun (director/screenplay); Regina Davis, Debra Ricci (screenplay); Kathy Ireland, William R. Moses, Richard Haines, Don Michael Paul, Thom Mathews, Linda Kerridge, Deep Roy, Janie Du Plessis, Simon Poland, Kristen Trucksess, Lochner De Kock | Sci-Fi | Live action | |
| Bloodsport | Warner Bros. | Newt Arnold (director); Christopher Cosby, Mel Friedman, Sheldon Lettich (screenplay); Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Norman Burton, Roy Chiao, Forest Whitaker, Bolo Yeung, Ken Siu, Michel Qissi, Philip Chan | Martial Arts | Live action | ||
| Frantic | Warner Bros. | Roman Polanski (director/screenplay); Gerard Brach, Robert Towne (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, John Mahoney, Emmanuelle Seigner, Gerard Klein, Jacques Ciron, Dominique Pinon, Yves Rénier, Robert M. Ground, Jimmie Ray Weeks, Thomas M. Pollard, Marcel Bluwal, Patrick Floersheim, Yorgo Voyagis, David Huddleston, Alexandra Stewart, Artus de Penguern, Roman Polanski | Mystery. Thriller | Live action | ||
| Hairspray | New Line Cinema | John Waters (director/screenplay); Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry, Ricki Lake, Jerry Stiller, Ric Ocasek, Pia Zadora, Leslie Ann Powers, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Michael St. Gerard, Clayton Prince, Cyrkle Milbourne, Shawn Thompson, Mink Stole, Joann Havrilla, Doug Roberts, Alan J. Wendi, Toussaint McCall, John Waters, Josh Charles, Jason Downs, Holter Graham | Comedy | Live action | ||
| A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon | 20th Century Fox / Island Pictures | William Richert (director/screenplay); River Phoenix, Ann Magnuson, Meredith Salenger, Ione Skye, Louanne, Matthew L. Perry, Paul Koslo, Jane Hallaren, Jason Court, James Deuter, Alison Goldfrapp, Johnny Galecki, Alan Goldsher, William Richert, Marji Banks, Margaret Moore, Kamie Harper | Coming-of-Age, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Live action | ||
| M A R C H | 4 | And God Created Woman | Vestron Pictures | Roger Vadim (director); R.J. Stewart (screenplay); Rebecca De Mornay, Vincent Spano, Frank Langella, Donovan Leitch, Judith Chapman, Jamie McEnnan, Benjamin Mouton, Dave Shelley, Einstein Brown, David Lopez, Thelma Houston | Drama | Live action |
| Moving | Warner Bros. | Alan Metter (director); Andy Breckman (screenplay); Richard Pryor, Beverly Todd, Dave Thomas, Dana Carvey, Randy Quaid, Stacey Dash, Gordon Jump, King Kong Bundy, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Robert LaSardo, Morris Day, Rodney Dangerfield | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Prison | Empire Pictures | Renny Harlin (director); Irwin Yablans, C. Courtney Joyner (screenplay); Lane Smith, Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field, Lincoln Kilpatrick, André De Shields, Arlen Dean Snyder, Hal Landon Jr., Matt Kanen, Tom Everett, Ivan Kane, Tommy Lister, Stephen Little, Mickey Yablans, Larry "Flash" Jenkins, Kane Hodder | Horror | Live action | ||
| Switching Channels | TriStar Pictures | Ted Kotcheff (director); Jonathan Reynolds (screenplay); Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson, George Newbern, Al Waxman, Ken James, Barry Flatman, Anthony Sherwood, Joe Silver, Tony Rosato, Jackie Richardson, Philip Akin, Laura Robinson, Fiona Reid, Jack Duffy, Charles Kimbrough | Comedy | Live action | ||
| 11 | Masquerade | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Bob Swaim (director); Dick Wolf (screenplay); Rob Lowe, Meg Tilly, Kim Cattrall, Doug Savant, John Glover, Dana Delany, Bernie McInerney, Maeve McGuire, Boz Scaggs, Dick Wolf, Erik Holland, Brian Davies, Barton Heyman, Bill Lopatto, Pirie MacDonald, Ira Wheeler, Timothy Langfield, Karen McLaughlin, Nada Rowand, Edwin Bordo, Bruce Tuthill, James Caulfield, Henry Ravelo | Romance, Mystery, Thriller | Live action | |
| Off Limits | 20th Century Fox | Christopher Crowe (director/screenplay); Jack Thibeau (screenplay); Willem Dafoe, Gregory Hines, Fred Ward, Amanda Pays, Scott Glenn, Lim Kay Tong, David Alan Grier, Keith David, Raymond O'Connor, Richard Brooks, Thuy Ann Luu, Richard Lee Reed, Woody Brown | Action, Thriller | Live action | ||
| Pulse | Columbia Pictures | Paul Golding (director/screenplay); Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart, Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence, Charles Tyner, Dennis Redfield, Robert Romanus, Myron Healey, Michael Rider, Jean Sincere, Terry Beaver, Greg Norberg, Tim Russ | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action | ||
| Stand and Deliver | Warner Bros. | Ramón Menéndez (director/screenplay); Tom Musca (screenplay); Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy García, Ingrid Oliu, Carmen Argenziano, Vanessa Marquez, Lydia Nicole, James Victor, Estelle Harris, Virginia Paris, Will Gotay | Drama | Live action | ||
| 18 | D.O.A. | Touchstone Pictures | Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton (directors); Charles Edward Pogue (screenplay); Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Daniel Stern, Charlotte Rampling, Jane Kaczmarek, Christopher Neame, Robin Johnson, Robert Knepper, Brion James, Jack Kehoe, Jay Patterson | Crime, Thriller | Live action | |
| Little Nikita | Columbia Pictures | Richard Benjamin (director); Bo Goldman, John Hill (screenplay); Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Richard Jenkins, Caroline Kava, Richard Bradford, Richard Lynch, Loretta Devine, Lucy Deakins, Jerry Hardin, Ronald Guttman, Jacob Vargas, Brooke Theiss, Albert Fortell, Robert Madrid | Neo-Noir, Thriller | Live action | ||
| The Milagro Beanfield War | Universal Pictures | Robert Redford (director); John Nichols, David S. Ward (screenplay); Rubén Blades, Richard Bradford, Sônia Braga, Julie Carmen, James Gammon, Melanie Griffith, John Heard, Carlos Riquelme, Daniel Stern, Christopher Walken, Chick Vennera, Freddy Fender, Tony Genaro, Jerry Hardin | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach | Warner Bros. | Alan Myerson (director); Stephen Curwick (screenplay); Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook, Marion Ramsey, Janet Jones, Lance Kinsey, Matt McCoy, G. W. Bailey, George Gaynes, Tab Thacker, George R. Robertson, René Auberjonois, Archie Hahn, James Hampton, Ed Kovens, Scott Weinger, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Joe Del Campo, Jerry O'Connell, Paul Maslansky, Graham Smith | Action, Adventure | Live action | ||
| Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw | TriStar Pictures / Carolco Pictures | Pierre DeCelles (director); Jim Carlson, Terrence McDonnell (screenplay); Brennan Howard, B.J. Ward, Nancy Cartwright, Tony Longo, Ruth Buzzi, Hal Rayle, Cathy Cavadini, Greg Berg, Susan Silo, Frank Welker, Ashley Hall, Mark Vieha, George Rose, Wayne Scherzer, Janice Kawaye, Joey Dedio, James Swodec | Adventure | Animation | ||
| Stars and Bars | Columbia Pictures | Pat O'Connor (director); William Boyd (screenplay); Daniel Day-Lewis, Harry Dean Stanton, Maury Chaykin, Joan Cusack, Keith David, Spalding Gray, Glenne Headly, Laurie Metcalf, Deirdre O'Connell, Will Patton, Martha Plimpton, Steven Wright | Comedy | Live action | ||
| 25 | Biloxi Blues | Universal Pictures / Rastar | Mike Nichols (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Michael Dolan, Markus Flanagan, Matt Mulhern, Corey Parker, Casey Siemaszko, Penelope Ann Miller, Park Overall | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| Johnny Be Good | Orion Pictures | Bud S. Smith (director); Steve Zacharias, Jeff Buhai, David Obst (screenplay); Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Gleason, Uma Thurman, Steve James, Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Tilly, Deborah May, Robert Downey Sr. | Comedy | Live action | ||
| A New Life | Paramount Pictures | Alan Alda (director/screenplay); Alan Alda, Ann-Margret, Hal Linden, John Shea, Veronica Hamel, Mary Kay Place, Beatrice Alda, David Eisner, Victoria Snow, Alec Mapa, Malcolm Stewart, Barry Flatman, Cynthia Belliveau, Michael Kirby, Celia Weston, Paul Hecht, Bill Irwin, Fiona Reid, Jackie Samuda, Deborah Theaker, John Kozak, Tim Koetting, Michelle Duquet, Laura Dickson | Romance, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 26 | The Tracker | HBO Pictures / ITC Entertainment | John Guillermin (director); Kevin Jarre (screenplay); Kris Kristofferson, Scott Wilson, Mark Moses, David Huddleston, John Quade, Don Swayze, Geoffrey Blake, Leon Rippy, Ernie Lively, Karen Kopins, Jeff Celentano, Brynn Thayer, Lois Geary, Celia Xavier, Jennifer Snyder, Jose Rey Toledo, Forrest Broadley, Jake Dengel, Stephen Parks | Western | Live action | |
| 30 | Beetlejuice | Warner Bros. | Tim Burton (director); Michael McDowell, Warren Skaaren (screenplay); Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder, Sylvia Sidney, Robert Goulet, Dick Cavett, Glenn Shadix, Annie McEnroe, Maurice Page, Hugo Stanger, Rachel Mittleman, Patrice Martinez, Carmen Filpi, Susan Kellermann, Adelle Lutz, Duane Davis, Maree Cheatham, Tony Cox, Jack Angel, Judi M. Durand | Comedy, Fantasy | Live action | |
April–June[edit]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A P R I L | 1 | Bright Lights, Big City | United Artists | James Bridges (director); Jay McInerney (screenplay); Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Dianne Wiest, Swoosie Kurtz, Frances Sternhagen, Tracy Pollan, John Houseman, Charlie Schlatter, David Warrilow, Alec Mapa, William Hickey, Gina Belafonte, Sam Robards, Jessica Lundy, Annabelle Gurwitch, Maria Pitillo, David Hyde Pierce, Peg Murray, Jason Robards | Drama | Live action |
| The Seventh Sign | TriStar Pictures | Carl Schultz (director); Clifford Green, Ellen Green (screenplay); Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Peter Friedman, Jürgen Prochnow, Manny Jacobs, John Taylor | Drama, Horror | Live action | ||
| 8 | 18 Again! | New World Pictures | Paul Flaherty (director); Josh Goldstein, Jonathan Prince (screenplay); George Burns, Charlie Schlatter, Tony Roberts, Anita Morris, Red Buttons, Miriam Flynn, Pauly Shore, Jennifer Runyon | Fantasy, Comedy | Live action | |
| Above the Law | Warner Bros. | Andrew Davis (director/screenplay); Steven Pressfield, Ronald Shusett (screenplay); Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Sharon Stone, Daniel Faraldo, Henry Silva, Ron Dean, Daniel Faraldo, Miguel Nino, Nicholas Kusenko, Joe V. Greco, Chelcie Ross, Gregory Alan Williams, Jack Wallace, Metta Davis, Joseph Kosala | Action | Live action | ||
| Bad Dreams | 20th Century Fox | Andrew Fleming (director/screenplay); Steven E. de Souza (screenplay); Jennifer Rubin, Bruce Abbott, Richard Lynch, Dean Cameron, Harris Yulin, Susan Barnes, John Scott Clough, E.G. Daily, Damita Jo Freeman, Louis Giambalvo, Susan Ruttan, Sy Richardson, Missy Francis, Sheila Scott-Wilkenson, Ben Kronen | Horror | Live action | ||
| 15 | Appointment with Death | Cannon Film Distributors | Michael Winner (director/screenplay); Anthony Shaffer, Peter Buckman (screenplay); Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud, Piper Laurie, Hayley Mills, Jenny Seagrove, David Soul, Nicholas Guest, Valerie Richards, John Terlesky, Amber Bezer, Douglas Sheldon, Mike Sarne, Michael Craig | Mystery | Live action | |
| Brain Damage | Palisades Entertainment | Frank Henenlotter (director/screenplay); Rick Hearst, John Zacherle, Jennifer Lowry, Theo Barnes, Lucille Saint Peter, Kevin Van Hentenryck, Gordon MacDonald | Comedy, Horror | Live action | ||
| Colors | Orion Pictures | Dennis Hopper (director); Richard Di Lello, Michael Schiffer (screenplay); Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, María Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks, Don Cheadle, Glenn Plummer, Trinidad Silva, Grand L. Bush, Damon Wayans, Leon Robinson, Romeo De Lan, Gerardo Meija, Mario Lopez, Karla Montana, Sy Richardson, Courtney Gains, Sherman Augustus, Rudy Ramos, Lawrence Cook, R.D. Call, Clark Johnson, Jack Nance, David Raynr | Action, Crime | Live action | ||
| The Moderns | Nelson Entertainment | Alan Rudolph (director/screenplay); Jon Bradshaw (screenplay); Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, Geneviève Bujold, Geraldine Chaplin, Wallace Shawn, Kevin J. O'Connor, John Lone | Drama, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Plain Clothes | Paramount Pictures | Martha Coolidge (director); Scott Frank (screenplay); Arliss Howard, Suzy Amis, Seymour Cassel, Diane Ladd, Robert Stack, Abe Vigoda, George Wendt, Larry Pine, Alexandra Powers, Peter Dobson, Harry Shearer, Loren Dean, Reginald VelJohnson, Max Perlich | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Return to Snowy River | Walt Disney Pictures | Geoff Burrowes (director); John Dixon (screenplay); Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Brian Dennehy, Nicholas Eadie, Bryan Marshall, Mark Hembrow, Rhys McConnochie, Peter Cummins, Cornelia Frances, Tony Barry, Wynn Roberts, Alec Wilson, Peter Browne, Alan Hopgood, Mark Pennell | Drama | Live action | ||
| Zelly and Me | Columbia Pictures | Tina Rathborne (director/screenplay); Isabella Rossellini, Glynis Johns, Kaiulani Lee, David Lynch, Joe Morton, Alexandra Johnes | Drama | Live action | ||
| 22 | The Blue Iguana | Paramount Pictures | John Lafia (director/screenplay); Dylan McDermott, Jessica Harper, James Russo, Pamela Gidley, Flea, Tovah Feldshuh, Dean Stockwell, John Durbin, Don Pedro Colley, Yano Anaya, Michele Seipp, Katia Schkolnik, Eliett, Pedro Altamirano, Benny Corral | Crime | Live action | |
| Casual Sex? | Universal Pictures | Geneviève Robert (director); Wendy Goldman, Judy Toll (screenplay); Lea Thompson, Victoria Jackson, Stephen Shellen, Jerry Levine, Mary Gross, Andrew Dice Clay, Bruce Abbott, Valerie Breiman, Peter Dvorsky, David Sergeant, Cynthia Phillips, Don Woodard, Danny Breen, Susan Ann Connor | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Lady in White | New Century Vista Film Company | Frank LaLoggia (director/screenplay): Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Alex Rocco, Katherine Helmond, Jason Presson, Jared Rushton, Henry Harris, Renata Vanni, Angelo Bertolini, Joelle Jacobi, Gregory Levinson, Karen Powell | Mystery, Horror | Live action | ||
| Return of the Killer Tomatoes | New World Pictures | John De Bello (director/screenplay); Costa Dillon, J. Stephen Peace (screenplay); Anthony Starke, George Clooney, Karen Mistal, Steve Lundquist, John Astin, J. Stephen Peace, Michael Villani, Frank Davis, Harvey Weber, Charlie Jones, John De Bello, Ian Hutton, Rick Rockwell | Comedy, Horror | Live action | ||
| Two Moon Junction | Lorimar Film Entertainment / The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Zalman King (director/screenplay); Sherilyn Fenn, Richard Tyson, Louise Fletcher, Burl Ives, Kristy McNichol, Martin Hewitt, Juanita Moore, Don Galloway, Millie Perkins, Milla Jovovich, Kerry Remsen, Herve Villechaize, Dabbs Greer | Erotic, Thriller, Romance | Live action | ||
| The Unholy | Vestron Pictures | Camilo Vila (director); Philip Yordan, Fernando Fonseca (screenplay); Ben Cross, Ned Beatty, William Russ, Jill Carroll, Hal Holbrook, Trevor Howard, Claudia Robinson, Nicole Fortier, Peter Frechette, Earleen Carey, Lari White | Horror | Live action | ||
| 29 | Critters 2: The Main Course | New Line Cinema | Mick Garris (director/screenplay); David Twohy (screenplay); Scott Grimes, Liane Curtis, Don Opper, Barry Corbin, Terrence Mann, Tom Hodges, Roxanne Kernohan, Douglas Rowe, Lindsay Parker, Herta Ware, Lin Shaye, Sam Anderson, Eddie Deezen | Sci-Fi, Comedy, Horror | Live action | |
| Powaqqatsi | The Cannon Group | Godfrey Reggio (director) | Documentary | Live action | ||
| Sunset | TriStar Pictures | Blake Edwards (director/screenplay); Bruce Willis, James Garner, Mariel Hemingway, Kathleen Quinlan, Jennifer Edwards, Malcolm McDowell, Patricia Hodge, Richard Bradford, M. Emmet Walsh, Joe Dallesandro, Andreas Katsulas, Dann Florek, Michael C. Gwynne, Dermot Mulroney, Peter Jason, Bill Marcus, Jeffrey Briar, Bevis Faversham, John Fountain | Mystery, Action | Live action | ||
| M A Y | 4 | The House on Carroll Street | Orion Pictures | Peter Yates (director); Walter Bernstein (screenplay); Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin, Jessica Tandy, Jonathan Hogan, Remak Ramsay, Ken Welsh, Christopher Buchholz | Thriller | Live action |
| 6 | Dead Heat | New World Pictures | Mark Goldblatt (director); Terry Black (screenplay); Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Darren McGavin, Lindsay Frost, Vincent Price, Clare Kirkconnell, Keye Luke, Robert Picardo, Mel Stewart, Professor Toru Tanaka, Martha Quinn, Shane Black, Beth Toussaint | Action, Comedy, Horror | Live action | |
| Jack's Back | Palisades Entertainment | Rowdy Herrington (director/screenplay); James Spader, Cynthia Gibb, Jim Haynie, Robert Picardo, Rod Loomis, Rex Ryon, Chris Mulkey, Mario Machado, Danitza Kingsley | Crime, Horror | Live action | ||
| Salsa | The Cannon Group, Inc. / A Golan-Globus Production | Boaz Davidson (director/screenplay); Tomas Benitez, Shepard Goldman (screenplay); Robby Rosa, Rodney Harvey, Miranda Garrison, Angela Alvarado, Valente Rodriquez, Renee Victor, Bobby Caldwell, Chain Reaction, Willie Colon, Celia Cruz, Mavis Vegas Davis, Marisela Esqueda, Grupo Latino, La Dimencion, Mongo Santamaria, Kenny Ortega, Tito Puente, Michael Sembello, German Wilkins Velez, The Edwin Hawkins Singers | Romance | Live action | ||
| Shakedown | Universal Pictures | James Glickenhaus (director/screenplay); Peter Weller, Sam Elliott, Patricia Charbonneau, Jude Ciccolella, Antonio Fargas, Blanche Baker, Richard Brooks, John C. McGinley, Thomas G. Waites, Tom Mardirosian, Anthony Crivello | Crime, Drama, Action | Live action | ||
| 13 | Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood | Paramount Pictures | John Carl Buechler (director); Manuel Fidello, Daryl Haney (screenplay); Lar Park Lincoln, Terry Kiser, Kevin Blair, Kane Hodder, Walt Gorney, Susan Sullivan, Susan Blu, Elizabeth Kaitan, Jon Renfield, Diana Barrows, Heidi Kozak, Jeff Bennett, Larry Cox, Diane Almeida, Craig Thomas, William Butler, Staci Greason, John Otrin, Jennifer Banko | Horror, Slasher | Live action | |
| Maniac Cop | Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment | William Lustig (director); Larry Cohen (screenplay); Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree, William Smith, Robert Z'Dar, Sheree North, Nina Arvesen, Victoria Catlin, Ken Lerner, William Lustig, Sam Raimi, Jake LaMotta | Action, Slasher | Live action | ||
| The Nest | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Terence H. Winkless (director); Robert King (screenplay); Robert Lansing, Lisa Langlois, Franc Luz, Terri Treas, Diana Bellamy, Stephen Davies | Horror | Live action | ||
| Not of This Earth | Concorde Pictures | Jim Wynorski (director/screenplay); R.J. Robertson (screenplay); Traci Lords, Arthur Roberts, Lenny Juliano, Rebecca Perle | Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 20 | Aria | Miramax Films / Lightyear Entertainment / Virgin Films | Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge, Julien Temple (directors/screenplay); Jean-Luc Godard (director); Don Boyd, Louis de Cahusac, Philippe Quinault (screenplay); Theresa Russell, Buck Henry, Beverly D'Angelo, John Hurt, Anita Morris, Bridget Fonda, Valérie Allain, Elizabeth Hurley, Peter Birch, Julie Hagerty, Geneviève Page, Sandrine Dumas, Linzi Drew, Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh, Sophie Ward, John Hostetter, Albie Selznick, Andreas Wisniewski, Anne Canovas, Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu, Stephanie Lane, Nicola Swain, Jackson Kyle, Marianne McLaughlin, Marion Peterson, Garry Kasper, Chris Campion, James Mathers, Amy Johnson, Stan Mazin | Anthology | Live action | |
| Call Me | Vestron Pictures | Sollace Mitchell (director/screenplay); Karyn Kay (screenplay); Patricia Charbonneau, Stephen McHattie, Boyd Gaines, Sam Freed, Steve Buscemi, Patti D'Arbanville, David Strathairn, Olek Krupa | Drama, Thriller | Live action | ||
| Willow | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Lucasfilm | Ron Howard (director); Bob Dolman (screenplay); Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, Patricia Hayes, Billy Barty, Pat Roach, Gavan O'Herlihy, Maria Holvoe, Kevin Pollak, Rick Overton, David J. Steinberg, Mark Northover, Phil Fondacaro, Julie Peters, Malcolm Dixon, Tony Cox | Fantasy | Live action | ||
| 25 | Crocodile Dundee II | Paramount Pictures | John Cornell (director); Paul Hogan, Brett Hogan (screenplay); Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, Hechter Ubarry, Juan Fernandez, Charles S. Dutton, Kenneth Welsh, Stephen Root, Dennis Boutsikaris, Ernie Dingo, Steve Rackman, Gerry Skilton, Gus Mercurio, Susie Essman, Colin Quinn, Luis Guzman, Alec Wilson, Jim Holt, Bill Sandy, Alfred Coolwell, Tatyana Ali | Action, Comedy | Live action | |
| Rambo III | TriStar Pictures / Carolco Pictures | Peter MacDonald (director); Sylvester Stallone, Sheldon Lettich (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Kurtwood Smith, Marc de Jonge, Sasson Gabai, Doudi Shoua, Spiros Focas, Randy Raney, Marcus Gilbert, Alon Abutbul, Mahmoud Assadollahi, Yosef Shiloah, Shaby Ben-Aroya | Action, Adventure | Live action | ||
| 27 | Killer Klowns from Outer Space | Trans World Entertainment | Stephen Chiodo (director/screenplay); Charles Chiodo (screenplay); Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, John Vernon, Royal Dano, Michael S. Siegel, Peter Licassi, Charles Chiodo, Christopher Titus | Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy | Live action | |
| 28 | Clinton and Nadine | HBO Pictures / ITC Entertainment | Jerry Schatzberg (director); Robert Foster (screenplay); Andy García, Ellen Barkin, Morgan Freeman, John C. McGinley, Michael Lombard, Brad Sullivan, Alan North, Bill Raymond, Mario Ernesto Sánchez, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Helen Hanft, Nancy Giles, Helen Davies, Anthony Correa, Jay Amor, Carlos Cestero, Pedro De Pool | Action, Crime, Thriller | Live action | |
| J U N E | 3 | Big | 20th Century Fox | Penny Marshall (director); Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton, Jon Lovitz, Mercedes Ruehl, Josh Clark, Debra Jo Rupp, David Moscow | Fantasy, Comedy | Live action |
| Funny Farm | Warner Bros. | George Roy Hill (director); Jeffrey Boam (screenplay); Chevy Chase, Madolyn Smith, Joseph Maher, Jack Gilpin, Brad Sullivan, MacIntyre Dixon, Kevin O'Morrison, Mike Starr, Alice Drummond, Glenn Plummer, Bill Fagerbakke, Nicholas Wyman, William Newman, Kevin Conway, Caris Corfman | Comedy | Live action | ||
| 10 | Big Business | Touchstone Pictures | Jim Abrahams (director); Dori Pierson, Marc Reid Rubel (screenplay); Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward, Michael Gross, Edward Herrmann, Barry Primus, Michele Placido, Seth Green, Daniel Gerroll, John Hancock, Deborah Rush, Nicolas Coster, J.C. Quinn, Joe Grifasi, John Vickery, Mary Gross, Carmen Argenziano, Chick Hearn, Don Pierson, Marc Reid Rubel, Shirley Mitchell | Comedy | Live action | |
| Poltergeist III | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Gary Sherman (director/screenplay); Brian Taggert (screenplay); Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Heather O'Rourke, Zelda Rubinstein, Lara Flynn Boyle, Richard Fire, Nathan Davis, Kip Wentz | Horror | Live action | ||
| The Presidio | Paramount Pictures | Peter Hyams (director); Larry Ferguson (screenplay); Sean Connery, Mark Harmon, Meg Ryan, Jack Warden, Mark Blum, Dana Gladstone, Jenette Goldstein, Marvin J. McIntyre, Don Calfa, Robert Lesser, James Hooks Reynolds | Crime, Drama | Live action | ||
| Puss in Boots | The Cannon Group | Eugene Marner (director); Christopher Walken, Jason Connery, Carmela Marner, Yossi Graber, Amnon Meskin, Elki Jacobs, Michael Schneider | Musical, Fantasy, Adventure | Live action | ||
| 15 | Bull Durham | Orion Pictures | Ron Shelton (director/screenplay); Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson, Robert Wuhl, William O'Leary, Jenny Robertson, Danny Gans, Max Patkin | Romance, Comedy, Sports | Live action | |
| 17 | The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years | New Line Cinema | Penelope Spheeris (director); Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Poison, Aerosmith, Kiss, Motörhead, Megadeth, Faster Pussycat, Lizzy Borden, London, Odin | Documentary | Live action | |
| The Great Outdoors | Universal Pictures / Hughes Entertainment | Howard Deutch (director); John Hughes (screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening, Robert Prosky, Chris Young, Ian Giatti, Hillary and Rebecca Gordon, Lucy Deakins, Lewis Arquette, Bart the Bear | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Red Heat | TriStar Pictures / Carolco Pictures | Walter Hill (director/screenplay); Harry Kleiner, Troy Kennedy Martin (screenplays); Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross, Larry Fishburne, Gina Gershon, Richard Bright, Michael G. Hagerty, Brent Jennings, Oleg Vidov, Savely Kramarov, Gabor Koncz, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Kim Duk, Pruitt Taylor Vince | Action | Live action | ||
| Waxwork | Vestron Pictures | Anthony Hickox (director/screenplay); Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Michelle Johnson, Dana Ashbrook, Micah Grant, Eric Brown, Clare Carey, David Warner, Patrick Macnee, Mihaly "Michu" Meszaros, Jack David Warner, Charles McCaughan, J. Kenneth Campbell, Miles O'Keeffe, John Rhys-Davies, Jennifer Bassey, Edward Ashley | Horror, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 22 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Touchstone Pictures / Amblin Entertainment | Robert Zemeckis (director); Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman (screenplay); Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Fleischer, Stubby Kaye, Joanna Cassidy, Alan Tilvern, Richard Le Parmentier, Lou Hirsch, Betsy Brantley, Joel Silver, Paul Springer, Richard Ridings, Mike Edmonds, Morgan Deare, Ed Herlihy, Eugene Guirterrez, April Winchell, Mae Questel, Mel Blanc, Tony Anselmo, Joe Alaskey, David L. Lander, Fred Newman, June Foray, Russi Taylor, Richard Williams, Wayne Allwine, Pat Buttram, Jim Cummings, Frank Sinatra, Tony Pope, Cherry Davis, Jack Angel, Corey Burton, Nancy Cartwright, Sadie Corre, Bill Farmer, Clarence Nash, Kathleen Turner, Amy Irving, Frank Welker, Mary T. Radford, Les Perkins, Jim Gallant, Peter Westy, Mickie McGowan | Comedy | Live action/Animation | |
| 29 | Coming to America | Paramount Pictures | John Landis (director); David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein (screenplays); Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, Shari Headley, Paul Bates, Eriq La Salle, Frankie Faison, Vanessa Bell, Louie Anderson, Allison Dean, Sheila Johnson, Jake Steinfeld, Calvin Lockhart, Samuel L. Jackson, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Garcelle Beauvais, Victoria Dillard, Ruben Hudson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy | Romance, Comedy | Live action | |
July–September[edit]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J U L Y | 6 | License to Drive | 20th Century Fox / Davis Entertainment | Greg Beeman (director); Neil Torkin (screenplay); Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Carol Kane, Richard Masur, Heather Graham, Michael Manasseri, Parley Baer, Nina Siemaszko, James Avery, Grant Goodeve, Grant Heslov, Michael Ensign, Helen Hanft | Teen, Adventure | Live action |
| Short Circuit 2 | TriStar Pictures | Kenneth Johnson (director); Brent Maddock, S. S. Wilson (screenplay); Tim Blaney, Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Cynthia Gibb, Jack Weston, David Hemblen, Dee McCafferty, Don Lake, Gerry Parkes | Sci-Fi, Action | Live action | ||
| 8 | Arthur 2: On the Rocks | Warner Bros. | Bud Yorkin (director); Andy Breckman (screenplay); Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Kathy Bates, Paul Benedict, Stephen Elliott, Cynthia Sikes, Ted Ross, Jack Gilford, Ron Canada, Barney Martin | Comedy | Live action | |
| It Couldn't Happen Here | Liberty Films | Jack Bond (director/screenplay); Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, Joss Ackland, Neil Dickson, Gareth Hunt, Barbara Windsor | Musical | Live action | ||
| 13 | The Dead Pool | Warner Bros. | Buddy Van Horn (director); Steve Sharon (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Evan Kim, David Hunt, Michael Currie, Michael Goodwin, Jim Carrey, Anthony Charnota, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Louis Giambalvo, Diego Chairs, Charles Martinet, Patrick Van Horn, Shawn Elliott, Bill Wattenburg, Marc Alaimo, Justin Whalin, Harry Demopoulos | Action | Live action | |
| 15 | Bambi (re-release) | Walt Disney Pictures | David Hand, James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Graham Heid, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Norman Wright (director); Perce Pearce, Larry Morey, Vernon Stallings, Melvin Shaw, Carl Fallberg, Chuck Couch, Ralph Wright (screenplay); Donnie Dunagan, Hardie Albright, John Sutherland, Peter Behn, Tim Davis, Sam Edwards, Paula Winslowe, Stan Alexander, Tim Davis, Sterling Holloway, Will Wright, Cammie King, Ann Gillis, Fred Shields, Margaret Lee, Mary Lansing, Perce Pearce, Thelma Boardman | Adventure, Drama | Animation | |
| Die Hard | 20th Century Fox / Silver Pictures | John McTiernan (director); Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason, De'voreaux White, William Atherton, Clarence Gilyard, Hart Bochner, James Shigeta, Bruno Doyon, Andreas Wisniewski, Joey Plewa, Lorenzo Caccialanza, Gerard Bonn, Dennis Hayden, Al Leong, Gary Roberts, Hans Buhringer, Wilhelm von Homburg, Robert Davi, Grand L. Bush, Tracy Reiner, Taylor Fry, Noah Land | Action, Thriller | Live action | ||
| A Fish Called Wanda | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Charles Crichton (director); John Cleese (screenplay); John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Tom Georgeson, Maria Aitken, Cynthia Cleese, Patricia Hayes, Geoffrey Palmer, Roger Brierley, Llewellyn Rees, Stephen Fry, Al Ashton | Heist, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 20 | Midnight Run | Universal Pictures | Martin Brest (director); George Gallo (screenplay); Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Foronjy, Robert Miranda, Jack Kehoe, Wendy Phillips, Danielle DuClos, Philip Baker Hall, Tom McCleister, Fran Brill | Action, Comedy | Live action | |
| 22 | Big Top Pee-wee | Paramount Pictures | Randal Kleiser (director); Paul Reubens, George McGrath (screenplay); Paul Reubens, Kris Kristofferson, Susan Tyrrell, Valeria Golino, Penelope Ann Miller, Wayne White, Albert Henderson, Jack Murdock, David Byrd, Dustin Diamond, Frances Bay, Mary Jackson, Leo Gordon, Anne Seymour, Kenneth Tobey, Jay Robinson, Mihaly "Michu" Meszaros, Franco Columbu, Terrence Mann, Vance Colvig, Matthias Hues, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Peter Hall, Lynne Marie Stewart, Joey Arias | Comedy | Live action | |
| Caddyshack II | Warner Bros. | Allan Arkush (director); Harold Ramis, Peter Torokvei (screenplay); Jackie Mason, Robert Stack, Dyan Cannon, Dina Merrill, Jonathan Silverman, Brian McNamara, Marsha Warfield, Paul Bartel, Randy Quaid, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Jessica Lundy, Chynna Phillips, Anthony Mockus, Bibi Osterwald, Frank Welker, James Veeley | Sports, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Mr. North | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Danny Huston (director); John Huston, James Costigan (screenplay); Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum, Harry Dean Stanton, Anjelica Huston, Mary Stuart Masterson, Virginia Madsen, Tammy Grimes, David Warner, Lauren Bacall, Hunter Carson, Christopher Durang, Mark Metcalf, Katharine Houghton, Cleveland Amory, Christopher Lawford | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| 29 | Cocktail | Touchstone Pictures | Roger Donaldson (director); Heywood Gould (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes, Laurence Luckinbill, Kelly Lynch, Gina Gershon, Ron Dean, Ellen Foley | Romance, Drama | Live action | |
| Monkey Shines | Orion Pictures | George A. Romero (director/screenplay); Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten, Christine Forrest, Stephen Root, Stanley Tucci, Janine Turner, William Newman, Tudi Wiggins, Tom Quinn, Patricia Tallman, David Early, Frank Welker | Horror | Live action | ||
| The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking | Columbia Pictures | Ken Annakin (director/screenplay); Tami Erin, Eileen Brennan, Dennis Dugan, Dianne Hull, George DiCenzo, John Schuck, Dick Van Patten, David Seaman Jr., Cory Crow, Branscombe Richmond, Fay Masterson, Frank Welker, Michael Bell, Carole Kean, Clark Niederjohn, Michael Mendelson | Adventure, Children | Live action | ||
| A U G U S T | 5 | The Blob | TriStar Pictures | Chuck Russell (director/screenplay); Frank Darabont (screenplay); Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan Leitch, Jeffrey DeMunn, Candy Clark, Joe Seneca, Del Close, Paul McCrane, Robert Axelrod, Beau Billingslea, Michael Kenworthy, Douglas Emerson, Jamison Newlander, Art LaFleur, Billy Beck, Jack Nance, Bill Moseley, Erika Eleniak, Ricky Paull Goldin, Frank Collison, Jack Rader, Clayton Landey, Julie McCullough | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action |
| The Rescue | Touchstone Pictures | Ferdinand Fairfax (director); Jim Thomas, John Thomas (screenplay); Kevin Dillon, Marc Price, Ned Vaughn, Christine Harnos, Ian Giatti, Charles Haid, Edward Albert, Timothy Carhart, Michael Gates Phenicie, Mel Wong, James Cromwell | Drama, Action | Live action | ||
| Vibes | Columbia Pictures / Imagine Entertainment | Ken Kwapis (director); Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel (screenplay); Cyndi Lauper, Jeff Goldblum, Julian Sands, Googy Gress, Peter Falk, Ronald G. Joseph, Ramon Bieri, Michael Lerner, Elizabeth Peña, Rodney Kageyama, Van Dyke Parks, Joseph V. Perry, Park Overall, Max Perlich, John Kapelos, Don Bexley, Bill McCutcheon, Steve Buscemi | Romance, Adventure, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 10 | Clean and Sober | Warner Bros. / Imagine Entertainment | Glenn Gordon Caron (director); Tod Carroll (screenplay); Michael Keaton, Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman, M. Emmet Walsh, Luca Bercovici, Tate Donovan, Claudia Christian, Brian Benben, Henry Judd Baker, J. David Krassner, Dakin Matthews, Ben Piazza, Rachel Ryan | Drama | Live action | |
| 12 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Universal Pictures | Martin Scorsese (director); Paul Schrader (screenplay); Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Harry Dean Stanton, David Bowie, Steve Shill, Verna Bloom, Roberts Blossom, Barry Miller, Gary Basaraba, Irvin Kershner, Victor Argo, Paul Herman, John Lurie, Michael Been, Leo Burmester, Andre Gregory, Tomas Arana, Alan Rosenberg, Nehemiah Persoff, Peter Berling, Leo Marks | Epic, Drama | Live action | |
| Mac and Me | Orion Pictures | Stewart Raffill (director); Steve Feke, Stewart Raffill (screenplay); Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward, Jade Calegory, Katrina Caspary, Lauren Stanley, Barbara Allyne Bennet, Martin West, Ivan J. Rado, Danny Cooksey | Sci-Fi, Fantasy | Live action | ||
| Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Paramount Pictures | Francis Ford Coppola (director); Arnold Schulman, David Seidler (screenplay); Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Elias Koteas, Frederic Forrest, Christian Slater, Don Novello, Nina Siemaszko, Mako, Dean Stockwell, Anders Johnson, Corin Nemec, Marshall Bell, Jay O. Sanders, Peter Donat, Patti Austin, Sandy Bull, Scott Beach, Leonard Gardner, Jessie Nelson, Michael McShane | Biographical, Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| Young Guns | 20th Century Fox / Morgan Creek Productions | Christopher Cain (director); John Fusco (screenplay); Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko, Terence Stamp, Jack Palance, Terry O'Quinn, Sharon Thomas, Alice Carter, Geoffrey Blake, Brian Keith, Patrick Wayne | Western | Live action | ||
| 19 | The Big Blue | Columbia Pictures / Weintraub Entertainment Group / Gaumont | Luc Besson (director/screenplay); Robert Garland, Marilyn Goldin, Jacques Mayol, Marc Perrier (screenplay); Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Paul Shenar, Sergio Castellitto, Marc Duret, Griffin Dunne, Andréas Voutsinas, Valentina Vargas, Kimberly Beck, Luc Besson, Patrick Fontana, Alessandra Vazzoler, Geoffroy Carey, Bruce Guerre-Berthelot, Gregory Forstner, Claude Besson | Adventure, Drama, Sports | Live action | |
| Married to the Mob | Orion Pictures | Jonathan Demme (director); Barry Strugatz, Mark R. Burns (screenplay); Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruehl, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack, Ellen Foley, O-Lan Jones, Oliver Platt, Nancy Travis, Sister Carol, Tracey Walter, Chris Isaak, Obba Babatundé, Charles Napier, Paul Lazar, Frank Ferrera, Gary Howard Klar, Gary Goetzman, Jonathan Demme, Al Lewis, Ellie Cornell | Comedy | Live action | ||
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | New Line Cinema | Renny Harlin (director); Brian Helgeland, Ken Wheat, Jim Wheat (screenplay); Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Danny Hassel, Tuesday Knight, Ken Sagoes, Rodney Eastman, Andras Jones, Brooke Theiss, Toy Newkirk, Nicholas Mele, Brooke Bundy, Linnea Quigley | Slasher | Live action | ||
| 24 | Crossing Delancey | Warner Bros. | Joan Micklin Silver (director); Susan Sandler (screenplay); Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Reizl Bozyk, Jeroen Krabbé, Sylvia Miles, George Martin, John Bedford Lloyd, Claudia Silver, David Pierce, Rosemary Harris, Suzzy Roche, Amy Wright, Faye Grant, Deborah Offner, Kathleen Wilhoite, Reg E. Cathey, Susan Blommaert, Dolores Sutton, Michael Ornstein, Susan Sandler | Romance, Comedy | Live action | |
| 26 | Betrayed | United Artists | Costa-Gavras (director); Joe Eszterhas (screenplay); Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, Betsy Blair, John Mahoney, Ted Levine, Jeffrey DeMunn, Albert Hall, David Clennon, Richard Libertini, Ralph Foody | Drama, Thriller | Live action | |
| Hero and the Terror | Cannon Films | William Tannen (director); Michael Blodgett (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Brynn Thayer, Steve James, Jack O'Halloran, Jeffrey Kramer, Ron O'Neal, Murphy Dunne, Heather Blodgett, Tony DiBenedetto, Billy Drago, Joe Guzaldo, Peter Miller, Karen Witter | Action | Live action | ||
| Hot to Trot | Warner Bros. | Michael Dinner (director); Hugo Gilbert, Stephen Neigher, Charlie Peters, Andy Breckman (screenplay); Bobcat Goldthwait, Dabney Coleman, Virginia Madsen, Cindy Pickett, Jim Metzler, Tim Kazurinsky, Barbara Whinnery, Mary Gross, Liz Torres, Burgess Meredith, John Candy | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Stealing Home | Warner Bros. | Steven Kampmann, William Porter (directors/screenplay); Mark Harmon, Jodie Foster, Harold Ramis, Jonathan Silverman, Blair Brown, Richard Jenkins, John Shea, Christine Jones, Ted Ross, Helen Hunt, Beth Broderick, William McNamara, Thacher Goodwin | Coming of age, Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
| S E P T E M B E R | 2 | The Deceivers | Cinecom Pictures | Nicholas Meyer (director); Michael Hirst (screenplay); Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey, Shashi Kapoor, Shanmukha Srinivas, Helena Michell, Keith Michell, David Robb, Tariq Yunus, Jalal Agha, Gary Cady, Salim Ghouse, Neena Gupta, Nayeem Hafizka, Bijoya Jena, H.N. Kalia, Rajesh Vivek, Kammo | Adventure | Live action |
| Eight Men Out | Orion Pictures | John Sayles (director/screenplay); John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn, D.B. Sweeney, John Mahoney, Michael Rooker, Don Harvey, James Read, Perry Lang, Gordon Clapp, Jace Alexander, Bill Irwin, Richard Edson, Kevin Tighe, Michael Mantell, John Anderson, Studs Terkel, John Sayles, Barbara Garrick, Maggie Renzi, Nancy Travis | Sports, Drama | Live action | ||
| 9 | Moon over Parador | Universal Pictures | Paul Mazursky (director/screenplay); Leon Capetanos (screenplay); Richard Dreyfuss, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga, Jonathan Winters, Fernando Rey, Dana Delany, Michael Greene, Polly Holliday, Milton Gonçalves, Charo, Marianne Sägebrecht, Sammy Davis Jr., Ike Pappas, Edward Asner, Lorin Dreyfuss, Reinhard Kolldehoff | Romance, Comedy | Live action | |
| Running on Empty | Warner Bros. / Lorimar Motion Pictures | Sidney Lumet (director); Naomi Foner (screenplay); Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch, River Phoenix, Martha Plimpton, Jonas Abry, L. M. Kit Carson, Steven Hill, Augusta Dabney | Drama | Live action | ||
| 15 | War Party | Hemdale Film Corporation | Franc Roddam (director); Spencer Eastman (screenplay); Billy Wirth, Kevin Dillon, Tim Sampson, Jimmie Ray Weeks, Kevyn Major Howard, Jerry Hardin, Tantoo Cardinal, Bill McKinney, Guy Boyd, R. D. Call, William Frankfather, M. Emmet Walsh, Dennis Banks, Saginaw Grant, Rodney A. Grant | Western, Drama | Live action | |
| 16 | Messenger of Death | Cannon Films | J. Lee Thompson (director); Paul Jarrico (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Trish Van Devere, Laurence Luckinbill, Daniel Benzali, Marilyn Hassett, Charles Dierkop, Jeff Corey, John Ireland, Penny Peyser, Gene Davis, John Solari, Jon Cedar, Tom Everett, Duncan Gamble, Bert Williams, Cheryl Waters, Maria Mayenzet, Margaret Howell, Warner Loughlin, Kimberly Beck, Beverly Thompson, Don Kennedy, Susan Bjurman | Crime, Action, Thriller | Live action | |
| Miles from Home | Cinecom Pictures | Gary Sinise (director); Chris Gerolmo (screenplay); Richard Gere, Kevin Anderson, Penelope Ann Miller, Helen Hunt, Terry Kinney, Brian Dennehy, Laurie Metcalf, Francis Guinan, Judith Ivey, John Malkovich, Larry Poling | Drama, Action | Live action | ||
| Tougher Than Leather | New Line Cinema | Rick Rubin (director/screenplay); Ric Menello (screenplay); Run-D.M.C., Richard Edson, Jenny Lumet, The Beastie Boys | Drama | Live Action | ||
| 23 | Dead Ringers | 20th Century Fox / Morgan Creek Productions | David Cronenburg (director/screenplay); Norman Snider (screenplay); Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, Shirley Douglas, Stephen Lack, Nick Nichols, Lynne Cormack, Damir Andrei, Miriam Newhouse, Jill Hennessy, Jacqueline Hennessy, Johnathan Haley, Nicholas Haley | Psychological-thriller | Live Action | |
| Gorillas in the Mist | Universal Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures | Michael Apted (director); Anna Hamilton Phelan (screenplay); Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi, Iain Cuthbertson, Constantin Alexandrov, Waigwa Wachira, Iain Glen, David Lansbury, Maggie O'Neill, Konga Mbandu, Michael J. Reynolds, Gordon Masten, Peter Nduati, Helen Fraser, David Maddock | Drama | Live action | ||
| Kansas | Trans World Entertainment | David Stevens (director); Spencer Eastman (screenplay); Matt Dillon, Andrew McCarthy, Leslie Hope, Kyra Sedgwick, Arlen Dean Snyder | Crime, Drama | Live action | ||
| Patty Hearst | Atlantic Releasing | Paul Schrader (director); Nicholas Kazan (screenplay); Natasha Richardson, William Forsythe, Ving Rhames, Frances Fisher, Jodi Long, Olivia Barash, Dana Delany, Marek Johnson, Kitty Swink, Pete Kowanko, Tom O'Rourke, Scott Kraft, Ermal Williamson, Elaine Revard, Destiny Reyes Allstun, Jeff Imada | Biographical | Live action | ||
| Spellbinder | MGM/UA Communications Co. | Janet Greek (director); Tracy Tormé (screenplay); Timothy Daly, Kelly Preston, Rick Rossovich, Audra Lindley, Anthony Crivello, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Diana Bellamy, James Watkins, Kyle T. Heffner, M.C. Gainey, Stefan Gierasch, Roderick Cook | Thriller | Live action | ||
| Sweet Hearts Dance | TriStar Pictures | Robert Greenwald (director); Ernest Thompson (screenplay); Don Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Perkins, Kate Reid, Justin Henry, Holly Marie Combs, Bernie Sanders | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| Tiger Warsaw | Sony Pictures | Amin Q. Chaudhri (director); Roy London (screenplay); Patrick Swayze, Piper Laurie, Lee Richardson, Mary McDonnell, Barbara Williams, Bobby DiCicco, Kaye Ballard, Thomas Mills Wood, Jenny Chrisinger, James Patrick Gillis, Michelle Glaven, Kevin Bayer, Beeson Carroll, Sally-Jane Heit, Cynthia Lammel, Steve Jaklic | Drama | Live action | ||
| 24 | Daffy Duck's Quackbusters | Warner Bros. | Greg Ford, Terry Lennon (directors); John W. Dunn, Michael Maltese, Tedd Pierce (screenplay); Mel Blanc, Mel Tormé, Ben Frommer, B. J. Ward, Roy Firestone, Julie Bennett, June Foray, Jeff Bennett | Fantasy | Animation | |
| 30 | Bird | Warner Bros. Pictures | Clint Eastwood (director); Joel Oliansky (screenplay); Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker, Samuel E. Wright, Keith David, Diane Salinger, Michael McGuire, James Handy, Anna Thomson, Sam Robards, Bill Cobbs, Tony Cox, Damon Whitaker, Arlen Dean Snyder | Biographical | Live action | |
| Elvira: Mistress of the Dark | New World Pictures | James Signorelli (director); Sam Egan, John Paragon, Cassandra Peterson (screenplay); Cassandra Peterson, W. Morgan Sheppard, Daniel Greene, Susan Kellermann, Edie McClurg, Robert Benedetti, Kurt Fuller, Jeff Conaway, Frank Collison, William Duell, Pat Crawford Brown, Ellen Dunning, Kris Kamm, Scott Morris, Ira Heiden, Tress MacNeille, Frank Welker | Comedy, Horror | Live action | ||
| Heartbreak Hotel | Touchstone Pictures | Chris Columbus (director/screenplay); David Keith, Tuesday Weld, Charlie Schlatter, Angela Goethals, Chris Mulkey, Noel Derecki, Dana Barron, T. Graham Brown, Dennis Letts, Blue Deckert, John Hawkes, Jerry Haynes, Al Dvorin | Comedy | Live action | ||
October–December[edit]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O C T O B E R | 7 | Alien Nation | 20th Century Fox | Graham Baker (director); Rockne S. O'Bannon (screenplay); James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevyn Major Howard, Leslie Bevis, Peter Jason, George Jenesky, Jeff Kober, Roger Aaron Brown, Tony Simotes, Michael David Simms, Ed Krieger, Tony Perez, Brian Thompson, Frank McCarthy, Keone Young, Don Hood | Science-fiction, Action | Live action |
| Clara's Heart | Warner Bros. | Robert Mulligan (director); Mark Medoff (screenplay); Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Ontkean, Kathleen Quinlan, Neil Patrick Harris, Spalding Gray, Beverly Todd, Hattie Winston, Jason Downs | Drama | Live action | ||
| Imagine: John Lennon | Warner Bros. | Andrew Solt (director/screenplay); Sam Egan (screenplay); John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Cynthia Lennon, Julian Lennon, Sean Lennon, George Martin, May Pang, Gloria Emerson | Documentary | Live action | ||
| Memories of Me | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Henry Winkler (director); Billy Crystal, Eric Roth (screenplay); Billy Crystal, Alan King, JoBeth Williams, David Ackroyd, Chris Aable, Phil Fondacaro, Robert Pastorelli, Mark L. Taylor, Larry Cedar, Janet Carroll | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| Punchline | Columbia Pictures | David Seltzer (director/screenplay); Sally Field, Tom Hanks, John Goodman, Mark Rydell, Kim Greist, Paul Mazursky, Pam Matteson, Taylor Negron, Angel Salazar, Damon Wayans, Joycee Katz, Mac Robbins, Max Alexander, Paul Kozlowski, Barry Sobel, Marty Pollio, Katie Rich, Casey Sander, Candace Cameron, George Wallace, Cameron Thor, Bob Zmuda, Susie Essman, George D. Wallace, Mike Starr | Comedy | Live action | ||
| 14 | The Accused | Paramount Pictures | Jonathan Kaplan (director); Tom Topor (screenplay); Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi, Ann Hearn, Carmen Argenziano, Steve Antin, Tom O'Brien, Peter Van Norden, Terry David Mulligan, Woody Brown, Tom Heaton, Andrew Kavadas, Scott Paulin, Tom McBeath, Kim Kondrashoff | Legal drama | Live action | |
| The Kiss | TriStar Pictures | Pen Densham (director); Stephen Volk, Tom Ropelewski, (screenplay); Joanna Pacula, Meredith Salenger, Nicholas Kilbertus, Mimi Kuzyk, Jan Rubeš, Shawn Levy, Sabrina Boudot, Pamela Collyer, Celine Lomez, Richard Dumont, Dorian Joe Clark | Horror | Live action | ||
| Another Woman | Orion Pictures | Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Philip Bosco, Betty Buckley, Blythe Danner, Sandy Dennis, Mia Farrow, Gene Hackman, Ian Holm, John Houseman, Martha Plimpton, Gena Rowlands, David Ogden Stiers, Harris Yulin | Drama | Live action | ||
| Night of the Demons | International Film Marketing | Kevin S. Tenney (director); Joe Augustyn (screenplay); Cathy Podewell, Amelia Kinkade, Linnea Quigley, Hal Havins, William Gallo, Alvin Alexis, Lance Fenton, Allison Barron, Philip Tanzini, Jill Terashita | Horror | Live action | ||
| Pumpkinhead | United Artists / MGM/UA Communications Co. | Stan Winston (director/screenplay); Richard C. Weinman, Gary Gerani, Mark Patrick Carducci (screenplay); Lance Henriksen, John D'Aquino, Jeff East, Kerry Remsen, Kimberly Ross, Buck Flower, Mayim Bialik, Joel Hoffman, Cynthia Bain, Florence Schauffer, Brian Bremer, Matthew Hurley, Lee DeBroux, Tom Woodruff Jr. | Slasher | Live action | ||
| 16 | Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School | Worldvision Enterprises / Hanna-Barbera Productions / Wang Film Productions | Charles A. Nichols, Ray Patterson (directors); Glenn Leopold (screenplay); Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Glynis Johns, Susan Blu, Pat Musick, Russi Taylor, Marilyn Schreffler, Patty Maloney, Frank Welker, Ronnie Schell, Ruta Lee, Remy Auberjonois, Hamilton Camp, Jeff B. Cohen, Aaron Lohr, Scott Menville, Bumper Robinson, Andre Stojka, Zale Kessler | Comedy, Mystery | Animation | |
| 21 | Bat*21 | TriStar Pictures | Peter Markle (director); William C. Anderson (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed, David Marshall Grant, Clayton Rohner, Erich Anderson, Joe Dorsey | War | Live action | |
| Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | Galaxy International Releasing | Dwight H. Little (director); Alan B. McElroy (screenplay); Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, George P. Wilbur, Michael Pataki, Beau Starr, Kathleen Kinmont, Sasha Jenson, Carmen Filpi, Raymond O'Connor, Nancy Borgenicht, Alan B. McElroy | Slasher | Live action | ||
| Little Dorrit (wide-release) | Cannon Films | Christine Edzard (director/screenplay); Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood, Max Wall, Patricia Hayes, Alec Guinness, Miriam Margolyes, Simon Dormandy, Sarah Pickering | Drama, Romance | Live action | ||
| Mystic Pizza | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Donald Petrie (director); Amy Holden Jones, Perry Howze, Randy Howze, Alfred Uhry (screenplay); Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, Vincent D'Onofrio, William R. Moses, Adam Storke, Conchata Ferrell, Joanna Merlin, Louis Turenne, Janet Zarish, Ann Flood, Suzanne Shepherd, Matt Damon | Coming-of-age | Live action | ||
| Tapeheads | Avenue Pictures | Bill Fishman (director/screenplay); Peter McCarthy (screenplay); John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Mary Crosby, Clu Gulager, Doug McClure, Katy Boyer, Jessica Walter, Sam Moore, Junior Walker, Susan Tyrrell, Lee Arenberg, Xander Berkeley, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Don Cornelius, King Cotton, Zander Schloss, Martha C. Quinn, Ted Nugent, Jello Biafra, Connie Stevens, Stiv Bators, Bobcat Goldthwait, David Anthony Higgins, Michael Nesmith, Sy Richardson, Brie Howard, Billy Davis | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Without a Clue | Orion Pictures | Thom Eberhardt (director); Larry Strawther, Gary Murphy (screenplay); Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones, Lysette Anthony, Paul Freeman, Pat Keen, Matthew Savage, Nigel Davenport, Tim Killick, Peter Cook, John Warner, Matthew Sim, Fredrick Fox, Harold Innocent, George Sweeney, Murray Ewan, Jennifer Guy | Comedy | Live action | ||
| 28 | Feds | Warner Bros. | Daniel Goldberg (director/screenplay); Len Blum (screenplay); Rebecca De Mornay, Mary Gross, Ken Marshall, Fred Dalton Thompson, Larry Cedar, Raymond Singer, James Luisi, Rex Ryon, Norman Bernard, Don Stark, David Sherrill | Comedy | Live action | |
| N O V E M B E R | 4 | Everybody's All-American | Warner Bros. | Taylor Hackford (director); Thomas Rickman (screenplay); Jessica Lange, Dennis Quaid, Timothy Hutton, John Goodman, Carl Lumbly, Ray Baker, Savannah Smith Boucher, Patricia Clarkson, Wayne Knight | Sports, Drama | Live action |
| The Good Mother | Touchstone Pictures | Leonard Nimoy (director); Michael Bortman (screenplay); Diane Keaton, Liam Neeson, Jason Robards, Ralph Bellamy, Teresa Wright, James Naughton, Asia Vieira, Joe Morton, Fred Melamed, Katey Sagal, Zachary Bennett, Matt Damon | Drama | Live action | ||
| U2: Rattle and Hum (U.S.) | Paramount Pictures | Phil Joanou (director); U2 | Documentary | Live action | ||
| They Live | Universal Pictures | John Carpenter (director/screenplay); Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, Raymond St. Jacques, George Buck Flower, Peter Jason, Sy Richardson, Susan Blanchard, Norman Alden | Science fiction, Horror | Live action | ||
| 9 | Child's Play | United Artists / MGM/UA Communications Co. | Tom Holland (director/screenplay); Don Mancini, John Lafia (screenplays); Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff, Tommy Swerdlow, Jack Colvin, Raymond Oliver, Neil Giuntoli, Alan Wilder, Aaron Osborne, Juan Ramirez | Slasher, Horror | Live action | |
| 11 | Evil Angels | Warner Bros. | Fred Schepisi (director/screenplay); Robert Caswell (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Bruce Myles, Neil Fitzpatrick, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Maurie Fields, Nick Tate, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Dorothy Alison | Drama | Live action | |
| Distant Thunder | Paramount Pictures | Rick Rosenthal (director); Robert Stitzel, Deedee Wehle (screenplay); John Lithgow, Ralph Macchio, Kerrie Keane, Reb Brown, Janet Margolin, Denis Arndt, Jamey Sheridan, Tom Bower, John Kelly, Michael Currie, Hilary Strang, Robyn Stevan, David Longworth, Gordon Currie, Walter Marsh, Allen Lysell, Kate Robbins, David Glyn-Jones, Denalda Williams | Drama | Live action | ||
| Ernest Saves Christmas | Touchstone Pictures | John R. Cherry III (director); Ed Turner, B. Kline (screenplay); Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Oliver Clark, Noelle Parker, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Billie Bird, Key Howard, Jack Swanson, Buddy Douglas, Patty Maloney, Barry Brazell, George Kaplan, Robert Lesser, Zachary Bowden | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Iron Eagle II | TriStar Pictures / Carolco Pictures | Sidney J. Furie (director/screenplay); Kevin Alyn Elders (screenplay); Louis Gossett, Jr., Mark Humphrey, Stuart Margolin, Maury Chaykin, Alan Scarfe, Colm Feore, Sharon Brandon, Clark Johnson, Jason Blicker, Jesse Collins, Mark Ivanir, Uri Gavriel, Neil Munro, Douglas Sheldon, Gary Reineke, Michael J. Reynolds, Jason Gedrick, Azaria Rapaport, Nicolas Coucos | Action | Live action | ||
| Spike of Bensonhurst | FilmDallas | Paul Morrissey (director/screenplay); Alan Bowne (screenplay); Sasha Mitchell, Ernest Borgnine, Anne De Salvo, Talisa Soto, Rick Aviles, Rodney Harvey, Sylvia Miles, Maria Pitillo, Geraldine Smith, Frank Adonis, Frank Gio | Comedy, Drama, Mafia | Live action | ||
| Split Decisions | New Century Entertainment | David Drury (director); David Fallon (screenplay); Craig Sheffer, Jeff Fahey, Jennifer Beals, John McLiam, Gene Hackman, Harry Van Dyke, Eddie Velez | Sports | Live action | ||
| 13 | Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf | Worldvision Enterprises / Hanna-Barbera Productions | Ray Patterson (director); Jim Ryan (screenplay); Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Hamilton Camp, B.J. Ward, Rob Paulsen, Frank Welker, Alan Oppenheimer, Pat Musick, Ed Gilbert, Jim Cummings, Joan Gerber, Brian Stokes Mitchell | Comedy, Mystery | Animation | |
| 17 | Cherry 2000 | Orion Pictures | Steve De Jarnatt (director); Michael Almereyda (screenplay); Melanie Griffith, David Andrews, Tim Thomerson, Pamela Gidley, Harry Carey Jr., Jennifer Mayo, Ben Johnson, Brion James, Marshall Bell, Larry Fishburne, Michael C. Gwynne, Jack Thibeau, Robert Z'Dar, Jennifer Balgobin, Cameron Milzer | Sci-Fi | Live action | |
| 18 | The Chocolate War | MCEG Sterling | Keith Gordon (director/screenplay); John Glover, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Wally Ward, Doug Hutchison, Jenny Wright, Bud Cort, Corey Gunnestad, Brent Fraser, Robert Davenport, Adam Baldwin, Ethan Sandler | Drama | Live action | |
| Fresh Horses | Columbia Pictures / Weintraub Entertainment Group | David Anspaugh (director); Larry Ketron (screenplay); Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Patti D'Arbanville, Ben Stiller, Leon Russom, Molly Hagan, Viggo Mortensen, Doug Hutchison, Dan Davis, John Powell | Coming of age, Drama | Live action | ||
| High Spirits | TriStar Pictures | Neil Jordan (director/screenplay); Michael McDowell (screenplay); Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo, Liam Neeson, Jennifer Tilly, Peter Gallagher, Ray McAnally, Martin Ferrero, Connie Booth, Donal McCann, Liz Smith, Mary Coughlan, Ruby Buchanan, Isolde Cazelet, Aimee Delamain, Tom Hickey, Krista Hornish, Little John, Preston Lockwood, Paul O'Sullivan, Hilary Reynolds, Tony Rohr, Matthew Wright | Fantasy, Comedy | Live action | ||
| The Land Before Time | Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment | Don Bluth (director); Stu Krieger (screenplay); Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson, Judith Barsi, Will Ryan, Helen Shaver, Burke Byrnes, Bill Irwin, Pat Hingle | Adventure, Drama | Animation | ||
| 1969 | Atlantic Entertainment Group | Ernest Thompson (director/screenplay); Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, Bruce Dern, Mariette Hartley, Winona Ryder, Joanna Cassidy | Drama | Live action | ||
| Oliver & Company | Walt Disney Pictures | George Scribner (director); Jim Cox, Tim Disney, James Mangold (screenplays); Joey Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin, Richard Mulligan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Dom DeLuise, Taurean Blacque, Carl Weintraub, Robert Loggia, Natalie Gregory, William Glover, Bette Midler, Frank Welker, Jonathan Brandis, Greg Finley, Jo Ann Harris, Rosanna Huffman, Harvey Jason, Karen Kamon, Kaleena Kiff, Carol King, David Lasley, John McCurry, Whitney Rydbeck, Tom Righter Snow, Ruth Pointer, Debbie Gates, Charles Bartlett, Kal David, Marcia Delmar, Victor DiMattia, Judi Durand, Javier Grajeda, Robert S. Halligan Jr., J.D. Hall, Barbara Iley, Marylee Kortes, Rocky Krakoff, Christina MacGregor, David McCharen, Arlin L. Miller, Nancy Parent, Gary Schwartz, Vernon Scott, Penina Segall, Eugene F. Van Buren, Myhanh Tran | Musical | Animation | ||
| 23 | Buster | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Vestron Pictures | David Green (director); Colin Shindler (screenplay); Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb, Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Stephanie Lawrence, Michael Attwell, Ralph Brown, Anthony Quayle, Ellie Beaven, Christopher Ellison, Michael Byrne, Clive Wood, Harold Innocent, Rupert Vansittart, John Benfield, John Barrard, Carole Collins, Amy Shindler, David Shindler | Romance, Comedy, Crime | Live action | |
| Cocoon: The Return | 20th Century Fox | Daniel Petrie (director); Stephen McPherson (screenplay); Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Courteney Cox, Hume Cronyn, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Barret Oliver, Maureen Stapleton, Elaine Stritch, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Tahnee Welch, Linda Harrison, Clint Howard, Tyrone Power Jr. | Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| Full Moon in Blue Water | Trans World Entertainment | Peter Masterson (director); Bill Bozzone (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Teri Garr, Burgess Meredith, Elias Koteas, Kevin Cooney, David Doty, Gil Glasgow, Becky Gelke, Marietta Marich, Lexie Masterson, Mark Walters, Ben Jones, Tiny Skaggs, Bill Johnson | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Live action | ||
| Hanna's War | Cannon Films | Menahem Golan (director/screenplay); Stanley Mann (screenplay); Ellen Burstyn, Maruschka Detmers, Anthony Andrews, Donald Pleasence, David Warner, Vincent Riotta, Avi Korein, Ingrid Pitt, John Stride, Shimon Finkel | Drama | Live action | ||
| Scrooged | Paramount Pictures | Richard Donner (director); Mitch Glazer, Michael O'Donoghue (screenplay); Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover, Bobcat Goldthwait, Alfre Woodard, David Johansen, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Michael J. Pollard, Mabel King, Jamie Farr, Robert Goulet, Buddy Hackett, John Houseman, Lee Majors, Pat McCormick, Brian Doyle-Murray, Mary Lou Retton, Jean Speegle Howard, June Chandler, Mary Ellen Trainor, Bruce Jarchow, Peter Bromilow, Jack McGee, Kathy Kinney, Tony Steedman, Rebeca Arthur, Selma Archerd, Roy Brocksmith, Sachi Parker, Delores Hall, Anne Ramsey, Logan Ramsey, Wendie Malick, Joel Murray, Mitch Glazer, Maria Riva, Michael O'Donoghue, Amy Hill, Miles Davis, Larry Carlton, David Sanborn, Paul Shaffer, Solid Gold Dancers, Don LaFontaine, John Murray, Nicholas Phillips, Al 'Red Dog' Weber, Michael Eidam, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Lisa Mende, Ryan Todd, Chaz Conner Jr. | Christmas, Comedy | Live action | ||
| D E C E M B E R | 2 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Paramount Pictures | David Zucker (director/screenplay); Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Pat Proft (screenplay); Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Susan Beaubian, Nancy Marchand, Raye Birk, Jeannette Charles, Ed Williams, Tiny Ron, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Leslie Maier, Winifred Freedman, Joe Grifasi, Tony Brafa, Tom Dugan, Lawrence Tierney, Reggie Jackson, Jay Johnstone, Joe West, Doug Harvey, Hank Robinson, Ken Kaiser, Ron Luciano, Curt Gowdy, Jim Palmer, Tim McCarver, Mel Allen, Dick Enberg, Dick Vitale, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Mark Holton, John Houseman, Jesse Ventura, Robert K. Weiss | Comedy | Live action |
| Tequila Sunrise | Warner Bros. | Robert Towne (director/screenplay); Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Raúl Juliá, J.T. Walsh, Gabriel Damon, Ely Pouget, Arliss Howard, Arye Gross, Garret Pearson, Budd Boetticher, Ann Magnuson | Crime, Thriller | Live action | ||
| Watchers | Universal Pictures / Carolco Pictures | Jon Hess (director); Bill Freed, Damian Lee (screenplay); Corey Haim, Barbara Williams, Michael Ironside, Lala Sloatman | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action | ||
| 9 | Mississippi Burning | Orion Pictures | Alan Parker (director); Chris Gerolmo (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, Gailard Sartain, Stephen Tobolowsky, Michael Rooker, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Badja Djola, Kevin Dunn, Frankie Faison, Geoffrey Nauffts, Park Overall, Darius McCrary, Tobin Bell, Bob Glaudini | Crime, Thriller | Live action | |
| My Stepmother Is an Alien | Columbia Pictures | Richard Benjamin (director); Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris, Jonathan Reynolds (screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz, Alyson Hannigan, Joseph Maher, Seth Green, Ann Prentiss, Wesley Mann, Tony Jay, Harry Shearer, Juliette Lewis, Peter Bromilow | Sci-Fi | Live action | ||
| Twins | Universal Pictures | Ivan Reitman (director); William Davies, Timothy Harris, William Osborne, Herschel Weingrod (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, Chloe Webb, Bonnie Bartlett, Tony Jay, David Caruso, Trey Wilson, Marvin J. McIntyre, Marshall Bell, Hugh O'Brian, Jason Reitman, Catherine Reitman, Nehemiah Persoff, Maury Chaykin, Tom McCleister, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Richard Portnow, Frances Bay, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Elizabeth Kaitan, Joe Medjuck, Nicolette Larson, Jeff Beck, Terry Bozzio, Robert Harper | Buddy, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 14 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Orion Pictures | Frank Oz (director); Dale Launer, Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning (screenplay); Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Anton Rodgers, Barbara Harris, Ian McDiarmid, Dana Ivey, Meagen Fay, Frances Conroy, Louis Zorich | Comedy | Live action | |
| I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | MGM/UA Communications Co. / United Artists | Keenen Ivory Wayans (director/screenplay); Keenen Ivory Wayans, John Witherspoon, Bernie Casey, Ja'net Dubois, Isaac Hayes, Jim Brown, Antonio Fargas, Steve James, John Vernon, Dawnn Lewis, Kadeem Hardison, Damon Wayans, Kim Wayans, Nadia Wayans, Chris Rock, Anne-Marie Johnson, Eve Plumb, Tony Cox, Hawthorne James, Clarence Williams III, David Alan Grier, Robin Harris, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Gary Owens, Lawrence Parker, Derrick Jones | Action, Comedy, Parody | Live action | ||
| Torch Song Trilogy | New Line Cinema | Paul Bogart (director); Harvey Fierstein (screenplay); Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein, Brian Kerwin, Karen Young, Eddie Castrodad, Ken Page, Charles Pierce, Axel Vera | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| 16 | Dangerous Liaisons | Warner Bros. / Lorimar Motion Pictures | Stephen Frears (director); Christopher Hampton (screenplay); Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Keanu Reeves, Mildred Natwick, Uma Thurman, Peter Capaldi, Valerie Gogan | Period, Romance, Drama | Live action | |
| Purple People Eater | Motion Picture Corporation of America | Linda Shayne (director/screenplay); Neil Patrick Harris, Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Thora Birch, Dustin Diamond, Peggy Lipton, Linda Talcott, Bobby Porter, Jimmy Locust, Tim Lawrence, Chubby Checker, Little Richard, James Houghton, John Brumfield, Molly Cheek, Kimberly McCullough, Sheb Wooley, Shonda Whipple, Lindsay Price, Katie Gonzalez, Nikki Cox | Sci-Fi, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Rain Man | United Artists / MGM/UA Communications Co. | Barry Levinson (director); Barry Morrow, Ronald Bass (screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Jerry Molen, Jack Murdock, Michael D. Roberts, Lucinda Jenney, Bonnie Hunt, Beth Grant, Ray Baker, Jake Hoffman, Royce D. Applegate, Anna Mathias, Archie Hahn, Luisa Leschin, Ira Miller, Chris Mulkey, Tracy Newman, Julie Payne, Reni Santoni, Jonathan Stark, Lynne Marie Stewart, Gigi Vorgan, Barry Levinson, Ralph Seymour, June Christopher, Bridget Sienna, Ruth Silveira, Arnold F. Turner | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| 21 | Beaches | Touchstone Pictures | Garry Marshall (director); Mary Agnes Donoghue (screenplay); Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray, James Read, Lainie Kazan, Grace Johnston, Lynda Goodfriend, Tracy Reiner, Jenifer Lewis, Joe Grifasi, Phil Leeds, Hector Elizondo, Garry Marshall, Marc Shaiman, Mayim Bialik, Marcie Leeds | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| Talk Radio | Universal Pictures | Oliver Stone (director/screenplay); Eric Bogosian (screenplay); Eric Bogosian, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope, John C. McGinley, John Pankow, Michael Wincott, Robert Trebor, Tony Frank, Anna Levine, Rockets Redglare, Park Overall, Earl Hindman, Zach Grenier, Bill Johnson, Bruno Rubeo, Pirie MacDonald, Allan Corduner, Daniel Escobar | Drama | Live action | ||
| Working Girl | 20th Century Fox | Mike Nichols (director); Kevin Wade (screenplay); Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack, Philip Bosco, Nora Dunn, Oliver Platt, James Lally, Kevin Spacey, Robert Easton, Olympia Dukakis, Amy Aquino, Jeffrey Nordling, Elizabeth Whitcraft, David Duchovny, Caroline Aaron, Zach Grenier, Barbara Garrick, Ricki Lake, Marceline A. Hugot, Tim Carhart | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| 23 | The Accidental Tourist | Warner Bros. | Lawrence Kasdan (director/screenplay); Frank Galati (screenplay); William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Bill Pullman, Amy Wright, David Ogden Stiers, Ed Begley Jr. | Drama | Live action | |
| The Boost | Hemdale Film Corporation | Harold Becker (director); Ben Stein, Darryl Ponicsan (screenplay); James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos, Steven Hill, Kelle Kerr, John Rothman, Amanda Blake, Barry Jenner | Drama | Live action | ||
| Dominick and Eugene | Orion Pictures | Robert M. Young (director); Corey Blechman, Alvin Sargent (screenplay); Tom Hulce, Ray Liotta, Jamie Lee Curtis, Todd Graff, Bill Cobbs, David Strathairn | Drama | Live action | ||
| Hellbound: Hellraiser II | New World Pictures | Tony Randel (director); Peter Atkins (screenplay); Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Kenneth Cranham, Imogen Boorman, Doug Bradley, Nicholas Vince, Simon Bamford, Barbie Wilde, Sean Chapman, Oliver Smith, William Hope, Deborah Joel, Angus McInnes, Catherine Chevalier, Kevin Cole | Horror | Live action | ||
Notable films released in 1988[edit]
United States unless stated
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- 18 Again!, directed by Paul Flaherty, starring George Burns, Charlie Schlatter, Tony Roberts, Anita Morris and Red Buttons
- 1969, directed by Ernest Thompson, starring Robert Downey, Jr., Kiefer Sutherland and Winona Ryder
A[edit]
- The Abyss (L'Œuvre au noir), directed by André Delvaux, starring Gian Maria Volonté – (France/Belgium)
- Above the Law, directed by Andrew Davis, starring Steven Seagal and Pam Grier
- The Accidental Tourist, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis and Bill Pullman
- The Accused, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis – (Canada)
- Action Jackson, directed by Craig R. Baxley, starring Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity and Sharon Stone
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, directed by Terry Gilliam, starring John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman and Jonathan Pryce – (U.K.)
- Akira, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, voices of Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Taro Ishida, Mizuho Suzuki and Tesshō Genda (Japan)
- Alice (Něco z Alenky), directed by Jan Švankmajer, starring Kristýna Kohoutová (Czechoslovakia)
- Alien Nation, directed by Graham Baker, starring James Caan and Mandy Patinkin
- Aloha Summer, directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, starring Chris Makepeace, Yuji Okumoto, Don Michael Paul, Tia Carrere, Andy Bumatai and Lorie Griffin
- Amsterdamned, directed by Dick Maas, starring Huub Stapel, Monique van de Ven, Serge-Henri Valcke, Hidde Maas and Wim Zomer (Netherlands)
- And God Created Woman, directed by Roger Vadim, starring Rebecca De Mornay, Vincent Spano, Frank Langella and Donovan Leitch
- Another Woman, directed by Woody Allen, starring Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm and Gene Hackman
- Appointment With Death, directed by Michael Winner, starring Peter Ustinov (as Hercule Poirot), Lauren Bacall, Piper Laurie, John Gielgud, Hayley Mills and Carrie Fisher
- Ariel, directed by Aki Kaurismäki, starring Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto and Matti Pellonpää (Finland)
- Arthur 2: On the Rocks, directed by Bud Yorkin, starring Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli and Kathy Bates
- As Tears Go By (Wong gok Kaa mun), directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Andy Lau and Maggie Cheung – (Hong Kong)
- Ashik Kerib, directed by Dodo Abashidze and Sergei Parajanov, starring Yuri Mgoyan, Sofiko Chiaureli, Ramaz Chkhikvadze and Konstantin Stepankov (Soviet Union)
- Aviya's Summer (HaKayitz Shel Aviya), directed by Eli Cohen, starring Gila Almagor and Kaipo Cohen – (Israel)
B[edit]
- Bad Dreams, directed by Andrew Fleming, starring Jennifer Rubin
- Bambi
- Bat*21, directed by Peter Markle, starring Gene Hackman and Danny Glover
- Beaches, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey
- The Bear (L'Ours), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Bart the Bear, Youk the Bear, Tchéky Karyo, Andre Lacombe and Jack Wallace – (France)
- Bear Ye One Another's Burden (Einer trage des anderen Last), directed by Lothar Warneke, starring Jörg Pose and Manfred Möck (East Germany)
- The Beast, directed by Kevin Reynolds, starring George Dzundza and Jason Patric
- Beetlejuice, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder
- Betrayed, directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Debra Winger and Tom Berenger
- Big, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, John Heard and Robert Loggia
- The Big Blue, directed by Luc Besson, starring Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr and Jean Reno – (France/United States/Italy)
- Big Business, directed by Jim Abrahams, starring Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward and Michael Gross
- Big Time, a musical, directed by Chris Blum, starring Tom Waits
- Big Top Pee-wee, directed by Randal Kleiser, starring Paul Reubens, Valeria Golino, Penelope Ann Miller and Kris Kristofferson
- Biloxi Blues, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Matthew Broderick and Christopher Walken
- Bird, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Forest Whitaker and Diane Venora
- Black Eagle, directed by Eric Karson, starring Sho Kosugi and Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Blind Justice, aka Hold My Hand I'm Dying, directed by Terence Ryan, starring Oliver Reed
- The Blob, directed by Chuck Russell, starring Kevin Dillon and Shawnee Smith
- Bloodsport, directed by Newt Arnold, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Forest Whitaker
- Bloodstone, directed by Dwight H. Little, starring Rajinikanth
- The Blue Iguana, directed by John Lafia, starring Dylan McDermott, Jessica Harper, James Russo, Pamela Gidley and Tovah Feldshuh
- La Bohème, directed by Luigi Comencini, starring Barbara Hendricks and Luca Canonici
- The Boost, directed by Harold Becker, starring James Woods, Sean Young, Steven Hill and Amanda Blake
- Braddock: Missing in Action III, directed by Aaron Norris, starring Chuck Norris, Aki Aleong, Yehuda Efroni and Roland Harrah III
- Brain Damage, directed by Frank Henenlotter, starring Rick Hearst and John Zacherle
- Bright Lights, Big City, directed by James Bridges, starring Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates and Dianne Wiest
- Bull Durham, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins
- Bulletproof, directed by Steve Carver, starring Gary Busey
- Burning Secret, directed by Andrew Birkin, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer and Faye Dunaway – (U.K./West Germany)
- Buster, directed by David Green, starring Phil Collins and Julie Walters – (U.K.)
C[edit]
- Caddyshack II, directed by Allan Arkush, starring Jackie Mason, Dyan Cannon, Robert Stack, Dina Merrill, Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd
- Call Me, directed by Sollace Mitchell, starring Patricia Charbonneau
- Camille Claudel, directed by Bruno Nuytten, starring Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu – (France)
- Candy Mountain, directed by Robert Frank and Rudy Wurlitzer, starring Kevin J. O'Connor, Harris Yulin, Tom Waits, Bulle Ogier and Roberts Blossom (Switzerland/Canada/France)
- Cannibal Tours, directed by Dennis O'Rourke (Australia)
- The Cannibals (Os Canibais), directed by Manoel de Oliveira, starring Luís Miguel Cintra (Portugal)
- Casual Sex?, directed by Geneviève Robert, starring Lea Thompson, Victoria Jackson, Stephen Shellen, Jerry Levine, Mary Gross and Andrew Dice Clay
- The Cat Who Walked by Herself (Koshka, kotoraya gulyala sama po sebe), directed by Ideya Garanina, starring Valentina Ponomaryova, Yelena Sanayeva, Georgi Burkov, Nikolay Karachentsov, Inna Churikova, Nogon Shumarov, Anna Kamenkova and Nikolai Burlyayev (U.S.S.R.)
- Celia, directed by Ann Turner, starring Rebecca Smart (Australia)
- Chicken and Duck Talk (Gai tung aap gong), directed by Clifton Ko, starring Michael Hui, Ricky Hui, Sylvia Chang, Lowell Lo, and Lawrence Ng (Hong Kong)
- Child's Play, directed by Tom Holland, starring Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Brad Dourif and Alex Vincent
- Chilsu and Mansu (칠수와 만수), directed by Park Kwang-su, starring Ahn Sung-ki and Park Joong-hoon (South Korea)
- Chithram (Picture), directed by Priyadarshan, starring Mohanlal – (India)
- Chocolat, directed by Claire Denis, starring Isaach De Bankolé, François Cluzet and Giulia Boschi (France/Cameroon)
- The Chocolate War, directed by Keith Gordon, starring John Glover, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Wallace Langham, Doug Hutchison, Jenny Wright and Bud Cort
- A Chorus of Disapproval, directed by Michael Winner, starring Anthony Hopkins and Jeremy Irons – (U.K.)
- Cinema Paradiso, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, starring Philippe Noiret – winner of Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for best foreign language film – (Italy)
- Clara's Heart, directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Neil Patrick Harris
- Clean and Sober, directed by Glenn Gordon Caron, starring Michael Keaton, Morgan Freeman and Kathy Baker
- Cocktail, directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown and Elisabeth Shue
- Cocoon: The Return, directed by Daniel Petrie, starring Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Courteney Cox and Jessica Tandy
- Colors, directed by Dennis Hopper, starring Robert Duvall, Sean Penn and María Conchita Alonso
- Coming to America, directed by John Landis, starring Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Madge Sinclair, Shari Headley and John Amos
- Consuming Passions, directed by Giles Foster, starring Jonathan Pryce – (U.K.)
- Cop, directed by James B. Harris, starring James Woods and Lesley Ann Warren
- The Couch Trip, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Dan Aykroyd, Charles Grodin, Donna Dixon, Mary Gross and Walter Matthau
- Critters 2: The Main Course, directed by Mick Garris, starring Scott Grimes, Liane Curtis, Don Keith Opper, Barry Corbin and Tom Hodges
- Crocodile Dundee II, directed by John Cornell, starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski – (Australia)
- Crossing Delancey, directed by Joan Micklin Silver, starring Amy Irving and Peter Riegert
- A Cry in the Dark (aka Evil Angels),[4] directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Meryl Streep and Sam Neill – (Australia/United States)
D[edit]
- Da, directed by Matt Clark, starring Barnard Hughes and Martin Sheen
- Dadah is Death, directed by Jerry London, starring Julie Christie and Hugo Weaving – (Australia)
- Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon, voices of Mel Blanc, Julie Bennett, Roy Firestone and B.J. Ward
- Damnation (Karhozat), directed by Béla Tarr, starring Miklos B. Szekely (Hungary)
- Dancing in the Dust, directed by Henri Duparc, starring Bamba Bakary (Ivorian polygyny film)
- Dangerous Liaisons, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Uma Thurman and Keanu Reeves
- The Dawning, directed by Robert Knights, starring Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Grant and Rebecca Pidgeon – (U.K.)
- Days of Eclipse (Dni zatmeniya), directed by Aleksandr Sokurov, starring Aleksei Ananishnov (U.S.S.R.)
- Dead Heat, directed by Mark Goldblatt, starring Treat Williams and Joe Piscopo
- The Dead Pool, directed by Buddy Van Horn, starring Clint Eastwood, Liam Neeson, Patricia Clarkson and Jim Carrey
- Dead Ringers, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Jeremy Irons and Geneviève Bujold – (Canada/United States)
- Dead Solid Perfect, directed by Bobby Roth, starring Randy Quaid, Kathryn Harrold and Corinne Bohrer
- The Deceivers, directed by Nicholas Meyer, starring Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey and Shashi Kapoor – (India)
- The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, directed by Penelope Spheeris, documentary featuring Aerosmith, Kiss, Motörhead and Ozzy Osbourne
- Die Hard, directed by John McTiernan, starring Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson and Alan Rickman
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, directed by Frank Oz, starring Steve Martin, Michael Caine and Glenne Headly
- Distant Thunder, directed by Rick Rosenthal, starring John Lithgow and Ralph Macchio
- Distant Voices, Still Lives, directed by Terence Davies, starring Pete Postlethwaite – (U.K.)
- D.O.A., directed by Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton, starring Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan
- Doin' Time on Planet Earth, directed by Charles Matthau, starring Nicholas Strouse, Andrea Thompson, Martha Scott, Adam West, Hugh Gillin and Matt Adler
- Dominick and Eugene, directed by Robert M. Young, starring Tom Hulce, Ray Liotta and Jamie Lee Curtis
- Dragons Forever (Fei lung maang jeung), directed by Sammo Hung and Corey Yuen, starring Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung – (Hong Kong)
- Dream Demon, directed by Harley Cokeliss, starring Jemma Redgrave – (U.K.)
- The Dressmaker, directed by Jim O'Brien, starring Joan Plowright and Billie Whitelaw – (U.K.)
- Drowning by Numbers, directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson and Joely Richardson – (U.K.)
E[edit]
- Earth Girls Are Easy, directed by Julien Temple, starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, Damon Wayans and Jim Carrey
- Eight Men Out, directed by John Sayles, starring John Cusack, David Strathairn, John Mahoney, Michael Rooker, D. B. Sweeney and Charlie Sheen
- The Eighth Happiness (Baat seng bou hei), directed by Johnnie To, starring Chow Yun-fat – (Hong Kong)
- Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, directed by James Signorelli, starring Cassandra Peterson
- Ernest Saves Christmas, directed by John R. Cherry III, starring Jim Varney
- The Everlasting Secret Family, directed by Michael Thornhill, starring Arthur Dignam, Mark Lee, Heather Mitchell, Dennis Miller, John Meillon, Paul Goddard and Anna Volska
- Everybody's All-American, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Dennis Quaid, Jessica Lange, Timothy Hutton, Patricia Clarkson and John Goodman
F[edit]
- Faceless, directed by Jesús Franco, starring Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie, Telly Savalas, Christopher Mitchum and Stéphane Audran(France)
- Far North, directed by Sam Shepard, starring Jessica Lange, Charles Durning and Tess Harper
- Feds, directed by Daniel Goldberg, starring Rebecca De Mornay and Mary Gross
- A Few Days with Me (Quelques jours avec moi), directed by Claude Sautet, starring Daniel Auteuil and Sandrine Bonnaire – (France)
- The First Kangaroos, directed by Frank Cvitanovich, starring Dennis Waterman – (U.K./Australia)
- A Fish Called Wanda, directed by Charles Crichton, starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin – (UK/US)
- Flesheater, directed by and starring Bill Hinzman
- For Keeps, directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Molly Ringwald, Randall Batinkoff and Kenneth Mars
- The Fox and the Hound, directed by Art Stevens, Ted Berman, Richard Rich, voices of Mickey Rooney and Kurt Russell
- Frantic, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Harrison Ford, Emmanuelle Seigner and Betty Buckley
- Fresh Horses, directed by David Anspaugh, starring Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy
- Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, directed by John Carl Buechler, starring Lar Park Lincoln and Kevin Blair
- Fright Night Part 2, directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, starring William Ragsdale and Roddy McDowall
- The Fruit Machine, directed by Philip Saville, starring Emile Charles, Tony Forsyth, Robert Stephens, Robbie Coltrane and Bruce Payne (U.K.)
- Full Moon in Blue Water, directed by Peter Masterson, starring Gene Hackman and Teri Garr
- Funny Farm, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith
G[edit]
- The Gamble, directed by Carlo Vanzina, starring Matthew Modine, Faye Dunaway and Jennifer Beals – (Italy)
- Georgia, directed by Ben Lewin, starring Judy Davis – (Australia)
- Ghost Town, directed by Richard McCarthy (under the alias Richard Governor), starring Franc Luz, Catherine Hickland, Jimmie F. Skaggs and Bruce Glover
- Ghosts… of the Civil Dead, directed by John Hillcoat, starring David Field, Chris DeRose, Nick Cave and Dave Mason (Australia)
- The Good Mother, directed by Leonard Nimoy, starring Diane Keaton and Liam Neeson
- Gorillas in the Mist, directed by Michael Apted, starring Sigourney Weaver and Bryan Brown
- Gotham (aka) The Dead Can't Lie, directed by Lloyd Fonvielle, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Virginia Madsen
- Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka), directed by Isao Takahata, starring Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara and Akemi Yamaguchi (Japan)
- The Great Outdoors, directed by Howard Deutch, starring Dan Aykroyd, John Candy and Annette Bening
H[edit]
- Hairspray, directed by John Waters, starring Ricki Lake, Divine, Jerry Stiller, Sonny Bono and Deborah Harry
- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, directed by Dwight H. Little, starring Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris and Michael Pataki
- A Handful of Dust, directed by Charles Sturridge, starring James Wilby and Kristin Scott Thomas – (U.K.)
- Hanna's War, directed by Menahem Golan, starring Ellen Burstyn, Maruschka Detmers, Anthony Andrews, Donald Pleasence and David Warner
- Hanussen, directed by István Szabó, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer – (Hungary)
- Hatya, directed by Kirti Kumar, starring Govinda and Neelam – (India)
- Haunted Summer, directed by Ivan Passer, starring Philip Anglim, Laura Dern, Alice Krige, Eric Stoltz and Alex Winter
- Hawks, directed by Robert Ellis Miller, starring Timothy Dalton and Anthony Edwards – (U.K.)
- Heart of a Dog (Sobachye serdtse), directed by Vladimir Bortko, starring Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev, Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Tolokonnikov and Nina Ruslanova (U.S.S.R.)
- Heart of Midnight, directed by Matthew Chapman, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Heartbreak Hotel, directed by Chris Columbus, starring David Keith
- Hellbound: Hellraiser II, directed by Tony Randel, starring Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence and Kenneth Cranham (UK/US)
- Hero and the Terror, directed by William Tannen, starring Chuck Norris, Brynn Thayer, Steve James and Jack O'Halloran
- Hero Hiralal, directed by Ketan Mehta, starring Naseeruddin Shah and Sanjana Kapoor (India)
- High Hopes, directed by Mike Leigh, starring Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen and Lesley Manville (U.K.)
- High Spirits, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg and Daryl Hannah
- Hobgoblins, directed by Rick Sloane, starring Tom Bartlett, Paige Sullivan, Steven Boggs, Kelley Palmer, Billy Frank and Daran Norris
- Hope and Pain, directed by Yoji Yamada, starring Hiroko Yakushimaru (Japan)
- Hot to Trot, directed by Michael Dinner, starring Bob Goldthwait, Virginia Madsen, Jim Metzler and Dabney Coleman
- Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (Hôtel Terminus: Klaus Barbie, sa vie et son temps), directed by Marcel Ophüls – (France)
- The House on Carroll Street, directed by Peter Yates, starring Kelly McGillis and Jeff Daniels
- How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (Jak básníkům chutná život), directed by Dusan Klein, starring Pavel Kříž (Czechoslovakia)
I[edit]
- Illegally Yours, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Rob Lowe and Colleen Camp
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, directed by and starring Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Imagine: John Lennon, directed by Andrew Solt, documentary film about John Lennon
- The In Crowd, directed by Mark Rosenthal, starring Donovan Leich and Joe Pantoliano
- Iron Eagle II, directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Louis Gossett, Jr.
- It Couldn't Happen Here, directed by Jack Bond, starring the Pet Shop Boys – (U.K.)
- It Takes Two, directed by David Beaird, starring George Newbern, Leslie Hope, Kimberly Foster and Barry Corbin
J[edit]
- Johnny Be Good, directed by Bud Smith, starring Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey, Jr. and Uma Thurman
- Judgment in Berlin, directed by Leo Penn, starring Martin Sheen, Sam Wanamaker, Max Gail, Heinz Hoenig, Carl Lumbly, Max Volkert Martens, Joshua Sinclair, Jutta Speidel, Harris Yulin and Sean Penn
K[edit]
- Kabzaa, directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Raj Babbar, Sanjay Dutt, Amrita Singh, Paresh Rawal and Alok Nath (India)
- Kamilla and the Thief (Kamilla og Tyven), directed by Grete Salomonsen, starring Veronika Flåt, Dennis Storhøi, Agnete Haaland and Morten Harket (Norway)
- Kansas, directed by David Stevens, starring Matt Dillon and Andrew McCarthy
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space, directed by Stephen Chiodo, starring Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, Royal Dano, Michael Siegel, Peter Licassi and John Vernon
- The Kiss, directed by Pen Densham, starring Joanna Pacuła and Meredith Salenger – (United States/Canada)
- The Kitchen Toto, directed by Harry Hook, starring Bob Peck, Phyllis Logan and Edwin Mahinda
- Kung-Fu Master (a.k.a. Le Petit Amour), directed by Agnès Varda, starring Jane Birkin and Charlotte Gainsbourg – (France)
L[edit]
- Lady in White, directed by Frank LaLoggia, starring Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Alex Rocco and Katherine Helmond
- The Lair of the White Worm, directed by Ken Russell, starring Amanda Donohoe, Peter Capaldi and Hugh Grant – (U.K.)
- The Land Before Time, directed by Don Bluth, voices of Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson, Judith Barsi and Will Ryan
- Landscape in the Mist (Topio stin omichli), directed by Theo Angelopoulos, starring Michalis Zeke, Tania Palaiologou and Stratos Tzortzoglou (Greece)
- Last Rites, directed by Donald P. Bellisario, starring Daphne Zuniga, Tom Berenger and Anne Twomey
- The Last Temptation of Christ, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Harry Dean Stanton and David Bowie
- The Legend of the Holy Drinker (La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore), directed by Ermanno Olmi, starring Rutger Hauer – Golden Lion award – (Italy/France)
- License to Drive, directed by Greg Beeman, starring Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Carol Kane and Richard Masur
- Life Is a Long Quiet River (La vie est un long fleuve tranquille), directed by Étienne Chatiliez, starring Benoît Magimel, Hélène Vincent, André Wilms, Daniel Gélin, Catherine Jacob and Patrick Bouchitey (France)
- Light Years (Gandahar), directed by René Laloux, starring Pierre-Marie Escourrou (France)
- The Little Devil (Il Piccolo Diavolo), directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, with Walter Matthau and Nicoletta Braschi (Italy)
- Little Dorrit, directed by Christine Edzard, starring Derek Jacobi and Alec Guinness – (U.K.)
- Little Nikita, directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Richard Bradford and Richard Lynch
- Little Vera (Malenkaya Vera), directed by Vasili Pichul, starring Natalya Negoda (U.S.S.R.)
- Love and Fear (Fürchten und Lieben|Trois Soeurs), directed by Margarethe von Trotta, starring Fanny Ardant, Greta Scacchi and Valeria Golino – (West Germany/France/Italy)
M[edit]
- Mac and Me, directed by Stewart Raffill, starring Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward and Tina Caspary
- Madame Sousatzka, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Shirley MacLaine – (U.K.)
- Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter, directed by Tomomi Mochizuki, starring Sumi Shimamoto and Issei Futamata (Japan)
- Maniac Cop, directed by William Lustig, starring Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree, William Smith, Robert Z'Dar and Sheree North
- Mapantsula, directed by Oliver Schmitz, starring Thomas Mogotlane (South Africa)
- Married to the Mob, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Oliver Platt, Mercedes Ruehl and Alec Baldwin
- Masquerade, directed by Bob Swaim, starring Rob Lowe, Meg Tilly and Kim Cattrall
- Memories of Me, directed by Henry Winkler, starring Billy Crystal and Alan King
- Men Behind the Sun (hēi tài yáng), directed by T. F. Mou, starring Gang Wang, Hsu Gou, Tie Long Jin, Zhao Hua Mei, Zhe Quan, Run Sheng Wang, Dai Wao Yu and Andrew Yu (Hong Kong)
- Messenger of Death, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Charles Bronson, Trish Van Devere, Laurence Luckinbill and John Ireland
- Midnight Crossing, directed by Roger Holzberg, starring Faye Dunaway, Daniel J. Travanti, Kim Cattrall, John Laughlin and Ned Beatty
- Midnight Run, directed by Martin Brest, starring Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton and Dennis Farina
- The Milagro Beanfield War, directed by Robert Redford, starring Rubén Blades, Sônia Braga, Christopher Walken and Melanie Griffith
- Miles from Home, directed by Gary Sinise, starring Richard Gere and Kevin Anderson
- Miracle Mile, directed by Steve De Jarnatt, starring Mare Winningham and Anthony Edwards
- Missing Link, directed by David Hughes and Carol Hughes, starring Peter Elliott and Michael Gambon
- Mississippi Burning, directed by Alan Parker, starring Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif and R. Lee Ermey
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Gyakushū no Shā), directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, starring Tōru Furuya and Shūichi Ikeda (Japan)
- The Moderns, directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino and John Lone
- Mondo New York, directed by Harvey Nikolai Keith, starring Joey Arias, Rick Aviles, Charlie Barnett, Joe Coleman, Emilio Cubeiro, Karen Finley, Dean Johnson, Phoebe Legere, Lydia Lunch, Ann Magnuson, Frank Moore and John Sex
- Monkey Shines, directed by George A. Romero, starring Jason Beghe, John Pankow and Stanley Tucci
- Moon over Parador, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Raúl Juliá and Sônia Braga
- Moonwalker, directed by Jerry Kramer, Jim Blashfield and Colin Chilvers, starring Michael Jackson
- Moscow Elegy, directed by Alexander Sokurov (U.S.S.R.)
- Moving, directed by Alan Metter, starring Richard Pryor
- Mr. North, directed by Danny Huston, starring Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum, Lauren Bacall, Virginia Madsen and Anjelica Huston
- The Music Teacher (Le maître de musique), directed by Gérard Corbiau, starring José van Dam, Anne Roussel and Philippe Volter (Belgium)
- My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro), directed by Hayao Miyazaki, voices of Chika Sakamoto, Noriko Hidaka and Hitoshi Takagi (Japan)
- My Stepmother Is an Alien, directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Kim Basinger, Dan Aykroyd and Alyson Hannigan
- Mystic Pizza, directed by Donald Petrie, starring Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts and Lili Taylor
N[edit]
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, directed by David Zucker, starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy and O. J. Simpson
- The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey, directed by Vincent Ward, starring Chris Haywood, Marshall Napier, Paul Livingston and Jay Laga'aia (New Zealand)
- Necromancer, directed by Dusty Nelson, starring Elizabeth Kaitan
- The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking, directed by Ken Annakin, starring Tami Erin, Eileen Brennan, Dennis Dugan, Dianne Hull, George DiCenzo, John Schuck and Dick Van Patten (Sweden/United States)
- A New Life, directed by and starring Alan Alda, with Ann-Margret, John Shea, Hal Linden and Veronica Hamel
- A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, directed by William Richert, starring River Phoenix, Ann Magnuson, Meredith Salenger, Ione Skye, Louanne Sirota, Matthew Perry and Paul Koslo
- Night of the Demons, directed by Kevin S. Tenney, starring William Gallo, Hal Havins, Amelia Kinkade, Cathy Podewell and Linnea Quigley
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, directed by Renny Harlin, starring Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox and Danny Hassel
O[edit]
- Off Limits, directed by Christopher Crowe, starring Willem Dafoe, Gregory Hines and Fred Ward
- Oliver & Company, directed by George Scribner, voices of Joey Lawrence, Billy Joel and Dom DeLuise
- On the Silver Globe (Na srebrnym globie), directed by Andrzej Żuławski, starring Andrzej Seweryn (Poland)
P[edit]
- Painted Faces (Cat siu fuk), directed by Alex Law, starring Sammo Hung – (Hong Kong)
- Paperhouse, directed by Bernard Rose, starring Ben Cross, Glenne Headly and Elliott Spiers (U.K.)
- Pascali's Island, directed by James Dearden, starring Ben Kingsley and Helen Mirren – (U.K.)
- Pass the Ammo, directed by David Beaird, starring Tim Curry, Linda Kozlowski, Annie Potts and Bill Paxton
- Patty Hearst, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Natasha Richardson and Ving Rhames
- Permanent Record, directed by Marisa Silver, starring Pamela Gidley, Michelle Meyrink, Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Rubin
- Phantasm II, directed by Don Coscarelli, starring James LeGros, Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister and Paula Irvine
- Phantom of Death, directed by Ruggero Deodato, starring Michael York, Edwige Fenech, Donald Pleasence and Antonella Ponziani (Italy)
- Plain Clothes, directed by Martha Coolidge, starring Arliss Howard and Suzy Amis
- Platoon Leader, directed by Aaron Norris, starring Michael Dudikoff
- Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach, directed by Alan Myerson, starring Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook, Marion Ramsey, Janet Jones, Lance Kinsey, Matt McCoy, G. W. Bailey and George Gaynes
- Police Story 2 (Ging chaat goo si juk jaap), directed and starring Jackie Chan, with Maggie Cheung, Lam Kwok-Hung and Bill Tung – (Hong Kong)
- Poltergeist III, directed by Gary Sherman, starring Heather O'Rourke, Tom Skerritt and Nancy Allen
- Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw, directed by Pierre DeCelles, starring Brennan Howard, B.J. Ward, Nancy Cartwright and Tony Longo
- Powaqqatsi, directed by Godfrey Reggio, documentary film with no dialogue
- The Presidio, directed by Peter Hyams, starring Sean Connery, Mark Harmon and Meg Ryan
- The Prince of Pennsylvania, directed by Ron Nyswaner, starring Keanu Reeves, Fred Ward, Amy Madigan and Bonnie Bedelia
- Prison, directed by Renny Harlin, starring Viggo Mortensen, Lane Smith, Chelsea Field, Lincoln Kilpatrick and André De Shields
- Prisoner of Rio, directed by Lech Majewski, starring Steven Berkoff – (Poland/U.K./Brazil)
- Pulse, directed by Paul Golding, starring Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart, Joey Lawrence and Matthew Lawrence
- Pumpkinhead, directed by Stan Winston, starring Lance Henriksen, John D'Aquino and Kerry Remsen
- Punchline, directed by David Seltzer, starring Sally Field, Tom Hanks and John Goodman
- Purple People Eater, directed by Linda Shayne, starring Neil Patrick Harris, Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Thora Birch, Dustin Diamond and Peggy Lipton
- Puss in Boots, directed by Eugene Marner, starring Christopher Walken and Jason Connery
Q[edit]
- Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (From Disaster to Disaster), directed by Mansoor Khan, starring Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Dalip Tahil, and Alok Nath (India)
R[edit]
- Rain Man, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise and Valeria Golino – Academy and Golden Globe (drama) for Best Picture and Golden Bear (for 1989)
- Rambo III, directed by Peter MacDonald, starring Sylvester Stallone and Richard Crenna
- Rattle and Hum, directed by Phil Joanou, a rockumentary featuring U2
- Red Heat, directed by Walter Hill, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi
- Rented Lips, directed by Robert Downey Sr., starring Martin Mull, Dick Shawn, Jennifer Tilly and Robert Downey, Jr.
- The Rescue, directed by Ferdinand Fairfax, starring Kevin Dillon, Marc Price, Ned Vaughn, Christine Harnos, Ian Giatti, Charles Haid, Edward Albert, Timothy Carhart, Michael Gates Phenicie, Mel Wong and James Cromwell
- Return of the Living Dead Part II, directed by Ken Wiederhorn, starring James Karen, Thom Mathews, Dana Ashbrook, Marsha Dietlein, Phil Bruns and Michael Kenworthy
- Return to Snowy River, directed by Geoff Burrowes, starring Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Brian Dennehy, Nicholas Eadie, Bryan Marshall and Mark Hembrow (Australia)
- Robowar, directed by Bruno Mattei, starring Reb Brown, and Catherine Hickland (Italy)
- Rocket Gibraltar, directed by Daniel Petrie, starring Burt Lancaster, Suzy Amis, Patricia Clarkson, Frances Conroy, Sinead Cusack, John Glover, Bill Pullman and Kevin Spacey
- Roots: The Gift, directed by Kevin Hooks, starring LeVar Burton and Louis Gossett Jr.
- Rouge (Jin Zi Kau), directed by Stanley Kwan, starring Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui – (Hong Kong)
- Run for Your Life, directed by Terence Young, starring David Carradine, Lauren Hutton and Franco Nero – (Italy)
- Running on Empty, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch, River Phoenix and Martha Plimpton
S[edit]
- Salaam Bombay!, directed by Mira Nair, starring Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal, Chanda Sharma, Raghuvir Yadav, Anita Kanwar and Nana Patekar (India/U.K.)
- Salome's Last Dance, directed by Ken Russell, starring Glenda Jackson, Stratford Johns, Nickolas Grace, Douglas Hodge, Imogen Claire and Imogen Millais-Scott (U.K.)
- Salsa, directed by Boaz Davidson, starring Draco Rosa, Rodney Harvey, Magali Alvarado and Miranda Garrison
- Sathya, directed by Suresh Krissna, starring Kamal Haasan, Amala, Rajesh, Nassar, Bahadoor, Vadivukkarasi, Vaali and Raja Krishnamoorthy (Sri Lanka)
- Satisfaction, directed by Joan Freeman, starring Justine Bateman and Liam Neeson
- School Daze, directed by and starring Spike Lee, with Laurence Fishburne and Giancarlo Esposito
- Scrooged, directed by Richard Donner, starring Bill Murray, Karen Allen, Carol Kane, Alfre Woodard, John Glover and Bobcat Goldthwait
- The Secret of the Sahara, directed by Alberto Negrin, starring Michael York and Andie MacDowell
- The Serpent and the Rainbow, directed by Wes Craven, starring Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae and Paul Winfield
- Seven Hours to Judgment, directed by Beau Bridges, starring Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman and Julianne Phillips
- The Seventh Sign, directed by Carl Schultz, starring Demi Moore, Michael Biehn and Jürgen Prochnow
- Shadows in the Storm, directed by Terrell Tannen, starring Mia Sara, Michael Madsen and Ned Beatty
- Shakedown, aka Blue Jean Cop, directed by James Glickenhaus, starring Peter Weller and Sam Elliott
- She's Having a Baby, directed by John Hughes, starring Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern and Alec Baldwin
- Shoot to Kill, aka Deadly Pursuit, directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger and Kirstie Alley
- Short Circuit 2, directed by Kenneth Johnson, starring Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Cynthia Gibb, Jack Weston and Tim Blaney
- A Short Film About Killing (Krótki film o zabijaniu), directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, starring Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz and Jan Tesarz (Poland)
- A Short Film About Love (Krótki film o miłości), directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, starring Grażyna Szapołowska and Olaf Lubaszenko (Poland)
- Slugs, directed by Juan Piquer Simón, starring Michael Garfield and Kim Terry
- Sodoma's Ghost, directed by Lucio Fulci, starring Al Cliver (Italy)
- Some Girls, directed by Michael Hoffman, starring Patrick Dempsey and Jennifer Connelly
- Soursweet, directed by Mike Newell, starring Sylvia Chang and Danny Dun (U.K.)
- Space Mutiny, directed by David Winters, starring Reb Brown, Cisse Cameron, Cameron Mitchell, James Ryan, John Phillip Law, Graham Clark, Billy Second and Rufus Swart (South Africa)
- Spellbinder, directed by Janet Greek, starring Tim Daly, Kelly Preston and Rick Rossovich
- Spike of Bensonhurst, directed by Paul Morrissey, starring Sasha Mitchell, Ernest Borgnine, Anne Desalvo, Sylvia Miles, Talisa Soto and Rick Aviles
- Split Decisions, directed by David Drury, starring Craig Sheffer, Jeff Fahey, Jennifer Beals and Gene Hackman
- Stand and Deliver, directed by Ramón Menéndez, starring Edward James Olmos and Lou Diamond Phillips
- Stars and Bars, directed by Pat O'Connor, starring Daniel Day-Lewis
- Stealing Heaven, directed by Clive Donner, starring Derek de Lint and Kim Thomson – (U.K.)
- Stealing Home, directed by Steven Kampmann and William Porter, starring Mark Harmon and Jodie Foster
- Stormy Monday, directed by Mike Figgis, starring Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting and Sean Bean
- Story of Women (Une affaire de femmes), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Isabelle Huppert – (France)
- A Summer Story, directed by Piers Haggard, starring James Wilby, Imogen Stubbs and Susannah York – (U.K.)
- Sunset, directed by Blake Edwards, starring James Garner, Bruce Willis, Malcolm McDowell, Kathleen Quinlan and Mariel Hemingway
- Sur (South), directed by Fernando E. Solanas, starring Susú Pecoraro, Miguel Ángel Solá, Philippe Léotard and Lito Cruz (Argentina)
- Sweet Hearts Dance, directed by Robert Greenwald, starring Don Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Elizabeth Perkins and Jeff Daniels
- Sweet Lies, directed by Nathalie Delon, starring Treat Williams
- Switching Channels, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds and Christopher Reeve
T[edit]
- Taffin, directed by Francis Megahy, starring Pierce Brosnan, Ray McAnally and Alison Doody – (Ireland)
- Tales from the Gimli Hospital, directed by Guy Maddin, starring Kyle McCulloch (Canada)
- Talk Radio, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene and Alec Baldwin
- Tapeheads, directed by Bill Fishman, starring John Cusack and Tim Robbins
- The Telephone, directed by Rip Torn, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Severn Darden, Elliott Gould, John Heard and Amy Wright
- Tequila Sunrise, directed by Robert Towne, starring Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Raúl Juliá and Arliss Howard, J. T. Walsh
- Testimony, directed by Tony Palmer, a biographical film of Dmitri Shostakovich starring Ben Kingsley – (U.K.)
- They Live, directed by John Carpenter, starring Roddy Piper, Keith David and Meg Foster
- The Thin Blue Line, directed by Errol Morris, documentary film about Randall Dale Adams
- Things Change, directed by David Mamet, starring Joe Mantegna, Don Ameche, Robert Prosky and William H. Macy
- Tiger Warsaw, directed by Amin Q. Chaudhri, starring Patrick Swayze, Piper Laurie and Mary McDonnell
- A Time of Destiny, directed by Gregory Nava, starring William Hurt, Timothy Hutton and Melissa Leo
- Time of the Gypsies (Dom za vešanje), directed by Emir Kusturica, starring Davor Dujmović and Bora Todorović (Yugoslavia)
- Time of Violence (Vreme na nasilie), directed by Ludmil Staikov, starring Yosif Sarchadzhiev (Bulgaria)
- To Kill a Priest (Le Complot), directed by Agnieszka Holland, starring Christopher Lambert and Ed Harris – (France)
- Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller, directed by Michael Rubbo, starring Lucas Evans, Anthony Rogers, Jill Stanley, Andrew Whitehead, Paul Popowich and Rufus Wainwright(Canada)
- Torch Song Trilogy, directed by Paul Bogart, starring Harvey Fierstein, Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick and Brian Kerwin
- Touch of Death, directed by Lucio Fulci, starring Brett Halsey, Ria De Simone and Al Cliver (Italy)
- Tougher Than Leather, directed by Rick Rubin, starring Darryl McDaniels, Joseph Simmons and Jam Master Jay
- Track 29, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Theresa Russell, Christopher Lloyd and Gary Oldman
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau and Lloyd Bridges
- Twins, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito
- Two Moon Junction, directed by Zalman King, starring Sherilyn Fenn, Richard Tyson, Kristy McNichol, Louise Fletcher and Burl Ives
U[edit]
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being, directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche and Lena Olin
- The Unholy, directed by Camilo Vila, starring Ben Cross, Ned Beatty, William Russ, Jill Carroll, Hal Holbrook and Trevor Howard
- Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter, directed by Satoshi Dezaki, starring Fumi Hirano and Toshio Furukawa (Japan)
V[edit]
- The Vanishing (Spoorloos), directed by George Sluizer, starring Gene Bervoets (Netherlands/France)
- Vchera (Yesterday), directed by Ivan Andonov, starring Hristo Shopov and Georgi Staykov (Bulgaria)
- Verónico Cruz, directed by Miguel Pereira, starring Juan José Camero and Gonzalo Morales (Argentina)
- Vibes, directed by Ken Kwapis, starring Jeff Goldblum and Cyndi Lauper
- Vice Versa, directed by Brian Gilbert, starring Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage and Corinne Bohrer
W[edit]
- War and Remembrance, TV miniseries, directed by Dan Curtis, starring Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Victoria Tennant and Hart Bochner
- War Party, directed by Franc Roddam, starring Billy Wirth and Kevin Dillon
- Watchers, directed by Jon Hess, starring Corey Haim, Michael Ironside, Barbara Williams and Lala Sloatman – (Canada/United States)
- Waxwork, directed by Anthony Hickox, starring Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, David Warner, Michelle Johnson and Dana Ashbrook
- We Think the World of You, directed by Colin Gregg, starring Gary Oldman, Alan Bates, Max Hall, Liz Smith, and Frances Barber
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Bob Hoskins, Joanna Cassidy and Christopher Lloyd
- Willow, directed by Ron Howard, starring Val Kilmer, Warwick Davis, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh and Billy Barty
- Without a Clue, directed by Thom Eberhardt, starring Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley – (U.K.)
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios), directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas and Julieta Serrano – (Spain)
- Working Girl, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver – Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- A World Apart, directed by Chris Menges, starring Barbara Hershey and Jodhi May – (U.K./Zimbabwe)
- World Gone Wild, directed by Lee H. Katzin, starring Bruce Dern and Michael Paré
- The Wrong Guys, directed by Danny Bilson, starring Louie Anderson, Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer, Tim Thomerson, Brion James, Franklyn Ajaye, Art LaFleur, Biff Manard, Timothy Van Patten, Ernie Hudson and John Goodman
- Wuthering Heights (Arashi ga oka), directed by Yoshishige Yoshida, starring Yūsaku Matsuda (Japan)
Y[edit]
- Yasemin, directed by Hark Bohm, starring Ayse Romey and Uwe Bohm
- Young Einstein, directed by and starring Yahoo Serious – (Australia)
- Young Guns, directed by Christopher Cain, starring Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney and Casey Siemaszko
Z[edit]
- Zombi 3, directed by Lucio Fulci and Bruno Mattei, starring Deran Sarafian (Italy)
Births[edit]
- January 7 – Haley Bennett, American actress and singer
- January 12 – Andrew Lawrence, American actor
- February 13 – Erica Mendez, American voice actress
- February 17 – Nagita Slavina, Indonesian actress, television host, film producer, and singer
- February 20 – Rihanna, Barbadian singer, songwriter and actress
- March 14 – Stephen Curry, American basketball player
- March 27 – Brenda Song, American actress, singer and model
- March 27 – Holliday Grainger, English actress
- April 6 – Mike Bailey, English actor
- April 10 – Haley Joel Osment, American actor
- April 14 – Chris Wood, American actor
- April 18 – Allison Williams, American actress
- April 18 – Vanessa Kirby, English actress
- April 25 – Sara Paxton, American singer and actress
- April 27 – Lizzo, American singer, actress, and flautist
- April 30 – Ana de Armas, Cuban-Spanish actress
- May 1 – Anushka Sharma, Indian actress
- May 17 – Nikki Reed, American actress and writer
- June 2 – Awkwafina, American actress, comedian, writer, producer and rapper
- June 7 – Michael Cera, Canadian actor
- June 9
- Lauren Landa, American voice actress
- Mae Whitman, American actress
- July 12 – Christine Marie Cabanos, American voice actress
- July 19 – Cherami Leigh, American voice actress
- August 16 – Rumer Willis, American actress
- August 24 – Rupert Grint, English actor
- August 27 – Alexa PenaVega, American actress and singer
- September 12 – Matt Martians, American record producer
- September 22 – Sana Saeed, Indian actress
- October 3 – Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress
- October 4 – Melissa Benoist, American actress, singer and dancer
- October 8 – Glen Powell, American actor
- October 21 – Mark Rendall, Canadian actor
- October 29 – Devon Murray, Irish actor
- November 6 – Emma Stone, American actress
- November 9 – Nikki Blonsky, American singer and actress
- November 9 – Analeigh Tipton, American model and actress
- November 22 – Jamie Campbell Bower, English actor and singer
- December 1 – Zoe Kravitz, American actress
- December 2 – Alfred Enoch, English actor
- December 7 – Emily Browning, Australian actress
- December 14 – Vanessa Hudgens, American actress and singer
- December 16 – Anna Popplewell, English actress
- December 17 – Rin Takanashi, Japanese actress and model
- December 26 -Tucker Ren, American Guy that knows how to edit Wikipedia pages.
Notable deaths[edit]
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 3 | Joie Chitwood | 75 | US | Stuntman, Actor | Live and Let Die |
| 7 | Michel Auclair | 65 | France | Actor |
| |
| 7 | Trevor Howard | 74 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 8 | Boyd Morgan | 72 | US | Stuntman, Actor |
| |
| 16 | Ballard Berkeley | 83 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 19 | Bridget Boland | 75 | UK | Screenwriter |
| |
| 25 | Colleen Moore | 88 | US | Actress |
| |
| February | 1 | Heather O'Rourke | 12 | US | Actress |
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| 5 | Emeric Pressburger | 85 | UK | Writer, Director |
| |
| 8 | Allan Cuthbertson | 67 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 10 | Ron Ellis | 47 | US | Stuntman, Actor |
| |
| March | 3 | Lois Wilson | 93 | US | Actress | The Covered Wagon |
| 6 | Jeanne Aubert | 82 | France | Actress | La Possession | |
| 7 | Robert Livingston | 83 | US | Actor |
| |
| 12 | Karen Steele | 56 | US | Actress |
| |
| 13 | Steno | 71 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter |
| |
| 13 | John Holmes | 43 | US | Actor |
| |
| 13 | Olive Carey | 92 | US | Actress, Writer |
| |
| 23 | Reg Lye | 75 | Australia | Actor |
| |
| 27 | Renato Salvatori | 55 | Italy | Actor |
| |
| April | 1 | Jim Jordan | 91 | US | Actor |
|
| 5 | Alf Kjellin | 68 | Sweden | Actor, Director |
| |
| 6 | John Clements | 77 | UK | Actor, Writer, Director |
| |
| 7 | Albert S. Rogell | 86 | US | Director |
| |
| 11 | Jeff Donnell | 66 | US | Actress |
| |
| 11 | Jesse L. Lasky Jr. | 77 | US | Screenwriter |
| |
| 15 | Kenneth Williams | 62 | UK | Actor, Writer |
| |
| 21 | I. A. L. Diamond | 67 | US | Writer, Producer |
| |
| 22 | Irene Rich | 96 | US | Actress |
| |
| 28 | Andrew Cruickshank | 80 | UK | Actor, Writer |
| |
| May | 1 | Paolo Stoppa | 81 | Italy | Actor |
|
| 12 | Paul Osborn | 86 | US | Screenwriter |
| |
| 15 | Andrew Duggan | 64 | US | Actor |
| |
| 15 | Greta Nissen | 82 | Norway | Actress |
| |
| 18 | Anthony Forwood | 72 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 18 | Daws Butler | 71 | US | Voice Actor |
| |
| 21 | Barbara Laage | 67 | France | Actress |
| |
| 30 | Ella Raines | 67 | US | Actress |
| |
| June | 2 | Raj Kapoor | 63 | India | Actor, Director, Producer | Awaara |
| 5 | Michael Barrington | 63 | UK | Actor | The Black Panther | |
| 11 | Nathan Cook | 38 | US | Actor | National Lampoon's Vacation | |
| 16 | Kim Milford | 37 | US | Actor, Composer |
| |
| 22 | Dennis Day | 77 | US | Singer, Actor |
| |
| July | 7 | Jimmy Edwards | 68 | UK | Actor, Writer |
|
| 12 | Joshua Logan | 79 | US | Writer, Director |
| |
| 22 | Patrick Newell | 56 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 25 | Judith Barsi | 10 | US | Actress |
| |
| 25 | Douglas Hickox | 59 | UK | Director, Assistant Director |
| |
| 27 | Larry Clemmons | 81 | US | Animator, Writer |
| |
| August | 1 | Florence Eldridge | 86 | US | Actress |
|
| 5 | Colin Higgins | 47 | US | Director, Producer, Writer |
| |
| 5 | Ralph Meeker | 65 | US | Actor |
| |
| 7 | Wilfred Jackson | 82 | US | Animator |
| |
| 8 | Alan Napier | 85 | US | Actor |
| |
| 11 | Anne Ramsey | 59 | US | Actress |
| |
| 17 | Victoria Shaw | 53 | Australia | Actress |
| |
| 23 | Jack Sher | 75 | US | Writer, Director |
| |
| 24 | Leonard Frey | 49 | US | Actor |
| |
| 26 | Milton Sperling | 76 | US | Screenwriter |
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| September | 5 | Gert Fröbe | 75 | Germany | Actor |
|
| 6 | Harold Rosson | 93 | US | Cinematographer |
| |
| 11 | John Sylvester White | 68 | US | Actor | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | |
| 12 | Stephen B. Grimes | 61 | Italy | Production Designer |
| |
| 14 | Louis Quinn | 73 | US | Actor |
| |
| 20 | Roy Kinnear | 54 | UK | Actor |
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| 21 | Henry Koster | 83 | US | Director, Writer, Producer |
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| 21 | Christine Norden | 63 | UK | Actress |
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| October | 1 | Lucien Ballard | 84 | US | Cinematographer |
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| 4 | Margaret Lacey | 76 | UK | Actress |
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| 6 | Don Terry | 86 | US | Actor |
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| 9 | Edward Chodorov | 84 | US | Screenwriter |
| |
| 11 | Morgan Farley | 90 | US | Actor |
| |
| 11 | Bonita Granville | 65 | US | Actress |
| |
| 12 | Ken Murray | 85 | US | Actor, Producer |
| |
| 13 | Melvin Frank | 75 | US | Writer, Director |
| |
| 14 | Mary Morris | 72 | Switzerland | Actress |
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| 24 | Valerie Taylor | 85 | UK | Actress, Writer |
| |
| 25 | Eric Larson | 83 | US | Animator |
| |
| 25 | James Engle | 81 | US | Assistant Director |
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| 27 | Charles Hawtrey | 73 | UK | Actor |
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| 31 | John Houseman | 86 | US | Actor, Producer |
| |
| November | 1 | George J. Folsey | 90 | US | Cinematographer |
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| 3 | Sidney Carroll | 75 | US | Screenwriter |
| |
| 6 | John Hubbard | 74 | US | Actor, Dialogue Director |
| |
| 9 | Billy Curtis | 79 | US | Stuntman, Actor |
| |
| 15 | Mona Washbourne | 84 | UK | Actress |
| |
| 27 | Angela Aames | 32 | US | Actress |
| |
| 27 | John Carradine | 82 | Italy | Actor |
| |
| December | 7 | Christopher Connelly | 47 | US | Actor |
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| 7 | Dorothy Jordan | 82 | US | Actress |
| |
| 10 | Richard S. Castellano | 55 | US | Actor |
| |
| 10 | Dennis Arundell | 90 | UK | Actor, Composer |
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| 17 | Jerry Hopper | 81 | US | Director |
| |
| 21 | Bob Steele | 81 | US | Actor |
| |
| 22 | Tucker Smith | 52 | US | Actor, Dancer |
| |
| 24 | Noel Willman | 70 | US | Actor |
| |
| 26 | Julanne Johnston | 88 | US | Actress |
| |
| 27 | Hal Ashby | 59 | US | Director, Editor |
|
Film debuts[edit]
- Joe Alaskey – Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Tim Allen – Tropical Snow
- Stephen Baldwin – Homeboy
- Troian Bellisario – Last Rites
- Annette Bening – The Great Outdoors
- Thora Birch – Purple People Eater
- Macaulay Culkin – Rocket Gibraltar
- Matt Damon – Mystic Pizza
- Stacey Dash – Moving
- David Duchovny – Working Girl
- Cuba Gooding, Jr. – Coming to America
- Danielle Harris – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- Neil Patrick Harris – Clara's Heart
- Bonnie Hunt – Rain Man
- Felicity Huffman – Things Change
- David Hyde Pierce – Bright Lights, Big City
- Milla Jovovich – Two Moon Junction
- Jane Lynch – Vice Versa
- Jenifer Lewis – Beaches
- Juliette Lewis – My Stepmother Is an Alien
- Dermot Mulroney – Sunset
- Bill Nunn – School Daze
- Clive Owen – Vroom
- Matthew Perry – A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
- Oliver Platt – Married to the Mob
- Alan Rickman – Die Hard
- Julia Roberts – Satisfaction
- Stephen Root – Crocodile Dundee II
- Sara Rue – Rocket Gibraltar
- Steven Seagal – Above the Law
- Benicio del Toro – Big Top Pee-wee
See also[edit]
- List of American films of 1988
- List of British films of 1988
- List of French films of 1988
- List of German films of the 1980sr
- List of Bollywood films of 1988
- List of Italian films of 1988
- List of Japanese films of 1988r
- List of Swedish films of the 1980s
References[edit]
- ^ "1988 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ "A Fish Called Wanda (1988)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
A Fish Called Wanda domestic gross $62.5 million
- ^ Groves, Don (August 9, 1989). "UIP Up, Up and Away For Year; Rentals Take Off". Variety. p. 11.
UIP Top 10 Grossers, 1988–89
Rain Man $233 million
Crocodile Dundee 2 $126 million
Coming to America $122 million
A Fish Called Wanda $115 million
Willow $80 million
Twins $75 million
The Naked Gun $61 million - ^ "A Cry in the Dark (1988) – Release dates". IMDB.com. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
External links[edit]
- 1988 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
- Top 1988 Movies at the Domestic Box Office at The Numbers
- Top 1988 Movies at the International Box Office at The Numbers
- Top 1988 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office at The Numbers
- Top-US-Grossing Titles Released 1988-01-01 to 1988-12-31 at IMDb
- Most Popular Feature Films Released 1988-01-01 to 1988-12-31 at IMDb