1988 Movies

Die Hard

Written by: Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza

Directed by: John McTiernan

Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason

Country: United States of America

Outline: New York cop John McClane battles terrorists who have seized a Los Angeles skyscraper, taking hostages and threatening to detonate explosives.

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Rain Man

Written by: Barry Morrow, Ronald Bass

Directed by: Barry Levinson

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino

Country: United States of America

Outline: Charlie Babbitt discovers his estranged father left his fortune to his autistic brother, Raymond. They embark on a cross-country journey that transforms their relationship.

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Written by: Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis

Starring: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Fleischer

Country: United States of America

Outline: Private eye Eddie Valiant investigates the murder of Marvin Acme, the owner of Toontown, and uncovers a conspiracy involving Roger Rabbit and Judge Doom.

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Big

Written by: Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg

Directed by: Penny Marshall

Starring: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia

Country: United States of America

Outline: A 12-year-old boy wishes to be big and wakes up in an adult's body, navigating the adult world while trying to return to his original age.

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Coming to America

Written by: Eddie Murphy, David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein

Directed by: John Landis

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones

Country: United States of America

Outline: Prince Akeem of Zamunda travels to America to find a wife who will love him for his personality, not his wealth.

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Twins

Written by: Tim Harris, Herschel Weingrod

Directed by: Ivan Reitman

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston

Country: United States of America

Outline: Two unlikely brothers, Julius and Vincent, separated at birth, reunite and embark on a journey to find their mother.

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Cocktail

Written by: Heywood Gould

Directed by: Roger Donaldson

Starring: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue

Country: United States of America

Outline: A talented New York City bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love.

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Rambo III

Written by: David Morrell, Sylvester Stallone, Sheldon Lettich

Directed by: Peter MacDonald

Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Kurtwood Smith, Spiros Focás

Country: United States of America

Outline: Rambo embarks on a mission to rescue his friend Colonel Trautman from Soviet forces in Afghanistan.

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Crocodile Dundee II

Written by: Paul Hogan

Directed by: John Cornell

Starring: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, David Gulpilil

Country: Australia

Outline: Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee returns to New York City to rescue his girlfriend from kidnappers.

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Grave of the Fireflies

Written by: Isao Takahata, Akiyuki Nosaka

Directed by: Isao Takahata

Starring: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Shinohara

Country: Japan

Outline: Two siblings struggle to survive in Japan during the final months of World War II.

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Cinema Paradiso

Written by: Giuseppe Tornatore

Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore

Starring: Jacques Perrin, Philippe Noiret, Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio

Country: Italy

Outline: A filmmaker recalls his childhood at a Sicilian cinema and the friendship with the projectionist.

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My Neighbor Totoro

Written by: Hayao Miyazaki

Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki

Starring: Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Hitoshi Takagi

Country: Japan

Outline: In 1950s Japan, two sisters, Satsuki and Mei, move to the countryside and encounter friendly wood spirits, including the large, cuddly Totoro. The film explores themes of childhood innocence and the magic of nature.

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Akira

Written by: Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Izo Hashimoto

Directed by: Katsuhiro Ôtomo

Starring: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Taro Ishida, Tesshō Genda, Mizuho Suzuki, Tatsuhiko Nakamura, Fukue Itō, Kazuhiro Shindō

Country: Japan

Outline: Set in a dystopian 2019, the film follows Shōtarō Kaneda, leader of a biker gang, as he attempts to rescue his friend Tetsuo, who has developed powerful telekinetic abilities after a motorcycle accident. Their journey leads them into a conflict with government forces and a secret project.

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Mississippi Burning

Written by: Chris Gerolmo

Directed by: Alan Parker

Starring: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand

Country: United States of America

Outline: In 1964, two FBI agents investigate the disappearance of three civil rights workers in a racially divided Mississippi town.

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The Vanishing

Written by: George Sluizer, Tim Krabbé

Directed by: George Sluizer

Starring: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege

Country: Netherlands

Outline: A young Dutch couple, Rex and Saskia, are on vacation in France. Saskia is abducted at a rest area, leading Rex on a relentless search for her over the next three years.

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Midnight Run

Written by: George Gallo

Directed by: Martin Brest

Starring: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano

Country: United States of America

Outline: Bounty hunter Jack Walsh pursues former Mafia accountant Jonathan Mardukas, who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the FBI, and his old mob boss after jumping bail.

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The Last Temptation of Christ

Written by: Paul Schrader

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, David Bowie, Verna Bloom, Paul Herman

Country: United States of America

Outline: A depiction of the life of Jesus Christ, exploring his struggles with various forms of temptation including fear, doubt, depression, reluctance, and lust.

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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Written by: Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker

Directed by: David Zucker

Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalbán, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Alan North

Country: United States of America

Outline: Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during a state visit to Los Angeles.

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Dangerous Liaisons

Written by: Christopher Hampton

Directed by: Stephen Frears

Starring: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Uma Thurman, Keanu Reeves, Swoosie Kurtz

Country: United States of America

Outline: In 18th-century France, a widowed aristocrat and her former lover use seduction and betrayal to exact revenge upon a married man and his young bride-to-be.

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Ödipussi

Directed by: Vicco von Bülow

Starring: Vicco von Bülow

Country: Germany

Outline: Paul Winkelmann, a furniture retailer, still has his mother cook his dinner and do his laundry. After meeting a psychologist, he begins to rebel against his domineering mother.

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Story of Women

Directed by: Claude Chabrol

Starring: Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet, Marie Trintignant

Country: France

Outline: In Nazi-occupied France, a housewife becomes a midwife and is arrested for performing abortions, leading to a trial that exposes the moral complexities of wartime France.

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The Big Blue

Written by: Luc Besson, Robert Garland, Marilyn Goldin, Jacques Mayol, Marc Perrier

Directed by: Luc Besson

Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Paul Shenar, Sergio Castellitto, Marc Duret, Griffin Dunne

Country: France

Outline: The rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two childhood friends and now world-renowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown.

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Beetlejuice

Written by: Michael McDowell, Warren Skaaren

Directed by: Tim Burton

Starring: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton

Country: United States of America

Outline: A recently deceased couple hire a mischievous ghost to scare away the new inhabitants of their former home.

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