1988 English-language films

1988 animated film directed by George Scribner

Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza, based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. It stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, and Bonnie Bedelia, with Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton, Paul Gleason, and Hart Bochner in supporting roles. Die Hard follows a New York City police detective, John McClane (Willis), who becomes entangled in a terrorist takeover of a Los Angeles skyscraper while visiting his estranged wife during a Christmas Eve party.

1988 film directed by Barry Levinson

1988 film directed by Robert Zemeckis

1988 film directed by Peter MacDonald

Beetlejuice is a 1988 American gothic horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren based on a story by McDowell and Larry Wilson. The film stars Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, along with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder.

1987 film by Barry Levinson

1988 film by Alan Parker

1988 British-American heist comedy film

1988 film by Martin Scorsese

1988 animated adventure film directed by Don Bluth

1988 film by John Landis

1988 film by Penny Marshall

1988 film directed by Ivan Reitman

1988 film by John Carpenter

1988 film by Mike Nichols

1988 film by Tom Holland

1988 film by Stephen Frears

1988 film by Walter Hill

1988 film by David Zucker

1988 film by Jonathan Kaplan

1988 film directed by Ron Howard

1988 film by Buddy Van Horn

1988 film by Roger Donaldson

1988 film by Martin Brest

1988 film by Roman Polanski

1988 film by Renny Harlin

1988 film directed by Newt Arnold

1988 film by Lawrence Kasdan

1988 film by Terry Gilliam

1988 film directed by Michael Apted

1988 film directed by Dwight H. Little

1988 film directed by Frank Oz

1988 film by David Cronenberg

1988 film by Philip Kaufman

1988 US film by Andrew Davis

1988 double live/studio album by U2

1988 film by Donald Petrie

1988 film by Alan Myerson

1988 film directed by John Cornell

Moonwalker is a 1988 American anthology musical film starring Michael Jackson. Rather than featuring one continuous narrative, the film expresses the influence of fandom and innocence through a collection of short films about Jackson, several of which are long-form music videos from Jackson's 1987 album Bad. The film is named after the dance technique known as the moonwalk, which Jackson was known for performing.

1988 film by Joseph Zito

1988 film by John Carl Buechler

1988 film directed by Aaron Norris

1988 film directed by Stephen Chiodo

Heathers is a 1989 American teen satirical black comedy crime film written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann, in both of their respective film debuts. The film stars Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker and Penelope Milford. The plot revolves around four teenage girls—three of whom are named Heather—in a clique at an Ohio high school, one of whose lives is disrupted by the arrival of Jason "J.D." Dean, a misanthrope intent on murdering the popular students and staging their deaths as suicides.

1988 Belgian-French film by Jean-Jacques Annaud

1988 film by Fred Schepisi

1988 film by Robert Towne

1988 film directed by Tony Randel

1988 film directed by Jonathan Demme

1988 film directed by Ron Shelton

1988 film directed by Clint Eastwood

1988 film by Chuck Russell

1988 film directed by Woody Allen

1988 film by Christopher Cain

Scrooged is a 1988 American Christmas fantasy black comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. Inspired by Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, the film is a metafictional modern retelling that follows Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cynical and selfish television executive who, while prepping for a live broadcast adaptation of A Christmas Carol, is visited on Christmas Eve by a succession of ghosts intent on helping him regain his Christmas spirit. The supporting cast includes Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane,

1988 film directed by Mick Garris

1988 film by Gary Sherman

1988 film directed by William Lustig