Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3566 Films to Buy & Rent
- Crossing Delancey (1988)
- Dir. Joan Micklin Silver
Feat. Amy Irving, Peter Riegert
- Liberal New Yorker Amy Irving juggles her passion for literature around two (in)eligible bachelors – a handsome academic and a humble pickle…
- Da (1988)
- Dir. Matt Clark
Feat. Martin Sheen
- Martin Sheen returns to his native Ireland for his father's funeral and finds his ghost alive and well and willing to discuss the past.
- Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer
- Classic tale of an unscrupulous French countess who creates royal havoc by challenging her former lover to the sexual conquest of a virginal…
- Dominick and Eugene (1988)
- Dir. Robert M Young
Feat. Ray Liotta, Tom Hulce, Jamie Lee Curtis
- Ray Liotta cares for his autistic twin brother Tom Hulce in this affecting drama.
- Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
- Dir. Julien Temple
Feat. Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey…
- Under–rated campy musical about a trio of goofy aliens (incl. Jim Carrey in an early role) who crash–land in Geena Davis's swimming pool.
- Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) (1988)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Meryl Streep, Sam Neill
- Jack–of–all–accents, Meryl Streep, does wonders as Lindy Chamberlain, the woman accused of murdering her child in the Australian…
- Fish Called Wanda, A (1988)
- Dir. Charles Crichton
Feat. John Cleese, Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis…
- Rarely does a comedy achieve such a high laugh–count and provide substance beyond sheer entertainment value. A comic masterpiece written by and…
- Four Minute Mile, The (1988)
- Dir. James Goddard
Feat. Richard Huw, Nique Needles, Michael York
- Set in the post–WW2 era of middle–distance athletics when for a period of eight years it seemed that no one would break the…
- Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
- Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris
- Impressive biopic of American primatologist Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver), who ventured to the volitile African jungle to study the…
- Great Outdoors, The (1988)
- Dir. Howard Deutch
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Annette Bening…
- Dan Akroyd and John Candy are brothers–in–law who ruin each other's family vacation in this John Hughes production which exemplifies…