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World Apart, AWorld Apart, A (1988)
Dir. Chris Menges
Feat. Barbara Hershey
True account of a teenage girl's isolated upbringing in aparteid–torn South Africa, whose obsessed mother is jailed for political activism in…
Young GunsYoung Guns (1988)
Dir. Christopher Cain
Feat. Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland
The long–neglected Western finds popularity with a new generation with an all–star youthful cast.
Zelly and MeZelly and Me (1988)
Dir. Tina Rathborne
Feat. Isabella Rossellini, David Lynch
Poignant story of a young orphan girl caught between her possessive grandmother and her governness (Isabella Rosellini). David Lynch has a major…
21 Jump Street (TV Series)21 Jump Street (TV Series) (1987-1991)
Feat. Johnny Depp, Frederic Forrest, Peter DeLuise
Iconic, lightly–rendered youth thriller series, in which four young–looking undercover cops infiltrate high schools to expose various…
84 Charing Cross Road84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Dir. David Jones
Feat. Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins
Book–loving New Yorker Anne Bancroft corresponds with London bookseller Anthony Hopkins in the decades following WWII, leading to some platonic…
A Taxing WomanA Taxing Woman (1987)
Dir. Juzo Itami
Feat. Nobuko Miyamoto
A nicely offbeat look at the potentially boring subject of tax evasion. Nobuko Miyamoto plays our star tax collector who meets her match in a hotshot…
Adventures in BabysittingAdventures in Babysitting (1987) Recommended
Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp
A young Elisabeth Shue is serious crush material as the teenage babysitter who must escort two rug rats through the treacherous urban jungle of…
After PilkingtonAfter Pilkington (1987) Recommended
Dir. Christopher Morahan
Feat. Bob Peck, Miranda Richardson, Barry Foster
The exhilirating complications and barbed wit of Simon Gray's stageplay survive this BBC thriller, about an Oxford professor (Bob Peck) drawn into a…
Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of GoldAllan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987)
Dir. Gary Nelson
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones
Proficient, if dated adventure yarn in which explorer Chamberlain and archaeologist Stone set off to Africa in search of a missing brother. Mixes…
Amazon Women On the MoonAmazon Women On the Moon (1987) Recommended
Dir. John Landis
Feat. Rosanna Arquette, Ralph Bellamy, Carrie Fisher
Inspired ensemble of contemporary sketches performed by a star–studded cast.

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