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Subgenre Sampler

 
BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin
A deceased couple return as ghosts and discover their home has been occupied by an obnoxious family, so decide to enlist the services of…
Big Blue, TheBig Blue, The (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Jean-Marc Barr, Rosanna Arquette, Jean Reno
Visually, aurally (and literally) breathtaking tale of two rival free–fall divers, an American journalist, and the glorious Mediterranean.…
Child's PlayChild's Play (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tom Holland
Feat. Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent
'Chucky', the possessed cabbage–patch kid, goes on a murderous rampage in this clever consumerist parable. Tightly scripted and imaginatively…
Dangerous LiaisonsDangerous Liaisons (1988) Recommended
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…
Die HardDie Hard (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Alan Rickman
Star–making role for Bruce Willis as an ordinary cop who runs into international terrorism at the top of a skyscraper on Christmas Eve. …
Legend of the Holy Drinker, TheLegend of the Holy Drinker, The (1988)
Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Sandrine Dumas
Rutger Hauer plays a drunken homeless man in Paris who is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local church when he…
MoonwalkerMoonwalker (1988)
Dir. Colin Chilvers, Jerry Kramer
Feat. Michael Jackson
Feature–length fantasy from the imagination of pop–prince Michael Jackson that combines sci–fi, adventure and plenty of…
ScroogedScrooged (1988)
Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Bill Murray, Karen Allen, Alfre Woodard
Bill Murray is hilariously mean–spirited as a yuppie incarnation of Charles Dicken’s ‘Scrooge’ who eventually gets a change of attitude…
Belly of an Architect, TheBelly of an Architect, The (1987) Recommended
Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Sergio Fantoni
Brian Dennehy excels as an American architect who faces a mid–life crisis while setting up his exhibition in Rome. Oblique yet trenchant and of…
Full Metal JacketFull Metal Jacket (1987) Recommended
Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio
Disturbing account of the recruitment, training and combat of young Americans in Vietnam. A powerful indictment of the senselessness of war, superbly…

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