# Seán Keane

The following is an overview of events in 1988 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. == Highest-grossing films == The top 10 films released in 1988 by worldwide gross are as follows: == Events == October 10 – Batman officially commences filming at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. == Awards == Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival) Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren), directed by Bille August, DenmarkGolden Lion (Venice Film Festival) La leggenda del santo bevitore (The Legend of the Holy Drinker), directed by Ermanno Olmi, Italy / FranceGolden Bear (Berlin International Film Festival) Red Sorghum (Hong gao liang), directed by Zhang Yimou, China == 1988 Wide-release films == === January–March === === April–June === === July–September === === October–December === == Notable films released in 1988 == United States unless stated === # === 18 Again!, directed by Paul Flaherty, starring George Burns, Charlie Schlatter, Tony Roberts, Anita Morris and Red Buttons 1969, directed by Ernest Thompson, starring Robert Downey, Jr., Kiefer Sutherland and Winona Ryder === A === The Abyss (L'Œuvre au noir), directed by André Delvaux, starring Gian Maria Volonté – (France/Belgium) Above the Law, directed by Andrew Davis, starring Steven Seagal and Pam Grier The Accidental Tourist, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis and Bill Pullman The Accused, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis – (Canada) Action Jackson, directed by Craig R. Baxley, starring Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity and Sharon Stone The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, directed by Terry Gilliam, starring John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman and Jonathan Pryce – (U.K.) Akira, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, voices of Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Taro Ishida, Mizuho Suzuki and Tesshō Genda (Japan) Alice (Něco z Alenky), directed by Jan Švankmajer, starring Kristýna Kohoutová (Czechoslovakia) Alien Nation, directed by Graham Baker, starring James Caan and Mandy Patinkin Aloha Summer, directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, starring Chris Makepeace, Yuji Okumoto, Don Michael Paul, Tia Carrere, Andy Bumatai and Lorie Griffin Amsterdamned, directed by Dick Maas, starring Huub Stapel, Monique van de Ven, Serge-Henri Valcke, Hidde Maas and Wim Zomer (Netherlands) And God Created Woman, directed by Roger Vadim, starring Rebecca De Mornay, Vincent Spano, Frank Langella and Donovan Leitch Another Woman, directed by Woody Allen, starring Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm and Gene Hackman Appointment With Death, directed by Michael Winner, starring Peter Ustinov (as Hercule Poirot), Lauren Bacall, Piper Laurie, John Gielgud, Hayley Mills and Carrie Fisher Ariel, directed by Aki Kaurismäki, starring Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto and Matti Pellonpää (Finland) Arthur 2: On the Rocks, directed by Bud Yorkin, starring Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli and Kathy Bates As Tears Go By (Wong gok Kaa mun), directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Andy Lau and Maggie Cheung – (Hong Kong) Ashik Kerib, directed by Dodo Abashidze and Sergei Parajanov, starring Yuri Mgoyan, Sofiko Chiaureli, Ramaz Chkhikvadze and Konstantin Stepankov (Soviet Union) Aviya's Summer (HaKayitz Shel Aviya), directed by Eli Cohen, starring Gila Almagor and Kaipo Cohen – (Israel) === B === Bad Dreams, directed by Andrew Fleming, starring Jennifer Rubin Bambi Bat*21, directed by Peter Markle, starring Gene Hackman and Danny Glover Beaches, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey The Bear (L'Ours), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Bart the Bear, Youk the Bear, Tchéky Karyo, Andre Lacombe and Jack Wallace – (France) Bear Ye One Another's Burden (Einer trage des anderen Last), directed by Lothar Warneke, starring Jörg Pose and Manfred Möck (East Germany) The Beast, directed by Kevin Reynolds, starring George Dzundza and Jason Patric Beetlejuice, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder Betrayed, directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Debra Winger and Tom Berenger Big, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, John Heard and Robert Loggia The Big Blue, directed by Luc Besson, starring Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr and Jean Reno – (France/United States/Italy) Big Business, directed by Jim Abrahams, starring Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward and Michael Gross Big Time, a musical, directed by Chris Blum, starring Tom Waits Big Top Pee-wee, directed by Randal Kleiser, starring Paul Reubens, Valeria Golino, Penelope Ann Miller and Kris Kristofferson Biloxi Blues, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Matthew Broderick and Christopher Walken Bird, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Forest Whitaker and Diane Venora Black Eagle, directed by Eric Karson, starring Sho Kosugi and Jean-Claude Van Damme Blind Justice, aka Hold My Hand I'm Dying, directed by Terence Ryan, starring Oliver Reed The Blob, directed by Chuck Russell, starring Kevin Dillon and Shawnee Smith Bloodsport, directed by Newt Arnold, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Forest Whitaker Bloodstone, directed by Dwight H. Little, starring Rajinikanth The Blue Iguana, directed by John Lafia, starring Dylan McDermott, Jessica Harper, James Russo, Pamela Gidley and Tovah Feldshuh La Bohème, directed by Luigi Comencini, starring Barbara Hendricks and Luca Canonici The Boost, directed by Harold Becker, starring James Woods, Sean Young, Steven Hill and Amanda Blake Braddock: Missing in Action III, directed by Aaron Norris, starring Chuck Norris, Aki Aleong, Yehuda Efroni and Roland Harrah III Brain Damage, directed by Frank Henenlotter, starring Rick Hearst and John Zacherle Bright Lights, Big City, directed by James Bridges, starring Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates and Dianne Wiest Bull Durham, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins Bulletproof, directed by Steve Carver, starring Gary Busey Burning Secret, directed by Andrew Birkin, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer and Faye Dunaway – (U.K./West Germany) Buster, directed by David Green, starring Phil Collins and Julie Walters – (U.K.) === C === Caddyshack II, directed by Allan Arkush, starring Jackie Mason, Dyan Cannon, Robert Stack, Dina Merrill, Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd Call Me, directed by Sollace Mitchell, starring Patricia Charbonneau Camille Claudel, directed by Bruno Nuytten, starring Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu – (France) Candy Mountain, directed by Robert Frank and Rudy Wurlitzer, starring Kevin J. O'Connor, Harris Yulin, Tom Waits, Bulle Ogier and Roberts Blossom (Switzerland/Canada/France) Cannibal Tours, directed by Dennis O'Rourke (Australia) The Cannibals (Os Canibais), directed by Manoel de Oliveira, starring Luís Miguel Cintra (Portugal) Casual Sex?, directed by Geneviève Robert, starring Lea Thompson, Victoria Jackson, Stephen Shellen, Jerry Levine, Mary Gross and Andrew Dice Clay The Cat Who Walked by Herself (Koshka, kotoraya gulyala sama po sebe), directed by Ideya Garanina, starring Valentina Ponomaryova, Yelena Sanayeva, Georgi Burkov, Nikolay Karachentsov, Inna Churikova, Nogon Shumarov, Anna Kamenkova and Nikolai Burlyayev (U.S.S.R.) Celia, directed by Ann Turner, starring Rebecca Smart (Australia) Chicken and Duck Talk (Gai tung aap gong), directed by Clifton Ko, starring Michael Hui, Ricky Hui, Sylvia Chang, Lowell Lo, and Lawrence Ng (Hong Kong) Child's Play, directed by Tom Holland, starring Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Brad Dourif and Alex Vincent Chilsu and Mansu (칠수와 만수), directed by Park Kwang-su, starring Ahn Sung-ki and Park Joong-hoon (South Korea) Chithram (Picture), directed by Priyadarshan, starring Mohanlal – (India) Chocolat, directed by Claire Denis, starring Isaach De Bankolé, François Cluzet and Giulia Boschi (France/Cameroon) The Chocolate War, directed by Keith Gordon, starring John Glover, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Wallace Langham, Doug Hutchison, Jenny Wright and Bud Cort A Chorus of Disapproval, directed by Michael Winner, starring Anthony Hopkins and Jeremy Irons – (U.K.) Cinema Paradiso, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, starring Philippe Noiret – winner of Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for best foreign language film – (Italy) Clara's Heart, directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Neil Patrick Harris Clean and Sober, directed by Glenn Gordon Caron, starring Michael Keaton, Morgan Freeman and Kathy Baker Cocktail, directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown and Elisabeth Shue Cocoon: The Return, directed by Daniel Petrie, starring Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Courteney Cox and Jessica Tandy Colors, directed by Dennis Hopper, starring Robert Duvall, Sean Penn and María Conchita Alonso Coming to America, directed by John Landis, starring Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Madge Sinclair, Shari Headley and John Amos Consuming Passions, directed by Giles Foster, starring Jonathan Pryce – (U.K.) Cop, directed by James B. Harris, starring James Woods and Lesley Ann Warren The Couch Trip, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Dan Aykroyd, Charles Grodin, Donna Dixon, Mary Gross and Walter Matthau Critters 2: The Main Course, directed by Mick Garris, starring Scott Grimes, Liane Curtis, Don Keith Opper, Barry Corbin and Tom Hodges Crocodile Dundee II, directed by John Cornell, starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski – (Australia) Crossing Delancey, directed by Joan Micklin Silver, starring Amy Irving and Peter Riegert A Cry in the Dark (aka Evil Angels), directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Meryl Streep and Sam Neill – (Australia/United States) === D === Da, directed by Matt Clark, starring Barnard Hughes and Martin Sheen Dadah is Death, directed by Jerry London, starring Julie Christie and Hugo Weaving – (Australia) Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon, voices of Mel Blanc, Julie Bennett, Roy Firestone and B.J. Ward Damnation (Karhozat), directed by Béla Tarr, starring Miklos B. Szekely (Hungary) Dancing in the Dust, directed by Henri Duparc, starring Bamba Bakary (Ivorian polygyny film) Dangerous Liaisons, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Uma Thurman and Keanu Reeves The Dawning, directed by Robert Knights, starring Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Grant and Rebecca Pidgeon – (U.K.) Days of Eclipse (Dni zatmeniya), directed by Aleksandr Sokurov, starring Aleksei Ananishnov (U.S.S.R.) Dead Heat, directed by Mark Goldblatt, starring Treat Williams and Joe Piscopo The Dead Pool, directed by Buddy Van Horn, starring Clint Eastwood, Liam Neeson, Patricia Clarkson and Jim Carrey Dead Ringers, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Jeremy Irons and Geneviève Bujold – (Canada/United States) Dead Solid Perfect, directed by Bobby Roth, starring Randy Quaid, Kathryn Harrold and Corinne Bohrer The Deceivers, directed by Nicholas Meyer, starring Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey and Shashi Kapoor – (India) The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, directed by Penelope Spheeris, documentary featuring Aerosmith, Kiss, Motörhead and Ozzy Osbourne Die Hard, directed by John McTiernan, starring Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson and Alan Rickman Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, directed by Frank Oz, starring Steve Martin, Michael Caine and Glenne Headly Distant Thunder, directed by Rick Rosenthal, starring John Lithgow and Ralph Macchio Distant Voices, Still Lives, directed by Terence Davies, starring Pete Postlethwaite – (U.K.) D.O.A., directed by Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton, starring Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan Doin' Time on Planet Earth, directed by Charles Matthau, starring Nicholas Strouse, Andrea Thompson, Martha Scott, Adam West, Hugh Gillin and Matt Adler Dominick and Eugene, directed by Robert M. Young, starring Tom Hulce, Ray Liotta and Jamie Lee Curtis Dragons Forever (Fei lung maang jeung), directed by Sammo Hung and Corey Yuen, starring Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung – (Hong Kong) Dream Demon, directed by Harley Cokeliss, starring Jemma Redgrave – (U.K.) The Dressmaker, directed by Jim O'Brien, starring Joan Plowright and Billie Whitelaw – (U.K.) Drowning by Numbers, directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson and Joely Richardson – (U.K.) === E === Earth Girls Are Easy, directed by Julien Temple, starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, Damon Wayans and Jim Carrey Eight Men Out, directed by John Sayles, starring John Cusack, David Strathairn, John Mahoney, Michael Rooker, D. B. Sweeney and Charlie Sheen The Eighth Happiness (Baat seng bou hei), directed by Johnnie To, starring Chow Yun-fat – (Hong Kong) Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, directed by James Signorelli, starring Cassandra Peterson Ernest Saves Christmas, directed by John R. Cherry III, starring Jim Varney The Everlasting Secret Family, directed by Michael Thornhill, starring Arthur Dignam, Mark Lee, Heather Mitchell, Dennis Miller, John Meillon, Paul Goddard and Anna Volska Everybody's All-American, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Dennis Quaid, Jessica Lange, Timothy Hutton, Patricia Clarkson and John Goodman === F === Faceless, directed by Jesús Franco, starring Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie, Telly Savalas, Christopher Mitchum and Stéphane Audran(France) Far North, directed by Sam Shepard, starring Jessica Lange, Charles Durning and Tess Harper Feds, directed by Daniel Goldberg, starring Rebecca De Mornay and Mary Gross A Few Days with Me (Quelques jours avec moi), directed by Claude Sautet, starring Daniel Auteuil and Sandrine Bonnaire – (France) The First Kangaroos, directed by Frank Cvitanovich, starring Dennis Waterman – (U.K./Australia) A Fish Called Wanda, directed by Charles Crichton, starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin – (UK/US) Flesheater, directed by and starring Bill Hinzman For Keeps, directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Molly Ringwald, Randall Batinkoff and Kenneth Mars The Fox and the Hound, directed by Art Stevens, Ted Berman, Richard Rich, voices of Mickey Rooney and Kurt Russell Frantic, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Harrison Ford, Emmanuelle Seigner and Betty Buckley Fresh Horses, directed by David Anspaugh, starring Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, directed by John Carl Buechler, starring Lar Park Lincoln and Kevin Blair Fright Night Part 2, directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, starring William Ragsdale and Roddy McDowall The Fruit Machine, directed by Philip Saville, starring Emile Charles, Tony Forsyth, Robert Stephens, Robbie Coltrane and Bruce Payne (U.K.) Full Moon in Blue Water, directed by Peter Masterson, starring Gene Hackman and Teri Garr Funny Farm, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith === G === The Gamble, directed by Carlo Vanzina, starring Matthew Modine, Faye Dunaway and Jennifer Beals – (Italy) Georgia, directed by Ben Lewin, starring Judy Davis – (Australia) Ghost Town, directed by Richard McCarthy (under the alias Richard Governor), starring Franc Luz, Catherine Hickland, Jimmie F. Skaggs and Bruce Glover Ghosts… of the Civil Dead, directed by John Hillcoat, starring David Field, Chris DeRose, Nick Cave and Dave Mason (Australia) The Good Mother, directed by Leonard Nimoy, starring Diane Keaton and Liam Neeson Gorillas in the Mist, directed by Michael Apted, starring Sigourney Weaver and Bryan Brown Gotham (aka) The Dead Can't Lie, directed by Lloyd Fonvielle, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Virginia Madsen Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka), directed by Isao Takahata, starring Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara and Akemi Yamaguchi (Japan) The Great Outdoors, directed by Howard Deutch, starring Dan Aykroyd, John Candy and Annette Bening === H === Hairspray, directed by John Waters, starring Ricki Lake, Divine, Jerry Stiller, Sonny Bono and Deborah Harry Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, directed by Dwight H. Little, starring Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris and Michael Pataki A Handful of Dust, directed by Charles Sturridge, starring James Wilby and Kristin Scott Thomas – (U.K.) Hanna's War, directed by Menahem Golan, starring Ellen Burstyn, Maruschka Detmers, Anthony Andrews, Donald Pleasence and David Warner Hanussen, directed by István Szabó, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer – (Hungary) Hatya, directed by Kirti Kumar, starring Govinda and Neelam – (India) Haunted Summer, directed by Ivan Passer, starring Philip Anglim, Laura Dern, Alice Krige, Eric Stoltz and Alex Winter Hawks, directed by Robert Ellis Miller, starring Timothy Dalton and Anthony Edwards – (U.K.) Heart of a Dog (Sobachye serdtse), directed by Vladimir Bortko, starring Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev, Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Tolokonnikov and Nina Ruslanova (U.S.S.R.) Heart of Midnight, directed by Matthew Chapman, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh Heartbreak Hotel, directed by Chris Columbus, starring David Keith Hellbound: Hellraiser II, directed by Tony Randel, starring Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence and Kenneth Cranham (UK/US) Hero and the Terror, directed by William Tannen, starring Chuck Norris, Brynn Thayer, Steve James and Jack O'Halloran Hero Hiralal, directed by Ketan Mehta, starring Naseeruddin Shah and Sanjana Kapoor (India) High Hopes, directed by Mike Leigh, starring Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen and Lesley Manville (U.K.) High Spirits, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg and Daryl Hannah Hobgoblins, directed by Rick Sloane, starring Tom Bartlett, Paige Sullivan, Steven Boggs, Kelley Palmer, Billy Frank and Daran Norris Hope and Pain, directed by Yoji Yamada, starring Hiroko Yakushimaru (Japan) Hot to Trot, directed by Michael Dinner, starring Bob Goldthwait, Virginia Madsen, Jim Metzler and Dabney Coleman Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (Hôtel Terminus: Klaus Barbie, sa vie et son temps), directed by Marcel Ophüls – (France) The House on Carroll Street, directed by Peter Yates, starring Kelly McGillis and Jeff Daniels How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (Jak básníkům chutná život), directed by Dusan Klein, starring Pavel Kříž (Czechoslovakia) === I === Illegally Yours, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Rob Lowe and Colleen Camp I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, directed by and starring Keenen Ivory Wayans Imagine: John Lennon, directed by Andrew Solt, documentary film about John Lennon The In Crowd, directed by Mark Rosenthal, starring Donovan Leich and Joe Pantoliano Iron Eagle II, directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Louis Gossett, Jr.