1988 in film
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Events
- Michael Jackson's first film was Moonwalker
Top grossing films
- Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit, starring Bob Hoskins
- Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy
- Big, starring Tom Hanks
- Twins
- Crocodile Dundee II
- Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis
- Cocktail, also starring Tom Cruise
- , starring Leslie Nielsen
- Oliver and Company
- Best Picture: Rain Man - Mirage Entertainment, Star Partners II, United Artists
- Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
- Best Actress: Jodie Foster - The Accused
Births
Deaths
- January 7 - Trevor Howard, actor
- February 1 - Heather O'Rourke, actress
- January 25 - Colleen Moore, actress
- March 6 - Jeanne Aubert, French actress
- May 30 - Ella Raines, actress
- July 25 - Judith Barsi, actress
- August 4 - Florence Eldridge, actress
- September 5 - Gert Fröbe, actor
- October 1 - Lucien Ballard, cinematographer
- December 23 – Frederick W. Elvidge, actor
Other movies released
- American Gothic
- Beetlejuice
- Bloodsport
- Casual Sex?
- Child's Play
- Dangerous Curves
- Dangerous Liaisons
- Earth Girls Are Easy
- Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
- A Fish Called Wanda
- Fright Night II
- Gangster World
- Hawks, starring Timothy Dalton and Anthony Edwards
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space
- The Land Before Time
- Mac and Me
- Masters of the Universe, starring Dolph Lundgren and Courteney Cox
- Midnight Run
- Mississippi Burning
- The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
- Paperhouse
- Punchline
- Pushpak
- Scrooged
- She's Having a Baby
- A Short Film About Love by Krzysztof Kieslowski
- Stand and Deliver
- They Live, starring Roddy Piper
- Working Girl, starring Harrison Ford
- A World Apart, starring Barbara Hershey and Jodhi May
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