1988 Drama Movies

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Rain Man(1988)

| 2h 14min | Drama

3.9/5 (with 2,853 votes)

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.

Directed by Barry Levinson - With Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen, Jack Murdock, Michael D. Roberts, ...

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Cinema Paradiso(1988)

| 2h 4min | Drama, Romance / Love

4.2/5 (with 2,215 votes)

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore - With Jacques Perrin, Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Philippe Noiret, Agnese Nano, Brigitte Fossey, ...

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The Land Before Time(1988)

| 1h 9min | Kids & Family, Animation, Adventure

3.6/5 (with 1,270 votes)

An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the way he meets four other young dinosaurs, each one a different species, and they encounter several obstacles as they learn to work together in order to survive.

Directed by Don Bluth

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The Last Temptation of Christ(1988)

| 2h 44min | Drama

3.6/5 (with 441 votes)

Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.

Directed by Martin Scorsese - With Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Harry Dean Stanton, David Bowie, Victor Argo, ...

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The Bear(1988)

| 1h 34min | Adventure, Drama, Kids & Family

3.5/5 (with 201 votes)

An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.

Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud - With Tchéky Karyo, Bart the Bear, André Lacombe

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Colors(1988)

| 2h | Action, Crime, Drama

3.2/5 (with 234 votes)

A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.

Directed by Dennis Hopper - With Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, María Conchita Alonso, Trinidad Silva, Don Cheadle, Damon Wayans, ...

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Emmanuelle 6(1988)

| 1h 20min | Drama, Romance / Love

2.1/5 (with 10 votes)

Journey with Emmanuelle and the world's most excuisite models deep into the Amazon jungle to the heart of paradise. Beauty can be dangerous and the women soon find themselves captive to a powerful drug lord. Now they must escape from a land of darkness.

Directed by Jean Rollin, Bruno Zincone - With Antonio Rodriguez, Natalie Uher, Santiago Pérez Fernández

Dead Ringers(1988)

| 1h 55min | Thriller, Horror

3.6/5 (with 373 votes)

Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.

Directed by David Cronenberg - With Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, David Cronenberg, David Hughes, Jill Hennessy, Shirley Douglas, ...

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Eight Men Out(1988)

| 1h 59min | Drama, History

3.5/5 (with 99 votes)

A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.

Directed by John Sayles - With John Cusack, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, John Mahoney, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn, ...

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Stand and Deliver(1988)

| 1h 43min | Drama

3.8/5 (with 143 votes)

Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.

Directed by Ramón Menéndez - With Edward James Olmos, Rosanna DeSoto, Lou Diamond Phillips, Andy Garcia, Carmen Argenziano, Estelle Harris, ...

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being(1988)

| 2h 51min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama

3.5/5 (with 180 votes)

Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.

Directed by Philip Kaufman - With Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint, Erland Josephson, Donald Moffat, ...

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Ariel(1988)

1h 13min | Drama, Comedy, Crime

3.5/5 (with 112 votes)

Taisto Kasurinen is a Finnish coal miner whose father has just committed suicide and who is framed for a crime he did not commit. In jail, he starts to dream about leaving the country and starting a new life. He escapes from prison but things don't go as planned...

Directed by Aki Kaurismäki - With Matti Pellonpää, Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Erkki Pajala, Matti Jaaranen, Esko Nikkari, ...

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Little Nikita(1988)

| 1h 38min | Drama, Action, Thriller

3.0/5 (with 54 votes)

Roy Parmenter is an FBI agent in San Diego; 20 years ago his partner was killed by a Soviet spy, nicknamed Scuba, still at large. Scuba is now trying to extort the Soviets; to prove he's serious, he's killing their agents one by one, including "sleepers," agents under deep cover awaiting orders. Roy interviews a high school lad, Jeff Grant, an applicant to the Air Force Academy. In a routine background check, Roy discovers that Jeff's parents are sleepers. He must see if Jeff is also a spy, confront the parents yet protect them, and catch his nemesis. Meanwhile, the Soviets have sent their own spy-catcher, the loner Karpov, to reel in Scuba. Alliances shift; it's cat and mouse.

With Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Richard Jenkins, Caroline Kava, Richard Bradford, Richard Lynch, ...

Camille Claudel(1988)

| 2h 55min | Drama, History, Romance / Love

3.4/5 (with 67 votes)

The life of Camille Claudel, a French sculptor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and later his lover. Her passion for her art and Rodin drive her further away from reason and rationality.

Directed by Bruno Nuytten - With Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Alain Cuny, Madeleine Robinson, Maxime Leroux, Anne-Marie Pisani, ...

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Running on Empty(1988)

PG-13

| 1h 56min | Drama, Crime, Romance / Love

3.8/5 (with 123 votes)

The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind.

Directed by Sidney Lumet - With River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Christine Lahti, Martha Plimpton, Steven Hill, Lynne Thigpen, ...

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Gorillas in the Mist(1988)

PG-13

| 2h 9min | Drama, History

3.5/5 (with 244 votes)

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

Directed by Michael Apted - With Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, Iain Glen, Constantin Alexandrov, Iain Cuthbertson, ...

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Dekalog(1989-1990)

| 55min per episode | Drama

4.3/5 (with 42 votes)

Originally made for Polish television, “The Decalogue” focuses on the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Its ten hour-long films, drawing from the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, grapple deftly with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth, and the passage of time.

Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski - With Artur Barciś, Krystyna Janda, Olgierd Łukaszewicz, Daniel Olbrychski, Grażyna Szapołowska, Jerzy Stuhr, ...

Talk Radio(1988)

| 1h 50min | Drama

3.5/5 (with 116 votes)

A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.

Directed by Oliver Stone - With Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope, John C. McGinley, Alec Baldwin, John Pankow, ...

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Evil Angels(1988)

PG-13

| 2h | Drama

3.4/5 (with 89 votes)

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder.

Directed by Fred Schepisi - With Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Bud Tingwell, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Nick Tate, Steve Dodd, ...

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Betrayed(1988)

| 2h 7min | Crime, Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller

3.1/5 (with 44 votes)

An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.

Directed by Costa-Gavras - With Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, John Mahoney, Betsy Blair, Ted Levine, ...

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Another Woman(1988)

| 1h 24min | Drama

3.4/5 (with 133 votes)

Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her life, Marion starts to reflect on her own life. After a series of events she comes to understand how her unemotional attitude towards the people around her affected them and herself.

Directed by Woody Allen - With Gena Rowlands, Ian Holm, Mia Farrow, Gene Hackman, Blythe Danner, Martha Plimpton, ...

Chocolat(1988)

PG-13

| 1h 45min | Drama

3.3/5 (with 35 votes)

On her way to visit her childhood home in a colonial outpost in Northern Cameroon, a young French woman recalls her childhood, her memories concentrating on her family's houseboy.

Directed by Claire Denis - With François Cluzet, Giulia Boschi, Didier Flamand, Emmanuelle Chaulet, Isaach de Bankolé, Jacques Denis, ...

Permanent Record(1988)

PG-13

| 1h 32min | Drama

3.2/5 (with 22 votes)

David Sinclair seems to have everything going for him: he's smart, musically talented, and very successful. To top off his senior year in high school, his band is trying to get a recording session. Therefore, David's suicide leaves everyone, especially his best friend and bandmate, Chris, with a lot of questions.

Directed by Marisa Silver - With Pamela Gidley, Michelle Meyrink, Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Rubin

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36 Fillette(1988)

1h 28min | Drama, Romance / Love

2.7/5 (with 11 votes)

Lili, a pouty and voluptuous 14-year-old, is caravan camping with her family in Biarritz. She's self-aware and holds her own in a café conversation with a concert pianist she meets, but she has a wild streak and she's testing her powers over men, finding that she doesn't always control her moods or actions, and she's impatient with being a virgin. She sets off with her brother to a disco, latching onto an aging playboy who is himself hot and cold to her. She is ambivalent about losing her virginity that night, willing the next, and determined by the third.

Directed by Catherine Breillat - With Delphine Zentout, Étienne Chicot, Jean-François Stévenin, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Michel Scotto di Carlo

Bird(1988)

| 2h 41min | Drama, Music

3.5/5 (with 129 votes)

Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.

Directed by Clint Eastwood - With Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Samuel E. Wright, Keith David, Bill Cobbs, James Handy, ...

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Shame(1988)

| 1h 34min | Drama

2.8/5 (with 8 votes)

Hardened prosecutor Asta Cadell leaves home for a road trip down the coast of Australia. But Cadell's relaxing ride turns tense when her motorcycle malfunctions and she makes a pit stop in a remote town. Cadell meets teen Elizabeth Curtis, who confides that she has just been raped, and Cadell helps the young woman report the crime to the authorities. When police corruption stands in the way of justice, she takes matters into her own hands.

Directed by Steve Jodrell - With Simone Buchanan, Deborra-Lee Furness, Tony Barry

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Homeboy(1988)

| 1h 56min | Drama

2.5/5 (with 18 votes)

Johnny Walker is a cowboy and a boxer. He is very shy and a bit of a fool. He is in love with Ruby, but he cannot tell her. He is also a bit old to keep on boxing, but its the only thing he does well.

Directed by Michael Seresin - With Christopher Walken, Debra Feuer, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Conway, Jon Polito, Willy DeVille, ...

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Landscape in the Mist(1988)

2h 7min | Drama

3.9/5 (with 97 votes)

Two Greek children embark on a journey to search for their father, who supposedly lives in Germany.

Directed by Thodoros Angelopoulos - With Stratos Tzortzoglou, Eva Kotamanidou, Aliki Georgouli, Vasilis Kolovos, Vasilis Bouyiouklakis, Ilias Logothetis, ...

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon(1988)

| 1h 30min | Drama, Romance / Love

2.6/5 (with 27 votes)

A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father and go to Hawaii. Trouble is he has no money. Along the way he comes to understand his parents and eventually bonds with his father.

Directed by William Richert - With River Phoenix, Ann Magnuson, Meredith Salenger, Ione Skye, Matthew Perry, Paul Koslo, ...

Salsa(1988)

| 1h 38min | Music, Romance / Love

3.5/5 (with 36 votes)

Fatherless barrio Puerto Rican Rico is a menial car mechanic by day, but lives for the nights, when he dances and dates hot dancing girls, cockily convinced the title of Salsa king in fancy nightclub La Luna's upcoming contest is to be his. He encourages his best friend, courteous gentleman Ken, to date his sister Margarita so he gets a free hand with her flirtatious classmate Lola. The reigning salsa queen Luna's interest in Rico as dance-partner threatens his on-off relationship with Vicki. More jealous trouble follows when Ken and Margarita fall in true love.

Directed by Boaz Davidson - With Draco Rosa

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1988 Drama Movies

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Rain Man(1988)

Cinema Paradiso(1988)

The Land Before Time(1988)

The Last Temptation of Christ(1988)

The Bear(1988)

Colors(1988)

Emmanuelle 6(1988)

Dead Ringers(1988)

Eight Men Out(1988)

Stand and Deliver(1988)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being(1988)

Ariel(1988)

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Little Nikita(1988)

Camille Claudel(1988)

Running on Empty(1988)

Gorillas in the Mist(1988)

Dekalog(1989-1990)

Talk Radio(1988)

Evil Angels(1988)

Betrayed(1988)

Another Woman(1988)

Chocolat(1988)

Permanent Record(1988)

36 Fillette(1988)

Bird(1988)

Shame(1988)

Homeboy(1988)

Landscape in the Mist(1988)

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon(1988)

Salsa(1988)

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