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• A full list of 1988 Wide Release Films on Wikipedia

My Top Picks

1. Die Hard
2. Beetlejuice
3. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
4. Big
5. The Vanishing
   
6. Beaches
   

Notable Mentions ("Surprise" Films)

1. Akira
2. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
3. My Neighbour Totoro
4. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
5. The Last Temptation of Christ
6. Blackadder's Christmas Carol
7. Grave of the Fireflies
8. The Serpent and the Rainbow

The Biggest Disappointments

1. Coming to America
2. Crocodile Dundee II
3. Arthur 2: On the Rocks
4. Poltergeist III
5. The Seventh Sign

All the films I've seen from 1988

1. 18 Again!
2. Akira
3. Arthur 2: On the Rocks
4. Beaches
5. Beetlejuice
6. Big
7. Blackadder's Christmas Carol
   
8. The Blob
9. Caddyshack II
10. Coming to America
11. Crocodile Dundee II
12. Dangerous Liaisons
13. Dead Calm
    
14. The Dead Pool
15. Die Hard
16. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
17. Earth Girls Are Easy
18. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
19. A Fish Called Wanda
20. Frantic
21. Fright Night II
22. Grave of the Fireflies
23. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
24. Hansel and Gretel
    
25. Hellbound: Hellraiser II
26. Lair of the White Worm
    
27. The Last Temptation of Christ
28. Midnight Run
29. Monkey Shines
    
30. My Neighbour Totoro
31. My Stepmother Is an Alien
32. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
33. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
34. Poltergeist III
35. Pumpkinhead
    
36. Rain Man
37. Rambo III
38. Red Heat
39. Return of the Living Dead: Part II
40. Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf
41. Scrooged
42. The Serpent and the Rainbow
43. The Seventh Sign
    
44. Short Circuit 2
45. The Vanishing (Spoorloos)
    
46. Watchers
47. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
48. Willow
49. Without a Clue
    
50. Working Girl
51. Young Guns

Some Films from 1988 that I'd really like to see - eventually...