Films: 1988

Our Top 25 Films of 1988

1. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Philip Kaufman)

2. Rain Man (Barry Levinson)

3. Beetlejuice (Tim Burton)

4. Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg)

5. Running On Empty (Sidney Lumet)

6. Big (Penny Marshall)

7. Colors (Dennis Hopper)

8. Eight Men Out (John Sayles)

9. Die Hard (John McTiernan)

10. The Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese)

11. Tapeheads (Bill Fishman)

12. Mississippi Burning (Alan Parker)

13. She’s Having a Baby (John Hughes)

14. Funny Farm (George Roy Hill)

15. Tucker (Francis Ford Coppola)

16. I’m Gonna Get You Sucka (Keenan Ivory Wayans)

17. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Terry Gilliam)

18. Working Girl (Mike Nichols)

19. Midnight Run (Martin Brest)

20. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Robert Zemeckis)

21. Twins (Ivan Reitman)

22. Dangerous Liasons (Stephen Frears)

23. Young Guns (Christopher Cain)

24. Bird (Clint Eastwood)

25. Bull Durham (Ron Shelton)

BEST ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis in The Unbearable + Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man (Tie)

BEST DIRECTOR: Philip Kaufman for The Unbearable Lightness of Being

BEST SCREENPLAY: Ronald Bass for Rain Man

 

Written by G. William Locke