1988 in film

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. Rain Man was awarded the Academy Award for Best Picture, marking one of the few instances where the top-grossing film of the year was also the winner of such an award that year.
== 1988 films ==
=== January – March ===
January 1988
* January 1
** Alice in Wonderland
** Around the World in 80 Days
** Peter Pan
** Wind in the Willows
** Rabbit's Relatives
* January 4 - Matches
* January 8 - Cop
* January 15 - The Couch Trip
* January 22 - Braddock: Missing in Action III
* January 23 - Rockin' with Judy Jetson
** Bongo (1988 film)
* January 29
** And God Created Woman
** Puss in Boots
February 1988
* February 5 - I Love You Fievel
** She's Having a Baby
** The Unbearable Lightness of Being
* February 13 - Quick Draw McGraw and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
** Action Jackson
** Shoot to Kill
* February 14 - Marie and the Singing Contest
* February 20 - Orbitty the Alien
* February 26 - An Extremely Stinky Movie
** Bloodsport
** Frantic
March 1988
* March 4
** Moving
** Prison
* March 9 - Willy the Sparrow
* March 10 - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
* March 11 - Pound Puppies And The Legend of Evermore
** Masquerade
** Off Limits
** Stand and Deliver
* March 18
** D.O.A.
** The Milagro Beanfield War
** Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
** Stars and Bars
* March 25
** Biloxi Blues
** Johnny Be Good
* March 30 - Beetlejuice
* March 31 - Smurfette
=== April – June ===
April 1988
* April 1
** Bright Lights, Big City
** The Seventh Sign
* April 4 - Yumi-Yumi Bear
* April 8 - Hey There, It's Yogi Bear Genie!
** 18 Again!
** Above the Law
** Bad Dreams
* April 15
** Appointment with Death
** Colors
** The Moderns
** Plain Clothes
** Return to Snowy River
* April 22 - Casual Sex?
** The Return of McBrusque
* April 29
** Critters 2: The Main Course
** Powaqqatsi
** Sunset
May 1988
* May 4 - The House on Carroll Street
* May 6
** Dead Heat
** Shakedown
* May 13 - Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
* May 15 - The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound
* May 20
** Call Me
** "Crocodile" Dundee II (Australia; North America 25 May 1988; UK 23 Jun 1988)
** Willow
* May 25 - Rambo III
* May 27 - Killer Klowns from Outer Space
* June 1988
* June 3
** Big
** Funny Farm
* June 10
** Big Business
** Poltergeist III
** The Presidio
* June 15 
** Bull Durham
* June 17
** The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
** The Great Outdoors
** Red Heat
** Waxwork
* June 22 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
* June 29 - Coming to America
* June 30 - Olivia Hampelmann
=== July – September ===
* July 1988
** July 1 - Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
** July 6
*** License to Drive
*** Short Circuit 2
** July 8
*** Arthur 2: On the Rocks
*** It Couldn't Happen Here
** July 13 - The Dead Pool
** July 15
*** Bamba Bear (1988 film)
*** Bambi (re-release)
*** Die Hard
*** A Fish Called Wanda
** July 20 - Midnight Run
** July 22
** July 23
*** Big Top Pee-wee
*** Caddyshack II
** July 29 - The Jetsons in Yogi's First Christmas
*** Cocktail
*** Monkey Shines
*** The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
* August 1988
** August 5
*** The Blob
*** The Rescue
*** Vibes
** August 10 - Clean and Sober
** August 12
*** The Last Temptation of Christ
*** Mac and Me
*** Tucker: The Man and His Dream
*** Young Guns
** August 19 - Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy Meet The Wolfman
*** Married to the Mob
*** A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
** August 24 - Crossing Delancey
** August 26
** August 27
*** Betrayed
*** Hero and the Terror
*** Hot to Trot
* September 1988
** September 2
*** The Deceivers
*** Eight Men Out
** September 8 - Earth Girls Are Easy
** September 9
*** Moon over Parador
*** Running on Empty
** September 10 - Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears
** September 12 - Miles from Home
** September 14 - Reversal of the Dragon Heart
* Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf
** September 17
*** Messenger of Death
*** Tougher Than Leather (NYC premiere) 
** September 23 - The Treasure of Manhattan Island
***Princess Atta
*** Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
*** Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
*** Kansas
*** Patty Hearst
** September 30
*** Bird
*** Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
*** Heartbreak Hotel
=== October – December ===
* October 1988
** October 7
*** Alien Nation
*** Clara's Heart
*** Punchline
** October 14
*** The Accused
*** The Kiss
** October 21
*** Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
*** Little Dorrit (wide-release)
*** Mystic Pizza
*** Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars
*** Tapeheads
** October 23 - Oliver
*** Tom and Jerry in Arabian Nights
** October 27 - Oliver the Giant Kitten
** October 28 - Feds
** October 29 - Moonwalker
** October 31 - Marie and Oliver
* November 1988
** November 1 - Oliver's Love
** November 3 - Oliver and Blackie
** November 4
*** Everybody's All-American
*** The Good Mother
*** Rattle and Hum (U.S.)
*** They Live
** November 5 - Oliver and the Snowstorm
** November 6 - Oliver Goes to The Circus
** November 9 - Child's Play
** November 10 - Oliver and Rosie
** November 11
*** Distant Thunder
*** Ernest Saves Christmas
** November 12 - Oliver's Halloween
** November 15 - Oliver's Christmas Carol
** November 18
*** 1969
*** Another Woman
*** The Chocolate War
*** Fresh Horses
*** High Spirits
*** Oliver & Company
*** The Land Before Time
** November 22 - Garfield: His 9 Lives
** November 23
*** Buster
*** Cocoon: The Return
*** Hanna's War
*** Scrooged
* December 1988
** December 2
** December 3
*** The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
*** Tequila Sunrise
*** Watchers
** December 9
*** Mississippi Burning
*** My Stepmother Is an Alien
*** Twins
** December 10 - Care Bears Nutcracker Suite
** December 11 - Oliver and the Wolves
** December 14
*** Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
*** I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
*** Torch Song Trilogy
** December 15 - Fuli the Female King Cheetah
*** The Good, the Bad, and Garfield
*** An American Tail: Yogi's First Christmas
** December 16
*** Dangerous Liaisons
*** Purple People Eater
*** Rain Man
** December 21
*** Beaches
*** Talk Radio
*** Working Girl
** December 23
*** The Accidental Tourist
*** Dominick and Eugene
*** Hellbound: Hellraiser II
** December 25 - Hissy's Christmas
*** Pinocchio's Christmas
** December 28 - The Boost
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