1988

Title: Coming to America Tagline: The four funniest men in America are Eddie Murphy. Genre: Comedy, Romance Director: John Landis Cast: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Shari Headley, Frankie Faison, Louie Anderson, Eriq La Salle, Allison Dean, Madge Sinclair...

Title: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Tagline: You've read the ad, now see the movie! Genre: Comedy, Crime Director: David Zucker Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Susan Beaubian, Nancy Marchand, Raye Birk...

Title: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Tagline: Nice guys finish last. Meet the winners. Genre: Crime, Comedy Director: Frank Oz Cast: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Anton Rodgers, Barbara Harris, Ian McDiarmid, Dana Ivey, Meagen Fay, Frances Conroy, Nicole Calfan, Aïna Walle...

Title: Mississippi Burning Tagline: 1964. When America was at war with itself. Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime, History Director: Alan Parker Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, Gailard Sartain, Stephen Tobolowsky, Michael Rooker, Pruitt...

Title: Dead Ringers Tagline: Two bodies. Two minds. One soul. Genre: Thriller, Horror Director: David Cronenberg Cast: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, Shirley Douglas, Stephen Lack, Nick Nichols, Lynne Cormack, Damir Andrei, Miriam Newhouse, David...

Title: The Last Temptation of Christ Genre: Drama Director: Martin Scorsese Cast: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Harry Dean Stanton, David Bowie, Steve Shill, Verna Bloom, Paul Greco, Roberts Blossom, Barry Miller, Gary Basaraba, Irvin Kershner, Victor Argo, Michael Been...

Title: Bull Durham Tagline: Romance is a lot like baseball. It's not whether you win or lose. It's how you play the game. Genre: Comedy, Romance Director: Ron Shelton Cast: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson, Robert Wuhl, William O'Leary, David Neidorf, Danny...

Title: A Fish Called Wanda Tagline: A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood. Genre: Comedy, Crime Director: Charles Crichton Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, John Cleese, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Maria Aitken, Tom Georgeson, Cynthia Cleese, Patricia Hayes, Geoffrey Palmer, Mark...

Title: Midnight Run Tagline: This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Action Director: Martin Brest Cast: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Foronjy, Philip Baker Hall, Jack...

Title: They Live Tagline: You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they're people just like you. You're wrong. Dead wrong. Genre: Science Fiction, Action Director: John Carpenter Cast: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster...

Title: Big Tagline: Have you ever had a really big secret? Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Romance, Family Director: Penny Marshall Cast: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton, David Moscow, Jon Lovitz, Mercedes Ruehl, Josh Clark, Allan Wasserman...

Title: Akira Tagline: Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E. Genre: Animation, Science Fiction, Action Director: Katsuhiro Otomo Cast: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshou Genda, Hiroshi Ohtake, Kōichi Kitamura, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Masaaki Okura, Takeshi Kusao, Kazuhiro...

Title: Who Framed Roger Rabbit Tagline: It's the story of a man, a woman, and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble. Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family Director: Robert Zemeckis Cast: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer, Kathleen Turner, Stubby...

Title: Rain Man Tagline: A journey through understanding and fellowship. Genre: Drama Director: Barry Levinson Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen, Jack Murdock, Michael D. Roberts, Ralph Seymour, Lucinda Jenney, Bonnie Hunt, Kim Robillard, Beth Grant...

Title: My Neighbor Totoro Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Family Director: Hayao Miyazaki Cast: Noriko Hidaka, Hitoshi Takagi, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto, Tanie Kitabayashi, Masashi Hirose, Yûko Maruyama, Shigeru Chiba, Toshiyuki Amagasa Release: 1988-04-16 Runtime...

Title: Garfield and Friends Genre: Animation, Comedy First aired: 1988-09-17 Creator: Jim Davis Cast: Howard Morris, Frank Welker, Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, Julie Payne, Desiree Goyette, Frank Buxton, Greg Berg, Victoria Jackson Overview: The animated stories of Garfield the cat...

Title: My Secret Identity Genre: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Family First aired: 1988-10-09 Creator: Brian Levant, Chuck Lorre Cast: Wanda Cannon, Marsha Moreau, Jerry O'Connell, Derek McGrath, Christopher Bolton Overview: My Secret Identity was a Canadian television series...

Title: Roseanne Genre: Comedy First aired: 1988-10-18 Creator: Matt Williams Cast: Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson, Michael Fishman, Laurie Metcalf, Ames McNamara, Jayden Rey, Emma Kenney Overview: A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited...

Title: Murphy Brown Genre: Comedy First aired: 1988-11-14 Creator: Diane English Cast: Candice Bergen, Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto, Charles Kimbrough, Lily Tomlin Overview: Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the...

Title: Beetlejuice Tagline: He's guaranteed to put some life in your afterlife. Genre: Fantasy, Comedy Director: Tim Burton Cast: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, Glenn Shadix, Sylvia Sidney, Patrice Martinez, Dick Cavett...