Best Movies/TV shows of 1988

100 titles that travel well across time — a personal watchlist for best movies/tv shows of 1988.

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1 Nuovo Cinema Paradisoaka Cinema Paradiso(1988)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Italy, France | Italian
2 Hotaru no hakaaka Grave of the Fireflies(1988)
Movie | Animation, Drama | Japan | Japanese
3 Tonari no Totoroaka My Neighbor Totoro(1988)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan | Japanese
4 Salaam Bombay!(1988)
Movie | Crime, Drama | India | Hindi
5 Chithram(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Malayalam
6 Rain Man(1988)
Movie | Drama | USA | English, Italian
7 Die Hard(1988)
Movie | Action, Thriller | USA | English, German
8 Akira(1988)
Movie | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese
9 Dom za vesanjeaka Time of the Gypsies(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | Yugoslavia, Italy | Romany, Serbo-Croatian
10 Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak(1988)
Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
11 Who Framed Roger Rabbit(1988)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA, UK | English
12 Mahabharat(1988)
TV | Action, Adventure | India | Hindi
13 Krotki film o milosciaka A Short Film About Love(1988)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Poland | Polish, Portuguese
14 Oru CBI Diary Kurippu(1988)
Movie | Mystery, Thriller | India | Malayalam
15 Ginga Eiyuu Densetsuaka Legend of the Galactic Heroes(1988)
TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese
16 A Fish Called Wanda(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | UK, USA | English, Italian
17 Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios"aka Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Spain | Spanish
18 Krotki film o zabijaniuaka A Short Film About Killing(1988)
Movie | Crime, Drama | Poland | Polish, English
19 The Wonder Years(1988)
TV | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
20 Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi(1988)
Movie | Comedy | India | Marathi
21 Mississippi Burning(1988)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
22 Beetlejuice(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Fantasy | USA | English
23 Spoorloosaka The Vanishing(1988)
Movie | Mystery, Thriller | Netherlands, France | Dutch, French
24 Pattanapravesam(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Thriller | India | Malayalam
25 Rudra Veena(1988)
Movie | Drama, Music | India | Telugu
26 Red Dwarf(1988)
TV | Comedy, Sci-Fi | UK | English, Esperanto
27 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | USA | English
28 Mystery Science Theater 3000(1988)
TV | Comedy, Sci-Fi | USA | English
29 Sobachye serdtseaka Heart of a Dog(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Russia | Russian
30 Luv Kush(1988)
TV | Adventure, Drama | India | Hindi
31 Moonnam Pakkam(1988)
Movie | Drama | India | Malayalam
32 Big(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
33 L'oursaka The Bear(1988)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | France, USA | English, French
34 Bharat Ek Khoj(1988)
TV | History | India | Hindi
35 Dangerous Liaisons(1988)
Movie | Drama, Romance | UK, USA | English
36 Midnight Run(1988)
Movie | Action, Comedy | USA | English
37 Le grand bleuaka The Big Blue(1988)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | France, Italy | French, English
38 Topio stin omihliaka Landscape in the Mist(1988)
Movie | Drama | Greece, France | Greek
39 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | USA | English, French
40 The Land Before Time(1988)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA, Ireland | English
41 Roseanne(1988)
TV | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
42 Mirza Ghalib(1988)
TV | Biography, Drama | India | Hindi
43 Tezaab(1988)
Movie | Action, Crime | India | Hindi
44 Sathyaa(1988)
Movie | Action, Crime | India | Tamil, Telugu
45 Agni Natchathiram(1988)
Movie | Action, Crime | India | Tamil
46 Coming to America(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
47 They Live(1988)
Movie | Action, Horror | USA | English
48 The Last Temptation of Christ(1988)
Movie | Drama | Canada, USA | English
49 Fauji(1988)
TV | Action, Drama | India | Hindi
50 Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Malayalam
51 Neco z Alenkyaka Alice(1988)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | Czech, Switzerland | Czech
52 The Thin Blue Line(1988)
Movie | Documentary, Crime | USA | English
53 Willow(1988)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA | English
54 Vellanakalude Naadu(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Malayalam
55 Unnal Mudiyum Thambi(1988)
Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Tamil
56 Swarnakamalam(1988)
Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Telugu
57 Veedu(1988)
Movie | Drama | India | Tamil
58 Bull Durham(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
59 Ging chaat goo si juk jaapaka Police Story 2(1988)
Movie | Action, Comedy | Hong Kong | Cantonese
60 The Kids in the Hall(1988)
TV | Comedy | Canada | English
61 Wagle Ki Duniya(1988)
TV | Comedy | India | Hindi
62 Frantic(1988)
Movie | Crime, Drama | France, USA | English, French
63 Karhozataka Damnation(1988)
Movie | Crime, Drama | Hungary | Hungarian
64 War and Remembrance(1988)
TV | Drama, War | Yugoslavia, USA | English, French
65 Tamas(1988)
TV | Drama | India | Hindi
66 Aparan(1988)
Movie | Mystery, Thriller | India | Malayalam
67 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen(1988)
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | UK, Germany | English
68 Dead Ringers(1988)
Movie | Drama, Horror | Canada, USA | English
69 Scrooged(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
70 Camille Claudel(1988)
Movie | Biography, Drama | France | French, English
71 Hong gao liangaka Red Sorghum(1988)
Movie | Drama, History | China | Mandarin, Japanese
72 Working Girl(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
73 Child's Play(1988)
Movie | Horror, Thriller | USA | English
74 Ariel(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | Finland | Finnish
75 The Unbearable Lightness of Being(1988)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English, Czech
76 Vcheraaka Yesterday(1988)
Movie | Drama | Bulgaria | Bulgarian, English
77 The Accused(1988)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
78 Une affaire de femmesaka Story of Women(1988)
Movie | Drama, History | France | French, German
79 Wong Gok ka moonaka As Tears Go By(1988)
Movie | Crime, Drama | Hong Kong | Cantonese
80 Bloodsport(1988)
Movie | Action, Biography | USA | English
81 Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Thriller | India | Malayalam
82 Twins(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | USA | English
83 Shahenshah(1988)
Movie | Action, Adventure | India | Hindi
84 Veerana(1988)
Movie | Action, Drama | India | Hindi
85 Om Dar-B-Dar(1988)
Movie | Drama | India | Hindi
86 Young Guns(1988)
Movie | Action, Drama | USA | English
87 Hezardastan(1988)
TV | Action, Drama | Iran | Persian
88 Moonnam Mura(1988)
Movie | Action, Adventure | India | Malayalam
89 Dil Dariya(1988)
TV | Romance | India | Hindi
90 Pestonjee(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
91 Stand and Deliver(1988)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
92 Fei lung mang jeungaka Dragons Forever(1988)
Movie | Action, Comedy | Hong Kong | Cantonese
93 Garfield and Friends(1988)
TV | Animation, Comedy | USA, Canada | English, Spanish
94 45870(1988)
Movie | Action, Thriller | India | Malayalam
95 Yamudiki Mogudu(1988)
Movie | Action, Comedy | India | Telugu
96 Blackadder's Christmas Carol(1988)
Movie | Comedy, History | UK | English
97 Na srebrnym globieaka On the Silver Globe(1988)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | Poland | Polish
98 Hairspray(1988)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
99 Khoon Bhari Maang(1988)
Movie | Drama, Thriller | India | Hindi
100 Guru Sishyan(1988)
Movie | Action, Comedy | India | Hindi, Tamil

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