Top Ten of 1988
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1.  Dead Ringers Dir. David Cronenberg. With Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold A
2.  The Unbearable Lightness of Being Dir. Philip Kaufman. With Daniel Day-Lewis A
3.  Distant Voices, Still Lives Dir. Terence Davies. With Freda Dowie, Pete Postlethwaite A
4.  Chocolat Dir. Claire Denis. With Cécile Ducasse, Giulia Boschi, Isaach de Bankole A–
5.  Bull Durham Dir. Ron Shelton. With Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins A–
6.  Another Woman Dir. Woody Allen. With Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Gene Hackman A–
7.  Die Hard Dir. John McTiernan. With Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia A–
8.  War Requiem Dir. Derek Jarman. With Nathaniel Parker, Owen Teale, Tilda Swinton A–
9.  Married to the Mob Dir. Jonathan Demme. With Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine B+
10. The Last Temptation of Christ Dir. Martin Scorsese. With Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel B+
 

Reviews from 1988
★ = Full-Length Review / © = Capsule-Length Review / ★  = Blog Review (New Window)
 
★   The Accidental Tourist Dir. Lawrence Kasdan. With William Hurt, Geena Davis B
★   The Accused Dir. Jonathan Kaplan. With Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson B–
★   Another Woman Dir. Woody Allen. With Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Gene Hackman A–
★   Bull Durham Dir. Ron Shelton. With Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins A–

More Grades from 1988
Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade
 
      Gorillas in the Mist Dir. Michael Apted. With Sigourney Weaver, John Omirah Miluwi B
      Mississippi Burning Dir. Alan Parker. With Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand C–
      Pelle the Conqueror Dir. Bille August. With Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Bjørn Granath B
      Working Girl Dir. Mike Nichols. With Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver C+
 

Also from 1988
The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain
 
Fetching
      Big Dir. Penny Marshall. With Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard
      A Fish Called Wanda Dir. Charles Crichton. With John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline
      Hairspray Dir. John Waters. With Ricki Lake, Divine, Leslie Ann Powers, Colleen Fitzgerald
 
Fair
      Beetlejuice Dir. Tim Burton. With Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, Winona Ryder
      Dangerous Liaisons Dir. Stephern Frears. With Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer
      Grave of the Fireflies Dir. Isao Takahata. Animated. Voices of Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi
      Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Dir. Robert Zemeckis. With Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd
      Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. With Carmen Maura
 
Feh
      A Cry in the Dark Dir. Fred Schepisi. With Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Bruce Myles
      Mystic Pizza Dir. Donald Petrie. With Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor
      Rain Man Dir. Barry Levinson. With Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, Valeria Golino, Jerry Molen
      Running on Empty Dir. Sidney Lumet. With River Phoenix, Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch
      Stand and Deliver Dir. Ramon Menendez. With Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips
 
Flotsam
      The Lady in White Dir. Frank LaLoggia. With Lukas Haas, Katherine Helmond, Len Cariou

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