1988

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Pestonjee
7.3

Pestonjee

Mar. 01, 1988

Pestonjee

Phiroj and Pesi are close friends and both fall in love with Jeroo but Phiroj decides to walk away and lets Pesi marry her. Years later, he ...
The Spider Labyrinth
6.4

The Spider Labyrinth

Aug. 25, 1988

The Spider Labyrinth

A young professor travels to Budapest to locate a lost colleague. Once there, he gets tangled up in a supernatural mystery.
Midnight Crossing
4.7

Midnight Crossing

May. 13, 1988

Midnight Crossing

A blind woman, her husband and another couple sail off to find cash hidden on an island near Cuba.
Let’s Get Lost
7.8

Let’s Get Lost

Sep. 15, 1988

Let’s Get Lost

Documentary about jazz great Chet Baker that intercuts footage from the 1950s, when he was part of West Coast Cool, and from his last years. We ...
Lady Mobster
4.9

Lady Mobster

Oct. 19, 1988

Lady Mobster

Television account of a young woman who becomes her mobster godfather’s staunchest defender.
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
7.1

In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders

It is 1985, and a small, tranquil Florida town is being rocked by a wave of vicious serial murders and bank robberies. Particularly sickening to ...
Chicken and Duck Talk
7.2

Chicken and Duck Talk

Jul. 14, 1988

Chicken and Duck Talk

A witty and thoroughly engaging send-up of both the fast food business and the cut-throat techniques often employed by conglomerates to crush ...
The In Crowd
6.3

The In Crowd

Feb. 01, 1988

The In Crowd

A young man of the rock and roll generation is in his senior year of high school. When one day he successfully gets on a popular teen dance ...
Break Out
6.2

Break Out

Jul. 30, 1988

Break Out

An accidental shooting on the job and a recent divorce take a toll on the personal and professional life of a Japanese detective. Just as it ...
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
3.4

Howling IV: The Original Nightmare

An author who was sent to the town Drakho, because of a nervous breakdown, gets wound up in a mystery revolving around demons and werewolves. She ...
Hanussen
7.2

Hanussen

May. 20, 1988

Hanussen

A man’s story parallels Hitler’s rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. ...
A Handful of Dust
6.6

A Handful of Dust

Jun. 24, 1988

A Handful of Dust

English aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit his vast estate. There Beaver makes the ...
Fresh Horses
5

Fresh Horses

Nov. 18, 1988

Fresh Horses

A Cincinnati college student breaks off his engagement to his wealthy fiancée after he falls in love with a backwoods Kentucky girl he meets at a ...
Everybody’s All-American
6.2

Everybody’s All-American

Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs ...
Bear Ye One Another’s Burden…
6.8

Bear Ye One Another’s Burden…

At the beginning of the 50s, two extremely disparate men meet in a private sanatorium for consumptives: an officer in the People’s Police, ...
Deadly Dreams
4.8

Deadly Dreams

Oct. 26, 1988

Deadly Dreams

Alex is caught in a web of distrust between his brother, his best friend, a beautiful stranger and the renewed dreams of the slaughter of his family.
Comic Book Confidential
7

Comic Book Confidential

A survey of the artistic history of the comic book medium and some of the major talents associated with it.
Chocolat
7.3

Chocolat

May. 18, 1988

Chocolat

On her way to visit her childhood home in a colonial outpost in Northern Cameroon, a young French woman recalls her childhood, her memories ...
Call Me
5.3

Call Me

May. 20, 1988

Call Me

After agreeing to meet an obscene caller at a bar, a young New York reporter witnesses a murder and becomes an unwilling player in a dangerous ...
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
6.9

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel “The Caine Mutiny”.
Appleseed
6.3

Appleseed

Apr. 20, 1988

Appleseed

In the futuristic city of Olympus, built on the ashes of the third world war, a police officer and her cyborg partner fight terrorism.
The 13th Floor
4.5

The 13th Floor

May. 31, 1988

The 13th Floor

As a child, a girl witnesses her father electrocute a young boy. When she grows into an adult, the ghost of the murdered boy appears to her, and ...
The Stick
5.5

The Stick

Aug. 23, 1988

The Stick

A squad (stick) of South African soldiers is sent into the bush to track down some rebel fighters when things take a supernatural turn.
American Experience
8.6

American Experience

Oct. 04, 1988

American Experience

TV’s most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Mondo New York
5.9

Mondo New York

Apr. 22, 1988

Mondo New York

A young woman wanders around New York City and stumbles across a number of strange characters and settings that represent the ...
Growing Up in America
7.4

Growing Up in America

Apr. 16, 1989

Growing Up in America

Filmmaker Morley Markson shows Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, and other ’60s rebels, then and now in a follow ...