1988 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1988. Top 30 & many honorables. 

(ballot)

Here's the countdown:







30.   THE LAST OF ENGLAND

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29.
BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS

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28.             THE BLOB

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27.           RED SORGHUM

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26.       RUNNING ON EMPTY

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25.    WHEN THE WIND BLOWS

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24.            GANDAHAR

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23.       A CRY IN THE DARK

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22.    GORILLAS IN THE MIST

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21.           POWAQQATSI

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20.           HIGH HOPES

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19.    MARRIED TO THE MOB

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18.             THEY LIVE

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17.           BEETLEJUICE

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16.WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT

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        WOMEN ON THE VERGE
15. OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

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14.                AKIRA

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13.     ON THE SILVER GLOBE

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-tie-13.     DAMNATION

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12.          EIGHT MEN OUT

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11.DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES

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10.      THE THIN BLUE LINE

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9.         THE HORSE THIEF

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8.                  ALICE

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           THE UNBEARABLE

7.LIGHTNESS OF BEING

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6.                DIE HARD

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5.    MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO

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                   THE LAST 

4.       TEMPTATION OF CHRIST

3.     GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES

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2.            DEAD RINGERS

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1.          WINGS OF DESIRE

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(the other titles from '88 I loved that could've placed)

A CHINESE GHOST STORY

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COP

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PROMETHEUS' GARDEN

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DEADBEAT AT DAWN

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APARTMENT ZERO

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AS TEARS GO BY

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THE NAKED GUN: FROM 

THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD!

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BRAIN DAMAGE

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TIGER ON BEAT

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HAIRSPRAY

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MIDNIGHT RUN

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BABETTE'S FEAST

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THE EVENING SACRIFICE

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PUMPKINHEAD

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MANLY GAMES [VIRILE GAMES]

GHOSTS... OF THE CIVIL DEAD

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TALK RADIO

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A FISH CALLED WANDA

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MEDEA

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THE GOLD DIGGERS

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KILLER KLOWNS

FROM OUTER SPACE

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THE DECLINE OF
WESTERN CIVILIZATION PART II: 

THE METAL YEARS

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THE SERPENT

AND THE RAINBOW

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LADY IN WHITE

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DANGEROUS LIAISONS

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SALAAM BOMBAY!

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THE BIG BLUE

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BIG

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U2: RATTLE & HUM

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THINGS CHANGE

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WILLOW

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BIRD

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STAND AND DELIVER

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COMING TO AMERICA

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HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER 2

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DROWNING BY NUMBERS

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IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON

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STILLE NACHT I: DRAMOLET

PELLE THE CONQUEROR

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DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS

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THE PASS - ПЕРЕВАЛ

MANIAC COP

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WHITE OF THE EYE

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FRIDAY THE 13TH

PART. VII: THE NEW BLOOD

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1988

TOP 30

1. WINGS OF DESIRE (Wenders)
2. DEAD RINGERS (Cronenberg)
3. GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Takahata)
4. LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST (Scorsese)
5. MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Miyazaki)
6. DIE HARD (McTiernan)
7. UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING (Kaufman)
8. ALICE (Svankmajer)
9. THE HORSE THIEF (Zhuangzhuang Tian)
10. THIN BLUE LINE (Morris)
11. DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES (Davies)
12. EIGHT MEN OUT (Sayles)
13. DAMNATION (Tarr)                                                           -tie- ON THE SILVER GLOBE (Żuławski) 
14. AKIRA (Ôtomo)
15. WOMEN ON THE VERGE (Almodóvar)
16. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Zemeckis)
17. BEETLEJUICE (Burton)
18. THEY LIVE (Carpenter)
19. MARRIED TO THE MOB (Demme)
20. HIGH HOPES (Leigh)
21. POWAQQATSI (Reggio)
22. GORILLAS IN THE MIST (Apted)
23. A CRY IN THE DARK (Schepisi)
24. GANDAHAR (Laloux)
25. WHEN THE WIND BLOWS (Murakami)
26. RUNNING ON EMPTY (Lumet)
27. RED SORGHUM (Zhang Yimou)
28. THE BLOB (C.Russell)
29. BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS (Rohmer)
30. THE LAST OF ENGLAND (Jarman)

RUNNER-UP:

CHINESE GHOST STORY (Siu-Tung Ching), COP (Harris), PROMETHEUS' GARDEN (Bickford), DEADBEAT AT DAWN (J.Van Bebber), APARTMENT ZERO (Donovan), AS TEARS GO BY (Wong Kar-Wai), NAKED GUN (Zucker), BRAIN DAMAGE (Henenlotter), TIGER ON BEAT (Chia-Liang Liu), HAIRSPRAY (Waters), MIDNIGHT RUN (Brest), BABETTE'S FEAST (Axel), THE EVENING SACRIFICE (Sokurov), PUMPKINHEAD (Winston), MUZNÉ HRY (Svankmajer), GHOSTS OF THE CIVIL DEAD (Hillcoat), TALK RADIO (Stone), A FISH CALLED WANDA (Crichton), MEDEA (Von Trier), THE GOLD DIGGERS (Potter), KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE (Chiodo), DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION PT. II (Spheeris), SERPENT & THE RAINBOW (Craven), LADY IN WHITE (LaLoggia), DANGEROUS LIAISONS (Frears), SALAAM BOMBAY! (Mira Nair), THE BIG BLUE (Besson), BIG (Penny Marshall), U2: RATTLE & HUM (Joanou), THINGS CHANGE (Mamet), WILLOW (Howard), BIRD (Eastwood), STAND & DELIVER (R.Menéndez), COMING TO AMERICA (Landis), HELLRAISER 2 (Randel), DROWNING BY NUMBERS (Greenaway), IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON (Solt), STILLE NACHT I: DRAMOLET (Quay bros), PELLE THE CONQUEROR (August), DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (Oz), THE PASS (Vladimir Tarasov), MANIAC COP (Lustig), WHITE OF THE EYE (Cammel), FRIDAY 13TH PT VII: NEW BLOOD (Buechler)

*BABETTE'S FEAST -SEEN & PLACED 9/23/2013