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What's everyone's top movies of 1988?

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The year 1988 is now 30 this year and i have fond memories of that year of being 7 years old with TV shows and going to see movies in theaters.

What's everyone's top movies of 1988?

My top 25:
1. Die Hard.
2. Akira.
3. Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
4. They Live.
5. Willow.
6. My Neighbor Totoro.
7. Beetlejuice.
8. The Naked Gun.
9. Coming to America.
10. The Blob.
11. Scrooged.
12. Gorillas in the Mist.
13. Hellbound Hellraiser 2.
14. Grave of the Fireflies.
15. Big.
16. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
17. Rambo 3.
18. The Great Outdoors.
19. Heathers.
20. The Dead Pool.
21. Twins.
22. Lightyears aka Gandhar.
23. The Land Before Time.
24. Oliver and Company.
25. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.

Honorable mentions:
Pumpkinhead.
Ernest Saves Christmas.
The Bear.
Police Story 2.
Young Guns.
Monkey Shines.
Night of the Demons.
Fright Night 2.
Critters 2.
Child's Play.
Pin.
Bioxi Blues.
Colors.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4.
Tapeheads.
Phantasm II.
Ursei Yatsura The Final Chapter.
Waxwork.
Brain Damage.
Maniac Cop.
BloodSport.
Midnight Run.
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters.
Dead Ringers.
Halloween 4.
Above the Law.
Prison.
Midnight Run.
Friday The 13th 7.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space.
Lady in White.
Big Top Pee-Wee.
Jack's Back.
Short Circuit 2.
Comic Book Confidential.
Lair of the White Worm.
Crocodile Dundee 2.
Alien Nation.

Guilty pleasures:
Slugs.
Celler Dweller.
The Nest.
Dead Heat.
Bad Dreams.
Not of this Earth.
Troma's War.
18 Again.
Funny Farm.
 
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1. Die Hard
2. Rain Man
3. Phantasm II
4. They Live
5. Hellbound: Hellraiser II
6. Bull Durham
7. The Serpent & The Rainbow
8. Grave Of The Fireflies
9. Bloodsport
10. A Nightmare On Elm Street pt. 4: The Dream Master
11. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
12. Child's Play
13. The Blob
14. Midnight Run
15. Big
16. Night of the Demons
17. Fright Night pt II
18. The Bear
19. Beetlejuice
20. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
21. Pumpkinhead
22. Willow
23. The Dead Pool
24. Coming To America
25. The Naked Gun

Worst: Witchcraft
 
1. Die Hard
2. Rain Man
3. Phantasm II
4. They Live
5. Hellbound: Hellraiser II
6. Bull Durham
7. The Serpent & The Rainbow
8. Grave Of The Fireflies
9. Bloodsport
10. A Nightmare On Elm Street pt. 4: The Dream Master
11. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
12. Child's Play
13. The Blob
14. Midnight Run
15. Big
16. Night of the Demons
17. Fright Night pt II
18. The Bear
19. Beetlejuice
20. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
21. Pumpkinhead
22. Willow
23. The Dead Pool
24. Coming To America
25. The Naked Gun

Worst: Witchcraft

Very nice.
 
There aren't a whole lot of films I've seen released that year, which is embarrassing since I was born in '88. But out of the ones I have...

1. Die Hard
2. Rain Man
3. Big
4. Beetlejuice
5. Coming to America
6. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
7. The Land Before Time
8. Willow
9. Oliver and Company
10. Child's Play
11. Halloween 4
12. Rambo III
13. Earth Girls Are Easy
14. Big Top Pee-Wee
15. Short Circuit 2
 
There aren't a whole lot of films I've seen released that year, which is embarrassing since I was born in '88. But out of the ones I have...

1. Die Hard
2. Rain Man
3. Big
4. Beetlejuice
5. Coming to America
6. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
7. The Land Before Time
8. Willow
9. Oliver and Company
10. Child's Play
11. Halloween 4
12. Rambo III
13. Earth Girls Are Easy
14. Big Top Pee-Wee
15. Short Circuit 2

Nice year for movies eh?
 
Die Hard was Dad's favorite film of all time.
Good enough for me.
 
Die Hard, Akira, Rabbit, Heathers spring to mind as something that I still really like.
 
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Scrooged
Beetlejuice
Crocodile Dundee II
The Land Before Time
 
An unbelievably incredible year

In no particular order:

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Land Before Time
Gandahar
Red Sorghum
Stand and Deliver
Powwaqatsi
Willow
The Last Temptation of Christ
Tucker: The man and His Dream
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Torch Song Trilogy
Jan Svankmajer's Alice
Akira
Bright Lights, Big City
Camille Claudel
The Cannibals
The Cat Who Walked By Herself
The Chocolate War
Grave of the Fireflies
My Neighbor Totoro
Paperhouse
 
Grave of the Fireflies, but...my fanboy heart says ANOES4: The Dream Master.
 
An unbelievably incredible year

In no particular order:

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Land Before Time
Gandahar
Red Sorghum
Stand and Deliver
Powwaqatsi
Willow
The Last Temptation of Christ
Tucker: The man and His Dream
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Torch Song Trilogy
Jan Svankmajer's Alice
Akira
Bright Lights, Big City
Camille Claudel
The Cannibals
The Cat Who Walked By Herself
The Chocolate War
Grave of the Fireflies
My Neighbor Totoro
Paperhouse

Gandahar aka Lightyears is underrated and one of my fave animated movies since i first rented it when it came out on VHS.
 

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