Category:1988, Top Films

46. Running on Empty (Lumet)

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4. Cinema Paradiso (Tornatore)

6. Beetlejuice (Burton)

18. Rain Man (Levinson)

3. Grave of the Fireflies (Takahata)
9. The Last Temptation of Christ (Scorsese)
23. A Fish Called Wanda (Crichton)
44. Coming to America (Landis)
+. Willow (Howard)
+. Send and Deliver (Menendez)
+. Salaam Bombay! (Nair)
+. Crossing Delancey (Silver)
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Notable Mention (1988)

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1. My Neighbor Totoro (Miyazaki)
5. Akira (Otomo)
8. Dead Ringers (Cronenberg)
50+. Hotel Terminus (Ophuls) <doc>

. -- #2. < Die Hard -- #7. < Who Framed Roger Rabbit? -- #10. < Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown -- #11. < They Live .

Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films

-- #1. < My Neighbor Totoro -- #2. < Die Hard -- #3. Grave of the Fireflies -- #4. Cinema Paradiso -- #5. < Akira -- #6. Beetlejuice -- #7. < Who Framed Roger Rabbit? -- #8. < Dead Ringers -- #9. The Last Temptation of Christ -- #10. < Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

-- #11. < They Live -- #12. Heathers -- #13. A Short Film about Love -- #14. A Short Film about Killing -- #15. The Vanishing -- #16. The Thin Blue Line -- #17. Alice -- #18. Rain Man -- #19. < The Unbearable Lightness of Being -- #20. Damnation

-- #21. Time of the Gypsies -- #22. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen -- #23. A Fish Called Wanda -- #24. Landscape in the Midst -- #25. Dangerous Liaisons -- #26. Another Woman (Allen) -- #27. Ariel -- #28. Hairsparay -- #29. As Tears Go By -- #30. < Big

-- #31. The Big Blue -- #32. Drowning by Numbers -- #33. On the Silver Globe -- #34. < Mississippi Burning -- #35. Distant Voices, Still Lives -- #36. The Naked Gun: From the Files of... -- #37. The Land Before Time -- #38. Frantic -- #39. Chocolat -- #40. How to Get Ahead in Advertising

-- #41. Let's get Lost -- #42. Bird -- #43. Medea -- #44. Coming to America -- #45. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels -- #46. Running on Empty -- #47. Ashik Kerib -- #48. Midnight Run -- #49. High Hopes -- #50. Cat Listening to Music

Flickchart, Best Films

-- @1. < Die Hard -- @2. < My Neighbor Totoro -- @3. Grave of the Fireflies -- @4. Rain Man -- @5. Beetlejuice -- @6. < Who Framed Roger Rabbit? -- @7. < Akira -- @8. < They Live -- @9. Cinema Paradiso -- @10. < Big

-- @11. Midnight Run -- @12. Heathers -- @13. The Thin Blue Line -- @14. The Vanishing -- @15. A Fish Called Wanda -- @16. < Bull Durham -- @17. The Last Temptation of Christ -- @18. Dead Ringers -- @19. Mississippi Burning -- @20. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

CriticsTop10, Best Films

-- =1. < Who Framed Roger Rabbit -- =2. Rain Man -- =3. Bull Durham -- =4. < Big -- =5. A Fish Called Wanda -- =6. < Dangerous Liaisons -- =7. < The Unbearable Lightness of Being -- =8. Wings of Desire -- =9. A World Apart -- =10. < Mississippi Burning

-- =11. The Thin Blue Line -- =12. A Cry in the Dark -- =13. Tucker: A Man and His Dreams -- =14. Dead Ringers -- =15. Working Girl -- =16. < Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown -- =17. The Last Temptation of Christ -- =18. Babette's Feast -- =19. Au Revoir les Enfants -- =20. Bird

-- =21. The Accidental Tourist -- =22. Running on Empty -- =23. Married to the Mob -- =24. Pelle the Conqueror -- =25. Eight Men Out -- =26. Hairspray (1988) -- =27. Stand and Deliver -- =28. Die Hard -- =29. Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie -- =30. The Accused

Oscar, Best Films

-- Rain Man -- The Accidental Tourist -- Dangerous Liaisons -- Mississippi Burning -- Working Girl -- A Fish Called Wanda -- The Last Temptation of Christ

Golden Globe, Best Films

-- Rain Man -- Working Girl -- Bird -- Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) (Denmark) -- Gorillas in the Mist -- Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) -- Mississippi Burning -- Running on Empty

Top Grossing Films

-- Rain Man -- Who Framed Roger Rabbit -- Coming to America -- Crocodile Dundee II -- Twins -- Rambo III -- A Fish Called Wanda -- Cocktail -- Big -- Die Hard

National Board of Review

-- Mississippi Burning -- Dangerous Liaisons -- The Accused -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being -- The Last Temptation of Christ -- Tucker: The Man and His Dream -- Big -- Running on Empty -- Gorillas in the Mist -- Midnight Run

National Film Registry

-- Die Hard -- Hairspray -- Who Framed Roger Rabbit -- Stand and Deliver -- Drums of Winter <doc> -- Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser <doc> -- The Thin Blue Line <doc> -- Tin Toy Animated <short>

NYT, Best Films

-- A Taxing Woman's Return -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being -- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown -- Biloxi Blues -- Beetlejuice -- Stormy Monday -- The Thin Blue Line -- Drowning by Numbers -- Salaam Bombay! -- The Last Temptation of Christ -- Hôtel Terminus -- Bull Durham -- Who Framed Roger Rabbit -- Die Hard -- Married to the Mob -- High Hopes -- Eight Men Out -- Story of Women -- Dead Ringers -- Heathers -- Little Vera -- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! -- Dangerous Liaisons -- Rain Man -- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels -- Working Girl

TSPDT, Best Films

-- Dekalog -- My Neighbour Totoro -- The Thin Blue Line -- Cinema Paradiso -- Distant Voices, Still Lives -- Landscape in the Mist -- Dead Ringers -- Die Hard -- Grave of the Fireflies -- Akira -- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown -- The Last Temptation of Christ -- Hôtel Terminus -- They Live -- A Tale of the Wind

Top10ner, Best Films

-- Cinema Paradiso -- Grave of the Fireflies -- The Last Temptation of Christ -- Rain Man -- A Fish Called Wanda -- My Neighbour Totoro -- Die Hard -- Akira -- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown -- A Short Film About Killing -- Who Framed Roger Rabbit -- Midnight Run -- A Short Film About Love -- The Vanishing -- Time of the Gypsies

Film101, Best Films

-- Cinema Paradiso -- Rain Man -- Salaam Bombay! -- A Fish Called Wanda -- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown -- Who Framed Roger Rabbit -- Dangerous Liaisons -- Die Hard -- Bull Durham -- Landscape in the Mist -- The Thin Blue Line -- The Vanishing

ChildActors, Best Films

-- Cinema Paradiso (Italy) -- Running on Empty -- Salaam Bombay! (India)

-- Begynnelsen på en historie (Norway) -- Big -- Burning Secret (UK) -- Captain Johnno (Australia) -- Cavka (Yugoslavia) -- Child's Play -- Cienie / The Road Home (Poland) -- Clara's Heart -- Clownhouse -- Cohen and Tate -- Da -- Don Bosco (Italy) -- En Sabana Grande siempre es de día (Venezuela) -- Frantsuz / The Frenchman (Soviet Union) -- Go Toward the Light -- Guldregn / Gold Rain (Denmark) -- Hard Road (UK) -- Home at Last -- Jeder träumt von einem Pferd (East Germany) -- Jonny kommt (East Germany) -- Just Ask For Diamond / Diamond's Edge (UK) -- Kai aus der Kiste (East Germany) -- The Kid Brother / Kenny -- Kolka (Soviet Union) -- Lady in White -- The Lair of the White Worm (UK) -- Mac and Me -- Maja in vesoljcek (Yugoslavia) -- Moudrá sova (Czechoslovakia) -- The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (New Zealand) -- Necessary Parties -- A Night at the Magic Castle -- On Our Own -- The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (Canada) -- Pan Kleks w kosmosie / Mr. Blot in Space Czechoslovakia (Poland) -- Paperhouse (UK) -- Les portes tournantes (Canada) -- Pulse -- The River Pirates / Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood -- Rocket Gibraltar -- Rødtotterne og Tyrannos / The Redtops Meet Tyrannos (Denmark) -- Sebastian and the Sparrow (Australia) -- Shadow on the Earth (UK) -- Spy Trap / Zits -- Tabataba (Madagascar) -- Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (Canada) -- Topio stin omichli / Landscape in the Mist (Greece) -- Touch the Sun: Devil's Hill (Australia) -- Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey (Australia) -- Touch the Sun: Top Enders (Australia) -- Two of Us (UK) -- Uma Pedra no Bolso / Tall Stories (Portugal) -- El verano de la señora Forbes / The Summer of Miss Forbes (Mexico) -- Vice Versa -- La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille / Life is a Long Quiet River (France) -- Volya vselennoy / The Will of the Universe (Soviet Union) -- A Waltz Through the Hills (Australia) -- The Wizard of Loneliness