The Great Outdoors (1988)

The Great Outdoors (1988)

[6] John Candy and Dan Aykroyd costar as prickly brothers-in-law who try their best to get along after Aykroyd unceremoniously crashes Candy's planned family vacation. The Great Outdoors was spawned from the ever-prolific pen of John Hughes, coming off a…
Akira (1988)

Akira (1988)

[7] Katsuhiro Ôtomo directs this adaptation of his sprawling manga series about (okay, deep breath...) a futuristic biker who squares off against a former friend who has turned evil through scientific experimentation, transforming him into a dangerous super-being of both…
Beetlejuice (1988)

Beetlejuice (1988)

[8] Director Tim Burton (Batman, Ed Wood) followed his debut feature, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, with this stylish fantasy-comedy about a young deceased couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) trying to haunt an annoying new family out of their quaint…
The Accidental Tourist (1988)

The Accidental Tourist (1988)

[8] William Hurt (Oscar-winner for Kiss of the Spider Woman) stars in this adaptation of Anne Tyler's novel about a travel guide writer whose marriage crumbles after the death of his son. While recovering from a broken leg at the…
Vibes (1988)

Vibes (1988)

[5] Cyndi Lauper and Jeff Goldblum star as New York psychics tricked by Peter Falk into locating a lost Incan city for treasure hunters that wish to harness it's mystical powers. Vibes is sort of a paranormal mystery, sort of…
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

[3] Horror maestro Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream) tackles voodoo and zombification in The Serpent and the Rainbow. Bill Pullman (Spaceballs) stars as an anthropologist sent to Haiti by a pharmaceutical company seeking the ingredients of a…
The Land Before Time (1988)

The Land Before Time (1988)

[7] Five young dinosaurs are separated from their tribes during an earthquake in this animated adventure from Don Bluth (The Secret of NIMH, Anastasia). The unlikely band must square off against a ferocious 'sharp tooth' (Tyrannosaurus rex) while searching for…
Vampire’s Kiss (1988)

Vampire’s Kiss (1988)

[5] Nicolas Cage stars as a publishing executive who thinks he's becoming a vampire. To his credit, he was bitten by a vampire (Flashdance's Jennifer Beals)... or did he imagine that? Either way, Cage begins wearing dark shades, avoiding sunlight,…
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)

Bright Lights, Big City (1988)

[6] Michael J. Fox stars in this adaptation of Jay McInerney's novel about a New York yuppie named Jamie who keeps life's problems at bay by constantly partying and doing drugs. With the help of his bad-influence friend Tad (Kiefer…
Apartment Zero (1988)

Apartment Zero (1988)

[8] Colin Firth and Hart Bochner star in this bold drama/thriller from writer/director Martin Donovan and co-screenwriter David Koepp (who teamed together a few years later on Death Becomes Her). Firth stars as a movie theater manager in Buenos Aires…