Movies made in 1988

Above the Law [1988, USA, Hong Kong ] starting from $1.99

He was a covert agent trained in Vietnam. He has a master 6th degree black belt in Aikido... and family in the Mafia. He's a cop with an attitude.

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller Actors: Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Ron Dean, Daniel Faraldo, Sharon Stone, Miguel Nino, Nicholas Kusenko, Joe Greco, Chelcie Ross, Gregory Alan Williams, Jack Wallace, Metta Davis, Joseph F. Kosala, Ronnie Barron, Directors: Andrew Davis Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Nico Toscani, an ex-CIA policeman now working for the local police department, while doing an investigation discover the existence of a big weapon trade. Nico finally reaches Zagon and Salvano, two corrupted American secret service members.

Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The [1988, UK, West Germany ] starting from $1.99

A true story. We've got the film to prove it.

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy Actors: John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Charles McKeown, Winston Dennis, Jack Purvis, Valentina Cortese, Jonathan Pryce, Bill Paterson, Peter Jeffrey, Uma Thurman, Alison Steadman, Ray Cooper, Don Henderson Directors: Terry Gilliam, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Baron Munchausen is a character of European myth that might be considered the predecessor of American tales of Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan. The Baron's stories are taken to be outrageous and fanciful lies. This is the origin of the name of the psychiatric diagnosis of "Munchausen's Syndrome", a particularly bizzare form of hypochondria.

Akira [1988, Japan ] starting from $1.99

Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi, Thriller Actors: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda, Hiroshi Ôtake, Kôichi Kitamura, Michihiro Ikemizu, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Masaaki Ôkura, Tarô Arakawa, Takeshi Kusao, Kazumi Tanaka, Masayuki Katô, Yôsuke Akimoto, Masato Hirano, Directors: Katsuhiro Ôtomo Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira. On his way to save Tetsuo, Kaneda runs into a group of anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader. The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo's supernatural power leading to bloody death, a coup attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira's secrets were buried 30 years ago.

Bad Dreams [1988, USA ] starting from $1.99

The Scream You Don't Hear... Is Your Own

Genres: Horror, Thriller Actors: Jennifer Rubin, Bruce Abbott, Richard Lynch, Dean Cameron, Harris Yulin, Susan Barnes, John Scott Clough, Elizabeth Daily, Damita Jo Freeman, Louis Giambalvo, Susan Ruttan, Sy Richardson, Missy Francis, Sheila Scott-Wilkenson, Ben Kronen, Directors: Andrew Fleming Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   In the mid-'70s, a cult group called Unity Field commits mass suicide, but a young girl survives. After being in a coma for thirteen years she wakes up in a psyche ward, not remembering the incident. The psychiatrist tries to help her remember, but she begins seeing the leader of the cult talking to her from the grave, and the other members of her therapy group begin to commit suicide around her. Or is it suicide?

Bat*21 [1988, USA ] starting from $1.99

Trapped behind enemy lines. A whole army after him... And only one man can save him.

Genres: Drama, War Actors: Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed, David Marshall Grant, Clayton Rohner, Erich Anderson, Joe Dorsey, Reverend Michael Ng, Theodore Chan Woei-Shyong, Don Ruffin, Scott Howell, Michael Raden, Timothy Fitzgerald, Stuart B. Hagen, Jeffrey Baxter Directors: Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   During the Vietnam war, a U.S. observation plane is hit by a missile. The only survivor of the crew is the Lieutenant Colonel Iceal Hambleton, an expert in missile weaponry. Because of his knowledge, it is crucial to rescue him before the Vietcong get their hands on him. It's a very difficult task because the enemy is listening to Hambleton's radio transmissions. And he knows it...

Beaches [1988, USA ] starting from $1.99

The Friendship You'll Always Remember... In The Film You'll Never Forget

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical Actors: Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray, Lainie Kazan, James Read, Grace Johnston, Mayim Bialik, Marcie Leeds, Carol Williard, Allan Kent, Phil Leeds, Lynda Goodfriend, Nikki Plant, Michael French, Directors: Garry Marshall Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   When the New York child performer CC Bloom and San Fransisco rich kid Hillary meet in a holiday resort in Atlantic City, it marks the start of a lifetime friendship between them. The two keep in touch through letters for a number of years until Hillary, now a successful lawyer moves to New York to stay with struggling singer CC. The movie shows the various stages of their friendship and their romances including their love for the same man.

Bear, The [1988, France, USA ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family Actors: Bart the Bear, Youk the Bear, Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace, André Lacombe, Directors: Jean-Jacques Annaud Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The director of _Quest for Fire_ creates yet another film in nature with almost no human dialogue in this picturesque story of an orphaned bear cub who is adopted by an adult male bear and must avoid hunters. Bart the Bear stars in this anthropomorphic fantasy.

Beetle Juice [1988, USA ] starting from $1.99

Say it once... Say it twice... But we dare you to say it THREE TIMES

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror Actors: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Annie McEnroe, Maurice Page, Hugo Stanger, Michael Keaton, Rachel Mittelman, Catherine O'Hara, J. Jay Saunders, Mark Ettlinger, Jeffrey Jones, Winona Ryder, Glenn Shadix, Patrice Martinez, Cindy Daly, Directors: Tim Burton Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The Deetz's gothic daughter discovers the Maitands in the attic and befriends them. She finds their after life handbook which is eventually confiscated by the family's interior decorator who is fascinated by the paranormal, and during a seance,conjures up the Maitlands. Most of the trouble starts as the free lance bio-excorist, Beetlejuice gets involved.

Big [1988, USA ] starting from $1.99

Have you ever had a really big secret?

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance Actors: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton, David Moscow, Jon Lovitz, Mercedes Ruehl, Josh Clark, Kimberlee M. Davis, Oliver Block, Erika Katz, Allan Wasserman, Mark Ballou, Gary Howard Klar, Directors: Penny Marshall Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A young boy named Josh Baskin, wish one day from an old machine to be big, despite the fact that he does not believe it is going to work. He is very surprised, therefore, to find himself in the next day- big. Now he looks like a 30 years old guy, but he still behave like a twelve years boy. He decide to go with his best friend to New York, to find the machine that can fix his wish. In New York he gets a job in a toy company, and develop a relationship. Currently, he must learn to get used to the adults world he always wanted to be part of. Would he still like to remain an adult?

Big Blue, The [1988, USA, West Germany ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Actors: David Brisbin, Taunie Vrenon, John Erdman, Jim Neu, Sheila McLaughlin, Ben Ben Yehuda, Ted Castle, Frank Conversano, Dan Crozier, Nick Edwards, Wyatt Knaster, John Nesci, Terry O'Reilly, Jose Rafael, William Rice, Directors: Andrew Horn Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Enzo and Jacques have known each other for a long time. Their friendship started in their childhood days in the mediterranean. They were not real friends in these days, but there was something they both loved and used to do the whole day long: diving. One day Jacques' father, who was a diver too, died in the mediterranean sea. After that incident Enzo and Jacques lost contact. After several years, Enzo and Jacques had grown up, Johanna, a young clerk in a security office, has to go to Peru. There she meets Jacques who works for a group of scientist. He dives for some minutes into ice cold water and the scientist monitor his physical state that is more like a dolphin's than a human's. Johanna can not believe what she sees and gets very interested in Jacques but she's unable to get acquainted with him. Some weeks later, back in her office, she notices a championship for divers that is supposed to take place in Taormina, Italy. In order to see Jacques again she makes up a story so the firm sends her to Italy for business purposes. In Taormina there is also Enzo, the reigning diving world champion. He knows that only Jacques can challenge and probably beat him. This time Johanna and Jacques get closer, but Jacques, being more a dolphin than a man, can not really commit and his rivalry with Enzo pushes both man into dangerous territory...

Black Eagle [1988, USA ] starting from $1.99

There are no enemies. There is no glory. This fight is one on one.

Genres: Action, Drama Actors: Shô Kosugi, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Doran Clark, Bruce French, Vladimir Skomarovsky, William Bassett, Kane Kosugi, Shane Kosugi, Dorota Puzio, Jan Triska, Gene Davis, Alfred Mallia, Joe Quattromani, Victor Bartolo, George Portelli, Directors: Eric Karson Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   One of the US Air Force's most modern tactical aircrafts, a F-100 with a new laser guidance system, crashes into the sea near Malta - a region where the Soviet forces are highly present, too. The CIA immediately sends out their best secret agent Ken Tami to salvage the system before it falls into enemy hands. To ensure his loyalty, they bring his two young sons to a nearby hotel on the island. Ken Tami's tough opponent is KGB agent Andrei.

Blob, The [1988, USA ] starting from $1.99

Scream now, while there's still room to breathe.

Genres: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller Actors: Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan Leitch, Jeffrey DeMunn, Candy Clark, Joe Seneca, Del Close, Paul McCrane, Sharon Spelman, Beau Billingslea, Art LaFleur, Art LaFleur, Ricky Paull Goldin, Robert Axelrod, Bill Moseley, Directors: Chuck Russell Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously, while government agents try to cover up the evidence and confine the creature.

Bloodsport [1988, USA ] starting from $1.99

The secret contest where the world's greatest warriors fight in a battle to the death.

Genres: Action, Sport Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Norman Burton, Forest Whitaker, Roy Chiao, Philip Chan, Pierre Rafini, Bolo Yeung, Ken Siu, Kimo Lai Kwok Ki, Bernard Mariano, Bill Yuen Ping Kuen, Lily Leung, Joshua Schroder, Directors: Newt Arnold Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   As a child, a miscreant Frank Dux was taken in and trained by a champion martial artist, who went so far as to adopt Frank into his family after the premature death of his own son. Now, decades later, Frank is a skilled martial artist himself and a solider in the U.S. Military. Upon the death of his surrogate father and sensai, Frank is informed of a mysterious, no-holds barred, highly illegal martial arts tournament in Hong Kong known only as the "kumeti." At the bidding of his sensai and against direct orders from his military superiors Frank travels to Hong Kong to participate and uphold his master's honor. In order to succeed not only will he have to win the tournament; he must also evade capture by two military police sent to arrest him and the prying questions of a nosy reporter eager for a story.

Bluetoes, the Christmas Elf [1988, Canada ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Animation, Family Actors: Dave Broadfoot, Polly Jones, Polly Jones, James Bradford, Jennifer Finestone, Rick Jones, Rick Jones, Anna MacCormack, Anna MacCormack, Ben Mulroney, Ben Mulroney, Michael O'Reilly, Michael O'Reilly, Directors: Mik Casey Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Blutoes the Christmas elf is a wonderful story about an elf who does not fit in with the others; his only real friend is a penguin. On Christmas Eve, Blutoes sneaks onto Santa's sleigh so that he can see his penguin friend home safely. Bluetoes goes into to a house to keep warm while waiting for Santa. In this house there is a little boy and a little girl who are too poor to even have stockings, so Bluetoes takes of his socks, hangs them up as stockings and fills them with toys. Bluetoes is waiting outside for Santa in his bare feet, his toes turn blue and that it is why they call him Bluetoes.

Brain Damage [1988, USA ] starting from $1.99

It's A Headache From Hell!

Genres: Comedy, Horror Actors: Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry, Theo Barnes, Lucille Saint-Peter, Vicki Darnell, Joseph Gonzalez, Bradlee Rhodes, Michael Bishop, Beverly Bonner, Ari M. Roussimoff, Kevin Van Hentenryck, Michael Rubenstein, Angel Figueroa, John Reichert, Directors: Frank Henenlotter Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A normal, average guy who lives in New York City becomes dependent on an evil, disembodied brain. The brain feeds the guy a narcotic substance in exchange for his unwilling assistance in obtaining the brains of innocent victims for sustenance. This turns into a tour of circa-1980s underground NYC clubs, backlots, and other seedy locations. One scene features the band Swimming Pool Cues playing the song "Corruption."