1988 in film

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Academy Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Other Movies Released

Events

• Michael Jackson's first film was Moonwalker

1. Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
3. Coming to America
4. Big, starring Tom Hanks
5. Crocodile Dundee II
6. Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis
7. Cocktail
9. Oliver and Company

• Best Picture: Rain Man - Mirage Entertainment, Star Partners II, United Artists
• Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
• Best Actress: Jodie Foster - The Accused

• April 10 - Haley Joel Osment
• August 24 - Rupert Grint
• November 15 - Zena Grey

• January 7 - Trevor Howard, actor
• December 23 – Frederick W. Elvidge, actor

• Dangerous Liaisons
• Hawks, starring Timothy Dalton and Anthony Edwards
• Mississippi Burning
• Punchline
• She's Having a Baby
• Twins, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito
• Working Girl, starring Harrison Ford
• Beetlejuice
• Paperhouse