1988
Top 10 of the year
The ten highest-voted films and series that premiered in 1988, via TMDB discover rankings.
Movies
- 1
Film
Die Hard
- “40 stories of sheer adventure!”
- “Welcome to the party, pal!”
- “Yippie-ki-yay, motherf - er!”
★ 7.8 · 12,290 votes
- 2
Film
My Neighbor Totoro
- “He's your friendly neighbourhood forest spirit!”
- “Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest.”
- “When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.”
★ 8.1 · 8,811 votes
- 3
Film
Beetlejuice
- “[reading obituary] Ooh-la-la, what have we got here? The Maitlands. [laughs] Cute couple. Look nice and stupid, too! [more laughing]”
- “A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.”
- “In this house... if you've seen one ghost... you haven't seen them all.”
★ 7.4 · 8,447 votes
- 4
Film
Rain Man
- “A journey through understanding and fellowship.”
- “Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles.”
- “When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives.”
★ 7.8 · 7,100 votes
- 5
Film
Grave of the Fireflies
- “After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter.”
- “In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan.”
- “Why do fireflies have to die so soon?”
★ 8.4 · 6,523 votes
- 6
Film
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- “'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her.”
- “I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.”
- “It's the story of a man, a woman, and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble.”
★ 7.5 · 6,176 votes
- 7
Film
Cinema Paradiso
- “A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.”
- “A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at…”
- “An enchanted village. A wonderful friendship. Star-crossed lovers. And the magic of the movies.”
★ 8.4 · 4,828 votes
- 8
Film
Akira
- “[Streamline Dub (1989)] And what do we have here, huh? You the funeral director?”
- “[To a man dressed in a black suit] What's with the get-up, huh? You goin' to a funeral?!”
- “I customized that bike for myself. It's too wild, you couldn't handle it.”
★ 7.9 · 4,776 votes
- 9
Film
Coming to America
- “An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess...”
- “and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York.”
- “This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.”
★ 6.9 · 4,744 votes
- 10
Film
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
- “Like a midget at a urinal, I was going to have to stay on my toes.”
- “When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.”
- “You've read the ad, now see the movie!”
★ 7.3 · 4,495 votes
TV shows
- 1
TV
The Wonder Years
- “The story of Kevin Arnold facing the trials and tribulations of youth while growing up during the 1960s and 70s.”
- “Told through narration from an adult Kevin, Kevin faces the difficulties of maintaining relationships and friendships on his enthralling journey into adulthood.”
- “With a little help from my friends.”
★ 8.3 · 1,084 votes
- 2
TV
Red Dwarf
- “Smeg Head!”
- “The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.”
- “They're all dead. Everybody's dead, Dave.”
★ 8.1 · 434 votes
- 3
TV
Garfield and Friends
- “And also Orson the Pig and his adventures on a farm with his fellow farm animals.”
- “The animated stories of Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get into.”
- “The animated stories of Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and…”
★ 7.3 · 395 votes
- 4
TV
Roseanne
- “A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.”
- “A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional…”
- “The first family that made you feel better about your own!”
★ 6.8 · 390 votes
- 5
TV
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
- “And the old gang is back with him.”
- “Shaggy, Daphne, Velma, and Freddy are all here as gangly kids - goofing off, solving kid-size mysteries, and having run-ins with ghouls, ghosts, and goblins.”
- “The world's favorite chicken-hearted canine, as a puppy?”
★ 7.5 · 289 votes
- 6
TV
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- “An American animated children's television series inspired by A.”
- “Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories.”
- “w:Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh, Papa Heffalump, Smudge, Crud, Mr. Usher, Nightmare Balloons, Nasty Jack, Ted, Grandpappy Gopher, Bruno and Tigger”
★ 7.7 · 268 votes
- 7
TV
Count Duckula
- “Count Duckula is a vegetarian vampire duck, coming into the world as an accident.”
- “Count Duckula is a vegetarian vampire duck, coming into the world as an accident.…”
- “Unlike his family and ancestors, he has no bloodlust, as when he was reincarnated, blood was omitted and replaced with ketchup.”
★ 7.9 · 249 votes
- 8
TV
The Storyteller
- “Magical and haunting tales for only the bravest of children”
- “The Storyteller, aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.”
- “The Storyteller, aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.…”
★ 8.2 · 239 votes
- 9
TV
Mission: Impossible
- “Mission: Impossible is an American television series that chronicles the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force.”
- “The only actor to return for the series as a regular cast member was Peter Graves who played Jim Phelps, although two other cast members from the original series returned as guest stars.”
- “The show is a revival of the 1966 TV series of the same name.”
★ 7.5 · 218 votes
- 10
TV
Freddy's Nightmares
- “Don't let him catch you sleeping!”
- “The evil, sinister killer of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, Freddy Krueger, hosts this show, where each week, he shows us a tale of evil and death about the lives of people who live in Springwood.”
- “The evil, sinister killer of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, Freddy Krueger, hosts…”
★ 7.2 · 210 votes