Search of 1988 on SouthFilms.

Moonwalker

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Starring: Joe Pesci, Danial Brown, Michael Jackson, Brandon Quintin Adams, Brent Kelly, Sean Lennon, Kellie Parker

Directors: Jerry Kramer, Jim Blashfield

Country: USA

Year: 1988

Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

A movie that starts out with the "Man in the Mirror" music video, it then changes to a montage of video clips of Michael's career. Next comes a parody of his Bad video by children, and then Michael is chased by fans in a fantasy sequence. 2 more videos are shown, and then a movie in which Michael plays a hero with magical powers. In it he is chased by drug dealer Mr. Big and saves three children. Videos included in the movie are "Smooth Criminal" and "Come Together".

 

Spoorloos (The Vanishing)

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Horror

Starring: Johanna ter Steege, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Gwen Eckhaus, Bernadette Le Saché, Tania Latarjet, Lucille Glenn

Directors: George Sluizer

Country: Netherlands, France

Year: 1988

Rex and Saskia are on holiday, a young couple in love. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia disappears. Rex dedicates the next three years trying to find her. Then he receives some postcards from her abductor, who promises to reveal what has happened to Saskia. The abductor, Raymond Lemorne, is a chilling character to whom Rex is drawn by his intense desire to learn the truth behind his lovers disappearance. The truth is more sinister than he dared imagine.

 

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

Genres: Thriller, Fantasy, Horror

Starring: Robert Englund, Rodney Eastman, Tuesday Knight, Brooke Bundy, Hope Marie Carlton, Nicholas Mele, Ken Sagoes

Directors: Renny Harlin

Country: USA

Year: 1988

Following up the previous Nightmare film, dream demon Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen (who can draw others into her dreams) wills her special ability to her friend Alice. Alice soon realizes that Freddy is taking advantage of that unknown power to pull a new group of children into his foul domain.

 

Crocodile Dundee II

Genres: Action, Comedy, Adventure

Starring: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, Maggie Blinco, Steve Rackman, Gerry Skilton, Jim Holt

Directors: John Cornell

Country: USA, Australia

Year: 1988

Mick and Sue continue where they left off in "'Crocodile' Dundee". New York gangsters are pursuing Sue, so for her safety, Mick takes her back to Oz. When the gangsters follow them, Mick demonstrates his outback skills once more.

 

The Bear (L'ours)

Genres: Adventure, Family, Drama

Starring: Bart the Bear, Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace, Youk the Bear, André Lacombe

Directors: Jean-Jacques Annaud

Country: USA, France

Year: 1988

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

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.

 

Shoot to Kill

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Starring: Tom Berenger, Frank C. Turner, Richard Masur, Clancy Brown, Andrew Robinson, Kevin Scannell, Sam Hiona

Directors: Roger Spottiswoode

Country: USA

Year: 1988

A man is discovered breaking into his own jewelery shop in the dead of night. Questioned closely, it is learnt that his wife is being held hostage by an extortionist who demands the diamonds in the shop's safe. The extortionist manages to escape FBI agent Warren Stantin, who subsequently chases him into the forests of Northern America. Stantin recruits the help of a reluctant local Jonathon Knox, who has the skills necessary to track down the criminal. The only problem is that Stantin has no experience in the wilderness...

 

Steal the Sky

Genres: Action, Romance, War

Starring: Andreas Katsulas, Mark Rolston, Ben Cross, Ronald Guttman, Nicolas Surovy, Sasson Gabai, Mariel Hemingway

Directors: John D. Hancock

Country: USA

Year: 1988

Based on the true story of an American born Israeli spy sent to coerce an Iraqi pilot into hijacking a Soviet jet for Israeli defense research. Which intervention will prove more deadly - their love, or the Iraqi air force? Heart-stopping action builds to an explosive climax.

 

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Genres: Comedy, Horror

Starring: Edie McClurg, William Duell, Tress MacNeille, William Morgan Sheppard, Jeff Conaway, Daniel Greene, Larry Flash Jenkins

Directors: James Signorelli

Country: USA

Year: 1988

When her Great Aunt dies, famed horror hostess Elvira heads for the uptight New England town of Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted house, a witch's cookbook and a punk rock poodle. But once the stuffy locals get an eyeful of the scream queen's ample assets, all hell busts out and breaks loose. Can the Madonna Of The Macabre find love with a studly cinema owner, avoid her creepy Great Uncle, titillate the town's teens and become a Las Vegas dance sensation all without being burned alive at the stake?

 

Black Eagle

Genres: Action, Drama

Starring: William Bassett, Gene Davis, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jan Triska, Kane Kosugi, Bruce French, Shô Kosugi

Directors: Eric Karson

Country: USA

Year: 1988

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.

 

Evil Angels aka A Cry in the Dark

Genres: Drama

Starring: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Dale Reeves, David Hoflin, Jason Reason, Michael Wetter, Kane Barton

Directors: Fred Schepisi

Country: USA, Australia

Year: 1988

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain: during a camping trip to Ayer's Rock in outback Australia, she claims she witnessed a dingo stealing her baby daughter Azaria from the family tent. Azaria's body is never found. Police note some apparent inconsistencies in her story, and she is charged with murder. The case attracts a lot of attention, turning a simple investigation into a media circus, with the public divided in their opinion.

 

Alien Nation

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Starring: Leslie Bevis, Roger Aaron Brown, James Caan, Terence Stamp, Peter Jason, Brian Thompson, Mandy Patinkin

Directors: Graham Baker

Country: USA

Year: 1988

A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilisation. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine but are victims of a new type of discrimination. When the first Newcomer police officer, Sam Francisco is assigned his new partner, he is given Matthew Sykes , a mildly racist veteran, the animosity between them soon gives way to respect as they investigate the Newcomer underworld, and especially Newcomer leader William Harcourt.

 

Earth Girls Are Easy

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

Starring: Michael McKean, Rick Overton, Geena Davis, Jim Carrey, Jeff Goldblum, Damon Wayans, Rick Hurst

Directors: Julien Temple

Country: USA, UK

Year: 1988

Trio of fuzzy (and funny) aliens crash land in Valerie's pool-- putting a decided damper on her future wedding plans to cheating Dr. Ted Gallagher. Action interrupted by musical numbers--an MTV musical comedy.

 

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Starring: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr, David Jensen, Raymond O'Connor, Danielle Harris, Michael Pataki

Directors: Dwight H. Little

Country: USA

Year: 1988

It's October 30, 1988 and Michael Myers has been in a coma since his pursuit of Laurie Strode, 10 years ago, was finally stopped (events of H1 and H2). However when he is transfered from Richmond Mental Institute to Smith's Grove he awakes when he hears that he has a niece in Haddonfield and after killing the transfer crew he escapes. In Haddonfield, the niece, Jamie, has been adopted by the Carruthers family but keeps having nightmares about Michael (but she doesn't know who he is). On Halloween night, Jamie goes out trick and treating, little knowing that her murdering Uncle is following her and her step-sister Rachel. Rushing to her aid is...

 

Scarecrows

Genres: Horror

Starring: Michael David Simms, Ted Vernon, Richard Vidan, Kristina Sanborn, Victoria Christian, David James Campbell, B.J. Turner

Directors: William Wesley

Country: USA

Year: 1988

Five men heist the Camp Pendleton payroll and kidnap a pilot and his daughter, who are forced to fly them to Mexico. Enroute a double cross has one of the thieves parachute with the loot into an abandoned graveyard surrounded by strange scarecrows. The rest of the team jump after their loot and their former partner. Everything happens during the course of one very dark night.

 

The Last Temptation of Christ

Genres: Drama

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Victor Argo, Barbara Hershey, Barry Miller, Harvey Keitel, Verna Bloom, Roberts Blossom

Directors: Martin Scorsese

Country: USA

Year: 1988

The carpenter Jesus of Nazareth, tormented by the temptations of demons, the guilt of making crosses for the Romans, pity for men and the world, and the constant call of God, sets out to find what God wills for him. But as his mission nears fulfillment, he must face the greatest temptation: the normal life of a good man. Based, not on the Gospels, but on Nikos Kazantzakis' novel of the same name.

 

Talk Radio

Genres: Drama

Starring: Zach Grenier, Alec Baldwin, John C. McGinley, Michael Wincott, John Pankow, Eric Bogosian, Robert Trebor

Directors: Oliver Stone

Country: USA

Year: 1988

An acerbic radio talk show host based in Dallas starts what could be an important few days when he discovers that his controversial late night show is about to be "picked up" by a nationwide network of radio stations. However, all is not perfect for him, because on top of troubles with his love life and fears that the management of the network will try to alter the content of his show he has to cope with a neo-nazi group who have been angered by his forthright opinions.

 

The Accused

Genres: Thriller, Drama

Starring: Carmen Argenziano, Tom Heaton, Jodie Foster, Leo Rossi, Scott Paulin, Ann Hearn, Bernie Coulson

Directors: Jonathan Kaplan

Country: USA, Canada

Year: 1988

Sarah Tobias goes to her local bar and is gang-raped by three men. The district attorney on the case is Katheryn Murphy who wants to prove that although Sarah had taken drugs that night and was acting provocatively while in the bar, this is no reason for her to be so brutally attacked and the men responsible should be brought to justice.

 

The Chocolate War

Genres: Drama

Starring: Bud Cort, John Glover, Doug Hutchison, Jenny Wright, Wallace Langham, Adam Baldwin, Ethan Sandler

Directors: Keith Gordon

Country: USA

Year: 1988

A surreal portrait of a Catholic Private School and it's hierarchy. A new student must submit to the bizarre rituals of his peers and the expectations of the school's administration by selling chocolates.

 

My Stepmother Is an Alien

Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi

Starring: Harry Shearer, Juliette Lewis, Peter Bromilow, Jon Lovitz, Seth Green, Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger

Directors: Richard Benjamin

Country: USA

Year: 1988

An alien is sent on a secret mission to Earth, where she appears as a gorgeous, attractive, and single lady. Her mission is to make contact with a rather nerdy young scientist, who's quite overwhelmed by her attentions, and isn't aware of the connection between her arrival and his work.

 

Off Limits

Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama

Starring: Amanda Pays, Willem Dafoe, Keith David, David Alan Grier, Gregory Hines, Scott Glenn, Raymond O'Connor

Directors: Christopher Crowe

Country: USA

Year: 1988

McGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S. military policemen on duty in war-time Saigon. However, their job becomes even harder when they start investigating the serial killings of local prostitutes. Their prime suspect is high ranking U.S. Army officer which brings their lives in danger.