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Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 2h7
Directed by Theo Angelopoulos
Origin Grece
Genres Drama
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Transport films, Road movies
Actors Gerasimos Skiadaresis, Stratos Tzortzoglou, Michael Giannatos, Christoforos Nezer (d. 1996)
Rating78% 3.9456353.9456353.9456353.9456353.945635
Pubescent Voula (Tania Palaiologou) and her five-year-old brother Alexandros (Michalis Zeke) want to see their father, whom they have never met before. Their mother tells them he lives in Germany and so Voula and Alexandros one day secretely leave their home to find him. They go to the Athens Railway Station and try to use the Germany Express, but are removed from the train for not having a ticket. A police officer takes them to a distant uncle, who convinces the officer that the children do not have a father in Germany. He informs him that their mother lied to them, to prevent them from knowing the truth: that they have different fathers and are simply the results of one-night stands. Although Voula and Alexandros eavesdrop on the conversation, they still believe their mother and believe the uncle is lying. When a blizzard suddenly hits the village and no more attention is paid to them, the children manage to escape.
On Our Own
On Our Own (1988) on 1 january 1988

Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Sam Hennings, Stepfanie Kramer
Rating64% 3.2412053.2412053.2412053.2412053.241205
The film starts with Peggy Williams's mother talking to her on the phone asking her to start from the beginning of the story. An ambulance rushes to the hospital with the mother of four children. It then goes by the children's apartment to tell them their mother passed away. the four children, Mitch, Kate, Travis, and Lori go to City Hall with their neighbor, Mrs. Forsythe. She tells the judge they have no family and that she is unable to take them in. Mitch tells the judge and Mr. Arnold that they have an Uncle Jack, but they don't believe Mitch and the Judge decides to put them in a foster home until they get adopted. In the foster home a grumpy nurse yells at Travis and Lori for jumping on a bed when Mr. Arnold comes in and tells them that Lori is going to be adopted. Mitch is angry that he didn't tell them they would be split up at makes a plan to run away. They escape to their old home where Mitch collects all the money he can find, (9 dollars), and his Uncle Jack's address, thinking Jack will know where their father is. They also manage to get their dog back. They then get into their mother's old car and drive away, with neighbors spotting them.
Prisoner of Rio
Prisoner of Rio (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h44
Directed by Lech Majewski
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Steven Berkoff, Paul Freeman, Peter Firth, Florinda Bolkan, Desmond Llewelyn, José Wilker
Rating56% 2.820382.820382.820382.820382.82038
After escaping from Wandsworth prison for his part in the Great Train Robbery, Ronald "Ronnie" Biggs (Paul Freeman) goes on the run to Rio de Janeiro and becomes the world's most wanted man. Hot on his trail however is committed copper Jack McFarland (Steven Berkoff), who will stop at nothing to bring him back to justice - even if that means stepping outside the law.
Pancho Barnes
Pancho Barnes (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 2h30
Directed by Richard T. Heffron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure
Actors Valerie Bertinelli, Ted Wass, Sam Robards, James Stephens, Cynthia Harris, Geoffrey Lewis
Rating68% 3.426523.426523.426523.426523.42652
Leaving an arranged marriage to Reverend Rankin Barnes (James Stephens), Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes (Bertinelli) takes an interest in flying light planes in the 1920s, and soon rivals Amelia Earhart (Nance Williams), breaking world speed records. Barnes is hired by Howard Hughes (David Kockinis) to do stunt flying for the film Hell's Angels, instigates the formation of the Associated Motion Picture Pilots, was a World War II Air Force Civilian Pilot Trainer, and establishes the Happy Bottom Riding Club as a mess hall for pilots and former servicemen.
The Dirk Diggler Story
The Dirk Diggler Story (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 32minutes
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about pornography
Actors Robert Ridgely, Ernie Anderson
Rating59% 2.9926952.9926952.9926952.9926952.992695
Dirk Diggler (Michael Stein) was born as Steven Samuel Adams on April 15, 1961 outside of Saint Paul, Minnesota. His parents are a construction worker and a boutique shop owner who attend church every Sunday and believe in God. Looking for a career as a male model, Diggler drops out of school at age 16 and leaves home. Jack Horner (Robert Ridgely) discovers Diggler at a falafel stand. Diggler meets his friend, Reed Rothchild (Eddie Delcore), through Horner in 1979, while working on a film.
Plain Clothes
Plain Clothes (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h38
Directed by Martha Coolidge
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Arliss Howard, Suzy Amis, Seymour Cassel, George Wendt, Diane Ladd, Larry Pine
Rating61% 3.0990153.0990153.0990153.0990153.099015
Undercover cop Nick Dunbar's (Arliss Howard) brother Matt (Loren Dean) is accused of killing his teacher, Mr. Bradwood (Mack Harrell) at Adlai Stevenson High School. Nick loses his temper with Hechtor (Larry Pine), the detective in charge, and gets suspended. Nick's partner Ed (Seymour Cassel) pretends to be Nick's dad to enroll him as a student. Matt gives Nick pointers to get people to talk to him. Nick deals with bullies, girls with crushes on him, teachers & staff who range from quirky to bizarre, and a teacher, Robin Torrence (Suzy Amis), to whom he is attracted who thinks he's a teen. The turning point in his popularity (and therefore his ability to get information) happens in the classroom metaphor scene, in which E.E. Cummings' poem she being brand new, is used in its entirety. The character Renard (Michael Huguenor), who had a large part in the script but was mostly edited out of the film, makes his only appearance in this scene.
Ice Palace
Ice Palace (1987) on 30 december 1987
, 1h18
Genres Drama
Rating64% 3.2312753.2312753.2312753.2312753.231275
Nous sommes dans la Norvège profonde des années 30. C'est l'hiver. Une jeune fille, Unn, 12 ans, s'est installée chez sa tante suite au décès de sa mère au printemps. Elle éprouve un trouble sensuel non partagé envers sa camarade de classe Siss, même âge. Mais un jour elle se rencontrent, et Unn confie à Siss un secret indécent. La honte l'accable aussitôt. Le lendemain, sur le chemin de l'école, Unn s'égare dans le labyrinthique et merveilleux palais formé par les caprices d'une cascade pétrifiée par le gel…
The Prince of Pennsylvania
The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h30
Directed by Ron Nyswaner
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Fred Ward, Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia, Amy Madigan, Dan Monahan, Jay O. Sanders
Rating56% 2.801772.801772.801772.801772.80177
Rupert Marshetta and his accomplice and lover Carla kidnap Rupert's father to gain access to family money, but nobody in the family wants his father back. They find out that his father has already sold the land without the knowledge of his family. The police arrest Pam, but they cannot find Rupert and his father. He takes his father to the mine, where police find them before he fits an explosive device to break open the portable toilet where he thinks his father has hidden the money. Everybody escapes the explosion.
Wedding in Galilee
Wedding in Galilee (1987) on 1 january 1988
, 1h40
Directed by Michel Khleifi
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Makram J. Khoury, Juliano Mer-Khamis
Rating66% 3.3367553.3367553.3367553.3367553.336755
The film takes place in a Palestinian village ruled by an Israeli military governor. At the start of the film the village is under a curfew. The village mayor, muktar, wants to celebrate his son's wedding with the traditional elaborate ceremony despite the curfew. The Israeli military governor initially refuses, but finally allows the wedding to take place on the condition that he and his staff are invited.
Promises to Keep
Promises to Keep (1988) on 1 january 1988

Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Actors Martin Sheen
Rating69% 3.4863753.4863753.4863753.4863753.486375
Pulse Pounders
Pulse Pounders (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h17
Directed by Charles Band
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Richard Moll, Jeffrey Byron, Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Art LaFleur, Telma Hopkins
Rating62% 3.133813.133813.133813.133813.13381
Rabid Grannies
Rabid Grannies (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h31
Genres Comedy, Horror
Actors Catherine Aymerie, Paule Herreman, Élie Lison
Rating48% 2.41062.41062.41062.41062.4106
Two elderly sisters invite their wonderful nieces and nephews to a dinner party in celebration of the sisters' upcoming birthdays. The one nephew who is not invited is the ostracized black sheep of the family whose devil-worshipping activities have resulted in his being removed from the sisters' inheritance. The rest of the guests are merely putting in time; they are actually only waiting for their aunts to die, leaving them amply endowed via their respective inheritances. Unfortunately for all but the aunts, the nephew sends a party gift that turns the scene into a frolic of the macabre and ruins the party: under the gift's power, the aunts turn into cannibals and proceed to eat up all of their guests.
Rat Man
Rat Man (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h22
Directed by Giuliano Carnimeo
Genres Horror
Actors David Warbeck, Janet Ågren, Werner Pochath, Nelson de la Rosa Martínez, Eva Grimaldi
Rating44% 2.2294352.2294352.2294352.2294352.229435
Two models, Marlis and Peggy, are on a Caribbean Island for a photo shooting.
To Die For
To Die For (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h34
Directed by Deran Sarafian
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Dracula films, Vampires in film
Actors Duane Jones, Julie Maddalena, Sydney Walsh, Amanda Wyss, Scott Jacoby, Steve Bond
Rating46% 2.315442.315442.315442.315442.31544
Vlad Tepes, the Prince of Darkness, resurfaces in Los Angeles with a new look, new life and new love. But with the new life comes an old nemesis who has waited an eternity to settle the score.
Kaka Ferskur (Fresh Rolls) or The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Directed by Todd Hughes
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Rating69% 3.493943.493943.493943.493943.49394
In Kaka Ferskur, Pippi meets Age, a Swedish ghost at the beach. He challenges her by saying if she can prove to him that she isn't growing up, she may remain a child, living with her pets in her grand mansion "Villa Villekulla". But if she loses the bet, she must admit to Age in the end that she is coming of age and must leave childish things behind.
Rowing with the Wind
Rowing with the Wind (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h42
Directed by Gonzalo Suárez
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Hugh Grant, Valentine Pelka, Elizabeth Hurley, Ronan Vibert, José Luis Gómez, Bibiana Fernández
Rating58% 2.9001952.9001952.9001952.9001952.900195
In the summer of 1816, English poet Percy Shelley, his soon to be wife Mary Shelley (daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft), and Mary's stepsister and companion Claire Clairmont take a holiday with Lord Byron and his physician John William Polidori at a villa rented by Byron at Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Byron challenges each of the friends to write a horror story, and Mary begins her novel, Frankenstein. She imagines the monster becoming real, and for the next six years, as tragedy befalls those around her, she believes the creature of her imagination is the cause. Meanwhile, Claire has Byron's baby, is estranged from him and barred from seeing her daughter. Byron and Percy continue their friendship, the one hedonistic, the other idealistic. The Shelleys move near Pisa.
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead (1989) on 1 january 1988
, 1h33
Directed by John Hillcoat
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors David Field, Chris DeRose, Nick Cave, Vincent Gil
Rating68% 3.441013.441013.441013.441013.44101
The story is set in Central Industrial Prison, a privately run maximum security prison in the middle of the Australian desert. An outbreak of violence within the prison has resulted in a total lockdown. A committee is appointed by the prison's governors to investigate the cause of the outbreak, but their findings are in stark contrast to the facts behind the riot. As the viewers see, both the prisoners and the guards are slowly and deliberately brutalised, manipulated and provoked into the forthcoming eruption of violence, to justify the construction of a new and more "secure" facility.
Ghost Chase
Ghost Chase (1987) on 1 january 1988
, 1h25
Directed by Roland Emmerich
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Jeu, Ghost films, Films about toys, Comedy horror films
Actors Jason Lively, Leonard Lansink, Jill Whitlow, Paul Gleason, Larry Pennell, Ernie Lively
Rating43% 2.171872.171872.171872.171872.17187
In an old Hollywood mansion, the spirit of a butler inhabits a grandfather clock. When two teenagers decide to use the mansion (which once belonged to one of the teen's grandfather) for a film, they encounter the spirit frightening away a burglar. The other teen builds a mechanical body for the spirit to possess when next he appears. The butler provides the penurious teens and their leading lady, who lack the money to complete their film, with information leading them on a hunt in the mansion's dank, dark basement. There, if they dare, they will find a million-dollar fortune and the key to unraveling and righting the wrongs of an old family scandal.
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h
Directed by Thomas Schlamme
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Actors Spalding Gray
Rating75% 3.766513.766513.766513.766513.76651
Kalle Stropp och Grodan Boll räddar Hönan, 34minutes
Directed by Jan Gissberg
Origin Suede
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about insects, Children's films
Actors Thomas Funck
Rating65% 3.2646953.2646953.2646953.2646953.264695
One day Charlie Strapp's good friend The Chicken is kidnapped by two Villain called Pudding and Karlsson. Charlie Strapp, who has just been invited by Froggy Ball to participate in the virgin ride of his new car, constructed by Sheet-Niklas and himself mainly out of an old shoe and a well-shaken soda bottle, begins the chase. But the start is miserable as their other friend The Parrot also ends up being kidnapped. It turns out, though, that the kidnappers might not be purely evil after all: they work as stage magicians and just happen to need a hen for a trick they are performing. Charlie Strapp and the others continue to chase the kidnappers through air, on the ground and on water skis until the final showndown. Maybe they can find another trick.
Shadows in the Storm
Shadows in the Storm (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Mia Sara, Ned Beatty, Michael Madsen, Troy Evans, James Widdoes, Joe Dorsey
Rating40% 2.0021052.0021052.0021052.0021052.002105
Thelonious Pitt (Ned Beatty), a daydreaming businessman, goes to the Redwood Forests of California. There, he meets a beautiful woman, Melanie (Mia Sara). She looks like the woman he has been seeing in his dreams.
The Rose King
The Rose King (1986) on 30 december 1987
, 1h43
Directed by Werner Schroeter
Origin German
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Magdalena Montezuma, Mostéfa Djadjam
Rating64% 3.242943.242943.242943.242943.24294
Albert vit avec sa mere dans une demeure au Portugal. Il cultive les roses et cherche la fleur ideale tandis que sa mere les vend. Il va etre fascine par le jeune Fernando, qui vit reclus dans sa bergerie.
'68
'68 (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h38
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Eric Larson, Nike Doukas, Neil Young, Jan Němec
Rating56% 2.8490352.8490352.8490352.8490352.849035
The father escaped the Soviet invasion of Budapest and now runs a Hungarian restaurant that is not doing well financially. The younger of his two sons is gay and struggling with coming out. His dad disowns him when he finally does. The older son is involved in the counterculture, gets kicked out of college, buys a motorcycle, starts dating a Maoist, and is also disowned by his father. The older of the sons runs afoul of an outlaw motorcycle club; the younger of the two sons gets drafted but is rejected because of his homosexuality. The older one joins his younger brother in a gay rights protest.
Sodoma's Ghost
Sodoma's Ghost (1988) on 1 january 1988

Directed by Lucio Fulci, Mario Bianchi
Genres Horror
Actors Al Cliver, Zora Kerova
Rating37% 1.8855651.8855651.8855651.8855651.885565
At an isolated country house during World War II, a group of AWOL Nazi soldiers indulge in orgiastic behavior with a few prostitutes. One, young, Aryan-blond soldier films the cavorting with a movie camera. While viewing the film, the Germans revels are brought to a sudden end when Allied bombs land on the villa, destroying it.
Death Nurse 2
Death Nurse 2 (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Serial killer films
Rating31% 1.568221.568221.568221.568221.56822
Picking up where the last film ended, Death Nurse 2 opens with Lieutenant Cal Bedowski demanding to be let into to Shady Palms Clinic, due to having just discovered human remains in the facility's garage. Nurse Edith Mortley opens the door, stabs the lieutenant, and has her brother, Doctor Gordon Mortley, place the man's body in the garage. Edith then explains that disposing of corpses in the garage is the perfect system, as they will be eaten by the rats that infest it, and the rats will then be killed and fed to unknowing patients of the Mortleys.
American Roulette
American Roulette (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h42
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Andy García, Kitty Aldridge, Robert Stephens, Peter Guinness, Sheila Burrell, Al Matthews
Rating43% 2.1978452.1978452.1978452.1978452.197845
A Latin American President is overthrown in a military coup and forms a government-in-exile in London. The Generals want him out of the way, and send agents to kill him. Meanwhile several of the world's major intelligence agencies are also keeping a watch on him.
The South
The South (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 2h7
Directed by Fernando Solanas, Gaspar Noé
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Politique, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Susú Pecoraro, Miguel Ángel Solá, Philippe Léotard, Ulises Dumont, Fito Páez, Gabriela Rosana Toscano
Rating72% 3.632553.632553.632553.632553.63255
Floreal is released from prison prior to the end of a military coup d'état in 1983. He discovers his wife has cheated on him and is not sure he wants to return to his former life and family. A friend, "El-Negro", who was killed during the military coup, appears in the night with a special mission: to help Floreal face what has happened when he was serving time in prison. El-Negro helps him to live through the important events that happened in his absence. El-Negro helps him get past his anger, understanding how hard it was to endure such a difficult time and how the military coup had crushed people's lives. When El-Negro finally tells him he must return, Floreal realizes he must be strong and, like his coup-stricken country, pick up and go on with his life.
And the Violins Stopped Playing
And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h56
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Horst Buchholz, Marne Maitland, Piotr Polk, Aleksander Bardini, Jerzy Nowak, Aleksander Ford
Rating68% 3.425333.425333.425333.425333.42533
The story opens in 1941 in Brest-Litovsk, with Dymitr Mirga (Horst Buchholz), a prominent Gypsy violin player, entertaining a group of Nazis in a restaurant. At first the Nazis enjoy the entertainment and assure the musicians that the ongoing removal of the region's Jews is being conducted for the sake of the Romani. However, Dymitr soon realizes the truth, and asks the head of the Gypsy community to lead its evacuation into Hungary, which at that time was still independent. The leader is reluctant to comply, and the community's council eventually forces him to resign, giving his position instead to Dymitr Mirga. The son of the deposed leader had been betrothed to a beautiful Romani named Zoya Natkin (Maya Ramati), who instead chose to marry Dymitr's son, Roman (Piotr Polk).
Andy Colby’s Incredibly Awesome Adventure, 1h15
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors John Franklin, Dianne Kay, Vince Edwards, Lara Piper, Patsy Pease, Thom Christopher
Rating36% 1.841191.841191.841191.841191.84119
Andy Colby (Randy Josselyn) is a 12-year-old boy with too much time on his hands and an addiction to movies. He goes to a local video store looking for a movie he hasn’t seen and asks the crazy video store clerk (John Bluto), for a real adventure. He is given a new video that isn't even on the shelves yet. He is also given instructions to never let go of the remote and don’t sit too close to the television.
It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books, 1h25
Directed by Richard Linklater
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Richard Linklater
Rating56% 2.8018052.8018052.8018052.8018052.801805
In its minimal and non-traditional plot, the protagonist travels about the country meeting with various acquaintances when not taking part in various mundane, day-to-day activities. There is no real rising action or climax, and Linklater's character does not change substantially throughout the course of the film.
Streets of Death
Streets of Death (1988) on 1 january 1988

Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Tommy Kirk, Larry Thomas
Rating48% 2.436482.436482.436482.436482.43648
Prostitutes are being killed all over the place, their bodies dumped in various parts of the city. Officer Kelly Anderson goes undercover as a prostitute to solve the case with the help of Detective Grant Jordan.
The Nostril Picker
The Nostril Picker (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h16
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror
Rating37% 1.886021.886021.886021.886021.88602
Run for Your Life
Run for Your Life (1988) on 1 january 1988

Directed by Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Sports films
Actors David Carradine, Lauren Hutton, George Segal, Franco Nero, Sabine Sun, Anthony Dawson
Rating50% 2.527972.527972.527972.527972.52797
Charles Forsythe a du mal à se remettre de la guerre du Vietnam. Violent, il est aussi un sportif émérite et pratique le Marathon. Un jour, il frappe violemment sa femme, enceinte, qui perd son bébé. Afin de se venger, cette dernière décide de s'entraîner durement pour le prochain marathon et battre ainsi son ex-compagnon.
Touch of Death
Touch of Death (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h26
Directed by Lucio Fulci
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Brett Halsey, Al Cliver, Zora Kerova, Maurice Poli
Rating52% 2.609852.609852.609852.609852.60985
Lester Parson (Brett Halsey) is a cannibal psychopath who regularly abducts and mutilates women, eating certain cuts and disposing the rest in his back yard to his horde of pigs. He converces schizophrenically with himself via tape recordings of his own voice. He is also being hounded by Randy (Al Cliver), a shady loan shark whom he owes money to after accruing bad gambling debts.
Driving Force
Driving Force (1990) on 1 january 1988
, 1h27
Origin Philippines
Genres Action
Actors Sam J. Jones, Don Swayze, Catherine Bach, Billy Banks, Joey Aresco
Rating44% 2.2062552.2062552.2062552.2062552.206255
Dans un temps futuriste, une féroce bande de maraudeurs, les Chevaliers noirs, dominent la route. Ils détruisent des véhicules et blessent leurs conducteurs pour ainsi pouvoir leur proposer diverses fausses assurances et récupérer leurs biens. Dans ce chaos, un guerrier courageux les défie. Avec une femme dure et belle, il se pique contre les Destructeurs…
Virile Games
Virile Games (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 18minutes
Directed by Jan Švankmajer
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Rating73% 3.684983.684983.684983.684983.68498
Le film se base sur le visionnage d'un match de foot par un homme dans une pièce abondamment décorée de posters et différents objets liés à l'univers du football. Le film consiste en une succession d'images archives montrant les réactions de supporters durant un match et d'images animées surréalistes. L'acteur qui joue le spectateur derrière son poste de télévision joue aussi l'arbitre, les joueurs, les médecins et les croque-morts dans les passages surréalistes. Le film suit une certaine mécanique propre au cinéma de Švankmajer : une série de photos de joueurs colorés montées de manière énergique avec en fond des commentaires de présentateurs brouillés, puis une chorégraphie jouée par les joueurs avec le ballon, puis la destruction d'un ou plusieurs joueurs. Švankmajer s'amuse à détruire des portraits de glaise à l'image du spectateur de toutes les manières imaginables (visage arraché par une ventouse, démolition à coups de marteau, tête passée au hachoir, etc.). Le score du match progresse à mesure que les joueurs sont détruits. Les joueurs ainsi anéantis sont mis sur des brancards puis dans des cercueils aux couleurs de leur équipe, qui intègreront également les séquences surréalistes. On voit les réactions du public passionné en archive et le spectateur souvent montré en train de manger ou boire.
Lion's Den
Lion's Den (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 25minutes
Directed by John Ottman, Bryan Singer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Ethan Hawke, Dylan Kussman, Brandon Boyce, Bryan Singer
Rating56% 2.82172.82172.82172.82172.8217
Dance of the Damned
Dance of the Damned (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h22
Directed by Katt Shea
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Cyril O'Reilly, Starr Andreeff, Maria Ford
Rating53% 2.667422.667422.667422.667422.66742
Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls
Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls (1988) on 1 january 1988

Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Rating57% 2.870972.870972.870972.870972.87097
The entirety of the film is narrated by a detective, Joe Morton, who has "been working for the Greater Plantsville Police Department for 30 years".
Scandal in a Small Town
Scandal in a Small Town (1988) on 1 january 1988

Directed by Anthony Page
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Raquel Welch, Ronny Cox, Frances Lee McCain, Mickey Jones, Ernie Lively, Ray Girardin
Rating56% 2.819912.819912.819912.819912.81991
Leda Beth Vincent lives in the small town of Shiloh. Her daughter is a high school student who experiences anti-Semitic propaganda in her history class. Leda thinks this is unacceptable and tries to fight the Board of Education.
Candyjam
Candyjam (1988) on 2 january 1988
, 7minutes
Directed by Paul Driessen, Christine Panushka, Craig Bartlett, Joanna Priestley
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Rating62% 3.12963.12963.12963.12963.1296
The Catwalk
The Catwalk (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h32
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Pierre Arditi, Mathilda May, Aurelle Doazan, Jany Holt, Didier Bénureau, Muriel Robin
Rating55% 2.7714952.7714952.7714952.7714952.771495
Deux voisins de palier, Jean et Cora, se rencontrent lors de l'accident dont a été victime le fils de Cora, âgé de cinq ans. Alors qu'elle tient Jean pour responsable, elle ne peut pourtant éviter de se rapprocher de lui.
Early Abstractions
Early Abstractions (1987) on 31 december 1987
, 23minutes
Directed by Harry Everett Smith
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Rating64% 3.2296853.2296853.2296853.2296853.229685
Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf, 1h20
Directed by Ray Patterson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about computing, Films about magic and magicians, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films based on science fiction novels, Auto racing films, Films about dogs, Wolves in film, Dracula films, Frankenstein films, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film, Road movies, Comedy horror films, Cyberpunk films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Hamilton Camp, Jim Cummings, Ed Gilbert, Joan Gerber
Rating67% 3.365993.365993.365993.365993.36599
Every year, all of the classic Hollywood monsters (consisting of Frankenstein's monster, his wife Repulsa, a Mummy, the Witch Sisters, Bone Jangles the Skeleton, Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Snyde, Swamp Thing, and Dragonfly) gather at Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania for the "Monster Road Rally", an ultimate road race similar to Wacky Races, awarding the winner with the "Monster of the Year" award as well as many other prizes only monsters would enjoy (and one prize — a trip to Hawaii — that none of the monsters want). This year, however, Dracula receives a postcard from the Wolfman stating that he has retired to Florida and will not be participating.
You Don't Have to Die
You Don't Have to Die (1988) on 1 january 1988

Directed by Bill Guttentag, Malcolm Clarke
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about health care, Films about cancer
Rating69% 3.460523.460523.460523.460523.46052
Un jeune garçon se bat avec succès contre le cancer, et aide d'autres enfants à surmonter leurs peurs.
Once Upon a Texas Train
Once Upon a Texas Train (1988) on 3 january 1988
, 2h
Directed by Burt Kennedy
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Willie Nelson, Richard Widmark, Angie Dickinson, Chuck Connors, Ken Curtis, Royal Dano
Rating57% 2.852232.852232.852232.852232.85223
Après 20 ans de prison, on ne donnerait pas cher de la vie misérable que devrait avoir l'ancien voleur John Henry Lee. Cependant, six heures après sa sortie, il a déjà pillé et fait sauter une banque et le voilà partie avec butin et bande pour réaliser leur vieux projet de cambrioler un train postal. Mais c'est sans compter avec son ancien concurrent auprès de la belle Maggie Hayes, le capitaine Owen Hayes. Celui-ci part immédiatement à la poursuite du bandit.
The Arrogant
The Arrogant (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Sylvia Kristel, Gary Graham
Rating35% 1.7547651.7547651.7547651.7547651.754765
The opening of this film begins at a dinner party for Giovanni and his wife Elvira who are celebrating a wedding anniversary. However, not everyone is happy for them as Elvira’s father (possibly a senator) enters and angrily confronts Giovanni over his arrogance, adultery, and recklessness. Giovanni’s ego is unruffled by this and calmly tells his father-in-law to die as soon as possible. Elvira suggests Giovanni leave and get some champagne from the cellar. Giovanni takes the opportunity not only to get the champagne but also to have a sexual encounter with his wife’s sister. The father-in-law witnesses this act and attempts to kill him with an axe. However, Giovanni triumphs and slays his father-in-law instead. Surviving this, Giovanni furiously shouts towards the night sky that he is his own king, master, faith and god.
Curse of the Queerwolf
Curse of the Queerwolf (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Comedy horror films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Forrest J Ackerman
Rating48% 2.4309152.4309152.4309152.4309152.430915
Larry meets someone he believes to be a woman, but is actually a transvestite, who turns him into a "queerwolf" by biting him on the buttocks. He transforms into a transvestite at night when there is a full moon. People hunting the werewolf discover the transvestite at Larry's apartment, and they also warn him about a curse. A gypsy offers to help him, but Larry refuses until the first full moon that he experiences. The only way for him to combat the transformation is to look at a medallion with a picture of John Wayne.
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story, 1h40
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Films about hijackings
Actors Lindsay Wagner, Eli Danker, Ray Wise, Leslie Easterbrook, Laurie Walters, Barry Jenner
Rating61% 3.0980353.0980353.0980353.0980353.098035
The movie showcases the first 48 hours of the hijacking, until Derickson's liberation. After the aircraft leaves Athens, Derickson is forced at gunpoint to the flight deck door by "Castro", one of the terrorists. She is able to defuse the situation by communicating with him in German, convincing him to release hostages upon landing in Beirut and Algiers and pleading for the other hijacker to stop harming the passengers. Her efforts are shown to save the lives of all but one hostage, Robert Stethem, whose body was thrown on the tarmac in Beirut.
Tears in the Rain
Tears in the Rain (1988) on 1 january 1988
, 1h40
Directed by Don Sharp
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sharon Stone, Christopher Cazenove, Leigh Lawson, Maurice Denham, Anna Massey, Stephanie Cole
Rating58% 2.9001052.9001052.9001052.9001052.900105
Jessie Cantrell's dying wish is that her daughter, Casey, personally take a letter to Lord Richard Bredon who lives in the UK. Though confused by this turn of events, Casey nonetheless sets off from her home in America to fulfill this last request. After a failed attempt to find him at his country residence, she falls in with Lord Bredon's son, Michael. At first the younger Bredon is suspicious of Casey's motives but soon the two of them find themselves in the midst of a deep and powerful connection that they both realize is love at first sight.