Best Romance Films of 1988

The House on Carroll Street

Yes, there are commies ... above Grand Central Station. For those tired of endless shoot-em-ups and car chases, this is the mystery to choose. [ best romance films - 1988 ]

Cocktail

Tom Cruise juggles Martini ... is put on hold. But not for long, as pangs of consciousness begin to filter through Brian's drunken haze. [ best romance films - 1988 ]

Mystic Pizza

Three teenagers learn a ... supporting role as Leona, the proprietor of the pizza parlor, who zealously guards the secret formula of her sauce. [ best romance films - 1988 ]

Two Moon Junction

Zalman King wrote and ... an eye on her he keeps, so that during the wedding ceremony, he has quite a story to tell. [ best romance films - 1988 ]

Fresh Horses

Fresh Horses features Molly ... holds within her. Directed by David Anspaugh, Fresh Horses is also known as The Eccentricity of People and Syntax. [ best romance films - 1988 ]

Crossing Delancey

Can an independent, contemporary ... Hester Street also examined Jewish culture on the Lower East Side, albeit from the vantage point of the 1890s. [ best romance films - 1988 ]

The Bengali Night

A British engineer and ... in India can only bring him further trouble and continued bad fortune. Editing and continuity are questionable at times. [ best romance films - 1988 ]

Shag

Shag is a beach ... you-know-who. Filmed in 1988, Shag was released that year in Europe, then offered to American audiences one year later. [ best romance films - 1988 ]

Casual Sex?

In the late '80s, ... Toll adapted their own stage play, while Casual Sex? provided director Genevieve Robert her only feature credit to date. [ best romance films - 1988 ]

Dakota

Dakota (Lou Diamond Phillips) ... with a loving family. Dakota weighs his past against his future in this family drama with a moral message. [ best romance films - 1988 ]

Goddess of Love

First airing on television, ... she must earn the love of a modern man or else she will be forever banished from Mount Olympus. [ best romance films - 1988 ]

My First Love

An ageing widow's relationship ... when the woman discovers that her new beau is involved in a May-December romance with a much younger woman. [ best romance films - 1988 ]

Clandestinos

Those who are familiar ... content simply to disrupt public gatherings in a small way, but eventually they graduate to major acts of terrorism. [ best romance films - 1988 ]

Urusei Yatsura Movie 5: The Final Chapter

Originally titled Uresei Yatsura: ... The Final Chapter was anything but; a sixth film, Urusei Yatsura Movie 6: Always My Darling followed in 1991. [ best romance films - 1988 ]