Thriller Movies of 1988
Rent-A-Cop
Tony Church (Burt Reynolds) is a Chicago detective who loses his job when he is blamed for the deaths of his fellow officers gunned down in a botched drug bust. He becomes a bodyguard to ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Betrayed
Set in the American South, Betrayed stars Debra Winger as an FBI agent who infiltrates a Klanlike white supremacist ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
The House on Carroll Street
Yes, there are commies under the bed. But are there Nazis there too? Emily Crane (Kelly McGillis) is a modestly successful Life photo ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Clinton and Nadine
This made-for-TV film was originally titled simply Clinton & Nadine when it made its debut on May 28, 1988. Andy Garcia plays Clinton, who is eager to find his brother's murderer. To do so, he enlists the aid of Nadine ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
The Dead Pool
The Dead Pool is the fifth and (thus far) the last of Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry movies. A sports pool is placing bets on which famous person will die next. Suddenly a serial killer ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Frantic
Following the disastrous Pirates (1986), director Roman Polanski got back on creative track with this finely-wrought thriller ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Stormy Monday
Stormy Monday is a four-person character study in which style is all that matters. This tautly constructed, deftly executed crime thriller is set in economically depressed Newcastle England. Sting plays Finney, a relatively honest ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Masquerade
American-born French film director Bob Swaim directed this sordid tale of ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Messenger of Death
Even though Charles Bronson doesn't carry a gun in this feature, there are still plenty of the fights, car chases, and explosions -- all hallmarks of Bronson's action films. Bronson plays Denver Tribune crime reporter Garrett Smith, who ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Gotham
This devilish blend of film noir and Gothic melodrama first aired August 21, 1988, over the Showtime Cable service. Tommy Lee Jones stars as Eddie Mallard, an end-of-pier private eye, hired by a millionaire (Colin Bruce) to do some ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Freeway
A crazed sniper picks off motorists at random, then taunts the authorities by ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Above the Law
Martial arts hero Steven Seagal developed, co-wrote, co-produced, ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Nightmare at Noon
Exposure to a chemically-contaminated water supply turns scientists into raving lunatics who begin terrorizing a tiny desert burg in this violent actioner. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Warlock
Julian Sands oozes maleficence as a warlock of the 1600s cast forth to 1980s Los Angeles, where he continues to work his deviltry. The story begins in 1691 Boston when a warlock is condemned to die. Calling for Satan's help, the warlock is ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Child's Play
Child's Play seems to have been concocted by a parent who went berserk after standing in line for hours on end to purchase a Cabbage Patch doll in the early ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Last Rites
In Last Rites a serious thriller on a sensational topic, a priest falls in love with a woman he is protecting. Father Michael (Tom Berenger), a priest with family ties to the ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Pulse
Household appliances are generally useful and beneficent items, and most of us who ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Seven Hours to Judgment
A judge becomes guilt-ridden after a technicality forces ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Iron Eagle II
A pair of American pilots are forced to cooperate ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Apartment Zero
A withdrawn Beunos Aries movie buff develops an unusually charged relationship with his new roommate in this off-beat ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
This lightweight and slightly ribald comedy marks the feature film debut of Elvira (Cassandra Peterson), a buxom seductress best known for hosting a popular syndicated ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Hero and the Terror
O'Brien (Chuck Norris) is a detective who captured the psychotic maniac Simon Moon (Jack O'Halloran), aka the Terror, by mistake. When the ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Fear
As Don Haden (Cliff DeYoung) and his family travel to their cabin retreat, they ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
The Kiss
The Kiss, an erotic horror film dealing with ancient curses and the occult, is the story of a teenage girl whose world is destroyed by the arrival of her mysterious aunt and the death of her mother. Amy (Meredith Salenger) ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Pin
An obscure and offbeat novel by Andrew Neiderman comes to life as this strange, disturbing, but fairly compelling psychological thriller. The title refers to a life-sized medical dummy (the name is short for Pinocchio) through ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Crackdown
In this action drama, a high-ranking military man returns to his home town, only to ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Set in a makeshift hospital that seems to exist somewhere between Scandinavia and what could be a parallel ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
The Vanishing
Based on Time Krabbe's The Golden Egg, The Vanishing is a deeply disturbing psychological thriller about a young man's ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Witchcraft
The ample but well-covered attractions of (Anat ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Whisper Kill
In this made-for-TV thriller, Liz Barlett (Loni Anderson) is a rookie journalist covering a series of murders that seem to have touched ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Clandestinos
Those who are familiar with the details of the Cuban Revolution ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
Moving Target
Made for television, Moving Target bears a few faint echoes of the 1986 theatrical ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
In the Line of Duty 3
Cynthia Yang Li-ching replaces Michelle Yeoh in the lead for this wild and woolly police thriller directed by Arthur Wong and Brandy Yuen. The film opens in Japan with ... [ Thriller movie - 1988 ]
