Films of 1988
1988 was the least beautiful year of its era.
Across 136 well-known films, 1988 reads lower on beauty than the decade around it — 53.3 against 54.6, a gap of 1.3. Every year is measured against its own era rather than against all of cinema, because a slow trend is not a year’s signature.
The best-liked films of 1988
Grave of the Fireflies
8.4 / 10
Cinema Paradiso
8.4 / 10
My Neighbor Totoro
8.1 / 10
Akira
7.9 / 10
Die Hard
7.8 / 10
Rain Man
7.8 / 10
Mississippi Burning
7.7 / 10
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
7.5 / 10
Beetlejuice
7.4 / 10
The Big Blue
7.4 / 10
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
7.4 / 10
The Vanishing
7.4 / 10
The most singular films of 1988
Highest Cinnamon Scores of the year, leaving out anything already listed above. Not the best films of 1988 — the ones you cannot get anywhere else.
They Live
Cinnamon 86
A Fish Called Wanda
Cinnamon 80
Dead Ringers
Cinnamon 78
The Blob
Cinnamon 77
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Cinnamon 77
The Accused
Cinnamon 76
Moonwalker
Cinnamon 76
The Last Temptation of Christ
Cinnamon 75
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Cinnamon 71
Child's Play
Cinnamon 71
Bloodsport
Cinnamon 71
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Cinnamon 71