1988 In Film

Events

• Michael Jackson's first film was Moonwalker

Top grossing films

1. Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
3. Coming to America
4. Big, starring Tom Hanks
5. Crocodile Dundee II
6. Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis
7. Cocktail
9. Oliver and Company

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Rain Man - Mirage Entertainment, Star Partners II, United Artists
• Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
• Best Actress: Jodie Foster - The Accused

Births

• April 10 - Haley Joel Osment
• August 24 - Rupert Grint
• November 15 - Zena Grey

Deaths

• January 7 - Trevor Howard, actor
• January 25 - Colleen Moore, actress
• March 6 - Jeanne Aubert, French actress
• May 30 - Ella Raines, actress
• August 4 - Florence Eldridge, actress
• December 23 Frederick W. Elvidge, actor

Other movies released

• Beetlejuice
• Dangerous Curves
• Dangerous Liaisons
• A Fish Called Wanda
• Gangster World
• Hawks, starring Timothy Dalton and Anthony Edwards
• Killer Klowns from Outer Space
• Masters of the Universe, starring Dolph Lundgren and Courteney Cox
• Mississippi Burning
• Paperhouse
• Punchline
• She's Having a Baby
• A Short Film About Love by Krzysztof Kieslowski
• Twins, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito
• Working Girl, starring Harrison Ford

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