British Film Database

1980s

British films of 1988

87 films, in order of release. 70 with no exact release date are listed after them.

ReleasedTitleDirector
FebruaryThe Naked Cell
MayOn the Black HillAndrew Grieve
20 MaySalaam Bombay!Mira Nair
20 MayStealing HeavenClive Donner
7 JulyA Fish Called WandaCharles Crichton, John Cleese
12 AugustShagZelda Barron
29 AugustHard TimesJoão Botelho
2 SeptemberDrowning by NumbersPeter Greenaway
9 SeptemberHellbound: Hellraiser IITony Randel
14 SeptemberThe Lair of the White WormKen Russell
16 SeptemberBusterDavid Green
OctoberBlind JusticeTerence Ryan
20 OctoberWithout a ClueThom Eberhardt
4 NovemberBaby DollJon Bang Carlsen
16 NovemberChristabelAdrian Shergold
11 DecemberDangerous LiaisonsStephen Frears
21 DecemberTime of the GypsiesEmir Kusturica
—The Adventures of Baron MunchausenTerry Gilliam
—AfghantsiPeter Kosminsky
—American RouletteMaurice Hatton
—Apartment ZeroMartin Donovan
—Appointment with DeathMichael Winner
—The Bengali NightNicolas Klotz
—Burning SecretAndrew Birkin
—Chainsaw ScumfuckAlex Chandon
—Children's Video BibleTerry Page
—A Chorus of DisapprovalMichael Winner
—Consuming PassionsGiles Foster
—CrusoeCaleb Deschanel
—The DawningRobert Knights
—Death FacesCountess Victoria Bloodhart, Steve Whight
—The DeceiversNicholas Meyer
—Distant Voices, Still LivesTerence Davies
—Dream DemonHarley Cokeliss
—The DressmakerJim O'Brien
—Eye of the Dictator
—For Queen and CountryMartin Stellman
—The Fruit MachinePhilip Saville
—The Good Food CookbookSheldon Greenberg
—A Handful of DustCharles Sturridge
—HawksRobert Ellis Miller
—Hidden CityStephen Poliakoff
—High HopesMike Leigh
—High SpiritsNeil Jordan
—Howling IV: The Original NightmareJohn Hough
—Imagine: John LennonAndrew Solt
—It Couldn't Happen HereJack Bond
—Just Ask for DiamondStephen Bayly
—The Kawelka Ongka's Big MokaCharles Nairn
—La BohèmeLuigi Comencini
—Little DorritChristine Edzard
—Madame SousatzkaJohn Schlesinger
—ManifestoDušan Makavejev
—MapantsulaOliver Schmitz
—The Nature of the BeastFranco Rosso
—Oliver Twist. Part 2Gareth Davies
—Olympus Force: The KeyJames Fortune, Robert Garofalo
—PaperhouseBernard Rose15
—Paris by NightDavid Hare
—Pascali's IslandJames Dearden
—Paul Gauguin: The Savage DreamMichel Gill
—The Perfect MurderZafar Hai, M.R. Shahjahan
—Powerful Stuff
—Prisoner of RioLech Majewski
—The Raggedy RawneyBob Hoskins
—The RainbowStuart Burge
—Robert MapplethorpeNigel Finch
—Run for Your LifeTerence Young
—Salome's Last DanceKen Russell
—Screwball HotelRafal Zielinski
—Silas Marner: The Weaver of RaveloeGiles Foster
—SoursweetMike Newell
—Stormy MondayMike Figgis
—A Summer StoryPiers Haggard
—TaffinFrancis Megahy
—A Tale of the WindJoris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens
—The TempestJohn Gorrie
—Track 29Nicolas Roeg
—True Stories: Peace in Our Time?Jan Němec
—Unmasked Part 25
—Verónico CruzMiguel Pereira
—We Think the World of YouColin Gregg
—WillowRon Howard
—The Wodaabe
—A World ApartChris Menges
—Yellow PagesJames Kenelm Clarke
—The YobIan Emes