List of British films of 1988


A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1988 :

1988

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1988----
The Adventures of Baron MunchausenTerry GilliamJohn Neville, Eric IdleAction/comedy
American GothicJohn HoughRod SteigerHorrorCo-production with Canada
American RouletteMaurice HattonAndy García, Kitty AldridgeThriller
Burning SecretAndrew BirkinKlaus Maria Brandauer, Faye DunawayDrama
BusterDavid GreenPhil Collins, Julie WaltersComedy/crime
A Chorus of DisapprovalMichael WinnerJeremy Irons, Anthony HopkinsComedy
Consuming PassionsGiles FosterVanessa Redgrave, Jonathan PryceComedy
The CourierFrank Deasy, Joe LeeGabriel Byrne, Ian BannenAction
The DawningRobert KnightsAnthony Hopkins, Rebecca Pidgeon, Trevor HowardDramaTrevor Howard's final film
Distant Voices, Still LivesTerence DaviesLorraine Ashbourne, Jean BohtDrama
Dream DemonHarley CokelissJemma Redgrave, Timothy Spall, Jimmy NailHorror
The DeceiversNicholas MeyerPierce Brosnan, Shashi Kapoor, Saeed JafferyDramaCinecom Pictures
The DressmakerJim O'BrienJoan Plowright, Billie Whitelaw, Jane HorrocksDrama
Drowning by NumbersPeter GreenawayJoan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, Joely RichardsonDramaEntered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
Empire StateRon PeckCathryn Harrison, Jason HogansonCrime
A Fish Called WandaCharles CrichtonJohn Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael PalinComedy
The Fruit MachinePhilip SavilleEmile Charles, Tony ForsythThriller
A Handful of DustCharles SturridgeJames Wilby, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert GravesDrama
HawksRobert Ellis MillerTimothy Dalton, Anthony EdwardsComedy
'Tony RandelAshley Laurence, Doug BradleyHorror
High HopesMike LeighPhil Davis, Ruth SheenComedy drama
High SpiritsNeil JordanPeter O'Toole, Steve GuttenbergComedy
'John HoughRomy Windsor, Michael T. WeissHorror
It Couldn't Happen HereJack BondPet Shop BoysMusical/drama
Just Ask for DiamondStephen BaylyColin Dale, Saeed JaffreyFamily
The Lair of the White WormKen RussellHugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Amanda DonohoeHorror
Little DorritChristine EdzardDerek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood, Alec GuinnessLiterary drama
Madame SousatzkaJohn SchlesingerShirley MacLaine, Navin ChowdhryDrama
MapantsulaOliver SchmitzThomas Mogotlane, Marcel Van HeerdenCrimeCo-production with South Africa
Olympus ForceJames Fortune, Robert GarofaloLinda Thorson, Richard Todd, John DraikasActionCo-production with Greece
PaperhouseBernard RoseCharlotte Burke, Ben CrossDrama
Paris by NightDavid HareCharlotte Rampling, Michael GambonThriller
Pascali's IslandJames DeardenBen Kingsley, Charles Dance, Helen MirrenDramaEntered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
Prisoner of RioLech MajewskiSteven Berkoff, Paul FreemanDrama
Run for Your LifeTerence YoungDavid Carradine, Lauren Hutton, George Segal, Franco NeroSport/drama
Salome's Last DanceKen RussellGlenda Jackson, Stratford Johns, Nickolas GraceDramaBased on Oscar Wilde's play Salome
SoursweetMike NewellSylvia Chang, Danny DunDramaBased on Timothy Mo's novel Sour Sweet
Stealing HeavenClive DonnerDerek de Lint, Kim Thomson, Denholm ElliottDramaCo-production with Yugoslavia
Stormy MondayMike FiggisMelanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, StingDrama
A Summer StoryPiers HaggardImogen Stubbs, James WilbyRomance
TestimonyTony PalmerBen Kingsley, Sherry BainesBiopic
Verónico CruzMiguel PereiraJuan José Camero, Gonzalo MoralesDramaCo-production with Argentina
Without a ClueThom EberhardtMichael Caine, Ben KingsleyComedySherlock Holmes spoof
A World ApartChris MengesJodhi May, Barbara Hershey, Jeroen KrabbéDramaWon three awards at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
Yellow PagesJames Kenelm ClarkeChris Lemmon, Jean SimmonsComedy