List of Italian films of 1988
A list of films produced in Italy in 1988 :
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1988 | - | - | - | - |
| 32 dicembre | Luciano De Crescenzo | Luciano De Crescenzo, Caterina Boratto, Enzo Cannavale | comedy | |
| Abel's Island | Michael Sporn | Tim try | animation | Emmy Award nominated |
| Accadde a Parma | Paolo Cavara | Gianni Cavina | drama | filmed in 1981 |
| Adelmo | Rocco Mortelliti | Pietro Bontempo | drama | |
| Alan Ford e il gruppo TNT contro Superciuk | Max Bunker | animation | based on the comic Alan Ford | |
| Alien Terminator | Nello Rossati | Franco Nero, George Kennedy | science fiction-action | |
| L'altro enigma | Vittorio Gassman, Carlo Tuzii | Vittorio Gassman, Annie Girardot, Fanny Ardant | drama | television film |
| Un amore di donna | Nelo Risi | Claudine Auger | drama | |
| Amore sporco | Joe D'Amato | Valentine Demy | erotic | |
| ' | Ignazio Dolce | Richard Hatch | war | |
| Angela come te | Anna Brasi | Barbara De Rossi, Antonella Ponziani | drama | |
| L'appassionata | Gianfranco Mingozzi | Piera Degli Esposti | drama | |
| Appuntamento a Liverpool | Marco Tullio Giordana | Isabella Ferrari | drama | |
| Arrivederci e grazie | Giorgio Capitani | Ugo Tognazzi, Anouk Aimée, Ricky Tognazzi | comedy | |
| Blu elettrico | Elfriede Gaeng | Claudia Cardinale, William Berger | Drama | |
| La Bohème | Luigi Comencini | Barbara Hendricks, José Carreras | romance | |
| Una botta di vita | Enrico Oldoini | Alberto Sordi, Bernard Blier | comedy | |
| The Brother from Space | Mario Gariazzo | Martin Balsam, Agostina Belli | science-fiction | |
| Bye Bye Baby | Enrico Oldoini | Carol Alt, Luca Barbareschi, Brigitte Nielsen | romance | |
| I cammelli | Giuseppe Bertolucci | Paolo Rossi, Diego Abatantuono, Giulia Boschi | comedy | |
| Caruso Pascoski di padre polacco | Francesco Nuti | Francesco Nuti, Clarissa Burt, Ricky Tognazzi | comedy | |
| Cavalli si nasce | Sergio Staino | Paolo Hendel, Vincent Gardenia, Delia Boccardo | comedy | |
| Cinema Paradiso | Giuseppe Tornatore | Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi | Drama | |
| Come sono buoni i bianchi | Marco Ferreri | Maruschka Detmers, Michele Placido | comedy | |
| The Commander | Antonio Margheriti | Lewis Collins, Lee Van Cleef, Donald Pleasence | war | |
| Compagni di scuola | Carlo Verdone | Carlo Verdone, Christian De Sica, Nancy Brilli | comedy | |
| Cream Train | Andrea De Carlo | Sergio Rubini, Carol Alt, Cristina Marsillach | romance | |
| Dear Gorbachev | Carlo Lizzani | Harvey Keitel | Drama | entered the 45th Venice International Film Festival |
| Disamistade | Gianfranco Cabiddu | Joaquim de Almeida, Massimo Dapporto | drama | |
| Delitti e profumi | Vittorio De Sisti | Jerry Calà, Umberto Smaila | giallo | |
| Domino | Ivana Massetti | Brigitte Nielsen, Tomas Arana, Kim Rossi Stuart | romance | |
| Don Bosco | Leandro Castellani | Ben Gazzara, Patsy Kensit | biographical-drama | |
| Evil Clutch | Andrea Marfori | Coralina Cataldi Tassoni, Diego Ribon | Horror | |
| Fair Game | Mario Orfini | Trudie Styler, Gregg Henry, Bill Moseley | thriller | |
| Fantozzi va in pensione | Neri Parenti | Paolo Villaggio, Milena Vukotic, Gigi Reder | comedy | |
| Festa di Capodanno | Piero Schivazappa | Johnny Dorelli, Eleonora Giorgi, Gloria Guida | comedy | television film |
| Il frullo del passero | Gianfranco Mingozzi | Philippe Noiret, Ornella Muti | drama | |
| The Gamble | Carlo Vanzina | Matthew Modine, Faye Dunaway, Jennifer Beals, Ian Bannen | comedy | |
| Ghosthouse | Umberto Lenzi | Lara Wendel | horror | |
| I giorni del commissario Ambrosio | Sergio Corbucci | Ugo Tognazzi, Carlo Delle Piane, Claudio Amendola, Amanda Sandrelli | crime | |
| Grandi cacciatori | Augusto Caminito | Harvey Keitel, Klaus Kinski | adventure | |
| Grosso guaio a Cartagena | Tommaso Dazzi | Franco Nero, Barbara De Rossi | Adventure | |
| Iguana | Monte Hellman | Everett McGill | Adventure | |
| Gli invisibili | Pasquale Squitieri | Giulia Fossà | drama | |
| It's Happening Tomorrow | Daniele Luchetti | Paolo Hendel, Margherita Buy, Nanni Moretti | comedy | Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| Killing Birds | , Joe D'Amato | Robert Vaughn, Lara Wendel | horror | |
| The Kiss of Judas | Paolo Benvenuti | Carlo Bachi | Drama | |
| Love Dream | Charles Finch | Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Francesco Quinn | Adventure | |
| La leggenda del santo bevitore | Ermanno Olmi | Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Dominique Pinon | 4 David di Donatello. Golden Lion winner. 2 Nastro d'Argento | |
| The Little Devil | Roberto Benigni | Roberto Benigni, Walter Matthau, Stefania Sandrelli, Nicoletta Braschi | Comedy | David di Donatello best actor |
| The Mask | Fiorella Infascelli | Helena Bonham Carter | romance | Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| Mia moglie è una bestia | Castellano & Pipolo | Massimo Boldi, Eva Grimaldi | comedy | |
| Mignon Has Come to Stay | Francesca Archibugi | Stefania Sandrelli, Massimo Dapporto | drama | |
| Moving Target | Marius Mattei | Ernest Borgnine, Linda Blair, Stuart Whitman | Thriller | |
| Natura contro | Antonio Climati | Bruno Corazzari | horror | |
| Nightmare Beach | Umberto Lenzi | John Saxon, Michael Parks | horror | |
| La notte degli squali | Tonino Ricci | Treat Williams, Antonio Fargas | Action | |
| The Opponent / Uppercut Man | Sergio Martino | Daniel Greene, Giuliano Gemma, Ernest Borgnine | sport | |
| Phantom of Death | Ruggero Deodato | Michael York, Edwige Fenech, Donald Pleasence | Giallo | |
| Qualcuno in ascolto | Faliero Rosati | Vincent Spano | thriller | |
| I ragazzi di via Panisperna | Gianni Amelio | Mario Adorf, Ennio Fantastichini | biographical-drama | |
| Ratman | Giuliano Carnimeo | David Warbeck, Janet Agren, Eva Grimaldi | horror | |
| Riflessi di luce / Reflections of Light | Mario Bianchi | Pamela Prati, Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti | erotic | |
| Robowar | Bruno Mattei | Reb Brown, Catherine Hickland | sci-fi-action | |
| Rorret | Fulvio Wetzl | Lou Castel, Anna Galiena | Thriller | |
| Run for Your Life | Terence Young | David Carradine, Lauren Hutton, George Segal, Franco Nero | sport-drama | last film of Terence Young |
| Russicum / The Third Solution | Pasquale Squitieri | Treat Williams, F. Murray Abraham, Danny Aiello | thriller | |
| Se lo scopre Gargiulo | Elvio Porta | Giuliana De Sio, Richard Anconina | crime-comedy | - |
| Sodoma's Ghost | Lucio Fulci | Al Cliver | horror | |
| Roland Wybenga, Paola Rinaldi, Margareta von Krauss | Horror | |||
| Stradivari | Giacomo Battiato | Anthony Quinn, Stefania Sandrelli, Valérie Kaprisky | biographical | |
| Strike Commando 2 | Bruno Mattei | Brent Huff, Richard Harris, Mel Davidson, Mary Stavin | War, Action | |
| Taxi Killer | Stelvio Massi | Chuck Connors | action | |
| ' | Ferdinando Baldi | Frank Zagarino | science fiction-action | North Korean co-production. |
| Thunder Warrior | Larry Ludman | Mark Gregory, Raimund Harmstorf, Bo Svenson | Action | |
| Topo Galileo | Francesco Laudadio | Beppe Grillo, Jerry Hall | comedy | |
| Touch of Death | Lucio Fulci | Brett Halsey | horror | |
| Vampire in Venice | Augusto Caminito | Klaus Kinski, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pleasence | horror | |
| Una notte, un sogno | Massimo Manuelli | Sergio Rubini, Claire Nebout | comedy | |
| Via Paradiso | Luciano Odorisio | Michele Placido, Ángela Molina | drama | |
| La visione del sabba | Marco Bellocchio | Béatrice Dalle, Daniel Ezralow | drama | |
| Il volpone | Maurizio Ponzi | Paolo Villaggio, Enrico Montesano, Eleonora Giorgi | comedy | |
| Witchery | Fabrizio Laurenti | David Hasselhoff, Catherine Hickland, Linda Blair | horror | |
| Woman in the Moon | Vito Zagarrio | Greta Scacchi, Tim Finn | romance | |
| Young Toscanini | Franco Zeffirelli | C. Thomas Howell, Elizabeth Taylor, Franco Nero | biographical | |
| Zombi 3 | Lucio Fulci | Deran Sarafian | horror | |
| Zoo | Cristina Comencini | Asia Argento | comedy |