Movies by Release Date: 1988-12

Poster for the movie "Mississippi Burning"

Mississippi Burning (1988)

R 128 min - Drama, Crime - 8 December 1988
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Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

Director:  Alan Parker
Stars:  Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, Gailard Sartain, Stephen Tobolowsky, Michael Rooker, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Badja Djola, Kevin Dunn, Frankie Faison, Thomas B. Mason, Geoffrey Nauffts, Rick Zieff, Christopher White, Gladys Greer, Jake Gipson, Dianne Lancaster, Stanley W. Collins, Daniel Winford, Marc Clement, Larry Shuler, Stephen Bridgewater, Bob Penny, James F. Moore, Park Overall, Georgia F. Wise, Lois Allen, Barry Davis Jim, Sr., Dan Desmond, Darius McCrary, Lou Walker, Billie Jean Young, Alisa R. Patrick, Barbara Gibson, Pat Funderburk, Tobin Bell, Mark Jeffrey Miller, John P. Fertitta, Charles Franzen, Tonea Stewart, Robert F. Colesberry, Frederick Zollo, Ron De Roxtra, Doug Jackson, Gary Moody, Robert Erickson, Ed Geldart, Mert Hatfield, James Eric, Daniel Chapman, Rick Washburn, Robert Glaudini, Ken Magee, Paul Henderson, Ralph Pruitt Vaughn, Jesse Merle Speaks, Simeon Teague, Brenda Dunlap, E.A. Thrall, Kenneth Magee

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Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

Collections: Alan Parker
Tagline: 1964. When America was at war with itself.
Genres: Drama, Crime

Details

Official Website:  http://alanparker.com/film/mississippi-burning/
Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  8 December 1988

Box Office

Budget:  $15,000,000
Revenue:  $34,604,000

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Orion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 08 min
Poster for the movie "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!"

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

PG-13 85 min - Comedy, Crime - 2 December 1988
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When the incompetent Officer Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.

Director:  David Zucker
Writers:  Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Pat Proft
Stars:  Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Susan Beaubian, Nancy Marchand, Raye Birk, Jeannette Charles, Ed Williams, Tiny Ron Taylor, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Tom Dugan, Joyce Brothers, Lawrence Tierney, Reggie Jackson, Dick Enberg, Mel Allen, Dick Vitale, Jesse Ventura, John Houseman, Prince Hughes, Mark Holton

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When the incompetent Officer Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.

Collections: David Zucker
Tagline: The Villain. Even Mother Teresa wanted him dead.
Genres: Comedy, Crime

Details

Official Website:  —
Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  2 December 1988

Box Office

Budget:  $12,000,000
Revenue:  $78,756,177

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Paramount

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 25 min
Poster for the movie "Twins"

Twins (1988)

— 107 min - Comedy, Drama - 9 December 1988
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Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.

Director:  Ivan Reitman
Stars:  Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, Chloe Webb, David Caruso, Bonnie Bartlett, Trey Wilson, Marshall Bell, Hugh O'Brian, Nehemiah Persoff, Maury Chaykin, Tony Jay, Tom McCleister, Rosemary Dunsmore, Richard Portnow, Frances Bay, Heather Graham, Jeff Beck, Catherine Reitman, Jason Reitman, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Wayne Grace, Ty Granderson Jones, Elizabeth Kaitan, Steve Reevis, Jay Arlen Jones, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Dendrie Taylor, Robert Harper, S.A. Griffin, Richard deFaut, Peter Dvorsky, David Efron, Lora Milligan, Billy D. Lucas, Lew Hopson, Marvin J. McIntyre, Thomas Wagner, Tom Platz, Roger Callard, Gus Rethwisch, Bruce McBroom, Linda Porter, Joe Medjuck, Frank Davis, John Michael Bolger, Terry Bozzio, Tony Hymas, Nicolette Larson, Jill Avery, Dustin Amy, Raymond Storti

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Storyline

Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.

Collections: Ivan Reitman
Tagline: Only their mother can tell them apart.
Genres: Comedy, Drama

Details

Official Website:  —
Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  9 December 1988

Box Office

Budget:  $15,000,000
Revenue:  $216,614,388

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 47 min