Movies Using the English Language and Released in 1988
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The list below includes all films using the English language, including movies using other languages as well.
Note: Since we are still actively researching languages, we consider this chart to be in beta mode.
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| Movie | Language(s) | Genre | Production
Budget | Worldwide
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| Rain Man |
English |
Comedy |
$25,000,000 |
$412,800,000 |
|
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit? |
English |
Comedy |
$70,000,000 |
$351,500,000 |
|
| Coming to America |
English |
Comedy |
|
$288,800,000 |
|
| Crocodile Dundee 2 |
English |
Action |
$14,000,000 |
$239,606,210 |
|
| Twins |
English |
Comedy |
$15,000,000 |
$216,600,000 |
|
| Big |
English |
Comedy |
$18,000,000 |
$151,665,347 |
|
| Die Hard |
English |
Action |
$28,000,000 |
$143,651,650 |
|
| Masquerade |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$91,593,744 |
|
| The Land Before Time |
English |
Adventure |
$12,300,000 |
$82,316,211 |
|
| Cocktail |
English |
Drama |
$20,000,000 |
$78,222,753 |
|
| The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! |
English |
Comedy |
|
$78,041,829 |
|
| Beetlejuice |
English |
Comedy |
$15,000,000 |
$75,112,659 |
|
| Working Girl |
English |
Comedy |
|
$63,800,000 |
|
| A Fish Called Wanda |
English |
Comedy |
|
$63,493,000 |
|
| Willow |
English |
Adventure |
|
$57,269,863 |
|
| Beaches |
English |
Drama |
|
$57,041,866 |
|
| Biloxi Blues |
English |
Comedy |
|
$51,684,798 |
|
| Bull Durham |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$50,888,729 |
|
| Colors |
English,
Spanish |
Action |
|
$46,616,067 |
|
| Child’s Play |
English |
Horror |
$9,000,000 |
$44,196,684 |
|
| Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
English |
Comedy |
|
$42,039,000 |
|
| Bagdad Cafe |
English,
German |
Drama |
|
$42,001,910 |
|
| The Great Outdoors |
English |
Comedy |
|
$41,455,230 |
|
| Big Business |
English |
Comedy |
|
$40,150,487 |
|
| The Dead Pool |
English |
Action |
|
$37,903,000 |
|
| Red Heat |
English,
Russian |
Action |
|
$34,994,648 |
|
| Dangerous Liaisons |
English |
Drama |
$14,000,000 |
$34,700,000 |
|
| The Accidental Tourist |
English |
Drama |
|
$32,632,000 |
|
| The Accused |
English |
Drama |
|
$32,078,318 |
|
| Ernest Saves Christmas |
English |
Comedy |
|
$28,202,109 |
|
| Betrayed |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$25,816,139 |
|
| Funny Farm |
English |
Comedy |
|
$25,537,221 |
|
| Alien Nation |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$25,216,243 |
|
| Gorillas in the Mist |
English |
Drama |
|
$24,720,479 |
|
| Short Circuit 2 |
English |
Comedy |
|
$20,882,000 |
|
| Action Jackson |
English |
Action |
$7,000,000 |
$20,274,718 |
|
| The Presidio |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$20,036,000 |
|
| Tucker: The Man and His Dream |
English |
Drama |
|
$19,657,565 |
|
| Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach |
English |
Comedy |
|
$19,510,000 |
|
| Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood |
English |
Horror |
$2,800,000 |
$19,170,001 |
|
| Cocoon: The Return |
English |
Adventure |
|
$18,924,919 |
|
| Above the Law |
English,
Spanish |
Action |
|
$18,869,631 |
|
| Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers |
English |
Horror |
$5,000,000 |
$17,768,757 |
|
| Frantic |
English,
French |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$17,637,000 |
|
| Johnny Be Good |
English |
Comedy |
|
$17,500,399 |
|
| For Keeps? |
English |
Drama |
|
$17,000,000 |
|
| Crossing Delancey |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$16,262,000 |
|
| Bright Lights, Big City |
English |
Drama |
$25,000,000 |
$16,118,077 |
|
| She's Having a Baby |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$16,031,707 |
|
| Big Top Pee-Wee |
English |
Adventure |
|
$15,122,324 |
|
| Arthur 2: On the Rocks |
English |
Comedy |
|
$14,681,192 |
|
| School Daze |
English |
Drama |
$6,000,000 |
$14,545,844 |
|
| Stand and Deliver |
English |
Drama |
|
$13,994,920 |
|
| The Milagro Beanfield War |
English |
Comedy |
|
$13,825,794 |
|
| Return to Snowy River |
English |
Western |
|
$13,687,027 |
|
| Vice Versa |
English |
Comedy |
|
$13,664,060 |
|
| They Live |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$4,000,000 |
$13,449,643 |
|
| I'm Gonna Git You Sucka |
English |
Comedy |
|
$13,030,057 |
|
| D.O.A. |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$12,706,478 |
|
| Everybody’s All-American |
English |
Drama |
|
$12,638,294 |
|
| Casual Sex? |
English |
Comedy |
|
$12,277,096 |
|
| Bloodsport |
English |
Action |
$1,500,000 |
$11,806,119 |
|
| Caddyshack II |
English |
Comedy |
|
$11,798,302 |
|
| Hellbound: Hellraiser II |
English |
Horror |
|
$11,611,883 |
|
| The Couch Trip |
English |
Comedy |
|
$11,005,304 |
|
| Shakedown |
English |
Action |
|
$10,068,039 |
|
| The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
English |
Drama |
|
$10,006,000 |
|
| Iron Eagle II |
English |
Action |
|
$10,000,000 |
|
| Return of the Living Dead Part II |
English |
Horror |
$6,200,000 |
$9,205,924 |
|
| Hairspray |
English |
Musical |
|
$9,171,108 |
|
| Dead Ringers |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$9,134,733 |
|
| Bad Dreams |
English |
Horror |
|
$9,000,000 |
|
| Clean and Sober |
English |
Drama |
|
$8,674,093 |
|
| The Blob |
English |
Horror |
|
$8,247,943 |
|
| Without a Clue |
English |
Comedy |
|
$8,000,000 |
|
| A Cry in the Dark |
English |
Drama |
|
$6,908,797 |
|
| Fresh Horses |
English |
Drama |
|
$6,640,346 |
|
| The Unholy |
English |
Horror |
|
$6,000,000 |
|
| Braddock: Missing in Action III |
English |
Action |
|
$6,000,000 |
|
| The Rescue |
English |
Action |
|
$5,855,392 |
|
| Eight Men Out |
English |
Drama |
|
$5,680,515 |
|
| Heartbreak Hotel |
English |
Comedy |
|
$5,509,417 |
|
| Clara's Heart |
English |
Drama |
|
$5,194,491 |
|
| Hero and the Terror |
English |
Action |
|
$5,000,000 |
|
| Elvira, Mistress of the Dark |
English |
Comedy |
|
$5,000,000 |
|
| The Good Mother |
English |
Drama |
|
$4,764,606 |
|
| Pumpkinhead |
English |
Horror |
|
$4,385,516 |
|
| Bat*21 |
English |
Drama |
|
$3,966,256 |
|
| Memories of Me |
English |
Comedy |
|
$3,965,000 |
|
| Sweet Hearts Dance |
English |
Drama |
|
$3,790,493 |
|
| Dead Heat |
English |
Action |
|
$3,588,626 |
|
| Things Change |
English |
|
|
$3,527,886 |
|
| White Mischief |
English |
Drama |
|
$3,107,000 |
|
| Dominick and Eugene |
English |
Drama |
|
$3,076,031 |
|
| Feds |
English |
Comedy |
|
$3,000,000 |
|
| Critters 2: The Main Course |
English |
Comedy |
|
$3,000,000 |
|
| Le grand bleu |
English,
French,
Italian |
Drama |
|
$3,000,000 |
|
| Night of the Demons |
English |
Horror |
|
$2,847,907 |
|
| 18 Again! |
English |
Comedy |
|
$2,567,099 |
|
| Bird |
English |
Drama |
|
$2,181,712 |
|
| Spellbinder |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$1,938,049 |
|
| Cop |
English |
|
|
$1,884,315 |
|
| Stormy Monday |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,791,328 |
|
| Little Nikita |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,733,070 |
|
| Another Woman |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,562,749 |
|
| A Handful of Dust |
English |
|
|
$1,560,700 |
|
| Two Moon Junction |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$1,547,397 |
|
| A Time of Destiny |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,212,487 |
|
| The Thin Blue Line |
English |
Documentary |
|
$1,209,846 |
|
| The Lair of the White Worm |
English |
Comedy |
|
$1,189,315 |
|
| The Wrong Guys |
English |
Comedy |
|
$1,152,786 |
|
| Aria |
English,
French,
German,
Italian |
Comedy |
|
$1,028,679 |
|
| Five Corners |
English |
Drama |
|
$969,000 |
|
| Appointment with Death |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$960,040 |
|
| Giulia e Giulia |
English |
|
|
$901,000 |
|
| Waxwork |
English |
|
|
$808,114 |
|
| Bulletproof |
English |
Action |
|
$807,947 |
|
| Shy People |
English |
Drama |
|
$769,119 |
|
| The Girl in a Swing |
English |
Drama |
|
$747,013 |
|
| Split Decision |
English |
|
|
$695,822 |
|
| Spike of Bensonhurst |
English |
Comedy |
|
$623,112 |
|
| Da |
English |
|
|
$604,532 |
|
| Buster |
English |
Comedy |
|
$540,000 |
|
| Apprentice to Murder |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$466,639 |
|
| Full Moon in Blue Water |
English |
Comedy |
|
$450,726 |
|
| Track 29 |
English |
|
|
$429,028 |
|
| Some Girls |
English |
|
|
$401,421 |
|
| The Deceivers |
English,
Hindi |
Drama |
|
$346,730 |
|
| It Takes Two |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$344,375 |
|
| Tapeheads |
English |
|
|
$343,786 |
|
| The Chocolate War |
English |
Drama |
|
$303,624 |
|
| Illegally Yours |
English |
Comedy |
|
$259,019 |
|
| Call Me |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$251,819 |
|
| My Best Friend Is a Vampire |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$174,380 |
|
| Taffin |
English |
Action |
|
$159,969 |
|
| Far North |
English |
Drama |
|
$147,234 |
|
| Freeway |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$143,000 |
|
| Hanna's War |
English |
Drama |
|
$139,796 |
|
| Rikky and Pete |
English |
Comedy |
|
$127,999 |
|
| Biggles |
English,
French,
German |
Adventure |
|
$112,132 |
|
| Stars and Bars |
English |
Comedy |
|
$111,987 |
|
| Hôtel Terminus |
English,
French,
German,
Spanish |
Documentary |
|
$105,286 |
|
| Distant Voices, Still Lives |
English |
Drama |
|
$50,197 |
|
| Eat the Rich |
English |
Comedy |
|
$42,450 |
|
| Tokyo Pop |
English,
Japanese |
Comedy |
|
$37,835 |
|
| Mala Noche |
English,
Spanish |
Drama |
|
$11,352 |
|
| La leggenda del santo bevitore |
English,
French,
Italian |
Drama |
|
$10,689 |
|
| When the Wind Blows |
English |
Multiple Genres |
|
$5,274 |
|
| The Courier |
English |
Drama |
|
$5,000 |
|
| State Park |
English |
Comedy |
|
$325 |
|
| Miami Connection |
English |
Action |
|
$107 |
|
| Brothers in Arms |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| The Last of England |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Iguana |
English |
Adventure |
$3,000,000 |
$0 |
|
| Honor Bound |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Return of the Killer Tomatoes! |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Access Code |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Run if you Can |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| As Time Goes By |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Backfire |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| For All Mankind |
English |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| Dudes |
English |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| Moonwalker |
English |
Musical |
|
$0 |
|
| Big Man on Campus |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Black Eagle |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Death Street USA |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| The Unnamable |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Picasso Trigger |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| The Brain |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Trapped Alive |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Whoops Apocalypse |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Al filo del hacha |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Homeboy |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Maniac Cop |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Trappola diabolica |
English,
Filipino |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Tales from the Gimli Hospital |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Mondo New York |
English |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| The Vampire Lovers |
English,
German |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Rockin’ With Judy Jetson |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Scooby-Doo and the Relunctant Werewolf |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry Hound |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
