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Tapeheads (1988)

Summary: A couple of creative losers accidently become big shots in the video music industry.

Release Date: October 21, 1988

Genres: Comedy, Music

Director: Bill Fishman

Writers: Bill Fishman

, Peter McCarthy

, Jim Herzfeld

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: R

Production: Front Films, NBC Productions, Pacific Arts Pictures

Distributor: Pacific Arts Video, Showtime Networks, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Anchor Bay Entertainment (UK), MGM Home Entertainment, Screen Media Ventures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 343,786

Big Time (1988)

Summary: Bringing his unique sense of humor to this bizarre and original piece of moviemaking, Tom Waits takes the audience through a musical journey with his jazzy, quirky, bluesy tunes presented as you would never, ever, ever expect.

Release Date: October 20, 1988

Genres: Documentary, Music

Director: Chris Blum

Writers: Kathleen Brennan

, Tom Waits

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Island Visual Arts, Vivid Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 148,426

Madame Sousatzka (1988)

Summary: Renowned Russian piano teacher Irina Sousatzka gets a new student - Bengali piano prodigy Manek. They are both immigrants in the UK and bond quickly. When Manek's single mother's business fails, he must make a career decision.

Release Date: October 14, 1988

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: John Schlesinger

Writers: Bernice Rubens

, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

, John Schlesinger

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Cineplex Odeon Films, Cineplex Odeon Films

Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United Kingdom, Canada

Language: English

Domestic: $ 3,548,238

Imagine: John Lennon (1988)

Summary: A biography of the rock music star.

Release Date: October 07, 1988

Genres: Documentary, Biography, Music

Director: Andrew Solt

Writers: Sam Egan

, Andrew Solt

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 3,753,977

International: $ 296

Bird (1988)

Summary: The troubled life and career of jazz musician Charlie "Bird" Parker.

Release Date: September 30, 1988

Genres: Biography, Drama, Music

Director: Clint Eastwood

Writer: Joel Oliansky

Runtime: 2 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros., The Malpaso Company

Distributor: Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 9,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,181,286

International: $ 188

Tougher Than Leather (1988)

Summary: Legendary hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. stars in this cross between a blaxploitation film and a spaghetti western. They must find and punish the evil drug lord-record company executive who murdered their friend. Along the way, they enc...

Release Date: September 16, 1988

Genres: Crime, Drama, Music

Director: Rick Rubin

Writers: Bill Adler

, Ric Menello

, Rick Rubin

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: R

Production: Def Pictures

Distributor: New Line Cinema, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Turner Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 3,582,760

Running on Empty (1988)

Summary: The eldest son of a fugitive family comes of age and wants to live a life of his own.

Release Date: September 09, 1988

Genres: Crime, Drama, Music

Director: Sidney Lumet

Writer: Naomi Foner

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Double Play, Lorimar Film Entertainment

Distributor: HBO Max, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,835,116

International: $ 12,825

Depeche Mode: Strange (1988)

Summary: A short film featuring Depeche Mode and some of their songs.

Release Date: July 12, 1988

Genre: Music

Director: Anton Corbijn

Runtime: 0 h 30 min

Production: Mute Film, State

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Powaqqatsi (1988)

Summary: An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

Release Date: June 02, 1988

Genres: Documentary, Music

Director: Godfrey Reggio

Writers: Godfrey Reggio

, Ken Richards

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: G

Production: Golan-Globus Productions, NorthSouth, Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education, Golan-Globus Productions

Distributor: Cannon Film Distributors, Imperial Entertainment, Best Film and Video, MGM Home Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), The Criterion Collection, Viacom

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,500,000

Domestic: $ 589,244

Salsa (1988)

Summary: As a young East Los Angeles Latino pursues his dream of becoming a great Salsa dancer, he is enraged to learn that his little sister is romantically involved with his best friend.

Release Date: May 06, 1988

Genres: Music, Romance

Director: Boaz Davidson

Writers: Boaz Davidson

, Eli Tavor

, Tomás Benitez

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Golan-Globus Productions

Distributor: Viacom

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 8,892,589

Permanent Record (1988)

Summary: A man who seemingly has it all together, being smart, talented, funny, and popular, is secretly overwhelmed by expectations of himself and those of his parents, and suffers what is assumed to be a horrible accident.

Release Date: April 22, 1988

Genres: Drama, Music, Romance

Director: Marisa Silver

Writers: Jarre Fees

, Alice Liddle

, Larry Ketron

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Showtime 2, Warner Archive Collection, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 8,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,893,139

Satisfaction (1988)

Summary: Justine Bateman rocks out as the leader of an all-girl band that struggles with men and drugs during a summer resort gig.

Release Date: February 12, 1988

Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance

Director: Joan Freeman

Writers: Charles Purpura

, Chris Maes

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), CBS/Fox

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 8,253,123

Stormy Monday (1988)

Summary: A crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and the American's ex lover fall in love and inadvertently stir the pot.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Music

Director: Mike Figgis

Writer: Mike Figgis

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: R

Production: Atlantic Entertainment Group, British Screen Productions, Film Four International, Moving Picture Company (MPC)

Distributor: Atlantic Releasing Corporation, KVC Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,791,328

Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)

Summary: The lives of an English working-class family are told out of order in a free-associative manner. The first part, "Distant Voices", focuses on the father's role in the family. The second part, "Still Lives", focuses on his children.

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: Terence Davies

Writer: Terence Davies

Runtime: 1 h 24 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: British Film Institute (BFI), Channel Four Films, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

Distributor: Avenue Pictures, Arrow Films, International Video Entertainment (IVE), The Criterion Channel, The Movie Channel (TMC)

Countries: United Kingdom, West Germany

Language: English

Domestic: $ 693,563

International: $ 78,182

Duke Bluebeard's Castle (1988)

Summary: Judith arrives at Bluebeard's dark castle hoping her love can convince him to reveal the secrets behind the locked interior doors.

Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Music

Director: Leslie Megahey

Writer: Béla Balázs

Runtime: 1 h 04 min

Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Country: United Kingdom

Language: Hungarian

The Hit Man and Her (1988)

Summary: At 4 am on a Sunday morning this wasn't the most taxing of programmes as you debated whether the good dancers were attractive enough, or whether the nubile dancers were good enough dancers. The presenters later commented on the ca...

Genres: Action, Music

Production: Clear Idea Television, Granada Television, Music Box

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Sign 'o' the Times (1987)

Summary: Highlights from Prince's 1987 European concert tour, including selections from the rock star's album of the same title.

Release Date: November 20, 1987

Genres: Documentary, Music

Directors: Prince

, Albert Magnoli

, David Hogan

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Cineplex Odeon Films, Paisley Park Films, Purple Films, Cineplex Odeon Films

Distributor: Cineplex Odeon Films, FilmRise, MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Showtime Networks, The Criterion Channel

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Domestic: $ 3,000,073

International: $ 900

Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)

Summary: Courtney Bates, the younger sister of Valerie, and her friends go to a condo for a weekend getaway, but Courtney can't get rid of the haunting feeling that a supernatural rockabilly driller killer is coming to murder them all.

Release Date: October 16, 1987

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Musical

Director: Deborah Brock

Writer: Deborah Brock

Runtime: 1 h 17 min

MPAA: R

Production: Concorde Pictures

Distributor: New Concorde Home Entertainment, Scream Factory, Tubi TV

Country: United States

Language: English

Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987)

Summary: This documentary movie covers two concerts at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri, to celebrate Chuck Berry's 60th birthday, and also discusses his life and career.

Release Date: October 09, 1987

Genres: Documentary, Biography, Music

Director: Taylor Hackford