The year 1988 was the 9th year of the 1980's decade.
Events[]
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- February 16 - Hairspray premiered in Baltimore, Maryland
- February 26 - Hairspray
- February 19 - A Month in the Country (limited)
- February 26 - Frantic
- March 4 - Moving
- March 11 - Stand and Deliver
- March 18 - Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
- March 29 - Beetlejuice premiered in New York City, New York.
- March 30 - Beetlejuice
- April 8 - Above the Law
- June 3 - Funny Farm
- July 8 - Arthur 2: On the Rocks
- July 13 - The Dead Pool
- July 22 - Caddyshack II
- August 10 - Clean and Sober
- August 26
- September 9 - Running on Empty
- September 16 - Crossing Delancey
- September 24 - Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
- September 30 - Bird
- October 7
- October 25 - Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
- October 28 - Feds
- October 29 - Moonwalker
- November 4 - Everybody's All- American
- November 11 - A Cry in the Dark
- December 2 - Tequila Sunrise
- December 21 - Dangerous Liaisons
- December 23 - The Accidental Tourist (limited)
- The Cannon Group, Inc.
Shorts[]
- September 23 - The Night of the Living Duck (New York International Independent Film and Video Festival)
Television[]
- October 1 - The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
- September 10 - A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
- September 12 - The New Yogi Bear Show
Theme park happenings[]
- TBA
Video games[]
- TBA
Books[]
- TBA
VHS releases[]
Direct to video releases[]
People[]
Births[]
- April 19 - Anne Lee Greene (actress)
Deaths[]
- January 3 - William Cagney
- January 7
- January 12 - Spencer Chan
- January 25 - Colleen Moore
- January 27 - Edward Pawley
- February 14 - Frederick Loewe
- March 3 - Lois Wilson
- March 12 - Karen Steele
- March 13 - Olive Carey
- March 15 - Frank Perkins
- March 17 - Roland Drew
- March 23 - Dayton Lummis
- April 22 - Irene Rich
- May 5 - George Rose
- May 13 Paul Genge
- May 15 - Andrew Duggan
- May 18 - Daws Butler
- May 19 - Lloyd Vaughan
- June 1 - Leon Belasco
- June 22 - Stuart Randall
- July 1 - Alice Nunn
- July 3 - Gabriel Dell
- July 12 - Joshua Logan
- July 13 - Phil Monroe
- August 1 - Red Coffey
- August 9 - Jimmie Fidler
- August 11 - Anne Ramsey
- September 3 - Ewing Mitchell
- September 20 - Roy Kinnear
- October 11
- October 30 - T. Hee
- November 15 - Mona Washbourne
- November 23 - Marcia Ralston
- November 27 - John Carradine
- December 21 - Bob Steele
- December 26
Character debuts[]
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