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Monsignor QuixoteMonsignor Quixote (1988) Recommended
Dir. Rodney Bennett
Feat. Alec Guinness, Leo McKern, Christopher Neame
Fine tele–version of Graham Greene's novel follows a newly appointed Monsignor and his avowed Marxist companion on an enlightening drive to…
Music Teacher, TheMusic Teacher, The (1988)
Dir. Gerard Corbiau
Feat. Jose Van Dam, Anne Roussel, Patrick Bauchau
Sterling voiced Jose Van Dam plays an opera star who retires to train an aspiring nymphette and her wayward peer. Like the superlative operatic…
Navigator, TheNavigator, The (A Medieval Odyssey) (1988) Recommended
Dir. Vincent Ward
Feat. Bruce Lyons, Chris Haywood, Marshall Napier
A group of 14th Century Cumbrians experience future shock when their mining expedition leads them to contemporary New Zealand. A terrific adventure…
NgatiNgati (1988) Recommended
Dir. Barry Barclay
Feat. Tuta Ngarimu Tamati, Iranui Haig, Tawai Moana
A moving and powerful drama about an Australian immigrant who encounters the spiritual home of the local 'Ngati' or tribe, which triggers his own…
Noble House (Mini-Series)Noble House (Mini-Series) (1988)
Dir. Gary Nelson
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Deborah Raffin, Ben Masters
Improbably entertaining thriller with Brosnan smarming his way through business deals in Asia, only to find his reign as Tai–Pan (supreme…
Pascali's Island (1988)
Dir. James Dearden
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance
Polished thriller in which frustrated Turkish spy Ben Kingsley discovers little honour among thieves after he steals a Greek treasure with mysterious…
Patty HearstPatty Hearst (1988)
Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Natasha Richardson, William Forsythe, Ving Rhames
Intense depiction of Patty Hearst's kidnapping, confinement and brain–washing by 'urban guerillas' the SLA, from that specialist in American…
Permanent Record (1988)
Dir. Marisa Silver
Feat. Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves stars in this slight but interesting teen drama about the effects of a suicide on a group of college friends.
Rain ManRain Man (1988) Recommended
Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino
Oscar–winning road drama featuring Dustin Hoffman's virtuoso performance as the idiot savant brother of Tom Cruise, who does equally well in a…
Red SorghumRed Sorghum (1988) Recommended
Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Gong Li, Wen Jiang
A love story set among village winemakers who fight back against Japanese marauders in 1930's China. Blackly humorous and agonisingly horrific, this…

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