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Subgenre Sampler

 
High SpiritsHigh Spirits (1988)
Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Donal McCann, Daryl Hannah
All–star horror farce set around impoverished gentleman O'Toole's attempts to lure tourists to his Irish castle, with the promise of 'ghosts'…
Johnny Be GoodJohnny Be Good (1988)
Dir. Bud Smith
Feat. Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jnr., Uma Thurman
Woeful comedy with a miscast Hall as a talented high school football player enjoying the perks and pitfalls of college celebrity.
License to DriveLicense to Drive (1988)
Dir. Greg Beeman
Feat. Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Carol Kane
A teen decides to go for a night on the town with his friends despite flunking his driver's test.
Murphy Brown (TV Series)Murphy Brown (TV Series) (1988-1998)
Feat. Candice Bergen
A solid and likeable sttcom set around a gutsy woman journalist in Washington DC, who negotiates her personal indulgences and demons along with the…
Mystic PizzaMystic Pizza (1988) Recommended
Dir. Donald Petrie
Feat. Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, Annabeth Gish
Julia Roberts' star quality shines in this, her debut film, contrasting the love–lives of three pizza waitresses in a town called Mystic.…
Naked Gun, TheNaked Gun, The (1988) Recommended
Dir. David Zucker
Feat. Leslie Nielsen, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson
Leslie Neilsen perfects his deadpan for the Zucker Bros., who do for police work what their classic FLYING HIGH did for air travel. A…
Natural CausesNatural Causes (1988)
Dir. Vernon Lawrence
Feat. George Cole, Prunella Scales
A farcical comedy of infidelity and spousal skulduggery. George Cole plays a professional 'disposer' who is hired to fabricate the suicide of a…
PunchlinePunchline (1988)
Dir. David Seltzer
Feat. Sally Field, Tom Hanks, John Goodman
Ambitious comedy–drama focused on the career–efforts of two, very different aspiring standup comics – a personable Sally Field and…
SatisfactionSatisfaction (Girls of Summer) (1988)
Dir. Joan Freeman
Feat. Justine Bateman, Julia Roberts, Liam Neeson
Flavour of the '80s, Justine Bateman (TV's FAMILY TIES), stole the limelight from her then fledgling co–star, Julia Roberts, in this hoary girl…
ScroogedScrooged (1988)
Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Bill Murray, Karen Allen, Alfre Woodard
Bill Murray is hilariously mean–spirited as a yuppie incarnation of Charles Dicken’s ‘Scrooge’ who eventually gets a change of attitude…

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