All Films

Hitomi Kobayashi's Beast Love

1988 • 57 min • Japan

A pink film with a horse.

Hiroshima Maiden

1988 • 53 min • United States of America

"You have to think about whether they're really your friends," Johnny's dad says when Johnny talks to him about the grief his pals have been giving him lately. The other boys haven't exactly tried to understand why Dad opened up his family's home to Miyeko, a survivor of the Hiroshima Atomic bomb. Although she is only in America a short time to have surgery on her badly scarred face and arm, her visit reveals just how many ignorant and intolerant attitudes still exist 10 years after the war's end. But Johnny, who also resents Miyeko at first, becomes one of her fiercest defenders after he makes the effort to look past her outward appearance. Only then can the scars begin to heal.

A la Misma Hora

1988 • 60 min • Mexico

Mexican feature film

He is Risen

1988 • 30 min • United States of America

He is Risen is the story of the greatest miracle of all, the resurrection and ascension of Jesus. Sorrow and despair at the Lord’s crucifixion become complete joy and love as the disciples behold their resurrected Master three days later. The events of the real story of Easter teach of the atonement and resurrection, providing hope to Christians around the world.

Didn't You Kill My Brother?

1988 • 55 min

Carl Moss leaves jail,where he has taken the rap for his evil twin Sterling,and has been declared a model prisoner. Pauline Sneek,his probation officer - and girlfriend - gets him community work teaching youngsters how to lead law-abiding lives. This displeases Sterling,as he needs the young delinquents for his bicycle stealing ring.

Choice Chance Control

1988 • 21 min

Educational film explains how auto-insurance works.

Scaling

1988 • 5 min • Canada

Part 8 of 9-part feature Imitations of Life (2003).

Neil Diamond: Greatest Hits Live

1988 • 60 min • United States of America

Neil Diamond performing his greatest hits at the Aquarius Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Mashō no bishō toraiangururabu

1988 • 16 min • Japan

Home video erotic-drama directed by Sachi Hamano

The Creation - Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible

1988 • 30 min • United States of America

The three protagonists listen to a storyteller recount the creation as well as the Fall. At the same time, they learn their own lessons in honesty after tricking a gardener into giving them fruit for free.

El rutas

1988 • 57 min • Mexico

The film got its inspiration from a real life character that killed policemen in the streets. The film narrates just how this man was pushed to committing crime.

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

1988 • 42 min • United Kingdom

Oscar Wilde’s famous and eloquent defence of love – made while he was being cross-examined at the trial that led to his incarceration and death – is strikingly illustrated, word by word, with Mapplethorpe-like imagery.

Karpusha

1988 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The strong man tries to help the old people, but only ruins everything.

More Bad News

1988 • 51 min • United Kingdom

Four years after they were last the subject of a documentary, the heavy metal band Bad News get back together again for another film of their exploits, beginning with a reunion gig at the Flying Horse.

Dangerous Uniform

1988 • 58 min • Japan

Pink film distributed by Xces / Nikkatsu.

Cleo Sings Sondheim

1988 • 58 min

BBC TV Special from 1988.

Porcelain in an Elephant's Shop

1988 • 43 min • Poland

An ordinary man has to do constant favors for other people in order to reserve a place for himself in a queue.

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

1988 • 49 min

A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.

Who Shot President Kennedy?

1988 • 55 min • United States of America

Modern forensic science re-examines the evidence. Walter Cronkite narrates. Definitive investigation. Written, directed and produced by Robert Richter.

Peep and the Big Wide World

1988 • 35 min • Canada

Peep the chicken ventures out on an adventure into the Big Wide World and makes some friends along the way. Narrated by Peter Ustinov, this 1988 short film commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada comprises three short stories starring Peep the chicken, Quack the duck, and Chirp the Robin, and eventually served as the inspiration for an ongoing 2004 animated series.

Roger Waters: Radio K.A.O.S.

1988 • 20 min

Billy is a 23-year-old Welshman from the South Wales Valleys. He is mentally and physically disabled, confined to a wheelchair and only able to work his upper body. Though he is conceived as mentally challenged, his disability has actually made him not only a genius, but also superhuman, as he also has the ability to literally hear radio waves throughout all frequencies without aid.

Return of the Swift Fox

1988 • 27 min • Canada

A documentary about returning the swift fox, the smallest of Canada's native foxes, into its original habitat.

Dream

1988 • 11 min • Soviet Union

Dream (1988) is a somnambulist short about dreams taking over reality and rendering protagonists inactive.

An Audience With Victoria Wood

1988 • 52 min • United Kingdom

British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi Dench and Dawn French in this 1988 special. Watch her crack jokes, play the piano and answer light-hearted questions.