The Accidental Tourist
Movie / 1988-12-23 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
John Williams
After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife is having similar problems. They separate, and Macon meets a strange, outgoing woman who brings him 'back down to earth', but his wife soon thinks their marriage is still worth another try.
Talk Radio
Movie / 1988-12-21 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Stewart Copeland
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Haunted Summer
Movie / 1988-12-16 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Christopher Young
Authors Lord Byron, Mary Shelley (née Godwin) and Percy Shelley get together for some philosophical discussions, but the situation soon deteriorates into mind games, drugs, and sex. It is a fictionalization of the summer that Lord Byron and the Shelleys, together with Lord Byron's ex-lover Claire Clairmont and his Doctor John Polidori, spent in the isolated Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva. It is there they devise a contest to adduce the best horror story to kill the dullness of summer. It is also there that one of the world's most famous books was given life—Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Movie / 1988-12-14 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Miles Goodman
Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson, shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow tactics impinge on his own sophisticated work and believing him to be the infamous conman 'The Jackal', Lawrence resolves to get rid of him. Confident of his own duplicitous talents, he challenges Freddy to a winner-takes-all competition: whoever swindles their latest mark, American heiress Janet Colgate, out of $50,000 first can stay, while the other must leave town.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (2x04): The Outrageous Okona
Episode / 1988-12-12 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Ron Jones
Stardate: 42402.7. The Enterprise is placed in a compromising situation when the captain of a disabled starship places the crew in the middle of a love triangle.
Rain Man
Movie / 1988-12-12 / United States / Releases: 4 / Recordings: 2
Composed by
Hans Zimmer
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (2x03): Elementary, Dear Data
Episode / 1988-12-05 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Dennis McCarthy
Stardate: 42286.3. Data and Geordi become involved with a holodeck program about Sherlock Holmes and his investigations, when they create Sherlock's arch nemesis, Moriarty; however, modifications to the Moriarty character include the capability of out-smarting Data, which leads to some unexpected consequences.
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Movie / 1988-12-02 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
James Ira Newborn
When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (2x02): Where Silence Has Lease
Episode / 1988-11-28 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Ron Jones
Stardate: 42193.6. A mysterious life form known as the 'Nagilum' threatens the life of the crew in his attempt to understand humanity.
DuckTales (2x04): Ducks on the Lam (4)
Episode / 1988-11-24 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
After the Beagle Boys kick them out of the Money Bin, Scrooge and Bubba have a series of troubles that land them in jail.
DuckTales (2x02): The Duck Who Would Be King (2)
Episode / 1988-11-24 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
In their attempt to go back to the present, Scrooge, Launchpad, the nephews, and Bubba & Tootsie crash-land in an ancient kingdom terrorized by a tyrant.
DuckTales (2x05): Ali Bubba's Cave (5)
Episode / 1988-11-24 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
As Scrooge, the nephews, and Launchpad try to find a way to pay Glomgold for the aforementioned island, Bubba & Tootsie, having now returned to the past, feel lonely and try to return to the present.
DuckTales (2x03): Bubba Trubba (3)
Episode / 1988-11-24 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
Upon their return to the present, Scrooge blames all his financial troubles on Bubba, all the while the Beagle Boys try to capture him.
DuckTales (2x01): Marking Time (1)
Episode / 1988-11-24 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
Scrooge buys one of Glomgold's islands, wherein houses a diamond mine. Upon finding out, Glomgold has the diamond mine blown away from the island. Scrooge, Launchpad, and the nephews then go back in time to try to prevent the explosion, but end up going 1 million years back, where they meet Bubba the Caveduck and his pet Triceratops, Tootsie.
Scrooged
Movie / 1988-11-22 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Danny Elfman
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (2x01): The Child
Episode / 1988-11-21 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Dennis McCarthy
Stardate: 42073.1. Troi undergoes a mysterious pregnancy when the Enterprise tries to escape from a system that has recently fallen victim to a deadly plague.
The Land Before Time
Movie / 1988-11-18 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
James Horner
An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the way he meets four other young dinosaurs, each one a different species, and they encounter several obstacles as they learn to work together in order to survive.
Distant Thunder
Movie / 1988-11-11 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Maurice Jarre
A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He returns after 10 years, where he's been living like an animal in the forest. He finds himself unprepared for the changes that he will have to cope with, and when the vet tries to contact his son, he realizes that he has caused more damage than he had imagined.
Child's Play
Movie / 1988-11-09 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Joe Renzetti
After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her 6-year old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.
They Live
Movie / 1988-11-04 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Alan Howarth
A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
Mission: Impossible
Television / 1988-10-23 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Lalo Schifrin
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that chronicles the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. The show is a revival of the 1966 TV series of the same name. The only actor to return for the series as a regular cast member was Peter Graves who played Jim Phelps, although two other cast members from the original series returned as guest stars. The only other regular cast member to return for every episode was the voice of "The Tape", Bob Johnson.
Mission: Impossible (1x01): The Killer
Episode / 1988-10-23 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Lalo Schifrin
When an IMF team leader is assassinated, Jim Phelps comes out of retirement and assembles a new team to bring the killer to justice.
Madame Sousatzka
Movie / 1988-10-14 / United Kingdom / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 2
Composed by
Gerald Gouriet
In London, eccentric piano instructor Madame Sousatzka takes on a new prize protégé, Manek, a teenage Bengali immigrant who displays incredible talent. Manek forms a close bond with his teacher, but soon discovers that she expects her pupils to become disciplined in all areas of life, and not just behind the piano. As he struggles to meet the challenges, Manek must also deal with his mother, who vies with his teacher for his attention.
Alien Nation
Movie / 1988-10-07 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 2
Composed by
Curt Sobel
A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilization. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine.
Heathers
Movie / 1988-10-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
David Newman
A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.