The UK Film Index 1908-2024

Friday, June 2, 2023

June 1988 (Throw Momma From the Train)

• Boyfriends and Girlfriends (see: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend)

• Bright Lights, Big City (USA - 1988) (Dolby)

• Can’t Buy Me Love (USA - 1987) [MFB]

• Cop (USA - 1987)

• ''Crocodile'' Dundee II (Aus - 1988) (scope) (Dolby)

• Dogs in Space (Aus - 1986) (scope) (Dolby)

• For Keeps? (see: Maybe Baby)

• Further and Particular (UK - 1988)

• Gaby: A True Story (USA - 1987)

• A Handful of Dust (UK - 1987) (Dolby)

• Hello Again (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Hibiscus Town (芙蓉鎮) (China - 1986) (scope)

• Hidden City (UK - 1987 - col and bw)

• Man on Fire (Fr/It - 1987) (Dolby) [MFB]

• Maybe Baby (For Keeps?) (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (L’ami de mon amie) /USA: Boyfriends and Girlfriends (Fr - 1987)

• Overboard (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• A Prayer for the Dying (UK - 1987) (Dolby)

• Prison (USA - 1987) (Ultra-Stereo)

• Red Kiss (Rouge baiser) (Fr/W.Ger - 1985)

• Shy People (USA - 1987) (scope) (Dolby)

• Suspect (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Throw Momma From the Train (USA - 1987) (Dolby SR)

• Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) (W.Ger/Fr - 1987 - col and bw) (Dolby)

Primary sources:

Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first screened theatrically in the UK in Jun 1988 according to data published in Film Review 1988-89 (F. Maurice Speed, 1988).

Updated 19 Oct 2024.

May 1988 (Wall Street)

• Appointment With Death (USA - 1988)

• April Fool’s Day (USA - 1986) (scope) (Dolby) [MFB]

• Dudes (USA - 1987) (Ultra-Stereo)

• Eddie Murphy Raw (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Happy Ghost II (開心鬼放暑假) (HK - 1985) [BBFC]

• Ironweed (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Jane and the Lost City (UK - 1987) (Dolby)

• The Legend of Wisely (衛斯理傳奇) (HK - 1987) (scope) [BBFC]

• Making Mr. Right (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• On the Black Hill (UK - 1987)

• Planes, Trains and Automobiles (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Prince of Darkness (USA - 1987) (scope) (Ultra-Stereo)

• The Princess Bride (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Project A II (A計劃續集) (HK - 1987) [BBFC]

• Siesta (USA - 1987)

• Swan Song (绝响) (China - 1985)

• Tampopo (タンポポ) (Jpn - 1986)

• Testimony (UK/W.Ger/Swd/Neth/Den - 1987 - bw and col) (scope) (Dolby)

• Tiger on the Beat (老虎出更) (HK - 1988) [BBFC]

• A Tiger’s Tale (USA - 1987)

• A Time of Destiny (USA - 1988) (Dolby)

• Travelling North (Aus - 1986) (Dolby)

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being (USA - 1987) (Dolby SR)

• Under Satan's Sun (Sous le soleil de Satan) /USA: Under the Sun of Satan (Fr - 1987)
• Under the Sun of Satan (see: Under Satan's Sun)

• Wall Street (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• The Whales of August (USA - 1987)

Primary sources:

Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first screened theatrically in the UK in May 1988 according to data published in Film Review 1988-89 (F. Maurice Speed, 1988).

Updated 19 Oct 2024.

Thursday, June 1, 2023

April 1988 (Withnail & I)

• 3 Men and a Baby (USA - 1987) (70mm Dolby)

• The Believers (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Bellman & True (UK - 1987)

• Bernadette (Fr - 1988)

• Broadcast News (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Cobra Verde (W.Ger - 1988) (70mm Dolby)

• Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (USA - 1987)

• Dragons Forever (飛龍猛將) (HK - 1988) [BBFC]

• A Flame in My Heart (Une flamme dans mon coeur) (Fr/Swz - 1987 - bw)

• Flowers in the Attic (USA - 1987)

• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives [see: Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI]

• Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (USA - 1986) (Ultra-Stereo) [MFB]

• Moonstruck (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Nutcracker (USA - 1986) (70mm Dolby)

• Nutcracker: The Motion Picture [see: Nutcracker (1986)]

• The Pied Piper (Krysař) (Czech/W.Ger - 1986)

• Promised Land (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Retribution (UK - 1987) (Dolby)

• Someone to Watch Over Me (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• The Time to Live and the Time to Die (童年往事) (Tai - 1985)

• Withnail & I (UK - 1987)

Primary sources:

Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first screened theatrically in the UK in Apr 1988 according to data published in Film Review 1988-89 (F. Maurice Speed, 1988).

Updated 19 Oct 2024.

March 1988 (StakeOut)

• Asterix in Britain (Astérix chez les Bretons) (Fr - 1986)

• Babette's Feast (Babettes gæstebud) (Den - 1987) (Dolby)

• Baby Boom (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Barfly (USA - 1987)

• *batteries not included (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Bell Diamond (USA - 1986)

• The Big Parade (大閱兵) (China - 1986) (scope)

• Brain Damage (USA - 1987)

• The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (Can - 1987)

• The Dark Side of the Moon (Manden i månen) (Den - 1986)

• Empire of the Sun (USA - 1987) (70mm Dolby)

• The Final Solution - The Wannsee Conference (Die Wannseekonferenz) (W.Ger/Austria - 1984)

• Hollywood Shuffle (USA - 1987)

• I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (Can - 1987)

• No End (Bez końca) (Pol - 1984)

• Orphans (USA - 1987)

• Plain Talk & Common Sense (see: Uncommon Senses)

• StakeOut (USA - 1987) (70mm Dolby)

• Uncommon Senses (Plain Talk & Common Sense) (USA - 1987)

• White Mischief (UK - 1987) (Dolby)

Primary sources:

Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first screened theatrically in the UK in Mar 1988 according to data published in Film Review 1988-89 (F. Maurice Speed, 1988).

Updated 19 Oct 2024.