Current cinema premieres in january 1988, like Across the Lake, American Roulette, And the Violins Stopped Playing, Andy and the Airwave Rangers and Born to Kill.
Premiered friday January 1, 1988
155 movies that premieres on January 1, 1988: Across the Lake, American Roulette, And the Violins Stopped Playing, Andy and the Airwave Rangers, Born to Kill, Around the World in 80 Ways, Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger, Assignment: Survive, Bad Trip, Entering Texas, Beat Dedication, Best Friends II, Blake Ball, Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls, Breast Stroke, Buckeye and Blue, Python Wolf, Cadillac Dreams, Cameramen Who Dared, Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man, Charlie Strap and Froggy Ball, Chopper Wars, Cotton Patch Gospel, Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street, Cowboys Don't Cry, Curse of the Queerwolf, Daddy's Boys, Dance of the Damned, Dancing in the Forest, Deadbeat at Dawn, Deadly Passion, Death Nurse 2, Death Row Diner, Decodings, Defense Play, Depeche Mode: Strange, Doctors, Liars & Women, Dramolet (Stille Nacht I), Dreams in the Forbidden Zone, Driving Force, Eagles Law, Earthquake Survival, Evangelust, Evil Altar, Evil in Clear River, Fatal Pulse, Faust's Other: An Idyll, Fiela se Kind, Flight of the Dream Team, Force of the Ninja, Forever James Dean, Good Taste Made Bad Taste, Goodnight Norma... Goodnight Milton..., Wee Sing Grandpa's Magical Toys, Gullah Tales, Hard Rock Nightmare, Hearts of Stone, Heat and Sunlight, Sacrilege, Hellbent, Hollywood Heartbreak, Hollywood's New Blood, Ival Oru Pournami, Journey to Spirit Island, Keys to Freedom, Kid Safe: The Video, L'Africaine (1988) San Francisco Opera, L.A. Crackdown II, La nuit avec Hortense, La passerelle, Les doigts dans le ventre, Lilla syster Kanin, Love, Women, Flowers, Luisa Miller, Virile Games, Marilyn's Window, Monsters & Maniacs, Mr Benn, Nancy's Nightmare, Ninja Knight: Brothers of Blood, Nukie's Sermon from the Bottle, Number Rap #17, One of Those Days, Parbat Ke Us Paar, Particle Dreams, Photo de famille, Martin Mull in Portrait of a White Marriage, Portrait of Imogen, Prisoner of Rio, Pulse Pounders Vol. 1, Rabid Grannies, Rachel River, Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band, Rage Net, The Reservation, Retreads, Return to the House of Pain, Ricky 1, Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo, Robo Vampire, Rock and the Money-Hungry Party Girls, Rockin' the Night Away, Rowing with the Wind, Run for Your Life, Saigon Commandos, Sakkarai Pandhal, Sapphire Man, Scandal in a Small Town, Scattered Remains, Shades of Love: Echoes in Crimson, Shadows in the Storm, Sky Heart, Song from an Angel, Stage by Stage: Les Misérables, Stagefright Chameleon, Streets of Death, Summer of No Return, Swayze Dancing, Swingin' in the Painter's Room, Tears in the Rain, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait, The Arrogant, The Big Blue 1988, The Big Turnaround, The Blizzard of AAHHH's, The Brother from Space, The Children's Storefront, The Couch Potato Workout, The Cowboy and the Frenchman, The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude - An Afrikaner Speaks Out, The Days of Greek Gods, The Diamond Trap, The Dirk Diggler Story, The Gold and the Glory, The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway, The Lure and the Lore, The New Gladiators, The Changer, Ninja Operation 5: Godfather the Master, The Flight, Thy Kingdom Come... Thy Will Be Done, Twenty Dollar Star, Twisted Issues, Two Bad Daughters, Vampires on Bikini Beach, Video Murders, Video Violence 2, Voices from the Attic, Weather Diary 3, Wedding in Galilee, White Ghost, Who's in Charge?, Yes We Can, You Don't Have to Die and Zeoraima: Project Hades.

Across the Lake (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dexter Fletcher, Richenda Carey
- Director: Tony Maylam

American Roulette (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Andy Garcia, Kitty Aldridge, Guy Bertrand, Ricardo Sibelo
- Director: Maurice Hatton

And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Horst Buchholz, Piotr Polk, Didi Ramati, Maya Ramati
- Director: Alexander Ramati

Andy and the Airwave Rangers (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: John Bluto, Randy Josselyn, Dianne Kay, Jessica Puscas
- Director: Deborah Brock

Born to Kill (1989)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: David Carradine, A.R. Hellquist, Mats Huddén, Camilla Lundén
- Director: Mats Helge Olsson

Around the World in 80 Ways (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Philip Quast, Diana Davidson, Gosia Dobrowolska, Allan Penney
- Director: Stephen Maclean

Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Art Blakey
- Director: Dick Fontaine

Assignment: Survive (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Vincent Barbi, Steve Oliver

Bad Trip (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Entering Texas (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: John Hawkes
- Director: Alex Winter

Beat Dedication (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Best Friends II (1987)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: David Ashfield, Brian Estevez

Blake Ball (1989)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Breast Stroke (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Lynn LeMay, Trinity Loren, Kassi Nova, Sasha Sean
- Director: Scotty Fox

Buckeye and Blue (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Robyn Lively, Jeff Osterhage

Python Wolf (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Miguel Ferrer, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Jack Youngblood
- Director: William Friedkin

Cadillac Dreams (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Donald Fullilove, Claude Brooks
- Director: Matia Karrell

Cameramen Who Dared (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Leslie Caron, Richard Brooks, Richard Kiley
- Director: Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter

Charlie Strap and Froggy Ball (1987)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Thomas Funck
- Director: Jan Gissberg

Chopper Wars (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Richard Lynch
- Director: Gordon Forbes III

Cotton Patch Gospel (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Scott Ainslie, Pete Corum, Tom Key

Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Cowboys Don't Cry (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Zachary Ansley, Janet-Laine Green, Rebecca Jenkins
- Director: Anne Wheeler

Curse of the Queerwolf (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Kent Butler
- Director: Mark Pirro

Daddy's Boys (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Raymond J. Barry, Laura Burkett, Daryl Haney
- Director: Joseph Minion

Dance of the Damned (1989)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Starr Andreeff, Debbie Nassar, Cyril O'Reilly
- Director: Katt Shea

Dancing in the Forest (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Darren Dalton, Brümilda van Rensburg
- Director: Mark Roper

Deadbeat at Dawn (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Megan Murphy, Marc Pitman, Jim Van Bebber
- Director: Jim Van Bebber

Deadly Passion (1985)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Ingrid Boulting, Brent Huff

Death Nurse 2 (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Priscilla Alden
- Director: Nick Millard

Death Row Diner (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Michelle Bauer, John Content, Dana Lis Mason, Jay Richardson

Decodings (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Barry Livingston
- Director: Michael Wallin

Defense Play (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Eric Gilliom, Monte Markham, Susan Ursitti
- Director: Monte Markham

Depeche Mode: Strange (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Dave Gahan, Martin Gore

Doctors, Liars & Women (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Dramolet (Stille Nacht I) (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Dreams in the Forbidden Zone (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Rick Daniels, Jade East, Lynn LeMay
- Director: Peter Davy, Jean-Pierre Ferrand

Driving Force (1989)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Catherine Bach, Billy Blanks, Don Swayze
- Director: Andrew Prowse

Eagles Law (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: William Smith, Dennis Cole

Earthquake Survival (1987)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Shelley Duvall, Hal Freeman
- Director: Hal Freeman

Evangelust (1998)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Evil Altar (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: William Smith, Pepper Martin
- Director: James Winburn

Evil in Clear River (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Randy Quaid, Lindsay Wagner
- Director: Karen Arthur

Fatal Pulse (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Alex Courtney, Joe Estevez, Michelle McCormick
- Director: Anthony J. Christopher

Faust's Other: An Idyll (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Stan Brakhage
- Director: Stan Brakhage

Fiela se Kind (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Lida Botha, Dawid Minnaar, André Rossouw, Shaleen Surtie-Richards
- Director: Katinka Heyns

Flight of the Dream Team (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Force of the Ninja (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: John Hobson
- Director: Emmett Alston

Forever James Dean (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Bob Gunton, William Bast
- Director: Ara Chekmayan

Good Taste Made Bad Taste (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Peter Jackson, Peter Vere-Jones
- Director: Tony Hiles

Goodnight Norma... Goodnight Milton... (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Wee Sing Grandpa's Magical Toys (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Kevin Hageman
- Director: Susan Shadburne

Gullah Tales (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Hard Rock Nightmare (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Lisa Elaina, Greg Joujon-Roche, Annie Mikan, Johnny Venocur
- Director: Dominick Brascia

Hearts of Stone (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Heat and Sunlight (1987)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Don Bajema, Consuela Faust, Ernie Fosselius, Rob Nilsson
- Director: Rob Nilsson

Sacrilege (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Hellbent (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: David Marciano
- Director: Richard Casey

Hollywood Heartbreak (1990)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Mark Moses, Dan Gerrity, Ron Karabatsos
- Director: Lance Dickson

Hollywood's New Blood (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Joe Balogh, Francine Lapensée

Ival Oru Pournami (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Journey to Spirit Island (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Bettina Bush, Gabriel Damon, Brandon Douglas
- Director: László Pal

Keys to Freedom (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Denholm Elliott, Omar Sharif, Jane Seymour, Jim Youngs
- Director: Steve Feke

Kid Safe: The Video (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Andrea Martin, Joe Flaherty, Meshach Taylor
- Director: Stuart Gordon

L'Africaine (1988) San Francisco Opera (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Plácido Domingo, Justino Díaz, Shirley Verrett
- Director: Brian Large

L.A. Crackdown II (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Pamela Dixon, Joe Verroca
- Director: Joseph Merhi

La nuit avec Hortense (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Carole Laure, Lothaire Bluteau, Germain Houde

La passerelle (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Mathilda May, Pierre Arditi, Aurelle Doazan
- Director: Jean-Claude Sussfeld

Les doigts dans le ventre (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Judith Cahen
- Director: François Ozon

Lilla syster Kanin (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Love, Women, Flowers (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Luisa Miller (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Virile Games (1989)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Miroslav Kuchar
- Director: Jan Švankmajer

Marilyn's Window (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Monsters & Maniacs (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Brinke Stevens
- Director: Ted Newsom

Mr Benn (1971)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Nancy's Nightmare (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Ninja Knight: Brothers of Blood (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Mike Abbott
- Director: Godfrey Ho

Nukie's Sermon from the Bottle (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Number Rap #17 (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

One of Those Days (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Parbat Ke Us Paar (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Particle Dreams (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Photo de famille (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Martin Mull in Portrait of a White Marriage (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Mary Kay Place, Martin Mull, Fred Willard, Christian Jacobs
- Director: Harry Shearer

Portrait of Imogen (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Prisoner of Rio (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Paul Freeman, Steven Berkoff, Florinda Bolkan, Peter Firth
- Director: Lech Majewski

Pulse Pounders Vol. 1 (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Jeffrey Byron, Richard Moll

Rabid Grannies (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Catherine Aymerie, Caroline Braekman, Richard Cotica, Danielle Daven
- Director: Emmanuel Kervyn

Rachel River (1987)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Zeljko Ivanek, Viveca Lindfors, Pamela Reed
- Director: Sandy Smolan

Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Rage Net (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

The Reservation (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Martine Berghuijs
- Director: Clara van Gool

Retreads (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Joe Estevez, James Lancaster, Donegan Smith

Return to the House of Pain (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: George Kuchar, Mike Kuchar
- Director: George Kuchar

Ricky 1 (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Michael Michaud
- Director: William T. Naud

Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Corinne Cléry, Gianfranco D'Angelo, Eva Grimaldi, Maurizio Micheli
- Director: Giorgio Capitani, Bruno Corbucci

Robo Vampire (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Joe Browne, Harry Myles
- Director: Godfrey Ho

Rock and the Money-Hungry Party Girls (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Pat Asanti, Debra Lamb
- Director: Kurt MacCarley

Rockin' the Night Away (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Rowing with the Wind (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Hugh Grant, Lizzy McInnerny, Elizabeth Hurley, Valentine Pelka
- Director: Gonzalo Suárez

Run for Your Life (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Franco Nero, Lauren Hutton, George Segal, David Carradine

Saigon Commandos (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: P.J. Soles, Jimmy Bridges, John Allen Nelson

Sakkarai Pandhal (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Sapphire Man (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Scandal in a Small Town (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Raquel Welch, Ronny Cox, Peter Van Norden
- Director: Anthony Page

Scattered Remains (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Shades of Love: Echoes in Crimson (1987)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Joy Boushel, Greg Evigan, Patty Talbot
- Director: Caryl Wickman

Shadows in the Storm (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Michael Madsen, Ned Beatty, Mia Sara, Donna Mitchell
- Director: Terrell Tannen

Sky Heart (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Song from an Angel (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Stage by Stage: Les Misérables (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: John Caird, Cameron Mackintosh

Stagefright Chameleon (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Streets of Death (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Tommy Kirk, Larry Thomas
- Director: Jeff Hathcock

Summer of No Return (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Swayze Dancing (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Patrick Swayze

Swingin' in the Painter's Room (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Jeff Beach, Kevin Black, Allison Parisi
- Director: Greg Mottola

Tears in the Rain (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Sharon Stone, Christopher Cazenove, Leigh Lawson
- Director: Don Sharp

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Forrest J. Ackerman, John Dugan, Edwin Neal
- Director: Brad Shellady

The Arrogant (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Sylvia Kristel, Joe Condon, Gary Graham
- Director: Philippe Blot

The Big Blue 1988 (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: David Brisbin, Taunie Vrenon
- Director: Andrew Horn

The Big Turnaround (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Ty Randolph
- Director: Joe Cranston

The Blizzard of AAHHH's (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Mike Hattrup, Glen Plake, Scot Schmidt
- Director: Greg Stump

The Brother from Space (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Martin Balsam, Agostina Belli, William Berger, Silvia Tortosa
- Director: Mario Gariazzo

The Children's Storefront (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

The Couch Potato Workout (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Bart Sumner

The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Jack Nance, Harry Dean Stanton, Frederic Golchan, Tracey Walter
- Director: David Lynch

The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude - An Afrikaner Speaks Out (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

The Days of Greek Gods (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Ed Fury

The Diamond Trap (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Brooke Shields, Howard Hesseman, Darren McGavin, Dick O'Neill

The Dirk Diggler Story (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Robert Ridgely
- Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

The Gold and the Glory (1984)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Colin Friels, Joss McWilliam
- Director: Igor Auzins

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1989)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Victor Garber, Bruno Ganz, Joe Pesci, Karen Black

The Lure and the Lore (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

The New Gladiators (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Penny Brown, Art Edler, Kim Evenson
- Director: Joe Ritter

The Changer (1993)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Laura Cummings, Edward Tanner, Carl Zschering

Ninja Operation 5: Godfather the Master (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Richard Harrison
- Director: Joseph Lai San-Lun

The Flight (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Lindsay Wagner, Eli Danker, Sandy McPeak
- Director: Paul Wendkos

Thy Kingdom Come... Thy Will Be Done (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Jim Bakker, Tammy Faye Bakker, Jerry Falwell

Twenty Dollar Star (1991)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Bernard White, Rebecca Holden, Marilyn Hassett
- Director: Paul Leder

Twisted Issues (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Two Bad Daughters (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Vampires on Bikini Beach (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Jennifer Badham, Stephen Mathews, Todd Kaufman, Nancy Rogers
- Director: Mark Headley

Video Murders (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: John P. Fertitta, Eric Brown, Virginia Loridans
- Director: Jim McCullough Sr.

Video Violence 2 (1987)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Chris McGarry, Gary Cohen
- Director: Gary Cohen

Voices from the Attic (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Weather Diary 3 (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: George Kuchar
- Director: George Kuchar

Wedding in Galilee (1987)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Bushra Karaman, Makram J. Khoury
- Director: Michel Khleifi

White Ghost (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Rosalind Chao, William Katt, Reb Brown, Martin Hewitt
- Director: BJ Davis

Who's in Charge? (1983)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Richard Jamison, Raf Mauro, Ronn Lucas

Yes We Can (1989)
Premiere January 1, 1988

You Don't Have to Die (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988

Zeoraima: Project Hades (1988)
Premiere January 1, 1988
- Main cast: Chieko Honda, Toshihiko Seki, Hideyuki Tanaka
- Director: Toshiki Hirano
Premiered saturday January 2, 1988
Seven movies that premieres on January 2, 1988: An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis, Candyjam, Dark Before Dawn, Faust 3: Candida Albacore, Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth, Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues and The Thing What Lurked in the Tub.

An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis (1988)
Premiere January 2, 1988
- Main cast: Jerry Lewis, Sammy Davis Jr.

Candyjam (1988)
Premiere January 2, 1988

Dark Before Dawn (1988)
Premiere January 2, 1988
- Main cast: Charles Dickerson, Clem McSpadden, Nick Zickefoose
- Director: Robert Totten

Faust 3: Candida Albacore (1988)
Premiere January 2, 1988

Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth (1988)
Premiere January 2, 1988
- Main cast: George Lucas

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988)
Premiere January 2, 1988
- Main cast: James Earl Jones, Michael Jackson, Katharine Hepburn, Sammy Davis Jr., Dick Clark

The Thing What Lurked in the Tub (1988)
Premiere January 2, 1988
Premiered friday January 8, 1988
One movies that premieres on January 8, 1988: Anguish.

Anguish (1987)
Premiere January 8, 1988
- Main cast: Àngel Jové, Talia Paul, Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Lerner
- Director: Bigas Luna
Premiered saturday January 9, 1988
Three movies that premieres on January 9, 1988: Kissin in Tokyo, Radium City and The Jogger.

Kissin in Tokyo (1988)
Premiere January 9, 1988

Radium City (1987)
Premiere January 9, 1988

The Jogger (1988)
Premiere January 9, 1988
- Main cast: Terry O'Quinn, Tom Morga, Elizabeth Ruscio
- Director: Robert Resnikoff
Premiered tuesday January 12, 1988
Two movies that premieres on January 12, 1988: Cannibal Campout and Tax Season.

Cannibal Campout (1988)
Premiere January 12, 1988
- Main cast: Amy Chludzinksi, Christopher A. Granger, Jon McBride, Gene Robbins
- Director: Jon McBride

Tax Season (1989)
Premiere January 12, 1988
- Main cast: James Hong, Fritz Bronner, Arte Johnson
Premiered wednesday January 13, 1988
Two movies that premieres on January 13, 1988: Greasy Lake and Lea Press on Limbs.

Greasy Lake (1988)
Premiere January 13, 1988
- Main cast: James Spader, Eric Stoltz
- Director: Damian Harris

Lea Press on Limbs (1988)
Premiere January 13, 1988
- Main cast: Tom McGrath
Premiered thursday January 14, 1988
One movies that premieres on January 14, 1988: Spellcaster.

Spellcaster (1988)
Premiere January 14, 1988
- Main cast: Gail O'Grady, Adam Ant, Kim Johnston Ulrich
- Director: Rafal Zielinski
Premiered friday January 15, 1988
13 movies that premieres on January 15, 1988: Return of the Living Dead 2, Beirut: The Last Home Movie, Crazy About the Movies: Elvis '56, For Keeps?, Good Morning, Vietnam, Lemon Sky, The Bride and the Wolf, Patti Rocks, Rent-a-Cop, Rockin' with Judy Jetson, Monks of Blood, Couch Trip, The (1988) and The Lawless Land.

Return of the Living Dead 2 (1988)
Premiere January 15, 1988
- Main cast: Thom Mathews, Michael Kenworthy, Suzanne Snyder
- Director: Ken Wiederhorn

Beirut: The Last Home Movie (1987)
Premiere January 15, 1988

Crazy About the Movies: Elvis '56 (1987)
Premiere January 15, 1988
- Main cast: Elvis Presley, Levon Helm
- Director: Susan Raymond

For Keeps? (1988)
Premiere January 15, 1988
- Main cast: Randall Batinkoff, Molly Ringwald, Miriam Flynn, Kenneth Mars
- Director: John G. Avildsen

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Premiere January 15, 1988
- Main cast: Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams, Chintara Sukapatana, Tung Thanh Tran
- Director: Barry Levinson

Lemon Sky (1988)
Premiere January 15, 1988
- Main cast: Kevin Bacon, Lindsay Crouse, Tom Atkins
- Director: Jan Egleson

The Bride and the Wolf (1997)
Premiere January 15, 1988
- Main cast: Nicolas Cage, Cher, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia
- Director: Norman Jewison

Patti Rocks (1988)
Premiere January 15, 1988
- Main cast: Chris Mulkey, John Jenkins, Karen Landry
- Director: David Burton Morris

Rent-a-Cop (1987)
Premiere January 15, 1988
- Main cast: James Remar, Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli
- Director: Jerry London

Rockin' with Judy Jetson (1988)
Premiere January 15, 1988
- Main cast: Daws Butler, Penny Singleton, Janet Waldo
- Director: Paul Sommers

Monks of Blood (1990)
Premiere January 15, 1988
- Main cast: Ana Luisa Peluffo, Stacey Shaffer, Rafael Sánchez Navarro, Russ Tamblyn
- Director: Glenn Gebhard

Couch Trip, The (1988) (1988)
Premiere January 15, 1988
- Main cast: Dan Aykroyd, Donna Dixon, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin
- Director: Michael Ritchie

The Lawless Land (1988)
Premiere January 15, 1988
- Main cast: Xander Berkeley, Amanda Peterson, Jsu Garcia
Premiered sunday January 17, 1988
Two movies that premieres on January 17, 1988: Alone in the Neon Jungle and "The Magical World of Disney" Earth Star Voyager: Part 1.

Alone in the Neon Jungle (1988)
Premiere January 17, 1988
- Main cast: Danny Aiello, Jon Tenney, Suzanne Pleshette
- Director: Georg Stanford Brown

"The Magical World of Disney" Earth Star Voyager: Part 1 (1988)
Premiere January 17, 1988
- Main cast: Brian McNamara, Duncan Regehr
- Director: James Goldstone
Premiered monday January 18, 1988
One movies that premieres on January 18, 1988: What Price Victory.

What Price Victory (1988)
Premiere January 18, 1988
- Main cast: Eriq La Salle, Tom Bower, Robert Culp
Premiered wednesday January 20, 1988
One movies that premieres on January 20, 1988: You Can't Hurry Love.

You Can't Hurry Love (1988)
Premiere January 20, 1988
- Main cast: David Packer, Bridget Fonda, David Leisure, Scott McGinnis
- Director: Richard Martini
Premiered friday January 22, 1988
Four movies that premieres on January 22, 1988: Missing in Action III (1988), 5 Corners, Promised Land and The Grand Highway.

Missing in Action III (1988) (1988)
Premiere January 22, 1988
- Main cast: Chuck Norris, Aki Aleong, Roland Harrah III, Miki Kim
- Director: Aaron Norris

5 Corners (1987)
Premiere January 22, 1988
- Main cast: John Turturro, Jodie Foster, Tim Robbins, Todd Graff

Promised Land (1987)
Premiere January 22, 1988
- Main cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Meg Ryan, Jason Gedrick, Tracy Pollan
- Director: Michael Hoffman

The Grand Highway (1987)
Premiere January 22, 1988
- Main cast: Richard Bohringer, Vanessa Guedj, Antoine Hubert
- Director: Jean-Loup Hubert
Premiered sunday January 24, 1988
Two movies that premieres on January 24, 1988: A Father's Revenge and The Big Bang and Other Creation Myths.

A Father's Revenge (1988)
Premiere January 24, 1988
- Main cast: Brian Dennehy, Anthony Valentine, Joanna Cassidy, Ron Silver
- Director: John Herzfeld

The Big Bang and Other Creation Myths (1981)
Premiere January 24, 1988
Premiered wednesday January 27, 1988
One movies that premieres on January 27, 1988: Consolations (Love Is an Art of Time) Part 3: The Body and the World.

Consolations (Love Is an Art of Time) Part 3: The Body and the World (1988)
Premiere January 27, 1988
Premiered thursday January 28, 1988
Three movies that premieres on January 28, 1988: Eleven Days, Eleven Nights 2, Light Years and Un sabado mas.

Eleven Days, Eleven Nights 2 (1988)
Premiere January 28, 1988
- Main cast: Laura Gemser, Ale Dugas, Jessica Moore, James Sutterfield
- Director: Joe D'Amato

Light Years (1988)
Premiere January 28, 1988
- Main cast: Catherine Chevallier, Anny Duperey, Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Christine Paris
- Director: René Laloux

Un sabado mas (1988)
Premiere January 28, 1988
Premiered friday January 29, 1988
Five movies that premieres on January 29, 1988: Biggles: Adventures in Time, Born to Race, Mr. Galactic, Hell Comes to Frogtown and Snoopy: The Musical.

Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986)
Premiere January 29, 1988
- Main cast: Peter Cushing, Neil Dickson, Fiona Hutchison, Alex Hyde-White
- Director: John Hough

Born to Race (1988)
Premiere January 29, 1988
- Main cast: George Kennedy, Joseph Bottoms, Marla Heasley, Robert Logan
- Director: James Fargo

Mr. Galactic (1987)
Premiere January 29, 1988
- Main cast: Carmine Capobianco, Ruth Collins, Frank Stewart, Debi Thibeault
- Director: Gorman Bechard

Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
Premiere January 29, 1988
- Main cast: Sandahl Bergman, William Smith, Roddy Piper, Cec Verrell
- Director: Donald G. Jackson, R.J. Kizer

Snoopy: The Musical (1988)
Premiere January 29, 1988
- Main cast: Cam Clarke, Kristie Baker
- Director: Sam Jaimes