1988 (61st Annual Awards)
Reminder List of Eligible Releases
Each year the Academy publishes a booklet for its members called the Reminder List of Eligible Releases. Listed below are the films that were eligible for Academy Award consideration according to the rules of 1988. The
symbol appears next to those films which ultimately received an Academy Award nomination.
Click on the name of one of those films to display more information about it. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the Reminder List for that year.
Above the LawAction JacksonAlien NationAloha SummerAmsterdamnedAnd God Created WomanAnguishAnother WomanAppointment with DeathApprentice to MurderAriaArthur 2 On the RocksBad DreamsBat 21The BeastThe BeatBeatriceBeethoven’s NephewBellman and TrueBetrayedThe Big BlueBig BusinessBig TimeBig Top Pee-WeeBiloxi BluesThe BlobBloodsportThe BoostBraddock: Missing in Action IIIBreak of DawnBright Lights, Big CityBulletproofBurning SecretBusiness as UsualCaddyshack IICall MeCandy MountainCarefree GoddessesCasual Sex?Child’s PlayThe Chocolate WarClara’s HeartClean and SoberCocktailCocoon: The ReturnColorsCommissarConsuming PassionsCopThe Couch Trip“Crocodile” Dundee IICrossing DelanceyDaDangerous LoveDead HeatThe Dead PoolDead RingersDeadly IllusionDebajo del Mundo (Under the Earth)The DeceiversThe Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal YearsDirty Rotten ScoundrelsDistant ThunderD.O.A.Dominick and EugeneThe DressmakerEight Men Out18 Again!Elvira, Mistress of the DarkEnd of the LineErnest Saves ChristmasEverybody’s All-AmericanFar NorthFatherFearFedsFive CornersFor KeepsFranticFreewayFresh HorsesFriday the 13th Part VII—The New BloodFull Moon in Blue WaterFunny FarmThe Girl in a SwingThe Good MotherThe Great Department Store RobberyThe Great OutdoorsGround ZeroGuys Who Never LearnGuys Who Never Learn IIHairsprayHanna’s WarHaunted SummerHeartbreak HotelThe Heartbreak YakuzaHellbound: Hellraiser IIHero and the TerrorHigh SeasonHigh SpiritsHope and PainHot to TrotThe House on Carroll StreetImagine: John LennonIron Eagle IIIt Takes TwoJohnny Be GoodJulia and JuliaA Killing AfairThe KissThe Kitchen TotoLady Camellia (Tsubakihime)Lady in WhiteThe Lair of the White WormThe Land Before TimeLe Grand CheminLicense to DriveLight YearsThe LighthorsemenLittle NikitaLong Live the Lady!LurkersMac and MeMadame SousatzkaMasqueradeMatadorMemories of MeMessenger of DeathMidnight CrossingMidnight RunMiles from HomeMr. NorthThe ModernsMonkey ShinesA Month in the CountryMoon over ParadorMotherMovingMy Best Friend Is a VampireMy Stepmother Is an AlienMystic PizzaThe Naked Gun from the Files of Police SquadThe New Adventures of Pippi LongstockingA New LifeA Night in the Life of Jimmy ReardonA Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master1969Off LimitsOliver & CompanyPascali’s IslandPatti RocksPatty HearstPenitentiary IIIPermanent RecordPhantasm IIPlatoon LeaderPolice Academy 5: Assignment Miami BeachPoltergeist IIIPound Puppies and the Legend of Big PawPowaqqatsiThe PresidioPrisonPromised LandPunchlinePurple People EaterRambo IIIRed HeatRed SorghumRent-a-CopThe RescueReturn of the Living Dead Part IIReturn to Snowy RiverRikky and PeteRocket GibraltarSalome’s Last DanceSalsaSatisfactionSchool DazeThe Serpent and the RainbowThe Seventh SignShakedownShameShe’s Having a BabyShinran: Path to PurityShiro and MarilynShoot to KillShort Circuit 2Sister SisterSomeone to LoveSorceressSpellbinderSpike of BensonhurstStars and BarsStaticStealing HomeSticky FingersStormy MondayA Summer StorySweet Hearts DanceSwitching ChannelsTalk RadioTapeheadsThe TelephoneTestimonyThey LiveThe Thin Blue LineThings ChangeThis Story of LoveA Tiger’s TaleTiger WarsawA Time of DestinyTokyo PopTora-San Plays DaddyTorch Song TrilogyTrack 29Travelling NorthTwinsTwo Moon JunctionU2 Rattle and HumThe UnholyVibesVice VersaThe WashWaxworkWhite MischiefWithout a ClueThe Wizard of LonelinessWomen Who Do Not DivorceA World ApartWorld Gone WildThe Wrong GuysThe Year My Voice BrokeYou Can’t Hurry LoveYoung GunsZelly and Me