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10 Best Movies Like 1988

If you loved 1988, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
A Portrait of Sufyan

A Portrait of Sufyan

2024★ 0.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1988 for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A Portrait of Sufyan is a five-episode documentary about the life and art of Kurdish artist Sufyan Jalal. especially about the Tasan Artwork Project. the film took 4 years to shoot...

#2
Whiteboards

Whiteboards

2005★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1988 for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Five years after Blackboard (2000) by Smira Makhmalbaf, in 2005, Whiteboard was released. It is directed by Fardin Batmani. This film tells the story of the negative impact of the ...

#3
Zombie Fight Club

Zombie Fight Club

2014★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1988 for fans of Action. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

It's the end of the century at a corner of the city in a building riddled with crime - Everyone in the building has turned into zombies. After Jenny's boyfriend is killed in a zomb...

#4
Fight Club

Fight Club

2023★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1988 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A young boy Selva chasing his football sports dreams suffers a major setback, grows into an angry young man who is drawn into conflicts by evil forces involving him and his family,...

#5
Six: Inside

Six: Inside

2009★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1988 for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animati...

#6
Kill Bill Parody

Kill Bill Parody

★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1988 for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A woman and her child are kidnapped by her lover and plans revenge on him....