
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.

The Woman
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1988 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
A lawyer puts his family in jeopardy when he captures the last member of a violent clan and tries to forcibly tame her....

Joe
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1988 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After murdering his daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend, a wealthy ad executive stumbles into a bar and strikes up an uneasy alliance with Joe Curran, a drunken bigot with a bloodlus...

Ararat
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1988 for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide....

Mr. Jones
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1988 for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are d...

Sunshine
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1988 for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century....

The Promise
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1988 for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renow...