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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
The Woman

The Woman

2011★ 6.0

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....

#2
Joe

Joe

1970★ 6.4

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...

#3
Ararat

Ararat

2002★ 6.1

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....

#4
Mr. Jones

Mr. Jones

2019★ 6.8

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...

#5
Sunshine

Sunshine

1999★ 6.5

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....

#6
The Promise

The Promise

2016★ 6.9

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...

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