The best dramas of 1988

87 dramas from 1988, ranked by a 0–100 score from IMDb ratings, critics, major awards and box office, compared with every film from the same year.

  1. Drowning by Numbers Score 45.7 · IMDb 7.1 · Tomatometer 88%
  2. Paperhouse Score 45.7 · IMDb 6.6 · Tomatometer 100%
  3. Distant Voices, Still Lives Score 45.2 · IMDb 7.4 · Tomatometer 80% · Metascore 86
  4. Mystic Pizza Score 43.9 · IMDb 6.4 · Tomatometer 77% · Metascore 60
  5. Cop Score 42.9 · IMDb 6.4 · Tomatometer 84%
  6. Clean and Sober Score 42.9 · IMDb 6.7 · Tomatometer 61%
  7. Tequila Sunrise Score 42.9 · IMDb 6.1 · Tomatometer 52% · Metascore 62
  8. Chithram Score 42.8 · IMDb 8.7
  9. Another Woman Score 42.8 · IMDb 7.2 · Tomatometer 59%
  10. Bat*21 Score 41.0 · IMDb 6.5 · Tomatometer 82% · Metascore 58