The best thrillers of 1988

20 thrillers 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. Masquerade Score 33.0 · IMDb 6.1 · Tomatometer 50%
  2. Pin Score 32.5 · IMDb 6.5
  3. Rambo III Score 32.1 · IMDb 5.8 · Tomatometer 39% · Metascore 36
  4. Betrayed Score 30.2 · IMDb 6.4 · Tomatometer 36%
  5. Little Nikita Score 28.3 · IMDb 5.9 · Tomatometer 50% · Metascore 50
  6. Criminal Law Score 27.4 · IMDb 5.7 · Tomatometer 30%
  7. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Score 25.8 · IMDb 5.8 · Tomatometer 42% · Metascore 34
  8. Fright Night Part 2 Score 24.6 · IMDb 6.0 · Tomatometer 43%
  9. Friday the 13th: The New Blood Score 20.0 · IMDb 5.2 · Tomatometer 31% · Metascore 13
  10. Poltergeist III Score 19.5 · IMDb 4.7 · Tomatometer 14% · Metascore 40