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1988 in home video

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1988 in home video:

Years in home video: 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years: 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

Industry milestones[edit]

Date unknown[edit]

  • Distribution of Video 2000 products ends.[1]
  • Sony begins marketing VHS VCRs for the first time
  • VCRs present in over 50% of American homes for the first time[2]

Film home video releases[edit]

The following movies debuted on home video on the following dates:

U.S./Canada
Release Date		 Title Studio Notes
January 6 Dirty Dancing Vestron VHS release
January 14 Dragnet Universal VHS release
January 21 Predator 20th Century Fox VHS release
La Bamba Columbia VHS release
January 22 Platoon HBO/Orion VHS release
January 28 Robocop Orion VHS release
January 31 Spaceballs MGM VHS release
February 2 Benji the Hunted Disney VHS release
February 10 The Monster Squad TriStar VHS release
February 14 Mothra Columbia VHS release
February 24 The Lost Boys Warner Bros. VHS release
The Big Easy Columbia VHS release
Jaws: The Revenge Universal VHS release
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise 20th Century Fox VHS release
March 2 Hamburger Hill Vestron VHS release
March 9 Beverly Hills Cop II Paramount VHS release
March 10 Amazon Women on the Moon Universal VHS release
March 15 Stakeout Touchstone VHS release
The Pick-up Artist 20th Century Fox VHS release
March 17 The Living Daylights United Artists VHS release
March 30 Innerspace Warner Bros. VHS release
The Princess Bride 20th Century Fox VHS release
Hellraiser New World Pictures VHS release
The Hidden New Line VHS release
No Way Out Orion VHS release
April 5 Flowers in the Attic Starmaker VHS release
April 13 Adventures in Babysitting Disney VHS release
April 14 Less Than Zero 20th Century Fox VHS release
April 20 The Untouchables Paramount VHS release
April 27 The Witches of Eastwick Warner Bros. VHS release
April 28 Deadly Illusion Columbia VHS release
May 1 Fatal Beauty MGM VHS release
May 5 Three O'Clock High Universal VHS release
May 11 Return of the Living Dead Part II Lorimar VHS release
May 12 Baby Boom MGM VHS release
May 17 Can't Buy Me Love Touchstone VHS release
May 25 The Running Man TriStar VHS release
May 26 Throw Momma From the Train Orion VHS release
Barfly Cannon Films VHS release
Born in East L.A. Universal Pictures VHS release
The Chipmunk Adventure The Samuel Goldwyn Company VHS release
House of Games Orion Pictures VHS release
The Principal TriStar VHS release
May 31 Donald in Mathmagic Land Disney VHS release
June 1 Fatal Attraction Paramount VHS release
Like Father Like Son TriStar VHS release
Rent-a-Cop Kings Road VHS release
June 9 Julia and Julia Cinecom VHS release
Overboard MGM VHS release
June 15 Nuts Warner Bros. VHS release
June 16 Cry Freedom Universal VHS release
June 21 Biggles: Adventures in Time Starmaker VHS release
June 22 Full Metal Jacket Warner Bros. VHS release
Ironweed TriStar VHS release
June 23 The Couch Trip Orion VHS release
July 7 Wall Street 20th Century Fox VHS release
July 13 Action Jackson Lorimar VHS release
Eddie Murphy Raw Paramount VHS release
Moving Warner Bros VHS release
July 14 Prince of Darkness Universal VHS release
July 19 D.O.A. Touchstone VHS release
The Telephone New World VHS release
July 21 Suspect TriStar VHS release
July 27 Braddock: Missing in Action III Cannon VHS release
You Can't Hurry Love Vestron VHS release
August 2 Good Morning, Vietnam Touchstone VHS release
August 3 End of the Line Orion Classics VHS release
August 4 A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon 20th Century Fox VHS release
Satisfaction 20th Century Fox VHS release
August 11 For Keeps TriStar VHS release
Pass the Ammo New Century Vista VHS release
August 17 Aloha Summer International Spectrafilm VHS release
Cop Atlantic VHS release
Planes, Trains and Automobiles Paramount VHS release
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach Warner Bros. VHS release
Promised Land Vestron VHS release
August 18 Panda and the Magic Roc Toei Animation VHS release
August 25 Bulletproof CineTel Films VHS release
Hairspray New Line VHS release
August 30 18 Again! New World VHS release
Moonstruck MGM VHS release
August 31 Best Seller Orion VHS release
The Last Emperor Columbia VHS release
September 1 Broadcast News 20th Century Fox VHS release
September 8 Frantic Warner Bros. VHS release
Shy People Cannon VHS release
September 14 Appointment with Death Cannon VHS release
Lady in White New Century Vista VHS release
Scavengers Academy VHS release
September 15 Batteries Not Included Universal VHS release
The Milagro Beanfield War Universal VHS release
September 20 The Wrong Guys New World VHS release
September 22 Johnny Be Good Orion VHS release
September 27 Shoot to Kill Touchstone VHS release
September 28 School Daze Columbia VHS release
She's Having a Baby Paramount VHS release
Switching Channels TriStar VHS release
Vice Versa Columbia VHS release
September 29 Masquerade MGM VHS release
October 4 Cinderella Disney VHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics
Mary Poppins Disney VHS release
The Wind in the Willows Disney VHS release
October 6 Rambo III TriStar VHS release
The Serpent and the Rainbow Universal VHS release
Shakedown Universal VHS release
October 11 Dead Heat New World VHS release
October 12 Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood Paramount VHS release
My Best Friend Is a Vampire Kings Road VHS release
A New Life Paramount VHS release
Salsa Cannon VHS release
October 13 Maniac Cop Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment VHS release
October 14 Platoon Vestron/Orion VHS re-release
October 18 Bright Lights, Big City United Artists VHS release
October 19 Beetlejuice Warner Bros. VHS release
Critters 2: The Main Course New Line VHS release
The Invisible Kid Taurus VHS release
Judgment in Berlin New Line VHS release
Little Nikita Columbia VHS release
October 20 Hello Again Touchstone VHS release
October 26 Permanent Record Paramount VHS release
A Time of Destiny Columbia VHS release
October 27 Bad Dreams 20th Century Fox VHS release
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Universal VHS release
November 1 Mickey's Magical World Disney VHS release
Return to Snowy River 20th Century Fox VHS release
November 2 Above the Law Warner Bros. VHS release
And God Created Woman Vestron VHS release
The Seventh Sign TriStar VHS release
Sunset TriStar VHS release
November 10 Biloxi Blues Universal VHS release
Off Limits 20th Century Fox VHS release
November 15 Three Men and a Baby Touchstone VHS release
November 16 Stand and Deliver Warner Bros. VHS release
November 17 Colors Orion VHS release
November 22 Funny Farm (film) Warner Bros. VHS release
Willow MGM VHS release
December 1 Call Me Vestron VHS release
December 7 Big Top Pee-wee Paramount VHS release
December 8 Casual Sex? Universal VHS release
December 13 The Rescue Touchstone VHS release
December 14 Arthur 2: On the Rocks Warner Bros. VHS release
Midnight Crossing Vestron VHS release
December 15 License to Drive 20th Century Fox VHS release
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking Columbia VHS release
Short Circuit 2 TriStar VHS release
December 21 Bloodsport Warner Bros. VHS release
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master New Line VHS release
December 29 Monkey Shines Orion VHS release
Red Heat TriStar VHS release
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Orion VHS release

TV show releases[edit]

The following television shows were released on video on the following dates:

Documentary home video releases[edit]

  • Legendary Linemen - January 28
  • The Great Ones - January 28
  • Gift of Grab - October 5

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Video 2000 / Video Compact Cassette (1979 – 1988". Museum of Obselete Media. 1979. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Fun Video Factoids". October 2004.

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