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==Events==
* '''January 5''': CBS' sale of CBS Records to Sony Corporation was completed. As a result, CBS granted Sony the license to use the CBS branding within the music subsidiary's name for three years and its CBS Music Video Enterprises division, no longer associated with The CBS/Fox Company, became its own label.
* February: Before releasing any titles, Tri-Star Video was folded into RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, a month after Columbia Pictures Entertainment was formed.
* '''January''':
* March: The Congress Video Group sells the assets of its Cincinatti, Ohio duplication facility to [[Allied Vaughn|Allied Film & Video Services]], which uses the equipment to establish a facility in Clinton, Tennessee.
** The separate CBS/Fox Video, Playhouse Video and Key Video teams merged together into one united team of sales and marketing.
** The Independent Video Programmers Association teams up with Film Advisory Board to launch a ratings system as an alternative to the MPAA ratings system.
** Forum Home Video was sold to film producer Management Company Entertainment Group and begins expanding into feature films.
** Gordon Bossin, a Vestron Video executive, formed Diamond Entertainment, as a home video distributor.
* '''February''': Before releasing any titles, Tri-Star Video was merged into RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, a month after Columbia Pictures Entertainment was formed.
* '''March''':
** [[Congress Video Group|The Congress Video Group]] sells the assets of its Cincinatti, Ohio [[The Congress Video Group (Duplicator)|duplication facility]] to [[Allied Vaughn|Allied Film & Video Services]], which uses the equipment to establish a facility in Clinton, Tennessee.
** Playboy Video quits Lorimar Home Video and signs up with HBO Video.
* '''May''':
** Heron combined the separate Media Home Entertainment, Fox Hills Video and Hi-Tops Video teams into a single sales/marketing/distribution team.
** New Star Entertainment had picked up the Palisades Entertainment home video library.
** Paramount Home Video secured a deal with Palisades Entertainment to distribute three films on home video.
* '''June''': Cannon Video was launched by Cannon Films as its own home video label.
* '''July''':
** [[Deluxe Digital Studios|Rank Video Services America]] had acquired [[Video Technology Services]] from International Video Entertainment.
** Madison Square Garden Home Video is formed, focusing on sporting events, with a distribution deal with Paramount Home Video.
* '''August''':
** Warner Home Video begins marketing titles from Cannon Video.
** Paramount Home Video extended its deal with Palisades Entertainment to distribute all of its titles.
** J2 Communications secures a deal with ITC Entertainment to release its titles on home video. As a result, a label called ITC Home Video was formed.
** Pickwick Entertainment was formed, with Diamond Entertainment serving as a division.
* '''September''':
** Orion Home Video begins distributing titles by Nelson Entertainment.
** Bertelsmann Music Group picked up home video rights to the MusicVision line from RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video.
* '''October''': Sony Video Software Company was shortened to SVS, Inc.
* '''December''':
** Gordon Bossin left Pickwick Entertainment and he was succeeded by Mickey Hyman.
** Rank Video Services America completes the consolidation of Video Technology Services into its Garden Grove facility. The latest known transitionary title is a copy of ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (FHE) dated December 8; the earliest known full RVSA title is a copy of ''Rest in Pieces'' (IVE) dated December 29.
* Hanna-Barbera Productions formed its own home video division, known as Hanna-Barbera Home Video, which would be marketed by Worldvision Home Video.
 
== VHS ==
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''The African Queen'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the 1984 packaging.
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| ''The Agony and the Ecstasy'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''Back to the Beach'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || January 7, 1988 ||
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| ''The Barbarian and the Geisha'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''The Bible'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the 1986 packaging.
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| ''Big Jake'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''The Big Red One'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the 1984 packaging.
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| ''The Big Trail'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''The Blue Max'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the 1984 packaging.
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| ''The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''Casey Kasem's Rock and Roll Gold Mine: The Soul Years'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || January 27, 1988 ||
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| ''Cleopatra'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the 1986 packaging.
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| ''The Comancheros'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''Commando'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the March 1986 packaging.
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| ''Defenders of the Earth: The Revenge of Astra'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Desiree'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''Dirty Dancing'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || January 6, 1988 ||
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| ''Dragnet'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 14, 1988 ||
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| ''For Better or for Worse: The Bestest Present'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The French Connection'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the 1984 packaging.
|-
| ''The Further Adventures of Wil Cwac Cwac'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 14, 1988 ||
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| ''A Gumby Adventure: Gumby and the Wild West'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''A Gumby Adventure: The Misadventures of Gumby'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''Lady Beware'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 14, 1988 ||
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| ''Little Big Man'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Longest Day'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the 1986 packaging.
|-
| ''A Merry Mirthworm Christmas'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''A Mirthworm Masquerade'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Morituri'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''Moses'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the 1984 packaging.
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| ''North to Alaska'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Patton'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the 1986 packaging.
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| ''Peter Bogner's Skiing Technique'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 14, 1988 ||
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| ''Phone Call from a Stranger'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Platoon'' || HBO Video || HBO Video || January 22, 1988 ||
* Delayed from the intended release date of October 7, 1987, due to a preliminary injunction obtained by Vestron.
* Tapes printed before the injunction use the 1987 HBO Video logo, while tapes printed afterwards use the 1988 HBO Video logo; the content is otherwise unaltered between versions.
|-
| ''The Postman Always Rings Twice'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the 1984 packaging.
|-
| ''Predator'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 21, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Rate It X'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 14, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Rio Lobo'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Robe'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the January 1987 packaging.
|-
| ''RoboCop'' || Orion Home Video || Orion Home Video || January 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Romantic Comedy'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the August 1984 packaging.
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| ''Short Circuit'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the November 1986 packaging.
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| ''A Special Valentine with the Family Circus'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''Thundercats: The Spaceship Between the Sands'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 14, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the 1984 packaging.
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| ''The Undefeated'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Velveteen Rabbit'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Victory'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the 1985 packaging.
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| ''The Virgin Queen'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Yentl'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the September 1984 packaging.
|}
 
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''The Apartment'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''Beauty and the Beast'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Black Caesar'' || Filmways Home Video || Orion Home Video || February 25, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Bucktown'' || Filmways Home Video || Orion Home Video || February 25, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
* Originally scheduled for release on January 28.
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| ''Curly Top'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Dimples'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Dot and the Smugglers'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Heidi'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
|-
| ''He's My Girl'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Hell Up in Harlem'' || Filmways Home Video || Orion Home Video || February 25, 1988 ||
|-
| ''In the Heat of the Night'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Just Around the Corner'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Little Colonel'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Little Miss Broadway'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Littlest Rebel'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Lost Boys'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 24, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Magnificent Seven'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Maple Town Stories: Medicine from Maple Mountain'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
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| ''Maple Town Stories: The Prettiest Dress in Maple Town'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Messenger'' || Orion Home Video || Orion Home Video || February 25, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Midnight Cowboy'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Monster Squad'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || February 10, 1988 ||
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| ''Poor Little Rich Girl'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Raging Bull'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Rumpelstiltskin'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Spaceballs'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Stowaway'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Strawberry Shortcake's Housewarming Surprise'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Sunset Limousine'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Thief'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
|-
| ''WarGames'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
|-
| ''West Side Story'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Wet Gold'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
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| ''Fatal Pulse'' || Celebrity Home Entertainment || Celebrity Home Entertainment || March 17, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Hamburger Hill'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || March 2, 1988 ||
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| ''Maid to Order'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || March 10, 1988 ||
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| ''Rest in Pieces'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || March 10, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Stakeout'' || Touchstone Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || March 15, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Three Fishketeers'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || March 10, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Terror Squad'' || Forum Home Video || Forum Home Video || March 30, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || March 3, 1988 ||
|}
 
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''Adventures in Babysitting'' || Touchstone Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || April 12, 1988 ||
|-
| ''A Gumby Adventure: Gumby and the Moon Boggles'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || April 7, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Less Than Zero'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || April 14, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Nightflyers'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || April 7, 1988 ||
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| ''Canine Cunning'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || May 5, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Can't Buy Me Love'' || Touchstone Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || May 17, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Circus 1,2,3's'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || May 5, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Circus ABC's'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || May 5, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Bare Necessities'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || May 31, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Heigh-Ho'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || May 31, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: You Can Fly'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || May 31, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || May 31, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Donald in Mathmagic Land'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || May 31, 1988 ||
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| ''The Greatest Clown Acts of All Time'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || May 5, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || May 31, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Mickey's Magical World'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || May 31, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Most Death-Defying Circus Acts of All Time'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || May 5, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || May 26, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Offspring'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || May 5, 1988 ||
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| ''PGA Tour Golf: The Short Game'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || May 5, 1988 ||
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| ''The Reluctant Dragon'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || May 31, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Running Man'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || May 25, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Throw Momma from the Train'' || Orion Home Video || Orion Home Video || May 26, 1988 ||
|}
 
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| ''Animalympics'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 9, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Full Metal Jacket'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || June 22, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Ironweed'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || June 22, 1988 ||
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| ''PGA Tour Golf: Tips from the Tour'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 16, 1988 ||
* Duplicated exclusively at Rank Video Services America, even before RVSA purchased IVE's duplication facilities.
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| ''Pippin'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 9, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Rikki-Tikki-Tavi'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 16, 1988 ||
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''Action Jackson'' || Lorimar Home Video || Lorimar Home Video || July 13, 1988 ||
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| ''Angel Heart'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 14, 1988 ||
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| ''Beyond the Door'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || July 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by Media Home Entertainment.
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| ''Christmas with Luciano Pavarotti'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || July 15, 1988 ||
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| ''Clifford's Fun with Letters'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 14, 1988 ||
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| ''Clifford's Fun with Shapes'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 14, 1988 ||
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| ''Dark Eyes'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || July 7, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Demonoid'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || July 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by Media Home Entertainment.
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| ''D.O.A.'' || Touchstone Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || July 19, 1988 ||
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| ''Extreme Prejudice'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 14, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Eye of the Tiger'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 14, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Gaby'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || July 21, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Haunts'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || July 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by Media Home Entertainment.
|-
| ''KGB: The Soviet Sword and Shield of Action'' || Hollywood Select Video || Hollywood Select Video || July 22, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Leonard Part 6'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || July 7, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Maple Town Stories: A Baby Comes to Maple Town'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 14, 1988 ||
|-
| ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>Neath the Arizona Skies'' || Hollywood Select Video || Hollywood Select Video || July 22, 1988 ||
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| ''Paisan'' || Hollywood Select Video || Hollywood Select Video || July 22, 1988 ||
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| ''The Penitent'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 14, 1988 ||
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| ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 14, 1988 ||
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| ''Silent Scream'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || July 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by Media Home Entertainment.
|-
| ''Sleuth'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || July 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by Media Home Entertainment.
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| ''The Stranger'' || Hollywood Select Video || Hollywood Select Video || July 22, 1988 ||
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| ''Tennis by Braden'' || Hollywood Select Video || Hollywood Select Video || July 22, 1988 ||
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| ''Three for the Road'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 14, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Trading Hearts'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 14, 1988 ||
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| ''The Werewolf vs. the Vampire Woman'' || Hollywood Select Video || Hollywood Select Video || July 22, 1988 ||
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| ''The Young Magician'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 14, 1988 ||
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| ''Barney & The Backyard Gang: The Backyard Show'' || Kids Edutainment Video || The Lyons Group || August 29, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight'' || Random House Home Video || Random House || August 1988 ||
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| ''The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers'' || Random House Home Video || Random House || August 1988 ||
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| ''The Berenstain Bears & the Messy Room'' || Random House Home Video || Random House || August 1988 ||
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| ''The Berenstain Bears & the Truth'' || Random House Home Video || Random House || August 1988 ||
|-
| ''Coffy'' || Filmways Home Video || Orion Home Video || August 25, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Dot and the Koala'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || August 11, 1988 ||
|-
| ''For Keeps'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || August 11, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Foxy Brown'' || Filmways Home Video || Orion Home Video || August 25, 1988 ||
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| ''Friday Foster'' || Filmways Home Video || Orion Home Video || August 25, 1988 ||
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| ''Moschops: The Adventures in Dinosaurland'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || August 11, 1988 ||
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| ''Quiet Thunder'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || August 11, 1988 ||
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| ''Satisfaction'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || August 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Scream, Blacula, Scream'' || Filmways Home Video || Orion Home Video || August 25, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Sheba, Baby'' || Filmways Home Video || Orion Home Video || August 25, 1988 ||
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| ''Stand by Me: AIDS Day Benefit Live from Wembley'' || RadioVision Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || August 4, 1988 ||
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! Title !! Label(s) !! Marketer(s) !! Distributor(s) !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''BreakerThe MorantAbominable Dr. Phibes'' || InternationalVestron Video Entertainment|| Vestron Video || MCAVestron DistributingVideo<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video CorporationGroup<sup>CA<sup> || September 1528, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Clifford'sAn FunAmerican withWerewolf Oppositesin London'' || FamilyVestron HomeVideo Entertainment|| Vestron Video || MCAVestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus DistributingVideo CorporationGroup<sup>CA<sup> || September 1528, 1988 ||
|-
| ''CliffordBlack Orpheus''s Fun|| withConnoisseur Sounds''Video Collection || FamilyConnoisseur HomeVideo EntertainmentCollection || MCATamarelle's DistributingInternational CorporationFilms || September 1527, 1988 ||
* Previously available from MGM/CBS Home Video.
|-
| ''DudesBladestorm'' || InternationalMogul Video Entertainment || MCAMogul Communications || DistributingMogul CorporationCommunications || September 1529, 1988 ||
|-
| ''HoosiersThe Blue Iguana'' || VestronParamount Home Video || VestronParamount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || September 111, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Breaker Morant'' || International Video Entertainment || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation<sup>US</sup><br>MCA Home Video Canada<sup>CA<sup> || September 15, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Changeling'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Clifford's Fun with Opposites'' || Family Home Entertainment || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation<sup>US</sup><br>MCA Home Video Canada<sup>CA<sup> || September 15, 1988 ||
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| ''Clifford's Fun with Sounds'' || Family Home Entertainment || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation<sup>US</sup><br>MCA Home Video Canada<sup>CA<sup> || September 15, 1988 ||
|-
| ''A Day in the Death of Joe Egg'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || September 29, 1988 ||
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| ''The Detective'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || September 29, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Dudes'' || International Video Entertainment || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation<sup>US</sup><br>MCA Home Video Canada<sup>CA<sup> || September 15, 1988 ||
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| ''From Beyond'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Garden of Delights'' || Connoisseur Video Collection || Connoisseur Video Collection || Tamarelle's International Films || September 27, 1988 ||
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| ''General Della Rovere'' || Connoisseur Video Collection || Connoisseur Video Collection || Tamarelle's International Films || September 27, 1988 ||
* Previously available from Hollywood Home Theatre.
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| ''Ghoulies'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters!'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Great Lover'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || September 29, 1988 ||
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| ''The Hereafter'' || Mogul Video || Mogul Communications || Mogul Communications || September 29, 1988 ||
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| ''Hoosiers'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 1, 1988 ||
* Reissue according to the terms of Vestron's settlement with HBO and Hemdale at the start of the year.
|-
| ''MadThe ScientistIncubus'' || FamilyVestron HomeVideo Entertainment|| Vestron Video || MCAVestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus DistributingVideo CorporationGroup<sup>CA<sup> || September 1528, 1988 ||
|-
| ''PlatoonThe Last House on the Left'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 128, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Lifeforce'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Little Shop of Horrors'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Mad Scientist'' || Family Home Entertainment || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation<sup>US</sup><br>MCA Home Video Canada<sup>CA<sup> || September 15, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Masquerade'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || September 29, 1988 ||
|-
| ''NOVA: Animal Olympians'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''NOVA: The Science of Murder'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
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| ''NOVA: The Shape of Things'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Platoon'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 1, 1988 ||
* Reissue according to the terms of Vestron's settlement with HBO and Hemdale at the start of the year.
|-
| ''Rawhead Rex'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Re-Animator'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Rodan, the Flying Monster'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''School Daze'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || September 29, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game'' || Random House Home Video || Random House || Random House || September 30, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Sesame Street: The Best of Ernie and Bert'' || Random House Home Video || Random House || Random House || September 30, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Sesame Street: Big Bird's Favorite Party Games'' || Random House Home Video || Random House || Random House || September 30, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Sesame Street: Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street'' || Random House Home Video || Random House || Random House || September 30, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors'' || Connoisseur Video Collection || Connoisseur Video Collection || Tamarelle's International Films || September 27, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Shoot the Piano Player'' || Connoisseur Video Collection || Connoisseur Video Collection || Tamarelle's International Films || September 27, 1988 ||
* Previously available from Hollywood Home Theatre.
|-
| ''Strangers When We Meet'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || September 29, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Switching Channels'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || September 29, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Unholy'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Vice Versa'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || September 29, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Wee Sing: Grandpa's Magical Toys'' || Price/Stern/Sloan || Price/Stern/Sloan || Price/Stern/Sloan || September 1988 ||
|-
| ''Wild Strawberries'' || Connoisseur Video Collection || Connoisseur Video Collection || Tamarelle's International Films || September 27, 1988 ||
* Previously available from CBS/Fox Video.
|-
| ''Zelly and Me'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || September 29, 1988 ||
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| ''Alice in Wonderland'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Beetlejuice'' || Warner Home Video || Warner Home Video || October 19, 1988 ||
|-
| ''C.H.U.D.'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by Media Home Entertainment.
|-
| ''Cinderella'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Corsican Brothers'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by The Nostalgia Merchant.
|-
| ''Crazy Fat Ethel II'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Bare Necessities'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Heigh-Ho'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: You Can Fly'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Dumbo'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Dracula's Widow'' || HBO Video || HBO Video || October 27, 1988 ||
|-
| ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || October 27, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Great White Videos'' || RadioVision Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || October 20, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Grey Fox'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by Media Home Entertainment.
|-
| ''How to Salsa'' || Cannon Video || Warner Home Video || October 13, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Mary Poppins'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Miss Annie Rooney'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by The Video Late Show.
|-
| ''Rambo III'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || October 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Salsa: The Motion Picture'' || Cannon Video || Warner Home Video || October 13, 1988 ||
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| ''The Steadfast Tin Soldier'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by King of Video.
|-
| ''The Sword in the Stone'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Ted E. Bear, Cub Reporter'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || October 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Three Caballeros'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Tim'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by Media Home Entertainment.
|-
| ''Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || October 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Velveteen Rabbit'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by King of Video.
|-
| ''Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Special Edition'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Wind in the Willows'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''Alphaville'' || Connoisseur Video Collection || Tamarelle's International Films || November 22, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' || Connoisseur Video Collection || Tamarelle's International Films || November 22, 1988 ||
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| ''The Floating Weeds'' || Connoisseur Video Collection || Tamarelle's International Films || November 22, 1988 ||
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| ''Rented Lips'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || November 10, 1988 ||
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| ''Sparky's Magic Piano'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || November 10, 1988 ||
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| ''Spirit of the Beehive'' || Connoisseur Video Collection || Tamarelle's International Films || November 22, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || November 10, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Three Men and a Baby'' || Touchstone Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || November 15, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Willow'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || November 22, 1988 ||
|}
 
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| ''Barney & The Backyard Gang: Three Wishes'' || Kids Edutainment Video || The Lyons Group || December 10, 1988 ||
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| ''Clambake'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Danger Zone'' || Turner Home Entertainment || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Double Trouble'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Elvis on Tour'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Elvis: That's the Way It Is'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Follow That Dream'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Frankie and Johnny'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Girl Happy'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Harum Scarum'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Howling IV: The Original Nightmare'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || December 8, 1988 ||
|-
| ''It Happened at the World's Fair'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Jailhouse Rock'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Kid Galahad'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Kissin' Cousins'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Live a Little, Love a Little'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Maple Town Stories: The Case of the Missing Candy'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || December 8, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Point Blank'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Red Heat'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || December 29, 1988 ||
* Originally scheduled for release on January 12, 1989.
|-
| ''Speedway'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Spinout'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Stay Away, Joe'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding Teenagers'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || December 8, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Trouble with Girls'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Viva Las Vegas'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || December 6, 1988 ||
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! Title !! Label(s) !! Marketer !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''1969'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Absolution'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ActionAmerican JacksonGothic'' || LorimarVidmark Home VideoEntertainment || LorimarVidmark Entertainment || HomeVidmark VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''AdventuresAnd inI BabysittingAlone Survived'' || TouchstonePrism Home VideoEntertainment || BuenaPrism VistaEntertainment || HomePrism VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''American GothicAnguish'' || VidmarkKey EntertainmentVideo || VidmarkThe CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox EntertainmentCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''AndAssault Iof Alonethe SurvivedKiller Bimbos'' || PrismUrban EntertainmentClassics Video || PrismUrban Classics Video || Urban Classics EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''AnguishBarbie and the Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth'' || KeyHi-Tops Video || TheMedia Home Entertainment || Media CBS/FoxHome CompanyEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''AssaultBehind ofEnemy the Killer BimbosLines'' || UrbanMedia Home Entertainment || Media ClassicsHome VideoEntertainment || UrbanMedia ClassicsHome VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''BeetlejuiceBenji the Hunted'' || WarnerWalt Disney Home Video || WarnerBuena Vista Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''BehindThe EnemyBounty LinesMan'' || MediaPlayhouse HomeVideo Entertainment|| The CBS/Fox Company || MediaThe HomeCBS/Fox EntertainmentCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheBorn Berenstainto BearsRace'' Get|| inKey a Fight''Video || RandomThe HouseCBS/Fox Home VideoCompany || RandomThe HouseCBS/Fox Home VideoCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheCannibal Berenstain Bears Learn About StrangersHolocaust'' || Random House HomeMogul Video || RandomMogul HouseCommunications Home|| VideoMogul Communications || 1988 ||
* Cancelled due to Mogul going under before release.
|-
| ''The BerenstainCare Bears &in theSpace: MessySecond RoomStage'' || Random HouseFries Home Video || RandomFries Home Video || HouseFries Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''The BerenstainCare Bears: &The TooShow MuchMust BirthdayGo On'' || Random HouseFries Home Video || RandomFries Home Video || HouseFries Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Bounty ManCarpetbaggers'' || PlayhouseParamount Home Video || TheParamount CBS/FoxHome CompanyVideo || Paramount Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''BornCellar to RaceDweller'' || KeyEmpire Video || TheNew CBS/FoxWorld CompanyVideo || New World Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Can't Buy MeCheerleader LoveCamp'' || TouchstonePrism Home VideoEntertainment || BuenaPrism VistaEntertainment || HomePrism VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''The CarpetbaggersDark Side'' || ParamountVidmark Home VideoEntertainment || ParamountVidmark Entertainment || HomeVidmark VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''CellarDay Dwellerof the Wolves'' || EmpireSaturn VideoProductions || NewSaturn Productions || WorldSaturn VideoProductions || 1988 ||
|-
| ''CheerleaderDeep CampSpace'' || PrismTrans World Entertainment || PrismTrans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheDefense Dark SidePlay'' || VidmarkTrans World Entertainment || VidmarkTrans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''DeepDenver, Spacethe Last Dinosaur'' || TransFries Home Video || Fries WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || TransFries WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''DefenseDenver, Playthe Last Dinosaur: Big Top Denver'' || TransFries Home Video || Fries WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || TransFries WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''DragnetDenver, the Last Dinosaur: Chips n' Robbers'' || MCAFries Home Video || MCAFries DistributingHome CorporationVideo || Fries Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''D.O.A.Dogs in Space'' || Touchstone HomeKey Video || BuenaThe VistaCBS/Fox HomeCompany Video|| The CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Dogs in SpaceDolls'' || KeyVestron Video || TheVestron CBS/FoxVideo Company|| Vestron Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''DollsDouble Dare: The Inside Scoop'' || VestronKids Klassics Home Video || VestronKids Klassics Home Video || GoodTimes Home Video Corporation || 1988 ||
|-
| ''E.T.Double theDare: Extra-TerrestrialThe Messiest Moments'' || MCAKids Klassics Home Video || MCAKids DistributingKlassics Home Video || GoodTimes Home Video Corporation || 1988 ||
|-
| ''EmpireDroid'' of|| SpiritualEven Ninja''Steven Productions || TransEven WorldSteven EntertainmentProductions || TransEven WorldSteven EntertainmentProductions || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Empire Stateof Spiritual Ninja'' || VidmarkTrans World Entertainment || VidmarkTrans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''FatalEmpire AttractionState'' || ParamountVidmark Home VideoEntertainment || ParamountVidmark Entertainment || HomeVidmark VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''FatsoAn Evening with Kitten'' || PlayhouseRhino Home Video || TheRhino Records || CBS/FoxRhino CompanyRecords || 1988 ||
|-
| ''FireFatal FightAttraction'' || TransParamount WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || TransParamount WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || Paramount Home Video || June 1, 1988 ||
|-
| ''For KeepsFatso'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures HomePlayhouse Video || RCAThe CBS/ColumbiaFox PicturesCompany Home|| VideoThe CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ForbiddenFire Passion:Fight'' Oscar|| Wilde:Trans TheWorld Movie''Entertainment || VidmarkTrans World Entertainment || VidmarkTrans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Godzilla,Forbidden KingPassion: ofOscar theWilde: Monsters!The Movie'' || VestronVidmark Entertainment || Vidmark VideoEntertainment || VestronVidmark VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''GodzillaGanjasaurus vs. GiganRex'' || NewRhino WorldHome Video || NewRhino WorldRecords Video|| Rhino Records || 1988 ||
|-
| ''GodzillaThe vs. MechagodzillaGodson'' || NewCommand Home Video || Command WorldHome Video || NewCommand WorldHome Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''GhouliesGodzilla IIvs. Gigan'' || VestronNew World Video || VestronNew World Video || New World Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''GhostGodzilla Townvs. Mechagodzilla'' || EmpireNew World Video || New World Video || New World Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''GulagGhoulies II'' || PrismVestron Video || Vestron EntertainmentVideo || PrismVestron EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''HeidiGhost Town'' || PlayhouseEmpire Video || TheNew CBS/FoxWorld CompanyVideo || New World Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''HellraiserGulag'' || NewPrism World VideoEntertainment || NewPrism Entertainment || WorldPrism VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''History of the WorldHeathcliff: PartHeathcliff 1Gets Framed'' || KeyDiC Video<br/>Golden Book Video<br/>GoldenVision || TheWestern CBS/FoxPublishing Company || Western Publishing Company || 1988 ||
|-
| ''HobogoblinsHellraiser'' || TransNew World EntertainmentVideo || TransNew World EntertainmentVideo || New World Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''HowHistory to Draw Comicsof the MarvelWorld: Part Way1'' || New WorldKey Video || NewThe WorldCBS/Fox VideoCompany || The CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Husbands,Hobogoblins'' Wives,|| MoneyTrans andWorld Murder''Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''IntoHow to Draw Comics the HomelandMarvel Way'' || LorimarNew World Video || New HomeWorld Video || LorimarNew HomeWorld Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Jack'sHusbands, BackWives, Money and Murder'' || ParamountTrans World Entertainment || Trans HomeWorld VideoEntertainment || ParamountTrans HomeWorld VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''JailbirdI RockSpy: Night Train to Madrid'' || Trans3-G Home Video || 3-G WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || Trans3-G WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''JimI Henson's Play-Along VideoSpy: Hey, YouTonya''re as|| Funny3-G asHome Fozzie Bear''Video || Lorimar3-G Home Video || Warner3-G Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''JimIdentity HensonCrisis''s Play-Along|| Video:Command MotherHome Goose Stories''Video || LorimarCommand Home Video || WarnerCommand Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''JimInto Hensonthe Homeland''s Play-Along|| Video:Lorimar NeatHome Stuff to Know & To Do''Video || Lorimar Home Video || WarnerLorimar Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Jim HensonJack's Play-AlongBack'' Video:|| Peek-A-Boo:Paramount AHome Big Surprise for Little People''Video || LorimarParamount Home Video || WarnerParamount Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''JimJailbird HensonRock''s Play-Along|| Video:Trans Sing-Along,World Dance-Along, Do-Along''Entertainment || LorimarTrans HomeWorld VideoEntertainment || WarnerTrans HomeWorld VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''JimJane HensonFonda's Play-AlongComplete Video:Workout'' Wow,|| You'reLorimar aHome Cartoonist!''Video || Lorimar Home Video || WarnerLorimar Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''KansasJim Henson's Play-Along Video: Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear'' || Lorimar Home Video || MediaLorimar Home EntertainmentVideo || MediaLorimar Home EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''LethalJim WeaponHenson's Play-Along Video: Mother Goose Stories'' || Lorimar Home Video || WarnerLorimar Home Video || WarnerLorimar Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheJim LastHenson's DaysPlay-Along ofVideo: FrankNeat andStuff Jesseto JamesKnow & To Do'' || VidmarkLorimar EntertainmentHome Video || VidmarkLorimar Home Video || Lorimar Home EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''LikeJim Father,Henson's LikePlay-Along SonVideo: Peek-A-Boo: A Big Surprise for Little People'' || Tri-StarLorimar Home Video || RCA/ColumbiaLorimar Home Video || PicturesLorimar Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheJim LivingHenson's Play-Along Video: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, DaylightsDo-Along'' || CBS/FoxLorimar Home Video || TheLorimar CBS/FoxHome CompanyVideo || Lorimar Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Jim Henson's Play-Along Video: Wow, You're a Cartoonist!'' || Lorimar Home Video || Lorimar Home Video || Lorimar Home Video || 1988 ||
| ''Lone Wolf'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Made in HeavenKansas'' || LorimarMedia Home Entertainment || Media Home VideoEntertainment || LorimarMedia Home VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''MamaThe DraculaLegend of Sleepy Hollow'' || TransRabbit Ears Productions || Sony WorldVideo EntertainmentSoftware || TransSony WorldVideo EntertainmentSoftware || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Mama'sLethal Dirty GirlsWeapon'' || TransWarner Home Video || Warner WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || TransWarner WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ManiacThe CopLast Days of Frank and Jesse James'' || Trans WorldVidmark Entertainment || TransVidmark Entertainment || WorldVidmark Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Like Father, Like Son'' || Tri-Star Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || 1988 ||
| ''Master Blaster'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''MenThe ofLiving SteelDaylights'' || TransCBS/Fox WorldVideo Entertainment|| The CBS/Fox Company || TransThe WorldCBS/Fox EntertainmentCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ALone MinuteWolf'' to|| Pray,Prism A Second to Die''Entertainment || PlayhousePrism VideoEntertainment || The CBS/FoxPrism CompanyEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''A MonthMacross in: Clash of the CountryBionoids'' | Celebrity's Just for Kids || LorimarCelebrity Home VideoEntertainment || LorimarCelebrity Home VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Mother,Made Jugsin and SpeedHeaven'' || KeyLorimar Home Video || TheLorimar CBS/FoxHome CompanyVideo || Lorimar Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''NightmareMama SistersDracula'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Ninja:Mama's TheDirty BattalionGirls'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''NinjaMan the Violent SorcererBeast'' || TransRhino WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || TransRhino Records || WorldRhino EntertainmentRecords || 1988 ||
|-
| ''OrphansManiac Cop'' || LorimarTrans World Entertainment || Trans HomeWorld VideoEntertainment || LorimarTrans HomeWorld VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheMaster Pearl of DeathBlaster'' || KeyPrism VideoEntertainment || ThePrism Entertainment || CBS/FoxPrism CompanyEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''PhantomMemorial of DeathDay'' || VidmarkMedia Home Entertainment || VidmarkMedia Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''PredatorMen of Steel'' || CBS/FoxTrans World Entertainment || Trans World VideoEntertainment || TheTrans CBS/FoxWorld CompanyEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''PrinceA ofMinute Darknessto Pray, A Second to Die'' || MCA HomePlayhouse Video || MCAThe CBS/Fox Company || The DistributingCBS/Fox CorporationCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheMission PrincipalStarbust'' || Tri-StarRhino Home Video || RCA/ColumbiaRhino PicturesRecords Home|| VideoRhino Records || 1988 ||
|-
| ''PrisonA Month in the Country'' || EmpireLorimar Home Video || Lorimar Home Video || NewLorimar WorldHome Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''PrivateMother, Road:Jugs Noand TrespassingSpeed'' || TransKey WorldVideo Entertainment|| The CBS/Fox Company || TransThe WorldCBS/Fox EntertainmentCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''QuarterbackNasty PrincessRabbit'' || PlayhouseRhino Home Video || TheRhino Records || CBS/FoxRhino CompanyRecords || 1988 ||
|-
| ''RedNightmare NightsSisters'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Return of the Killer TomatoesNinja: The SequelBattalion'' || NewTrans World Entertainment || Trans World VideoEntertainment || NewTrans World VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''RidingNinja Fastthe Violent Sorcerer'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Secret GardenOrphans'' || PlayhouseLorimar Home Video || TheLorimar CBS/FoxHome CompanyVideo || Lorimar Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SecretThe ObessionPearl of Death'' || VidmarkKey EntertainmentVideo || VidmarkThe CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox EntertainmentCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SesamePecos Street: The Alphabet GameBill'' || RandomRabbit HouseEars Home VideoProductions || RandomSony HouseVideo HomeSoftware || Sony Video Software || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Sesame Street: The BestPhantom of Ernie and BertDeath'' || RandomVidmark HouseEntertainment Home|| VideoVidmark Entertainment || Random House HomeVidmark VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Sesame StreetPenthouse: BigOn Bird's Favoritethe PartyWild GamesSide'' || RandomPenthouse HouseVideo Home|| Vestron Video || Random House HomeVestron Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SesamePlayboy's Street:1989 CountVideo ItPlaymate Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame StreetCalendar'' || RandomPlayboy HouseVideo Home|| HBO Video || Random House HomeHBO Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SkyPlayboy PiratesVideo Centerfold: 35th Anniversary Playmate Fawna MacLaren'' || KeyPlayboy Video || TheHBO CBS/FoxVideo Company|| HBO Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SlamPlayboy DanceVideo Centerfold: Playmate of the Year India Allen'' || KeyPlayboy Video || TheHBO CBS/FoxVideo Company|| HBO Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SororityPrince Babesof in the Slimeball Bowl-O-RamaDarkness'' || UrbanMCA ClassicsHome Video || UrbanMCA ClassicsHome Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || 1988 ||
|-
| ''StarrcadeThe Principal'87:' || ChiTri-TownStar Heat''Video || TurnerRCA/Columbia Pictures Home EntertainmentVideo || MGMRCA/UAColumbia Pictures Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''StrandedPrison'' || RCA/ColumbiaEmpire PicturesVideo Home|| New World Video || RCA/Columbia PicturesNew HomeWorld Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SunsetPrivate Road: No Trespassing'' || RCA/ColumbiaTrans PicturesWorld Home VideoEntertainment ||| RCA/ColumbiaTrans World Entertainment || PicturesTrans HomeWorld VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SuspectQuarterback Princess'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures HomePlayhouse Video || RCAThe CBS/ColumbiaFox PicturesCompany Home|| VideoThe CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TerrorRed TrainNights'' || KeyTrans VideoWorld Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || TheTrans CBS/FoxWorld CompanyEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ThreeReturn Menof andthe aKiller BabyTomatoes: The Sequel'' || TouchstoneNew HomeWorld Video || BuenaNew World Video || VistaNew HomeWorld Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ThristRiding Fast'' || MediaTrans World Entertainment || Trans HomeWorld Entertainment || MediaTrans HomeWorld Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ThrowSaber MommaRider fromand the TrainStar Sheriffs: Star Sheriff Roundup'' || OrionFries Home Video || Fries Home Video || OrionFries Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TransmutationsThe Sadist'' || VestronRhino Home Video || VestronRhino VideoRecords || Rhino Records || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TreasureThe ofSecret the Moon GoddessGarden'' || VidmarkPlayhouse EntertainmentVideo || VidmarkThe CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox EntertainmentCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TwoSecret Kinds of LoveObession'' || PlayhouseVidmark VideoEntertainment || TheVidmark Entertainment || CBS/FoxVidmark CompanyEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheShock! UnnamableShock! Shock!'' || VidmarkRhino Home Video || Rhino EntertainmentRecords || VidmarkRhino EntertainmentRecords || 1988 ||
|-
| ''VanishingSky ActPirates'' || VidmarkKey EntertainmentVideo || VidmarkThe EntertainmentCBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ViceSlam VersaDance'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures HomeKey Video || RCAThe CBS/ColumbiaFox PicturesCompany Home|| VideoThe CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
|-
| ''WillowSorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama'' || RCA/ColumbiaUrban Pictures HomeClassics Video || RCA/ColumbiaUrban Classics Video || PicturesUrban HomeClassics Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheStarrcade Wolf'87: Chi-Town Heat'' || TransTurner WorldHome Entertainment || TransTurner WorldHome Entertainment || MGM/UA Home Video || 1988 ||
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| ''X-MenStranded'' || NewRCA/Columbia WorldPictures Home Video || NewRCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures WorldHome Video || 1988 ||
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| ''ZachariahSunset'' || PlayhouseRCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || TheRCA/Columbia CBSPictures Home Video || RCA/FoxColumbia CompanyPictures Home Video || 1988 ||
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| ''Zombie Island MassacreSuspect'' || MediaRCA/Columbia Pictures Home EntertainmentVideo || MediaRCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
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| ''The Tailor of Gloucester'' || Rabbit Ears Productions || Sony Video Software || Sony Video Software || 1988 ||
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| ''Terror Train'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
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| ''Thrist'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || 1988 ||
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| ''Transmutations'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || 1988 ||
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| ''Treasure of the Moon Goddess'' || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || 1988 ||
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| ''Two Kinds of Love'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
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| ''The Unnamable'' || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || 1988 ||
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| ''Vanishing Act'' || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || 1988 ||
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| ''Vice Versa'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || 1988 ||
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| ''Wee Sing Together'' || Price/Stern/Sloan || Price/Stern/Sloan || Price/Stern/Sloan || 1988 ||
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| ''Wee Sing: King Cole's Party'' || Price/Stern/Sloan || Price/Stern/Sloan || Price/Stern/Sloan || 1988 ||
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| ''The Wolf'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
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| ''X-Men'' || New World Video || New World Video || New World Video || 1988 ||
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| ''Zachariah'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
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| ''Zombie Island Massacre'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || 1988 ||
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=== September ===
=== October ===
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || October 27, 1988 ||
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=== November ===
=== December ===
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