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** 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''':
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** 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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| ''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 ||
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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 ||
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| ''Defenders of the Earth: The Revenge of Astra'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''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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| ''A Mirthworm Masquerade'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''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 ||
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| ''Patton'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
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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 ||
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| ''Platoon'' || HBO Video || HBO Video || January 22, 1988 ||
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| ''Rate It X'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 14, 1988 ||
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| ''Rio Lobo'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''The Robe'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''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 ||
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| ''The Velveteen Rabbit'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''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 ||
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| ''Yentl'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
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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 ||
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| ''Hell Up in Harlem'' || Filmways Home Video || Orion Home Video || February 25, 1988 ||
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| ''In the Heat of the Night'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''Just Around the Corner'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
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| ''The Lost Boys'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 24, 1988 ||
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| ''The Magnificent Seven'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''Maple Town Stories: Medicine from Maple Mountain'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
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| ''The Messenger'' || Orion Home Video || Orion Home Video || February 25, 1988 ||
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| ''Midnight Cowboy'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''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 ||
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| ''Raging Bull'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
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| ''Sunset Limousine'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
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| ''Thief'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''WarGames'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''West Side Story'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''Wet Gold'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
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| ''Terror Squad'' || Forum Home Video || Forum Home Video || March 30, 1988 ||
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| ''Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || March 3, 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 ||
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| ''Rikki-Tikki-Tavi'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 16, 1988 ||
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| ''Black Orpheus'' || Connoisseur Video Collection || Connoisseur Video Collection || Tamarelle's International Films || September 27, 1988 ||
* Previously available from MGM/CBS Home Video.
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| ''Bladestorm'' || Mogul Video || Mogul Communications || Mogul Communications || September 29, 1988 ||
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| ''The Blue Iguana'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || September 11, 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 ||
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| ''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 ||
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| ''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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| ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters!'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
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| ''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 ||
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| ''Rodan, the Flying Monster'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
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| ''School Daze'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || September 29, 1988 ||
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| ''Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game'' || Random House Home Video || Random House || Random House || September 30, 1988 ||
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| ''Shoot the Piano Player'' || Connoisseur Video Collection || Connoisseur Video Collection || Tamarelle's International Films || September 27, 1988 ||
* Previously available from Hollywood Home Theatre.
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| ''Strangers When We Meet'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || September 29, 1988 ||
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| ''Switching Channels'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || September 29, 1988 ||
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| ''The Unholy'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
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| ''Vice Versa'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || September 29, 1988 ||
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| ''Wee Sing: Grandpa's Magical Toys'' || Price/Stern/Sloan || Price/Stern/Sloan || Price/Stern/Sloan || September 1988 ||
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| ''Wild Strawberries'' || Connoisseur Video Collection || Connoisseur Video Collection || Tamarelle's International Films || September 27, 1988 ||
* Previously available from CBS/Fox Video.
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| ''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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| ''Beetlejuice'' || Warner Home Video || Warner Home Video || October 19, 1988 ||
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| ''C.H.U.D.'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by Media Home Entertainment.
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| ''Cinderella'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
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| ''The Corsican Brothers'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by The Nostalgia Merchant.
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| ''Crazy Fat Ethel II'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
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| ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Bare Necessities'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
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| ''Great White Videos'' || RadioVision Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || October 20, 1988 ||
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| ''The Grey Fox'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by Media Home Entertainment.
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| ''How to Salsa'' || Cannon Video || Warner Home Video || October 13, 1988 ||
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| ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
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| ''Miss Annie Rooney'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by The Video Late Show.
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| ''Rambo III'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || October 6, 1988 ||
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| ''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.
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| ''The Sword in the Stone'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
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| ''The Three Caballeros'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
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| ''Tim'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by Media Home Entertainment.
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| ''Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || October 6, 1988 ||
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| ''The Velveteen Rabbit'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by King of Video.
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| ''Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Special Edition'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
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| ''Born to Race'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
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| ''Cannibal Holocaust'' || Mogul Video || Mogul Communications || Mogul Communications || 1988 ||
* Cancelled due to Mogul going under before release.
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| ''The Care Bears in Space: Second Stage'' || Fries Home Video || Fries Home Video || Fries Home Video || 1988 ||
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| ''Double Dare: The Messiest Moments'' || Kids Klassics Home Video || Kids Klassics Home Video || GoodTimes Home Video Corporation || 1988 ||
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| ''Droid'' || Even Steven Productions || Even Steven Productions || Even Steven Productions || 1988 ||
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| ''Empire of Spiritual Ninja'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
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| ''Gulag'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || 1988 ||
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| ''Heathcliff: Heathcliff Gets Framed'' || DiC Video<br/>Golden Book Video<br/>GoldenVision || Western Publishing Company || Western Publishing Company || 1988 ||
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| ''Hellraiser'' || New World Video || New World Video || New World Video || 1988 ||
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| ''Lone Wolf'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || 1988 ||
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| ''Macross in: Clash of the Bionoids'' | Celebrity's Just for Kids || Celebrity Home Entertainment || Celebrity Home Entertainment || 1988 ||
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| ''Made in Heaven'' || Lorimar Home Video || Lorimar Home Video || Lorimar Home Video || 1988 ||
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| ''Master Blaster'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || 1988 ||
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| ''Memorial Day'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || 1988 ||
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| ''Men of Steel'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
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