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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.
* September: Orion Home Video begins distributing titles by Nelson Entertainment.
** 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 ||
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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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| ''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 ||
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| ''The French Connection'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the 1984 packaging.
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| ''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 ||
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| ''The Longest Day'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1988 ||
* Reuses the 1986 packaging.
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| ''A Merry Mirthworm Christmas'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 28, 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 ||
* 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.
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| ''Predator'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 21, 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 ||
* Reuses the January 1987 packaging.
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| ''RoboCop'' || Orion Home Video || Orion Home Video || January 28, 1988 ||
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| ''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 ||
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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 ||
|-
| ''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 ||
* 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 ||
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| ''Bucktown'' || Filmways Home Video || Orion Home Video || February 25, 1988 ||
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| ''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 ||
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| ''Dimples'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
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| ''Dot and the Smugglers'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
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| ''Heidi'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
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| ''He's My Girl'' || International Video 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 Little Colonel'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
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| ''Little Miss Broadway'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
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| ''The Littlest Rebel'' || 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 ||
|-
| ''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 ||
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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 ||
|-
| ''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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| ''Rumpelstiltskin'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
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| ''Spaceballs'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''Stowaway'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
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| ''Strawberry Shortcake's Housewarming Surprise'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 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 ||
|-
| ''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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| ''Rest in Pieces'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || March 10, 1988 ||
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| ''Stakeout'' || Touchstone Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || March 15, 1988 ||
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| ''The Three Fishketeers'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || March 10, 1988 ||
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| ''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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| ''Adventures in Babysitting'' || Touchstone Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || April 12, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || April 1, 1988 ||
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| ''Electra Glide in Blue'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || April 1, 1988 ||
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| ''A Gumby Adventure: Gumby and the Moon Boggles'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || April 7, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Killer Elite'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || April 1, 1988 ||
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| ''Less Than Zero'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || April 14, 1988 ||
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| ''Nightflyers'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || April 7, 1988 ||
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| ''Spiral Zone: Ride the Whirlwind'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || April 7, 1988 ||
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| ''The Wilby Conspiracy'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || April 1, 1988 ||
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| ''Women at Large: Breakout'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || April 7, 1988 ||
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| ''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 ||
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| ''The Offspring'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || May 5, 1988 ||
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| ''Animalympics'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 9, 1988 ||
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| ''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 ||
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| ''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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| ''Eye of the Tiger'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 14, 1988 ||
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| ''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.
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| ''KGB: The Soviet Sword and Shield of Action'' || Hollywood Select Video || Hollywood Select Video || July 22, 1988 ||
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| ''Leonard Part 6'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || July 7, 1988 ||
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| ''The Manchurian Candidate'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || July 20, 1988 ||
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| ''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.
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| ''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 ||
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| ''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 ||
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| ''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 ||
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| ''Coffy'' || Filmways Home Video || Orion Home Video || August 25, 1988 ||
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| ''Dot and the Koala'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || August 11, 1988 ||
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| ''For Keeps'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || August 11, 1988 ||
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| ''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 ||
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| ''Scream, Blacula, Scream'' || Filmways Home Video || Orion Home Video || August 25, 1988 ||
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| ''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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| ''The Abominable Dr. Phibes'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
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| ''An American Werewolf in London'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
|-
| ''BreakerBlack MorantOrpheus'' || InternationalConnoisseur Video EntertainmentCollection || MCAConnoisseur DistributingVideo Collection || Tamarelle's International CorporationFilms || September 1527, 1988 ||
* Previously available from MGM/CBS Home Video.
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| ''The ChangelingBladestorm'' || VestronMogul Video || VestronMogul VideoCommunications || Mogul Communications || September 2829, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Clifford'sThe FunBlue with OppositesIguana'' || FamilyParamount Home EntertainmentVideo || MCAParamount DistributingHome Video || Paramount Home CorporationVideo || September 1511, 1988 ||
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| ''CliffordBreaker Morant''s Fun|| withInternational Sounds''Video Entertainment || FamilyInternational HomeVideo Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation<sup>US</sup><br>MCA Home Video Canada<sup>CA<sup> || September 15, 1988 ||
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| ''DudesThe Changeling'' || InternationalVestron Video Entertainment|| Vestron Video || MCAVestron DistributingVideo<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video CorporationGroup<sup>CA<sup> || September 1528, 1988 ||
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| ''FromClifford's Fun with BeyondOpposites'' || VestronFamily Home Entertainment || International Video Entertainment || VestronMCA Distributing Corporation<sup>US</sup><br>MCA Home Video Canada<sup>CA<sup> || September 2815, 1988 ||
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| ''GhouliesClifford's Fun with Sounds'' || VestronFamily Home Entertainment || International Video Entertainment || VestronMCA Distributing Corporation<sup>US</sup><br>MCA Home Video Canada<sup>CA<sup> || September 2815, 1988 ||
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| ''Godzilla,A KingDay ofin the Monsters!Death of Joe Egg'' || VestronRCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || VestronRCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || September 2829, 1988 ||
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| ''HoosiersThe Detective'' || VestronRCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || VestronRCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || September 129, 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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| ''From Beyond'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
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| ''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 ||
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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 ||
* Reissue according to the terms of Vestron's settlement with HBO and Hemdale at the start of the year.
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| ''The Incubus'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
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| ''The Last House on the Left'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
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| ''Lifeforce'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
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| ''The Little Shop of Horrors'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
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| ''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 ||
|-
| ''NOVA: Animal OlympiansMasquerade'' || VestronCBS/Fox Video || VestronThe VideoCBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || September 2829, 1988 ||
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| ''NOVA: TheAnimal Science of MurderOlympians'' || 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 ShapeScience of ThingsMurder'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
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| ''PlatoonNOVA: The Shape of Things'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 128, 1988 ||
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| ''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.
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| ''Rawhead Rex'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 1988 ||
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| ''Re-Animator'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || Vestron Video<sup>US</sup><br>Locus Video Group<sup>CA<sup> || September 28, 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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| ''TheSchool UnholyDaze'' || VestronRCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || VestronRCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || September 2829, 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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| ''Sesame Street: The Best of Ernie and Bert'' || Random House Home Video || Random House || Random House || September 30, 1988 ||
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| ''Sesame Street: Big Bird's Favorite Party Games'' || Random House Home Video || Random House || Random House || September 30, 1988 ||
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| ''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 ||
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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.
|-
| ''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 ||
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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.
|-
| ''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.
|-
| ''Rambo III'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || October 6, 1988 ||
|-
| ''Salsa: The Motion Picture'' || Cannon Video || Warner Home Video || October 13, 1988 ||
|-
| ''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 ||
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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.
|-
| ''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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! 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 ||
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| ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || November 10, 1988 ||
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| ''Three Men and a Baby'' || Touchstone Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || November 15, 1988 ||
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| ''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 ||
|-
| ''American Gothic'' || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''And I Alone Survived'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Anguish'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Assault of the Killer Bimbos'' || Urban Classics Video || Urban Classics Video || Urban Classics Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Barbie and the Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth'' || Hi-Tops Video || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Behind Enemy Lines'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Benji the Hunted'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Bounty Man'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Born to Race'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Cannibal Holocaust'' || Mogul Video || Mogul Communications || Mogul Communications || 1988 ||
* Cancelled due to Mogul going under before release.
|-
| ''The Care Bears in Space: Second Stage'' || Fries Home Video || Fries Home Video || Fries Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Care Bears: The Show Must Go On'' || Fries Home Video || Fries Home Video || Fries Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Carpetbaggers'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Cellar Dweller'' || Empire Video || New World Video || New World Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Cheerleader Camp'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Dark Side'' || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Day of the Wolves'' || Saturn Productions || Saturn Productions || Saturn Productions || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Deep Space'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''1969Defense Play'' || MediaTrans World Entertainment || Trans HomeWorld Entertainment || MediaTrans HomeWorld Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''AbsolutionDenver, the Last Dinosaur'' || TransFries Home Video || Fries WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || TransFries WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ActionDenver, Jacksonthe Last Dinosaur: Big Top Denver'' || LorimarFries Home Video || Fries Home Video || LorimarFries Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''AmericanDenver, Gothicthe Last Dinosaur: Chips n' Robbers'' || VidmarkFries EntertainmentHome Video || VidmarkFries Home Video || Fries Home EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''AndDogs Iin Alone SurvivedSpace'' || PrismKey EntertainmentVideo || PrismThe CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox EntertainmentCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''AnguishDolls'' || KeyVestron Video || TheVestron CBS/FoxVideo Company|| Vestron Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''AssaultDouble ofDare: theThe KillerInside BimbosScoop'' || UrbanKids ClassicsKlassics Home Video || UrbanKids ClassicsKlassics Home Video || GoodTimes Home Video Corporation || 1988 ||
|-
| ''BeetlejuiceDouble Dare: The Messiest Moments'' || WarnerKids Klassics Home Video || WarnerKids Klassics Home Video || GoodTimes Home Video Corporation || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Behind Enemy LinesDroid'' || MediaEven Steven Productions || Even HomeSteven EntertainmentProductions || MediaEven HomeSteven EntertainmentProductions || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheEmpire Berenstainof BearsSpiritual Get in a FightNinja'' || RandomTrans HouseWorld Home VideoEntertainment || RandomTrans World Entertainment || HouseTrans HomeWorld VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheEmpire Berenstain Bears Learn About StrangersState'' || RandomVidmark HouseEntertainment Home|| VideoVidmark Entertainment || Random House HomeVidmark VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheAn BerenstainEvening Bearswith & the Messy RoomKitten'' || Random HouseRhino Home Video || RandomRhino HouseRecords Home|| VideoRhino Records || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheFatal BerenstainAttraction'' Bears|| &Paramount theHome Truth''Video || Random HouseParamount Home Video || Random HouseParamount Home Video || June 1, 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Bounty ManFatso'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
|-
| ''BornFire to RaceFight'' || KeyTrans World Entertainment || Trans World VideoEntertainment || TheTrans CBS/FoxWorld CompanyEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Forbidden Passion: Oscar Wilde: The CarpetbaggersMovie'' || ParamountVidmark Home VideoEntertainment || ParamountVidmark Entertainment || HomeVidmark VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''CellarGanjasaurus DwellerRex'' || EmpireRhino Home Video || NewRhino WorldRecords Video|| Rhino Records || 1988 ||
|-
| ''CheerleaderThe CampGodson'' || PrismCommand EntertainmentHome Video || PrismCommand Home Video || Command Home EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''CoffyGodzilla vs. Gigan'' || FilmwaysNew World Video || New HomeWorld Video || OrionNew HomeWorld Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheGodzilla Darkvs. SideMechagodzilla'' || VidmarkNew EntertainmentWorld Video || VidmarkNew World Video || New World EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''DeepGhoulies SpaceII'' || TransVestron World EntertainmentVideo || TransVestron Video || WorldVestron EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''DefenseGhost PlayTown'' || TransEmpire Video || New World EntertainmentVideo || TransNew World EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''DragnetGulag'' || MCAPrism Home VideoEntertainment || MCAPrism Entertainment || DistributingPrism CorporationEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''DogsHeathcliff: inHeathcliff SpaceGets Framed'' || KeyDiC Video<br/>Golden Book Video<br/>GoldenVision || TheWestern CBS/FoxPublishing Company || Western Publishing Company || 1988 ||
|-
| ''DollsHellraiser'' || VestronNew World Video || VestronNew World Video || New World Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''EmpireHistory of Spiritualthe NinjaWorld: Part 1'' || TransKey WorldVideo Entertainment|| The CBS/Fox Company || TransThe WorldCBS/Fox EntertainmentCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Empire StateHobogoblins'' || VidmarkTrans World Entertainment || VidmarkTrans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''FatalHow Attractionto Draw Comics the Marvel Way'' || ParamountNew World Video || New HomeWorld Video || ParamountNew HomeWorld Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''FatsoHusbands, Wives, Money and Murder'' || PlayhouseTrans World Entertainment || Trans World VideoEntertainment || TheTrans CBS/FoxWorld CompanyEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''FireI FightSpy: Night Train to Madrid'' || Trans3-G Home Video || 3-G WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || Trans3-G WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ForI KeepsSpy: Tonya'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures3-G Home Video || RCA/Columbia3-G Home Video || Pictures3-G Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ForbiddenIdentity Passion:Crisis'' Oscar|| Wilde:Command TheHome Movie''Video || VidmarkCommand EntertainmentHome Video || VidmarkCommand Home EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''GodzillaInto vs.the GiganHomeland'' || NewLorimar WorldHome Video || NewLorimar WorldHome Video || Lorimar Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''GodzillaJack's vs. MechagodzillaBack'' || NewParamount Home Video || Paramount WorldHome Video || NewParamount WorldHome Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''GhouliesJailbird IIRock'' || VestronTrans VideoWorld Entertainment || VestronTrans World Entertainment || Trans World VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''GhostJane TownFonda's Complete Workout'' || EmpireLorimar Home Video || Lorimar Home Video || NewLorimar WorldHome Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Jim Henson's Play-Along Video: Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear'' || Lorimar Home Video || Lorimar Home Video || Lorimar Home Video || 1988 ||
| ''Gulag'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''HeidiJim Henson's Play-Along Video: Mother Goose Stories'' || PlayhouseLorimar Home Video || TheLorimar CBS/FoxHome CompanyVideo || Lorimar Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''HellraiserJim Henson's Play-Along Video: Neat Stuff to Know & To Do'' || Lorimar Home Video || NewLorimar WorldHome Video || NewLorimar WorldHome Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''HellJim UpHenson's inPlay-Along HeavenVideo: Peek-A-Boo: A Big Surprise for Little People'' || FilmwaysLorimar Home Video || Lorimar Home Video || OrionLorimar Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''HistoryJim ofHenson's thePlay-Along WorldVideo: PartSing-Along, 1Dance-Along, Do-Along'' || KeyLorimar 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 ||
| ''Hobogoblins'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''HowKansas'' to|| DrawMedia ComicsHome the Marvel Way''Entertainment || NewMedia WorldHome VideoEntertainment || NewMedia WorldHome VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Husbands,The Wives,Legend Moneyof andSleepy MurderHollow'' || TransRabbit WorldEars EntertainmentProductions || TransSony WorldVideo EntertainmentSoftware || Sony Video Software || 1988 ||
|-
| ''IntoLethal the HomelandWeapon'' || LorimarWarner Home Video || Warner Home Video || LorimarWarner Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Jack'sThe BackLast Days of Frank and Jesse James'' || ParamountVidmark Home VideoEntertainment || ParamountVidmark Entertainment || HomeVidmark VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''JailbirdLike RockFather, Like Son'' || TransTri-Star WorldVideo Entertainment|| RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || TransRCA/Columbia Pictures WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''JimThe HensonLiving Daylights's Play-Along Video: Hey, You're as|| FunnyCBS/Fox as Fozzie Bear''Video || LorimarThe HomeCBS/Fox VideoCompany || WarnerThe HomeCBS/Fox VideoCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''JimLone HensonWolf''s Play-Along|| Video:Prism Mother Goose Stories''Entertainment || LorimarPrism Home VideoEntertainment || Warner HomePrism VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''JimLupine HensonWolf''s Play-Along|| J.A. Video: Neat Stuff to Know & To Do''Production || Lorimar HomeJ.A. Video Production || Warner HomeJ.A. Video Production || 1988 ||
|-
| ''JimMacross Henson'sin: Play-AlongClash Video:of Peek-A-Boo:the ABionoids'' Big|| SurpriseCelebrity's Just for Little People''Kids || LorimarCelebrity Home VideoEntertainment || WarnerCelebrity Home VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''JimMade Hensonin Heaven''s Play-Along|| Video:Lorimar Sing-Along,Home Dance-Along, Do-Along''Video || Lorimar Home Video || WarnerLorimar Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''JimMama HensonDracula''s Play-Along|| Video:Trans Wow,World You're a Cartoonist!''Entertainment || LorimarTrans HomeWorld VideoEntertainment || WarnerTrans HomeWorld VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''KansasMama's Dirty Girls'' || Trans World Entertainment || MediaTrans HomeWorld Entertainment || MediaTrans HomeWorld Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''LethalMan WeaponBeast'' || WarnerRhino Home Video || WarnerRhino HomeRecords Video|| Rhino Records || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheManiac LastCop'' Days|| ofTrans FrankWorld and Jesse James''Entertainment || VidmarkTrans World Entertainment || VidmarkTrans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''LikeMaster Father, Like SonBlaster'' || Tri-StarPrism VideoEntertainment || RCA/ColumbiaPrism PicturesEntertainment || HomePrism VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheMemorial Living DaylightsDay'' || CBS/FoxMedia Home Entertainment || Media Home VideoEntertainment || TheMedia CBS/FoxHome CompanyEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''LoneMen Wolfof Steel'' || PrismTrans World Entertainment || PrismTrans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''MadeA inMinute Heavento Pray, A Second to Die'' || Lorimar HomePlayhouse Video || LorimarThe HomeCBS/Fox VideoCompany || The CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
|-
| ''MamaMission DraculaStarbust'' || TransRhino WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || TransRhino WorldRecords Entertainment|| Rhino Records || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Mama'sA DirtyMonth Girlsin the Country'' || TransLorimar Home Video || Lorimar WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || TransLorimar WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ManiacMother, CopJugs and Speed'' || TransKey Video || The WorldCBS/Fox EntertainmentCompany || TransThe WorldCBS/Fox EntertainmentCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''MasterNasty BlasterRabbit'' || PrismRhino EntertainmentHome Video || Rhino Records || PrismRhino EntertainmentRecords || 1988 ||
|-
| ''MenNightmare of SteelSisters'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ANinja: MinuteThe toBattalion'' Pray,|| ATrans SecondWorld to Die''Entertainment || PlayhouseTrans VideoWorld Entertainment || TheTrans CBS/FoxWorld CompanyEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''A Month inNinja the CountryViolent Sorcerer'' || LorimarTrans World Entertainment || Trans HomeWorld VideoEntertainment || LorimarTrans HomeWorld VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Mother,Orphans'' Jugs|| andLorimar Speed''Home Video || KeyLorimar Home Video || TheLorimar CBS/FoxHome CompanyVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''NightmareThe SistersPearl of Death'' || TransKey Video || The WorldCBS/Fox EntertainmentCompany || TransThe WorldCBS/Fox EntertainmentCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Ninja:Pecos The BattalionBill'' || TransRabbit Ears Productions || Sony WorldVideo EntertainmentSoftware || TransSony WorldVideo EntertainmentSoftware || 1988 ||
|-
| ''NinjaPhantom theof Violent SorcererDeath'' || Trans WorldVidmark Entertainment || TransVidmark Entertainment || WorldVidmark Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''OrphansPenthouse: On the Wild Side'' || Lorimar HomePenthouse Video || LorimarVestron Video || HomeVestron Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ThePeppermint PearlPark: ofMusical DeathLetters'' || KeyTelevidics VideoProductions || TheTelevidics CBS/FoxProductions Company|| Televidics Productions || 1988 ||
|-
| ''PhantomPeppermint ofPark: DeathCarnival Fun'' || VidmarkTelevidics Productions || Televidics EntertainmentProductions || VidmarkTelevidics EntertainmentProductions || 1988 ||
|-
| ''PredatorPeppermint Park: Discover Feelings'' || CBS/FoxTelevidics VideoProductions || TheTelevidics Productions || CBS/FoxTelevidics CompanyProductions || 1988 ||
|-
| ''PrincePlayboy's 1989 Video ofPlaymate DarknessCalendar'' || MCA HomePlayboy Video || MCAHBO DistributingVideo Corporation|| HBO Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ThePlayboy PrincipalVideo Centerfold: 35th Anniversary Playmate Fawna MacLaren'' || Tri-StarPlayboy Video || RCA/ColumbiaHBO PicturesVideo || HomeHBO Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''PrisonPlayboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year India Allen'' || EmpirePlayboy Video || NewHBO Video || WorldHBO Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''PrivatePrince Road:of No TrespassingDarkness'' || TransMCA Home Video || MCA WorldHome EntertainmentVideo || TransMCA WorldDistributing EntertainmentCorporation || 1988 ||
|-
| ''QuarterbackThe PrincessPrincipal'' || PlayhouseTri-Star Video || TheRCA/Columbia CBSPictures Home Video || RCA/FoxColumbia CompanyPictures Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Red NightsPrison'' || TransEmpire Video || New World EntertainmentVideo || TransNew World EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ReturnPrivate of the Killer TomatoesRoad: TheNo SequelTrespassing'' || NewTrans World Entertainment || Trans World VideoEntertainment || NewTrans World VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''RidingQuarterback FastPrincess'' || TransPlayhouse WorldVideo Entertainment|| The CBS/Fox Company || TransThe WorldCBS/Fox EntertainmentCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheRed Secret GardenNights'' || PlayhouseTrans World Entertainment || Trans World VideoEntertainment || TheTrans CBS/FoxWorld CompanyEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SecretReturn Obessionof the Killer Tomatoes: The Sequel'' || VidmarkNew EntertainmentWorld Video || VidmarkNew World Video || New World EntertainmentVideo || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SesameRiding Street: The Alphabet GameFast'' || RandomTrans HouseWorld Home VideoEntertainment || RandomTrans World Entertainment || HouseTrans HomeWorld VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SesameSaber Street:Rider Theand Bestthe ofStar ErnieSheriffs: andStar Sheriff BertRoundup'' || Random HouseFries Home Video || RandomFries Home Video || HouseFries Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SesameThe Street: Big Bird's Favorite Party GamesSadist'' || Random HouseRhino Home Video || RandomRhino HouseRecords Home|| VideoRhino Records || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SesameThe Street:Secret CountGarden'' It|| Higher:Playhouse Great Music Videos from Sesame Street''Video || RandomThe HouseCBS/Fox Home VideoCompany || RandomThe HouseCBS/Fox Home VideoCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SkySecret PiratesObession'' || KeyVidmark VideoEntertainment || TheVidmark CBS/FoxEntertainment Company|| Vidmark Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SlamShock! DanceShock! Shock!'' || KeyRhino Home Video || TheRhino Records || CBS/FoxRhino CompanyRecords || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SororitySky BabesPirates'' in|| theKey Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama''Video || UrbanThe ClassicsCBS/Fox VideoCompany || UrbanThe ClassicsCBS/Fox VideoCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''StakeoutSlam Dance'' || Touchstone HomeKey Video || BuenaThe VistaCBS/Fox HomeCompany Video|| The CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
|-
| ''StarrcadeSorority '87:Babes Chi-Townin Heatthe Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama'' || TurnerUrban Classics Video || Urban HomeClassics EntertainmentVideo || MGM/UAUrban HomeClassics Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''StrandedStarrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat'' || RCA/ColumbiaTurner PicturesHome Entertainment || Turner Home VideoEntertainment || RCAMGM/Columbia PicturesUA Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SunsetStranded'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''SuspectSunset'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Terror TrainSuspect'' || KeyRCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || TheRCA/Columbia CBSPictures Home Video || RCA/FoxColumbia CompanyPictures Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ThristThe Tailor of Gloucester'' || MediaRabbit Ears Productions || Sony HomeVideo EntertainmentSoftware || MediaSony HomeVideo EntertainmentSoftware || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TransmutationsTerror Train'' || VestronKey Video || VestronThe VideoCBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TreasureThrist'' of|| theMedia MoonHome Goddess''Entertainment || VidmarkMedia Home Entertainment || VidmarkMedia Home Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Two Kinds of LoveTransmutations'' || PlayhouseVestron Video || TheVestron CBS/FoxVideo Company|| Vestron Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''TheTreasure Unnamableof the Moon Goddess'' || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''VanishingTwo ActKinds of Love'' || VidmarkPlayhouse EntertainmentVideo || VidmarkThe CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox EntertainmentCompany || 1988 ||
|-
| ''ViceThe VersaUnnamable'' || RCA/ColumbiaVidmark Pictures Home VideoEntertainment || RCA/ColumbiaVidmark PicturesEntertainment || HomeVidmark VideoEntertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''WeeVanishing Sing TogetherAct'' || Price/Stern/SloanVidmark Entertainment || Price/Stern/SloanVidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''WeeVice Sing:Versa'' King|| Cole'sRCA/Columbia Party''Pictures Home Video || PriceRCA/Stern/SloanColumbia Pictures Home Video || PriceRCA/Stern/SloanColumbia Pictures Home Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Wee Sing: Grandpa's Magical ToysTogether'' || Price/Stern/Sloan || Price/Stern/Sloan || FallPrice/Stern/Sloan || 1988 ||
|-
| ''WillowWee Sing: King Cole's Party'' || RCAPrice/Columbia Pictures Home VideoStern/Sloan || RCAPrice/ColumbiaStern/Sloan Pictures|| Home VideoPrice/Stern/Sloan || 1988 ||
|-
| ''The Wolf'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
|-
| ''X-Men'' || New World Video || New World Video || New World Video || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Zachariah'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1988 ||
|-
| ''Zombie Island Massacre'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || 1988 ||
|}