1988

VHS

January

Title	Label	Distributor	Released	Note(s)
Casey Kasem's Rock and Roll Gold Mine: The Sixties	Vestron Video	Vestron Video	January 27, 1988
Casey Kasem's Rock and Roll Gold Mine: The Soul Years	Vestron Video	Vestron Video	January 27, 1988
Dirty Dancing	Vestron Video	Vestron Video	January 6, 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.

June

Title	Label	Distributor	Released	Note(s)
Ironweed	Vestron Video	Vestron Video	June 22, 1988
Long Day's Journey Into Night	Vestron Video	Vestron Video	June 29, 1988
NOVA: Fat Chance in a Thin World	Vestron Video	Vestron Video	June 29, 1988
NOVA: Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales	Vestron Video	Vestron Video	June 29, 1988
NOVA: The Bermuda Triangle	Vestron Video	Vestron Video	June 29, 1988
The Under-Achievers	Lightning Video	Vestron Video	June 22, 1988

August

Title	Label	Distributor	Released	Note(s)
Barney & The Backyard Gang: The Backyard Show	Kids Edutainment Video	The Lyons Group	August 29, 1988

December

Title	Label	Distributor	Released	Note(s)
Barney & The Backyard Gang: Three Wishes	Kids Edutainment Video	The Lyons Group	December 10, 1988
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare	International Video Entertainment	MCA Distributing Corporation	December 8, 1988
Maple Town Stories: The Case of the Missing Candy	Family Home Entertainment	MCA Distributing Corporation	December 8, 1988
Red Heat	International Video Entertainment	MCA Distributing Corporation	December 29, 1988
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding Teenagers	Family Home Entertainment	MCA Distributing Corporation	December 8, 1988