List of LGBT-related films of 1988

LGBT cinema
LGBT films by year
1895–1919
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in 1988. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.

Films

Title	Director	Country	Genre	Cast	Notes
'68	Steven Kovacs	United States	Drama	Eric Larson, Robert Locke, Sándor Técsy, Anna Dukasz, Miran Kwun, Terra Vandergaw, Shony Alex Braun, Donna Pecora, Elizabeth De Charay, Jan Nemec, Rusdi Lane, Nike Doukas, Neil Young, Frank X. Mur, Joel Parker and Paul Pedrol
Apartment Zero	Martin Donovan	United Kingdom  Argentina	Drama, thriller	Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Dora Bryan, Liz Smith, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, James Telfer, Mirella D'Angelo, Juan Vitali, Cipe Lincovsky, Francesca d'Aloja, Miguel Ligero, Elvia Andreoli, Marikena Monti, Luis Romero, Max Berliner, Debora Bianco, Federico D'Elía, Raúl Florido, Claudio Ciacci, Gabriel Posniak, Darwin Sanchez, Daniel Queirolo, Miguel Ángel Porro, Ezequiel Donovan, Eduardo Peralta Ramos, John Kamps, Göran Johansson, Lisanne Cole, Germán Palacios, Horacio Erman and Inés Estévez
Curse of the Queerwolf	Mark Pirro	United States	Comedy, horror	Michael Palazzolo, Kent Butler, Taylor Whitney, Cynthia Brownell, Darwyn Carson, Jim Bruce, Sergio Bandera, Mark Pirro, Rodney Trappe, John McCafferty, Pat Hunter, Timothy Ralston, Susan Cherones, Conrad Brooks, Forrest J Ackerman, Alfie Pearl, Hugh O. Fields, Mike Margy, Cheryl Butler, Natalia Gvozdic and Don Martin
Once More	Paul Vecchiali	France	Drama	Jean-Louis Rolland, Florence Giorgetti, Pascale Rocard, Nicolas Silberg, Patrick Raynal, Séverine Vincent, Albert Dupontel, Michel Gautier, Dora Doll and Catherine Becker	aka "Encore"
The Everlasting Secret Family	Michael Thornhill	Australia	Drama	Mark Lee, Drew Norman, Dennis Miller, Arthur Dignam, Ken Keen, Marcus Cornelius, Heather Mitchell, Michael Winchester, Louis Nowra, Dominic Barry, Paul Davies, Allan Penney, Victor Ramon and Michael Kozuki
The Fruit Machine	Philip Saville	United Kingdom	Drama	Emile Charles, Tony Forsyth, Robert Stephens, Robbie Coltrane, Clare Higgins, Bruce Payne, Carsten Norgaard, Kim Christie, Louis Emerick, Julie Graham and Forbes Collins	aka "Wonderland"
Fun Down There	Roger Stigliano	United States	Drama	Yvonne Fisher, Martin Goldin, Nickolas B. Nagourney, Jeanne Smith, Gretchen Sommerville, Betty Waite, Harold Waite and Michael Waite
The Last of England	Derek Jarman	United Kingdom  West Germany	Drama	Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh, 'Spring' Mark Adley, Gerrard McArthur, Jonny Phillips (credited as Jonathan Phillips), Gay Gaynor, Matthew Hawkins and Nigel Terry	It was the winner of the Teddy Award for best feature film at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
Liberace: Behind the Music	David Greene	Canada  United States	Drama, musical	Victor Garber, Saul Rubinek, Michael Dolan, Maureen Stapleton, Shawn Levy, Michael Wilkes, Macha Grenon, George Touliatos, Joan Heney, Andrew Nichols, Paul Hipp, Frances Hyland, Stephen Watts and Rochelle Bruneau
Looking for Langston	Isaac Julien	United Kingdom	Drama	Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji, John Wilson, Dencil Williams, Guy Burgess, James Dublin, Harry Donaldson, Jimmy Somerville, Stuart Hall and Langston Hughes	It was the winner of the Teddy Award for best feature film at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.
Macho Dancer	Lino Brocka	Philippines	Drama	Daniel Fernando, Allan Paule, William Lorenzo, Jaclyn Jose, Princess Punzalan, Timothy Diwa, Angelo Miguel, Johnny Vicar, Lucita Soriano, Joel Lamangan, Bobby Sano, Charlie Catalla, Anthony Taylor, Tony Mabesa and Ronald Mendoza
Romance	Sergio Bianchi	Brazil	Drama	José Rubens Chachá, Hugo Della Santa, Emílio Di Biasi, Ruth Escobar, Isa Kopelman, Cláudio Mamberti, Sérgio Mamberti, Elke Maravilha, Cristina Mutarelli, Imara Reis, Rodrigo Santiago, Beatriz Segall, Maria Sílvia and Maria Alice Vergueiro
Salome's Last Dance	Ken Russell	United States  United Kingdom	Comedy, drama	Glenda Jackson, Stratford Johns, Nickolas Grace, Douglas Hodge, Imogen Millais-Scott, Denis Lill, Russell Lee Nash, Ken Russell, David Doyle, Warren Saire, Kenny Ireland, Michael Van Wijk, Paul Clayton, Imogen Claire and Tim Potter
Straight for the Heart (À corps perdu)	Léa Pool	Canada   Switzerland	War, drama	Matthias Habich, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Michel Voïta, Jean-François Pichette, Kim Yaroshevskaya, Jacqueline Bertrand, France Castel, Pierre Gobeil, Victor Désy, Mimi D'Estée, Louise Caron, Louise Marleau, Marilyn Gardner, Albert Millaire and Jean Gascon
Summer Vacation 1999	Shusuke Kaneko	Japan	Romance, drama, fantasy, mystery	Eri Miyajima, Tomoko Ōtakara, Miyuki Nakano and Eri Fukatsu
Torch Song Trilogy	Paul Bogart	United States	Romance, comedy, drama	Harvey Fierstein, Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Brian Kerwin, Karen Young, Eddie Castrodad, Ken Page, Charles Pierce and Axel Vera
Virgin Machine	Monika Treut	United States  West Germany	Drama	Ina Blum, Marcelo Uriona, Gad Klein, Peter Kern, Hans-Christoph Blumenberg, Dominique Gaspar, Susie Bright, Shelly Mars, Fritz Mikesch, Wolfgang Raach, George Lannan, Erica Marcus, Rhonda Jarvis, Carla Wood Saivre and Fakir Musafar	aka "Die Jungfrauen Maschine"

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