1988 in home video

1988 in home video:

Industry milestones

Date unknown

• Distribution of Video 2000 products ends.
• Sony begins marketing VHS VCRs for the first time
• VCRs present in over 50% of American homes for the first time

Film home video releases

The following movies debuted on home video on the following dates:

U.S./Canada Release Date	Title	Studio	Notes
January 6	Dirty Dancing	Vestron	VHS release
January 14	Dragnet	Universal	VHS release
January 21	Predator	20th Century Fox	VHS release
	La Bamba	Columbia	VHS release
January 22	Platoon	HBO/Orion	VHS release
January 28	Robocop	Orion	VHS release
January 31	Spaceballs	MGM	VHS release
February 2	Benji the Hunted	Disney	VHS release
February 10	The Monster Squad	TriStar	VHS release
February 14	Mothra	Columbia	VHS release
February 24	The Lost Boys	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	The Big Easy	Columbia	VHS release
	Jaws: The Revenge	Universal	VHS release
	Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise	20th Century Fox	VHS release
March 2	Hamburger Hill	Vestron	VHS release
March 9	Beverly Hills Cop II	Paramount	VHS release
March 10	Amazon Women on the Moon	Universal	VHS release
March 15	Stakeout	Touchstone	VHS release
	The Pick-up Artist	20th Century Fox	VHS release
March 17	The Living Daylights	United Artists	VHS release
March 30	Innerspace	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	The Princess Bride	20th Century Fox	VHS release
	Hellraiser	New World Pictures	VHS release
	The Hidden	New Line	VHS release
	No Way Out	Orion	VHS release
April 5	Flowers in the Attic	Starmaker	VHS release
April 13	Adventures in Babysitting	Disney	VHS release
April 14	Less Than Zero	20th Century Fox	VHS release
April 20	The Untouchables	Paramount	VHS release
April 27	The Witches of Eastwick	Warner Bros.	VHS release
April 28	Deadly Illusion	Columbia	VHS release
May 1	Fatal Beauty	MGM	VHS release
May 5	Three O'Clock High	Universal	VHS release
May 11	Return of the Living Dead Part II	Lorimar	VHS release
May 12	Baby Boom	MGM	VHS release
May 17	Can't Buy Me Love	Touchstone	VHS release
May 25	The Running Man	TriStar	VHS release
May 26	Throw Momma From the Train	Orion	VHS release
	Barfly	Cannon Films	VHS release
	Born in East L.A.	Universal Pictures	VHS release
	The Chipmunk Adventure	The Samuel Goldwyn Company	VHS release
	House of Games	Orion Pictures	VHS release
	The Principal	TriStar	VHS release
May 31	Donald in Mathmagic Land	Disney	VHS release
June 1	Fatal Attraction	Paramount	VHS release
	Like Father Like Son	TriStar	VHS release
	Rent-a-Cop	Kings Road	VHS release
June 9	Julia and Julia	CBS/Fox	VHS release
	Overboard	MGM	VHS release
June 15	Nuts	Warner Bros.	VHS release
June 16	Cry Freedom	Universal	VHS release
June 21	Biggles: Adventures in Time	Starmaker	VHS release
June 22	Full Metal Jacket	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Ironweed	TriStar	VHS release
June 23	The Couch Trip	Orion	VHS release
July 7	Wall Street	20th Century Fox	VHS release
July 13	Action Jackson	Lorimar	VHS release
	Eddie Murphy Raw	Paramount	VHS release
	Moving	Warner Bros	VHS release
July 14	Prince of Darkness	Universal	VHS release
July 19	D.O.A.	Touchstone	VHS release
	The Telephone	New World	VHS release
July 21	Suspect	TriStar	VHS release
July 27	Braddock: Missing in Action III	Cannon	VHS release
	You Can't Hurry Love	Vestron	VHS release
August 2	Good Morning, Vietnam	Touchstone	VHS release
August 3	End of the Line	Orion Classics	VHS release
August 4	A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon	20th Century Fox	VHS release
	Satisfaction	20th Century Fox	VHS release
August 11	For Keeps	TriStar	VHS release
	Pass the Ammo	New Century Vista	VHS release
August 17	Aloha Summer	International Spectrafilm	VHS release
	Cop	Atlantic	VHS release
	Planes, Trains and Automobiles	Paramount	VHS release
	Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Promised Land	Vestron	VHS release
August 18	Panda and the Magic Roc	Toei Animation	VHS release
August 25	Bulletproof	CineTel Films	VHS release
	Hairspray	New Line	VHS release
August 30	18 Again!	New World	VHS release
	Moonstruck	MGM	VHS release
August 31	Best Seller	Orion	VHS release
	The Last Emperor	Columbia	VHS release
September 1	Broadcast News	20th Century Fox	VHS release
September 8	Frantic	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Shy People	Cannon	VHS release
September 14	Appointment with Death	Cannon	VHS release
	Lady in White	New Century Vista	VHS release
	Scavengers	Academy	VHS release
September 15	Batteries Not Included	Universal	VHS release
	The Milagro Beanfield War	Universal	VHS release
September 20	The Wrong Guys	New World	VHS release
September 22	Johnny Be Good	Orion	VHS release
September 27	Shoot to Kill	Touchstone	VHS release
September 28	School Daze	Columbia	VHS release
	She's Having a Baby	Paramount	VHS release
	Switching Channels	TriStar	VHS release
	Vice Versa	Columbia	VHS release
September 29	Masquerade	MGM	VHS release
October 4	Cinderella	Disney	VHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics
	Mary Poppins	Disney	VHS release
	Peter Pan	Disney	VHS release
	The Wind in the Willows	Disney	VHS release
October 6	Rambo III	TriStar	VHS release
	The Serpent and the Rainbow	Universal	VHS release
	Shakedown	Universal	VHS release
October 11	Dead Heat	New World	VHS release
October 12	Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood	Paramount	VHS release
	My Best Friend Is a Vampire	Kings Road	VHS release
	A New Life	Paramount	VHS release
	Salsa	Cannon	VHS release
October 13	Maniac Cop	Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment	VHS release
October 14	Platoon	Vestron/Orion	VHS re-release
October 18	Bright Lights, Big City	United Artists	VHS release
October 19	Beetlejuice	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Critters 2: The Main Course	New Line	VHS release
	The Invisible Kid	Taurus	VHS release
	Judgment in Berlin	New Line	VHS release
	Little Nikita	Columbia	VHS release
October 20	Hello Again	Touchstone	VHS release
October 26	Permanent Record	Paramount	VHS release
	A Time of Destiny	Columbia	VHS release
October 27	Bad Dreams	20th Century Fox	VHS release
	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	VHS release
November 1	Mickey's Magical World	Disney	VHS release
	Return to Snowy River	20th Century Fox	VHS release
	Robin Hood	Disney	15th Anniversary Edition release
November 2	Above the Law	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	And God Created Woman	Vestron	VHS release
	The Seventh Sign	TriStar	VHS release
	Sunset	TriStar	VHS release
November 8	Melody Time	Disney	40th Anniversary Edition
November 10	Biloxi Blues	Universal	VHS release
	Off Limits	20th Century Fox	VHS release
November 15	Three Men and a Baby	Touchstone	VHS release
November 16	Stand and Deliver	Warner Bros.	VHS release
November 17	Colors	Orion	VHS release
November 22	Funny Farm (film)	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Willow	MGM	VHS release
December 1	Call Me	Vestron	VHS release
December 7	Big Top Pee-wee	Paramount	VHS release
December 8	Casual Sex?	Universal	VHS release
December 13	The Rescue	Touchstone	VHS release
December 14	Arthur 2: On the Rocks	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Midnight Crossing	Vestron	VHS release
December 15	License to Drive	20th Century Fox	VHS release
	The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking	Columbia	VHS release
	Short Circuit 2	TriStar	VHS release
December 21	Bloodsport	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master	New Line	VHS release
December 29	Monkey Shines	Orion	VHS release
	Red Heat	TriStar	VHS release
	The Unbearable Lightness of Being	Orion	VHS release

TV show releases

The following television shows were released on video on the following dates:

• Gumby (April 7, 1988)
  • Gumby and the Moon Boggles
• Wee Sing (July 23, 1988)
  • Grandpa's Magical Toys
• Jabberjaw (July 28, 1988)
• Wally Gator (July 28, 1988)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (August 11, 1988)
  • Heroes in a Halfshell
  • Hot Rodding Teenagers
• Barney and the Backyard Gang (August 29, 1988)
  • The Backyard Show
• The Berenstain Bears (September 12, 1988)
  • The Messy Room
  • Learn About Strangers
  • The Truth
  • Get in a Fight
• DuckTales (October 4, 1988)
  • High-Flying Hero
  • Daredevil Ducks
  • Fearless Fortune Hunters
  • Masked Marauders
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (October 11, 1988)
  • The Epic Begins
• Foofur (November 15, 1988)
  • Foofur and His Friends
• Barney and the Backyard Gang (December 10, 1988)
  • "Three Wishes"

Documentary home video releases

• Legendary Linemen - January 28
• The Great Ones - January 28
• Gift of Grab - October 5