1988 National Board of Review – Top Ten Films Winner
![Big](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/big-penny-marshall-image.jpg)
Big
After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.
![Dangerous Liaisons](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dangerous-liaisons-stephen-frears-image.jpg)
Dangerous Liaisons
A scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.
![Gorillas in the Mist](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gorillas-in-the-mist-michael-apted-image.jpg)
Gorillas in the Mist
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
![Midnight Run](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/midnight-run-martin-brest-image.jpg)
Midnight Run
An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the F.B.I., and the Mafia after jumping bail.
![Mississippi Burning](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mississippi-burning-image.jpg)
Mississippi Burning
Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
![Running on Empty](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/running-on-empty-sidney-lumet-image.jpg)
Running on Empty
The eldest son of a fugitive family comes of age and wants to live a life of his own.
![The Accused](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-accused-jonathan-kaplan-image.jpg)
The Accused
After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
![The Last Temptation of Christ](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-last-temptation-of-christ-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
The Last Temptation of Christ
The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.
![The Unbearable Lightness of Being](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-philip-kaufman-image.jpg)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
In 1968, a Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.
![Tucker: The Man and His Dream](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tucker-the-man-and-his-dream-francis-ford-coppola-image.jpg)
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill-fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.