| 100% | RENT | 4 | "___-a-Cop": 1988 film |
| 91% | REDHEAT | 7 | 1988 Schwarzenegger cop film |
| 80% | CLARASHEART | 11 | 1988 film in which Whoopi Goldberg plays a nanny: 2 wds. |
| 79% | MADMAX | 6 | Cop-turned-vigilante in a postapocalyptic film |
| 79% | CHILDSPLAY | 10 | 1988 horror film with a homicidal doll |
| 78% | WORKINGGIRL | 11 | 1988 film in which Sigourney Weaver plays a scheming executive: 2 wds. |
| 77% | TOTORO | 6 | "Neighbor" in a 1988 Miyazaki film |
| 77% | BEACHES | 7 | 1988 film starring Bette Midler as a Broadway star with a dying friend |
| 76% | ROBO | 4 | Prefix with cop, in a film title |
| 76% | BIG | 3 | 1988 Tom Hanks film with a fortune-telling machine |
| 75% | MENGES | 6 | Chris —, Oscar-winning cinematographer who directed 1988 film drama A World Apart |
| 75% | BIG | 3 | 1988 Tom Hanks film with a machine that grants wishes |
| 74% | WANDA | 5 | Title character in a 1988 John Cleese film |
| 74% | RAINMAN | 7 | Title savant in a 1988 Oscar-winning film |
| 74% | OWN | 3 | Title character in a 1988 John Cleese film |
| 74% | RAINMAN | 7 | 1988 film in which Dustin Hoffman plays the autistic heir to a fortune: 2 wds. |
| 73% | BIGSTINKS | 9 | Critic's negative review of a 1988 Hanks film? |
| 72% | JAMES | 5 | Kevin who's been a "Mall Cop" in two films |
| 70% | TRAFFIC | 7 | Steven Soderbergh film starring Benicio Del Toro as a drug cop |
| 70% | SPIRIT | 6 | "The ___," 2008 superhero film about a rookie cop starring Eva Mendes |
| 70% | TOUCHINGTHE | 11 | 2003 documentary film based on a 1988 book by Joe Simpson |
| 67% | MIAMIVICE | 9 | 1980s cop show made into a 2006 film starring Colin Farrell: 2 wds. |
| 67% | TRAFFIC | 7 | Oscar-winning Steven Soderbergh film starring Benicio Del Toro as a drug cop |
| 66% | OLIVER | 6 | "___ & Company," 1988 film starring Joey Lawrence as an orange tabby who becomes friends with a mongrel named Dodger |
| 65% | ACOP | 4 | 1988 film "Rent-___" |
| 65% | OMNI | 4 | ___ Consumer Products, mega-corporation featured in a science fiction action film with a cyborg cop |
| 64% | BEETLEJUICE | 11 | 1988 Tim Burton comedy/horror film starring 18-Across and 30-Across that has a 2024 sequel |
| 64% | RENTA | 5 | "___-Cop" (1988 film) |
| 64% | COLLARSTODONUTS | 15 | A cop's life? |
| 64% | DOA | 3 | 1988 Meg Ryan film |