The Best Movies & Shows Released in 1988 on Peacock

If you enjoy wondering aloud to yourself how filmmakers were able to make a movie at all, 1988’s almost wordless tale of two bears trying to survive the Canadian mountains was somehow shot with real, expressive bear “actors,” despite the film being a work of fiction. A cross between a stunningly photographed nature documentary and […]

As a woman, it’s risky enough to trust a male gynecologist, but to have him seduce, manipulate, and experiment on you? That’s a horror all on its own, but Dead Ringers operates on several levels beyond the political. It’s also psychological and sexual, and because this is a Cronenberg film, it’s done with an unsettling […]

Given more reliable communication and transport systems, modern medicine, urbanization, and much more relaxed boundaries between social classes, the concept of the one that got away is not as romantic as it used to be. But it’s what makes historical romance hold much more emotional stakes– people can be brave, push past their fear, and […]