Telugu movies of 1988

Tollywood Desk lists 43 Telugu films dated 1988; 39 have an exact release date on file and 4 are known only by year or month. June and March were the busiest months, with 5 releases each. The most widely covered films of the year, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Daasi, Bazaar Rowdy and Aakhari Poratam. The first dated release of the year on file is Samsaram (1 January 1988) and the last is Raktabhishekam (9 December 1988).

25 directors are credited on these films. A. Kodandarami Reddy, Relangi Narasimha Rao and K. Raghavendra Rao have the most, with five films each, followed by Kodi Ramakrishna (3) and A. Mohan Gandhi (2). On music, K. Chakravarthy scored 14 films of the year, ahead of Raj-Koti (10) and Ilaiyaraaja (8). Kaikala Satyanarayana appears in 15 films dated 1988, the most of any actor on file, followed by Brahmanandam (12) and Rajendra Prasad (11). The credits on file for the year name 11 music directors and 78 credited actors.

Of the 33 films with a runtime on file, the longest is Rudraveena at 170 minutes and the shortest is Daasi at 94 minutes. That is 6 fewer than 1987, which has 49 films on file.

Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.