19 best adventure tv-series of 1988

List of the 19 best TV shows of 1988 as selected by visitors to our site: Naval Cadets, Charge!, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, DuckTales, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Friday the 13th: The Series, BraveStarr, Transformers: The Headmasters, City Hunter, Once Upon a Time... Life, The Storyteller, The Adventures of Spot, The Chronicles of Narnia, Garfield and Friends, Mahabharat, Ronin Warriors, The New Adventures of Beans Baxter, The Prisoner of If Castle, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, The Bourne Identity
Markimdb: 7.5
Genremelodrama, musical, adventure, history
CountrySoviet Union
Duration04:50

Three naval cadets accidentally get possession of a secret diary that was stolen from Bestuzhev, a vice-chancellor of Russia. If this diary ever gets abroad, the consequences for the country would be grave. The cadets are trying to return the papers to their owner, but there are others who want to get the papers...

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Hong Kong
Duration00:22

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. The pilot was shown during the week of December 14, 1987 in syndication as a five-part miniseries and began its official run on October 1, 1988. The series featured the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters created in comic book form by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. The property was changed considerably from the darker-toned comic, to make it more suitable for children and the family. The initial motivation behind the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series was that, upon being approached to create a toy line, Playmates Toys was uneasy with the comic book characters' small cult following. They requested that a television deal be acquired first, and after the initial five-episode series debuted, the California toy company released their first series of Ninja Turtles action figures in the summer of 1988. The two media would correspond in marketing style and popularity for many years to come. David Wise and Patti Howeth wrote the screenplay for the first five-part miniseries. When the series continued in the second season, comic artist Jack Mendelsohn joined the show as the executive story editor. Wise went on to write over seventy episodes of the series, and was executive story editor for four later seasons as well. Wise left the series partway through the ninth season, and Jeffrey Scott took over as the story editor and chief writer for the rest of the show's run.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon, short, sport
CountryUSA
Duration00:22

The series is a dramatization of the Duck universe comic series created by Carl Barks. The viewer follows the adventures of Scrooge McDuck and his three grandnephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Important secondary characters, that often take part in the adventures, include Donald Duck, Scrooge's pilot Launchpad McQuack and butler Duckworth, the inventor Gyro Gearloose, and the nanny Mrs. Beakley and her granddaughter Webby.

Markimdb: 8.7
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration00:43

Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, adventure
CountryCanada

Micki and Ryan with the help of their friend Jack try to recover cursed antiques so they can store them in safety inside the antique store's vault.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, western, cartoon
CountryUSA

BraveStarr is an American Space Western animated television series. The original episodes aired from September 1987 to February 1988 in syndication. It was created simultaneously with a collection of action figures. BraveStarr was the last animated series produced by Filmation and Group W Productions to be broadcast. Bravo!, a spin-off series was in production along with Bugzburg when the studio closed down. Reruns of the show aired on Qubo Night Owl from 2010 to 2013, and reruns air on the Retro Television Network from 2010 to Present.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure, cartoon, anime
CountryUSA, Japan, South Korea

Following on The Return of Optimus Prime (and in place of The Rebirth), The Headmasters is the first Japanese-exclusive Transformers franchise.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genreaction, comedy, adventure, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan

Ryo Saeba works the streets of Tokyo as the City Hunter. He's a "sweeper" and with his sidekick Kaori Makimura, he keeps the city clean. People hire the City Hunter to solve their dangerous problems, which he does with a Colt Python. When Ryo's not working on a case, he's working on getting the ladies, and Kaori must keep him in check with her trusty 10 kg hammer.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genredrama, adventure, family, cartoon, military, history
CountryFrance, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Canada, Japan

The animated story of the human body.

Markimdb: 8.8
Genrehorror, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
CountryUnited Kingdom

The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genreadventure, family, cartoon
CountryUnited Kingdom

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Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, family
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:51

Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are evacuated from London at the beginning of the Second World War, little dreaming of the magical adventures that lie ahead.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon, short, music
CountryUSA

The animated stories of Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get into. And also Orson the Pig and his adventures on a farm with his fellow farm animals.

Markimdb: 8.9
Genredrama, adventure, military, history
CountryIndia

A dynastic struggle occurs for the throne of Hastinapur, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan, between the Kauravas and Pandavas, collateral branches of the clan, which causes the Kurukshetra War.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan

Five young men with mystical armor fight to save the mortal from the evil Talpa.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter is an adventure/comedy television series The show revolves around the spy activities of Benjamin "Beans" Baxter Jr., a Kansas teenager who just moved with his parents and younger brother to Washington, D.C., as part of his father's reassignment as an employee of the US Postal Service.Beans witnesses his father's assassination via a bomb placed in his postal vehicle, then gets hired by the mysterious "Number Two", an agent/second-in-command of The Network, a secret spy agency.The main nemesis of The Network is the evil organization UGLI, headed by the equally evil Mr Sue and comedian Taylor Negron as his second-in-command henchman.Shortly after settling in his new hometown, Beans struck up a friendship with an all-around guy nicknamed "Woodshop" and his love life began in earnest when he later met a beautiful student nicknamed "Cake Lace". In one episode, former Miss Universe Shawn Weatherly played herself.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, adventure, history
CountrySoviet Union, France
Duration03:56

A Russian version of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon, crime, detective
CountryUSA

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo is the eighth incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. This spin-off of the original show was created by Tom Ruegger and premiered on September 10, 1988 and ran for three seasons on ABC and on The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera as a half-hour program, until August 17, 1991Following the show's first season, much of Hanna-Barbera's production staff, including Tom Ruegger, left the studio and helped to revive the Warner Bros. Animation studio, beginning with Tiny Toon Adventures. This was notable for being the last series where Don Messick voiced Scooby-Doo, and one of the few animated series in which someone other than Frank Welker voiced the character of Fred Jones. Messick and Casey Kasem were the only two voice actors from other Scooby-Doo series to reprise their roles in this version, and both received starring credits for their work.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration03:05

An unconscious man is washed ashore on the beach of a small French village during a heavy storm. A retired doctor takes care of the unconscious stranger. When the mysterious man recovers, he can't remember a thing...he does not know his name, he does not know where his flashback memories come from, and he does not know why the access code for an anonymous Swiss bank account is implanted in his thigh. As he seeks his own identity, things quickly become dangerous. There are attempts to kill him, he is well known in first class hotels across Europe, and worst of all, there are strange similarities between his memories and reported actions of the notorious terrorist, Carlos the Jackal.




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