| David Foil | The Advocate | 1988 | No |
| Linda Billington | Anchorage Daily News | 1988 | No |
| Eleanor Ringel | Atlanta Journal Constitution | 1988 | No |
| Elanor O'Sullivan | Asbury Park Press | 1988 | No |
| Associated Press | | 1988 | No |
| Rex Reed | At the Movies | 1988 | Yes |
| Dixie Whatley | At the Movies | 1988 | No |
| Stephen Hunter | Baltimore Sun | 1988 | Yes |
| Jay Carr | Boston Globe | 1988 | Yes |
| Jeff Simon | Buffalo News | 1988 | No |
| Cahiers du Cinema | | 1988 | No |
| Andy Seiler | Central New Jersey Home News | 1988 | Yes |
| Rosenbaum | Chicago Reader | 1988 | No |
| Ebert | Chicago Sun Times | 1988 | No |
| Dave Kehr | Chicago Tribune | 1988 | Yes |
| Phil Rutzky | Chicago Tribune | 1988 | No |
| Siskel | Chicago Tribune | 1988 | No |
| Jim DeBrosse | Cincinnati Enquirer | 1988 | No |
| Bill Hagen | Copley News Service | 1988 | No |
| Christina Wiser | Courier Post - New Jersey | 1988 | No |
| Jerry Roberts | Daily Breeze | 1988 | No |
| Philip Wuntch | Dallas Morning News | 1988 | Yes |
| Harry F Themal | Deleware News Journal | 1988 | No |
| Joan Bunke | Des Moines Register | 1988 | No |
| Christopher Hicks | Deseret News | 1988 | No |
| Kathy Huffhines | Detroit Free Press | 1988 | No |
| Village Voice | Dieckmann, Katherine | 1988 | No |
| Duane Dudek | Milwaukee Sentinel | 1988 | Yes |
| Richard Corliss | Film Comment | 1988 | Yes |
| Harlan Jacobson | Film Comment | 1988 | Yes |
| Richard T. Jameson | Film Comment | 1988 | Yes |
| Lesley O'Toole | Film Comment | 1988 | Yes |
| A.O. Scott | Film Comment | 1988 | Yes |
| Anne Thompson | Film Comment | 1988 | Yes |
| Marshall Fine | Gannett News Service | 1988 | Yes |
| Jack Garner | Gannett News Service | 1988 | Yes |
| Susan Granger | WMCA Radio | 1988 | Yes |
| Malcolm Johnson | Hartford Courant | 1988 | No |
| Peter Rosegg | Honolulu Advertiser | 1988 | No |
| Betsy Light | Indianapolis Star | 1988 | No |
| Rita Rose | Indianapolis Star | 1988 | No |
| International Film Guide | | 1988 | No |
| David Swift | Jackson Hole News | 1988 | No |
| Gary Franklin | KABC Los Angeles | 1988 | No |
| L Kent Wolgamott | Lincoln Star | 1988 | No |
| Phillip French | London Observer | 1988 | No |
| Sheila Benson | Los Angeles Times | 1988 | Yes |
| Michael Wilmington | Los Angeles Times | 1988 | Yes |
| Jon Plaut | Madison Eagle | 1988 | No |
| Neil Jillett | Melbourne Age | 1988 | No |
| Bill Cosford | Miami Herald | 1988 | No |
| Scott Eyman | Miami News | 1988 | Yes |
| Brent Edwards | Michigan | 1988 | No |
| Greg Ferland | Michigan | 1988 | No |
| Rick Strickler | Minneapolis Star Tribune | 1988 | No |
| Rick Harmon | Montgomery Advertiser | 1988 | No |
| Paul Willistein | Morning Call | 1988 | No |
| National Board of Review | | 1988 | No |
| Arch Campbell | NBC | 1988 | No |
| Daniel Neman | News Leader | 1988 | Yes |
| Robert DiMatteo | Newspaper Enterprise Association | 1988 | No |
| Kevin Lally | New Jersey Courier-News | 1988 | Yes |
| David Edelstein | New York Post | 1988 | Yes |
| Vincent Canby | New York Times | 1988 | Yes |
| Joseph Gelmis | Newsday | 1988 | Yes |
| Mike McGrady | Newsday | 1988 | Yes |
| Newspaper Enterprise Association | | 1988 | No |
| Northwest Florida Daily News | | 1988 | No |
| Rene Jordan | El Nuevo Herald | 1988 | No |
| Terry Hazlett | Observer-Reporter | 1988 | No |
| Jeff Bahr | Omaha World-Herald | 1988 | No |
| Jim Delmont | Omaha World-Herald | 1988 | No |
| Jim Emerson | Orange County Register | 1988 | Yes |
| Ron Cowan | Oregon Statesman Journal | 1988 | No |
| Noel Taylor | Ottawa Citizen | 1988 | No |
| Michael Mills | Palm Beach Post | 1988 | No |
| Dan Craft | The Pantagraph | 1988 | No |
| Peter Travers | People Magazine | 1988 | Yes |
| Carrie Rickey | Philadelphia Inquirer | 1988 | Yes |
| Desmond Ryan | Philadelphia Inquirer | 1988 | Yes |
| George Anderson | Pittsburgh Post Gazette | 1988 | Yes |
| Ed Blank | Pittsburgh Press | 1988 | No |
| Doug Brode | The Post Standard - Syracuse | 1988 | No |
| Premiere Magazine | | 1988 | No |
| Providence Journal | | 1988 | No |
| Lou Lumenick | The Record | 1988 | Yes |
| Randy Gener | Reno Gazette-Journal | 1988 | No |
| Carole Kass | Richmond Times Dispatch | 1988 | No |
| Joe Baltake | Sacramento Bee | 1988 | Yes |
| Edward Guthman | San Francisco Chronicle | 1988 | No |
| Judy Stone | San Francisco Chronicle | 1988 | Yes |
| Rick Chatanever | Santa Cruz Sentinel | 1988 | No |
| Casey St. Charnez | Santa Fe Reporter | 1988 | No |
| William Arnold | Seattle Post Intelligencer | 1988 | Yes |
| John Hartyl | Seattle Times | 1988 | No |
| Bruce R Miller | Sioux City Journal | 1988 | No |
| Elliot Stein | Village Voice | 1988 | No |
| Roger Hurlburt | South Florida Sun Sentinel | 1988 | Yes |
| Candice Russell | South Florida Sun Sentinel | 1988 | Yes |
| Harper Barnes | St. Louis Post Dispatch | 1988 | Yes |
| Joe Pollack | St. louis Post-Dispatch | 1988 | Yes |
| Hal Lipper | St. Petersburg Times | 1988 | No |
| Pat Berman | The State | 1988 | No |
| Sunday Morning | | 1988 | No |
| Joan Vadeboncoeur | Syracuse Herald Journal | 1988 | No |
| Mark Hinson | Tallahassee Democrat | 1988 | No |
| Bob Ross | Tampa Tribune | 1988 | Yes |
| Gene Wyatt | The Tennesseen | 1988 | No |
| Richard Corliss | Time Magazine | 1988 | Yes |
| Martin Moynihan | Times Union | 1988 | No |
| Mike Clark | USA Today | 1988 | Yes |
| J. Hoberman | Village Voice | 1988 | Yes |
| Amy Taubin | Village Voice | 1988 | Yes |
| Hal Hinson | Washington Post | 1988 | Yes |
| Rita Kempley | Washington Post | 1988 | Yes |
| Richard Freedman | Newhouse Newspapers | 1988 | Yes |
| Stewart Klein | WNYW-TV | 1988 | No |
| Joanna Langfield | ABC Radio Network | 1988 | Yes |
| Joel Siegel | WABC-TV | 1988 | Yes |
| Stephen Schiff | Vanity Fair | 1988 | No |
| Jeffrey Lyons | Sneak Previews | 1988 | Yes |
| Dennis Cunningham | WCBS-TV | 1988 | No |
| Bruce Williamson | Playboy Magazine | 1988 | No |