List of American films of 1987
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A list of American films released in 1987.
The Last Emperor won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Top-grossing films[]
- Three Men and a Baby, starring Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg and Tom Selleck
- Fatal Attraction, starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer
- Beverly Hills Cop II, starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Jürgen Prochnow, Brigitte Nielsen, Paul Reiser and Ronny Cox
- Good Morning, Vietnam, starring Robin Williams and Forest Whitaker
- Moonstruck, starring Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia and Danny Aiello
- The Untouchables, starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Andy Garcia, Charles Martin Smith and Robert De Niro
- The Secret of My Succe$s, starring Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan and Margaret Whitton
- Stakeout, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe and Aidan Quinn
- Lethal Weapon, starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover and Gary Busey
- The Witches of Eastwick, starring Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer
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Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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84 Charing Cross Road | David Jones | Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench | Drama | From James Roose-Evans play |
Adventures in Babysitting | Chris Columbus | Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Vincent D'Onofrio, Penelope Ann Miller | Comedy | aka A Night on the Town |
The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory | Burt Kennedy | Brian Keith, James Arness, Alec Baldwin, Raúl Juliá | Western, Biography | made for TV |
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold | Gary Nelson | Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones | Adventure | King Solomon's Mines sequel |
The Allnighter | Tamar Simon Hoffs | Susanna Hoffs, Joan Cusack, Dedee Pfeiffer, Michael Ontkean | Comedy | Universal |
Amazing Grace and Chuck | Mike Newell | Jamie Lee Curtis, Gregory Peck, William L. Petersen, Joshua Zuehlke, Alex English | Drama | TriStar |
The Amazing Mr. Bickford | Frank Zappa | Clay animation | ||
Amazon Women on the Moon | 5 directors | Arsenio Hall, Carrie Fisher, Sybil Danning, Griffin Dunne, Kelly Preston, David Alan Grier, Steve Forrest, Steve Allen, Steve Guttenberg, Rosanna Arquette, Michelle Pfeiffer | Comedy, Parody | Universal Pictures |
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation | Sam Firstenberg | Michael Dudikoff, Steve James | Action | sequel to American Ninja |
Angel Heart | Alan Parker | Mickey Rourke, Lisa Bonet, Robert De Niro, Charlotte Rampling | Mystery | From William Hjortsberg novel |
Anguish | Bigas Luna | Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Lerner | Horror | |
Anna | Yurek Bogayevicz | Sally Kirkland, Paulina Porizkova, Robert Fields | Drama | Golden Globe for Kirkland |
Anne of Avonlea | Kevin Sullivan | Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Wendy Hiller | Drama | sequel to Anne of Green Gables |
Assassination | Peter R. Hunt | Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Stephen Elliott, Michael Ansara | Action | Cannon Films |
Tony Gayton | R.E.M., The B-52's | Documentary |
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Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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Baby Boom | Charles Shyer | Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, Sam Wanamaker, James Spader | Comedy | United Artists; later became TV series |
Back to the Beach | Lyndall Hobbs | Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Bob Denver, Connie Stevens, Don Adams, Paul Reubens | Comedy | Paramount Pictures; spoof of 1960s beach movies |
Bagdad Café | Percy Adlon | Marianne Sägebrecht, C. C. H. Pounder | Drama | co-produced with Germany |
Barfly | Barbet Schroeder | Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway | Drama | written by Charles Bukowski |
Bates Motel | Richard Rothstein | Bud Cort, Lori Petty | Horror | Made for TV; spin-off of Psycho |
Batteries Not Included | Matthew Robbins | Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn | Science fiction | aka Miracle on 8th Street |
The Bedroom Window | Curtis Hanson | Elizabeth McGovern, Steve Guttenberg, Isabelle Huppert | Suspense | based on Anne Holden novel |
The Believers | John Schlesinger | Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Robert Loggia, Jimmy Smits, Elizabeth Wilson, Harris Yulin | Horror | based on Nicholas Conde novel |
Benji the Hunted | Joe Camp | Family drama | Walt Disney Pictures | |
Berserker | Jefferson Richard | Horror | ||
Best Seller | John Flynn | James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria Tennant | Crime drama | Orion |
A Better Tomorrow 2 | Chow-Yun Fat | Action | China | |
Beverly Hills Cop II | Tony Scott | Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Brigitte Nielsen, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John Ashton | Action, Comedy | sequel to Beverly Hills Cop |
Beyond Therapy | Robert Altman | Julie Hagerty, Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson, Tom Conti, Christopher Guest | Comedy | New World Pictures |
The Big Bang | Picha | Luis Rego, Georges Aminel, Perrette Pradier | Animated, Adult | |
The Big Easy | Jim McBride | Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty | Crime drama | Columbia |
The Big Town | Harold Becker, | Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern, Lee Grant, Tom Skerritt, Suzy Amis | Drama | Columbia |
Black Widow | Bob Rafelson | Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey, Nicol Williamson, Dennis Hopper | Crime drama | 20th Century Fox |
Blind Date | Blake Edwards | Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Larroquette, Phil Hartman | Comedy | Willis's first film |
Blood Diner | Jackie Kong | Rick Burks | Horror | |
Body Slam | Hal Needham | Dirk Benedict, Roddy Piper, Tanya Roberts | Comedy | |
Born in East L.A. | Cheech Marin | Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern, Paul Rodriguez | Comedy | Cheech's first solo film |
The Brave Little Toaster | Jerry Rees | voices of Jon Lovitz, Tim Stack | Animated | |
Bride of Boogedy | ||||
Broadcast News | James L. Brooks | William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Joan Cusack, Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Jack Nicholson | Drama, Comedy | Seven Oscar nominations |
Burglar | Hugh Wilson | Whoopi Goldberg, Bobcat Goldthwait | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow | Documentary | |||
Buy & Cell | Robert Boris | Robert Carradine, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Ben Vereen, Imogene Coca, Roddy Piper | Comedy | |
Can't Buy Me Love | Steve Rash | Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Seth Green | Comedy | Touchstone Pictures |
Comedy | ||||
Captive Hearts | Paul Almond | Pat Morita, Chris Makepeace | Drama | aka Fate of a Hunter |
Celebration Family | Robert Day | Stephanie Zimbalist, James Read, Ed Begley Jr. | Drama | made for TV |
The Charles Bukowski Tapes | ||||
China Girl | Abel Ferrara | James Russo, David Caruso | Drama | |
The Chipmunk Adventure | Janice Karman | Animated | ||
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek | Richard Lang | John Schneider, Tom Wopat, Kim Delaney | Drama | |
Cold Steel | Dorothy Ann Puzo | Brad Davis, Sharon Stone, Adam Ant | Thriller | Cinetel Films |
Creepozoids | David DeCoteau | Linnea Quigley | Sci-fi | |
Creepshow 2 | Michael Gornick | George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Lois Chiles | Horror comedy | sequel to Creepshow |
Critical Condition | Michael Apted | Richard Pryor, Ruben Blades, Rachel Ticotin, Joe Mantegna | Comedy | |
Cross My Heart | Armyan Bernstein | Martin Short, Annette O'Toole, Paul Reiser | Romantic comedy | Universal |
Cry Freedom | Richard Attenborough | Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline | Drama, Biography | based on Donald Woods book |
Cry Wilderness | Jay Schlossberg-Cohen | Family adventure | ||
The Cure for Insomnia | John Henry Timmons IV | Lee Groban | Experimental | 87 hours |
Cyclone | Fred Olen Ray | Heather Thomas, Jeffrey Combs, Martin Landau | Action | |
Dancers | Herbert Ross | Mikhail Baryshnikov | Drama | |
Daniel and the Towers | Michael McKean, Allan Arbus | Drama | ||
Dark Tower | Freddie Francis | Michael Moriarty, Jenny Agutter, Theodore Bikel | Horror | |
Date with an Angel | Tom McLoughlin | Michael E. Knight, Emmanuelle Béart, David Dukes, Phoebe Cates | Romantic comedy | De Laurentiis Entertainment |
The Dead | John Huston | Anjelica Huston | Drama | John Huston's final film |
Dead of Winter | Arthur Penn | Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubeš | Suspense | My Name Is Julia Ross remake |
Deadline | Nathaniel Gutman | Christopher Walken | War | |
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Bill Couturié | Tom Berenger, Sean Penn | Documentary | |
Death Before Dishonor | Terry Leonard | Fred Dryer, Brian Keith, Joanna Pacuła | Action | New World Pictures |
Death Run | Michael J. Murphy | Sci-fi | UK film | |
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown | J. Lee Thompson | Charles Bronson, Kay Lenz | Thriller | third sequel to Death Wish |
Dinosaurs! – A Fun-Filled Trip Back in Time! | Fred Savage | Educational | 30 minutes | |
Dirty Dancing | Emile Ardolino | Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston | Romance | Oscar for Best Original Song |
Disorderlies | Michael Schultz | The Fat Boys, Ralph Bellamy | Comedy | |
Divine Mercy: No Escape | Hermann D. Tauchert | Melanie Metcalf | Religious, biography | |
Dolls | Stuart Gordon | Horror | ||
Dorf on Golf | Tim Conway | Comedy | ||
Dorf's Golf Bible | Tim Conway | Comedy | ||
Down Twisted | Albert Pyun | Carey Lowell, Charles Rocket | Thriller | |
Dragnet | Tom Mankiewicz | Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Dabney Coleman, Harry Morgan, Alexandra Paul, Christopher Plummer | Comedy | Universal; satire of TV series Dragnet |
Eddie Murphy Raw | Eddie Murphy | Comedy | Concert film | |
Empire of the Sun | Steven Spielberg | Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson | War drama | Bale's first film |
End of the Line | Jay Russell | Kevin Bacon, Wilford Brimley, Holly Hunter | Drama | |
Enemy Territory | Peter Manoogian | Gary Frank, Ray Parker Jr., Jan-Michael Vincent | Action | |
Ernest Goes to Camp | John Cherry III | Jim Varney | Comedy | |
Escape from Sobibor | Jack Gold | Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacuła, Rutger Hauer | Drama | television film |
Evil Dead II | Sam Raimi | Bruce Campbell | Horror | Sequel to Evil Dead |
Extreme Prejudice | Walter Hill | Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Rip Torn, María Conchita Alonso | Action | Carolco Pictures |
Eyes on the Prize | Documentary | About the Civil Rights Movement | ||
Fatal Attraction | Adrian Lyne | Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer | Thriller | Paramount; 5 Oscar nominations |
Fatal Beauty | Tom Holland | Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott | Comedy | MGM |
Fight for Life | Elliot Silverstein | Jerry Lewis, Patty Duke, Morgan Freeman | Drama | made for TV |
Five Corners | Tony Bill | Tim Robbins, Jodie Foster, John Turturro | Drama | written by John Patrick Shanley |
Flowers in the Attic | Jeffrey Bloom | Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson | Suspense | based on V. C. Andrews novel |
From the Hip | Bob Clark | Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt | Comedy | |
Full Metal Jacket | Stanley Kubrick | Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard | War | Warner Bros.; based on Gustav Hasford novel |
G.I. Joe: The Movie | Don Jurwich | voices of Don Johnson, Burgess Meredith, Sgt. Slaughter, Chris Latta, Michael Bell, Neil Ross | Animated | based on Hasbro toy |
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie | Rod Amateau | Anthony Newley, Mackenzie Astin, Katie Barberi | Comedy | |
Gardens of Stone | Francis Ford Coppola | James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D. B. Sweeney, Mary Stuart Masterson, Dean Stockwell | War drama | American Zoetrope |
The Gate | Tibor Tacacs | Stephen Dorff | Horror | |
The Glass Menagerie | Paul Newman | Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen | Drama | Tennessee Williams play |
Good Morning, Vietnam | Barry Levinson | Robin Williams, Robert Wuhl, Forest Whitaker, Bruno Kirby, J. T. Walsh | War comedy | Touchstone; Golden Globe Award for Williams |
Grateful Dead: So Far | The Grateful Dead | Documentary |
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Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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Hamburger Hill | John Irvin | Dylan McDermott, Don Cheadle, Steven Weber | War drama | set in Vietnam |
The Hanoi Hilton | Lionel Chetwynd | Michael Moriarty, Paul Le Mat | War drama | set in Vietnam |
Happy New Year | John G. Avildsen | Peter Falk, Charles Durning, Wendy Hughes, Tom Courtenay | Crime comedy | based on La Bonne Annee |
Hard Ticket to Hawaii | Andy Sidaris | Dona Speir | Action | |
Harry and the Hendersons | William Dear | John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Don Ameche | Comedy | Oscar for Makeup |
Hearts of Fire | Richard Marquand | Bob Dylan, Rupert Everett | Drama | Lorimar Productions |
Hell Comes to Frogtown | Roddy Piper | |||
Hello Again | Frank Perry | Shelley Long, Corbin Bernsen, Judith Ivey, Gabriel Byrne, Sela Ward | Comedy | script by Susan Isaacs |
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II | Bruce Pittman | Michael Ironside, Lisa Schrage | Horror | sequel to Prom Night |
Hellraiser | Clive Barker | Andrew Robinson, Claire Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Doug Bradley | Horror | |
The Hidden | Jack Sholder | Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian | Sci-fi | New Line Cinema |
Hiding Out | Bob Giraldi | Jon Cryer, Annabeth Gish | Comedy | |
A Hobo's Christmas | Will MacKenzie | Barnard Hughes, Gerald McRaney | Drama | TV |
Hollywood Shuffle | Robert Townsend | Robert Townsend | Comedy | |
Hot Pursuit | Steven Lisberger | John Cusack, Jerry Stiller, Ben Stiller | Comedy | |
House II: The Second Story | Ethan Wiley | Arye Gross, Amy Yasbeck | Horror | sequel to House |
House of Games | David Mamet | Joe Mantegna, Lindsay Crouse, Ricky Jay | Drama | Mamet's 1st film |
Housekeeping | Bill Forsyth | Christine Lahti | Drama | |
Howling III | Phillippe Mora | Barry Otto | Horror | 2nd Howling sequel |
Hunk | Lawrence Bassoff | Deborah Shelton, James Coco | Comedy | Crown International |
I Was a Teenage Zombie | J.E. Michalakas | Horror comedy | ||
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | Patricia Rozema | Sheila McCarthy, Ann-Marie MacDonald | Drama | Miramax Films |
In the Mood | Phil Alden Robinson | Patrick Dempsey, Talia Balsam, Beverly D'Angelo | Comedy | Lorimar |
Innerspace | Joe Dante | Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan | Comedy | Oscar for Best Visual Effects |
Ironweed | Héctor Babenco | Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Tom Waits, Fred Gwynne, Michael O'Keefe, Carroll Baker, Diane Venora | Drama | From William Kennedy novel; 2 Oscar nominations |
Ishtar | Elaine May | Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin, Tess Harper, Jack Weston | Comedy | Columbia; Razzie award for May |
Jaws: The Revenge | Joseph Sargent | Lorraine Gary, Michael Caine, Mario Van Peebles | Horror | third sequel to Jaws; 7 Razzie nominations |
The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones | Animated | based on the TV shows | ||
Jocks | Steve Carver | Scott Strader, Perry Lang | Comedy | |
King Lear | Jean-Luc Godard | Peter Sellars, Burgess Meredith, Molly Ringwald, Woody Allen | Drama | Cannon Films; modernization of Shakespeare's play |
Kung Fu: The Next Generation | Tony Wharmby | Brandon Lee | Martial arts | TV |
La Bamba | Luis Valdez | Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, Joe Pantoliano | Biography | Story of Ritchie Valens |
Lady Beware | Karen Arthur | Diane Lane | Thriller | Scotti Brothers Pictures |
The Last Emperor | Bernardo Bertolucci | John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun | Biography | 9 Academy Awards won |
The Legend of the White Horse | Jerzy Domaradzki | Christopher Lloyd, Dee Wallace, Christopher Stone | Drama | |
Leonard Part 6 | Paul Weiland | Bill Cosby, Tom Courtenay, Joe Don Baker, Gloria Foster, Moses Gunn | Comedy | Won 3 Razzie awards |
Less Than Zero | Marek Kanievska | Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader | Drama | from Bret Easton Ellis novel |
Lethal Weapon | Richard Donner | Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey | Action | followed by 3 sequels |
Light of Day | Paul Schrader | Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Joan Jett | Drama | TriStar Pictures |
Like Father Like Son | Rod Daniel | Kirk Cameron, Dudley Moore, Sean Astin, Catherine Hicks, Margaret Colin | Comedy | Freaky Friday remake |
Lionheart | Franklin J. Schaffner | Eric Stoltz, Gabriel Byrne | Fantasy | |
Living on Tokyo Time | Steven Okazaki | |||
The Living Daylights | John Glen | Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Joe Don Baker, Art Malik, Jeroen Krabbé | Action | Preceded by A View to a Kill |
Long Gone | Martin Davidson | William Petersen, Virginia Madsen, Dermot Mulroney | Sports comedy | based on a novel by Paul Hemphill |
The Lost Boys | Joel Schumacher | Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Edward Herrmann | Horror | Warner Bros. |
Love Among Thieves | Roger Young | Audrey Hepburn, Robert Wagner | Drama | TV |
Love at Stake | John Moffitt | Patrick Cassidy, Kelly Preston, Barbara Carrera | Comedy | |
Made in Heaven | Alan Rudolph | Kelly McGillis, Timothy Hutton | Fantasy | Lorimar |
Maid to Order | Amy Holden Jones | Ally Sheedy, Michael Ontkean, Valerie Perrine, Beverly D'Angelo, Tom Skerritt | Comedy | Artisan Entertainment |
Making Mr. Right | Susan Seidelman | John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson | Comedy | Orion Pictures |
Malone | Harley Cokeliss | Burt Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, Lauren Hutton | Action | Orion Pictures |
Man on Fire | Elie Chouraqui | Scott Glenn, Joe Pesci | Action | remade in 2004 |
Mannequin | Michael Gottlieb | Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, James Spader, Estelle Getty | Comedy | One Touch of Venus remake |
Masters of the Universe | Gary Goddard | Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Courteney Cox, Billy Barty, Chelsea Field, Jon Cypher, Robert Duncan McNeill, James Tolkan, Christina Pickles | Sci-fi | Cannon Films |
Matewan | John Sayles | Chris Cooper, Will Oldham, David Strathairn | Drama | |
Meatballs III: Summer Job | Patrick Dempsey, Sally Kellerman | Comedy | 2nd sequel to Meatballs | |
Miami Connection | Richard Park | Y.K. Kim, Vincent Hirsch | Action | |
Million Dollar Mystery | Richard Fleischer | Tom Bosley | Comedy | 4 Razzie nominations |
The Monster Squad | Fred Dekker | Stephen Macht, Tom Noonan, Andre Gower | Horror comedy | TriStar Pictures |
Moonstruck | Norman Jewison | Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello, Vincent Gardenia, John Mahoney | Romantic comedy | Academy Award for Cher |
Morgan Stewart's Coming Home | Paul Aaron, Terry Winter | Jon Cryer, Paul Gleason, Lynn Redgrave | Comedy | aka Home Front |
Mr. Nice Guy | Jan Smithers, Mike McDonald | Comedy | ||
Munchies | Bettina Hirsch | Harvey Korman, Wendy Schaal | Sci-fi | from Roger Corman |
My Best Friend's Birthday | Quentin Tarantino | Quentin Tarantino | Short subject | |
My Little Girl | Connie Kaiserman | James Earl Jones, Geraldine Page, Mary Stuart Masterson | Drama | final film for Page |
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Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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Nadine | Robert Benton | Kim Basinger, Jeff Bridges, Rip Torn | Comedy | 78 minutes |
Near Dark | Kathryn Bigelow | Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen | Horror | Bigelow's second film |
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Chuck Russell | Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Robert Englund, Laurence Fishburne, John Saxon | Slasher | second sequel of series |
No Man's Land | Peter Werner | Charlie Sheen, D. B. Sweeney, Randy Quaid | Crime drama | Orion |
No Way Out | Roger Donaldson | Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, George Dzundza, Howard Duff, Iman | Thriller | Orion; Remake of 1950 film |
North Shore | William Phelps | Matt Adler, Nia Peeples, Gregory Harrison | Surfing | |
Nowhere to Hide | Mario Azzopardi | Amy Madigan, Michael Ironside | Drama | |
Number One with a Bullet | Jack Smight | Robert Carradine, Billy Dee Williams, Valerie Bertinelli | Action | |
Nuts | Martin Ritt | Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Karl Malden, Leslie Nielsen, Maureen Stapleton, Robert Webber, Eli Wallach, James Whitmore | Drama | based on play by Tom Topor; Malden's final film |
O.C. and Stiggs | Robert Altman | Daniel H. Jenkins, Neill Barry, Paul Dooley, Jane Curtin, Jon Cryer, Cynthia Nixon, Martin Mull | Comedy | filmed in 1983, not released until '87 |
On the Black Hill | Andrew Grieve | Drama | ||
Orphans | Alan J. Pakula | Albert Finney, Matthew Modine, Kevin Anderson | Crime | Lorimar |
Outrageous Fortune | Arthur Hiller | Bette Midler, Shelley Long, Peter Coyote | Comedy | Touchstone Pictures |
Over the Top | Menahem Golan | Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, David Mendenhall, Susan Blakely | Action | Cannon Films; 2 Razzie awards |
Overboard | Garry Marshall | Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Roddy McDowall | Comedy | MGM |
The Pick-up Artist | James Toback | Robert Downey Jr., Molly Ringwald, Dennis Hopper, Danny Aiello, Harvey Keitel | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | voices of Scott Grimes, Tom Bosley, Don Knotts, Ed Asner, James Earl Jones, Rickie Lee Jones | Family | ||
Planes, Trains and Automobiles | John Hughes | Steve Martin, John Candy | Comedy | written by Hughes |
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | Jim Drake | Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, George Gaynes, David Graf, David Spade, Leslie Easterbrook, Bobcat Goldthwait, Corinne Bohrer | Comedy | third sequel to Police Academy |
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story | Charles Jarott | Farrah Fawcett | Biography | TV film |
A Prayer for the Dying | Mike Hodges | Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis | Crime drama | From Jack Higgins novel |
Predator | John McTiernan | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura | Sci-fi | followed by 4 sequels |
Prince of Darkness | John Carpenter | Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Lisa Blount | Sci-fi | Universal |
The Princess Bride | Rob Reiner | Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Peter Falk, Fred Savage | Fantasy | 20th Century Fox; from William Goldman novel |
The Principal | Christopher Cain | James Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr., Rae Dawn Chong | Drama | TriStar |
Prison | Renny Harlin | Lane Smith, Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field | Horror | |
Project X | Jonathan Kaplan | Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
Promised Land | Michael Hoffman | Kiefer Sutherland, Meg Ryan | Drama | Vestron |
Radio Days | Woody Allen | Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Julie Kavner, Michael Tucker, Josh Mostel, Seth Green | Comedy | 2 Oscar nominations |
Raising Arizona | Joel Coen | Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, John Goodman | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
Rampage | William Friedkin | Michael Biehn, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Nicholas Campbell, Alex McArthur | Crime drama | Miramax |
Real Men | Dennis Feldman | James Belushi, John Ritter | Comedy | United Artists |
Red's Dream | John Lasseter | Animated | Pixar | |
Redneck Zombies | Pericles Lewnes | Horror | ||
Rent-a-Cop | Jerry London | Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, James Remar | Action | Kings Row |
Return to Horror High | Bill Froelich | Vince Edwards | Horror | |
A Return to Salem's Lot | Larry Cohen | Michael Moriarty, Samuel Fuller, Evelyn Keyes | Horror | |
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise | Joe Roth | Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards | Comedy | sequel to Revenge of the Nerds |
Right to Die | Paul Wendkos | Raquel Welch | Drama | television film |
RoboCop | Paul Verhoeven | Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer | Science fiction | Orion; 2 Oscar nominations; Remake of 2014 film |
The Rosary Murders | Fred Walton | Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Belinda Bauer | Mystery | Elmore Leonard script |
Roxanne | Fred Schepisi | Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall, Fred Willard, Michael J. Pollard | Comedy | based on Cyrano de Bergerac |
RuPaul Is: Starbooty! | Jon Witherspoon | Comedy | ||
The Running Man | Paul Michael Glaser | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Dawson, María Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto | Sci-fi | from Stephen King novel; Remake of 1963 film |
Russkies | Rick Rosenthal | Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Billingsley | Comedy |
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Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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Salvation! | Beth B. | Viggo Mortensen, Exene Cervenka | Comedy | |
Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers | Animated | |||
The Secret of My Succe$s | Herbert Ross | Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Margaret Whitton, Richard Jordan | Comedy | Universal |
September | Woody Allen | Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Dianne Wiest, Elaine Stritch | Drama | grossed under $500,000 |
Shake! Otis at Monterey | Otis Redding | Concert | Short film | |
Shy People | Andrei Konchalovsky | Barbara Hershey, Jill Clayburgh | Drama | Cannes award for Hershey |
The Sicilian | Michael Cimino | Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp | Drama | from novel by Mario Puzo |
Siesta | Mary Lambert | Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Jodie Foster, Grace Jones, Isabella Rossellini, Julian Sands, Alexei Sayle, Martin Sheen | Drama | 2 Razzie nominations |
Sign o' the Times | Prince | Prince | Concert | |
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 | Lee Harry | Eric Freeman | Slasher | sequel |
Sister, Sister | Bill Condon | Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judith Ivey | Thriller | Condon's 1st film |
Slam Dance | Wayne Wang | Tom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Virginia Madsen, Harry Dean Stanton | Thriller | |
Slumber Party Massacre II | Deborah Brock | Crystal Bernard | Slasher | sequel to The Slumber Party Massacre |
Snow White | Diana Rigg | Family | direct to video | |
Some Kind of Wonderful | Howard Deutch | Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson, Craig Sheffer, John Ashton, Elias Koteas, Maddie Corman | Rom com | John Hughes script |
Someone to Love | Henry Jaglom | Orson Welles, Andrea Marcovicci, Sally Kellerman | Drama | |
Someone to Watch Over Me | Ridley Scott | Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco, Jerry Orbach, Andreas Katsulas | Suspense | Columbia |
Sorority House Massacre | Carol Frank | Angela O'Neill, Wendy Martel | Slasher | |
Spaceballs | Mel Brooks | John Candy, Bill Pullman, Rick Moranis, Joan Rivers, Daphne Zuniga, Mel Brooks | Comedy | parody of Star Wars |
Square Dance | Daniel Petrie | Winona Ryder, Rob Lowe, Jason Robards, Jane Alexander | Drama | based on Alan Hines novel |
The Squeeze | Roger Young | Michael Keaton, Rae Dawn Chong | Comedy | |
Stakeout | John Badham | Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn | Crime | followed by Another Stakeout |
Steel Dawn | Lance Hool | Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi | Action | Vestron Video |
The Stepfather | Joseph Ruben | Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack | Horror, Thriller | |
Still Crazy Like a Fox | Jack Warden, John Rubinstein | Drama | based on TV series | |
Straight to Hell | Alex Cox | Courtney Love, Dennis Hopper | Action | |
The Stranger | Adolfo Aristarain | Bonnie Bedelia, Peter Riegert | Horror, Thriller | Columbia |
Street Smart | Jerry Schatzberg | Christopher Reeve, Morgan Freeman, Kathy Baker | Drama | Oscar nomination for Freeman |
Street Trash | Jim Muro | Horror | ||
Succumbs | R.E.M. | Music | ||
Summer Heat | Michie Gleason | Lori Singer, Anthony Edwards | Drama | |
Summer School | Carl Reiner | Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley | Comedy | Paramount |
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Sidney J. Furie | Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Mariel Hemingway, Jon Cryer, Jackie Cooper | Superhero | Reeve's final Superman film |
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story | Todd Haynes | Biography | 43 minutes | |
Surf Nazis Must Die | ||||
Surrender | Jerry Belson | Michael Caine, Sally Field, Steve Guttenberg | Comedy | |
Suspect | Peter Yates | Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson | Drama | |
Sweet Country | Michael Cacoyannis | Jane Alexander, John Cullum, Franco Nero | Drama | |
Sweet Revenge | Mark Sobel | Nancy Allen, Gina Gershon | Drama | |
Swimming to Cambodia | Jonathan Demme | Spalding Gray | Monologue | |
Teen Wolf Too | Christopher Leitch | Jason Bateman, Kim Darby, John Astin | Comedy | sequel to Teen Wolf |
Terminus | Pierre-William Glenn | Karen Allen, Jürgen Prochnow | Sci-fi | |
Terror Squad | Peter Maris | Chuck Connors | Drama | |
They Still Call Me Bruce | James Orr | Johnny Yune, Robert Guillaume | Comedy | |
Three Men and a Baby | Leonard Nimoy | Steve Guttenberg, Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis | Comedy | Top-grossing 1987 U.S. film |
Three O'Clock High | Phil Joanou | Casey Siemaszko, Richard Tyson, Jeffrey Tambor | Comedy | |
Three for the Road | Bill L. Norton | Charlie Sheen, Kerri Green, Alan Ruck, Sally Kellerman | Comedy | |
Throw Momma from the Train | Danny DeVito | Billy Crystal, Danny DeVito, Anne Ramsey, Kim Greist, Kate Mulgrew | Comedy | |
Thunder Prince | ||||
A Tiger's Tale | Peter Douglas | Ann-Margret, C. Thomas Howell, Charles Durning | Drama | |
Tigershark | Martial arts | |||
Tin Men | Barry Levinson | Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey | Comedy | |
Tough Guys Don't Dance | Norman Mailer | Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Lawrence Tierney | Mystery | 7 Razzie nominations |
The Trouble with Spies | Burt Kennedy | Donald Sutherland, Ned Beatty, Ruth Gordon | Comedy | |
Uncle Meat | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa, Linda Ronstadt, Haskell Wexler | Documentary | Direct to video |
The Untouchables | Brian De Palma | Sean Connery, Kevin Costner, Andy García, Robert De Niro, Patricia Clarkson, Charles Martin Smith | Crime drama | Based on 1950s TV series; Academy Award for Connery |
The Video Dead | Robert Scott | Horror | ||
Video from Hell | Frank Zappa | Documentary | ||
Waiting for the Moon | Jill Godmilow | Linda Hunt, Linda Bassett | Biography | |
Walker | Alex Cox | Ed Harris, Marlee Matlin | Biography | |
Wall Street | Oliver Stone | Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Hal Holbrook, Terence Stamp | Drama | Academy Award for Douglas |
Wanted: Dead or Alive | Gary Sherman | Rutger Hauer, Gene Simmons, Mel Harris | Action | based on 1950s TV series |
Weeds | John D. Hancock | Nick Nolte, Ernie Hudson, William Forsythe | Drama | |
The Whales of August | Lindsay Anderson | Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern | Drama | final film for Gish |
White of the Eye | Donald Cammell | David Keith, Cathy Moriarty | Thriller | |
White Water Summer | Jeff Bleckner | Kevin Bacon, Sean Astin | Comedy | |
Who's That Girl | James Foley | Madonna, Griffin Dunne, Haviland Morris, Bibi Besch | Comedy | 5 Razzie nominations |
Wild Thing | Max Reid | Robert Knepper, Kathleen Quinlan | Drama | |
The Witches of Eastwick | George Miller | Susan Sarandon, Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jack Nicholson | Comedy | from John Updike novel |
The Worst of Faces of Death | Horror | Faces of Death sequel | ||
Yogi's Great Escape | Animated | |||
You Ruined My Life | David Ashwell | Soleil Moon Frye | Drama | |
Zombie High | Ron Link | Virginia Madsen | Horror comedy |
See also[]
- 1987 in American television
- 1987 in the United States
External links[]
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