| List of years in film (table) |
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| … 1977 . 1978 . 1979 . 1980 . 1981 . 1982 . 1983 … 1984 1985 1986 -1987- 1988 1989 1990 … 1991 . 1992 . 1993 . 1994 . 1995 . 1996 . 1997 … In home video: 1984 1985 1986 -1987- 1988 1989 1990 In television: 1984 1985 1986 -1987- 1988 1989 1990 |
| Related time period or subjects |
| … 1984 . 1985 . 1986 - 1987 - 1988 . 1989 . 1990 … … 1950s . 1960s . 1970s -1980s- 1990s . 2000s . 2010s |
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Years in film |
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| 1870s |
| 1880s |
| 1890s |
| 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899 |
| 1900s |
| 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 |
| 1910s |
| 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 |
| 1920s |
| 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 |
| 1930s |
| 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 |
| 1940s |
| 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 •1949 |
| 1950s |
| 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 |
| 1960s |
| 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 |
| 1970s |
| 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 |
| 1980s |
| 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 |
| 1990s |
| 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 |
| 2000s |
| 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 |
| 2010s |
| 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 |
Contents |
Events
- January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records.
- May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers.
- November 18 - The Last Emperor, Bernardo Bertolucci's epic drama about the historical events 20th Century China, is released in the U.S.
- November 21 - Actor Bruce Willis marries actress Demi Moore.
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Three Men and a Baby | Touchstone | $167,780,960 |
| 2. | Fatal Attraction | Paramount | $156,645,693 |
| 3. | Beverly Hills Cop II | Paramount | $153,665,036 |
| 4. | Good Morning, Vietnam | Touchstone | $123,922,370 |
| 5. | Moonstruck | MGM | $80,640,528 |
| 6. | The Untouchables | Paramount | $76,270,454 |
| 7. | The Secret of My Success | Universal | $66,995,879 |
| 8. | Stakeout | Touchstone | $65,673,233 |
| 9. | Lethal Weapon | Warner Bros. | $65,207,127 |
| 10. | The Witches of Eastwick | Warner Bros. | $63,766,510 |
source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1987&p=.htm
Awards
- Best Picture: The Last Emperor - Hemdale, Columbia
- Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor
- Best Actor: Michael Douglas - Wall Street
- Best Actress: Cher - Moonstruck
- Best Supporting Actor: Sean Connery - The Untouchables
- Best Supporting Actress: Olympia Dukakis - Moonstruck
- Best Foreign Language Film: Babette's Feast (Babettes Gæstebud), directed by Gabriel Axel, Denmark
- Drama:
- Best Picture: The Last Emperor
- Best Actor: Michael Douglas - Wall Street
- Best Actress: Sally Kirkland - Anna
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Hope and Glory
- Best Actor: Robin Williams - Good Morning, Vietnam
- Best Actress: Cher - Moonstruck
- Other
- Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor
- Best Foreign Language Film: My Life as a Dog, Sweden
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan), directed by Maurice Pialat, France
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Au revoir, les enfants (Goodbye, Children), directed by Louis Malle, France / W. Germany
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Tema (1979) (The Theme), directed by Gleb Panfilov, USSR
Films released in 1987
- *batteries not included starring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy
- 84 Charing Cross Road (film) starring Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft and Judi Dench
- Adventures in Babysitting (Also known as "A Night on the Town" in the UK), starring Elisabeth Shue
- L'Ami de mon amie (My Girlfriend's Boyfriend or Boyfriends and Girlfriends)
- Angel Heart, directed by Alan Parker, starring Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro and Lisa Bonet
- Anna, starring Sally Kirkland and Paulina Porizkova
- Aria (10 short films)
- Au revoir, les enfants - Golden Lion award
- Babette's Feast (Babettes Gæstebud) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Baby Boom, starring Diane Keaton
- Backfire
- Bad Taste, written and directed by Peter Jackson et al.
- Bagdad Café, also known as Out of Rosenheim, Golden Space Needle award (for 1988)
- The Bedroom Window
- Bellman and True
- The Belly of an Architect
- Below Utopia
- Benji the Hunted
- Beverly Hills Cop II
- The Big Easy, starring Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin
- Black Widow (1987 film), starring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell
- Blind Date (1987 film), starring Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger
- Born in East L.A.
- The Brave Little Toaster
- Broadcast News, directed by James L. Brooks, starring William Hurt, Albert Brooks and Holly Hunter
- Burglar, starring Whoopi Goldberg
- Business as Usual
- Can't Buy Me Love, starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson
- The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland
- The Chipmunk Adventure
- Cry Freedom, starring Kevin Kline and Denzel Washington
- Dark Eyes, starring Marcello Mastroianni
- Daughter of the Nile (Niluohe nuer)
- The Dead (film) directed by John Huston starring his daughter, Anjelica Huston
- Dead of Winter
- Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, aka Dear America
- Death Before Dishonor
- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
- Diary for My Loves (Napló szerelmeimnek)
- Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey
- Empire of the Sun, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Christian Bale
- Enemy Territory
- Ernest Goes to Camp
- Evil Dead II
- Family Viewing
- Fatal Attraction, starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer
- Fatal Beauty, starring Whoopi Goldberg
- Five Corners, starring Tim Robbins, Jodie Foster, and John Turturro
- Flowers in the Attic
- Full Metal Jacket, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Matthew Modine and Vincent D'Onofrio
- Gardens of Stone, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring James Caan, Anjelica Huston and James Earl Jones
- The Gate
- Ghost Chase
- G.I. Joe: The Movie
- Le Grand Chemin
- Going Home, directed by Terence Ryan, nominated for Canadian Gemini Award
- Good Morning, Vietnam, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Robin Williams
- Ground Zero
- Hamburger Hill
- Harry and the Hendersons, starring John Lithgow and Melinda Dillon
- The Hanoi Hilton
- Hello Again
- Hellraiser
- The Hidden
- Hiding Out, starring Jon Cryer
- High Tide
- Hollywood_Shuffle
- Hope and Glory, directed by John Boorman - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- House II: The Second Story
- A Hungarian Fairy Tale (Hol volt, hol nem volt)
- Innerspace, starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short and Meg Ryan
- Ironweed, starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep
- Ishtar, starring Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman and Isabelle Adjani
- Jaws The Revenge
- Jocks
- Julia and Julia
- King Lear
- La Bamba (film) featuring Lou Diamond Phillips and Esai Morales
- Lady Beware with Diane Lane
- The Last Emperor - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
- Leonard Part 6 - Won three Razzie Awards for Worst Picture, Actor and Screenplay
- Less Than Zero, starring Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz and Robert Downey, Jr.
- Lethal Weapon, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover
- The Liberators, directed by Kenneth Johnson, starring Robert Carradine, Larry B. Scott, James Mainprize, Cynthia Dale and James Douglas
- Light of Day
- The Living Daylights
- The Lost Boys, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz and Dianne Wiest
- Made in Heaven (1987 film) starring Timothy Hutton and Kelly McGillis
- Maid to Order
- Mannequin, starring Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall
- Masters of the Universe starring Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella and Courteney Cox
- Matewan
- Maurice
- Mio in the Land of Faraway
- The Monster Squad
- Moonstruck, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia, Olympia Dukakis and Danny Aiello
- Mr. Nice Guy starring Mike MacDonald and Jan Smithers
- My Life As a Dog, directed by Lasse Hallstrom, Golden Space Needle award
- My Little Girl
- Near Dark
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- No Way Out (1987 film) with Kevin Costner, Sean Young and Gene Hackman
- Nuts (film) starring Barbra Streisand and Richard Dreyfuss
- Opera (film) directed by Dario Argento
- Outrageous Fortune
- Overboard starring Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn
- Over the Top starring Sylvester Stallone
- Pelle the Conqueror - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film (for 1988)
- Planes, Trains & Automobiles - starring Steve Martin and John Candy
- A Prayer for the Dying
- Predator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- The Principal, starring Jim Belushi
- Prince of Darkness starring Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker and Victor Wong
- The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes and Robin Wright Penn
- Project X (film) directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Helen Hunt and Matthew Broderick
- Radio Days, directed by Woody Allen
- Raising Arizona, starring Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter
- Real Men
- Red Sorghum (Hong gao liang) - Golden Bear award (for 1988)
- Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise with Robert Carradine and Courtney Thorne-Smith
- RoboCop starring Peter Weller and Nancy Allen
- Roxanne starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah
- Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise
- Scenes from the Goldmine
- The Secret of My Succe$s, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Michael J. Fox
- Slam Dance (film)
- The Sicilian (film)
- Some Kind of Wonderful starring Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson and Lea Thompson
- Someone to Watch Over Me (film) directed by Ridley Scott starring Tom Berenger and Mimi Rogers
- Spaceballs directed by Mel Brooks, starring Brooks, John Candy and Rick Moranis
- Square Dance
- Skateout, starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez
- The Stepfather (1987 film)
- Straight to Hell
- Street Smart, starring Christopher Reeve and Morgan Freeman
- Street Trash
- Stripped to Kill
- Summer School, starring Mark Harmon and Kirstie Alley
- Superman IV: The Quest For Peace starring Christopher Reeve
- Suspect, starring Cher and Dennis Quaid
- Teen Wolf Too, starring Jason Bateman
- Three for the Road
- Three Men and a Baby, starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson
- Throw Momma from the Train, starring Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Anne Ramsey and Kate Mulgrew
- Tin Men
- Tropic of Ice
- Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan) - Palme d'Or award
- The Untouchables, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia and Charles Martin Smith
- Waiting for the Moon
- Walker
- Wall Street, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen and Daryl Hannah
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
- Weeds
- The Whales of August starring Bette Davis and Lillian Gish
- Who's That Girl?, starring Madonna and Griffin Dunne
- Wings of Desire, directed by Wim Wenders
- Wish You Were Here with Emily Lloyd and Tom Bell
- The Witches of Eastwick, starring Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer
- Withnail and I
Births
- April 9 - Jesse McCartney, actor and singer
- September 22 - Tom Felton, actor
- September 28 - Hilary Duff
- July 30 - Phillip Mataway, creator of SpudPeeWee and member of the band Maxim Haxim
- September 7 - Evan Rachel Wood, Actress
- September 11 - Tyler Hoechlin, actor
- October 18 - Zac Efron, actor
- November 17 - Kyle Meyer, actor, guitarist
- November 18 - Courtney Weller
- November 30 - Dougie Poynter, McFly bassist
- December 21 - Labaren Holland - actor, singer/songwriter
Deaths
- January 15 - Ray Bolger, actor, singer, dancer
- March 3 - Danny Kaye, actor
- May 14 - Rita Hayworth, actress
- June 1 - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, director
- June 22 - Fred Astaire, actor, singer, dancer
- July 3 - Viola Dana, actress
- August 1 - Pola Negri, actress
- August 28 - John Huston, actor, director
- September 25 - Mary Astor, actress
- October 13 - Kishore Kumar, actor, singer
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