1987 Movies

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The Year in Review

Well, this was the year I was supposed to be studying for the HSC, but what was I doing? Going out to the movies to see all these great films.. Often twice.

My Top Picks

  1. Lethal Weapon
  2. Beverly Hills Cop II
  3. Hellraiser
  4. Evil Dead II
  5. Spaceballs
  6. Fatal Attraction
  7. The Untouchables
  8. The Lighthorsemen

Notable Mentions ("Surprise" Films)

  1. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
  2. Predator
  3. Au revoir, les enfants
  4. My Life As a Dog
  5. The Princess Bride
  6. RoboCop
  7. The Secret of My Success
  8. The Running Man
  9. Nekromantik
  10. Near Dark
  11. Monster Squad, The

The Biggest Disappointments

  1. House II: The Second Story
  2. Jaws The Revenge
  3. Leonard Part 6
  4. Superman IV: The Quest For Peace
  5. Teen Wolf Too
  6. Bad Taste

All the films I've seen from 1987 at the Movies

  1. Beverly Hills Cop II
  2. Fatal Attraction
  3. Good Morning, Vietnam
  4. Innerspace
  5. Jaws The Revenge
  6. Lethal Weapon
  7. Living Daylights, The
  8. Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A
  9. Outrageous Fortune
  10. Overboard
  11. Planes, Trains & Automobiles
  12. Running Man, The
  13. Secret of My Success, The
  14. Spaceballs
  15. Throw Momma from the Train
  16. Tin Men
  17. Witches of Eastwick, The

All the films I've seen from 1987 on the Small Screen

  1. *batteries not included
  2. Akira
  3. Angel Heart
  4. Au revoir les enfants (Goodbye, Children)
  5. Bad Taste
  6. Creepshow 2
  7. Critical Condition
  8. Dragnet
  9. Eddie Murphy - Raw
  10. Empire of the Sun
  11. Ernest Goes to Camp
  12. Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn
  13. Flowers in the Attic
  14. Full Metal Jacket
  15. Gate, The
  16. Ghoulies 2
  17. Hamburger Hill
  18. Harry and the Hendersons
  19. Hellraiser
  20. The Hidden
  21. House II: The Second Story
  22. Kindred, The
  23. La Bamba
  24. Last Emperor, The
  25. Leonard Part 6
  26. Lighthorsemen, The
  27. Lost Boys, The
  28. Monster Squad, The
  29. Moonstruck
  30. My Life As a Dog
  31. Near Dark
  32. Nekromantik
  33. Opera
  34. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
  35. Predator
  36. Prince of Darkness
  37. Princess Bride, The
  38. Project A Part II ('A' gai wak juk jap) - (Hong Kong)
  39. Prom Night II: Hello Mary Lou
  40. Return to Horror High
  41. RoboCop
  42. Roxanne
  43. Stepfather, The
  44. Superman IV: The Quest For Peace
  45. Teen Wolf Too
  46. Three Men and a Baby
  47. Untouchables, The
  48. Wall Street
  49. Who's That Girl?
  50. Wicked City - (Japan)
  51. Withnail and I - (U.K,)
  52. Year My Voice Broke - (Australia)

What's Left to See from 1987?

  1. 84 Charing Cross Road - (UK/US)
  2. AAj - (India)
  3. Adventures in Babysitting (aka A Night on the Town in the UK)
  4. Aenigma - (Italy)
  5. Aha Naa Pellanta - (India)
  6. Allnighter
  7. Amazing Grace and Chuck
  8. Amazon Women on the Moon
  9. American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
  10. An Autumn's Tale (Chou tin dik tong wah) - (Hong Kong)
  11. Anguish (Angustia) - (Spain)
  12. Anna
  13. Aria - (U.K.)
  14. Assassination
  15. Babette's Feast (Babettes Gæstebud) - (Denmark)
  16. Baby Boom
  17. Back to the Beach
  18. Bagdad Café, aka Out of Rosenheim - (West Germany/United States)
  19. Barbarians
  20. Barfly
  21. Beatrice
  22. Beauty and the Beast
  23. Bedroom Window
  24. Believers
  25. Bellman and True - (U.K.)
  26. Belly of an Architect - (U.K./Italy)
  27. Benji the Hunted
  28. Best Seller
  29. Better Tomorrow II, A (Jing hung bun sik) - (Hong Kong)
  30. Beyond Therapy
  31. Big Easy
  32. Big Shots
  33. Big Town
  34. Black Widow
  35. Blind Chance (Przypadek) - (Poland)
  36. Blind Date
  37. Blue Monkey - (Canada)
  38. Born in East L.A.
  39. Boyfriends and Girlfriends (French: L'Ami de mon amie) - (France)
  40. Brave Little Toaster *
  41. Broadcast News
  42. Burglar
  43. Business as Usual - (UK/US)
  44. Buy & Cell
  45. Can't Buy Me Love
  46. Captain Khorshid (Nakhoda Khorshid) - (Iran)
  47. Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland - (Canada)
  48. Cherry 2000
  49. Chinese Ghost Story, A - (Hong Kong)
  50. Chipmunk Adventure
  51. Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Crónica de una muerte anunciada) - (France/Italy/Colombia)
  52. City on Fire (Lóng hǔ fēng yún) - (Hong Kong)
  53. Coast to Coast - (U.K.)
  54. Cobra Verde - (West Germany)
  55. Cold Steel
  56. Crazy Love (Amor Loco) - (Belgium)
  57. Cross My Heart
  58. Cry Freedom - (UK/US/South Africa)
  59. Cry of the Owl ( Le cri du hibou) - (France)
  60. Curse - (United States/Italy)
  61. Cyclist (Bicycleran) - (Iran)
  62. Da Grande - (Italy)
  63. Dark Eyes (Oci ciornie) - (Italy/U.S.S.R.)
  64. Dark Tower
  65. Date with an Angel
  66. Daughter of the Nile (Niluohe nuer) - (Taiwan)
  67. Days to Remember (Die Verliebten) - (West Germany)
  68. Dead of Winter
  69. Dead, The - (UK/Ireland/US)
  70. Deadline
  71. Deadly Illusion
  72. Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
  73. Death Before Dishonor
  74. Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
  75. Desyat Negrityat (Ten Little Negroes, Ten Little Indians) - (U.S.S.R.)
  76. Diary for My Lovers (Napló szerelmeimnek) - (Hungary)
  77. Dirty Dancing
  78. Disorderlies
  79. Dolls
  80. Down Twisted
  81. Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (Doragon Bōru: Majin-Jō No Nemuri Hime) - (Japan)
  82. Dudes
  83. Eastern Condors (Dung fong tuk ying) - (Hong Kong)
  84. Eat the Rich - (U.K.)
  85. Eien no 1/2 (Half of Eternity) - (Japan)
  86. El Lute: Run for Your Life (El Lute: camina o revienta) - (Spain)
  87. Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, The (Yuki Yukite Shingun) - (Japan)
  88. End of the Line
  89. Enemy Territory
  90. Escape from Sobibor - (UK/Yugoslavia)
  91. Extreme Prejudice
  92. Family Viewing - (Canada)
  93. Family, The (La famiglia) - (Italy)
  94. Fatal Beauty
  95. Five Corners
  96. Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (Quatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle) - (France)
  97. Fourth Protocol, The - (U.K.)
  98. Freckled Max and the Spooks (Pehavý Max a strašidlá) - (Czechoslovakia)
  99. From the Hip
  100. G.I. Joe: The Movie
  101. Garbage Pail Kids Movie, The
  102. Gardens of Stone
  103. Glass Menagerie, The
  104. Going Bananas
  105. Good Morning, Babylon - (Italy)
  106. Gor
  107. Grand Highway, The (Le grand chemin) - (France)
  108. Ground Zero - (Australia)
  109. Hamlet Goes Business (Hamlet liikemaailmassa) - (Finland)
  110. Hangmen
  111. Hanoi Hilton, The
  112. Happy New Year
  113. Hard Ticket to Hawaii
  114. Hello Again
  115. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II - (Canada)
  116. Hidden City - (U.K.)
  117. Hidden, The
  118. Hiding Out
  119. High Season
  120. High Tide - (Australia)
  121. Hollywood Shuffle
  122. Hope and Glory - (UK/US)
  123. Hot Pursuit
  124. House of Games
  125. Housekeeping
  126. Hungarian Fairy Tale, A (Hol volt, hol nem volt) - (Hungary)
  127. Hunk
  128. I've Heard the Mermaids Singing - (Canada)
  129. In the Mood
  130. Intervista (Interview) - (Italy)
  131. Iron Earth, Copper Sky (Yer Demir Gök Bakır) - (Turkey)
  132. Ironweed
  133. Ishtar
  134. It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
  135. Julia and Julia - (Italy)
  136. Kaash (If Only) - (India)
  137. Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu (Duty, Discipline, Control) - (India)
  138. Kelid (The Key) - (Iran)
  139. King Lear
  140. King of the Children (Háizǐ Wáng) - (China)
  141. Kingsajz (Kingsize) - (Poland)
  142. Kreutzer Sonata, The - (U.S.S.R.)
  143. La Bamba
  144. Lady Beware
  145. Last of England, The - (U.K.)
  146. Late Summer Blues (Blues Lahofesh Hagadol) - (Israel)
  147. Laughter and Grief by the White Sea (Smekh i gore u Bela morya) - (U.S.S.R.)
  148. Law of Desire (La ley del deseo) - (Spain)
  149. Leonard Part 6 *
  150. Less Than Zero
  151. Light of Day
  152. Like Father Like Son
  153. Lionheart
  154. Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, The - (U.K.)
  155. Long Gone
  156. Love at Stake
  157. Love is a Fat Woman (El Amor es una mujer gorda) - (Argentina)
  158. Loyalties - (Canada/U.K.)
  159. Macbeth, an opera - (France)
  160. Made in Heaven
  161. Maid to Order
  162. Making Mr. Right
  163. Malone
  164. Man On Fire
  165. Man Who Planted Trees, The (L'homme qui plantait des arbres) - (Canada)
  166. Man from the Boulevard des Capucines, A (Chelovek s bulvara Kaputsinov) - (U.S.S.R.)
  167. Man in Love, A - (Italy)
  168. Mannequin
  169. Masks (Masques) - (France)
  170. Masters of the Universe
  171. Matewan
  172. Maurice
  173. Miami Connection
  174. Mio in the Land of Faraway (Mio Min Mio) - (Sweden/U.S.S.R./Norway)
  175. Month in the Country, A - (U.K.)
  176. Morgan Stewart's Coming Home
  177. Morning Patrol - (Greece)
  178. Mother of Kings, The (Matka Królów) - Produced in 1982 but not released until 1987 - (Poland)
  179. Mr. India - (India)
  180. Mr. Muhsin (Muhsin Bey) - (Turkey)
  181. Mr. Nice Guy
  182. My Best Friend Is a Vampire
  183. My Demon Lover
  184. Nadine
  185. Nayakan (The Hero) - (India)
  186. Neo Tokyo - (Japan)
  187. Night Zoo (Un Zoo la Nuit) - (Canada)
  188. No Man's Land
  189. No Way Out
  190. North Shore
  191. Nowhere to Hide
  192. Nukie - (South Africa)
  193. Number One with a Bullet
  194. Nuts
  195. O.C. and Stiggs
  196. Orphans
  197. Over the Top
  198. Overboard
  199. Partition
  200. Pathfinder (Veiviseren) - (Norway)
  201. Pelle the Conqueror - (Denmark)
  202. Personal Services - (U.K.)
  203. Pick-up Artist, The
  204. Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
  205. Prayer for the Dying, A
  206. Prick Up Your Ears - (U.K.)
  207. Principal, The
  208. Prison on Fire (Jian yu feng yun) - (Hong Kong)
  209. Project X
  210. Promised Land
  211. Queenie, television miniseries
  212. Radio Days
  213. Raising Arizona
  214. Rampage
  215. Real Men
  216. Red Sorghum (Hong gao liang) - (China)
  217. Reflections (Već viđeno) - (Yugoslavia)
  218. Rent-a-Cop
  219. Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
  220. Rita, Sue and Bob Too - (U.K.)
  221. Robot Carnival, anthology film - (Japan)
  222. Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (Ōritsu Uchūgun: Oneamisu no Tsubasa) - (Japan)
  223. Russkies
  224. Sammy and Rosie Get Laid - (U.K.)
  225. Satyamev Jayate - (India)
  226. September
  227. Shy People
  228. Sicilian, The
  229. Siesta
  230. Sign 'o' the Times
  231. Sister, Sister
  232. Slam Dance
  233. Sleeping Beauty
  234. Snow White
  235. Some Kind of Wonderful
  236. Someone to Love
  237. Someone to Watch Over Me
  238. Square Dance
  239. Squeeze, The
  240. Stage Fright (Deliria) - (Italy)
  241. Stakeout
  242. Steel Dawn
  243. Storm - (Canada)
  244. Straight to Hell - (UK/US/Spain)
  245. Street Smart
  246. Street Trash
  247. Strike Commando - (Italy)
  248. Subway to the Stars (Um Trem para as Estrelas) - (Brazil)
  249. Summer Camp Nightmare
  250. Summer School
  251. Surrender
  252. Surrogate Woman, The (Ssibaji) - (South Korea)
  253. Suspect
  254. Swimming to Cambodia
  255. Taxing Woman, A (Marusa no onna) - (Japan)
  256. Teen Wolf Too
  257. Three O'Clock High
  258. Three for the Road
  259. Tiger's Tale, A
  260. Timestalkers
  261. Tough Guys Don't Dance
  262. Train of Dreams - (Canada)
  263. Travelling North - (Australia)
  264. Tropic of Ice (Jään kääntöpiiri) - (Finland)
  265. Trouble with Spies, The
  266. Twilight of the Cockroaches - (Japan)
  267. Umbrella Woman, The aka The Good Wife
  268. Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan) - (France)
  269. Vincent
  270. Waiting for the Moon - (UK/US/France/West Germany)
  271. Walk Like a Man
  272. Walker - (United States/Mexico/Spain)
  273. Wanted: Dead or Alive
  274. Weeds
  275. Whales of August, The
  276. Where Is the Friend's Home? (Khane-ye doust kodjast?) - (Iran)
  277. White Apache - (Italy)
  278. White Mischief - (U.K.)
  279. White Water Summer
  280. White of the Eye - (U.K.)
  281. Why? (Proc?) - (Czechoslovakia)
  282. Wild Thing
  283. Wings of Desire - (West Germany/France)
  284. Wish You Were Here - (U.K.)
  285. Yeelen (Brightness) - (Mali)
  286. Zegen - (Japan)