# List of LGBTQ-related films of 1987

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 1987. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.

## Films

| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
| Baba-It | Jonathan Sagall | Israel | Short | Ronna Cohen, Serjio Elmand, Amikam Levi, Judi Litani, Gita Luka, Julian Maurier, Ruth Sagalle and Shmuel Vilozni | a.k.a. At Home |
| Beyond Therapy | Robert Altman | United States | Comedy | Julie Hagerty, Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson, Tom Conti, Christopher Guest, Geneviève Page, Cris Campion, Sandrine Dumas, Bertrand Bonvoisin, Nicole Evans, Louis-Marie Taillefer, Matthew Leonard-Lesniak and Laure Killing | Based on the play of the same name by Christopher Durang |
| Burglar | Hugh Wilson | Canada United States | Comedy | Whoopi Goldberg, Bobcat Goldthwait | Based on the novel The Burglar in the Closet by Lawrence Block |
| Damned If You Don't | Su Friedrich | United States | Short | Peggy Healey, Makea MacDonald and Ela Troyano | |
| Friends Forever | Stefan Henszelman | Denmark | Drama | Rita Angela, Carsten Morch, Lars Kylmann Jacobsen, Trine Torp Hansen, Thomas Sigsgaard, Christine Skou, Claus Bender Mortensen, Morten Stig Christensen, Mika Heilmann, Thomas Elholm, Lilla Nielsen, Rasmus Bay Barlby, Christian Kamienski, Claus Steenstrup Nielsen and Christian Adam Garnov | a.k.a. Venner for altid |
| Funny Boy | Christian Le Hémonet | France | Comedy, drama | Gérard Lecaillon, Valérie Mairesse, Anaïs Jeanneret, Sacha Briquet, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Gérard Rinaldi, Katherine Erhardy (credited as Catherine Erhardy), Gaëlle Legrand, Annouck Dupont, Brenda Kane, Agnès Blanchot, Anouchka Roïtman, Jacques Herlin, Macha Béranger and Jacques Bouanich | |
| The Gold Rimmed Glasses | Giuliano Montaldo | Italy France Yugoslavia | Drama | Philippe Noiret, Rupert Everett, Valeria Golino, Nicola Farron, Stefania Sandrelli, Rade Markovic, Roberto Herlitzka, Luca Zingaretti and Ivana Despotovic | a.k.a. Gli occhiali d'oro |
| The Heart Exposed | Jean-Yves Laforce | Canada | Drama | Michel Poirier, Gilles Renaud | a.k.a. Le Cœur découvert |
| I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | Patricia Rozema | Canada | Comedy, drama | Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Richard Monette, John Evans and Brenda Kamino | |
| The Last of England | Derek Jarman | United Kingdom West Germany | Drama | Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh, 'Spring' Mark Adley, Gerrard McArthur, Jonny Phillips, Gay Gaynor, Matthew Hawkins and Nigel Terry | The winner of the Teddy Award for best feature film at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival. |
| Law of Desire | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain | Romance, comedy, drama | Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Miguel Molina, Manuela Velasco, Bibi Andersen, father and son Fernando Guillén and Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Helga Liné, Nacho Martínez and Germán Cobos | The winner of the Teddy Award for best feature film at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. |
| Less than Zero | Marek Kanievska | United States | Drama | Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr. | |
| Maurice | James Ivory | United Kingdom | Romance, drama | James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Billie Whitelaw, Barry Foster, Judy Parfitt, Phoebe Nicholls, Ben Kingsley, Patrick Godfrey, Mark Tandy, Kitty Aldridge, Helena Michell, Catherine Rabett and Peter Eyre | Based on the novel of the same name by E. M. Forster |
| Mannequin | Michael Gottlieb | United States | Romance, comedy | Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, James Spader, G. W. Bailey, Meshach Taylor, Carole Davis, Steve Vinovich and Christopher Maher | |
| Mga Anak ni Facifica Falayfay | Romy S. Villaflor | Philippines | Comedy | Dolphy, Roderick Paulate, Zsa Zsa Padilla | |
| Night Angels | Wilson Barros | Brazil | Drama | Zezé Motta, Antônio Fagundes, Marco Nanini, Chiquinho Brandão, Aida Leiner, Cláudio Mamberti, Aldo Bueno, Ana Ramalho, José Rubens Chachá, Letícia Imbassahy, Guilherme Leme, Be Valério, Marília Pêra, Sérgio Mamberti and Arrigo Barnabé | a.k.a. Anjos de Noite |
| Night Zoo | Jean-Claude Lanzon | Canada | Crime, drama | Gilles Maheu, Lunne Adams, Roger Lebel | a.k.a. Un Zoo La Nuit |
| No Way Out | Roger Donaldson | United States | Thriller | Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young | Based on the novel The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing |
| Prick Up Your Ears | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom | Comedy, drama | Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Frances Barber, Janet Dale, Julie Walters, Bert Parnaby, Margaret Tyzack, Lindsay Duncan, Wallace Shawn and Joan Sanderson | Based on a biography of Joe Orton by John Lahr |
| She Must Be Seeing Things | Sheila McLaughlin | United States | Drama | Lois Weaver, Sheila Dabney, Kyle deCamp, John Erdman, Ed Bowes and Peggy Shaw | |
| Surrender | Jerry Belson | United States | Comedy | Sally Field, Michael Caine and Steve Guttenberg | |
| Taxi nach Kairo | Frank Ripploh | Germany | Comedy | Frank Ripploh, Christine Neubauer, Udo Schenk | |
| Three Bewildered People in the Night | Gregg Araki | United States | Drama | Darcy Marta, John Lacques and Mark Howell | First feature film by New Queer Cinema director Gregg Araki. Winner of the 1987 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Independent-Experimental Award. |
| Too Outrageous! | Richard Benner | Canada | Comedy | Craig Russell, Hollis McLaren | Sequel to the 1977 film Outrageous! |
| Tough Guys Don't Dance | Norman Mailer | United States | Drama | Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Debra Sandlund | |
| Waiting for the Moon | Jill Godmilow | United States | Drama | Linda Hunt, Linda Bassett, Bernadette Lafont | |
| Withnail and I | Bruce Robinson | United Kingdom | Drama | Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick, Eddie Tagoe, Daragh O'Malley, Michael Wardle, Una Brandon-Jones and Noel Johnson | |