List of American films of 1987

A list of American films released in 1987.
The Last Emperor won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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==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
# Good Morning, Vietnam, starring Robin Williams
# Moonstruck, starring Cher and Nicolas Cage
# The Untouchables, starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery and Robert De Niro.
# The Secret of My Succe$s, starring Michael J. Fox
# Stakeout, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe
# Lethal Weapon, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover
# The Witches of Eastwick, starring Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer
==A==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Note
84 Charing Cross Road 	David Hugh 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: Thirteen 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 	Comedy 	
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 Guttenberg, Rosanna Arquette, Michelle Pfeiffer	Comedy, Parody 	
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 	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 	Action 	
Athens, Georgia: Inside Out 	Tony Gayton 	R.E.M., The B-52's 	Documentary 	
==B-G==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Note
Baby Boom 	Charles Shyer 	Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis 	Comedy 	later became TV seriesBad Taste
Backfire 	Gilbert Cates 	Karen Allen, Keith Carradine, Dean Paul Martin 	Suspense 	Martin's last role
Back to the Beach 	Lyndall Hobbs 	Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Bob Denver, Connie Stevens, Don Adams, Paul Reubens 	Comedy 	spoof of '60s beach movies
Bagdad Café 	Percy Adlon 	Marianne Sägebrecht, C. C. H. Pounder, Jack Palance 	Drama 	co produced with Germany
Barfly 	Barbet Schroeder 	Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway 	Drama 	written by Charles Bukowski
Bates Motel 	Richard Rothstein 	Kurt Paul, Bud Cort, Lori Petty, Moses Gunn 	Horror 	
*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 	Suspense 	based on Anne Holden novel
The Believers 	John Schlesinger 	Martin Sheen, Robert Loggia 	Horror 	based on Nicholas Conde novel
Benji the Hunted 	Joe Camp 	 	Family drama 	Walt Disney
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, Paul Reiser	Action, Comedy 	sequel to Beverly Hills Cop
Beyond Therapy 	Robert Altman 	Julie Hagerty, Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson, Tom Conti 	Comedy 	
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 	Ben Bolt and Harold Becker	Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern, Lee Grant, Tom Skerritt, Suzy Amis 	Drama 	
Black Widow 	Bob Rafelson 	Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey, Dennis Hopper 	Crime drama 	
Blind Date 	Blake Edwards 	Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Larroquette 	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 	7 Oscar nominations
Burglar 	Hugh Wilson 	Whoopi Goldberg, Bobcat Goldthwait 	Comedy 	
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow 	 	 	Documentary 	
Buy & Cell 	Robert Boris 	Robert Carradine, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Imogene Coca 	Comedy 	
Can't Buy Me Love 	Steve Rash 	Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Seth Green 	Comedy 	Touchstone Pictures
Cannibal Hookers 	 	 	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 	 	 	 	
Cherry 2000 	Steve De Jarnatt 	Melanie Griffith, David Andrews, Tim Thomerson 	Science fiction 	Orion
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 	
Creepozoids 	David DeCoteau 	Linnea Quigley 	Science fiction 	
Creepshow 2 	Michael Gornick 	George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Lois Chiles 	Horror comedy 	Sequel to Creepshow
Critical Condition 	Michael Apted 	Richard Pryor 	Comedy 	
Cross My Heart 	Armyan Bernstein 	Martin Short, Annette O'Toole 	Romantic comedy 	
Cry Freedom 	Richard Attenborough 	Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline 	Drama, Biography	based on Donald Woods book
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 	61 minutes
Dark Tower 	Freddie Francis 	Michael Moriarty, Jenny Agutter, Theodore Bikel 	Horror 	
Date with an Angel 	Tom McLoughlin 	Emmanuelle Béart, Phoebe Cates 	Romantic comedy 	
The Dead 	John Huston 	Anjelica Huston 	Drama 	John Huston's final film
Dead of Winter 	Arthur Penn 	Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubes 	Suspense 	My Name Is Julia Ross remake
Deadline 	Nathaniel Gutman 	Christopher Walken 	War 	
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam 	Bill Couturie 	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 	 	Science fiction 	
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!	 	 	 	
Dirty Dancing 	Emile Ardolino 	Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes 	Musical, Romance	Oscar for Best Original Song
Disorderlies 	Michael Schultz 	The Fat Boys, Ralph Bellamy 	Comedy 	
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, Elizabeth Ashley, Christopher Plummer 	Comedy 	Satire of TV series Dragnet
Eddie Murphy Raw 	 	Eddie Murphy 	Comedy concert 	
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, Wilfred 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 	Action 	
Fatal Attraction 	Adrian Lyne 	Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer 	Thriller 	5 Oscar nominations
Fatal Beauty 	Tom Holland 	Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott 	Comedy 	
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 	based on Gustav Hasford novel
G.I. Joe: The Movie 	Don Jurwich 	voices of Don Johnson, Burgess Meredith 	Animated 	based on Hasbro toy
Gardens of Stone 	Francis Ford Coppola 	James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D. B. Sweeney, Mary Stuart Masterson 	War Drama 	American Zoetrope
The Gate 	Tibor Tacacs 	Stephen Dorff 	Horror 	
The Glass Menagerie 	Paul Newman 	Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen 	Drama 	
Good Morning, Vietnam 	Barry Levinson 	Robin Williams, Robert Wuhl, Forest Whitaker 	Comedy, War 	Golden Globe for Williams
Grateful Dead: So Far 	 	The Grateful Dead 	Documentary 	
==H-M==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Note
Hamburger Hill 	John Irvin 	Dylan McDermott, Don Cheadle, Steven Weber 	War drama 	set in Vietnam
The Hanoi Hilton 	Lionel Chetwynd 	Michael Moriarty, Paul LeMat 	War drama 	set in Vietnam
Happy New Year 	John G. Avildsen 	Peter Falk, Charles Durning, Wendy Hughes, Tom Courtenay 	Crime comedy 	
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, Sela Ward, Gabriel Byrne 	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 	Horror 	
The Hidden 	Jack Sholder 	Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian, Clarence Felder, Clu Gulager 	Science fiction 	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 	
Hope and Glory 	John Boorman 	Sarah Miles, Sammi Davis 	Drama 	5 Oscar nominations
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 	1st film directed by Mamet
Housekeeping 	Bill Forsyth 	Christine Lahti 	Drama 	
Howling III 	Phillippe Mora 	Barry Otto 	Horror 	second sequel to The Howling
Hunk 	Lawrence Bassoff 	Deborah Shelton, James Coco 	Comedy 	Crown International
I Was a Teenage Zombie 	 	 	Horror comedy 	
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing 	Patricia Rozema 	Sheila McCarthy 	 	
In the Mood 	Phil Alden Robinson 	Patrick Dempsey, Talia Balsam, Beverly D'Angelo 	Comedy 	
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 	Drama 	From William Kennedy novel; 2 Oscar nominations
It's That Girl 	 	Madonna 	Music videos 	
Ishtar 	Elaine May 	Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin, Jack Weston 	Comedy 	Razzie award for May
Jaws: The Revenge 	Joseph Sargent 	Lorraine Gary, Michael Caine, Lance Guest, Mario van Peebles 	Horror 	third sequel to Jaws; 7 Razzie nominations
The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones	 	 	Animated 	
Jocks 	Steve Carver 	Scott Strader, Perry Lang 	Comedy 	
King Lear 	Jean-Luc Godard 	Peter Sellars, Burgess Meredith, Molly Ringwald, Woody Allen 	 	
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 	Biography 	Story of Richie Valens
Lady Beware 	Karen Arthur 	Diane Lane 	Thriller 	Scotti Brothers Pictures
The Legend of the White Horse 	 	Christopher Lloyd, Dee Wallace, Christopher Stone 	Drama 	
Leonard Part 6 	Paul Weiland 	Bill Cosby, Tom Courtenay, Joe Don Baker, Gloria Foster 	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 	Comedy 	Freaky Friday remake
Lionheart 	Franklin J. Schaffner 	Eric Stoltz, Gabriel Byrne 	Fantasy 	
Living on Tokyo Time 	Steven Okazaki 	 	 	
Long Gone 	Martin Davidson 	William Petersen, Virginia Madsen, Dermot Mulroney 	Drama 	
The Lost Boys 	Joel Schumacher 	Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman 	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, Valerie Perrine, Beverly D'Angelo 	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 	Comedy 	One Touch of Venus remake
Masters of the Universe 	Gary Goddard 	Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella 	Science fiction 	
Matewan 	John Sayles 	Chris Cooper, Will Oldham, David Strathairn 	Drama 	
Meatballs III 	 	Patrick Dempsey, Sally Kellerman 	Comedy 	second sequel to Meatballs
Miami Connection 	Richard Park 	Y.K. Kim, Vincent Hirsch 	Action 	
Million Dollar Mystery 	Richard Fleischer 	Tom Bosley 	Comedy 	4 Razzie nominations
Missile 	Frederick Wiseman 	 	Documentary 	
The Monster Squad 	Fred Dekker 	Andre Gower 	Horror, Comedy 	
Moonstruck 	Norman Jewison 	Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello, Vincent Gardenia, John Mahoney, Julie Bovasso, Anita Gillette	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 	Science fiction, Comedy	produced by 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
==N-R==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Note
Nadine 	Robert Benton 	Kim Basinger, Jeff Bridges, Rip Torn 	Comedy 	78 minutes
Near Dark 	Kathryn Bigelow 	Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Bill Paxton 	Horror 	Bigelow's second film
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 	Chuck Russell 	Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Robert Englund 	Slasher 	second sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street
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 	Thriller 	based on The Big Clock
North Shore 	William Phelps 	Matt Adler 	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 	Drama 	based on play by Tom Topor; Malden's final film
O.C. and Stiggs 	Robert Altman 	Daniel H. Jenkins, Neill Barry 	Comedy 	
On the Black Hill 	Andrew Grieve 	 	Drama 	
Orphans 	Alan J. Pakula 	Albert Finney, Matthew Modine 	Crime 	
Outrageous Fortune 	Arthur Hiller 	Bette Midler, Shelley Long, Peter Coyote, George Carlin 	Comedy 	
Over the Top 	Menahem Golan 	Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, David Mendenhall 	Action 	2 Razzie awards
Overboard 	Garry Marshall 	Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann 	Comedy 	MGM
The Pick-up Artist 	James Toback 	Robert Downey, Jr., Molly Ringwald, Dennis Hopper 	Comedy 	
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night 	 	 	 	
Planes, Trains & Automobiles 	John Hughes 	Steve Martin, John Candy 	Comedy 	also written by Hughes
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 	Jim Drake 	Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, George Gaynes, David Graf, David Spade, Bobcat Goldthwait 	Comedy 	third sequel to Police Academy
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story	Charles Jarott 	Farrah Fawcett 	Biography 	television 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 	Action 	followed by 4 sequels
Prince of Darkness 	John Carpenter 	Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker 	Science fiction 	
The Princess Bride 	Rob Reiner 	Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Andre the Giant, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Peter Falk	Fantasy 	From William Goldman novel
The Principal 	Christopher Cain 	James Belushi, Louis Gossett, Jr., Rae Dawn Chong 	Drama 	TriStar Pictures
Project X 	Jonathan Kaplan 	Mathew Broderick, Helen Hunt 	Drama 	20th Century Fox
Promised Land 	Michael Hoffman 	Kiefer Sutherland, Meg Ryan 	Drama 	
Radio Days 	Woody Allen 	Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Julie Kavner, Michael Tucker 	Comedy 	2 Oscar nominations
Raising Arizona 	Joel Coen 	Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, John Goodman 	Comedy 	20th Century Fox
Rampage 	William Friedkin 	Michael Biehn, Alex McArthur 	Crime drama 	
Real Men 	Dennis Feldman 	James Belushi, John Ritter 	Comedy 	
Red's Dream 	John Lasseter 	 	Animated film 	
Redneck Zombies 	Pericles Lewnes 	 	Horror comedy 	
Rent-A-Cop 	Jerry London 	Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, James Remar 	Action 	
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 	Science fiction 	2 Oscar nominations
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 	Comedy 	based on Cyrano de Bergerac
RuPaul Is: Starbooty! 	Jon Witherspoon 	 	Comedy 	
The Running Man 	Paul Michael Glaser	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Dawson 	Science fiction, Action	from Stephen King novel
Russkies 	Rick Rosenthal 	Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Billingsley 	Comedy 	
==S-Z==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Note
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, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton 	Comedy 	Universal
September 	Woody Allen 	Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Dianne Wiest, Elaine Stritch 	Drama 	grossed under $500,000
Shake! Otis at Monterey 	 	 	 	
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, Alexi Sayles, Martin Sheen	Drama 	2 Razzie nominations
Sign "☮" the Times 	 	Prince 	 	
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 	Lee Harry 	Eric Freeman 	Slasher 	sequel to "Silent Night, Deadly Night''
Sister, Sister 	Bill Condon 	Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judith Ivey 	Thriller 	1st film directed by Condon
Slam Dance 	Wayne Wang 	Virginia Madsen, Tom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio 	Thriller 	
Slumber Party Massacre II 	Deborah Brock 	Crystal Bernard 	Slasher 	sequel to The Slumber Party Massacre
Snow White 	 	 	 	
Some Kind of Wonderful 	Howard Deutch 	Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson, Craig Sheffer 	Romantic comedy	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 	Suspense 	
Sorority House Massacre 	Carol Frank 	Angela O'Neill, Wendy Martel 	Slasher 	
Spaceballs 	Mel Brooks 	John Candy, Bill Pullman, Rick Moranis, Joan Rivers, Daphne Zuniga, Dick van Patten, John Hurt, Mel Brooks 	Comedy 	parody of Star Wars
Square Dance 	Daniel Petrie 	Winona Ryder, Rob Lowe, Jason Robards 	Drama 	based on Alan Hines novel
The Squeeze 	Roger Young 	Michael Keaton 	Comedy 	
Stakeout 	John Badham 	Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn 	Crime 	followed by Another Stakeout
Stanley and Stella in: Breaking the Ice	 	 	 	
Steel Dawn 	Lance Hool 	Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi 	Action 	
The Stepfather 	Joseph Ruben 	Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen 	Thriller 	
Still Crazy Like a Fox 	 	Jack Warden, John Rubinstein 	Drama 	Based on TV series
Straight to Hell 	Alex Cox 	 	 	
Street Smart 	Jerry Schatzberg 	Christopher Reeve, Morgan Freeman, Kathy Baker 	Drama 	Oscar nomination for Freeman
Street Trash 	 	 	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, Sam Wanamaker 	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, Peter Boyle 	Comedy 	
Suspect 	Peter Yates 	Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson 	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 	 	 	 	
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 Norton 	Charlie Sheen 	 	
Throw Momma from the Train 	Danny DeVito 	Billy Crystal, Danny DeVito, Anne Ramsey, 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, John Mahoney 	Comedy 	
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats 	 	 	Animated 	
Tough Guys Don't Dance 	Norman Mailer 	Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Wings Hauser, Debra Sandlund, Lawrence Tierney 	Mystery 	7 Razzie nominations
The Treasure of the Golden Suns 	 	 	 	
The Trouble with Spies 	Burt Kennedy 	Donald Sutherland, Ned Beatty, Ruth Gordon 	Comedy 	
Uncle Meat 	 	 	 	
The Untouchables 	Brian De Palma 	Sean Connery, Kevin Costner, Andy García, Robert De Niro, Patricia Clarkson, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Bradford 	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, Terrence Stamp, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Sean Young 	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
What You Mean We? 	Laurie Anderson 	Laurie Anderson 	Short 	
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, John Mills, 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 	 	 	 	
Yogi's Great Escape 	 	 	Animated 	
You Ruined My Life 	David Ashwell 	Soleil Moon Frye 	Drama 	
Zombie High 	Ron Link 	Virginia Madsen 	Horror comedy 	
==External links==
* American films of 1987 at the Internet Movie Database
1987
Films
American