The Best Movies of 1987   (113) Most Notable
Sorted by Rank
 RATING   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 1 for 1987, # 63 Overall Wings of Desire 1987 Wenders, Wim West Germany / France BDS
# 2 for 1987, # 347 Overall Au Revoir, Les Enfants 1987 Malle, Louis France / West Germany BD
# 3 for 1987, # 348 Overall The Last Emperor 1987 Bertolucci, Bernardo France / Italy / UK BDS
# 4 for 1987, # 416 Overall The Dead 1987 Huston, John UK D
# 5 for 1987, # 570 Overall Broadcast News 1987 Brooks, James L. USA BD
# 6 for 1987, # 630 Overall Hope and Glory 1987 Boorman, John UK BD
# 7 for 1987, # 667 Overall Moonstruck 1987 Jewison, Norman USA BD
# 8 for 1987, # 672 Overall Babette's Feast 1987 Axel, Gabriel Denmark BD
# 9 for 1987, # 675 Overall Pelle the Conqueror 1987 August, Bille Denmark / Sweden BD
# 10 for 1987, # 718 Overall Withnail & I 1987 Robinson, Bruce UK BD
# 11 for 1987, # 729 Overall Red Sorghum 1987 Zhang, Yimou China Y
# 12 for 1987, # 771 Overall The Princess Bride 1987 Reiner, Rob USA BD
# 13 for 1987, # 779 Overall Empire of the Sun 1987 Spielberg, Steven USA BDS
# 14 for 1987, # 783 Overall Yeelen 1987 Cissé, Souleymane Mali / Burkina Faso / France / West Germany Y
# 15 for 1987, # 827 Overall House of Games 1987 Mamet, David USA BD
# 16 for 1987, # 835 Overall Fatal Attraction 1987 Lyne, Adrian USA BDS
# 17 for 1987, # 900 Overall The Untouchables 1987 De Palma, Brian USA BDS
# 18 for 1987, # 967 Overall Dark Eyes 1987 Mikhalkov, Nikita Italy YS
# 19 for 1987, # 1173 Overall Full Metal Jacket 1987 Kubrick, Stanley USA BD
# 20 for 1987, # 1199 Overall Raising Arizona 1987 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA BD
# 21 for 1987, # 1387 Overall Robocop 1987 Verhoeven, Paul USA BD
# 22 for 1987, # 1463 Overall Repentance 1987 Abuladze, Tengiz Soviet Union Y
# 23 for 1987, # 1661 Overall Housekeeping 1987 Forsyth, Bill USA Y
# 24 for 1987, # 1698 Overall Wall Street 1987 Stone, Oliver USA BD
# 25 for 1987, # 1710 Overall Bagdad Cafe 1987 Adlon, Percy West Germany / USA DS
# 26 for 1987, # 1737 Overall Barfly 1987 Schroeder, Barbet USA Y
# 27 for 1987, # 1794 Overall Matewan 1987 Sayles, John USA BDS
# 28 for 1987, # 1816 Overall A Taxing Woman 1987 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
# 29 for 1987, # 1850 Overall Radio Days 1987 Allen, Woody USA Y
# 30 for 1987, # 1851 Overall Comrades 1987 Douglas, Bill UK
# 31 for 1987, # 2023 Overall The Whales of August 1987 Anderson, Lindsay USA BD
# 32 for 1987, # 2130 Overall Lethal Weapon 1987 Donner, Richard USA BD
# 33 for 1987, # 2136 Overall Good Morning, Vietnam 1987 Levinson, Barry USA BDS
# 34 for 1987, # 2223 Overall Pathfinder 1987 Gaup, Nils Norway Y
# 35 for 1987, # 2230 Overall No Way Out 1987 Donaldson, Roger USA BD
# 36 for 1987, # 2270 Overall The Short and Curlies 1987 Leigh, Mike UK
# 37 for 1987, # 2295 Overall Nayakan 1987 Ratnam, Mani India
# 38 for 1987, # 2297 Overall Cry Freedom 1987 Attenborough, Richard UK BD
# 39 for 1987, # 2364 Overall Chinese Ghost Story 1987 Ching, Siu-Tung Hong Kong
# 39 for 1987, # 2364 Overall Jackie Chan's Project A2 1987 Chan, Jackie Hong Kong D
# 40 for 1987, # 2382 Overall Dirty Dancing 1987 Ardolino, Emile USA BD
# 41 for 1987, # 2392 Overall Predator 1987 McTiernan, John USA BDS
# 42 for 1987, # 2409 Overall Law of Desire 1987 Almodóvar, Pedro Spain D
# 43 for 1987, # 2421 Overall Planes, Trains and Automobiles 1987 Hughes, John USA BD
# 44 for 1987, # 2435 Overall Evil Dead II 1987 Raimi, Sam USA BDS
# 45 for 1987, # 2472 Overall La Bamba 1987 Valdez, Luis USA BD
# 46 for 1987, # 2491 Overall Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story 1987 Haynes, Todd USA
# 47 for 1987, # 2499 Overall Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll 1987 Hackford, Taylor USA S
# 47 for 1987, # 2499 Overall 84 Charing Cross Road 1987 Jones, David Hugh UK / USA BD
# 48 for 1987, # 2537 Overall The Big Easy 1987 McBride, Jim USA BY
# 49 for 1987, # 2548 Overall Shy People 1987 Konchalovsky, Andrei USA Y
# 50 for 1987, # 2560 Overall Prick Up Your Ears 1987 Frears, Stephen UK Y
# 51 for 1987, # 2576 Overall Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam 1987 Couturié, Bill USA Y
# 52 for 1987, # 2585 Overall Wedding in Galilee 1987 Khleifi, Michel Israel / France / Belgium Y
# 53 for 1987, # 2586 Overall Family Viewing 1987 Egoyan, Atom Canada D
# 54 for 1987, # 2589 Overall Near Dark 1987 Bigelow, Kathryn USA DS
# 54 for 1987, # 2589 Overall The Year My Voice Broke 1987 Duigan, John Australia D
# 55 for 1987, # 2590 Overall The Living Daylights 1987 Glen, John UK / USA BDS
# 56 for 1987, # 2592 Overall The Glass Menagerie 1987 Newman, Paul USA V
# 56 for 1987, # 2592 Overall Orphans 1987 Pakula, Alan J. USA
# 57 for 1987, # 2626 Overall Where Is the Friend's Home? 1987 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran BD
# 58 for 1987, # 2650 Overall Course Completed 1987 Garci, José Luis Spain
# 58 for 1987, # 2650 Overall The Family 1987 Scola, Ettore Italy / France Y
# 59 for 1987, # 2654 Overall Who Killed Vincent Chin? 1987 Choy, Christine / Tajima-Pena, Renee USA
# 60 for 1987, # 2656 Overall Under Satan's Sun 1987 Pialat, Maurice France Y
# 61 for 1987, # 2670 Overall City on Fire 1987 Lam, Ringo Hong Kong D
# 62 for 1987, # 2679 Overall Gaby: A True Story 1987 Mandoki, Luis USA / Mexico YS
# 62 for 1987, # 2679 Overall Le Grand Chemin 1987 Hubert, Jean-Loup France Y
# 63 for 1987, # 2681 Overall Less Than Zero 1987 Kanievska, Marek USA DS
# 63 for 1987, # 2681 Overall Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh 1987 Cox, Paul Australia D
# 64 for 1987, # 2688 Overall Baby Boom 1987 Shyer, Charles USA Y
# 64 for 1987, # 2688 Overall Nuts 1987 Ritt, Martin USA Y
# 65 for 1987, # 2691 Overall Camp de Thiaroye 1987 Sembene, Ousmane / Sow, Thierno Faty Algeria / Senegal / Tunisia
# 65 for 1987, # 2691 Overall The Deadman 1987 Ahwesh, Peggy / Sanborn, Keith USA
# 65 for 1987, # 2691 Overall From the Pole to the Equator 1987 Gianikian, Yervant / Lucchi, Angela Ricci West Germany / Italy
# 65 for 1987, # 2691 Overall Ishtar 1987 May, Elaine USA BV
# 65 for 1987, # 2691 Overall King Lear 1987 Godard, Jean-Luc Bahamas / USA Y
# 65 for 1987, # 2691 Overall La Chouette aveugle 1987 Ruiz, Raoul Switzerland / France
# 65 for 1987, # 2691 Overall The Peddler 1987 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran Y
# 65 for 1987, # 2691 Overall The Silent Majority 1987 Saeed-Vafa, Mehrnaz unknown
# 65 for 1987, # 2691 Overall Tough Guys Don't Dance 1987 Mailer, Norman USA Y
# 65 for 1987, # 2691 Overall Walker 1987 Cox, Alex USA / Mexico / Spain Y
# 65 for 1987, # 2691 Overall A Western 1987 Dunphy, Laurie USA
# 66 for 1987, # 2698 Overall El Bosque animado 1987 Cuerda, José Luis Spain
# 67 for 1987, # 2699 Overall Shinran: Path to Purity 1987 Mikuni, Rentaro Japan
# 68 for 1987, # 2700 Overall Angel Heart 1987 Parker, Alan USA / Canada / UK BDS
# 68 for 1987, # 2700 Overall Back to the Beach 1987 Hobbs, Lyndall USA D
# 68 for 1987, # 2700 Overall The Big Town 1987 Bolt, Ben / Becker, Harold USA D
# 68 for 1987, # 2700 Overall The Fourth Protocol 1987 Mackenzie, John UK
# 68 for 1987, # 2700 Overall I've Heard the Mermaids Singing 1987 Rozema, Patricia Canada D
# 68 for 1987, # 2700 Overall Light of Day 1987 Schrader, Paul USA
# 68 for 1987, # 2700 Overall Making Mr. Right 1987 Seidelman, Susan USA D
# 68 for 1987, # 2700 Overall Personal Services 1987 Jones, Terry UK
# 68 for 1987, # 2700 Overall Roxanne 1987 Schepisi, Fred USA BD
# 68 for 1987, # 2700 Overall Sammy and Rosie Get Laid 1987 Frears, Stephen UK
# 68 for 1987, # 2700 Overall September 1987 Allen, Woody USA D
# 68 for 1987, # 2700 Overall Travelling North 1987 Schultz, Carl Australia
# 68 for 1987, # 2700 Overall Wish You Were Here 1987 Leland, David UK
# 68 for 1987, # 2700 Overall The Witches of Eastwick 1987 Miller, George USA DS
# 69 for 1987, # 2707 Overall Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland 1987 Armatage, Kay Canada
# 69 for 1987, # 2707 Overall Michael Caine - Acting in Film 1987 Croft, David G. UK D
# 69 for 1987, # 2707 Overall Night Zoo 1987 Lauzon, Jean-Claude Canada V
# 69 for 1987, # 2707 Overall Your Face 1987 Plympton, Bill USA D
# 70 for 1987, # 2728 Overall Beirut: The Last Home Movie 1987 Fox, Jennifer USA
# 70 for 1987, # 2728 Overall Heat and Sunlight 1987 Nilsson, Rob USA Y
# 70 for 1987, # 2728 Overall The Trouble with Dick 1987 Walkow, Gary USA Y
# 70 for 1987, # 2728 Overall Waiting for the Moon 1987 Godmilow, Jill UK / France / USA / West Germany D
# 71 for 1987, # 2744 Overall The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On 1987 Hara, Kazuo Japan
# 72 for 1987, # 2749 Overall Blind Chance 1987 Kieslowski, Krzysztof Poland BD
# 72 for 1987, # 2749 Overall A Long Goodbye 1987 Muratova, Kira Soviet Union
# 74 for 1987, # 2751 Overall Boyfriends and Girlfriends 1987 Rohmer, Eric France D
NR Beverly Hills Cop II 1987 Scott, Tony USA DS
NR Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 1987 Furie, Sidney J. UK BD
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Media Availability Codes (Amazon.com)
T   Theaters (US)
B   Blu-ray Disc
D   DVD
V   VHS
Y   Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
S   Soundtrack