Top Movies of 1987


The top movies of 1987 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

41. Overboard

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Garry Marshall
Actors: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond, Mike Hagerty, Roddy McDowall
Plot: A rich, spoiled woman hires a carpenter to build a closet on her yacht, but leaves him without pay after disagreeing with his work. When an accident leaves her with amnesia, the carpenter convinces her that she's his wife and wrangles her into the real world to him and his four boys.

42. Some Kind of Wonderful

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Howard Deutch
Actors: Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson, Craig Sheffer, John Ashton, Elias Koteas
Plot: A teenage boy is crushing on a girl he hardly knows while his best friend, a tomboy, is in love with him.

43. Angel Heart

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling, Stocker Fontelieu, Brownie McGhee
Plot: Harold Angel (Mickey Rourke) is a detective on a mission to find a solider who welched on a deal with Lou Cypher. Lou intends to collect the hard way.

44. Escape from Sobibor

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jack Gold
Actors: Alan Arkin, Rutger Hauer, Hartmut Becker, Joanna Pacula, Jack Shepherd, Simon Gregor
Plot: The historical recreation of the escape from the Nazi Death Camp Sobibor, where approximately one-quarter million Jews were executed. Of approximately 600 prisoners who attempted escaped in October 1943, around 300 succeeded. However, nearly all were ultimately recaptured; only about 60 people survived Sobibor.

45. Maurice

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Ivory
Actors: James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Ben Kingsley
Plot: Two English students love each other. But there is one problem, they are both male.

46. Witches of Eastwick

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George Miller
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Veronica Cartwright, Richard Jenkins
Plot: Three bored housewives conjure up the man of their dreams: rich, single, sensual... and plenty of trouble. Too late they realize this is no man, but the devil, and he has a plan all his own.

47. Matewan

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Sayles
Actors: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn, Gordon Clapp
Plot: Based on real events, the story about brutally broken strike of West Virginian miners in 1920.

48. Eddie Murphy Raw

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Townsend
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Tatyana Ali, Samuel L. Jackson, Billie Allen, Clebert Ford, Birdie M. Hale
Plot: Eddie Murphy's stand-up comedy about his life, father and relationships.

49. Babette's Feast ( Babettes gæstebud )

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Gabriel Axel
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Bodil Kjer, Jarl Kulle, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Ghita Nørby
Plot: In 19th Century Denmark a pair of sisters stay with their father, an honored Protestant pastor, even given the opportunity to leave. When a French woman and refugee, Babbette, arrives, she begs to be taken in becoming a maid/cook/housekeeper. The father eventually dies and, on his 100th anniversary, the sisters plan a celebration feast - one in which Babbette wants to plan and prepare. Despite some trepidation, the sisters agree and Babbette offers the community the meal of a lifetime, especially for one certain man.

50. Radio Days

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Mike Starr, Paul Herman, Don Pardo, Martin Rosenblatt, Helen Miller, Seth Green

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