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.

81. Big Shots

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Mandel
Actors: Ricky Busker, Darius McCrary, Robert Joy, Robert Prosky, Jerzy Skolimowski, Paul Winfield

82. Flowers in the Attic

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jeffrey Bloom
Actors: Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson, Jeb Stuart Adams, Ben Ryan Ganger, Lindsay Parker
Plot: Based on the book by V.C. Andrews, 'Flowers in the Attic' is about four children, two brothers and two sisters, whose mother locks them up in a room in their grandmother's house. The room happens to have the door to the attic. For years they spend their time either in the room or the attic while being tortured by their grandmother as their mother lives her life and gradually forgets about her children.

83. Armour of God, The ( Long xiong hu di )

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Alan Tam, Rosamund Kwan, Lola Forner, Bozidar Smiljanic, Ken Boyle
Plot: Jackie Chan portrays a professional fortune hunter who's out to get rich by recovering exotic artifacts. To persuade Jackie to locate the items missing from the Armour of the Gods (which is thought to possess supernatural power) a cult of malevolent monks abducts Jackie's ex-girlfriend Lorelei and holds her captive.

84. Street Smart

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Actors: Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers, Jay Patterson, Morgan Freeman, Andre Gregory
Plot: A reporter starts writing a story about the life of a real-life pimp.

85. Harry and the Hendersons

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William Dear
Actors: John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy, Kevin Peter Hall, Don Ameche
Plot: Returning from a hunting trip, the Henderson family hits something in the road. Fearing it's a person, the instead discover the legendary Bigfoot. Taking it back with them, the beast awakens, but far from being a ferocious animal, he's a gentle giant. Now the family must keep Harry safer from authorities and a Bigfoot hunter.

86. Opera ( Terror at the Opera )

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dario Argento
Actors: Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, William McNamara
Plot: A young opera singer gets her chance to become a star in a staging of Macbeth, but a deranged killer follows her and forces her to watch as her murders those close to her. Can a traumatic memory hold the key to stopping the killer?

87. Beauty and the Beast

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Eugene Marner
Actors: John Savage, Rebecca De Mornay, Yossi Graber, Michael Schneider, Carmela Marner, Ruth Harlap

88. Dancing in Water ( Hey Babu Riba )

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Serbian
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jovan Acin
Actors: Gala Videnovic, Relja Basic, Nebojsa Bakocevic, Marko Todorovic, Dragan Bjelogrlic, Milos Zutic

89. Three O'Clock High

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Phil Joanou
Actors: Casey Siemaszko, Anne Ryan, Richard Tyson, Jeffrey Tambor, Philip Baker Hall, Stacey Glick
Plot: Jerry Mitchell’s having one of those days: he’s late for high school, his car has a flat and he’s been sent to the dean’s office. But worst of all, he’s just ticked off muscle-bound bully Buddy Revell, who challenges him to a fight at 3 p.m.

90. Wings of Honneamise ( Ôritsu uchûgun Oneamisu no tsubasa )

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga
Actors: Masahiro Anzai, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Yoshito Yasuhara, Bryan Cranston, Steve Blum

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