71. La Bamba
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Luis Valdez
Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Joe Pantoliano, Elizabeth Peña, Marshall Crenshaw
Plot: This is the true story Ritchie Valens a young rock & roll singer who tragically died in an air crash at the age of 17. The film follows Ritchie from his days in Paicoma, California where he in and his family makes a meager living working at plantations to his rise as a star. The film also focus on Richies friendship and rivalry with his older brother Bob and his relationship with Donna, his girlfriend.
72. Hope and Glory
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Boorman
Actors: Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Geraldine Muir, Sarah Miles, David Hayman, Sammi Davis, Derrick O'Connor
Plot: A boy comes of age as his family struggles to get by on the British "home front" in World War Two.
73. Beverly Hills Cop II
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Eddie Murphy, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Brigitte Nielsen, Paul Reiser, Jürgen Prochnow
Plot: When Axel Foley learns that Beverly Hills police Captain Andrew Bogomil has been shot, he returns to visit the ailing chief. He soon learns that Detective Billy Rosewood and Sergeant John Taggart are looking for the woman who shot Bogomil, and Foley once again teams up them to investigate a case that goes much deeper than they could imagine.
74. Blood Rage
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Grissmer
Actors: Louise Lasser, Mark Soper, Marianne Kanter, Julie Gordon, Ed French, Chad Montgomery
75. Weeds
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John D. Hancock
Actors: Nick Nolte, Ernie Hudson, Rita Taggart, William Forsythe, Mark Rolston, Joe Mantegna
76. Can't Buy Me Love
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steve Rash
Actors: Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Courtney Gains, Seth Green, Tina Caspary, Sharon Farrell
Plot: Ronald Miller is the typical high school nerd. He has a crush on Cindy, the beautiful, popular cheerleader. But she doesn't even know he exists. Unexpectedly, Cindy finds herself in a precarious situation and surprisingly finds Ronald there to bail her out in a deal that will make Ronald popular beyond his wildest dreams.
77. Ironweed
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hector Babenco
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora, Tom Waits
78. The Hidden
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jack Sholder
Actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian, Clu Gulager, Katherine Cannon, Clarence Felder
Plot: Two guys from a different planet are fighting each other for unknown reasons. Their high tech weapons sort of give them away although they still try to be discreet. They terrorize the town fighting each other until the truth about one them comes out.
79. Tin Men
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey, John Mahoney, Seymour Cassel, Bruno Kirby
Plot: Two aluminum siding salesmen compete against each other in 1960's Baltimore.
80. Your Face
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bill Plympton
Actors: Maureen McElheron
Plot: A man sings a song about his loved one's face while his own face morphs into disturbing
shapes.
