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.

31. Hachi-ko ( Hachikô monogatari )

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Seijirô Kôyama
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaoru Yachigusa, Toshinori Omi, Toshirô Yanagiba, Mako Ishino, Masumi Harukawa
Plot: A film starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mako Ishino and Masumi Harukawa. It tells the real story of a loyal Akita Dog named Hachikō and his master Professor Ueno.

32. Police Story ( Ging chaat goo si )

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Kwok-Hung Lam, Bill Tung, Yuen Chor
Plot: Kevin Chan, a young, clean cop scores his first big takedown when he captures a drug lord. But the tables are turned when he is framed for the death of a fellow (dirty) cop and in order to continue his career he must clear his name.

33. Moonstruck

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Norman Jewison
Actors: Cher, Nicolas Cage, John Mahoney, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia, Danny Aiello
Plot: A widower must choose between the man she agreed to marry and his brother.

34. House of Games

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Mamet
Actors: Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum, Lilia Skala, J.T. Walsh, Ricky Jay
Plot: Margaret Ford (Crouse) is a psychiatrist who is trying to help Billy Hahn, a gambler who wants to end his life. Billy confesses that he owes $25,000 that needs to be paid if not he will be killed. She then looks for Mike (Mantegna) to compromise the dilemma. She gets close to Mike and wants to write about his line of work.

35. Broadcast News

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James L. Brooks
Actors: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Joan Cusack, Jack Nicholson, Robert Prosky

36. My Life as a Dog ( Mitt liv som hund )

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Lasse Hallström
Actors: Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Lidén, Melinda Kinnaman, Kicki Rundgren, Lennart Hjulström
Plot: In order to give his terminally-ill mother a much-needed rest, Ingemar is sent away to live with relatives over the summer. His meetings with various characters during that time will shape his life.

37. Street of Crocodiles

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Actors: Feliks Stawinski
Plot: An array of disturbing dolls interacting, destroying, and creating serve as a metaphor for corruption and loss of inspiration in modern times

38. Near Dark

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actors: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Tim Thomerson, Jenette Goldstein
Plot: A small group of vampires turn a new man into one of them. But before they accept him into the group he must make his first kill. Can he go through with it?

39. Fatal Attraction

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Adrian Lyne
Actors: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Stuart Pankin, Ellen Foley
Plot: Despite having a beautiful wife and child, Douglas, a New York city lawyer puts his perfect life in jeopardy by having a one-night stand with a woman (Close) he just met.

40. Someone to Love

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Henry Jaglom
Actors: Henry Jaglom, Andrea Marcovicci, Michael Emil, Sally Kellerman, Oja Kodar, Orson Welles

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