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.

71. 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.

72. 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.

73. 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.

74. 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

75. 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.

76. 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.

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. 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.

79. Less than Zero

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Marek Kanievska
Actors: Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader, Michael Bowen, Nicholas Pryor
Plot: A college student from a wealthy family returns home for Christmas only to find his ex-girlfriend with his former best friend, who is heavily in debt thanks to an out-of-control drug habit.

80. Stakeout

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Badham
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, Dan Lauria, Forest Whitaker
Plot: When a dangerous convict escapes, Detectives Chris Leece and Bill Reimers are sent to watch his ex-girlfriends apartment. Chris falls for her and everything appears to be working out, until the ex-con shows up.

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