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.

61. Monster Squad

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Fred Dekker
Actors: Andre Gower, Duncan Regehr, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht, Tom Noonan, Brent Chalem
Plot: A group of kids, with the help of Frankenstein, must save their town from Dracula, the wolfman and gillman.

62. The Good Father

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Newell
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Harriet Walter, Frances Viner, Simon Callow, Miriam Margolyes

63. Cobra Verde

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, José Lewgoy, Salvatore Basile, Peter Berling, Guillermo Coronel

64. Cry Freedom

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Attenborough
Actors: Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, Kevin McNally, Juanita Waterman, Wabei Siyolwe, Munyaradzi Kanaventi

65. Jackie Chan's Project A2 ( 'A' gai waak juk jaap )

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Rosamund Kwan, Carina Lau, Charlie Chan, David Lam
Plot: Dragon Ma is back, having rid the seas of the dreaded Pirate Lo. Back on land, assigned to the police force, he is to clean up corruption and crime in a local suburb. Along the way, he is caught up in the fate of Chinese patriots attempting to secure sympathy and support for their cause. The Chinese Manchu government is after the revolutionaries, and anyone that stands in their way, even the police force.

66. Roxanne

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Fred Schepisi
Actors: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall, John Kapelos, Fred Willard
Plot: Steve Martin plays C.D. Bales, a small town firechief, who falls in love with the beautiful Roxanne(Daryl Hannah). C.D.'s problem is his unusually large nose, which stops him from wooing Roxanne to himself. But when one of his firemen confesses that he's interested in Roxanne as well but doesn't know how to tell her this, C.D realises that he can say what he wants to Roxanne through him. Roxanne is a comedic retelling of the classic Cyrano de Bergerac, originally written by Edmond Rostand.

67. Adventures in Babysitting

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Chris Columbus
Actors: Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Vincent D'Onofrio, Anthony Rapp, Calvin Levels
Plot: A babysitter has to pick her friend up in the city. So her and the kids leave their safe suburban home and go for an adventure in New York.

68. Innerspace

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Robert Picardo, Kevin McCarthy, Fiona Lewis
Plot: A cocky pilot is miniaturized in revolutionary experiment, but when terrorists intervene, he gets injected into a hypochondriac instead of a rabbit. Inside the meek man, he has to foil the plot while trying to keep them both alive.

69. G.I. Joe: The Movie

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Don Jurwich
Actors: Charles Adler, Shûko Akune, Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Gregg Berger
Plot: Golobulus wants to steal the Joes' broadcast energy transmitter in order
to ripen space spores and mutate the people of Earth.

70. 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.

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