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1 Highest-grossing films (U.S.)  





2 Events  





3 Awards  





4 1987 films  



4.1  By country/region  





4.2  By genre/medium  







5 Births  





6 Deaths  





7 Film debuts  





8 References  





9 External links  














1987 in film






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List of years in film
  • 1978
  • 1979
  • 1980
  • 1981
  • 1982
  • 1983
  • 1984
  • 1985
  • 1986
  • 1987
  • 1988
  • 1989
  • 1990
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  • 1997
  • In radio
    1984
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    1987
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    1990
    In television
    1984
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    1989
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    In music
    1984
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    The following is an overview of events in 1987 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Paramount Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1987.

    Highest-grossing films (U.S.)[edit]

    The top ten 1987 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

    Highest-grossing films of 1987[1]
    Rank Title Distributor Box-office gross
    1 Three Men and a Baby Buena Vista $167,780,960
    2 Fatal Attraction Paramount $156,645,693
    3 Beverly Hills Cop II $153,665,036
    4 Good Morning, Vietnam Buena Vista $123,922,370
    5 Moonstruck MGM $80,640,528
    6 The Untouchables Paramount $76,270,454
    7 The Secret of My Success Universal $66,995,000
    8 Stakeout Buena Vista $65,673,233
    9 Lethal Weapon Warner Bros. $65,207,127
    10 The Witches of Eastwick $63,766,510

    Events[edit]

    Awards[edit]

    Academy Awards:

    Best Picture: The Last Emperor - Hemdale, Columbia
    Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor
    Best Actor: Michael Douglas - Wall Street
    Best Actress: Cher - Moonstruck
    Best Supporting Actor: Sean Connery - The Untouchables
    Best Supporting Actress: Olympia Dukakis - Moonstruck
    Best Foreign Language Film: Babette's Feast (Babettes Gæstebud), directed by Gabriel Axel, Denmark

    Golden Globe Awards:

    Drama:
    Best Picture: The Last Emperor
    Best Actor: Michael DouglasWall Street
    Best Actress: Sally KirklandAnna
    Musical or comedy:
    Best Picture: Hope and Glory
    Best Actor: Robin WilliamsGood Morning, Vietnam
    Best Actress: CherMoonstruck
    Other
    Best Director: Bernardo BertolucciThe Last Emperor
    Best Foreign Language Film: My Life as a Dog, Sweden

    Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

    Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan), directed by Maurice Pialat, France

    Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

    Au revoir les enfants (Goodbye, Children), directed by Louis Malle, France / W. Germany

    Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

    Tema (1979) (The Theme), directed by Gleb Panfilov, USSR

    1987 films[edit]

    By country/region[edit]

    By genre/medium[edit]

    Births[edit]

    Deaths[edit]

    Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
    January 3 David Maysles 55 US Documentarian
  • Grey Gardens
  • 9 Arthur Lake 81 US Actor
  • Dance Hall
  • 14 Douglas Sirk 89 Germany Director
  • Written on the Wind
  • 15 Ray Bolger 83 US Actor, Singer
  • Babes in Toyland
  • 15 George Markstein 60 UK Screenwriter
  • The Odessa File
  • 16 Joyce Jameson 54 US Actress
  • Death Race 2000
  • 27 Norman McLaren 72 UK Animator, Director
  • Pas de deux
  • February 1 Alessandro Blasetti 86 Italy Director, Screenwriter
  • The Countess of Parma
  • 22 David Susskind 66 US Producer
  • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
  • 23 William Rose 68 US Screenwriter
  • The Ladykillers
  • 23 Esmond Knight 80 UK Actor
  • The Red Shoes
  • 25 James Coco 56 US Actor
  • Wholly Moses!
  • 25 John Collin 58 UK Actor
  • Star!
  • 28 Joan Greenwood 65 UK Actress
  • The October Man
  • March 2 Randolph Scott 89 US Actor
  • The Walking Hills
  • 3 Danny Kaye 74 US Actor, Singer
  • The Court Jester
  • 7 Henri Decaë 71 France Cinematographer
  • The 400 Blows
  • 7 Waldo Salt 72 US Screenwriter
  • Serpico
  • 21 Dean Paul Martin 35 US Actor
  • Heart Like a Wheel
  • 21 Robert Preston 68 US Actor
  • Victor Victoria
  • 22 Morton Haack 62 US Costume Designer
  • The Unsinkable Molly Brown
  • 27 William Bowers 71 US Screenwriter
  • Support Your Local Sheriff
  • 28 Patrick Troughton 67 UK Actor
  • Scars of Dracula
  • April 6 Philip M. Jefferies 61 US Production Designer
  • An Officer and a Gentleman
  • 11 Kent Taylor 79 US Actor
  • Payment on Demand
  • 17 Dick Shawn 63 US Actor
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  • 19 Milt Kahl 78 US Animator
  • One Hundred and One Dalmatians
  • May 2 Michael Gover 73 UK Actor
  • Superman
  • 4 Paul Groesse 81 US Art Director
  • In the Heat of the Night
  • 7 Colin Blakely 56 Ireland Actor
  • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
  • 14 Rita Hayworth 68 US Actress
  • The Lady from Shanghai
  • 21 Alejandro Rey 57 Argentina Actor
  • Moscow on the Hudson
  • 24 Hermione Gingold 89 UK Actress
  • Gigi
  • 29 Howard Shoup 83 US Costume Designer
  • The Young Philadelphians
  • June 1 Khwaja Ahmad Abbas 72 India Director, Screenwriter
  • Awaara
  • 3 Will Sampson 53 US Actor
  • The Outlaw Josey Wales
  • 6 Fulton Mackay 64 UK Actor
  • Gumshoe
  • 8 Daniel Mandell 91 US Film Editor
  • The Best Years of Our Lives
  • 10 Elizabeth Hartman 43 US Actress
  • The Secret of NIMH
  • 11 Dan Vadis 49 China Actor
  • High Plains Drifter
  • 13 Geraldine Page 62 US Actress
  • The Trip to Bountiful
  • 22 Fred Astaire 88 US Actor
  • The Towering Inferno
  • 24 Jackie Gleason 71 US Actor
  • Smokey and the Bandit
  • July 1 Jerry Livingston 78 US Songwriter
  • Cat Ballou
  • 3 Viola Dana 90 US Actress
  • The Show of Shows
  • 5 Phil Abramson 54 US Set Decorator
  • Bullitt
  • 7 Hannelore Schroth 65 Germany Actress
  • Beloved Corinna
  • 12 Harold Goodwin 84 US Actor
  • The Wyoming Bandit
  • 15 Alfie Bass 71 UK Actor
  • Moonraker
  • 17 Yūjirō Ishihara 52 Japan Actor, Singer
  • Crazed Fruit
  • 20 Richard Egan 65 US Actor
  • A Summer Place
  • 22 Adele Comandini 89 US Screenwriter
  • Christmas in Connecticut
  • 31 Joseph E. Levine 81 US Producer
  • The Lion in Winter
  • August 1 Pola Negri 90 Poland Actress
  • Carmen
  • 17 Clarence Brown 97 US Director
  • The Yearling
  • 17 Shaike Ophir 58 Israel Actor
  • Blaumilch Canal
  • 19 Hayden Rorke 76 US Actor
  • The Barefoot Executive
  • 21 Bombolo 56 Italy Actor
  • Little Italy
  • 22 Ted Sherdeman 78 US Screenwriter
  • A Dog of Flanders
  • 28 John Huston 81 US Actor, Director, Screenwriter
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  • 29 Lee Marvin 63 US Actor
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  • September 1 Philip Friend 72 UK Actor
  • The Son of Robin Hood
  • 4 Richard Marquand 49 UK Director
  • Jagged Edge
  • 5 Bill Fraser 79 UK Actor
  • Up the Chastity Belt
  • 11 Lorne Greene 72 Canada Actor
  • The Buccaneer
  • 12 John Qualen 87 US Actor
  • The Grapes of Wrath
  • 13 Mervyn LeRoy 86 US Director
  • Mister Roberts
  • 23 Bob Fosse 60 US Director, Screenwriter
  • All That Jazz
  • 23 Erland Van Lidth De Jeude 34 Netherlands Actor
  • Stir Crazy
  • 25 Mary Astor 81 US Actress
  • Meet Me in St. Louis
  • 25 Emlyn Williams 81 UK Actor, Screenwriter
  • The Citadel
  • October 2 Madeleine Carroll 81 UK Actress
  • Secret Agent
  • 21 Bob Simmons 64 UK Stuntman
  • A Touch of Class
  • 22 Lino Ventura 68 Italy Actor
  • The Dictator's Guns
  • November 4 Danielle Gaubert 44 France Actress
  • Camille 2000
  • 5 Georges Franju 75 France Director, Screenwriter
  • Nuits Rouges
  • 11 John 'Dusty' King 78 US Actor, Singer
  • Law of the Jungle
  • 23 Marcia Henderson 58 US Actress
  • Back to God's Country
  • 26 Morton Lowry 73 UK Actor
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • 29 Irene Handl 85 UK Actress
  • I'm All Right Jack
  • December 4 Rouben Mamoulian 90 Georgia Director
  • The Mark of Zorro
  • 8 Fay Baker 70 US Actress
  • She Devil
  • 14 Clinton Sundberg 84 US Actor
  • Easter Parade
  • 21 Robert Paige 76 US Actor
  • Bye Bye Birdie
  • 21 Ralph Nelson 71 US Director
  • Lilies of the Field
  • Film debuts[edit]

  • Obba BabatundéLeonard Part 6
  • Dylan BakerIshtar
  • Alec BaldwinForever, Lulu
  • Christian BaleMio in the Land of Faraway
  • Jason BatemanTeen Wolf Too
  • Paul Ben-VictorPass the Ammo
  • Gil BirminghamHouse II: The Second Story
  • Doug BradleyHellraiser
  • Sandra BullockHangmen
  • Vanessa Bell CallowayNumber One with a Bullet
  • Patricia ClarksonThe Untouchables
  • Robert ClohessyThe Believers
  • George ClooneyReturn to Horror High
  • Chris CooperMatewan
  • Courteney CoxDown Twisted
  • Bryan CranstonAmazon Women on the Moon
  • Raymond CruzMaid to Order
  • Stacey DashEnemy Territory
  • Rossy de PalmaLaw of Desire
  • Stephen DorffThe Gate
  • Illeana DouglasHello Again
  • Edie FalcoSweet Lorraine
  • Thierry FrémontTravelling avant
  • Kurt FullerThe Running Man
  • James GandolfiniShock! Shock! Shock!
  • Aidan GillenThe Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
  • Beth GrantUnder Cover
  • Richard E. GrantWithnail and I
  • Zach GrenierRadio Days
  • Peter HaberNionde kompaniet
  • Don HarveyCreepshow 2
  • Peter Jackson (director) – Bad Taste
  • Thomas JanePadamati Sandhya Ragam
  • Cherry JonesLight of Day
  • Doug JonesThe Newlydeads
  • Nathan LaneIronweed
  • Anthony LaPagliaCold Steel
  • Robert LaSardoChina Girl
  • Gong LiRed Sorghum
  • Steven MackintoshPrick Up Your Ears
  • Eddie MarsanEmpire State
  • Holt McCallanyCreepshow 2
  • Dylan McDermottHamburger Hill
  • Paul McGannWithnail and I
  • William McNamaraOpera
  • Colm MeaneyThe Dead
  • Lance E. NicholsProject X
  • Robert PatrickEqualizer 2000
  • Sean PertweePrick Up Your Ears
  • Robert PetersPass the Ammo
  • Brad PittNo Man's Land
  • Glenn PlummerWho's That Girl
  • Tara ReidA Return to Salem's Lot
  • Joan SeveranceLethal Weapon
  • David SpadePolice Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
  • Ben StillerHot Pursuit
  • Don SwayzeShy People
  • Noah TaylorThe Year My Voice Broke
  • David ThewlisLittle Dorrit
  • Uma ThurmanKiss Daddy Goodnight
  • Nancy TravisThree Men and a Baby
  • Courtney B. VanceHamburger Hill
  • Patrick WarburtonDragonard
  • Frank WhaleyIronweed
  • Luis ZaheraDivinas palabras
  • References[edit]

    1. ^ "Domestic Box Office For 1987". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

    External links[edit]


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