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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.)
The top ten 1987 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three Men and a Baby | Buena Vista/Touchstone Pictures | $167,780,960 |
| 2 | Fatal Attraction | Paramount Pictures | $156,645,693 |
| 3 | Beverly Hills Cop II | $153,665,036 | |
| 4 | Good Morning, Vietnam | Buena Vista/Touchstone Pictures | $123,922,370 |
| 5 | Moonstruck | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $80,640,528 |
| 6 | The Untouchables | Paramount Pictures | $76,270,454 |
| 7 | The Secret of My Success | Universal Pictures | $66,995,000 |
| 8 | Stakeout | Buena Vista/Touchstone Pictures | $65,673,23 |
| 9 | Lethal Weapon | Warner Bros. | $65,207,127 |
| 10 | The Witches of Eastwick | $63,766,510 |
Events
- January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records.
- May 23 - Starlog Salutes Star Wars is held in Los Angeles, California, the first officially sponsored Star Wars convention to commemorate the franchise's 10th anniversary.
- June 29 - The James Bond franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary and premieres its 15th film, The Living Daylights
- July 17 - Walt Disney's classic masterpiece Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is re-released worldwide for its 50th anniversary.
- 1987 - Paramount Pictures launches a new on-screen logo to celebrate its 75th anniversary.
Awards
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 Douglas – Wall Street
- Best Actress: Sally Kirkland – Anna
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Hope and Glory
- Best Actor: Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam
- Best Actress: Cher – Moonstruck
- Other
- Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci – The 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
Wide-release films
January–March
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J A N U A R Y | 9 | Assassination | Cannon Films | Peter R. Hunt (director); Richard Sale (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Stephen Elliott, Jan Gan Boyd, Randy Brooks, Michael Ansara, William Prince, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Jim McMullan, Charles Howerton, Robert Dowdell, Erik Stern, James Staley, Chris Alcaide | Action, Thriller | Live action |
| 16 | The Bedroom Window | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | Curtis Hanson (director/screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern, Isabelle Huppert, Paul Shenar, Carl Lumbly, Wallace Shawn, Frederick Coffin, Robert Schenkkan, Brad Greenquist, Robert Schenkkan, Maury Chaykin, Mark Margolis, Jodi Long, Leon Rippy, Sara Carlson, Richard K. Olsen | Psychological Thriller | Live action | |
| Critical Condition | Paramount Pictures | Michael Apted (director); Denis Hamill, John Hamill (screenplay); Richard Pryor, Rachel Ticotin, Rubén Blades, Joe Mantegna, Bob Dishy, Sylvia Miles, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Jon Polito, Bob Saget, Garrett Morris, Brian Tarantina, Wesley Snipes, Joe Dallesandro, Joseph Ragno, Cigdem Onat | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | New World Pictures | Gary Sherman (director); Michael Patrick Goodman, Brian Taggert (screenplay); Rutger Hauer, Gene Simmons, Robert Guillaume, Mel Harris, William Russ, Jerry Hardin, Hugh Gillin, Robert Harper, Eli Danker, Susan MacDonald, Joseph Nasser, Suzanne Wouk, Gerald Papasyan, Nick Faltas, Hammam Shafie | Action | Live action | ||
| 23 | Jocks | Crown International Pictures / Shady Acres Entertainment | Steve Carver (director); David Oas (screenplay); Scott Strader, Perry Lang, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Roundtree, R. G. Armstrong, Stoney Jackson, Tom Shadyac, Christopher Lee, Trinidad Silva, Donald Gibb, Katherine Kelly Lang, Marianne Gravatte, Adam Mills, Christopher Murphy | Teen, Comedy | Live action | |
| The Stepfather | New Century Vista / ITC Entertainment | Joseph Ruben (director); Donald E. Westlake (screenplay); Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack, Charles Layner, Stephen Shellen, Stephen E. Miller, Jeff Schultz, Gillian Barber, Robyn Stevan, Jackson Davies, Gabrielle Rose, Don S. Williams, Anna Hagan, Blu Mankuma, Richard Sargent, Margot Pinvidic, Rochelle Greenwood, Don MacKay, Dale Wilson, Gary Hetherington, Andrew Snider, Marie Stillin, Paul Batten, Sheila Paterson | Horror, Psychological Thriller | Live action | ||
| 30 | Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold | Cannon Films | Gary Nelson (director); Gene Quintano, Lee Reynolds (screenplay); Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones, Henry Silva, Robert Donner, Cassandra Peterson, Doghmi Larbi, Aileen Marson, Martin Rabbett, Emily Eby, Rory Kilalea, Andy Edwards | Adventure, Comedy | Live action | |
| Outrageous Fortune | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners / Interscope Communications | Arthur Hiller (director); Leslie Dixon (screenplay); Shelley Long, Bette Midler, Peter Coyote, Robert Prosky, George Carlin, John Schuck, Anthony Heald, Christopher McDonald | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Radio Days | Orion Pictures | Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Woody Allen, Danny Aiello, Jeff Daniels, Mia Farrow, Seth Green, Robert Joy, Julie Kavner, Diane Keaton, Julie Kurnitz, Renée Lippin, Kenneth Mars, Josh Mostel, Tony Roberts, Wallace Shawn, Michael Tucker, David Warrilow, Dianne Wiest, Hy Anzell, Larry David, Denise Dumont, Todd Field, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Paul Herman, Judith Malina, Don Pardo, Martin Rosenblatt, Rebecca Schaeffer, Martin Sherman, Mike Starr, Kenneth Welsh, Sydney Blake, Leah Carrey, Gina DeAngelis, William Magerman, Brian Mannain, Helen Miller, Roger Schwinghammer | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| F E B R U A R Y | 6 | Black Widow | 20th Century Fox | Bob Rafelson (director); Ronald Bass (screenplay); Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey, Dennis Hopper, Nicol Williamson, Terry O'Quinn, Lois Smith, D.W. Moffett, Leo Rossi, Mary Woronov, Rutanya Alda, James Hong, Diane Ladd | Thriller | Live action |
| Dead of Winter | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Arthur Penn (director); Marc Shmuger, Mark Malone (screenplay); Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubeš, William Russ, Ken Pogue, Wayne Robson, Paul Welsh, Mark Malone, Michael Copeman, Sam Malkin, Pamela Moller, Dwayne McLean | Horror, Thriller | Live action | ||
| From the Hip | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | Bob Clark (director/screenplay); David E. Kelley (screenplay); Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt, Ray Walston, Darren McGavin, Dan Monahan, David Alan Grier, Nancy Marchand, Allan Arbus, Edward Winter, Richard Zobel, Robert Irvin Elliott, Beatrice Winde, Art Hindle, Priscilla Pointer | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| Light of Day | TriStar Pictures / Taft Entertainment | Paul Schrader (director/screenplay); Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Joan Jett, Michael McKean, Thomas G. Waites, Cherry Jones, Michael Dolan, Billy L. Sullivan, Jason Miller, Tom Irwin, Michael Rooker, Del Close, Trent Reznor, Exotic Birds, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Ron Dean, Alan Poul, Paul J. Harkins, Cherise Haugen, Jerry Gideon, Yvette Heyden, Ray Bradford | Drama | Live action | ||
| 8 | The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | NBC / Lorimar-Telepictures / NMC | John Erman (director); Derek Marlow (screenplay); Ann-Margret, Elizabeth Ashley, Bruce Boa, Claudette Colbert, Stephen Collins, Peter Eyre, Michael Feinstein, Lewis Fiander, Penny Fuller, Delena Kidd, Alan Oppenheimer, Siân Phillips, Shane Rimmer, Rex Robbins, John Rubinstein, Sam Wanamaker | Drama | Live action | |
| 13 | 84 Charing Cross Road | Columbia Pictures / Brooksfilms | David Jones (director); Hugh Whitemore (screenplay); Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench, Maurice Denham, Eleanor David, Mercedes Ruehl, Daniel Gerroll, Wendy Morgan, Ian McNeice, J. Smith-Cameron, Connie Booth, Tony Todd | Drama | Live action | |
| Mannequin | 20th Century Fox / Gladden Entertainment | Michael Gottlieb (director/screenplay); Edward Rugoff (screenplay); Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, G.W. Bailey, James Spader, Meshach Taylor, Carole Davis, Steve Vinovich, Christopher Maher, Phyllis Newman | Romantic Comedy | Live action | ||
| Over the Top | Warner Bros. Pictures / Cannon Films | Menahem Golan (director); Stirling Silliphant, Sylvester Stallone (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, David Mendenhall, Rick Zumwalt, Terry Funk, Jimmy Keegan, Allan Graf, Reggie Bennett, Scott Norton, John Brzenk, Chris McCarty, Bruce Way, Greg "Magic" Schwartz, John Braden, Allen Fisher, John Vreeland, Cleve Dean, Andrew "Cobra" Rhodes | Sports, Drama | Live action | ||
| 20 | Death Before Dishonor | New World Pictures | Terry Leonard (director); John Gatliff (screenplay); Fred Dryer, Brian Keith, Joanna Pacuła, Paul Winfield, Joseph Gian, Sasha Mitchell, Peter Parros, Rockne Tarkington, Mohammad Bakri, Dan Chodos, Chaim Girafi, Tuvia Tavi, Yossi Ashdot | Action | Live action | |
| Square Dance | Island Pictures / NBC Productions | Daniel Petrie (director); Alan Hines (screenplay); Winona Ryder, Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Rob Lowe, Guich Koock, Deborah Richter | Drama | Live action | ||
| 27 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | New Line Cinema / Heron Communications | Chuck Russell (director/screenplay); Wes Craven, Bruce Wagner, Frank Darabont (screenplay); Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Craig Wasson, Patricia Arquette, Ken Sagoes, Rodney Eastman, Jennifer Rubin, Larry Fishburne, Bradley Gregg, Ira Heiden, Penelope Sudrow, Nan Martin, John Saxon, Priscilla Pointer, Clayton Landey, Brooke Bundy, Dick Cavett, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Stacey Alden, Paul Kent | Slasher | Live action | |
| Number One with a Bullet | Cannon Films / Cineplex Odeon Films | Jack Smight (director); Gail Morgan Hickman, James Belushi, Andrew Kurtzman, Rob Riley (screenplay); Robert Carradine, Billy Dee Williams, Valerie Bertinelli, Peter Graves, Doris Roberts, Bobby Di Cicco, Ray Girardin, Mykelti Williamson, Jon Gries | Action, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Some Kind of Wonderful | Paramount Pictures | Howard Deutch (director); John Hughes (screenplay); Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Craig Sheffer, Lea Thompson, John Ashton, Elias Koteas, Molly Hagan, Maddie Corman, Jane Elliot, Candace Cameron, Chynna Phillips, Scott Coffey, Carmine Caridi, Lee Garlington | Teen, Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
| M A R C H | 6 | Angel Heart | TriStar Pictures / Carolco Pictures | Alan Parker (director/screenplay); Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling, Stocker Fontelieu, Brownie McGhee, Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Whitcraft, Dann Florek, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Charles Gordone, Kathleen Wilhoite | Supernatural, Horror | Live action |
| Lethal Weapon | Warner Bros. Pictures / Silver Pictures | Richard Donner (director); Shane Black (screenplay); Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, Jackie Swanson, Traci Wolfe, Damon Hines, Ebonie Smith, Steve Kahan, Mary Ellen Trainor, Ed O'Ross, Lycia Naff, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Al Leong, Jack Thibeau, Grand Bush, Henry Brown, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Selma Archerd, Don Gordon, Donald Gooden | Action, Buddy Cop | Live action | ||
| 13 | Evil Dead II | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group / Embassy Communications / Renaissance Pictures | Sam Raimi (director/screenplay); Scott Spiegel (screenplay); Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley, Ted Raimi, Richard Domeier, Denise Bixler, John Peaks, Lou Hancock, William Preston Robertson, Snowy Winters | Horror, Comedy | Live action | |
| Tin Men | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners | Barry Levinson (director/screenplay); Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey, John Mahoney, Jackie Gayle, Seymour Cassel, Bruno Kirby, Michael Tucker, J.T. Walsh, Deirdre O'Connell | Comedy | Live action | ||
| 18 | Raising Arizona | 20th Century Fox | Joel and Ethan Coen (directors/screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Sam McMurray, Frances McDormand, Randall "Tex" Cobb | Action, Thriller | Live action | |
| 20 | Burglar | Warner Bros. Pictures | Hugh Wilson (director/screenplay); Jeph Loeb, Matthew Weisman (screenplay); Whoopi Goldberg, Bobcat Goldthwait, G.W. Bailey, Lesley Ann Warren, James Handy, John Goodman, Anne De Salvo, Elizabeth Ruscio, Vyto Ruginis, Larry Mintz, Raye Birk, Nathan Davis, Thom Bray, Ethan Phillips, Eric Poppick, Scott Lincoln | Comedy | Live action | |
| Hollywood Shuffle | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Robert Townsend (director/screenplay); Keenen Ivory Wayans, Dom Irrera (screenplay); Robert Townsend, Anne-Marie Johnson, Craigus R. Johnson, Helen Martin, Starletta DuPois, David McKnight, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Lou D. Washington, Brad Sanders, John Witherspoon, Dom Irrera, Eugene Robert Glazer, Grand L. Bush, Damon Wayans, Lisa Mende, Conni Marie Brazelton, Sena Ayn Black, Jesse Aragon, Verda Bridges | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Street Smart | Cannon Films | Jerry Schatzberg (director); David Freeman (screenplay); Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers, Andre Gregory, Morgan Freeman, Jay Patterson, Anna Maria Horsford | Thriller, Drama | Live action | ||
| 27 | Blind Date | TriStar Pictures | Blake Edwards (director); Dale Launer (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Larroquette, William Daniels, George Coe, Mark Blum, Phil Hartman, Stephanie Faracy, Alice Hirson, Stanley Jordan, Graham Stark, Joyce Van Patten, Barry Sobel, Armin Shimerman, Brian George, Jeannie Elias, Dick Durock, Sab Shimono | Romantic Comedy | Live action | |
April–June
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A P R I L | 3 | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | Warner Bros. Pictures | Jim Drake (director); Gene Quintano (screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Tim Kazurinsky, Sharon Stone, Marion Ramsey, Lance Kinsey, Leslie Easterbrook, Colleen Camp, G.W. Bailey, Bobcat Goldthwait, George Gaynes, Brian Tochi, George R. Robertson, Andrew Paris, Derek McGrath, Scott Thomson, Billie Bird, David Spade, Brian Backer, Tab Thacker, Corinne Bohrer, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Michael McManus, Arthur Batanides, Jackie Joseph, Jack Creley, Kay Hawtrey, TJ Scott, Paul Maslansky, Steve Caballero, Chris Miller, Tommy Guerrero, Lance Mountain, Mike McGill, Tony Hawk | Comedy | Live action |
| 10 | The Aristocats (re-release) | Walt Disney Pictures | Wolfgang Reitherman (director); Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Eric Cleworth, Vance Garry, Julius Svendsen, Frank Thomas, Ralph Wright (screenplay); Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Liz English, Gary Dubin, Dean Clark, Scatman Crothers, Hermione Baddeley, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Sterling Holloway, Pat Buttram, George Lindsey, Paul Winchell, Lord Tim Hudson, Vito Scotti, Thurl Ravenscroft, Charles Lane, Nancy Kulp, Monica Evans, Carole Shelley, Bill Thompson, Peter Renaday, Robie Lester, Ruth Buzzi | Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Musical | Animation | |
| Making Mr. Right | Orion Pictures / Barry & Enright Productions | Susan Seidelman (director); Floyd Byars, Laurie Frank (screenplay); John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson, Glenne Headly, Ben Masters, Laurie Metcalf, Polly Bergen, Hart Bochner, Polly Draper, Christian Clemenson, Harsh Nayyar, Susan Berman, Merwin Goldsmith | Comedy, Sci-Fi | Live action | ||
| The Secret of My Success | Universal Pictures / Rastar | Herbert Ross (director); Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., AJ Carothers (screenplay); Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton, John Pankow, Fred Gwynne, Gerry Bamman, Carol Ann Susi, Drew Snyder, Elizabeth Franz, Christopher Murney, Mark Margolis, Mercedes Ruehl, Cindy Crawford, Bruce McGill | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Three for the Road | New Century Vista | Bill L. Norton (director); Richard Martini (screenplay); Charlie Sheen, Alan Ruck, Kerri Green, Sally Kellerman, Blair Tefkin, Raymond J. Barry, Bert Remsen, James Avery | Comedy, Road | Live action | ||
| 17 | Project X | 20th Century Fox | Jonathan Kaplan (director); Lawrence Lasker, Stanley Weiser (screenplay); Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, William Sadler, Jonathan Stark, Johnny Ray McGhee, Robin Gammell, Stephen Lang, Jean Smart, Daniel Roebuck, Marvin J. McIntyre, Harry Northup, Michael Eric Kramer, Dick Miller, Jules Sylvester, Richard Cummings Jr., Robert Lee Minor, Ken Lerner, Michael McGrady, Deborah Offner, Lance E. Nichols, Ken Sagoes, Richard Paul | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi | Live action | |
| Rumpelstiltskin | Cannon Films | David Irving (director/screenplay); Amy Irving, Clive Revill, Priscilla Pointer, Billy Barty | Fantasy, Musical | Live action | ||
| Wild Thing | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | Max Reid (director); John Sayles (screenplay); Robert Knepper, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Davi, Maury Chaykin, Betty Buckley, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Clark Johnson, Cree Summer, Shawn Levy, Sean Hewitt, Teddy Abner | Action | Live action | ||
| 20 | G.I. Joe: The Movie | Celebrity Home Entertainment / Hasbro / Sunbow Productions / Marvel Productions / Toei Animation Co., Ltd. | Don Jurwich (director); Ron Friedman (screenplay); Don Johnson, Burgess Meredith, Sgt. Slaughter, Charlie Adler, Shuko Akune, Jack Angel, Jackson Beck, Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, Earl Boen, Arthur Burghardt, Corey Burton, William Callaway, François Chau, Peter Cullen, Brian Cummings, Jennifer Darling, Laurie Faso, Hank Garrett, Dick Gautier, Ed Gilbert, Dan Gilvezan, Kene Holliday, John Hostetter, Buster Jones, Chris Latta, Chuck McCann, Michael McConnohie, Rob Paulsen, Patrick Pinney, Poncie Ponce, Bill Ratner, Neil Ross, Kristoffer Tabori, B.J. Ward, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Lee Weaver, Frank Welker, Zack Hoffman, Morgan Lofting, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Ron Ortiz, Lisa Raggio, Brad Sanders, Ted Schwartz, Stan Wojno Jr. | Action, Adventure | Animation | |
| 24 | Extreme Prejudice | TriStar Pictures / Carolco Pictures | Walter Hill (director); John Milius, Fred Rexer, Deric Washburn, Harry Kleiner (screenplay); Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside, María Conchita Alonso, Rip Torn, Clancy Brown, William Forsythe, John Dennis Johnston, Marco Rodríguez, Luis Contreras, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Mickey Jones, Thomas Rosales Jr., Matt Mulhern, Larry B. Scott, Dan Tullis, Jr. | Action, Western | Live action | |
| My Demon Lover | New Line Cinema | Charlie Loventhal (director); Leslie Ray (screenplay); Scott Valentine, Michele Little, Robert Trebor, Alan Fudge, Gina Gallego, Calvert DeForest, Arnold Johnson, Marsha Clark, Karl Johnson, Lin Shaye, Tasia Valenza, Dan Patrick Brady, Eva Charney, Kennedy Clarke, Steven Hutchins, Franis James, Peewee Piemonte, Leslie Ray | Comedy | Live action | ||
| M A Y | 1 | The Allnighter | Universal Pictures | Tamar Simon Hoffs (director/screenplay); M.L. Kessler (screenplay); Susanna Hoffs, Dedee Pfeiffer, Joan Cusack, James Anthony Shanta, John Terlesky, Michael Ontkean, Pam Grier, Christian Roerig, Doug Choo | Comedy | Live action |
| American Ninja 2: The Confrontation | Cannon Films | Sam Firstenberg (director); James Booth, Gary Conway (screenplay); Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Larry Poindexter, Gary Conway, Jeff Celentano, Jeff Weston, Michelle Botes, Mike Stone | Action | Live action | ||
| Creepshow 2 | New World Pictures | Michael Gornick (director); George A. Romero, Lucille Fletcher (screenplay); Lois Chiles, George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Tom Savini, Joe Silver, Holt McCallany, Frank Salsedo, Donald Patrick Harvey, Will Sampson, Dean Smith, Paul Satterfield, Page Hannah, David Beecroft, Tom Wright, Stephen King, Domenick John, Philip Dore, David Holbrook, Dan Kamin, Shirley Sonderegger, Jeremy Green, Daniel Beer, Richard Parks | Horror, Comedy, Anthology | Live action | ||
| Malone | Orion Pictures | Harley Cokeliss (director); Christopher Frank, Rudolph Wurlitzer (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Kenneth McMillan, Cynthia Gibb, Lauren Hutton, Cliff Robertson, Scott Wilson, Alex Diakun, Philip Anglim, Tracey Walter, Dennis Burkley, Brooks Gardner | Action, Drama, Thriller | Live action | ||
| 8 | Gardens of Stone | TriStar Pictures / American Zoetrope | Francis Ford Coppola (director); Ronald Bass (screenplay); James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D.B. Sweeney, Dean Stockwell, Mary Stuart Masterson, Dick Anthony Williams, Lonette McKee, Sam Bottoms, Elias Koteas, Larry Fishburne, Casey Siemaszko, Peter Masterson, Carlin Glynn | Drama | Live action | |
| Hot Pursuit | Paramount Pictures / Interaccess Film Distribution / RKO Pictures | Steven Lisberger (director/screenplay); Steven Carabatsos (screenplay); John Cusack, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle, Jerry Stiller, Monte Markham, Shelley Fabares, Ben Stiller, Keith David, Dah-ve Chodan, Ursaline Bryant, Paul Bates, Terence Cooper, Martin LaSalle | Action, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 15 | The Gate | New Century Vista / Alliance Entertainment | Tibor Takács (director); Michael Nankin (screenplay); Stephen Dorff, Kelly Rowan, Jennifer Irwin, Ingrid Veninger, Linda Goranson, Andrew Gunn, Christa Denton, Louis Tripp, Sean Fagan, Carl Kraines, Deborah Grover, Scot Denton | Horror | Live action | |
| Ishtar | Columbia Pictures | Elaine May (director/screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin, Jack Weston, Tess Harper, Carol Kane, Aharon Ipalé, Fred Melamed, David Margulies, Bill Bailey, Christine Rose, Matt Frewer, Warren Clarke, Fuad Hageb, Rose Arrick, Julie Garfield | Action, Adventure, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 20 | Beverly Hills Cop II | Paramount Pictures / Overbrook Entertainment | Tony Scott (director); Larry Ferguson, Warren Skaaren (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Brigitte Nielsen, Allen Garfield, Brian O'Connor, Dean Stockwell, Gil Hill, Gilbert Gottfried, Paul Reiser, Paul Guilfoyle, Robert Ridgely, Alice Adair, Glenn Withrow, Tom Bower, Hugh Hefner, Todd Susman, Chris Rock, Robert Pastorelli, Kopi Sotiropulos, Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., John Hostetter, Rudy Ramos, Ritch Shydner, Ola Ray, Alana Soares, Venice Kong, Luann Lee, Rebecca Ferratti, Kymberly Paige, Kymberly Herrin, Kari Whitman | Action, Comedy | Live action | |
| 22 | Amazing Grace and Chuck | TriStar Pictures | Mike Newell (director); David Field (screenplay); Jamie Lee Curtis, Gregory Peck, William Petersen, Joshua Zuehlke, Lee Richardson, Alex English, Alan Autry, Michael Bowen, Frances Conroy, Red Auerbach, Dean Alexander, Jim Allen | Drama | Live action | |
| The Chipmunk Adventure | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Janice Karman (director/screenplay); Ross Bagdasarian Jr. (screenplay); Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Dody Goodman, Anthony De Longis, Susan Tyrrell, Ken Sansom, Frank Welker, Nancy Cartwright, Philip L. Clarke, Charlie Adler, Patrick Pinney, Mona Marshall, Jan Rabson, Jack Angel, Mel Blanc, Laura Summer, George Poulos, Kathy Ritter | Animation, Adventure, Musical | Animation | ||
| Ernest Goes to Camp | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners | John R. Cherry III (director/screenplay); Coke Sams (screenplay); Jim Varney, Victoria Racimo, John Vernon, Iron Eyes Cody, Lyle Alzado, Gailard Sartain, Daniel Butler, Scott Menville, Jacob Vargas, Todd Loyd, Hakim Abdulsamad, Richard Speight, Jr., Patrick Day, Danny Capri, Eddy Schumacher, Andy Woodworth, Buck Ford, Larry Black, Hugh Sinclair, Johnson West, Jean Wilson, Ivan Green, Christian Haas, Brenda Haynes, Charlie Lamb, Mac Bennett | Comedy | Live action | ||
| J U N E | 5 | Cyclone | CineTel Films | Fred Olen Ray (director/screenplay); Paul Garson, T.L. Lankford (screenplay); Heather Thomas, Jeffrey Combs, Martin Landau, Dar Robinson, Martine Beswick, Robert Quarry, Huntz Hall, Troy Donahue | Sci-Fi, Action | Live action |
| Harry and the Hendersons | Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment | William Dear (director/screenplay); William E. Martin, Ezra D. Rappaport (screenplay); John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Don Ameche, David Suchet, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy, Lainie Kazan, Kevin Peter Hall, M. Emmet Walsh, William Dear, Laurie O'Brien, John Bloom, Rick Baker, Fred Newman, Tom Hester, Tim Lawrence, Mitch Laue | Fantasy, Comedy | Live action | ||
| The Untouchables | Paramount Pictures | Brian De Palma (director); David Mamet (screenplay); Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery, Patricia Clarkson, Billy Drago, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Brad Sullivan, Del Close, Clifton James, Donald Patrick Harvey, Vito D'Ambrosio | Gangster | Live action | ||
| 12 | The Believers | Orion Pictures | John Schlesinger (director); Mark Frost (screenplay); Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Robert Loggia, Richard Masur, Harley Cross, Jimmy Smits, Elizabeth Wilson, Harris Yulin, Lee Richardson, Janet-Laine Green, Raúl Dávila, Malick Bowens, Carla Pinza, Geoffrey Kellett | Thriller | Live action | |
| Million Dollar Mystery | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | Richard Fleischer (director); Rudy De Luca, Tim Metcalfe, Miguel Tejada-Flores (screenplay); Tom Bosley, Eddie Deezen, Wendy Sherman, Rick Overton, Mona Lyden, Douglas Emerson, Royce D. Applegate, Daniel McDonald, Penny Baker, Kevin Pollak, Mack Dryden, Jamie Alcroft, Rich Hall, Hard Boiled Haggerty, Greg Travis, Rudy De Luca, Jack Carpenter, Pam Matteson, Tawny Fere, LaGena Hart, Gail Neely, Bob Schott, Peter Pitofsky, Tommy Sledge, Christopher Cary, Paul Stader | Comedy, Mystery | Live action | ||
| Predator | 20th Century Fox / Silver Pictures / Davis Entertainment | John McTiernan (director); Jim Thomas, John Thomas (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Richard Chaves, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Landham, Shane Black, R.G. Armstrong, Kevin Peter Hall, Peter Cullen, Sven-Ole Thorsen | Sci-Fi, Action | Live action | ||
| The Witches of Eastwick | Warner Bros. Pictures / Barris Industries | George Miller (director); Michael Cristofer (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Veronica Cartwright, Richard Jenkins, Carel Struycken, Keith Jochim, Becca Lish | Comedy, Fantasy | Live action | ||
| 19 | Benji the Hunted | Walt Disney Pictures | Joe Camp (director/screenplay); Red Steagall, Frank Inn, Nancy Francis, Joe Camp, Steve Zanolini, Mike Francis, Ben Vaughn, Karen Thorndike, Guy Hovis, Ben Morgan | Family, Drama | Live action | |
| Roxanne | Columbia Pictures | Fred Schepisi (director); Steve Martin (screenplay); Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Shelley Duvall, Rick Rossovich, Fred Willard, Michael J. Pollard, John Kapelos, Max Alexander, Damon Wayans, Matt Lattanzi, Jean Sincere, Ritch Shydner, Kevin Nealon, Brian George, Maureen Murphy, Heidi Sorenson, Steve Mittleman, Shandra Beri, Thom Curley | Romantic Comedy | Live action | ||
| 26 | Dragnet | Universal Pictures | Tom Mankiewicz (director/screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, Alan Zweibel (screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Christopher Plummer, Harry Morgan, Alexandra Paul, Dabney Coleman, Jack O'Halloran, Elizabeth Ashley, Kathleen Freeman, Bruce Gray, Lenka Peterson | Comedy, Buddy Cop | Live action | |
| Spaceballs | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Mel Brooks (director/screenplay); Ronny Graham, Thomas Meehan (screenplay); Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, George Wyner, Dick Van Patten, Joan Rivers, Michael Winslow, John Hurt, Sal Viscuso, Ronny Graham, Jim J. Bullock, Leslie Bevis, Michael Pniewski, Sandy Helberg, Stephen Tobolowsky, Dey Young, Rhonda Shear, Robert Prescott, Jack Riley, Tom Dreesen, Rudy De Luca, Rick Ducommun, Ken Olfson, Bryan O'Byrne, Tommy Swerdlow, Tim Russ, Ed Gale, Antonio Hoyos, Felix Silla, Arturo Gil, Tony Cox, John Kennedy Hayden, Johnny Silver, Brenda Strong, Dom DeLuise, Phil Hartman, Corey Burton, Tress MacNeille, Jerry Maren, Terence Marsh, Thomas Meehan, John Paragon, Rob Paulsen, Dick Warlock, Michael York | Comedy, Sci-Fi, Spoof | Live action | ||
| Straight to Hell | Island Pictures | Alex Cox (director/screenplay); Dick Rude (screenplay); Dick Rude, Sy Richardson, Courtney Love, Joe Strummer, Dennis Hopper, Xander Berkeley, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello, Jim Jarmusch, Miguel Sandoval, Jennifer Balgobin, Sara Sugarman, Biff Yeager, Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy, Terry Woods, Kathy Burke, Del Zamora, Edward Tudor-Pole, Graham Fletcher-Cook, Anne-Marie Ruddock, Zander Schloss, Fox Harris | Action, Comedy | Live action | ||
July–September
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J U L Y | 3 | Adventures in Babysitting | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners | Chris Columbus (director); David Simkins (screenplay); Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Maia Brewton, Penelope Ann Miller, Bradley Whitford, Calvin Levels, George Newbern, John Davis Chandler, Ron Canada, John Ford Noonan, Albert Collins, Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio, Southside Johnny, Lolita David, Clark Johnson | Comedy | Live action |
| Innerspace | Warner Bros. Pictures / Amblin Entertainment | Joe Dante (director); Jeffrey Boam, Chip Poser (screenplay); Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, Fiona Lewis, Robert Picardo, Vernon Wells, Henry Gibson, William Schallert, Wendy Schaal, Harold Sylvester, John Hora, Orson Bean, Kevin Hooks, Dick Miller | Sci-Fi, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 10 | The Brave Little Toaster | Hyperion Pictures / The Kushner-Locke Company | Jerry Rees (director/screenplay); Joe Ranft (screenplay); Deanna Oliver, Timothy E. Day, Jon Lovitz, Timothy Stack, Thurl Ravenscroft, Phil Hartman, Wayne Kaatz, Collette Savage, Joe Ranft, Jim Jackman, Jerry Rees, Jonathan Benair, Judy Toll, Mindy Sterling, Randy Bennett, Danny Mann, Susie Allanson, Randall William Cook, Louis Conti, Beth Anderson, Joe Pizzulo, Janice Liebhart, Darryl Phinnessee, Pat Ericson, Gary Falcone, Roger Freeland | Animation, Comedy | Live action | |
| Full Metal Jacket | Warner Bros. Pictures / Hawk Films | Stanley Kubrick (director/screenplay); Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford (screenplay); Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard, Kevyn Major Howard, Ed O'Ross, Tim Colceri, John Terry, Bruce Boa, Stanley Kubrick, Vivian Kubrick | War | Live action | ||
| Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise | 20th Century Fox / Interscope Communications | Joe Roth (director); Steve Marshall, Dan Guntzelman (screenplay); Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Bradley Whitford, Barry Sobel, James Cromwell, Ed Lauter, James Hong, Donald Gibb, Tom Hodges, Jack Gilpin, Michael Fitzgerald | Comedy | Live action | ||
| The Squeeze | TriStar Pictures | Roger Young (director); Daniel Taplitz (screenplay); Michael Keaton, Rae Dawn Chong, Joe Pantoliano, Danny Aiello III, Leslie Bevis, Ronald Guttman, Paul Herman, John Dennis Johnston | Comedy | Live action | ||
| White Water Summer | Columbia Pictures | Jeff Bleckner (director); Ernest Kinoy (screenplay); Kevin Bacon, Sean Astin, Jonathan Ward, Matt Adler, K.C. Martel, Caroline McWilliams, Charles Siebert | Drama | Live action | ||
| 17 | Jaws: The Revenge | Universal Pictures | Joseph Sargent (director); Michael de Guzman (screenplay); Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Karen Young, Michael Caine, Judith Barsi, Lynn Whitfield, Mitchell Anderson, Melvin Van Peebles, Fritzi Jane Courtney, Lee Fierro, Roy Scheider, Cedric Scott, Charles Bowleg, Mary Smith, Edna Billotto, Cyprian R. Dube, William E. Marks, Diane Hetfield, Jay Mello | Thriller | Live action | |
| Nowhere to Hide | New Century Vista | Mario Azzopardi (director); George Goldsmith, Alex Reber (screenplay); Amy Madigan, Michael Ironside, John Colicos, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Robin MacEachern, Chuck Shamata, Clark Johnson, Maury Chaykin, Garrick Hagon, Timothy Webber, Philip Akin, Vlasta Vrána, Jayne Eastwood, Ross Hull, Géza Kovács, Andrew Johnston, Réal Andrews, Peter Blackwood, Shirley Merovitz, Philip Spensley, Amy Gartner | Thriller | Live action | ||
| RoboCop | Orion Pictures | Paul Verhoeven (director); Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner (screenplay); Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Robert DoQui, Ray Wise, Paul McCrane, Jesse D. Goins, Calvin Jung, Michael Gregory, Mario Machado, Leeza Gibbons, Felton Perry, Lee de Broux, S.D. Nemeth | Action | Live action | ||
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (re-release) | Walt Disney Pictures | David Hand (director); Ted Sears, Earl Hurd, Merrill De Maris, Richard Creedon, Otto Englander, Dick Rickard, Dorothy Ann Blank, Webb Smith (screenplay); Adriana Caselotti, Lucille La Verne, Harry Stockwell, Roy Atwell, Pinto Colvig, Otis Harlan, Scotty Mattraw, Billy Gilbert, Eddie Collins, Moroni Olsen, Stuart Buchanan | Animation, Musical, Fantasy | Animation | ||
| 24 | La Bamba | Columbia Pictures | Luis Valdez (director/screenplay); Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, Joe Pantoliano, Rick Dees, Marshall Crenshaw, Howard Huntsberry, Brian Setzer, Daniel Valdez, Sam Anderson, Stephen Lee, Diane Rodriguez, Noble Willingham, Andy Griggs, Tony Genaro, Katie Valdez, Concepcion Reyes | Biography | Live action | |
| Summer School | Paramount Pictures | Carl Reiner (director); Jeff Franklin (screenplay); Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas, Patrick Labyorteaux, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Dean Cameron, Gary Riley, Richard Steven Horvitz, Kelly Jo Minter, Shawnee Smith, Fabiana Udenio, Ken Olandt, Duane Davis, Tom Troupe, Frank McCarthy, Carl Reiner | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Warner Bros. Pictures / Cannon Films / DC Comics | Sidney J. Furie (director); Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal (screenplay); Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Jon Cryer, Sam Wanamaker, Mark Pillow, Mariel Hemingway, Jim Broadbent, William Hootkins, Stanley Lebor, Don Fellows, Robert Beatty, Susannah York, Damian McLawhorn | Superhero | Live action | ||
| Wish You Were Here | Atlantic Releasing Corp | David Leland (director/screenplay); Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Jesse Birdsall, Clare Clifford, Barbara Durkin, Geoffrey Hutchings, Charlotte Barker, Chloë Leland, Pat Heywood, Geoffrey Durham, Neville Smith, Heathcote Williams, Val McLane, Susan Skipper, Lee Whitlock, Sheila Kelley, Charlotte Ball, Abigail Leland | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| 31 | The Living Daylights | United Artists / Eon Productions | John Glen (director); Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson (screenplay); Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Joe Don Baker, Art Malik, John Rhys-Davies, Jeroen Krabbé, Andreas Wisniewski, Thomas Wheatley, Julie T. Wallace, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Walter Gotell, Caroline Bliss, Geoffrey Keen, Virginia Hey, John Terry, Nadim Sawalha, John Bowe, Catherine Rabett, Dulice Liecier | Spy | Live action | |
| The Lost Boys | Warner Bros. Pictures | Joel Schumacher (director); Jeffrey Boam, Janice Fischer, James Jeremias (screenplay); Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Corey Haim, Edward Herrmann, Barnard Hughes, Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, Dianne Wiest, Jamison Newlander, Brooke McCarter, Billy Wirth, Alex Winter, Kelly Jo Minter, Chance Michael Corbitt, Alexander Bacon Chapman, Nori Morgan, Timmy Cappello, Jim Turner | Horror, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Maid to Order | New Century Vista | Amy Holden Jones (director/screenplay); Perry Howze, Randy Howze (screenplay); Ally Sheedy, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael Ontkean, Valerie Perrine, Dick Shawn, Tom Skerritt, Merry Clayton, Rain Phoenix, Theodore Wilson, Jason Beghe, Katey Sagal, Khandi Alexander, Henry Woolf, Begoña Plaza | Comedy, Fantasy | Live action | ||
| A Man in Love | Cinecom Pictures | Diane Kurys (director/screenplay); Israel Horovitz, Olivier Schatzky (screenplay); Peter Coyote, Greta Scacchi, Jamie Lee Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Peter Riegert, Vincent Lindon, Jean Pigozzi, John Berry, Elia Katz, Constantin Alexandrov, Jean-Claude de Goros, Michele Melega, Jole Silvani | Drama | Live action | ||
| A U G U S T | 7 | Back to the Beach | Paramount Pictures | Lyndall Hobbs (director); Peter Krikes, Steve Meerson, Chris Thompson (screenplay); Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Lori Loughlin, Tommy Hinkley, Demian Slade, Connie Stevens, Joe Holland, John Calvin, David Bowe, Laura Urstein, Linda Carol, Todd Bryant, Floyd Foster Jr., Rodney Bingenheimer, Dick Dale, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Fishbone, Rick Avery, Don Adams, Barbara Billingsley, Edd Byrnes, Bob Denver, Tony Dow, Alan Hale Jr., Jerry Mathers, Paul Reubens, O.J. Simpson | Comedy | Live action |
| The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland | Cineplex Odeon Films / Nelvana | Raymond Jafelice (director); Peter Sauder, Susan Snooks, John de Klein (screenplay); Bob Dermer, Eva Almos, Dan Hennessey, Jim Henshaw, Marla Lukofsky, Luba Goy, Keith Knight, Tracey Moore, Colin Fox, John Stocker, Don McManus, Elizabeth Hanna, Alan Fawcett, Keith Hampshire, Alyson Court | Animation, Fantasy | Animation | ||
| Masters of the Universe | Cannon Films / Golan-Globus | Gary Goddard (director); David Odell (screenplay); Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Courteney Cox, James Tolkan, Christina Pickles, Meg Foster, Barry Livingston, Chelsea Field, Jon Cypher, Billy Barty, Robert Duncan McNeill, Anthony De Longis, Tony Carroll, Pons Maar, Robert Towers, Peter Brooks | Action, Fantasy | Live action | ||
| Nadine | TriStar Pictures | Robert Benton (director/screenplay); Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, Rip Torn, Gwen Verdon, Glenne Headly, Jerry Stiller | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Stakeout | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners | John Badham (director); Jim Kouf (screenplay); Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Aidan Quinn, Madeleine Stowe, Forest Whitaker, Dan Lauria, Earl Billings, Ian Tracey, Jackson Davies, Don S. Davis, J.J. Makaro, Scott Andersen, Tony Pantages, Beatrice Boepple, Kyle Wodia, Jan Speck, Kim Kondrashoff, Gary Heatherington, Blu Mankuma, Denny Williams | Crime, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Who's That Girl | Warner Bros. Pictures | James Foley (director); Ken Finkleman, Andrew Smith (screenplay); Madonna, Griffin Dunne, Haviland Morris, John McMartin, Sir John Mills, Bibi Besch, Robert Swan, Drew Pillsbury, Coati Mundi, Dennis Burkley, James Dietz, Cecile Callan, Karen Baldwin, Kimberlin Brown, Crystal Carson, Elaine Wilkes, Sean Sullivan, Robert Cornthwaite, Albert Popwell, Alice Nunn, Gary Basaraba, Ron Taylor, Stanley Tucci, Mike Starr, Roy Brocksmith, Beatrice Colen, Robert Clotworthy, Liz Sheridan, Glenn Plummer, Carmen Filpi, Ellen Crawford | Comedy | Live action | ||
| 14 | Can't Buy Me Love | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners | Steve Rash (director); Michael Swerdlick (screenplay); Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Tina Caspary, Darcy DeMoss, Cort McCown, Eric Bruskotter, Gerardo Mejia, Courtney Gains, Seth Green, Sharon Farrell, Dennis Dugan, Devin DeVasquez, Ami Dolenz, Max Perlich, Paula Abdul, Cloyce Morrow, Will Hannah, Lisa Givens | Teen, Comedy | Live action | |
| Disorderlies | Warner Bros. Pictures | Michael Schultz (director); Mark Feldberg, Mitchell Klebanoff (screenplay); Prince Markie Dee, Darren Robinson, Damon Wimbley, Ralph Bellamy, Anthony Geary, Tony Plana, Marco Rodríguez, Troy Beyer, Helen Reddy, Sam Chew Jr., Ray Parker Jr., Robert V. Barron, Jo Marie Payton, Don Hood, Rick Zumwalt, Rick Nielsen | Comedy | Live action | ||
| The Monster Squad | TriStar Pictures | Fred Dekker (director/screenplay); Shane Black (screenplay); Andre Gower, Duncan Regehr, Stephen Macht, Stan Shaw, Tom Noonan, Jonathan Gries, Mary Ellen Trainor, Leonardo Cimino, Lisa Fuller, Tom Woodruff Jr., Jack Gwillim, Jason Hervey, David Proval, Daryl Anderson, Robby Kiger, Brent Chalem, Ryan Lambert, Michael Faustino, Ashley Bank, Carl Thibault, Michael Reid MacKay, Adam Carl, Mary Albee, Brynn Baron, Julie Merrill | Horror, Comedy | Live action | ||
| No Way Out | Orion Pictures | Roger Donaldson (director); Robert Garland (screenplay); Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, Howard Duff, George Dzundza, Jason Bernard, Iman, Fred Dalton Thompson, Michael Shillo | Drama, Political thriller | Live action | ||
| North Shore | Universal Pictures | William Phelps (director/screenplay); Bill Finnegan, Tim McCanlies (screenplay); Matt Adler, Nia Peeples, John Philbin, Gerry Lopez, Gregory Harrison | Drama | Live action | ||
| 21 | Born in East L.A. | Universal Pictures | Cheech Marin (director/screenplay); Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern, Paul Rodriguez, Jan-Michael Vincent, Kamala Lopez, Tony Plana, Lupe Ontiveros, Alma Martinez, Neith Hunter, Tito Larriva, Eddie Barth, Larry Blackmon, Terrence Evans | Live action Comedy | Live action | |
| Dirty Dancing | Vestron Pictures | Emile Ardolino (director); Eleanor Bergstein (screenplay); Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston, Miranda Garrison, Kelly Bishop, Jane Brucker, Lonny Price, Max Cantor, Charles "Honi" Coles, Neal Jones, 'Cousin Brucie' Morrow, Wayne Knight, Paula Trueman, Garry Goodrow, Emile Ardolino | Romance, Drama, Dance | Live action | ||
| The Garbage Pail Kids Movie | Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Topps | Rod Amateau (director/screenplay); Melinda Palmer (screenplay); Anthony Newley, Mackenzie Astin, Katie Barberi, Jim Cummings, Phil Fondacaro, Debbie Lee Carrington, Ron McLachlan, J.P. Amateau, Marjory Graue, Kevin Thompson, Robert Bell, Chloe Amateau, Larry Green, Arturo Gil, Sue Rossitto, Teri Benaron | Comedy | Live action | ||
| 28 | The Big Easy | Columbia Pictures / Kings Road Entertainment | Jim McBride (director); Daniel Petrie Jr. (screenplay); Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty, John Goodman, Lisa Jane Persky, Tom O'Brien, Charles Ludlam, Grace Zabriskie, Marc Lawrence, Solomon Burke, Gailard Sartain, Jim Garrison, Bob Kearney | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| The Fourth Protocol | Lorimar Motion Pictures | John Mackenzie (director); George Axelrod, Richard Burridge (screenplay); Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Ned Beatty, Ian Richardson, Joanna Cassidy, Julian Glover, Michael Gough, Ray McAnally, Anton Rodgers, Matt Frewer, Caroline Blakiston, Joseph Brady, Betsy Brantley, Sean Chapman, Alan North, Ronald Pickup, John Horsley, Michael Bilton, Peter Cartwright, Aaron Swartz, Mark Rolston, Michael J. Jackson, Matthew Marsh, Jerry Harte | Spy | Live action | ||
| Hamburger Hill | Paramount Pictures / RKO Pictures | John Irvin (director); James Carabatsos (screenplay); Anthony Barrile, Michael Patrick Boatman, Don Cheadle, Michael Dolan, Dylan McDermott, Courtney B. Vance, Steven Weber, Tim Quill, Tommy Swerdlow, Don James, M.A. Nickles, Harry O'Reilly, Daniel O'Shea, Tegan West | War | Live action | ||
| House II: The Second Story | New World Pictures | Ethan Wiley (director/screenplay); Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark, Royal Dano, Lar Park Lincoln, Bill Maher, John Ratzenberger, Amy Yasbeck, Dwier Brown, Gregory Walcott, Jayne Modean, Lenora May, Devin DeVasquez, Kane Hodder, Frank Welker | Horror, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Matewan | Cinecom Pictures | John Sayles (director/screenplay); Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn, Ken Jenkins, Gordon Clapp, Kevin Tighe, John Sayles, Bob Gunton, Josh Mostel, Jace Alexander, Joe Grifasi, Maggie Renzi, Nancy Mette, Jo Henderson, Gary McCleery | Drama | Live action | ||
| S E P T E M B E R | 11 | The Curse | Trans World Entertainment | David Keith (director); David Chaskin (screenplay); Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcolm Danare, Cooper Huckabee, John Schneider, Amy Wheaton, Steve Carlisle, Kathleen Jordon Gregory, Hope North, Steve Davis | Horror | Live action |
| 18 | Amazon Women on the Moon | Universal Pictures | Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss (directors); Michael Barrie, Jim Muholland (screenplay); Steve Allen, Rosanna Arquette, Paul Bartel, Ed Begley Jr., Ralph Bellamy, Sybil Danning, Griffin Dunne, Carrie Fisher, Steve Forrest, Monique Gabrielle, Steve Guttenberg, Arsenio Hall, Howard Hesseman, Lou Jacobi, B.B. King, Russ Meyer, Kelly Preston, Henny Youngman, Phil Hartman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Peter Horton, Joe Pantoliano, David Alan Grier, T.K. Carter, Robert Picardo, Dick Miller, Belinda Balaski, Marc McClure, Bryan Cranston, Andrew Dice Clay, Erica Yohn, Corey Burton, Robert Colbert, Joey Travolta, Forrest J. Ackerman, Lana Clarkson, William Bryant, Roxie Roker, Le Tari, Henry Silva, Roger Barkley, Al Lohman, Archie Hahn, Phil Proctor, Ira Newborn, Karen Montgomery, Rip Taylor, Slappy White, Jackie Vernon, Charlie Callas, William Marshall, Tino Insana, Donald Gibb, Frank Collison, Raye Birk, Larry Hankin, Garry Goodrow, Phil Bruns, John Ingle, Angel Tompkins, Terry McGovern, Matt Adler, Steve Cropper, Corrine Wahl, Willard E. Pugh, Herb Vigran, Mike Mazurki, Frank Beddor | Comedy, Spoof, Anthology | Live action | |
| Fatal Attraction | Paramount Pictures | Adrian Lyne (director); James Dearden (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Stuart Pankin, Ellen Foley, Fred Gwynne, Meg Mundy, Tom Brennan, Lois Smith, Mike Nussbaum, J.J. Johnston, Michael Arkin, Jane Krakowski | Psychological Thriller | Live action | ||
| Hellraiser | New World Pictures / Entertainment Film Distributors | Clive Barker (director/screenplay); Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman, Doug Bradley, Nicholas Vince, Simon Bamford, Grace Kirby, Oliver Smith, Robert Hines | Horror | Live action | ||
| Maurice | Cinecom Pictures / Merchant Ivory Productions | James Ivory (director/screenplay); Kit Hesketh-Harvey (screenplay); James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Billie Whitelaw, Barry Foster, Judy Parfitt, Phoebe Nicholls, Ben Kingsley, Patrick Godfrey, Mark Tandy, Kitty Aldridge, Helena Michell, Catherine Rabett, Peter Eyre, Julian Wadham, Orlando Wells, Richard Warner, Helena Bonham Carter | Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
| The Pick-up Artist | 20th Century Fox | James Toback (director/screenplay); Molly Ringwald, Robert Downey Jr., Dennis Hopper, Danny Aiello, Harvey Keitel, Bob Gunton, Mildred Dunnock, Vanessa Williams, Polly Draper, Frederick Koehler, Robert Towne, Victoria Jackson, Lorraine Bracco, Fred Melamed, Christine Baranski, Brian Hamill, Tamara Bruno | Romance, Comedy | Live action | ||
| The Principal | TriStar Pictures | Christopher Cain (director); Frank Deese (screenplay); Jim Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr., Rae Dawn Chong, Kelly Jo Minter, Michael Wright, Jeffrey Jay Cohen, Esai Morales, Troy Winbush, Jacob Vargas, Reggie Johnson | Action, Crime, Thriller | Live action | ||
| 25 | Best Seller | Orion Pictures / Hemdale Film Corporation | John Flynn (director); Larry Cohen (screenplay); James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria Tennant, Allison Balson, Paul Shenar, George Coe, Anne Pitoniak, Mary Carver, Sully Boyar, Kathleen Lloyd, Harold Tyner, Jay Ingram, William Bronder, Jeffrey Josephson, Edward Blackoff, J.P. Bumstead, Daniel Trent | Crime, Thriller | Live action | |
| The Big Town | Columbia Pictures | Harold Becker, Ben Bolt (directors); Clark Howard, Robert Roy Pool (screenplay); Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern, Tom Skerritt, Lee Grant, Suzy Amis Cameron, David Marshall Grant, Don Francks, Del Close, Cherry Jones, David James Elliott | Drama | Live action | ||
| Real Men | United Artists | Dennis Feldman (director/screenplay); Jim Belushi, John Ritter, Barbara Barrie, Bill Morey, Isa Jank, Mark Herrier | Sci-Fi, Comedy | Live action | ||
October–December
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O C T O B E R | 2 | Anna | Vestron Pictures | Yurek Bogayevicz (director/screenplay); Agnieszka Holland (screenplay); Sally Kirkland, Robert Fields, Paulina Porizkova, Steven Gilborn, Larry Pine, Sofia Coppola, Deirdre O'Connell, David R. Ellis | Drama | Live action |
| Big Shots | 20th Century Fox / Lorimar Film Entertainment | Robert Mandel (director); Joe Eszterhas (screenplay); Ricky Busker, Darius McCrary, Robert Joy, Robert Prosky, Jerzy Skolimowski, Paul Winfield, Brynn Thayer, Bill Hudson, Joe Seneca, Beah Richards, Ellen Geer, Jim Antonio, Andrea Bebel, Hutton Cobb, Mitch Beasley | Comedy, Adventure | Live action | ||
| Like Father Like Son | TriStar Pictures / Imagine Entertainment | Rod Daniel (director); David Hoselton, Steve Bloom, Lorne Cameron (screenplay); Dudley Moore, Kirk Cameron, Margaret Colin, Catherine Hicks, Patrick O'Neal, Sean Astin, Larry Sellers, Maxine Stuart, David Wohl, Michael Horton, Bonnie Bedelia, Camille Cooper, Micah Grant, Bill Morrison | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Slam Dance | Island Pictures | Wayne Wang (director); Don Keith Opper (screenplay); Tom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Virginia Madsen, Harry Dean Stanton, Millie Perkins, Don Keith Opper, Adam Ant, John Doe, Judith Barsi, Lisa Niemi, Herta Ware | Thriller | Live action | ||
| 9 | Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll | Universal Pictures | Taylor Hackford (director); Chuck Berry, Keith Richards, Johnnie Johnson, Roy Orbison, Joey Spampinato, Chuck Leavell, Bobby Keys, Steve Jordan, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Linda Ronstadt, Etta James, Julian Lennon, Joe Walsh, Ingrid Berry, Bo Diddley, Ahmet Ertegun, The Everly Brothers, John Lennon, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Robbie Robertson, Bruce Springsteen | Documentary | Live action | |
| The Princess Bride | 20th Century Fox / Act III Communications | Rob Reiner (director); William Goldman (screenplay); Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Peter Falk, Fred Savage | Romance, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Someone to Watch Over Me | Columbia Pictures | Ridley Scott (director); Howard Franklin (screenplay); Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco, Jerry Orbach, John Rubinstein, Andreas Katsulas, Jim Moriarty, Mark Moses, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Harley Cross, Tony Di Benedetto | Romance, Crime, Thriller | Live action | ||
| Surrender | Warner Bros. Pictures / Cannon Films | Jerry Belson (director/screenplay); Sally Field, Michael Caine, Steve Guttenberg, Peter Boyle, Jackie Cooper, Julie Kavner, Louise Lasser, Iman | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Three O'Clock High | Universal Pictures | Phil Joanou (director); Richard Christian Matheson, Thomas Szollosi (screenplay); Casey Siemaszko, Anne Ryan, Richard Tyson, Jeffrey Tambor, Philip Baker Hall, John P. Ryan, Stacey Glick, Mitch Pileggi, Theron Read, Liza Morrow, Caitlin O'Heaney, Alice Nunn, Paul Feig, Yeardley Smith, Jonathan Wise, Guy Massey, Mike Jolly, Charles Macaulay | Comedy | Live action | ||
| 14 | House of Games | Orion Pictures | David Mamet (director/screenplay); Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Steven Goldstein, Jack Wallace, Ricky Jay, Mike Nussbaum, J.T. Walsh, Lilia Skala, William H. Macy, Meshach Taylor | Neo-Noir, Heist, Thriller | Live action | |
| 16 | Barfly | Cannon Films / American Zoetrope | Barbet Schroeder (director); Charles Bukowski (screenplay); Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, J.C. Quinn, Frank Stallone, Sandy Martin, Gloria LeRoy, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Jack Nance, Roberta Bassin, Joe Unger, Harry Cohn, Fritz Feld, Charles Bukowski, Albert Henderson | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II | Samuel Goldwyn Films / Alliance Atlantis | Bruce Pittman (director); Ron Oliver (screenplay); Michael Ironside, Wendy Lyon, Justin Louis, Lisa Schrage, Richard Monette, Terri Hawkes, Wendell Smith, John Pyper-Ferguson, Vincent Gale, Judy Mahbey, Beverley Hendry, Brock Simpson, Beth Gondek, Michael Evans, Dennis Robinson, Larry Musser, Glen Gretzky, David Robertson, Lorretta Bailey | Slasher | Live action | ||
| Hope and Glory | Columbia Pictures / Goldcrest Films / Nelson Entertainment | John Boorman (director/screenplay); Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Sarah Miles, David Hayman, Derrick O'Connor, Susan Wooldridge, Sammi Davis, Ian Bannen, Geraldine Muir, Anne Leon, Jean-Marc Barr | Comedy, Drama, War | Live action | ||
| Weeds | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | John D. Hancock (director/screenplay); Dorothy Tristan (screenplay); Nick Nolte, Ernie Hudson, Rita Taggart, Mark Rolston, Lane Smith, Joe Mantegna, William Forsythe, John Toles-Bey | Drama | Live action | ||
| The Whales of August | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Lindsay Anderson (director); David Berry (screenplay); Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern, Harry Carey Jr., Frank Grimes, Margaret Ladd, Tisha Sterling, Mary Steenburgen | Drama | Live action | ||
| 18 | Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers | Worldvision Enterprises / Hanna-Barbera Productions | Paul Sommer, Carl Urbano, Ray Patterson (directors); Jim Ryan (screenplay); Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Sorrell Booke, Rob Paulsen, Ronnie Schell, Jerry Houser, Arte Johnson, Victoria Carroll, William Callaway, Michael Rye, Hamilton Camp, June Foray | Comedy, Mystery | Animation | |
| 23 | The Glass Menagerie | Cineplex Odeon Films | Paul Newman (director); Tennessee Williams (screenplay); Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen, James Naughton | Drama | Live action | |
| No Man's Land | Orion Pictures | Peter Werner (director); Dick Wolf (screenplay); Charlie Sheen, D.B. Sweeney, Randy Quaid, Lara Harris, Bill Duke, R.D. Call, M. Emmet Walsh, Bernie Pock, Clare Wren, George Dzundza, Peggy McCay, Linda Shayne, Guy Boyd, Gary Riley, Jenny Gago, Michael Riley, Brad Pitt, Arlen Dean Snyder, Al Shannon, Kenny Endoso, James F. Kelly, Lori Butler, Danitza Kingsley, Robert Pierce, Claude Earl Jones, Jan Burrell, Channing Chase, Jessica Puscas, Molly Carter, Henry G. Sanders, Scott Lincoln, Tom Santo, Denis Hartigan | Crime | Live action | ||
| Prince of Darkness | Universal Pictures / Alive Films / Carolco Pictures | John Carpenter (director/screenplay); Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, Dennis Dun, Susan Blanchard, Anne Howard, Dirk Blocker, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, Peter Jason, Thom Bray, Alice Cooper, Ann Yen, Ken Wright, Robert Grasmere | Horror, Supernatural | Live action | ||
| The Sicilian | 20th Century Fox / Gladden Entertainment | Michael Cimino (director); Steve Shagan, Gore Vidal (screenplay); Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland, John Turturro, Barbara Sukowa, Richard Bauer, Giulia Boschi, Ray McAnally, Barry Miller, Andreas Katsulas, Michael Wincott, Ramon Bieri, Oliver Cotton, Joe Regalbuto, Aldo Ray, Derrick Branche | Action | Live action | ||
| Suspect | TriStar Pictures | Peter Yates (director); Eric Roth (screenplay); Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney, Joe Mantegna, Philip Bosco, Fred Melamed, Bernie McInerney, Bill Cobbs, Richard Gant, Jim Walton, Michael Beach, Ralph Cosham, Djanet Sears | Mystery, Drama | Live action | ||
| 30 | Baby Boom | United Artists | Charles Shyer (director/screenplay); Nancy Meyers (screenplay); Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, Sam Wanamaker, James Spader, Pat Hingle, Britt Leach, Annie Golden, Kristina and Michelle Kennedy, Mary Gross, Elizabeth Bennett, Peter Elbling, Shera Danese, Beverly Todd, William Frankfather, George O. Petrie, Victoria Jackson, Dori Brenner, Jane Elliot, Benjamin Diskin, Paxton Whitehead, Hansford Rowe, Billy Beck, Katherine Borowitz, Robin Bartlett, Christopher Noth, Linda Ellerbee, Margaret Whitton | Romance, Comedy | Live action | |
| Fatal Beauty | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Tom Holland (director); Hilary Henkin, Dean Riesner (screenplay); Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Rubén Blades, Harris Yulin, John P. Ryan, Jennifer Warren, Brad Dourif, Charles Hallahan, M.C. Gainey, James LeGros, Celeste Yarnall, James Smith, Mark Pellegrino, Neill Barry, Clayton Landey, Ebbe Roe Smith, Larry Hankin, Cheech Marin, David Harris, Michael Delorenzo, Michael Champion, Mike Jolly, Walter Robles, Cathianne Blore, Steve Akahoshi, Bernie Hern, Fred Asparagus, Gary Carlos Cervantes, Emilia Avarza, Rick Telles, Prince Hughes | Action, Comedy, Thriller | Live action | ||
| Gaby: A True Story | TriStar Pictures | Luis Mandoki (director); Martin Salinas, Michael James Love (screenplay); Liv Ullmann, Norma Aleandro, Robert Loggia, Lawrence Monoson, Rachel Levin, Susana Alexander, Robert Beltran, Beatriz Sheridan, Tony Goldwyn | Biography, Drama | Live action | ||
| The Hidden | New Line Cinema | Jack Sholder (director); Jim Kouf (screenplay); Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Clu Gulager, Chris Mulkey, Ed O'Ross, Clarence Felder, Claudia Christian, Larry Cedar, Richard Brooks, William Boyett, Tony Anholt, Steve Eastin, Katherine Cannon, James Luisi, Danny Trejo, Lin Shaye | Horror, Supernatural | Live action | ||
| N O V E M B E R | 6 | Cry Freedom | Universal Pictures | Richard Attenborough (director); John Briley (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Penelope Wilton, Alec McCowen, Kevin McNally, Ian Richardson, John Thaw, Timothy West, Josette Simon, John Hargreaves, Miles Anderson, Zakes Mokae, John Matshikiza | Epic, Drama | Live action |
| Death Wish 4: The Crackdown | Cannon Films | J. Lee Thompson (director); Gail Morgan Hickman (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Kay Lenz, John P. Ryan, Perry Lopez, Soon-Tek Oh, George Dickerson, Dana Barron, Danny Trejo, Dan Ferro, Michael Russo, James Purcell, Tom Everett, Hector Mercado, Tim Russ, Mark Pellegrino, Mitch Pileggi, Irwin Keyes, Richard Aherne, Mike Moroff, Gerald Castillo, Jesse Dabson, Daniel Sabia, Peter Sherayko, David Fontano | Action, Crime | Live action | ||
| Hello Again | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners | Frank Perry (director); Susan Isaacs (screenplay); Shelley Long, Judith Ivey, Gabriel Byrne, Corbin Bernsen, Sela Ward, Austin Pendleton, Carrie Nye, Robert Lewis, Madeleine Potter, Thor Fields | Romance, Fantasy, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Hiding Out | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | Bob Giraldi (director); Joe Menosky, Jeff Rothberg (screenplay); Jon Cryer, Keith Coogan, Annabeth Gish, Claude Brooks, Oliver Cotton, Tim Quill, Tony Soper, Ned Eisenberg, Marita Geraghty, John Spencer, Gretchen Cryer, Anne Pitoniak, Beth Ehlers, Richard Portnow, Gerry Bamman, Jack Gilpin, Joy Behar, Lou Walker | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| Less Than Zero | 20th Century Fox / The Kerner Entertainment Company | Marek Kanievska (director); Harley Peyton (screenplay); Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader, Nicholas Pryor, Tony Bill, Donna Mitchell, Michael Bowen, Sarah Buxton, Jayne Modean, Lisanne Falk, Neith Hunter, Michael Greene, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Brad Pitt, Christopher Maleki, Jackie Swanson | Drama | Live action | ||
| Made in Heaven | Lorimar Film Entertainment | Alan Rudolph (director); Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon (screenplay); Timothy Hutton, Kelly McGillis, Maureen Stapleton, Ann Wedgeworth, Mare Winningham, Don Murray, Amanda Plummer, James Gammon, Tim Daly, David Rasche, Willard E. Pugh, Marj Dusay, Tom Petty, Ellen Barkin, Debra Winger, Ric Ocasek, Neil Young | Fantasy, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Russkies | New Century Vista | Rick Rosenthal (director); Sheldon Lettich, Michael Nankin, Alan Jay Glueckman (screenplay); Whip Hubley, Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Billingsley, Stefan DeSalle, Susan Walters, Patrick Kilpatrick | Drama | Live action | ||
| Steel Dawn | Vestron Pictures | Lance Hool (director); Doug Lefler (screenplay); Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi, Anthony Zerbe, Brion James, Christopher Neame, John Fujioka, Arnold Vosloo, Brett Hool, Marcel Van Heerden | Sci-Fi, Action | Live action | ||
| 13 | Cross My Heart | Universal Pictures | Armyan Bernstein (director/screenplay); Gail Parent (screenplay); Martin Short, Annette O'Toole, Paul Reiser, Joanna Kerns, Jessica Puscas, Lee Arenberg, Corinne Bohrer, Jason Stuart, Shelley Taylor Morgan, Eric Poppick, Steven J. Zmed | Romance, Comedy | Live action | |
| The Running Man | TriStar Pictures / Taft Entertainment / HBO Films | Paul Michael Glaser (director); Steven E. de Souza (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, Marvin J. McIntyre, Mick Fleetwood, Professor Toru Tanaka, Gus Rethwisch, Jesse Ventura, Jim Brown, Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, Dweezil Zappa, Kurt Fuller, Rodger Bumpass, Edward Bunker, Sven-Ole Thorsen | Sci-Fi, Action | Live action | ||
| 20 | Cinderella (re-release) | Walt Disney Pictures | Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson (directors); Ken Anderson, Perce Pearce, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Ted Sears, Maurice Rapf, Homer Brightman, Erdman Penner, Harry Reeves, Joe Rinaldi (screenplay); Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Rhoda Williams, Lucille Bliss, William Phipps, Jimmy MacDonald, Luis van Rooten, Don Barclay, June Foray, Mike Douglas, Betty Lou Gerson | Animation, Musical, Fantasy | Animation | |
| Date with an Angel | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | Tom McLoughlin (director/screenplay); Michael E. Knight, Phoebe Cates, Emmanuelle Béart, David Dukes, Albert Macklin, Vinny Argiro, Bibi Besch, Cheryl Pollak, Phil Brock, Peter Kowanko, Steven Banks, Charles Lane, J. Don Ferguson | Romance, Comedy, Fantasy | Live action | ||
| Flowers in the Attic | New World Pictures / Fries Entertainment | Jeffrey Bloom (director/screenplay); Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson, Jeb Stuart Adams, Louise Fletcher, Ben Ryan Ganger, Lindsay Parker, Marshall Colt, Nathan Davis, Leonard Mann, V.C. Andrews, Alex Koba, Bruce Neckels, Gus Peters, Brooke Fries, Clare C. Peck | Horror | Live action | ||
| Nuts | Warner Bros. Pictures / Barwood Films | Martin Ritt (director); Tom Topor, Darryl Ponicsan, Alvin Sargent (screenplay); Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton, Eli Wallach, Robert Webber, James Whitmore, Karl Malden, Leslie Nielsen, William Prince, Dakin Matthews | Drama | Live action | ||
| Sign o' the Times | Cineplex Odeon Films | Prince (director/screenplay); Prince | Concert | Live action | ||
| Teen Wolf Too | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | Christopher Leitch (director); Tim Kring (screenplay); Jason Bateman, Kim Darby, John Astin, Paul Sand, James Hampton, Mark Holton, Stuart Fratkin, Kathleen Freeman, Estee Chandler, Robert Neary, Beth Ann Miller, Rachel Sharp, William H. Burton, David Burton | Fantasy, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 27 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Paramount Pictures Hughes Entertainment | John Hughes (director/screenplay); Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Dylan Baker, Olivia Burnette, Larry Hankin, Richard Herd, Matthew Lawrence, Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon, Carol Bruce, Diana Douglas, Martin Ferrero, Susan Kellermann, Edie McClurg, George Petrie, Gary Riley, Charles Tyner, Susan Isaacs, Bill Irwin, Ben Stein, Troy Evans, Ken Tipton, Lyman Ward, Tom Willett, Chino 'Fats' Williams, William Windom | Comedy | Live action | |
| Three Men and a Baby | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners / Interscope Communications | Leonard Nimoy (director); James Orr, Jim Cruickshank (screenplay); Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Margaret Colin, Celeste Holm, Nancy Travis, Michelle and Lisa Blair, Alexandra Amini, Philip Bosco, Paul Guilfoyle, Earl Hindman, Barbara Budd, Eugene Clark, Derek de Lint, Dave Foley, Jackie Richardson, Cynthia Harris, Colin Quinn, Mario Joyner | Comedy | Live action | ||
| D E C E M B E R | 4 | Walker | Universal Pictures | Alex Cox (director); Rudy Wurlitzer (screenplay); Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Auberjonois, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval, Marlee Matlin, Keith Szarabajka, Sy Richardson, Xander Berkeley, John Diehl, Alfonso Arau, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Gerrit Graham, William O'Leary, Kathy Burke, Blanca Guerra, Rick Barker, Karl Braun, Richard Edson, Bennet Guillory, David Hayman, Dick Rude, Zander Schloss, Milton Selzer, Edward Tudor-Pole, Norbert Weisser, Biff Yeager, Richard Zobel, Joe Strummer, Del Zamora, Fox Harris | Historical | Live action |
| 11 | Cold Steel | CineTel Films | Dorothy Ann Puzo (director/screenplay); Lisa M. Hansen, Michael Sonye, Moe Quigley (screenplay); Brad Davis, Sharon Stone, Jonathan Banks, Jay Acavone, Adam Ant | Thriller | Live action | |
| Throw Momma from the Train | Orion Pictures | Danny DeVito (director); Stu Silver (screenplay); Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Anne Ramsey, Kim Greist, Kate Mulgrew, Branford Marsalis, Rob Reiner, Bruce Kirby, Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Oprah Winfrey | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Wall Street | 20th Century Fox | Oliver Stone (director/screenplay); Stanley Weiser (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Hal Holbrook, Terence Stamp, James Karen, Sean Young, James Spader, Tamara Tunie, Franklin Cover, John C. McGinley, Frank Adonis, John Capodice, Josh Mostel, Ann Talman, Andrea Thompson, Lauren Tom, Michael O'Donoghue, Cecilia Peck, Paul Guilfoyle, Annie McEnroe, Grant Shaud, Saul Rubinek, Sean Stone, Adelle Lutz, Sylvia Miles, Richard Dysart, Millie Perkins, Oliver Stone | Drama | Live action | ||
| 18 | *batteries not included | Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment | Matthew Robbins (director/screenplay); Brad Bird, Brent Maddock, S.S. Wilson (screenplay); Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Peña, Dennis Boutsikaris, Michael Carmine, John Pankow, Michael Greene, Tom Aldredge, Wendy Schaal | Sci-Fi | Live action | |
| The Dead | Vestron Pictures | John Huston (director); Tony Huston (screenplay); Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Helena Carroll, Cathleen Delany, Dan O'Herlihy, Marie Kean, Donal Donnelly, Sean McClory, Frank Patterson, Colm Meaney, Kate O'Toole, Bairbre Dowling, Redmond Gleeson, Rachael Dowling, Ingrid Craigie, Lyda Anderson, Maria McDermottroe, Cormac O'Herlihy, Maria Hayden | Drama | Live action | ||
| Eddie Murphy Raw | Paramount Pictures | Robert Townsend (director); Eddie Murphy (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Tatyana Ali, Deon Richmond, Billie Allen, Tiger Haynes, Leonard Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson, Basil Wallace, Damien Wayans, Ellis E. Williams, Carol Woods, Kim Wayans, Edye Byrde, Clebert Ford, Birdie M. Hale, Davenia McFadden, Gwen McGee, James Brown III, Michelle Davison, J.D. Hall, Barbara Iley, John Lafayette, Lex Monson, Warren Morris | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Ironweed | TriStar Pictures / Taft Entertainment | Hector Babenco (director); William Kennedy (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Fred Gwynne, Diane Venora, Margaret Whitton, Tom Waits, Nathan Lane, James Gammon, Laura Esterman, Joe Grifasi, Hy Anzell, Ted Levine, Black-Eyed Susan, Lola Pashalinski, Frank Whaley, Louis St. Louis, Matt McGrath, Boris McGiver | Drama | Live action | ||
| Leonard Part 6 | Columbia Pictures | Paul Weiland (director); Jonathan Reynolds (screenplay); Bill Cosby, Tom Courtenay, Joe Don Baker, Moses Gunn, Gloria Foster, Victoria Rowell, John Hostetter, Pat Colbert | Spy, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Moonstruck | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Norman Jewison (director); John Patrick Shanley (screenplay); Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello, Julie Bovasso, Louis Guss, John Mahoney, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Anita Gillette, Leonardo Cimino, Paula Trueman, Joe Grifasi, Robin Bartlett, Helen Hanft, Amy Aquino, Tony Azito, Lisa Howard, Cynthia Dale, Tommy Hollis, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese | Romance, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Overboard | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Garry Marshall (director); Leslie Dixon (screenplay); Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond, Roddy McDowall, Michael G. Hagerty, Jared Rushton, Hector Elizondo, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Garry Marshall, Ray Combs, Frank Buxton, Wright Brothers Band, Brian Price, Jamie Wild, Jeffrey Wiseman, Henry Alan Miller, Doris Hess | Romance, Comedy | Live action | ||
| September | Orion Pictures | Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Denholm Elliott, Mia Farrow, Elaine Stritch, Jack Warden, Sam Waterston, Dianne Wiest, Rosemary Murphy, Ira Wheeler, Jane Cecil | Drama | Live action | ||
| 23 | The Last Emperor | Columbia Pictures / Hemdale Film Corporation / Recorded Picture Company | Bernardo Bertolucci (director/screenplay); Mark Peploe (screenplay); John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Maggie Han, Ric Young, Wu Junmei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Lisa Lu, Basil Pao, Henry O, Jade Go, Fumihiko Ikeda, Fan Guang, Hideo Takamatsu, Hajime Tachibana, Richard Vuu, Tijger Tsou, Wu Tao, Henry Kyi, Alvin Riley III | Epic, Biography | Live action | |
| 25 | Broadcast News | 20th Century Fox / Gracie Films | James L. Brooks (director/screenplay); William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Joan Cusack, Peter Hackes, Christian Clemenson, Jack Nicholson, Leo Burmester, Marita Geraghty, Glen Roven, Marc Shaiman, Martha Smith, John Cusack, Gennie James | Comedy, Romance, Drama | Live action | |
| Empire of the Sun | Warner Bros. Pictures / Amblin Entertainment | Steven Spielberg (director); Tom Stoppard (screenplay); Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano, Leslie Phillips, Masatō Ibu, Emily Richard, Rupert Frazer, Ben Stiller, Robert Stephens, Guts Ishimatsu, Burt Kwouk, Paul McGann, Marc de Jonge, J.G. Ballard, Peter Gale, Takatarô Kataoka | Epic, War | Live action | ||
| Good Morning, Vietnam | Touchstone Pictures | Barry Levinson (director); Mitch Markowitz (screenplay); Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Chintara Sukapatana, Bruno Kirby, Robert Wuhl, J.T. Walsh, Noble Willingham, Richard Edson, Richard Portnow, Floyd Vivino, Tung Thanh Tran, Juney Smith, Cu Ba Nguyen | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | New World Pictures / Filmation | Hal Sutherland (director); Robby London, Barry O'Brien, Dennis O'Flaherty (screenplay); Scott Grimes, Tom Bosley, Ed Asner, Frank Welker, Jonathan Harris, James Earl Jones, William Windom, Don Knotts, Rickie Lee Jones, Linda Gary, Lana Beeson | Animation, Fantasy, Adventure | Animation | ||
Notable films released in 1987
United States unless stated
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- 84 Charing Cross Road, directed by David Jones, starring Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft, Judi Dench - (UK/US)
A
- AAj, directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Kumar Gaurav, Smita Patil, Raj Babbar, and Raj Kiran (India)
- Adventures in Babysitting (aka A Night on the Town in the UK), directed by Chris Columbus, starring Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, and Maia Brewton.
- Aenigma, directed by Lucio Fulci, starring Jared Martin (Italy)
- Aha Naa Pellanta, directed by Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry, starring Rajendra Prasad, and Rajani (India)
- The Allnighter, directed by Tamar Simon Hoffs, starring Susanna Hoffs, Dedee Pfeiffer, Joan Cusack, James Anthony Shanta, John Terlesky, and Michael Ontkean
- Amazing Grace and Chuck, directed by Mike Newell, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, William Petersen, Alex English, Gregory Peck
- Amazon Women on the Moon, compilation film co-directed by five directors: Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, and Robert K. Weiss. Starring Arsenio Hall, Griffin Dunne, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rosanna Arquette, Steve Guttenberg, Steve Forrest
- American Ninja 2: The Confrontation, directed by Sam Firstenberg, starring Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, and Larry Poindexter
- Angel Heart, directed by Alan Parker, starring Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet
- Anguish (Angustia), directed by Bigas Luna, starring Zelda Rubinstein - (Spain)
- Anna, directed by Yurek Bogayevicz, starring Sally Kirkland and Paulina Porizkova
- Aria, anthology film consisting of ten short films by ten different directors: Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge, and Julien Temple. Starring Theresa Russell, Buck Henry, Beverly D'Angelo, John Hurt, Anita Morris, and Bridget Fonda. (U.K.)
- Assassination, directed by Peter R. Hunt, starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Stephen Elliott, Jan Gan Boyd, Randy Brooks, Michael Ansara, and William Prince.
- Au revoir les enfants (Goodbye, Children), directed by Louis Malle, starring Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Philippe Morier-Genoud, and Francine Racette. Golden Lion award - (France)
- An Autumn's Tale (Chou tin dik tong wah), directed by Mabel Cheung, starring Chow Yun-fat, Cherie Chung, and Danny Chan (Hong Kong)
B
- Babette's Feast (Babettes Gæstebud), directed by Gabriel Axel, starring Stephane Audran - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film - (Denmark)
- Baby Boom, directed by Charles Shyer, starring Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis
- Back to the Beach, directed by Lyndall Hobbs, starring Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Lori Loughlin, Tommy Hinkley, Connie Stevens, Don Adams, Bob Denver, and Pee-wee Herman
- Bad Taste, written and directed by Peter Jackson, starring Terry Potter, Pete O'Herne, Peter Jackson, Mike Minett, and Craig Smith. (New Zealand)
- Bagdad Café, aka Out of Rosenheim, directed by Percy Adlon, starring Marianne Sägebrecht, C. C. H. Pounder, and Jack Palance. Golden Space Needle award (for 1988) - (West Germany/United States)
- The Barbarians, directed by Ruggero Deodato, starring Peter Paul, David Paul, Richard Lynch, and Eva La Rue (United States/Italy)
- Barfly, directed by Barbet Schroeder, starring Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige
- Batteries Not Included, directed by Matthew Robbins, starring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy
- Beatrice, directed by Bertrand Tavernier, starring Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Julie Delpy, Monique Chaumette, Robert Dhéry, Michèle Gleizer, Nils Tavernier, Maxime Leroux, and Jean-Claude Adelin
- The Bedroom Window, directed by Curtis Hanson, starring Steve Guttenberg, Isabelle Huppert, Elizabeth McGovern
- The Believers, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Robert Loggia, Richard Masur, Harley Cross, and Jimmy Smits
- Bellman and True, directed by Richard Loncraine, starring Bernard Hill, Derek Newark, Richard Hope, Ken Bones, Frances Tomelty, and Kieran O'Brien. (U.K.)
- The Belly of an Architect, directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb - (U.K./Italy)
- Benji the Hunted, directed by Joe Camp, starring Red Steagall, and Frank Inn
- Best Seller, directed by John Flynn, starring James Woods and Brian Dennehy
- A Better Tomorrow II (Jing hung bun sik), directed by John Woo, starring Chow Yun-fat - (Hong Kong)
- Beauty and the Beast, directed by Eugene Marner, starring John Savage, and Rebecca De Mornay
- Beverly Hills Cop II, directed by Tony Scott, starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John Ashton, Brigitte Nielsen, Allen Garfield, Dean Stockwell, and Paul Reiser
- Beyond Therapy, directed by Robert Altman, starring Julie Hagerty, Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson
- The Big Easy, directed by Jim McBride, starring Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Ned Beatty
- Big Shots, directed by Robert Mandel, starring Darius McCrary, Robert Prosky, Paul Winfield
- The Big Town, co-directed by two directors: Harold Becker and Ben Bolt. Starring Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Lee Grant, Bruce Dern
- Black Widow, directed by Bob Rafelson, starring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell
- Blind Chance (Przypadek), directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, starring Bogusław Linda (Poland)
- Blind Date, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger
- Blue Monkey, directed by William Fruet, starring Steve Railsback (Canada)
- Born in East L.A., directed by Cheech Marin, starring Cheech Marin
- Boyfriends and Girlfriends (French: L'Ami de mon amie), directed by Éric Rohmer, starring Emmanuelle Chaulet and Sophie Renoir (France)
- The Brave Little Toaster, directed by Jerry Rees, starring Deanna Oliver, Timothy E. Day, Jon Lovitz, Timothy Stack, Thurl Ravenscroft, Wayne Kaatz, Colette Savage, Phil Hartman, Joe Ranft, and Jim Jackman
- Broadcast News, directed by James L. Brooks, starring William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Lois Chiles, Robert Prosky, Joan Cusack
- Burglar, directed by Hugh Wilson, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Bobcat Goldthwait, G. W. Bailey, and Lesley Ann Warren
- Business as Usual, directed by Lezli-An Barrett, starring Glenda Jackson and John Thaw - (UK/US)
- Buy & Cell, directed by Robert Boris, starring Robert Carradine, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Imogene Coca, and Malcolm McDowell
C
- Can't Buy Me Love, directed by Steve Rash, starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson
- Captain Khorshid (Nakhoda Khorshid), directed by Nasser Taghvai, starring Dariush Arjmand and Ali Nassirian (Iran)
- The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland, directed by Raymond Jafelice, starring Bob Dermer, Eva Almos, Dan Hennessey, Jim Henshaw, Marla Lukofsky, Luba Goy, Keith Knight, Tracey Moore, Colin Fox, John Stocker, Don McManus, Elizabeth Hanna, Alan Fawcett, Keith Hampshire, and Alyson Court (Canada)
- Cherry 2000, directed by Steve De Jarnatt, starring Melanie Griffith, David Andrews, Tim Thomerson, and Pamela Gidley
- A Chinese Ghost Story (倩女幽魂), directed by Ching Siu-tung, starring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong, and Wu Ma (Hong Kong)
- The Chipmunk Adventure, directed by Janice Karman, starring Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Dody Goodman, Susan Tyrrell, Anthony De Longis, Frank Welker, Ken Sansom, and Nancy Cartwright
- Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Crónica de una muerte anunciada), directed by Francesco Rosi, starring Rupert Everett, Ornella Muti, Gian Maria Volonté - (France/Italy/Colombia)
- City on Fire (Lóng hǔ fēng yún), directed by Ringo Lam, starring Chow Yun-fat, Danny Lee, Sun Yueh, Carrie Ng, and Roy Cheung (Hong Kong)
- Coast to Coast, directed by Sandy Johnson, starring Lenny Henry, and John Shea - (U.K.)
- Cobra Verde, directed by Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski - (West Germany)
- Cold Steel, directed by Dorothy Ann Puzo, starring Brad Davis and Sharon Stone
- Crazy Love (Amor Loco), directed by Dominique Deruddere, starring Josse De Pauw, and Gene Bervoets (Belgium)
- Creepshow 2, directed by Michael Gornick, starring Lois Chiles, George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, and Tom Savini
- Critical Condition, directed by Michael Apted, starring Richard Pryor
- Cross My Heart, directed by Armyan Bernstein, starring Martin Short, Annette O'Toole, Paul Reiser
- Cry Freedom, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Kevin Kline and Denzel Washington - (UK/US/South Africa)
- The Cry of the Owl ( Le cri du hibou), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, and Virginie Thévenet(France)
- The Curse, directed by David Keith, starring Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcolm Danare, Cooper Huckabee, and John Schneider (United States/Italy)
- The Cyclist (Bicycleran), directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, starring Moharram Zaynalzadeh (Iran)
D
- Dark Eyes (Oci ciornie), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Marthe Keller, Yelena Safonova, Pina Cei, Vsevolod Larionov, and Innokenti Smoktunovsky (Italy/U.S.S.R.)
- Dark Tower, directed by Freddie Francis and Ken Wiederhorn, starring Michael Moriarty, Jenny Agutter, Carol Lynley
- Date with an Angel, directed by Tom McLoughlin, starring Michael E. Knight, Phoebe Cates, Emmanuelle Béart, and David Dukes
- Daughter of the Nile (Niluohe nuer), directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, starring Lin Yang, Jack Kao, and Li Tian-lu (Taiwan)
- Days to Remember (Die Verliebten), directed by Jeanine Meerapfel, starring Barbara Sukowa - (West Germany)
- The Dead, directed by John Huston, starring his daughter, Anjelica Huston - (UK/Ireland/US)
- Dead of Winter, directed by Arthur Penn, starring Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubeš, and William Russ
- Deadline, directed by Nathaniel Gutman, starring Christopher Walken, and Hywel Bennett
- Deadly Illusion, directed by Larry Cohen and William Tannen, starring Billy Dee Williams
- Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, aka Dear America, directed by Bill Couturié, documentary film about the Vietnam War
- Death Before Dishonor, directed by Terry Leonard, starring Fred Dryer, Brian Keith, Joanna Pacuła, and Paul Winfield
- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Charles Bronson and Kay Lenz
- Desyat Negrityat (Ten Little Negroes, Ten Little Indians), film adaptation of the novel And Then There Were None (1939) by Agatha Christie. Directed by Stanislav Govorukhin, starring Vladimir Zeldin, Tatyana Drubich, Alexander Kaidanovsky, Aleksei Zharkov, Anatoli Romashin, and Lyudmila Maksakova (U.S.S.R.)
- Diary for My Lovers (Napló szerelmeimnek), directed by Márta Mészáros, starring Ágnes Csere (Hungary)
- Dirty Dancing, directed by Emile Ardolino, starring Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey and Jerry Orbach
- Disorderlies, directed by Michael Schultz, starring The Fat Boys, Ralph Bellamy, Tony Plana, and Anthony Geary
- Dolls, directed by Stuart Gordon, starring Stephen Lee, Guy Rolfe, Hilary Mason, and Bunty Bailey
- Down Twisted, directed by Albert Pyun, starring Carey Lowell, Charles Rocket, Trudy Dotchterman, Norbert Weisser, Linda Kerridge, Nicholas Guest, Thom Mathews, Courteney Cox, and Galyn Görg
- Dragnet, directed by Tom Mankiewicz, starring Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Harry Morgan, Alexandra Paul, Dabney Coleman, Christopher Plummer
- Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (Doragon Bōru: Majin-Jō No Nemuri Hime), directed by Daisuke Nishio, starring Masako Nozawa, Hiromi Tsuru, Mayumi Tanaka, Tōru Furuya, Mami Koyama, Kōhei Miyauchi, Naoki Tatsuta, Naoko Watanabe, and Shōzō Iizuka (Japan)
- Dudes, directed by Penelope Spheeris, starring Jon Cryer, Daniel Roebuck, Catherine Mary Stewart, Flea, Lee Ving, Billy Ray Sharkey, and Glenn Withrow
E
- Eastern Condors (Dung fong tuk ying), directed by Sammo Hung, starring Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Joyce Godenzi, Yuen Wah, Lam Ching-ying, Yuen Woo-ping, Corey Yuen, and Billy Chow (Hong Kong)
- Eat the Rich, directed by Peter Richardson, starring Nosher Powell, Ronald Allen, Nigel Planer, and Miranda Richardson (U.K.)
- Eddie Murphy Raw, performance documentary, directed by Robert Townsend, starring Eddie Murphy
- Eien no 1/2 (Half of Eternity), directed by Kichitaro Negishi, starring Saburō Tokitō, and Shinobu Otake (Japan)
- The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (Yuki Yukite Shingun), documentary film about World War II, directed by Kazuo Hara (Japan)
- Empire of the Sun, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson
- End of the Line, directed by Jay Russell, starring Kevin Bacon, Wilford Brimley, Mary Steenburgen, Holly Hunter
- Enemy Territory, directed by Peter Manoogian, starring Gary Frank, Ray Parker, Jr., Frances Fisher
- Ernest Goes to Camp, directed by John R. Cherry III, starring Jim Varney
- Escape from Sobibor, directed by Jack Gold, starring Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacuła, Rutger Hauer - (UK/Yugoslavia)
- Evil Dead II, directed by Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, and Kassie DePaiva
- Extreme Prejudice, directed by Walter Hill, starring Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, María Conchita Alonso, Rip Torn
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- The Family (La famiglia), directed by Ettore Scola, starring Vittorio Gassman and Stefania Sandrelli - (Italy)
- Family Viewing, directed by Atom Egoyan, starring David Hemblen, Aidan Tierney, Gabrielle Rose, and Arsinée Khanjian (Canada)
- Fatal Attraction, directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer
- Fatal Beauty, directed by Tom Holland, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Rubén Blades, Harris Yulin, John P. Ryan, and Jennifer Warren
- Five Corners, directed by Tony Bill, starring Tim Robbins, Jodie Foster, John Turturro
- Flowers in the Attic, directed by Jeffrey Bloom, starring Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson, Louise Fletcher, and Jeb Stuart Adams
- Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (Quatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle), directed by Éric Rohmer, starring Joëlle Miquel, Jessica Forde, Philippe Laudenbach, and Marie Rivière (France)
- The Fourth Protocol, directed by John Mackenzie, starring Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan - (U.K.)
- Freckled Max and the Spooks (Pehavý Max a strašidlá), directed by Juraj Jakubisko, starring Martin Hreben (Czechoslovakia)
- From the Hip, directed by Bob Clark, starring Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt
- Full Metal Jacket, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Adam Baldwin, Arliss Howard
G
- G.I. Joe: The Movie, directed by Don Jurwich, starring Don Johnson and Burgess Meredith
- The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, directed by Rod Amateau, starring Anthony Newley, Mackenzie Astin, and Katie Barberi
- Gardens of Stone, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring James Caan, Anjelica Huston, D.B. Sweeney, James Earl Jones
- The Gate, directed by Tibor Takács, starring Stephen Dorff
- The Glass Menagerie, directed by Paul Newman, starring Joanne Woodward and John Malkovich
- Going Bananas, directed by Boaz Davidson, starring Dom DeLuise, Jimmie Walker, David Mendenhall, Deep Roy, Warren Berlinger, and Herbert Lom
- Good Morning, Babylon, directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, starring Vincent Spano and Greta Scacchi - (Italy)
- Good Morning, Vietnam, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, J. T. Walsh, Bruno Kirby
- Gor, directed by Fritz Kiersch, starring Urbano Barberini, Rebecca Ferratti, and Oliver Reed
- The Grand Highway (Le grand chemin), directed by Jean-Loup Hubert, starring Richard Bohringer, and Anémone (France)
- Da Grande, directed by Franco Amurri, starring Renato Pozzetto (Italy)
- Ground Zero, directed by Bruce Myles and Michael Pattinson, starring Colin Friels and Jack Thompson - (Australia)
H
- Hamburger Hill, directed by John Irvin, starring Dylan McDermott
- Hamlet Goes Business (Hamlet liikemaailmassa), directed by Aki Kaurismäki, starring Pirkka-Pekka Petelius (Finland)
- Hangmen, directed by J. Christian Ingvordsen, starring Sandra Bullock
- The Hanoi Hilton, directed by Lionel Chetwynd, starring Michael Moriarty
- Happy New Year, directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Peter Falk, Charles Durning, Wendy Hughes, Tom Courtenay
- Hard Ticket to Hawaii, directed by Andy Sidaris, starring Ronn Moss, Dona Speir, and Cynthia Brimhall
- Harry and the Hendersons, directed by William Dear, starring John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Don Ameche, David Suchet, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy, Lainie Kazan, and Kevin Peter Hall
- Hello Again, directed by Frank Perry, starring Shelley Long, Corbin Bernsen, Judith Ivey, Sela Ward, Gabriel Byrne
- Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, directed by Bruce Pittman, starring Michael Ironside, Wendy Lyon, Louis Ferreira, Lisa Schrage, and Richard Monette (Canada)
- Hellraiser, directed by Clive Barker, starring Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, and Ashley Laurence (UK/US)
- The Hidden, directed by Jack Sholder, starring Kyle MacLachlan and Michael Nouri
- Hidden City, directed by Stephen Poliakoff, starring Charles Dance - (U.K.)
- Hiding Out, directed by Bob Giraldi, starring Jon Cryer, and Annabeth Gish
- High Season, directed by Clare Peploe, starring Jacqueline Bisset, James Fox, Irene Papas, Kenneth Branagh, Lesley Manville, Robert Stephens, and Sebastian Shaw
- High Tide, directed by Gillian Armstrong, starring Judy Davis - (Australia)
- Hollywood Shuffle, directed by and starring Robert Townsend
- Hope and Glory, directed by John Boorman, starring Sammi Davis, Sarah Miles - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) - (UK/US)
- Hot Pursuit, directed by Steven Lisberger, starring John Cusack, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle, and Jerry Stiller
- House II: The Second Story, directed by Ethan Wiley, starring Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark, Royal Dano, Lar Park Lincoln, and John Ratzenberger
- House of Games, directed by David Mamet, starring Joe Mantegna and Lindsay Crouse
- Housekeeping, directed by Bill Forsyth, starring Christine Lahti
- A Hungarian Fairy Tale (Hol volt, hol nem volt), directed by Gyula Gazdag, starring Eszter Csákányi (Hungary)
- Hunk, directed by Lawrence Bassoff, starring John Allen Nelson, Steve Levitt, and James Coco
I
- Innerspace, directed by Joe Dante, starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan
- In the Mood, directed by Phil Alden Robinson, starring Patrick Dempsey and Beverly D'Angelo
- Intervista (Interview), directed by and starring Federico Fellini - (Italy)
- Iron Earth, Copper Sky (Yer Demir Gök Bakır), directed by O. Z. Livaneli, starring Rutkay Aziz (Turkey)
- Ironweed, directed by Héctor Babenco, starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep
- Ishtar, directed by Elaine May, starring Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin
- It's Alive III: Island of the Alive, directed by Larry Cohen, starring Michael Moriarty, Karen Black, Laurene Landon, James Dixon, Gerrit Graham, Macdonald Carey, and Neal Israel
- I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, directed by Patricia Rozema, starring Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, and Ann-Marie MacDonald (Canada)
J
- Jaws: The Revenge, directed by Joseph Sargent, starring Lorraine Gary and Michael Caine
- Julia and Julia, directed by Peter Del Monte, starring Kathleen Turner, Gabriel Byrne, and Sting (Italy)
K
- Kaash (If Only), directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Jackie Shroff, and Dimple Kapadia (India)
- Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu (Duty, Discipline, Control), directed by Santhana Bharathi, starring Sathyaraj, Geetha, Jeevitha, Kamal Haasan, Nassar, Delhi Ganesh, Kamala Kamesh, Nalini, Sivachandran, V.K.Ramasamy, Malaysia Vasudevan, and Major Sundararajan (India)
- Kelid (The Key), directed by Ebrahim Forouzesh, starring Mahnaz Ansarian (Iran)
- The Kindred, directed by Jeffrey Obrow and Stephen Carpenter, starring David Allen Brooks, Amanda Pays, Talia Balsam, Kim Hunter, and Rod Steiger
- King Lear, directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Peter Sellars, Burgess Meredith, Molly Ringwald
- King of the Children (Háizǐ Wáng), directed by Chen Kaige, starring Chen Shaohua, and Xie Yuan (China)
- Kingsajz (Kingsize), directed by Juliusz Machulski, starring Jacek Chmielnik (Poland)
- The Kreutzer Sonata, directed by Mikhail Schweitzer, starring Oleg Yankovskiy, and Aleksandr Trofimov (U.S.S.R.)
L
- La Bamba, directed by Luis Valdez, starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Esai Morales
- Lady Beware, directed by Karen Arthur, starring Diane Lane
- The Last Emperor, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring John Lone and Joan Chen - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture - (China/U.K./Italy)
- The Last of England, directed by Derek Jarman, starring Tilda Swinton and Nigel Terry - (U.K.)
- Late Summer Blues (Blues Lahofesh Hagadol), directed by Renen Schorr, starring Yoav Tzafir, Dor Zweigenbom, Shahar Segal, Noa Goldberg, and Omri Dolev (Israel)
- Laughter and Grief by the White Sea (Smekh i gore u Bela morya), directed by Leonid Nosyrev, starring Tatyana Vasilyeva, Klara Rumyanova, and Yevgeniy Leonov (U.S.S.R.)
- Law of Desire (La ley del deseo), directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura - (Spain)
- Leonard Part 6, directed by Paul Weiland, starring Bill Cosby, Tom Courtenay, and Joe Don Baker. The film won three Razzie Awards for Worst Picture, Actor and Screenplay
- Less Than Zero, directed by Marek Kanievska, starring Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey, Jr., James Spader
- Lethal Weapon, directed by Richard Donner, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover
- Light of Day, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Michael J. Fox, Joan Jett, Gena Rowlands
- The Lighthorsemen, directed by Simon Wincer, starring Jon Blake, Peter Phelps, Tony Bonner, Bill Kerr, John Walton, Gary Sweet, Tim McKenzie, Sigrid Thornton, and Anthony Andrews (Australia)
- Like Father Like Son, directed by Rod Daniel, starring Dudley Moore and Kirk Cameron
- Lionheart, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Eric Stoltz and Gabriel Byrne
- The Living Daylights, directed by John Glen, starring Timothy Dalton (as James Bond), with Maryam d'Abo, Joe Don Baker - (U.K.)
- The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, directed by Jack Clayton, starring Maggie Smith and Bob Hoskins - (U.K.)
- Long Gone, directed by Martin Davidson, starring William Petersen, Virginia Madsen, Dermot Mulroney
- The Lost Boys, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Dianne Wiest
- Love at Stake, directed by John Moffitt, starring Patrick Cassidy, Kelly Preston, Barbara Carrera
- Love is a Fat Woman (El Amor es una mujer gorda), directed by Alejandro Agresti, starring Elio Marchi, and Sergio Poves Campos (Argentina)
- El Lute: Run for Your Life (El Lute: camina o revienta), directed by Vicente Aranda, starring Imanol Arias, and Victoria Abril (Spain)
M
- Macbeth, an opera, directed by Claude d'Anna, starring Leo Nucci (France)
- Made in Heaven, directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Timothy Hutton and Kelly McGillis
- Maid to Order, directed by Amy Holden Jones, starring Ally Sheedy, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael Ontkean, Valerie Perrine, Dick Shawn, and Tom Skerritt
- Making Mr. Right, directed by Susan Seidelman, starring Ann Magnuson and John Malkovich
- Malone, directed by Harley Cokeliss, starring Burt Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, Kenneth McMillan, Lauren Hutton, Cynthia Gibb
- A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (Chelovek s bulvara Kaputsinov), directed by Alla Surikova, starring Andrei Mironov, Aleksandra Yakovleva, Nikolai Karachentsov, Oleg Tabakov, Mikhail Boyarsky, and Igor Kvasha (U.S.S.R.)
- A Man in Love, directed by Diane Kurys, starring Peter Coyote, and Greta Scacchi (Italy)
- Man On Fire, directed by Élie Chouraqui, starring Scott Glenn, Brooke Adams, Danny Aiello, Joe Pesci, Paul Shenar, and Jonathan Pryce
- The Man Who Planted Trees (L'homme qui plantait des arbres), directed by Frédéric Back, starring Philippe Noiret, and Christopher Plummer(Canada)
- Mannequin, directed by Michael Gottlieb, starring Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall
- Masks (Masques), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Philippe Noiret - (France)
- Masters of the Universe, directed by Gary Goddard, starring Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Courteney Cox
- Matewan, directed by John Sayles, starring Chris Cooper, Will Oldham, David Strathairn
- Maurice, directed by James Ivory, starring James Wilby, Hugh Grant and Ben Kingsley - (U.K.)
- Miami Connection, directed by Richard Park (also known as Park Woo-sang) and Y.K. Kim, starring Y.K. Kim
- Mio in the Land of Faraway (Mio Min Mio), directed by Vladimir Grammatikov, starring Christopher Lee and Christian Bale - (Sweden/U.S.S.R./Norway)
- The Monster Squad, directed by Fred Dekker, starring Andre Gower, Duncan Regehr, Stephen Macht, Stan Shaw, and Tom Noonan
- A Month in the Country, directed by Pat O'Connor, starring Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh and Natasha Richardson - (U.K.)
- Moonstruck, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello
- Morgan Stewart's Coming Home, directed by Alan Smithee, Paul Aaron, and Terry Winsor, starring Jon Cryer, Viveka Davis, Paul Gleason, Nicholas Pryor, Lynn Redgrave, and Savely Kramarov
- Morning Patrol, directed by Nikos Nikolaidis, starring Michele Valley, Takis Spiridakis, Liana Hatzi, Nikos Hatzis, V. Kabouri, Takis Loukatos, H. Mavros, Panos Thanassoulis, and Rania Trivela (Greece)
- The Mother of Kings (Matka Królów), directed by Janusz Zaorski, starring Magda Teresa Wójcik. Produced in 1982 but not released until 1987 - (Poland)
- Mr. India, directed by Shekhar Kapur, starring Anil Kapoor and Sridevi - (India)
- Mr. Muhsin (Muhsin Bey), directed by Yavuz Turgul, starring Şener Şen, and Uğur Yücel (Turkey)
- Mr. Nice Guy, directed by Henry Wolfond, starring Mike MacDonald and Jan Smithers
- My Best Friend Is a Vampire, directed by Jimmy Huston, starring Robert Sean Leonard, Cheryl Pollak, René Auberjonois, Evan Mirand, Fannie Flagg, Paul Willson, Cecilia Peck, and David Warner
- My Demon Lover, directed by Charlie Loventhal, starring Scott Valentine, Michele Little, Robert Trebor, Alan Fudge, Gina Gallego, and Arnold Johnson
- My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund), directed by Lasse Hallström, starring Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen. The film won a Golden Space Needle award - (Sweden)
N
- Nadine, directed by Robert Benton, starring Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger
- Nayakan (The Hero), directed by Mani Ratnam, starring Kamal Haasan, Saranya Ponvannan, and Karthika (India)
- Near Dark, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, starring Adrian Pasdar, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton
- Nekromantik, directed by Jörg Buttgereit, starring Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice Manowski, and Harald Lundt (West Germany)
- Neo Tokyo, anthology film, co-directed by Rintaro, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, and Katsuhiro Otomo. Starring Hideko Yoshida, Masane Tsukayama, and Yū Mizushima (Japan)
- Night Zoo (Un Zoo la Nuit), directed by Jean-Claude Lauzon, starring Gilles Maheu, Lynne Adams, and Roger Lebel (Canada)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, directed by Chuck Russell, starring Craig Wasson and Heather Langenkamp
- No Man's Land, directed by Peter Werner, starring Charlie Sheen, D. B. Sweeney, Randy Quaid
- No Way Out, directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, Iman
- North Shore, directed by William Phelps, starring Matt Adler, Nia Peeples, John Philbin, Gerry Lopez, and Gregory Harrison
- Nowhere to Hide, directed by Mario Philip Azzopardi, starring Amy Madigan and Michael Ironside
- Nukie, directed by Sias Odendaal and Michael Pakleppa, starring Steve Railsback, and Glynis Johns (South Africa)
- Number One with a Bullet, directed by Jack Smight, starring Robert Carradine and Billy Dee Williams
- Nuts, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Karl Malden, Maureen Stapleton, Eli Wallach, James Whitmore
O
- O.C. and Stiggs, directed by Robert Altman, starring Daniel H. Jenkins, Neill Barry, Martin Mull, Jane Curtin, Dennis Hopper
- Opera, directed by Dario Argento, starring Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, and William McNamara(Italy)
- Orphans, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Matthew Modine, Kevin Anderson, Albert Finney
- Outrageous Fortune, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Bette Midler and Shelley Long
- Over the Top, directed by Menahem Golan, starring Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, David Mendenhall
- Overboard, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn
P–Q
- Partition, directed by Ken McMullen, starring Saeed Jaffrey - (U.K.)
- Pathfinder (Veiviseren), directed by Nils Gaup, starring Mikkel Gaup, Nils Utsi, and Helgi Skúlason (Norway)
- Pelle the Conqueror, directed by Bille August, starring Max von Sydow - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film (for 1988) - (Denmark)
- Personal Services, directed by Terry Jones, starring Julie Walters - (U.K.)
- The Pick-up Artist, directed by James Toback, starring Robert Downey, Jr., Molly Ringwald, Danny Aiello, Dennis Hopper
- Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night, directed by Hal Sutherland, starring Scott Grimes, Tom Bosley, Edward Asner, Frank Welker, Jonathan Harris, James Earl Jones, William Windom, Don Knotts, and Rickie Lee Jones
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles, directed by John Hughes, starring Steve Martin and John Candy
- Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol, directed by Jim Drake, starring Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Tim Kazurinsky, Sharon Stone, Marion Ramsey, Lance Kinsey, Leslie Easterbrook, Colleen Camp, G. W. Bailey, Bobcat Goldthwait, and George Gaynes
- A Prayer for the Dying, directed by Mike Hodges, starring Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, and Liam Neeson (UK/US)
- Predator, directed by John McTiernan, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers
- Prick Up Your Ears, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Gary Oldman, a biopic of playwright Joe Orton - (U.K.)
- Prince of Darkness, directed by John Carpenter, starring Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong
- The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant
- The Principal, directed by Christopher Cain, starring James Belushi and Louis Gossett, Jr.
- Prison on Fire (Jian yu feng yun), directed by Ringo Lam, starring Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung - (Hong Kong)
- Project A Part II ('A' gai wak juk jap), directed by and starring Jackie Chan, starring Maggie Cheung - (Hong Kong)
- Project X, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Matthew Broderick and Helen Hunt
- Promised Land, directed by Michael Hoffman, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Meg Ryan, Jason Gedrick, and Tracy Pollan
- Queenie, television miniseries, directed by Larry Peerce, starring Mia Sara
R
- Radio Days, directed by Woody Allen, starring Dianne Wiest, Mia Farrow, Michael Tucker, Julie Kavner, Wallace Shawn
- Raising Arizona, directed by the Coen Brothers, starring Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter
- Rampage, directed by William Friedkin, starring Michael Biehn
- Real Men, directed by Dennis Feldman, starring James Belushi and John Ritter
- Red Sorghum (Hong gao liang), directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Gong Li and Jiang Wen - Golden Bear award (for 1988) - (China)
- Reflections (Već viđeno), directed by Goran Marković, starring Mustafa Nadarević, Anica Dobra, Milorad Mandić, Bogdan Diklić, and Gordana Gadžić (Yugoslavia)
- Rent-a-Cop, directed by Jerry London, starring Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, Dionne Warwick
- Return to Horror High, directed by Bill Froehlich, starring George Clooney, and Vince Edwards
- A Return to Salem's Lot, directed by Larry Cohen, starring Michael Moriarty, Andrew Duggan, Samuel Fuller, Evelyn Keyes, and June Havoc
- Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise, directed by Joe Roth, starring Robert Carradine and Courtney Thorne-Smith
- Rita, Sue and Bob Too, directed by Alan Clarke, starring Michelle Holmes, Siobhan Finneran, George Costigan, and Lesley Sharp (U.K.)
- RoboCop, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Peter Weller and Nancy Allen
- Robot Carnival, anthology film, co-directed by Atsuko Fukushima, Katsuhiro Otomo, Koji Morimoto, Hidetoshi Omori, Yasuomi Umetsu, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Mao Lamdo, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, and Takashi Nakamura. Starring Kohji Moritsugu (Japan)
- Roxanne, directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah
- Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (Ōritsu Uchūgun: Oneamisu no Tsubasa), directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga, starring Leo Morimoto, and Mitsuki Yayoi (Japan)
- The Running Man, directed by Paul Michael Glaser, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, and Richard Dawson
- Russkies, directed by Rick Rosenthal, starring Whip Hubley, Joaquin Phoenix, and Peter Billingsley
S
- Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Shashi Kapoor and Claire Bloom - (U.K.)
- Satyamev Jayate, directed by Raj N. Sippy, starring Vinod Khanna, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Madhavi, and Anita Raj (India)
- The Secret of My Success, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Michael J. Fox and Helen Slater
- September, directed by Woody Allen, starring Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Sam Waterston, Jack Warden, Elaine Stritch
- Shy People, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, starring Barbara Hershey and Jill Clayburgh
- The Sicilian, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Christopher Lambert
- Siesta, directed by Mary Lambert, starring Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Isabella Rossellini, Martin Sheen, Jodie Foster
- Sign 'o' the Times, directed by Prince and Albert Magnoli, a concert film starring Prince
- Sister, Sister, directed by Bill Condon, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judith Ivey, Eric Stoltz
- Slam Dance, directed by Wayne Wang, starring Virginia Madsen, Tom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
- Sleeping Beauty, directed by David Irving, starring Tahnee Welch, Kenny Baker, and Morgan Fairchild
- Snow White, directed by Michael Berz, starring Diana Rigg, Sarah Patterson, Billy Barty, and Nicola Stapleton
- Some Kind of Wonderful, directed by Howard Deutch, starring Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson, Craig Sheffer
- Someone to Love, directed by and starring Henry Jaglom, with Orson Welles
- Someone to Watch Over Me, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco
- Spaceballs, directed by and starring Mel Brooks, with John Candy, Rick Moranis, Daphne Zuniga, Bill Pullman, Joan Rivers
- Square Dance, directed by Daniel Petrie, starring Winona Ryder, Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, and Rob Lowe
- The Squeeze, directed by Roger Young, starring Michael Keaton, Rae Dawn Chong, and Joe Pantoliano
- Stage Fright (Deliria), directed by Michele Soavi, starring David Brandon, and Barbara Cupisti (Italy)
- Stakeout, directed by John Badham, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe
- Steel Dawn, directed by Lance Hool, starring Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi, Christopher Neame, Brett Hool, Brion James, and Anthony Zerbe
- The Stepfather, directed by Joseph Ruben, starring Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen, and Shelley Hack
- Storm, directed by David Winning, starring David Palffy, Stan Kane, Tom Schioler, Harry Freedman, and Lawrence Elion (Canada)
- Straight to Hell, directed by Alex Cox, starring Courtney Love and Joe Strummer - (UK/US/Spain)
- Street Smart, directed by Jerry Schatzberg, starring Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker and Morgan Freeman
- Street Trash, directed by J. Michael Muro, starring Mike Lackey, R. L. Ryan, James Lorinz, and Vic Noto
- Strike Commando, directed by Bruno Mattei, starring Reb Brown (Italy)
- Subway to the Stars (Um Trem para as Estrelas), directed by Carlos Diegues and Tereza Gonzalez, starring Guilherme Fontes (Brazil)
- Summer Camp Nightmare, directed by Bert L. Dragin, starring Chuck Connors, Charlie Stratton, and Harold Pruett
- Summer School, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Mark Harmon and Kirstie Alley
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Mariel Hemingway, Jon Cryer
- Surrender, directed by Jerry Belson, starring Sally Field, Michael Caine, Steve Guttenberg, Peter Boyle
- The Surrogate Woman (Ssibaji), directed by Im Kwon-taek, starring Kang Soo-yeon (South Korea)
- Suspect, directed by Peter Yates, starring Cher, Dennis Quaid, John Mahoney, Joe Mantegna, Liam Neeson
- Swimming to Cambodia, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Spalding Gray
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- A Taxing Woman (Marusa no onna), directed by Juzo Itami, starring Nobuko Miyamoto, and Tsutomu Yamazaki (Japan)
- Teen Wolf Too, directed by Christopher Leitch, starring Jason Bateman, Kim Darby, John Astin, Paul Sand, James Hampton, Mark Holton, Estee Chandler, and Stuart Fratkin
- Three for the Road, directed by Bill L. Norton, starring Charlie Sheen, Alan Ruck, Kerri Green, Sally Kellerman, and Blair Tefkin
- Three Men and a Baby, directed by Leonard Nimoy, starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis
- Three O'Clock High, directed by Phil Joanou, starring Casey Siemaszko, Anne Ryan, Richard Tyson, Jeffrey Tambor, Philip Baker Hall, and John P. Ryan
- Throw Momma from the Train, directed by Danny DeVito, starring Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Anne Ramsey, Kate Mulgrew
- A Tiger's Tale, directed by Peter Douglas, starring Ann-Margret, C. Thomas Howell, Kelly Preston
- Timestalkers, directed by Michael Schultz, starring William Devane, Klaus Kinski, and Lauren Hutton
- Tin Men, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey, John Mahoney, Jackie Gayle
- Tough Guys Don't Dance, directed by Norman Mailer, starring Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Lawrence Tierney
- Train of Dreams directed by John N. Smith, starring Jason St. Amour, Christopher Neil, and Fred Ward (Canada)
- Travelling North, directed by Carl Schultz, starring Leo McKern, Julia Blake, and Graham Kennedy (Australia)
- Tropic of Ice (Jään kääntöpiiri), directed by Lauri Törhönen, starring Tor Planting (Finland)
- The Trouble with Spies, directed by Burt Kennedy, starring Donald Sutherland and Lucy Gutteridge
- Twilight of the Cockroaches, directed by Hiroaki Yoshida, starring Kaoru Kobayashi (Japan)
U–V
- The Umbrella Woman, aka The Good Wife, directed by Ken Cameron, starring Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Sam Neill
- Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan), directed by Maurice Pialat, starring Gérard Depardieu and Sandrine Bonnaire. The film won a Palme d'Or award. (France)
- The Untouchables, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Andy García, Charles Martin Smith, Patricia Clarkson
- Vincent, directed by Paul Cox, documentary film about Vincent van Gogh
W
- Waiting for the Moon, directed by Jill Godmilow, starring Linda Hunt, and Linda Bassett (UK/US/France/West Germany)
- Walk Like a Man, directed by Melvin Frank, starring Howie Mandel
- Walker, directed by Alex Cox, starring Ed Harris - (United States/Mexico/Spain)
- Wall Street, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Terence Stamp, Martin Sheen
- Wanted: Dead or Alive, directed by Gary Sherman, starring Rutger Hauer, Gene Simmons, and Robert Guillaume
- Weeds, directed by John D. Hancock, starring Nick Nolte
- The Whales of August, directed by Lindsay Anderson, starring Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price
- Where Is the Friend's Home? (Khane-ye doust kodjast?), directed by Abbas Kiarostami, starring Babak Ahmadpour, and Ahmad Ahmadpour (Iran)
- White Apache, directed by Bruno Mattei and Claudio Fragasso, starring Sebastian Harrison, and Lola Forner (Italy)
- White Mischief, directed by Michael Radford, starring Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance, Joss Ackland, Trevor Howard, John Hurt - (U.K.)
- White of the Eye, directed by Donald Cammell, starring Cathy Moriarty and David Keith - (U.K.)
- White Water Summer, directed by Jeff Bleckner, starring Kevin Bacon, Sean Astin, Jonathan Ward, and Matt Adler
- Who's That Girl, directed by James Foley, starring Madonna and Griffin Dunne
- Why? (Proc?), directed by Karel Smyczek, starring Jiří Langmajer (Czechoslovakia)
- Wicked City, directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, starring Yūsaku Yara, Toshiko Fujita, Ichirō Nagai, and Takeshi Aono (Japan)
- Wild Thing, directed by Max Reid, starring Robert Knepper, and Kathleen Quinlan
- Wings of Desire, directed by Wim Wenders, starring Bruno Ganz and Peter Falk - (West Germany/France)
- Wish You Were Here, directed by David Leland, starring Emily Lloyd and Tom Bell - (U.K.)
- The Witches of Eastwick, directed by George Miller, starring Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer
- Withnail and I, directed by Bruce Robinson, starring Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths - (U.K.)
XYZ
- The Year My Voice Broke, directed by John Duigan, starring Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, and Ben Mendelsohn (Australia)
- Yeelen (Brightness), directed by Souleymane Cissé, starring Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, and Niamanto Sanogo (Mali)
- Zegen, directed by Shohei Imamura, starring Mitsuko Baisho (Japan)
Births
- January 5 - Fabiola Guajardo, Mexican actress and model
- January 7 - Lyndsy Fonseca, actress
- January 16 - Carrie Keranen, voice actress
- February 5 - Darren Criss, actor
- February 9 - Michael B. Jordan, actor
- February 21
- Ashley Greene, actress
- Elliot Page, Canadian actor
- April 4 - Sarah Gadon, actress
- April 9 - Jesse McCartney, actor, singer-songwriter and voice actor
- April 19 - Oksana Akinshina, actress
- April 27 - William Moseley, English actor
- June 22 - Joe Dempsie, English actor
- June 27 - Ed Westwick, English film and television actor
- July 11 - Cristina Vee, voice actress
- July 26 - Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress
- July 27 - Mara Wilson, actress and writer
- August 8 - Katie Leung, Scottish film, television and stage actress
- August 25 - Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
- September 7 - Evan Rachel Wood, actress
- September 11 - Tyler Hoechlin, actor
- September 22 - Tom Felton, English actor
- September 28 - Hilary Duff, actress
- September 29 - Anaïs Demoustier, actress
- October 18 - Zac Efron, actor and singer
- November 12 - Kengo Kora, Japanese actor
- November 23 - Vallo Kirs, Estonian actor
- December 28 - Adam Gregory, actor
Notable deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 9 | Arthur Lake | 81 | US | Actor |
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| 14 | Douglas Sirk | 89 | Germany | Director |
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| 15 | Ray Bolger | 83 | US | Actor, Singer |
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| 27 | Norman McLaren | 72 | Canada | Animator, Director |
| |
| February | 1 | Alessandro Blasetti | 86 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter |
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| 23 | Esmond Knight | 80 | UK | Actor |
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| 25 | James Coco | 56 | US | Actor |
| |
| 25 | John Collin | 58 | UK | Actor |
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| 28 | Joan Greenwood | 65 | UK | Actress |
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| March | 2 | Randolph Scott | 89 | US | Actor |
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| 3 | Danny Kaye | 74 | US | Actor |
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| 7 | Waldo Salt | 72 | US | Screenwriter |
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| 21 | Robert Preston | 68 | US | Actor |
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| 22 | Morton Haack | 62 | US | Costume Designer |
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| 28 | Patrick Troughton | 67 | UK | Actor |
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| April | 17 | Dick Shawn | 63 | US | Actor |
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| 19 | Milt Kahl | 78 | US | Animator |
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| May | 2 | Michael Gover | 73 | UK | Actor |
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| 14 | Rita Hayworth | 68 | US | Actress |
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| June | 1 | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | 72 | India | Director, Screenwriter |
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| 6 | Fulton Mackay | 64 | UK | Actor |
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| 10 | Elizabeth Hartman | 43 | US | Actress |
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| 13 | Geraldine Page | 62 | US | Actress |
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| 22 | Fred Astaire | 88 | US | Actor |
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| 24 | Jackie Gleason | 71 | US | Actor |
| |
| July | 3 | Viola Dana | 90 | US | Actress |
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| 7 | Hannelore Schroth | 65 | Germany | Actress |
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| 15 | Alfie Bass | 71 | UK | Actor |
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| 31 | Joseph E. Levine | 81 | US | Producer |
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| August | 1 | Pola Negri | 90 | Poland | Actress |
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| 17 | Clarence Brown | 97 | US | Director |
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| 21 | Bombolo | 56 | Italy | Actor |
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| 28 | John Huston | 81 | US | Actor, Director, Screenwriter |
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| 29 | Lee Marvin | 63 | US | Actor |
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| September | 4 | Richard Marquand | 49 | UK | Director |
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| 5 | Bill Fraser | 79 | UK | Actor |
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| 13 | Mervyn LeRoy | 86 | US | Director |
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| 23 | Bob Fosse | 60 | US | Director, Screenwriter |
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| 25 | Mary Astor | 81 | US | Actress |
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| 25 | Emlyn Williams | 81 | UK | Actress |
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| October | 2 | Madeleine Carroll | 81 | UK | Actress |
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| 22 | Lino Ventura | 68 | Italy | Actor |
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| November | 5 | Georges Franju | 75 | France | Director, Screenwriter |
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| December | 4 | Rouben Mamoulian | 90 | Georgia | Director |
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Film debuts
- Patricia Arquette - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- Alec Baldwin - Forever, Lulu
- Jason Bateman - Teen Wolf Too
- Kenneth Branagh - A Month in the Country
- Sandra Bullock - Hangmen
- Patricia Clarkson - The Untouchables
- George Clooney - Return to Horror High
- Chris Cooper - Matewan
- Courteney Cox - Down Twisted
- Stephen Dorff - The Gate
- Edie Falco - Sweet Lorraine
- Gong Li - Red Sorghum
- Richard E. Grant - Withnail and I
- Anthony LaPaglia - Cold Steel
- Nathan Lane - Ironweed
- Penelope Ann Miller - Hotshot
- Brad Pitt - No Man's Land
- Chris Rock - Beverly Hills Cop II
- David Spade - Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
- Ben Stiller - Empire of the Sun
- Uma Thurman – Kiss Daddy Goodnight
- Nancy Travis - Three Men and a Baby
- Courtney B. Vance - Hamburger Hill
- Jesse Ventura - Predator
- Robin Wright - The Princess Bride
See also
- List of American films of 1987
- List of British films of 1987
- List of French films of 1987
- List of German films of the 1980s
- List of Bollywood films of 1987
- List of Italian films of 1987
- List of Japanese films of 1987
- List of Swedish films of the 1980s
References
- ^ "Domestic Box Office For 1987". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
External links
- 1987 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo