Best Movies of 1987
Most watched in 1987
Full Metal Jacket1987 · ★ 8.1 · 1h 57m
Predator1987 · ★ 7.6 · 1h 47m
Dirty Dancing1987 · ★ 7.3 · 1h 40m
The Untouchables1987 · ★ 7.8 · 1h 59m
RoboCop1987 · ★ 7.4 · 1h 42m
The Princess Bride1987 · ★ 7.7 · 1h 39m
#1 Full Metal Jacket (1987) · ★ 8.1 · 11,786 votes · 1h 57m · drama, warA pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.…
#2 The Untouchables (1987) · ★ 7.8 · 6,345 votes · 1h 59m · thriller, drama, historyElliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.…
#3 Wings of Desire (1987) · ★ 7.8 · 1,540 votes · 2h 8m · fantasy, romance, dramaTwo angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting wit…
#4 The Princess Bride (1987) · ★ 7.7 · 5,305 votes · 1h 39m · comedy, fantasy, adventureIn this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murde…
#5 Predator (1987) · ★ 7.6 · 9,465 votes · 1h 47m · action, adventure, thrillerA team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.…
#6 The Last Emperor (1987) · ★ 7.6 · 1,994 votes · 2h 43m · drama, historyA dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through…
#7 Maurice (1987) · ★ 7.6 · 635 votes · 2h 20m · romance, dramaAfter his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.…
#8 Evil Dead II (1987) · ★ 7.5 · 3,536 votes · 1h 24m · comedy, fantasy, horrorAsh Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of t…
#9 Empire of the Sun (1987) · ★ 7.5 · 2,213 votes · 2h 33m · drama, history, warJamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who lo…
#10 Au Revoir les Enfants (1987) · ★ 7.5 · 748 votes · 1h 45m · drama, warAu revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, t…
#11 RoboCop (1987) · ★ 7.4 · 5,982 votes · 1h 42m · action, thriller, science-fictionIn a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicat…
#12 Dirty Dancing (1987) · ★ 7.3 · 6,690 votes · 1h 40m · romance, drama, musicExpecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a…
#13 Lethal Weapon (1987) · ★ 7.3 · 5,232 votes · 1h 50m · action, comedy, adventureA veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.…
#14 Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) · ★ 7.3 · 3,112 votes · 2h 1m · comedy, drama, warA disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.…
#15 Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) · ★ 7.3 · 2,326 votes · 1h 32m · comedyAn irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curt…
#16 La Bamba (1987) · ★ 7.3 · 836 votes · 1h 48m · drama, musicLos Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star ris…
#17 Wall Street (1987) · ★ 7.2 · 2,308 votes · 2h 6m · drama, crimeA young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider,…
#18 Withnail & I (1987) · ★ 7.2 · 643 votes · 1h 48m · comedy, dramaTwo out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office…
#19 Raising Arizona (1987) · ★ 7.1 · 2,426 votes · 1h 34m · comedy, crimeWhen a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.…
#20 The Lost Boys (1987) · ★ 7.1 · 2,403 votes · 1h 37m · comedy, thriller, romanceWhen an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.…
#21 Angel Heart (1987) · ★ 7.1 · 1,809 votes · 1h 53m · horror, mysteryA down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orlea…
#22 Radio Days (1987) · ★ 7.0 · 672 votes · 1h 29m · comedy, drama, musicThe Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes…
#23 Spaceballs (1987) · ★ 6.9 · 3,562 votes · 1h 36m · comedy, science-fictionWhen the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along…
#24 Hellraiser (1987) · ★ 6.9 · 3,002 votes · 1h 33m · fantasy, thriller, horrorA hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain a…
#25 Overboard (1987) · ★ 6.9 · 1,046 votes · 1h 52m · comedy, romanceHeiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overb…
#26 Mannequin (1987) · ★ 6.9 · 854 votes · 1h 29m · comedy, fantasy, romanceJonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful mannequin he previously designed,…
#27 No Way Out (1987) · ★ 6.9 · 850 votes · 1h 54m · thriller, dramaNavy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell, and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantic…
#28 Adventures in Babysitting (1987) · ★ 6.9 · 797 votes · 1h 42m · comedyWhen plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a quiet night in, however, turns in…
#29 Can't Buy Me Love (1987) · ★ 6.9 · 735 votes · 1h 34m · comedy, romance, dramaNerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for…
#30 Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) · ★ 6.9 · 563 votes · 1h 35m · comedy, romance, dramaKeith Nelson, an artsy high school outcast, tries to land a date with popular girl Amanda Jones with some help from his tomboy best friend, Watts. However, Watts realizes she likes…
#31 The Hidden (1987) · ★ 6.9 · 517 votes · 1h 37m · action, thriller, horrorWhen average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher deter…
#32 Fatal Attraction (1987) · ★ 6.8 · 1,761 votes · 1h 59m · thriller, romance, dramaA married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.…
#33 Innerspace (1987) · ★ 6.8 · 1,462 votes · 2h 0m · action, comedy, science-fictionTest pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince…
#34 Prince of Darkness (1987) · ★ 6.8 · 1,198 votes · 1h 42m · horrorA priest discovers an ancient canister containing a strange liquid in an abandoned church. When a group of graduate students and scientists are tasked with studying it, they unknow…
#35 Moonstruck (1987) · ★ 6.8 · 1,150 votes · 1h 42m · comedy, romance, drama37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him…
#36 Near Dark (1987) · ★ 6.8 · 915 votes · 1h 34m · horrorA farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.…
#37 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) · ★ 6.7 · 2,114 votes · 1h 36m · fantasy, thriller, horrorA psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.…
#38 *batteries not included (1987) · ★ 6.7 · 806 votes · 1h 47m · comedy, fantasy, science-fictionIn a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mec…
#39 The Monster Squad (1987) · ★ 6.7 · 667 votes · 1h 22m · action, comedy, fantasyCount Dracula returns to the world of humans accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will…
#40 Opera (1987) · ★ 6.7 · 543 votes · 1h 47m · thriller, horror, crimeA young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.…