The Best Movies of 1987

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Cobra Verde

1987    Werner Herzog    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Drama

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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Outrageous Fortune

1987    Arthur Hiller    Rated R

Action    Action Comedy    Buddy Film

Up by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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103

Wings of Honneamise

1987    Hiroyuki Yamaga    Not Rated

Action    Animation    Anime

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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104

September

1987    Woody Allen    Rated PG

Drama    Ensemble Film    Psychological Drama

Up by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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Black Widow

1987    Bob Rafelson    Not Rated

Femme Fatale    Psychological Thriller    Thriller

Up by 27 in the past 45 days 27

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106

StageFright

1987    Michele Soavi    Not Rated

Foreign Language Film    Giallo    Horror

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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107

The Chipmunk Adventure

1987    Janice Karman    Rated G

Family    Family-Oriented Adventure    Adventure

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Rawhead Rex

1987    George Pavlou    Rated R

Horror    Monster Film    Supernatural Horror

Up by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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Ishtar

1987    Elaine May    Rated PG13

Adventure    Adventure Comedy    Buddy Film

Up by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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111

Walker

1987    Alex Cox    Rated R

Action    Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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112

Best Seller

1987    John Flynn    Rated R

Drama    Psychological Thriller    Thriller

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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113

Born in East L.A.

1987    Cheech Marin    Rated R

Comedy    Comedy of Errors    Parody/Spoof

Up by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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114

Like Father, Like Son

1987    Rod Daniel    Rated PG13

Comedy    Fantasy Comedy    Teen Movie

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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The Man Who Planted Trees

1987    Frédéric Back    Not Rated

Animation    Drama    Family-Oriented Fantasy

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Straight to Hell

1987    Alex Cox    Rated R

Absurd Comedy    Adventure    Adventure Comedy

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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117

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

1987    Gary Nelson    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Jungle Film

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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118

Housekeeping

1987    Bill Forsyth    Rated PG

Comedy Drama    Coming-of-Age    Domestic Comedy

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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119

The Year My Voice Broke

1987    John Duigan    Rated PG13

Australian New Wave    Coming-of-Age    Drama

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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120

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1987    Gary Sherman    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Chase Movie

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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121

Hollywood Shuffle

1987    Robert Townsend    Rated R

Comedy

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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122

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

1987    Sidney J. Furie    Rated PG

Action    Based-on-Comics    Fantasy

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Flowers in the Attic

1987    Jeffrey Bloom    Rated PG13

Drama    Psychological Drama

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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124

Hiding Out

1987    Bob Giraldi    Rated PG13

Comedy    Comedy Thriller    Thriller

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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125

Maurice

1987    James Ivory    Rated R

Costume Romance    Drama    Gay and Lesbian Film

Down by 20 in the past 45 days 20

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126

Gardens of Stone

1987    Francis Ford Coppola    Rated R

Anti-War Film    War    War Drama

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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127

The Quick and the Dead

1987    Robert Day    Not Rated

Traditional Western    Western

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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128

Red Sorghum

1987    Yimou Zhang    Not Rated

Drama    Foreign Language Film    Marriage Drama

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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129

Damnation

1987    Béla Tarr    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Street Smart

1987    Jerry Schatzberg    Rated R

Crime Drama    Drama    Crime

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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131

Benji the Hunted

1987    Joe Camp    Rated G

Family    Family-Oriented Adventure    Animal Picture

Down by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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132

Nuts

1987    Martin Ritt    Rated R

Based-on-Theatre    Courtroom Drama    Drama

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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The Bedroom Window

1987    Curtis Hanson    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Mystery

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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134

Back to the Beach

1987    Lyndall Hobbs    Rated PG

Beach Party Film    Comedy    Musical Comedy

Down by 9 in the past 45 days 9

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135

City on Fire

1987    Ringo Lam    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Foreign Language Film

Up by 12 in the past 45 days 12

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136

Hot Pursuit

1987    Steven Lisberger    Rated PG13

Comedy    Teen Movie    Adventure Comedy

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

1987    Joe Roth    Rated PG13

Comedy    Gross-Out Comedy    Slapstick

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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138

Nekromantik

1987    Jörg Buttgereit    Not Rated

Foreign Language Film    Horror    Shocksploitation

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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139

Cherry 2000

1987    Steve De Jarnatt    Rated PG13

Action    Cyberpunk / Tech Noir    Cyborg / Android / Robot

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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140

Red's Dream

1987    John Lasseter    Rated G

Animation    Short Film

Down by 29 in the past 45 days 29

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141

Dead of Winter

1987    Arthur Penn    Rated R

Thriller    Psychological Thriller

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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142

Creepozoids

1987    David DeCoteau    Rated R

Disaster Film    Horror    Monster Film

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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143

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

1987    J. Lee Thompson    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Exploitation Film

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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144

Return to Horror High

1987    Bill Froehlich    Rated R

Horror    Slasher Film

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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145

The Fourth Protocol

1987    John Mackenzie    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Glamorized Spy Film

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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147

The Kindred

1987    Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow    Rated R

Body Horror    Horror    Monster Film

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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148

North Shore

1987    William Phelps    Rated PG

Drama    Teen Movie    Sports Drama

Down by 15 in the past 45 days 15

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149

Steel Dawn

1987    Lance Hool    Rated R

Action    Adventure    Post-Apocalyptic Film

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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Dudes

1987    Penelope Spheeris    Rated R

Action    Adventure    Adventure Comedy

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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