1987 in film
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[edit] 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.
- July 17 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is rereleased and celebrated for its 50th anniversary.
[edit] Top grossing films
Box office results courtesy of Box Office Mojo.[1]
[edit] 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
- 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
[edit] Films released in 1987
U.S.A. unless stated
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- 84 Charing Cross Road starring Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft and Judi Dench - (U.K./U.S.A.)
A
- Adventures in Babysitting (aka "A Night on the Town" in the UK), starring Elisabeth Shue
- L'Ami de mon amie (My Girlfriend's Boyfriend or Boyfriends and Girlfriends), directed by Eric Rohmer - (France)
- Amazon Women on the Moon, starring Arsenio Hall, Griffin Dunne, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rosanna Arquette, Steve Guttenberg, Steve Forrest
- American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
- Angel Heart, directed by Alan Parker, starring Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet
- Anna, starring Sally Kirkland and Paulina Porizkova
- Aria (10 short films) - (U.K.)
- Armour of God (Long xiong hu di), starring Jackie Chan - (Hong Kong)
- Assassination
- Au revoir, les enfants (Goodbye, Children), directed by Louis Malle - (France) - Golden Lion award
B
- Babette's Feast (Babettes Gæstebud), directed by Gabriel Axel, starring Stephane Audran - (Denmark) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Baby Boom, starring Diane Keaton
- Backfire, starring Karen Allen, Keith Carradine, Dean Paul Martin
- Bad Taste, written and directed by Peter Jackson - (New Zealand)
- Bagdad Café, also known as Out of Rosenheim - (West Germany/U.S.A.) Golden Space Needle award (for 1988)
- Barfly, starring Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige
- *batteries not included starring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy
- The Bedroom Window, directed by Curtis Hanson, starring Steve Guttenberg, Isabelle Huppert, Elizabeth McGovern
- Bellman and True, directed by Richard Loncraine - (U.K.)
- The Belly of an Architect, directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb - (U.K./Italy)
- Benji the Hunted
- Best Seller, starring James Woods and Brian Dennehy
- A Better Tomorrow 2 (Jing hung bun sik), directed by John Woo, starring Chow Yun-fat - (Hong Kong)
- Beverly Hills Cop II, starring Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold
- Beyond Therapy, directed by Robert Altman, starring Julie Haggerty, Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson
- The Bicyclist - (Iran)
- The Big Easy, directed by Jim McBride, starring Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin
- The Big Town, starring Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones
- Black Widow, directed by Bob Rafelson, starring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell
- Blind Chance (Przypadek) - (Poland)
- Blind Date, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger
- Born in East L.A., starring Cheech Marin
- The Brave Little Toaster
- Broadcast News, directed by James L. Brooks, starring William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter
- Burglar, starring Whoopi Goldberg
- Business as Usual, starring Glenda Jackson and John Thaw - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- Buy & Cell
C
- Can't Buy Me Love, starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson
- Captain Khorshid (Nakhoda Khorshid), directed by Nasser Taghvai - (Iran)
- The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland - (Canada)
- Catch the Heat - (Argentina)
- Cherry 2000, starring Melanie Griffith
- A Chinese Ghost Story (倩女幽魂), starring Leslie Cheung - (Hong Kong)
- The Chipmunk Adventure
- Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Crónica de una muerte anunciada), directed by Francesco Rosi, starring Rupert Everett, Ornella Muti, Gian Maria Volonte - (France/Italy/Colombia)
- City on Fire (Lóng hǔ fēng yún), starring Chow Yun-fat - (Hong Kong)
- Coast to Coast - (U.K.)
- Cobra Verde, directed by Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski - (West Germany)
- Cold Steel
- Crazy Love (aka Amor Loco) - (Belgium)
- Critical Condition, starring Richard Pryor
- Cross My Heart, starring Martin Short, Annette O'Toole, Paul Reiser
- Cry Freedom, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Kevin Kline and Denzel Washington - (U.K./U.S.A./South Africa)
- Cyclone
D
- Dark Eyes (Oci ciornie), starring Marcello Mastroianni - (Italy/U.S.S.R.)
- Daughter of the Nile (Niluohe nuer) - (Taiwan)
- The Dead, directed by John Huston starring his daughter, Anjelica Huston - (U.K./Ireland/U.S.A.)
- Dead of Winter, starring Mary Steenburgen
- Deadline, starring Christopher Walken
- Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, aka Dear America
- Death Before Dishonor, starring Fred Dryer
- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown, starring Charles Bronson
- Desyat Negrityat - (U.S.S.R.)
- Diary for My Loves (Napló szerelmeimnek) - (Hungary)
- Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey
- Down Twisted
- Dragnet, starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks
- Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (Doragon Bōru: Majin-Jō No Nemuri Hime) - (Japan)
E
- Eat the Rich - (U.K.)
- Eddie Murphy Raw, performance documentary
- Eien no 1/2 - (Japan)
- Empire of the Sun, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson
- The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (Yuki Yukite Shingun) - (Japan)
- Enemy Territory
- Ernest Goes to Camp, starring Jim Varney
- Evil Dead II
- Extreme Prejudice, directed by Walter Hill, starring Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, María Conchita Alonso, Rip Torn
F
- La Famiglia (The Family), directed by Ettore Scola, starring Vittorio Gassman and Stefania Sandrelli - (Italy)
- Family Viewing - (Canada)
- Fatal Attraction, directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer
- Fatal Beauty, starring Whoopi Goldberg
- Five Corners, starring Tim Robbins, Jodie Foster, John Turturro
- Flowers in the Attic, starring Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson and Louise Fletcher
- Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (Quatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle), directed by Éric Rohmer - (France)
- The Fourth Protocol, starring Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan - (U.K.)
- Freckled Max and the Spooks (Pehavý Max a strašidlá) - (Czechoslovakia)
- Full Metal Jacket, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey and Adam Baldwin
G
- G.I. Joe: The Movie
- Gardens of Stone, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring James Caan, Anjelica Huston, D.B. Sweeney, James Earl Jones
- The Gate, starring Stephen Dorff
- Ghoulies II
- The Glass Menagerie, directed by Paul Newman, starring Joanne Woodward and John Malkovich
- Good Morning, Vietnam, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, J.T. Walsh, Bruno Kirby
- Le Grand Chemin (The Great Highway) - (France)
- Ground Zero, starring Colin Friels and Jack Thompson - (Australia)
H
- Hamburger Hill, directed by John Irvin, starring Dylan McDermott
- The Hanoi Hilton, starring Michael Moriarty
- Harry and the Hendersons, starring John Lithgow and Melinda Dillon
- Hello Again, starring Shelley Long, Corbin Bernsen, Judith Ivey, Sela Ward and Gabriel Byrne
- Hellraiser, directed by Clive Barker - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- The Hidden, starring Kyle MacLachlan and Michael Nouri
- Hiding Out, starring Jon Cryer
- 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 - (U.K./U.S.A.) - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- House II: The Second Story
- 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) - (Hungary)
I
- I ragazzi di via Panisperna (Via Panisperna Boys) - (Italy)
- Innerspace, directed by Joe Dante, starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan
- Ironweed, directed by Hector Babenco, starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep
- Ishtar, directed by Elaine May, starring Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin
J
- Jaws: The Revenge, starring Lorraine Gary and Michael Caine
- Jocks
- Julia and Julia, starring Kathleen Turner - (Italy)
K
- Kaash (If Only) - (India)
- Kelid (The Key) - (Iran)
- King Lear, directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Peter Sellers, Burgess Meredith, Molly Ringwald
- King of the Children (Háizǐ Wáng), directed by Chen Kaige - (China)
- Kingsajz (Kingsize) - (Poland)
L
- La Bamba, featuring Lou Diamond Phillips and Esai Morales
- Lady Beware, starring Diane Lane
- The Last Emperor, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring John Lone and Joan Chen - (China/U.K./Italy) - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
- Laughter and Grief by the White Sea (Smekh i gore u Bela morya) - (U.S.S.R.)
- Law of Desire (La ley del deseo), directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura - (Spain)
- Leonard Part 6, starring Bill Cosby - won three Razzie Awards for Worst Picture, Actor and Screenplay
- Less Than Zero, 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, starring Michael J. Fox, Joan Jett, Gena Rowlands
- The Lighthorsemen - (Australia)
- Like Father Like Son, starring Dudley Moore and Kirk Cameron
- The Living Daylights, starring Timothy Dalton as James Bond, with Maryam d'Abo, Joe Don Baker - (U.K.)
- The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, starring Maggie Smith and Bob Hoskins - (U.K.)
- Long Gone, 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
- Loyalties - (Canada/U.K.)
M
- Macbeth - (France)
- Made in Heaven, starring Timothy Hutton and Kelly McGillis
- Maid to Order, starring Ally Sheedy
- Making Mr. Right, starring Ann Magnuson and John Malkovich
- Malone, starring Burt Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, Lauren Hutton, Cynthia Gibb
- A Man from the Boulevard des Capuchines (Chelovek s bulvara Kaputsinov) - (U.S.S.R.)
- Man On Fire, starring Scott Glenn
- The Man Who Planted Trees (L'homme qui plantait des arbres) - (Canada)
- Mannequin, starring Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall
- Masters of the Universe, 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.)
- Mio in the Land of Faraway (Mio Min Mio), starring Christopher Lee and Christian Bale - (Sweden/U.S.S.R./Norway)
- The Monster Squad
- A Month in the Country, 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
- The Moro Affair (Il Caso Moro), starring Gian Maria Volonté - (Italy)
- Mr. India - (India)
- Mr. Nice Guy, starring Mike MacDonald and Jan Smithers
- My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund), directed by Lasse Hallström - (Sweden) - International release - Golden Space Needle award
- My Little Girl, starring Mary Stuart Masterson and James Earl Jones
N
- Nayakan - (India)
- Near Dark, directed by Kathryn Bigelow
- Nekromantik - (West Germany)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- No Man's Land, starring Charlie Sheen, D. B. Sweeney, Randy Quaid
- No Way Out, directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton
- Nowhere to Hide, starring Amy Madigan and Michael Ironside
- Number One with a Bullet, starring Robert Carradine and Billy Dee Williams
- Nuts, starring Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Karl Malden, Maureen Stapleton, Eli Wallach, James Whitmore
O
- Opera, directed by Dario Argento - (Italy)
- Orphans, starring Matthew Modine and Albert Finney
- Outrageous Fortune, starring Bette Midler and Shelley Long
- Over the Top, starring Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia and David Mendenhall
- Overboard, starring Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn
P-Q
- Pathfinder (Veiviseren) - (Norway)
- Pelle the Conqueror, directed by Bille August, starring Max von Sydow - (Denmark) - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film (for 1988)
- Personal Services, directed by Terry Jones, starring Julie Walters - (U.K.)
- Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles, directed by John Hughes, starring Steve Martin and John Candy
- Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
- A Prayer for the Dying, starring Mickey Rourke - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- Predator, directed by John McTiernan, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- 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 and Victor Wong
- The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, Mandy Patinkin and Andre the Giant
- The Principal, starring James Belushi and Louis Gossett, Jr.
- Project A Part 2, directed by and starring Jackie Chan, starring Maggie Cheung - (Hong Kong)
- Project X, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Matthew Broderick and Helen Hunt
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, starring James Belushi and John Ritter
- Red Sorghum (Hong gao liang), directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Gong Li and Jiang Wen - (China) - Golden Bear award (for 1988)
- Reflections (Već viđeno) - (Yugoslavia)
- Rent-A-Cop, starring Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, Dionne Warwick
- Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise with Robert Carradine and Courtney Thorne-Smith
- RoboCop, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Peter Weller and Nancy Allen
- Roxanne, directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah
- Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise - (Japan)
- The Running Man, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
S
- Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Shashi Kapoor and Claire Bloom - (U.K.)
- The Secret of My Succe$s, 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
- Shaka Zulu - (South Africa)
- The Sicilian, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Christopher Lambert
- Sign 'o' the Times, a concert film with Prince
- Slam Dance, starring Tom Hulce
- Some Kind of Wonderful, starring Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson and Craig Sheffer
- Someone to Watch Over Me, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco
- Spaceballs, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Daphne Zuniga, Bill Pullman
- Square Dance
- The Squeeze, starring Michael Keaton
- Stakeout, directed by John Badham, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe
- The Stepfather, starring Terry O'Quinn
- Steel Dawn, starring Patrick Swayze
- Straight to Hell, starring Courtney Love and Joe Strummer - (U.K./U.S.A./Spain)
- Street Smart, starring Christopher Reeve and Morgan Freeman
- Street Trash
- Stripped to Kill, starring Kay Lenz
- Storm - (Canada)
- Subway to the Stars (Um Trem para as Estrelas) - (Brazil)
- Summer School, starring Mark Harmon and Kirstie Alley
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Mariel Hemingway and Jon Cryer
- Surrender starring Sally Field and Michael Caine
- The Surrogate Woman (Ssibaji) - (South Korea)
- Suspect, directed by Peter Yates, starring Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson
- Swimming to Cambodia, directed by Jonathan Demme
T
- A Taxing Woman (Marusa no onna) - (Japan)
- Teen Wolf Too, starring Jason Bateman
- Three for the Road, starring Charlie Sheen
- Three Men and a Baby, starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis
- Throw Momma from the Train, starring Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Anne Ramsey, Kate Mulgrew
- Tin Men, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey, John Mahoney
- Tropic of Ice (Jään kääntöpiiri) - (Finland)
U-V
- Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan), starring Gérard Depardieu and Sandrine Bonnaire - (France) - Palme d'Or award
- The Untouchables, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Andy García, Charles Martin Smith, Patricia Clarkson
- Vera - (Brazil)
W
- Waiting for the Moon - (International)
- Walker, starring Ed Harris - (U.S.A./Mexico/Spain)
- Wall Street, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Terrence Stamp, Martin Sheen
- Wanted: Dead or Alive, starring Rutger Hauer
- Weeds, starring Nick Nolte
- The Whales of August, starring Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price
- Where Is the Friend's Home? (Khane-ye doust kodjast?) - (Iran)
- The Whistle Blower, starring Michael Caine - (U.K.)
- White of the Eye, starring Cathy Moriarty and David Keith - (U.K.)
- White Water Summer, starring Kevin Bacon
- Who's That Girl, starring Madonna and Griffin Dunne
- Why? (Proc?) - (Czechoslovakia)
- Wild Thing
- Wings of Desire, directed by Wim Wenders - (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 - (Australia)
- Yeelen - (Mali)
[edit] Wide-release films
[edit] January–March
- January 1987
- January 9 - Assassination
- January 16
- January 23
- January 30
- February 1987
- February 6
- February 13
- February 20 - Square Dance
- February 27
- March 1987
- March 6
- March 13 - Evil Dead II
- March 20
- March 27 - Blind Date
[edit] April–June
- April 1987
- April 3
- April 10
- April 17
- April 24 - Extreme Prejudice
- May 1987
- May 1 - American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
- May 8 - Gardens of Stone
- May 15
- May 20 - Beverly Hills Cop II
- May 22
- June 1987
- June 3 - The Untouchables
- June 5
- June 12
- June 17 - Benji the Hunted
- June 19 - Roxanne
- June 21 - Backfire
- June 24 - Spaceballs
- June 26
- June 29 - The Living Daylights (London premiere)
[edit] July–September
- July 1987
- July 1
- July 10
- July 17
- July 20 - Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
- July 22 - Summer School
- July 24
- July 31 - The Lost Boys
- August 1987
- August 5 - Stakeout
- August 7
- August 14
- August 21
- August 28
- September 1987
- September 18 - Amazon Women on the Moon
- September 2
- September 4 - Man on Fire
- September 15 - King Lear
- September 18
- Fatal Attraction
- Hellraiser (U.S.; UK Sep. 11, 1987)
- Maurice
- Orphans
- The Principal
- September 25
- September 30 - Barfly
[edit] October–December
- October 1987
- October 2
- October 7
- October 9
- October 11 - House of Games
- October 16
- October 20 - The Hidden
- October 23
- The Glass Menagerie
- The Last Emperor (Italy; NYC Nov. 18 1987; LA Nov. 19, 1987; US Dec. 18, 1987)
- No Man's Land
- Prince of Darkness
- The Sicilian
- Suspect
- October 30
- November 1987
- November 6
- November 13
- November 20
- November 25
- December 1987
- December 4 - Walker
- December 11
- December 16
- Broadcast News
- Moonstruck (NYC; USA Dec. 18, 1987)
- Overboard
- December 17 - The Dead
- December 18
- December 23 - Good Morning, Vietnam
- December 25 - Empire of the Sun
[edit] Births
- January 5 - Kristin Cavallari, television personality/actress
- January 7 - Lyndsy Fonseca, actress
- January 31 - Zoe Costello, actress
- February 5 - Darren Criss, actor
- February 21 - Ashley Greene, actress
- February 27 - Ellen Page, actress
- April 4 - Sarah Gadon, actress
- April 9 - Jesse McCartney, actor and singer
- April 12 - Brendon Urie, Panic! at the Disco vocalist
- April 19 - Oksana Akinshina, actress
- April 27 - William Moseley, actor
- September 22 - Tom Felton, actor
- September 28 - Hilary Duff, actress
- September 7 - Evan Rachel Wood, actress
- September 11 - Tyler Hoechlin, actor
- October 18 - Zac Efron, actor
- November 5 - Kevin Jonas, musician
- December 28 - Adam Gregory, actor
[edit] Deaths
- January 14 - Douglas Sirk, director
- January 15 - Ray Bolger, actor, singer, dancer
- February 27 - Joan Greenwood, actress
- March 3 - Danny Kaye, actor
- March 21 - Robert Preston, actor, singer
- May 14 - Rita Hayworth, actress
- June 1 - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, director
- June 22 - Fred Astaire, actor, singer, dancer
- July 3 - Viola Dana, actress
- July 7 - Hannelore Schroth, actress
- July 31 - Joseph E. Levine, producer
- August 1 - Pola Negri, actress
- August 17 - Clarence Brown, director
- August 28 - John Huston, actor, director
- August 29 - Lee Marvin, actor
- September 4 - Richard Marquand, director
- September 13 - Mervyn LeRoy, director
- September 23 - Bob Fosse, director and choreographer
- September 25 - Mary Astor, actress
- September 25 - Emlyn Williams, actor
- October 2 - Madeleine Carroll, actress
- October 13 - Kishore Kumar, actor, singer
- December 4 - Rouben Mamoulian, director
[edit] 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
- Courteney Cox - Down Twisted
- Stephen Dorff - The Gate
- Gong Li - Red Sorghum
- Richard E. Grant - Withnail and I
- Anthony LaPaglia - Cold Steel
- Nathan Lane - Ironweed
- 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
[edit] References
[edit] See also
- List of American films of 1987
- British films of 1987
- French films of 1987
- List of German films: 1980s
- Bollywood films of 1987
- Italian films of 1987
- Japanese films of 1987
- Swedish films of the 1980s
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