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Predator (film)
Predator is a 1987 American science fiction action horror film directed by John McTiernan and written by brothers Jim and John Thomas. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Dutch, the leader of a paramilitary rescue team on a mission to save hostages in a Central American rainforest, who encounters a deadly Predator, a skilled and technologically advanced extraterrestrial that stalks and hunts his team down. The film also features Elpidia Carrillo, Carl Weathers, Richard Chaves, Sonny Landham, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura and Shane Black.
Full Metal Jacket
1987 film by Stanley Kubrick
RoboCop
RoboCop is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferrer. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit in the near future, RoboCop centers on police officer Alex Murphy (Weller) who is murdered by a gang of criminals and revived by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products as the cyborg law enforcer RoboCop. Unaware of his former life, RoboCop executes a campaign against crime while coming to terms with the lingering fragments of
The Untouchables
1987 film directed by Brian De Palma
Empire of the Sun
1987 film directed by Steven Spielberg
Wall Street
1987 film directed by Oliver Stone
Lethal Weapon
1987 film directed by Richard Donner
Dirty Dancing
1987 film directed by Emile Ardolino
The Princess Bride (film)
The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner and starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Peter Falk, Fred Savage, Billy Crystal and Carol Kane. Adapted by William Goldman from his novel of the same name, it tells the story of a swashbuckling farmhand named Westley, accompanied by companions befriended along the way, who must rescue his kidnapped true love Princess Buttercup from the evil Prince Humperdinck. The film preserves the novel's metafictional narrative style by presenting the story as a book being read by a grandfather to his sick grandson.
Spaceballs
Spaceballs is a 1987 American space opera parody film co-written, produced and directed by Mel Brooks. It primarily parodies the original Star Wars trilogy, but also other popular franchises such as Star Trek, Alien, The Wizard of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, and Transformers. The film stars Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis and Daphne Zuniga, with the supporting cast including Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Lorene Yarnell, and the voice of Joan Rivers. In addition to Brooks playing a dual role, the film features Brooks regulars Dom DeLuise and Rudy De Luca in cameo appe
The Running Man (1987 film)
The Running Man is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Michael Glaser from a screenplay by Steven E. de Souza. It is loosely based on the 1982 novel The Running Man by Stephen King. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, and Jesse Ventura, the film is set in a dystopic and totalitarian future United States, where a state-controlled broadcaster airs a deadly game show in which convicted criminals, known as "runners", must survive pursuit by themed gladiatorial assassins called "stalkers". The story follows Captain Ben Richards (Schwarzenegger), a framed police officer forced to compete on the show, who becomes an unlikely symbol of resistance against a corrupt government and its manipulative media machine.
Fatal Attraction
1987 film directed by Adrian Lyne
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987 film by Wes Craven, Chuck Russell
Evil Dead II
1987 film by Sam Raimi
Raising Arizona
1987 film by the Coen Brothers
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987 film directed by Tony Scott
Angel Heart
1987 film by Alan Parker
Moonstruck
Moonstruck is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison and written by John Patrick Shanley. It stars Cher as a widowed Italian American woman who falls in love with her fiancé's hot-tempered, estranged younger brother, played by Nicolas Cage. The supporting cast includes Vincent Gardenia, Olympia Dukakis, and Danny Aiello.
Masters of the Universe
1987 film directed by Gary Goddard
The Lost Boys
1987 film by Joel Schumacher, Richard Donner
The Witches of Eastwick
1987 film by George Miller
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 film directed by Sidney J. Furie
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987 film directed by John Hughes
Jaws: The Revenge
1987 film directed by Joseph Sargent
Throw Momma from the Train
1987 film directed by Danny DeVito
Radio Days
1987 film by Woody Allen
No Way Out
1987 film directed by Roger Donaldson
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
1987 film by Jim Drake
Cry Freedom
1987 British drama film directed by Richard Attenborough
Blind Date
1987 film by Blake Edwards
Prince of Darkness
1987 film by John Carpenter
Broadcast News
1987 film by James L. Brooks
Over the Top
1987 film by Menahem Golan
Hope and Glory
1987 film by John Boorman
Innerspace
Innerspace, stylized as InnerSPACE, is a 1987 American science fiction comedy film directed by Joe Dante and produced by Michael Finnell, inspired by the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage. The film stars Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Robert Picardo, and Kevin McCarthy.
Three Men and a Baby
1987 American comedy film directed by Leonard Nimoy
Stakeout
1987 film by John Badham
Barfly
1987 film by Barbet Schroeder
The Secret of My Success
1987 film by Herbert Ross
Overboard
1987 film by Garry Marshall
Ironweed
1987 film by Héctor Babenco
Harry and the Hendersons
1987 film by William Dear
Who's That Girl
1987 film directed by James Foley
Near Dark
1987 film directed by Kathryn Bigelow
September
1987 film by Woody Allen
Roxanne
1987 film by Fred Schepisi
Creepshow 2
1987 film directed by Michael Gornick
Adventures in Babysitting
1987 film directed by Chris Columbus
Hamburger Hill
1987 American war film directed by John Irvin
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987 film by J. Lee Thompson
The Whales of August
1987 film by Lindsay Anderson
Dragnet
1987 comedy film directed by Tom Mankiewicz
The Monster Squad
1987 film by Fred Dekker
Batteries Not Included
1987 film by Matthew Robbins
Ishtar
1987 film by Elaine May
La Bamba
1987 film directed by Luis Valdez
The Hidden
1987 film by Jack Sholder
Can't Buy Me Love
1987 film directed by Steve Rash
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
1987 film directed by Sam Firstenberg
Less Than Zero
1987 film directed by Marek Kanievska