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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