Best Movies of 1987
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Best Movies of 1987
TOP Movies: Dirty Dancing (1987), Full Metal Jacket (1987), RoboCop (1987), Predator (1987), Evil Dead II (1987), Spaceballs (1987), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), The Running Man (1987), Overboard (1987), No Way Out (1987), *batteries not included (1987), Three Men and a Baby (1987), Throw Momma from the Train (1987), The Untouchables (1987), Escape from Sobibor (1987), The Secret of My Success (1987), Masters of the Universe (1987), Hamburger Hill (1987), Mannequin (1987), Blind Date (1987).
List of Best Movies
278K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Expecting 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 professional hoofer – and unexpectedly falling in love.
Style:
feel good, romantic, sexy, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, kids ...
Plot:
dancing, coming of age, love story, summer romance, forbidden love, couples, dancer, fall in love, love and romance, unlikely couple, abortion, dance ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1963, 90s, 1950s ...
Place:
usa, new york state, new york
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A 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.
Style:
clever, suspense, visually stunning, bleak, psychological ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, soldier, anti war, suicide, basic training, boot camp, violence, sniper, military life, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, year 1968, year 1987, 60s ...
Place:
vietnam, persia, america, asia, south carolina ...
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306K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In 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-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, black comedy, cyber, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens, manly
Plot:
cyberpunk, robot, cyborgs, androids and robots, dystopia, robocop, police, revenge, graphic violence, law enforcement, satire, gory ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 1987
Place:
usa, detroit, michigan
Is relevant?
496K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, scary, cult classic, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, monster, survival, jungle, creature, military, chase, deadly creature, alien invasion, hunting, gory, special forces ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987, future
Place:
latin america, south america, central america
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195K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Ash 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 the Dead.” As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed ...
Style:
scary, bloody, classic horror, lovecraft, demonic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
evil dead, demon, gory, haunted house, supernatural, demonic possession, dark humor, undead, chainsaw, woods, blood, zombie ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, medieval times, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
michigan, usa
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225K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When 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 the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, cult classic, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
space opera, space and aliens, space travel, space battle, wilhelm scream, satire, alien, farce, star wars, outer space, stupidity, rescue ...
Time:
future, 80s
Place:
space western
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Detroit cop, Axel Foley heads for the land of sunshine and palm trees to find out who shot police Captain Andrew Bogomil. Thanks to a couple of old friends, Axel's investigation uncovers a series of robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons ...
Style:
detective, humorous, entertaining, suspense, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, police, gunfight, police investigation, investigation, police officer, car chase, tough cop, tough guy, villainess, african american protagonist, oil rig ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa, detroit ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight ...
Style:
rough, futuristic, cult classic, exciting, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
dystopian future, cyberpunk, distopia, chase, chases and races, dystopic future, prison, danger, dishonesty, rivalry, tough heroes, social commentary ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, 20th century, year 2019 ...
Place:
los angeles, california
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75K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Heiress, 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 overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get ...
Style:
feel good, light, entertaining, sentimental, funny ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
rich woman poor man, memory loss, amnesia, love and romance, single father, father son relationship, family life, destiny, carpenter, pretend relationship, personality change, revenge ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Navy 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 romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, suspense, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, espionage, murder, conspiracy, cold war, investigation, sex scene, spy, undercover, love triangle, accidental killing, political corruption ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., pentagon, manila philippines, usa
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, surreal, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen fantasy, kids, adult
Plot:
serial killer, mental institution, supernatural horror, nightmare, killer, dead teenager, dream, supernatural, group of teenagers, trapped, maniac, serial murder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1990, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 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 mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sweet, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
ufo, eviction, apartment building, alien robot, benign alien, alien invasion, elderly couple, space and aliens, robot, arsonist, friendship, alien encounter ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, hawaii
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.
Style:
light, funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
babies and infants, baby, fatherhood, custody, fish out of water, buddies, children, police, drug dealer, friendship, parents and children, life turned upside down ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Larry Donner is a author and writing professor who tutors people who want to write books. Larry's life has become a misery when his Ex-wife has published a book he wrote under her name and has gotten rich over it. Owen Lift, one of Larry's ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, exciting ...
Plot:
dark humor, train, writers, murder, disorder, strangulation, family relations, nothing goes right, dysfunctional family, railway, domineering mother, mother ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
hawaii, los angeles, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most ...
Style:
clever, suspenseful, period piece, inspirational, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
mafia, gangster, organized crime, corruption, prohibition era, mentor, shootout, smuggling, prohibition, police, tax evasion, gunfight ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
chicago, america, usa
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in Sobibor to vow (actually threaten) that his camp would never experience the same thing. But those who were its captives, the Jewish laborers that had ...
Style:
tense, realistic, thought provoking, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
concentration camp, world war two, pow, holocaust, escape, shoah, against humanity, genocide, military, captivity, nazi, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a ...
Style:
feel good, light, realistic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, manly, date night, chick flick ...
Plot:
office, rich and poor, aunt nephew relationship, workplace, businessman, passionate kiss, mistaken identity, love triangle, workplace romance, office worker, job promotion, corporation ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century, future
Place:
new york, kansas, usa, florida, new jersey ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won after seizing Grayskull and the surrounding city using a cosmic key developed by the locksmith Gwildor. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner ...
Style:
cult classic, crying, surprise ending, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, good versus evil, sword fight, evil man, time travel, inventor, violence, supernatural power, medieval, skeleton, female warrior, warrior ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their ...
Style:
cult classic, realistic, black and white, action adventure, independent film ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
vietnam war, soldier, combat, war, military, jungle, gunfight, anti war, conflict, great war, wartime, battles ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, asia, indochina
Is relevant?
39K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jonathan 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, she springs to life and introduces herself as Emmy, an Egyptian ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, teen, cult classic, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night
Plot:
department store, shopping, motorcycle, love, ends with a wedding, public nudity, security guard, fired from the job, guard dog, impossible love, sex scene, happy ending ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, egypt
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When bachelor Walter Davis (Bruce Willis) is set up with his sister-in-law's pretty cousin, Nadia Gates (Kim Basinger), a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on the town. Walter's brother, Ted (Phil Hartman), tells him ...
Style:
sex comedy, slapstick, funny, romantic, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
restaurant, blind date, farce, lawyer, wedding, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, bachelor, musician, jealousy, gas station, humiliation ...
Time:
80s, future, year 1987
Place:
california, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
EC Comics-inspired weirdness returns with three tales. In the first, a wooden statue of a Native American comes to life...to exact vengeance on the murderer of his elderly owners. In the second, four teens are stranded on a raft on a lake with a ...
Style:
anthology, cult classic, black comedy, scary, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
stephen king, hitchhiker, lake, hit and run, bullying, raft, man eating plant, marijuana, monster, murder, supernatural, scalping ...
Time:
80s
Place:
maine, arizona, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A seemingly mild mannered man -- who has just murdered his entire family -- quickly adopts a new identity and leaves town. After building a new relationship with a widow and her teenage daughter, he struggles to hide his true identity and maintain a ...
Style:
slasher, frightening, scary, bloody, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, psychopath, maniac, serial killer, murder of family, male nudity, fake identity, stepfather, new identity, murderer, killer, mental illness ...
Time:
80s
Place:
turkey, seattle, new jersey
Is relevant?
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174K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A 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 whom takes the youth under his wing.
Style:
political, talky, intense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
wall street, stock market, stock broker, stock exchange, business, businessman, capitalism, yuppie, entrepreneur, greed, top executive, workplace ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, california, canada
Is relevant?
294K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on ...
Style:
detective, entertaining, suspense, tense, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
police, gunfight, reluctant partners, buddy, buddy cop, christmas, chase, badass, police partner, police officer, car chase, police investigation ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, vietnam, beverly hills ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A new batch of recruits arrives at Police Academy, this time a group of civilian volunteers who have joined Commandant Lassard's new Citizens on Patrol program. Although the community relations project has strong governmental support, a ...
Style:
slapstick comedy, spoof, humorous, slapstick, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
police academy, stupidity, prank, misfit, biplane, police captain, police officer, skateboarder, sidekick, police raid, fugitive, police station ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
london
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try to clean ...
Style:
feel good, hood, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids
Plot:
youth gang, teacher, vigilante, high school, vigilantism, gang, school teacher, mentor, gangster, chase, ghetto, urban ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
oakland california, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Jamie 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 named Basie, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even ...
Style:
epic, sad, period piece, crying, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, child protagonist, childhood, survival, pow, boy, japanese army, prisoner, young heroes, captivity, starvation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1987
Place:
china, hong kong, japan, asia, indochina ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Radio funny man Adrian Cronauer is sent to Vietnam to bring a little comedy back into the lives of the soldiers. After setting up shop, Cronauer delights the G.I.s but shocks his superior officer, Sergeant Major Dickerson, with his irreverent take ...
Style:
retro, funny, clever, feel good, political ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
vietnam war, radio, violence, military, radio dj, satire, teaching, bicycle, friendship, soldier, great war, politics ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1965, 80s
Place:
vietnam, asia, saigon, indochina, iraq
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the ...
Style:
cult classic, apocalyptic, exciting, grindhouse, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, cyborgs, androids, dystopia, robot, cyberpunk, sexy woman, female robot, heroic mission, post apocalyptic, androids and robots, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time:
future, near future, year 1987, year 2017, 2010s ...
Place:
nevada, las vegas, reno nevada
Is relevant?
