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1. 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
True story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books that developed into a close friendship.
Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench, Jean De Baer
Votes: 11,224 | Gross: $1.08M
2. A Month in the Country (1987)
PG | 96 min | Drama
Two soldiers (Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh) recover from World War I while spending a summer in a Yorkshire village.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh, John Atkinson, Jim Carter
Votes: 1,956 | Gross: $0.44M
3. A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Martin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.
Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis
Votes: 5,713 | Gross: $1.43M
4. American Gothic (1987)
R | 90 min | Horror
A group of travellers make emergency landing on an island in the Pacific Northwest after their seaplane malfunctioned, and stumble across an isolated and psychopathic family.
Director: John Hough | Stars: Sarah Torgov, Terence Kelly, Mark Erickson, Caroline Barclay
Votes: 4,539
5. Angel Heart (1987)
X | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 95,814 | Gross: $17.19M
6. Après le vent des sables (1987)
90 min
A man walks across the desert. He does not know where he comes from. Suddenly, six cars appear on the horizon and drive close to him. The people who get out of the cars surround him. Who are they? What do they want from him?
Director: Claude Zaccaï | Stars: David Biderman, Assi Dayan, William Del Visco, Zvia Doron
7. Aria (1987)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
10 short films by 10 different directors, set to arias by different composers.
Directors: Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge, Julien Temple | Stars: John Hurt, Theresa Russell, Stephanie Lane, Roy Hyatt
Votes: 3,103 | Gross: $1.03M
8. Backfire (1987)
R | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Disgruntled wife cheats on her well off husband, who's been suffering from PTSD ever since he came home from the Vietnam War. After an incident he ends up in a catatonic state. Soon, she begins to suspect that someone is after her.
Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Karen Allen, Keith Carradine, Jeff Fahey, Bernie Casey
Votes: 732
9. Bellman and True (1987)
R | 150 min | Crime, Drama
Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the information, he thought he'd seen the last... See full summary »
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Bernard Hill, Derek Newark, Richard Hope, Ken Bones
Votes: 529 | Gross: $0.23M
10. Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
Cocky, flatulent, cockney snooker player Billy Kid accepts the challenge of a grudge match from Maxwell Randall ( the Green Baize Vampire ) , six times world champion. The loser will never ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Phil Daniels, Alun Armstrong, Bruce Payne, Louise Gold
Votes: 341
11. Bloody New Year (1987)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A group of friends take refuge in an island hotel that is decorated for New Years. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them.
Director: Norman J. Warren | Stars: Suzy Aitchison, Nikki Brooks, Colin Heywood, Mark Powley
Votes: 2,274
12. Body Contact (1987)
75 min | Drama, Musical, Thriller
Rock musical set in the future, around Tottenham and Hackney. Taxi driver, Smiley, helps beautiful Dominique Renoir, who is on the run from her violent Mafia boyfriend.
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Ewen Cummins, John Dair, Glen Dallas, Tommy Eytle
Votes: 83
13. Born of Fire (1987)
R | 84 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A musician searches for the Master Flautist, a supernatural creature who is planning to blow up the world.
Director: Jamil Dehlavi | Stars: Peter Firth, Suzan Crowley, Stefan Kalipha, Orla Pederson
Votes: 649
14. Child of Love (1987)
92 min | Drama
Drama about a child caught between his warring parents.
Director: Peter Jefferies | Stars: Delyth Wyn, Staffan Morgan, Cadfan Roberts, Sharon Morgan
15. Crash (1987)
Drama, Thriller
In the aftermath of a car crash, Maggie awaits rescue. When help arrives, matters take a turn for the worse.
Director: John Stewart | Stars: Niamh Mahon, Nikki McKay, Darren Fury, Tim Jones
Votes: 12
16. Cry Freedom (1987)
PG | 157 min | Biography, Drama, History
South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Josette Simon, Wabei Siyolwe
Votes: 14,465 | Gross: $5.90M
17. Crystalstone (1987)
PG | 87 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Deserted by their father and with their mother dead, nine-year-old Pablo and his little sister Maria refuse to be separated from each other by their caretaker aunt. With a cross as their ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Peláez | Stars: Frank Grimes, Kamlesh Gupta, Laura Goodwin, Edward Kelsey
Votes: 150
18. Death Run (1987)
70 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist places her son and his girlfriend into a cryogenic sleep so they can survive the coming apocalypse. They wake 25 years later in a world dominated by neo-Nazi like ruler, called the Messiah who holds the "Death Run".
Director: Michael J. Murphy | Stars: Rob Bartlett, Debbi Stevens, Eddie Kirby, Wendy Parsons
Votes: 235
19. Destroying Angel (1990)
98 min | Comedy
A bitter married couple are planning to divorce, but the husband decides he wants to get rid of his wife, so he hires a hitman. However, the wife also has the same planned for her hubby, while their daughter plots her own lethal intrigue.
Director: Arne Mattsson | Stars: Debra Beaumont, Norman Bowler, Fiona Curzon, Mark Burns
Votes: 50
20. Dragonard (1988)
R | 93 min | Drama
On an 18th century Caribbean island run by debauched colonial plantation owners, an enslaved Scotsman joins a slave revolt.
Director: Gérard Kikoïne | Stars: Oliver Reed, Eartha Kitt, Annabel Schofield, Claudia Udy
Votes: 352
21. Eat the Rich (1987)
R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Terrorists and a rude waiter attack a politician and take over an exclusive London club.
Director: Peter Richardson | Stars: Nosher Powell, Al Pillay, Ronald Allen, Kevin Allen
Votes: 1,595 | Gross: $0.20M
22. Empire State (1987)
R | 104 min | Crime, Thriller
In London's yuppie-dominated docklands of the 1980s Paul tries to make a deal with an American businessman However, he underestimates the clout of his old boss, a powerful Eastender.
Director: Ron Peck | Stars: Cathryn Harrison, Jason Hoganson, Glen Murphy, Jamie Foreman
Votes: 253
23. Five Corners (1987)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.
Director: Tony Bill | Stars: Jodie Foster, Tim Robbins, Todd Graff, John Turturro
Votes: 3,888 | Gross: $0.97M
25. Friendship's Death (1987)
78 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In the 1970s, aliens send a female android diplomat to Earth on a mission of peace. She lands in war-torn Palestine instead of MIT by mistake and meets a friendly UK journalist there. They begin a series of insightful conversations.
Director: Peter Wollen | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Patrick Bauchau, Bill Paterson, Ruby Baker
Votes: 688
26. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
R | 116 min | Drama, War
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin
Votes: 790,387 | Gross: $46.36M
27. Hamlet (1987)
Drama
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Directors: Roland Kenyon, Rod MacDonald | Stars: Tricia Hitchcock, Melanie Revell, Richard Spaul
Votes: 9
28. Hellraiser (1987)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.
Director: Clive Barker | Stars: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman
Votes: 140,518 | Gross: $14.56M
29. Hidden City (1987)
108 min | Mystery, Thriller
Sharon Newton (Cassie Stuart) leads the uncooperative James Richards (Charles Dance) into a world of misplaced government secrets, capitalistic artists and bungling secret agents.
Director: Stephen Poliakoff | Stars: Charles Dance, Cassie Stuart, Bill Paterson, Richard E. Grant
Votes: 277
30. High Season (1987)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
The lives of an English expat photographer, her daughter, her player ex, a commie spy, a "00" agent and other English in Lindos, Rhodes, Greece.
Director: Clare Peploe | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, James Fox, Irene Papas, Sebastian Shaw
Votes: 468 | Gross: $1.13M
31. Hope and Glory (1987)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Sarah Miles, David Hayman, Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Geraldine Muir
Votes: 14,596 | Gross: $10.02M
32. Hôtel du Paradis (1986)
113 min | Drama
Director: Jana Bokova | Stars: Carola Regnier, Fernando Rey, Marika Rivera, Artus de Penguern
Votes: 16
33. Indian Summer (1987)
97 min | Drama
Married film director has affair with leading lady.
Director: Timothy Forder | Stars: Peter Chelsom, Shelagh McLeod, Ashalata, Trevor Baxter
Votes: 18
34. It Couldn't Happen Here (1987)
PG-13 | 86 min | Adventure, Drama, Musical
A young boy's holiday at a seaside resort includes a crazy blind priest, nuns in suspenders and a whole bunch of fat ladies.
Director: Jack Bond | Stars: Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, Joss Ackland, Dominique Barnes
Votes: 845
35. Jane and the Lost City (1987)
PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Jane and the colonel must journey to Africa to the lost city to retrieve the diamonds before the Germans do. Based on the classic adult UK comic strip "Jane," especially popular during World War II for its strong pin-up elements.
Director: Terry Marcel | Stars: Sam J. Jones, Maud Adams, Jasper Carrott, Kirsten Hughes
Votes: 625
36. Little Dorrit (1987)
G | 357 min | Drama, Romance
Arthur returns to London after working abroad for many years with his now deceased father. Almost at once he becomes involved in the problems of his mother's seamstress Amy and of her father residing in the Marshalsea debtors' prison.
Director: Christine Edzard | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Max Wall
Votes: 1,238 | Gross: $1.03M
37. Love Potion (1987)
91 min | Drama, Thriller
Delaware, a female drug addict, joins a drugs rehabilitation program in a special clinic where the doctors' methods seem to be too unorthodox.
Director: Julian Doyle | Stars: Nancy Paul, John Rowe, Robert Ashby, Norman Chancer
Votes: 76
38. Loyalties (1986)
R | 98 min | Drama
Lily and her three youngest children join her husband David Sutton, a doctor in an isolated northern Alberta town. Their eleven-year-old son arrives later from boarding school. David ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Kenneth Welsh, Tantoo Cardinal, Susan Wooldridge, Vera Martin
Votes: 131
39. Lucifer (1987)
R | 100 min | Horror
A psychotic killer is embarked on a murder spree, and the authorities begin to suspect that he may have been sent from Hell.
Director: John Eyres | Stars: Emma Burdon-Sutton, Frank Rozelaar-Green, Jared Morgan, Jane Price
Votes: 279
40. Maschenka (1987)
103 min | Drama, Romance
A story about true love, set in the Berlin of the 1920s. In a shabby lodging-house inhabited by a number of faintly ludicrous characters, the young Russian exile Ganin is unexpectedly confronted with his past.
Director: John Goldschmidt | Stars: Irina Brook, Cary Elwes, Sunnyi Melles, Jonathan Coy
Votes: 63
41. Maurice (1987)
R | 140 min | Drama, Romance
Two English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up Maurice and marries. While staying with Clive and his wife, Maurice discovers romance in the arms of the gamekeeper Alec.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Hugh Grant, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 23,575 | Gross: $3.13M
42. Milwr Bychan (1987)
105 min | Drama
A young Welsh soldier on duty in northern Ireland shoots a terrorist in self defense and is used as scapegoat by the political system.
Director: Karl Francis | Stars: James Donnelly, Bernard Latham, Robert Pugh, Dafydd Hywel
Votes: 53
43. Mirch Masala (1986)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, Thriller
In colonial India, subedars (tax collectors) went from village to village with soldiers, often demanding more than taxes. A subedar commands Sonbai, a beautiful and confident woman whose ... See full summary »
Director: Ketan Mehta | Stars: Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Ratna Pathak Shah
Votes: 1,554
44. Ninja: Silent Assassin (1987)
88 min | Action
When police officer Alvin loses both his star witness and his wife to drug kingpin (and ninja assassin) Rudolph, he vows to get revenge. Travelling to Hong Kong, hot on Rudolph's trail, he ... See full summary »
Director: Godfrey Ho | Stars: Richard Harrison, Alphonse Beni, Stuart Smith, Grant Temple
Votes: 255
46. Nukie (1987)
PG | 99 min | Family, Sci-Fi
An alien called Nukie searches for his brother Miko, who has been captured by the U.S. government.
Directors: Sias Odendaal, Michael Pakleppa | Stars: Glynis Johns, Steve Railsback, Ronald France, Siphiwe Mlangeni
Votes: 1,445
47. Out of Order (1987)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Unemployed Anthony announces he is joining the police, much to the horror of his girlfriend and friends.
Director: Jonnie Turpie | Stars: Sharon Fryer, Pete Lee-Wilson, Natasha Williams, Cheryl Maiker
Votes: 16
48. Partition (1987)
100 min | Drama
Lunatics in an asylum see the horror of India's partition with a lucidity that seems to escape the seemingly sane political players directing it on the outside.
Director: Ken McMullen | Stars: Bhasker Patel, Saeed Jaffrey, Harmage Singh Kalirai, Shaheen Khan
Votes: 58
49. Personal Services (1987)
R | 105 min | Comedy
The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men, inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne.
Director: Terry Jones | Stars: Julie Walters, Alec McCowen, Shirley Stelfox, Danny Schiller
Votes: 1,869 | Gross: $1.74M
50. Ping Pong (1986)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A Chinese lawyer tries to execute the will of Sam Wong.
Director: Po-Chih Leong | Stars: David Yip, Lucy Sheen, Robert Lee, Lam Fung
Votes: 120
51. Playing Away (1987)
100 min | Comedy
To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South London to a charity game with comical results.
Director: Horace Ové | Stars: Norman Beaton, Robert Urquhart, Helen Lindsay, Nicholas Farrell
Votes: 198
52. Pretorius (1987)
When a detective is found with head injuries near a cafe in Zeebrugge, maverick Belgian police Inspector Pretorius is assigned the case. His enquiries lead him to suspect that the injured policeman was involved in a cocaine ring.
Director: Alex Clarke | Stars: Cyril Appleton, Peter Aubrey, Frank Coda, Greg Cruttwell
Votes: 6
53. Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama
Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn
Votes: 6,538 | Gross: $1.65M
54. Promised Land (I) (1987)
R | 102 min | Drama
Gritty drama that follows two high school acquaintances, Hancock, a basketball star, and Danny, a geek turned drifter, after they graduate.
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Jason Gedrick, Kiefer Sutherland, Meg Ryan, Tracy Pollan
Votes: 1,511 | Gross: $0.32M
55. Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Realistic story of working-class Yorkshire life, alternately serious and light-hearted, as two schoolgirls have a sexual fling with a married man.
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Siobhan Finneran, Michelle Holmes, George Costigan, Lesley Sharp
Votes: 4,797 | Gross: $0.12M
56. Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional couple. They live amid chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody except each other. Things become interesting when Sammy's father visits.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Claire Bloom, Frances Barber, Ayub Khan-Din
Votes: 1,539 | Gross: $1.20M
57. Slam Dance (1987)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An artist, framed for the murder of a woman, is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Tom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Virginia Madsen, Don Keith Opper
Votes: 1,804 | Gross: $0.41M
58. Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A married New York cop falls for the socialite murder witness he's been assigned to protect.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco, Jerry Orbach
Votes: 11,761 | Gross: $10.28M
59. Straight to Hell (1987)
R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Western
A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Sy Richardson, Joe Strummer, Dick Rude, Courtney Love
Votes: 2,781 | Gross: $0.21M
60. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Man of Steel crusades for nuclear disarmament and meets Lex Luthor's latest creation, Nuclear Man.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper
Votes: 52,723 | Gross: $15.68M
61. Testimony (1987)
Not Rated | 157 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
Director: Tony Palmer | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines, Magdalen Asquith, Mark Asquith
Votes: 287
62. The Belly of an Architect (1987)
R | 119 min | Drama
An architect supervising an exhibition starts to have mysterious stomach pains while his life slowly falls apart.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Lambert Wilson, Sergio Fantoni
Votes: 6,280 | Gross: $0.29M
63. The Blind Side of God (1987)
Action
Director: David Kent-Watson | Stars: Cliff Twemlow, Ray Nicholas, George Murcell, Paul Flanagan
64. The Dead (1987)
PG | 83 min | Drama
Gabriel Conroy and wife Gretta attend an early January dinner with friends at the home of his spinster aunts, an evening which results in an epiphany for both of them.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Helena Carroll, Cathleen Delany
Votes: 8,900 | Gross: $4.37M
65. The Fourth Protocol (1987)
R | 119 min | Thriller
John Preston is a British Agent with the task of preventing the Russians detonating a nuclear explosion next to an American base in the UK. The Russians are hoping this will shatter the "special relationship" between the two countries.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Ned Beatty, Joanna Cassidy
Votes: 10,986 | Gross: $12.42M
66. The Girl (1987)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A chance encounter on the street brings a young schoolgirl and a wealthy middle-aged attorney together. Thus begins an affair that will lift him into the heights of a passionate love and plunge him into the depths of deception and murder.
Director: Arne Mattsson | Stars: Franco Nero, Bernice Stegers, Clare Powney, Frank Brennan
Votes: 259
67. The Hunting of the Snark (1987)
60 min | Musical
This is a musical by Mike Batt based on Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem. Mike Batt conducts the London Symphony Orchestra.
Director: Mike Batt | Stars: Mike Batt, Billy Connolly, Roger Daltrey, Justin Hayward
Votes: 65
68. The Kitchen Toto (1987)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama
The son of a priest slain by the Mau Mau moves in with a police officer and his wife in 1950 Kenya.
Director: Harry Hook | Stars: Bob Peck, Edwin Mahinda, Phyllis Logan, Nicholas Charles
Votes: 274 | Gross: $0.10M
69. The Last Emperor (1987)
PG-13 | 163 min | Biography, Drama, History
Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatisation of the life story of China's last emperor, Pu Yi.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying
Votes: 111,507 | Gross: $43.98M
70. The Last of England (1987)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy
The artist's personal commentary on the decline of his country in a language closer to poetry than prose. A dark meditation on London under Thatcher.
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh, 'Spring' Mark Adley, Gerrard McArthur
Votes: 1,491
71. The Living Daylights (1987)
PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond is sent to investigate a KGB policy to kill all enemy spies, and uncovers an arms deal that potentially has major global ramifications.
Director: John Glen | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker
Votes: 105,848 | Gross: $51.19M
72. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
R | 116 min | Drama, Romance
A middle-aged spinster falls in love with a fellow resident of her boardinghouse, who mistakenly believes she has the money to help him start a new business.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller, Marie Kean
Votes: 1,220 | Gross: $0.52M
73. The Love Child (1987)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
When he was a little boy, Dillon's rock musician father and hippie mother died in a traffic accident. Now in his twenties, Dillon wants nothing more than a normal, responsible life, working... See full summary »
Director: Robert Smith | Stars: Sheila Hancock, Peter Capaldi, Percy Herbert, Lesley Sharp
Votes: 58
74. The Magic Toyshop (1987)
107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After her parents are killed in a plane crash over the Grand Canyon, Melanie, a teenager girl and her younger brother and sister are sent to London to live with their uncle, Philip. There, ... See full summary »
Director: David Wheatley | Stars: Caroline Milmoe, Tom Bell, Kilian McKenna, Patricia Kerrigan
Votes: 213
75. The Misfit Brigade (1987)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
War story of the 27th Panzers, Hitler's heavy-duty combat regiment composed of prisoners. In 1943, this motley tank crew is sent on a suicide mission behind enemy lines to destroy a Soviet train that's carrying fuel for the Red Army.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Bruce Davison, David Patrick Kelly, D.W. Moffett, Jay O. Sanders
Votes: 2,175
76. The Second Victory (1987)
PG | 95 min | Drama, War
After the end of WW2, a lone elusive skier from the German Mountain Troops continues to kill British Occupation Forces personnel, prompting a joint British-German manhunt operation to capture him.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Anthony Andrews, Max von Sydow, Helmut Griem, Mario Adorf
Votes: 66
77. The Stepfather (1987)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
After murdering his entire family, a man marries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it all over again.
Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack, Charles Lanyer
Votes: 18,189 | Gross: $2.49M
79. Reflections (1987)
102 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
Piano teacher is deeply traumatised by the events of his childhood, as well as by political oppression in his youth. Decades later, all those traumas lead to carnage.
Director: Goran Markovic | Stars: Mustafa Nadarevic, Anica Dobra, Milorad Mandic-Manda, Bogdan Diklic
Votes: 1,318
80. White Mischief (1987)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1940s Kenya, a married couple join other affluent British expatriates in a lifestyle of recklessness and excess, but soon find themselves in a troubling situation.
Director: Michael Radford | Stars: Sarah Miles, Joss Ackland, John Hurt, Greta Scacchi
Votes: 3,214 | Gross: $3.11M
81. White of the Eye (1987)
R | 110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Somebody's killing rich married women in their homes - latest in a rich desert community outside Tucson. A married sound expert is prime suspect.
Director: Donald Cammell | Stars: David Keith, Cathy Moriarty, Alan Rosenberg, Art Evans
Votes: 2,993 | Gross: $0.23M
82. Wish You Were Here (1987)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
Director: David Leland | Stars: Emily Lloyd, Trudi Cavanagh, Clare Clifford, Barbara Durkin
Votes: 3,335 | Gross: $3.28M
83. Withnail & I (1987)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1969, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous.
Director: Bruce Robinson | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown
Votes: 47,896 | Gross: $1.54M
85.
Top of the Pops (1964–2023)
Episode:
Episode #24.1
(1987)
Music, News, Talk-Show
Director: Stanley Appel | Stars: Gary Davies, a-ha, Elkie Brooks, Spitting Image
86.
EastEnders (1985– )
Episode:
Episode #1.197
(1987)
TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Garth Tucker | Stars: Letitia Dean, Anita Dobson, Peter Dean, Gillian Taylforth
Votes: 9
87.
'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode:
Pretty Maids All in a Row
(1987)
TV-PG | 35 min | Comedy, History, War
The airmen are disguised as waitresses at the café. However, von Klinkerhoffen recognizes a Van Gogh, behind which René has hidden The Fallen Madonna, and he requisitions it to be taken to ... See full summary »
Directors: Robin Carr, David Croft | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Vicki Michelle, Francesca Gonshaw
Votes: 243
88. Challenge of the South (1987)
Game-Show
Regional quiz in which contestants are quizzed on three areas of knowledge: general, local and specialist.
Star: Nigel Rees
89. The Newlywed Game (1987)
Game-Show
A short-lived version of the US quiz show, where couples compete to answer questions about one another. Presented by Gloria Hunniford, despite reasonable ratings, it lasted just one series.
Star: Gloria Hunniford
90. On the Piste (1987 TV Movie)
Documentary
Classic BBC comedic documentary from 1987 comparing and contrasting a group of novice British skiers at Söll with a group of more experienced British skiers in Wengen. The commentary is ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Chapman | Star: Royce Mills
91. Carrott Confidential (1987–1989)
35 min | Comedy
Jasper Carrott takes a comedic look at the week's news and ponders the absurdities of life in general, with topical sketch comedy from Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
Stars: Jasper Carrott, Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis, Loudon Wainwright III
Votes: 39
92.
Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode:
The Memory Man
(1987)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a man is found wandering Jersey nude and suffering from memory loss, Susan's eccentric aunt, yachtswoman Belle is asked to make a no questions asked trip to France but refuses. Jim ... See full summary »
Director: Graeme Harper | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Jeremy Clyde, Judy Cornwell
Votes: 54
93. Night Mail II (1987 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Bob Franklin | Star: Alan Dobie
Votes: 26
95.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Coast to Coast
(1987)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Two guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by their mutual love of Soul music. Neither being gainfully employed they decide to start a ... See full summary »
Director: Sandy Johnson | Stars: Lenny Henry, John Shea, Peter Vaughan, George Baker
Votes: 230
96. The Diary of Anne Frank (1987)
112 min | Biography, Drama, History
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Stars: Katharine Schlesinger, Emrys James, Elizabeth Bell, Emma Bowe
Votes: 140
97.
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode:
Why Does Norman Clegg Buy Ladies' Elastic Stockings?
(1987)
TV-14 | 33 min | Comedy
Clegg is roped in to helping Howard and Marina's budding romance, against his will and better judgement.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell | Stars: Michael Aldridge, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Thora Hird
Votes: 54
98.
Catchphrase (1986– )
Episode:
Episode #2.1
(1987)
Game-Show
Roy Walker hosts this game show in which contestants have to guess a common phrase just by looking at a picture. The contestant with the most points goes on for a grand prize.
Star: Roy Walker
99.
Coronation Street (1960– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2688
(1987)
TV-PG | 22 min | Drama, Romance
Terry covers his tracks upon realising that he broke into the Corner Shop. Rita suspects Jenny of hiding facts about the crash. Hilda takes offence at Alf's questioning.
Director: Bill Gilmour | Stars: Jean Alexander, Michael Le Vell, William Tarmey, Sally Dynevor
100. The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1987)
26 min | Comedy
Continuation of the rites of passage comedy drama about spotty teenager Adrian Mole. Set in the early 1980s, Adrian's mother and father are back together but while they are trying for a ... See full summary »
Stars: Gian Sammarco, Steven Mackintosh, Lulu, Stephen Moore
Votes: 181
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