1987
by MarcoPolato | created - 09 Aug 2015 | updated - 08 Apr 2023 | PublicLa mia personale classifica dell'anno cinematografico 1987
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1. The Family (1987)
PG | 127 min | Drama, Romance
With the background of the XX century Italian history, Carlo, a retired teacher, traces the vicissitudes of his family.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Fanny Ardant, Stefania Sandrelli, Emanuele Lamaro
Votes: 2,488 | Gross: $0.35M
2. 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: 790,733 | Gross: $46.36M
3. 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: 111,542 | Gross: $43.98M
4. The Rogues (1987)
121 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The adventures of two vagabonds in pursuit of their modest ambitions: enough to eat and a place to sleep. Inspired by the seminal 16th century picaresque novels "Lazarillo de Tormes" and "Guzman de Alfarache".
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Enrico Montesano, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi
Votes: 487
5. The Last Minute (1987)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Walter Ferrari is an Italian soccer coach fired on the eve of the playoffs by club President Di Carlo.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Diego Abatantuono, Massimo Bonetti, Elena Sofia Ricci
Votes: 195
6. Radio Days (1987)
PG | 88 min | Comedy
A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Mike Starr, Paul Herman
Votes: 36,340 | Gross: $14.79M
7. Moonstruck (1987)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Loretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello
Votes: 68,565 | Gross: $80.64M
8. Roxanne (1987)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Romance
The large-nosed C.D. Bales is in love with the beautiful Roxanne; she falls for his personality but another man's looks.
Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall
Votes: 47,697 | Gross: $40.05M
9. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
R | 121 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tom T. Tran, Chintara Sukapatana
Votes: 153,881 | Gross: $123.92M
10. 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: 14,468 | Gross: $5.90M
11. Tandem (I) (1987)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
Michel Mortez is going to and fro France to compere a radio game he created 25 years ago. He is famous among the average Frenchmen. But he is also a poker. Rivetot, his assistant and ... See full summary »
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, Jean Rochefort, Sylvie Granotier, Julie Jézéquel
Votes: 1,334
12. Raising Arizona (1987)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Crime
When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman
Votes: 150,427 | Gross: $22.85M
13. Da grande (1987)
94 min | Comedy, Fantasy
On the day of his eighth birthday, Marco wishes to be a grown-up man and, suddenly, it happens.
Director: Franco Amurri | Stars: Renato Pozzetto, Joska Versari, Giulia Boschi, Ottavia Piccolo
Votes: 1,163
14. The Princess Bride (1987)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon
Votes: 451,079 | Gross: $30.86M
15. 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: 47,915 | Gross: $1.54M
16. Empire of the Sun (1987)
PG | 153 min | Drama, War
A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers
Votes: 134,353 | Gross: $22.24M
17. The Whales of August (1987)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
Director: Lindsay Anderson | Stars: Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern
Votes: 5,293 | Gross: $1.34M
18. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogomil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox
Votes: 130,562 | Gross: $153.67M
19. Lethal Weapon (1987)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan
Votes: 276,458 | Gross: $65.21M
20. The Untouchables (1987)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith
Votes: 330,919 | Gross: $76.27M
21. Neo Tokyo (1987)
50 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A trilogy of separate stories. In "Labyrinth labyrinthos", a girl and her cat enter a strange world. In "Running Man", a racer takes on the ultimate opponent. In "Construction Cancellation Order", a man must shut down worker robots.
Directors: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Rintarô, Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Hideko Yoshida, Masane Tsukayama, Yû Mizushima, Iemasa Kayumi
Votes: 4,282
22. Long Live the Lady! (1987)
115 min | Drama
In this parable centering on a chateau dinner given by a grand old lady, a group of bankers, scientists and industrialists eat badly and misbehave monstrously.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Marco Esposito, Simona Brandalise, Stafania Busarello, Simone Dalla Rosa
Votes: 241
23. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean
Votes: 160,326 | Gross: $49.53M
24. Wall Street (1987)
R | 126 min | Crime, Drama
An impatient young stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless, greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Tamara Tunie, Franklin Cover
Votes: 165,229 | Gross: $43.85M
25. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A spoof of low budget 1950s science-fiction movies, interspersed with various comedy sketches and fake commercials making fun of late-night television.
Directors: Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Michelle Pfeiffer, Arsenio Hall, Donald F. Muhich
Votes: 12,639 | Gross: $0.55M
26. Noi uomini duri (1987)
90 min | Comedy
Mario, a tram-driver, and Silvio, a banker, make friends in the group of participants in a survival training course.
Director: Maurizio Ponzi | Stars: Enrico Montesano, Renato Pozzetto, Isabel Russinova, Alessandra Mussolini
Votes: 521
27. Gardens of Stone (1987)
R | 111 min | Drama, Romance, War
A Sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Viet Nam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old Army buddy.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D.B. Sweeney
Votes: 6,139 | Gross: $5.26M
28. La Bamba (1987)
PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper.
Director: Luis Valdez | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña
Votes: 36,456 | Gross: $54.22M
29. Bellifreschi (1987)
91 min | Comedy
Tom and Jerry two Italian two bit actors go to America because they hope to take part in a film starring Sylvester Stallone. However when they go to his villa in Beverly Hills, Stallone ... See full summary »
Director: Enrico Oldoini | Stars: Lino Banfi, Christian De Sica, Lionel Stander, Rosanna Banfi
Votes: 266
30. Montecarlo Gran Casinò (1987)
97 min | Comedy
The misadventures of different Italian rascals who came to the famous Montecarlo Gran Casinò to get lucky
Director: Carlo Vanzina | Stars: Massimo Boldi, Christian De Sica, Ezio Greggio, Paolo Rossi
Votes: 329
31. September (1987)
PG | 83 min | Drama
At a summer house in Vermont, neighbor Howard falls in love with Lane, who's in a relationship with Peter, who's falling for Stephanie, who's married with children.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Elaine Stritch, Denholm Elliott, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 10,415 | Gross: $0.49M
32. RoboCop (1987)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox
Votes: 283,252 | Gross: $53.42M
33. Three Men and a Baby (1987)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Jack Holden and his friends, Peter and Michael, spend most of their time having flings with several women in their apartment. Their life changes when a mysterious baby appears at their doorstep.
Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis
Votes: 57,926 | Gross: $167.78M
34. Baby Boom (1987)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.
Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, Kristina Kennedy
Votes: 19,167 | Gross: $26.71M
35. Wings of Desire (1987)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
An angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois
Votes: 77,061 | Gross: $3.33M
36. 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: 105,879 | Gross: $51.19M
37. *batteries not included (1987)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Aliens help a feisty old New York couple in their battle against the ruthless land developer who's out to evict them.
Director: Matthew Robbins | Stars: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Peña
Votes: 37,709 | Gross: $32.95M
38. Yuppies 2 (1986)
96 min | Comedy
Giacomo, Sandro, Lorenzo, Willy are four young professionals who have two holes in their heads:money and beautiful women. They play very course practical jokes on each other as well. One of... See full summary »
Director: Enrico Oldoini | Stars: Jerry Calà, Christian De Sica, Massimo Boldi, Ezio Greggio
Votes: 414
39. Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A bitter ex-husband wants his former spouse dead. A put-upon momma's boy wants his mother dead. Who will pull it off?
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist, Anne Ramsey
Votes: 40,690 | Gross: $57.92M
40. Bagdad Cafe (1987)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A lonely German woman ends up in the most desolate motel on Earth and decides to make it brighter.
Director: Percy Adlon | Stars: Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann
Votes: 15,199 | Gross: $3.59M
41. Dirty Dancing (I) (1987)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes
Votes: 256,541 | Gross: $0.62M
42. Predator (1987)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall, Elpidia Carrillo
Votes: 455,084 | Gross: $59.74M
43. Spaceballs (1987)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman
Votes: 206,630 | Gross: $38.12M
44. A Boy from Calabria (1987)
108 min | Drama, Sport
Dad wants his 13-year-old son to work harder and smarter than he himself did; thus justifying the beatings and scoldings given the boy. The boy was also forced to work with some rope manufacturers who worked him like a dog.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Diego Abatantuono, Thérèse Liotard, Santo Polimeno
Votes: 365
45. Un tassinaro a New York (1987)
115 min | Comedy
The Roman taxi driver Pietro Marchetti finds himself to witness a mafia crime. Having to testify at the trial, he is checked by the police, especially when he has to go to the United States to attend the graduation of his son Francesco.
Director: Alberto Sordi | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Dom DeLuise, Anna Longhi, Bruno Corazzari
Votes: 226
46. Il volatore di aquiloni (1987 Video)
80 min | Comedy
Director: Renato Pozzetto | Stars: Renato Pozzetto, Massimo Boldi, Felice Andreasi, Piero Mazzarella
Votes: 46
47. Missione eroica - I pompieri 2 (1987)
89 min | Comedy
Following a twinning between the national fire brigade and the special forces of the Canadian firefighters, Captain Carter arrives in Rome.
Director: Giorgio Capitani | Stars: Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, Massimo Boldi, Christian De Sica
Votes: 663
48. Scuola di ladri - Parte seconda (1987)
96 min | Comedy
In this second episode Dalmazio and Egisto come, respectively, from the prison and the insane asylum. They risk a second arrest for their awkwardness so they return from their "uncle" who is willing to help them.
Director: Neri Parenti | Stars: Paolo Villaggio, Massimo Boldi, Enrico Maria Salerno, Florence Guérin
Votes: 694
49. Com'è dura l'avventura (1987)
102 min | Comedy
Oreste Raccà is an industrialist from Varese who, in order to avoid bankruptcy, decides to sink the "Giulia", one of his boats abandoned for years on the Moroccan coast.
Director: Flavio Mogherini | Stars: Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, Gastone Moschin, Flavio Bucci
Votes: 321
50. Topo Galileo (1988)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Francesco Laudadio | Stars: Beppe Grillo, Jerry Hall, Paolo Bonacelli, Eros Pagni
Votes: 103
51. Beyond Therapy (1987)
R | 93 min | Comedy
A few unusual characters and their unconventional therapists cross paths resulting in hilarious interactions.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Julie Hagerty, Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson, Tom Conti
Votes: 1,414 | Gross: $0.79M
52. Strana la vita (1988)
99 min | Drama
Director: Giuseppe Bertolucci | Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Monica Guerritore, Domiziana Giordano, Amanda Sandrelli
Votes: 112
53. Rimini Rimini (1987)
210 min | Comedy
An ensemble comedy set in the Italian resort town of Rimini, following several intertwining stories and characters during one summer season.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Laura Antonelli, Elvire Audray, Eleonora Brigliadori, Jerry Calà
Votes: 790
54. Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy
The rising college nerds set out to a convention in Florida, but are not welcomed by the Alpha Beta representatives.
Director: Joe Roth | Stars: Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield
Votes: 15,391 | Gross: $30.06M
55. 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: 52,750 | Gross: $15.68M
56. Io e mia sorella (1987)
110 min | Comedy
A serious brother tries to save his sister from her levity.
Director: Carlo Verdone | Stars: Carlo Verdone, Ornella Muti, Elena Sofia Ricci, Mariangela Giordano
Votes: 727
57. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Crime
The misfit Police Academy (1984) graduates now are assigned to train a group of civilian volunteers to fight crime once again plaguing the streets.
Director: Jim Drake | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf
Votes: 45,770 | Gross: $28.06M
58. Roba da ricchi (1987)
110 min | Comedy
3 episodes set in Montecarlo. In the first one a priest is compelled to become the lover of a princess. In the second, a con woman tries to cheat an insurance man. In the third, a man has ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Lino Banfi, Laura Antonelli, Renato Pozzetto, Francesca Dellera
Votes: 544
59. Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Henderson family adopt a friendly Sasquatch but have a hard time trying to keep the legend of 'Bigfoot' a secret.
Director: William Dear | Stars: John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy
Votes: 38,296 | Gross: $29.76M
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