Category:1987, Top Films

1983 -- 1984 -- 1985 -- 1986

-- -- 1987, Top Films -- --

1988 -- 1989 -- 1990 -- 1991

Ranking

My Picks

-- #2. Wings of Desire -- #6. Au Revoir, les Enfants -- #11. Radio Days -- #12. Empire of the Sun -- #13. Where Is the Friend's Home? -- #18. Babette's Feast -- #19. Planes, Trains & Automobiles -- #42. Moonstruck -- #49. Good Morning, Vietnam -- #50+. Hope and Glory -- #50+. Adventures in Babysitting -- #50+. Le grand chemin -- #50+. 84 Charing Cross Road -- #50+. Overboard -- #50+. The Family -- #50+. Lena: My 100 Children

Limbo

-- #3. Raising Arizona -- #8. The Last Emperor (Bertolucci) <Best Picture & Director>

Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films

50 Top Films of 1987

-- #2. Wings of Desire -- #6. Au Revoir, les Enfants -- #11. Radio Days -- #12. Empire of the Sun -- #13. Where Is the Friend's Home? -- #18. Babette's Feast -- #19. Planes, Trains & Automobiles -- #42. Moonstruck -- #49. Good Morning, Vietnam

-- #1. Full Metal Jacket -- #3. Raising Arizona -- #4. Evil Dead II -- #5. Robocop -- #7. The Princess Bride -- #8. The Last Emperor -- #9. The Untouchables -- #10. Withnail & I

Oscar, Best Films

-- The Last Emperor -- Broadcast News -- Fatal Attraction -- Hope and Glory -- Moonstruck -- My Life as a Dog

Golden Globe, Best Films

-- The Last Emperor -- Hope and Glory -- My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) (Sweden) -- Moonstruck -- Broadcast News -- Cry Freedom -- Dirty Dancing -- Fatal Attraction

National Board of Review

-- Empire of the Sun -- The Last Emperor -- Broadcast News -- The Untouchables -- Gaby: A True Story -- Cry Freedom -- Fatal Attraction -- Hope and Glory -- Wall Street -- Full Metal Jacket

Top Grossing Films

-- Three Men and a Baby -- Fatal Attraction -- Beverly Hills Cop II -- Good Morning, Vietnam -- Moonstruck -- The Untouchables -- The Secret of My Success -- Stakeout -- Lethal Weapon -- The Witches of Eastwick

National Film Registry

-- Broadcast News -- La Bamba -- The Princess Bride -- Who Killed Vincent Chin? <doc>

NYT, Best Films

-- A Taxing Woman -- Raising Arizona -- Dark Eyes -- Wings of Desire -- Barfly -- Babette's Feast -- The Whales of August -- Full Metal Jacket -- RoboCop -- Hope and Glory -- Goodbye, Children -- The Dead -- House of Games -- Fatal Attraction -- The Last Emperor -- Moonstruck -- Empire of the Sun -- Broadcast News -- Pelle the Conqueror

TSPDT, Best Films

-- Wings of Desire -- Where is the Friend's Home? -- Goodbye, Children -- Withnail & I -- Evil Dead II -- Full Metal Jacket -- Raising Arizona -- Robocop -- The Princess Bride -- The Last Emperor -- The Dead -- Yeelen -- The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On -- Near Dark -- A Short Film About Killing -- Red Sorghum -- Dust in the Wind -- Broadcast News

Top10ner, Best Films

-- Wings of Desire -- Where is the Friend's Home? -- Goodbye, Children -- Babette's Feast -- Withnail & I -- Evil Dead II -- Full Metal Jacket -- Raising Arizona -- Robocop -- The Princess Bride -- The Last Emperor -- The Untouchables

Film101, Best Films

-- Wings of Desire -- Au Revoir, les Enfants -- Hope and Glory -- Moonstruck -- Babette's Feast -- Pelle the Conqueror -- Empire of the Sun -- The Last Emperor -- The Dead -- Broadcast News -- Withnail & I -- Red Sorghum -- The Princess Bride -- Yeelen -- House of Games -- Fatal Attraction -- The Untouchables -- Dark Eyes

ChildActors, Best Films

-- Au revoir les enfants (France) -- Empire of the Sun -- Le Grand chemin (France) -- Hope and Glory (UK) -- Lena: My 100 Children -- Overboard -- Pelle the Conqueror (Denmark) -- Radio Days

-- Un Bambino di nome Gesù / A Child Called Jesus Italy

-- Abba Ganuv (Israel) -- Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987) USA -- Andjeo cuvar (1987) Yugoslavia -- The Believers (1987) USA -- Bellman and True (1987) UK -- Big Shots (1987) USA -- Champ d'honneur / Field of Honor France -- A Child's Christmas in Wales (1987) UK -- The Children of Dynmouth (1987) UK -- Cisto pravi gusar (1987) Yugoslavia -- Crazy Love / Love is a Dog from Hell Belgium -- Crystalstone (1987) Spain -- Cudowne dziecko / The Young Magician Canada Poland -- The Curse -- Czarne stopy / Black Feet Poland -- Daniel and the Towers -- Dennis The Menace: Dinosaur Hunter -- La Deuda interna / Veronico Cruz Argentina -- Duhová kulicka (1987) Czechoslovakia -- Emanon -- Family Sins -- The Garbage Pail Kids Movie -- The Gate -- Going Bananas -- Hansel and Gretel -- Harry and the Hendersons -- A Hobo's Christmas -- Hol volt, hol nem volt / A Hungarian Fairy Tale Hungary -- Il est génial papy! (1987) France -- It Couldn't Happen Here (1987) UK -- Jim & piraterna Blom / Jim and the Pirates Sweden -- Kam doskáce ranní ptáce / How to Double Yourself Czechoslovakia -- Kelid / The Key Iran -- Khane-ye doust kodjast? / Where Is the Friend's Home? Iran -- Kindheit (1987) East Germany -- The Kitchen Toto (1987) UK -- Kobieta samotna / A Lonely Woman Poland -- Kung-fu Master! / Kung Fu Master France -- Lionheart / Lionheart: The Children's Crusade -- The Lost Boys -- Mälarpirater (1987) Sweden -- The Man Who Fell to Earth -- Mariana, Mariana (1987) Mexico -- Mer om oss barn i Bullerbyn / More About the Children of Noisy Village Sweden -- Mio min Mio / The Land of Faraway Soviet Union -- The Monster Squad -- Neobyknovennyye priklyucheniya Karika i Vali / Karik and Valya's -- Remarkable Adventures Soviet Union -- Ngati (1987) New Zealand -- Over the Top -- Pehavý Max a strasidlá (1987) Czechoslovakia -- Piter Pen (1987) Soviet Union -- Promis... juré! (1987) France -- Un Ragazzo di Calabria / The Boy from Calabria Italy -- Ralph S. Mouse -- Russkies -- Scared Stiff / The Masterson Curse -- Someone to Watch Over Me -- Stone Fox -- Szamárköhögés / Whooping Cough Hungary -- Szeleburdi vakáció (1987) Hungary -- Taking Care of Terrific (1987) Canada -- A Time to Remember -- When Nature Calls / The Outdoorsters -- The Witching of Ben Wagner -- Young Detectives on Wheels (1987) New Zealand -- Young Harry Houdini