Top Favorite Films of 1987

Directed by Joe Camp

Starring Benjean, Red Steagall, Nancy Francis, Mike Francis, Ben Vaughn, and featuring voices of Frank Inn, Joe Camp, Karen Thorndike, and Steve Zanolini

Directed by Chris Columbus

Starring Elizabeth Shue, Penelope Ann Miller, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Calvin Levels, George Newbern, Vincent D'Onofrio, John Ford Noonan, John Hemphill, Ron Canada, Bradley Whitford, John Davis Chandler, Charlene Shipp, Andrew Shue, Clark Johnson, Southside Johnny Lyon, Albert Collins, Sandra Shuman, Monica Devereaux, Dan Ziskie and Lolita Davidovich

Directed by Joe Roth

Starring Robert Carradine, Bradley Whitford, Curtis Armstrong, James Hong, Courtney Thorne Smith, Donald Gibb, James Cromwell, Anthony Edwards, Larry B. Scott, Donald Gibb, Ed Lauter, and Jack Gilpin

Directed by Chuck Russell

Starring Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Patricia Arquette, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Wesson, Ken Sagoes, Jennifer Rubin, Rodney Eastman, Bradley Gregg, Dick Cavett, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Penelope Sudrow, Priscilla Pointer, Brooke Bundy, and John Saxon

Directed by Ethan Wiley

Starring Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark, Bill Maher, Amy Yasbeck, Lar Park Lincoln, Royal Dano, John Ratzenberger, Gregory Walcott, Dwier Brown, Dean Cleverdon, Kane Hodder, Gil Birmingham, Doug McHugh, Devin DeVasquez, Lenora May, Ronn Carroll, Gus Rethwisch, Mitzi Kapture and featuring voice of Frank Welker

Directed by Jack Sholder

Starring Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian, Clarence Felder, Clu Gulager, Ed O'Ross, William Boyett, Richard Brooks, Larry Cedar, Danny Trejo, Ted White, Barbara Cannon, Lin Shaye, Whitney Reis, Jack McGee, Joesph Whipp, and Kristen Clayton

 

Directed by Dario Argento

Starring Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Antonella Vitale, William McNamara, Barbara Cupisti, Antonino Iuorio, Carola Stagnaro, Francesca Cassola, Maurizio Garrone, Michele Soavi, and featuring voices of Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Michele Pertusi, and Dario Argento

Directed by Sam Raimi

Starring Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Lou Hancock, Ted Raimi, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley DePaiva, Denise Bixler, Scott Spiegel, Richard Domeier, and John Peakes

Directed by Peter Jackson

Starring Peter Jackson, Terry Potter, Peter O'Herne, Mike Minett, Doug Wren, Dean Lawrie, and featuring voice of Peter Vere Jones

Directed by Charles Shyer

Starring Diane Keaton, Harold Ramis, Sam Shepard, Michelle Kennedy, Kristina Kennedy, Sam Wanamaker, James Spader, Pat Hingle, Mary Gross, Elizabeth Bennett, Beverly Todd, Victoria Jackson, Linda Ellerbee, Chris Noth, and Paxton Whitehead

Directed by Woo Sang Park and Y.K. Kim

Starring Y.K. Kim, Vincent Hirsch, Joseph Diamand, Maurice Smith, Angelo Janotti, Kathy Collier, William Ergle, Si Y Jo, and Woo Sang Park

Directed by Joel Schumacher

Starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Alex Winter, Dianne Weist, Barnard Hughes, Kiefer Sutherland, Edward Herrmann, Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Jamison Newlander, Chance Michael Corbitt, Billy Wirth, Brooke McCarter, Kelly Jo Minter, and Timmy Cappello

Directed by Carl Reiner

Starring Mark Harmon, Kristie Alley, Courtney Thorne Smith, Robin Thomas, Patrick Labyorteaux, Dean Cameron, Kelly Jo Minter, Gary Riley, Ken Olandt, Shawnee Smith, Richard Steven Horvitz, Amy Stock Poyton, Beau Starr, Fabiana Udenio, and Carl Reiner

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

Starring Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Tim Thomerson, Joshua John Miller, Marcie Leeds, Troy Evans, James Le Gros, Billy Beck, and Kenny Call

Directed by Tibor Takacs

Starring Stephen Dorff, Christa Denton, Louis Tripp, Kelly Rowan, Jennifer Irwin, Deborah Grover, Scot Denton, Ingrid Veninger, and Sean Fagan

Directed by Fred Dekker

Starring Andre Gower, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht, Jon Gries, Tom Noonan, Ryan Lambert, Duncan Regehr, Brent Chalem, Ashley Bank, Michael Faustino, Mary Ellen Trainor, Leonard Cimino, Stan Shaw, Lisa Fuller, Jason Hervey, Adam Carl, Carl Thibault, Tom Woodruff Jr., Jack Gwillim, Michael Reid McKay, and David Proval

Directed by Emile Ardolino

Starring Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach, Wayne Knight, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston, Max Cantor, Kelly Bishop, Jane Bruckner, Neal Jones, Charles "Honi" Coles, Paula Trueman, and Alvin Myerovich

Directed by James Toback

Starring Molly Ringwald, Robert Downey Jr., Dennis Hopper, Harvey Keitel, Danny Aiello, Vanessa Williams, Tony Sirico, Joe Spinelli, Polly Draper, Fred Koehler, Robert Towne, Victoria Jackson, Christine Baranski, Bob Gunton, Victor Argo, and Reni Santoni

 

Directed by Leonard Nimoy

Starring Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg, Lisa Blair, Nancy Travis, Margaret Colin, Alexandra Amini, Dave Foley, Michelle Blair, Billy Kay, Philip Bosco, Derek De Lint, Earl Hindman, Paul Gulifoyle, Camilla Scott, Celeste Holm, Jackie Richardson, and Colin Quinn

Directed by Mel Brooks

Starring Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Mel Brooks, Rhonda Shear, Jim J. Bullock, John Candy, Rick Moranis, John Hurt, Lorene Yarnell, Dian Gallup, Denise Gallup, Sandy Helbig, Dick Van Patten, Stephen Tobolowski, Michael Winslow, Tony Cox, Dey Young, George Wyner, Jack Riley, Jeff MacGregor, Ronny Graham, Rudy De Luca, Brenda Strong, Arturo Gil, Tim Russ, Felix Silla, Michael York, Ed Gale, Rob Paulsen, Dick Warlock, Rick Ducommun and featuring voices of Dom DeLuise and Julie Pitkanen

Directed by John Carpenter

Starring Alice Cooper, Jamison Parker, Dennis Dun, Lisa Blount, Donald Pleasance, Victor Wong, Susan Blanchard, Anne Marie Howard, Ann Yen, Dirk Blocker, Peter Jason, Thom Bray, and Jessie Ferguson

Directed by Richard Donner

Starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Mitch Ryan, Darlene Love, Gary Busey, Jackie Swanson, Tom Atkins, Traci Wolfe, Damon Hines, Lydia Naff, Ebonie Smith, Mary Ellen Trainor, Grand L. Bush, Steve Kahan, Al Leong, Jack Thibeau, Ed O'Ross, Sven Ole Thorsen, and Joan Severance

Directed by Tim Hunter

Starring Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Rozana Zal, Ione Skye, Daniel Roebuck, Joshua John Miller, Josh Richman, Mike Bronk, Tom Bower, Jim Metzler, Danyi Deats, Leo Rossi, and Taylor Negron

 

Directed by Stanley Kubrick

Starring R. Lee Emery, Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dorian Harewood, Kevyn Major Howard, Arliss Howard, Ed O'Ross, Jerry Terry, Papillion Soo, Kieron Jecchinis, Bruce Boa, Kirk Taylor, Sal Lopez, Ian Tyler, and Jon Stafford

Directed by Clive Barker

Starring Doug Bradley, Andrew Robinson, Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Sean Chapman, Oliver Smith, Robert Hines, Frank Baker, Kenneth Nelson, Grace Kirby, Nicholas Vince, and Simon Bamford

Directed by Michael Gornick

Starring George Kennedy, Tom Savini, Page Hannah, Philip Dore, Dorothy Lamour, Frank Salsedo, Stephen King, Holt McCallany, Dan Karmin, Domenick John, David Holbrook, Don Harvey, Dean Smith, Daniel Beer, Tom Wright, Richard Parks, and featuring voice of Joe Silver

Directed by Tom Mankiewicz

Starring Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Henry Morgan, Alexandra Paul, Jack O'Halloran, Christopher Plummer, Dabney Coleman, Elizabeth Ashley, Shannon Tweed, Kathleen Freeman, Bruce Gray, Lenka Peterson, Nina Arvesen, Ava Fabian, Kimberly Foster, Lisa London, and Dona Spier

Directed by Danny DeVito

Starring Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Anne Ramsey, Kim Geist, Oprah Winfrey, Kate Mulgrew, Bradford Marsalis, Bruno Kirby, Rob Reiner, Annie Ross, Raye Birk, Olivia Brown, and Peter Brocco

Directed by John Hughes

Starring Steve Martin, John Candy, Edie McClure, Lalia Robins, Micheal McKean, Dylan Baker, Kevin Bacon, Carol Bruce, Olivia Brunette, Diana Douglas, Martin Ferreo, Bill Erwin, Matthew Laurence, Richard Herd, Larry Hankin, Gary Riley, Charles Tyner, Ben Stein, Troy Evans, Lyman Ward, and William Windom

Directed by Alan Parker

Starring Mickey Rourke, Lisa Bonet, Robert DeNiro, Charlotte Rampling, Stocker Fontelieu, Brownie McGhee, Micheal Higgins, Elizabeth Whitcraft, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Kathleen Wilhoite, Judith Drake, and Mark L. Taylor

Directed by George Miller

Starring Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon, Cher, Veronica Cartwright, Richard Jenkins, Becca Lish, Keith Jochim, Carel Struychen, Helen Lloyd Breed, and Caroline Struzik

Directed by Marek Kanieveska

Starring Robert Downey Jr, James Spader, Brad Pitt, James Spader, Jami Getz, Anthony Kiedis, Andrew McCarthy, Flea, Tony Bill, Kelly Wolf, Neith Hunter, Brian Wimmer, Lisanne Falk, Nicholas Pryor, Donna Mitchell, Michael Bowen, and Sarah Buxton

Directed by John McTiernan

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jesse Ventura, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Sonny Landham, Richard Chaves, R.G. Armstrong, Kevin Peter Hall, Shane Black, Steve Boyum, and featuring voice of Peter Cullen

Directed by John Badham

Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeline Stowe, Forest Whitaker, Dan Lauria, Aidan Quinn, Earl Billings, Jackson Davies, Beatrice Boepple, Kyle Wodia, Jan Speck, Don S. Davis, Roger Dean, Elizabeth Bracco, and Blu Mankuma

Directed by Herbert Ross

Starring Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Bruce McGill, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton, John Pankow, Christopher Murney, Gary Bamman, Fred Gwynne, Carol Ann Susi, Cindy Crawford, Elizabeth Franz, Drew Snyder, Susan Kellerman, Barton Heyman, Mercedes Ruehl, Ira Wheeler, Rick Aviles, Christopher Durang, and Bill Fagerbakke

Directed by Luis Valdez

Starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Joe Pantoliano, Rosanna DeSato, Marshall Crenshaw, Elizabeth Pena, Danielle von Zerneck, Rick Dees, Howard Huntsberry, Brian Setzer, Daniel Valdez, Felipe Cantu, Eddie Frias, Mike Moroff, Geoffrey Rivas, Sam Anderson, Stephen Lee, Jeffrey Allen Chandler, Nobel Willingham, Dyana Ortelli, and Tony Genaro

Directed by Philip Michael Glaser

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mick Fleetwood, Jesse Ventura, Dweezil Zappa, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown, Richard Dawson, Erland van Lidth, Marvin J. McIntyre, Gus Rethwisch, Professor Toru Tanaka, Sven Ole Thorsen, Edward Bunker, Kurt Fuller, Ken Lerner, Dey Young, Don Hardy, George P. Wilbur, Lynne Marie Stewart, Franco Columbu, Lin Shaye, Boyd Kestner, Greg Lewis, Maureen Flaherty and featuring voice of Rodger Bumpass

Directed by John Irwin

Starring Courtney B. Vance, Don Cheadle, Michael Boatman, Anthony Barrile, Michael Dolan, Don James, Dylan McDermott, Michael A. Nickles, Harry OReilly, Daniel O'Shea, Tim Quill, Tommy Swerdlow, Steven Weber, Tegan West, and Doug Goodman

Directed by Paul Verhoeven

Starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Miguel Ferrer, Felton Perry, Kurtwood Smith, Jesse B. Goins, Calvin Jung, Paul McCrane, Ray Wise, Robert DoQui, Leeza Gibbons, Mario Mercado, Michael Hunter, Bill Farmer, Jason Levine, Angie Bolling, Jerry Haynes, Freddie Hice, Del Zamora, Rick Lieberman, Kevin Page, Laird Stuart, S.D. Nemeth and Adrianne Sachs

Directed by Adrian Lyne

Starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Foley, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Stuart Pankin, Fred Gwynn, Stuart Pankin, Meg Mundy, Lois Smith, Jane Krakowski, Mike Nussbaum, Mary Joy, Anna Levine, David McCharen, Jonathan Brandis, and Jan Rabson

Directed by Oliver Stone

Starring Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Daryl Hannah, John C. McGinley, Hal Holbrook, James Karen, Chuck Pfeiffer, Franklin Cover, Leslie Lyles, Tamara Tunie, Martin Sheen, John Capodice, Josh Mostel, Lauren Tom, Andrea Thompson, James Spader, Terence Stamp, Sean Young, Anna Levine, Paul Gulifoyle, Carol Schneider, Saul Rubinek, Sylvia Miles, Richard Dysart, and Millie Perkins

Directed by Tony Scott

Starring Eddie Murphy, Bridgette Nielsen, Chris Rock, Judge Reinhold, Paul Reiser, Ronny Cox, Jurgen Prochnow, Hugh Hefner, John Ashton, Allan Garfield, Gilbert Gottfried, Dean Stockwell, Paul Gulifoyle, Robert Ridgley, Glenn Withrow, Stephen Liska, Tom Bower, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Robert Pastorelli, and Rudy Ramos

Directed by James L. Brooks

Starring William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Joan Cusack, Peter Hackles, Christian Clemenson, Jack Nicholson, Stephen Mendillo, Leo Burmester, Marc Shaiman, Martha Smith and John Cusack

Directed by Rob Reiner

Starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patikin, Chris Sarandon, Billy Crystal, Andre The Giant, Wallace Shawn, Fred Savage, Peter Falk, Mel Smith, Carol Kane, Anne Dyson, Margery Mason, Willoughby Gray, Betsy Brantley, and Paul Badger

Directed by William Dear

Starring John Lithgow, Kevin Peter Hall, Margaret Langrick, Melinda Dillon, David Suchet, Joshua Rudoy, Don Ameche, Lainie Kazan, M. Emmett Walsh, Debbie Lee Carrington, and voice of Fred Newman

Directed by Brian De Palma

Starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Brad Sullivan, Billy Drago, Del Close, Patricia Clarkson, Don Harvey, John Barrowman and Chelcie Ross

Directed by Joseph Ruben

Starring Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelly Hack, Charles Lanyer, Stephen Shellen, Stephen E. Miller, Robyn Stevan, Jeff Schultz, Jackson Davies, Blu Mankuma, Gabrielle Rose, and Don S. Williams

Directed by Bruce Pittman

Starring Wendy Lyons, Michael Ironside, Lisa Schrage, Louis Ferreria, Richard Monette, Brock Simpson, Beverly Hendry, Terri Hawkes, John Pyper Ferguson, and Vincent Gale

Directed by Joe Dante

Starring Martin Short, Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, Robert Picardo, Vernon Wells, Fiona Lewis, Wendy Schaal, Harold Sylvester, Andrea Martin, Joe Flaherty, Kevin Hooks, Orson Bean, Henry Gibson, Mark L. Taylor, Kathleen Freeman, Archie Hahn, Kenneth Tobey, Terence McGowan, Rance Howard, Chuck Jones, Alan Blumenfeld, and voice of Neil Ross

Directed by Richard Attenbourgh

Starring Denzil Washington, Kevin Kline, Juanita Waterman, John Matshikiza, Josette Simon, Kevin McNally, Penelope Wilton, Kate Hardie, Timothy West, Zakes Mokae, John Thaw, Ian Richardson, Julian Glover, Joseph Marcell, Judy Cornwell, and Ian McNeice