Best movies of 1987

Actors : Ronny Cox, Judge Reinhold, Eddie Murphy, Jürgen Prochnow,
Directors : Tony Scott,

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.

Actors : Helen Martin, Robert Townsend, Starletta DuPois, Craigus R. Johnson,
Directors : Robert Townsend,

An actor limited to stereotypical roles because of his ethnicity, dreams of making it big as a highly respected performer. As he makes his rounds, the film takes a satiric look at African American actors in Hollywood.

Actors : Christine Kaufmann, CCH Pounder, Marianne Sägebrecht, Jack Palance,
Directors : Percy Adlon,

A lonely German woman ends up in the most desolate motel on Earth and decides to make it brighter.

Actors : Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall, Daryl Hannah, Steve Martin,
Directors : Fred Schepisi,

The large-nosed C.D. Bales is in love with the beautiful Roxanne; she falls for his personality but another man's looks.

Actors : Charlotte Rampling, Mickey Rourke, Lisa Bonet, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Alan Parker,

Harry Angel is a private investigator. He is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer called Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.

Actors : Susan Blakely, Sylvester Stallone, Rick Zumwalt, Robert Loggia,
Directors : Menahem Golan,

Tough trucker Lincoln Hawk is determined to win back his son and triumph at the world arm wrestling championships.

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Ralph Brown, Richard Griffiths,
Directors : Bruce Robinson,

At the end of the 1960's, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous.

Actors : José Lewgoy, Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, Salvatore Basile,
Directors : Werner Herzog,

During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil.

Actors : Kim Greist, Danny DeVito, Anne Ramsey, Billy Crystal,
Directors : Danny DeVito,

A bitter ex-husband and a put-upon momma's boy both want their respective former spouse and mother dead. Who will pull it off?

Actors : William Daniels, Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Larroquette,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

Walter Davis is a workaholic. His attention is all to his work and very little to his personal life or appearance. Now he needs a date to take to his company's business dinner with a new ...

Actors : Raphael Fejtö, Stanislas Carré de Malberg, Francine Racette, Gaspard Manesse,
Directors : Louis Malle,

A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.

Actors : Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Billy Barty, Dolph Lundgren,
Directors : Gary Goddard,

The heroic warrior He-Man battles against lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull.

Actors : Mia Farrow, Paul Herman, Dianne Wiest, Mike Starr,
Directors : Woody Allen,

A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.

Actors : Craig Smith, Mike Minett, Terry Potter, Pete O'Herne,
Directors : Peter Jackson,

The population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain.

Actors : Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Margaret Whitton, Richard Jordan,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

A talented young man can't get an executive position without rising through the ranks, so he comes up with a shortcut, which also benefits his love life.

Actors : Vincent Hirsch, Joseph Diamand, Y.K. Kim, Maurice Smith,

A martial arts rock band goes up against a band of motorcycle ninjas who have tightened their grip on Florida's narcotics trade.

Actors : Michael Gelting, Colin Gilder, Allan De Waal, Ole Ernst,
Directors : Lars von Trier,

A film director and a script writer (performed by Lars von Trier and Niels Vørsel themselves) write a screenplay, in which an epidemic spreads about the whole world. Like the protagonist ...

Actors : Stephen Macht, Andre Gower, Duncan Regehr, Robby Kiger,
Directors : Fred Dekker,

A young group of monster fanatics attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters.

Actors : Mike Nussbaum, Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Lilia Skala,
Directors : David Mamet,

A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.

Actors : Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Peña,
Directors : Matthew Robbins,

Apartment block tenants seek the aid of alien mechanical life-forms to save their building from demolition.