1987 in film

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1 Events
2 Top grossing films (U.S.)
3 Awards
4 Films released in 1987
- 4.1 ;#
- 4.2 A-C
- 4.3 D-F
- 4.4 G-H
- 4.5 I-K
- 4.6 L-N
- 4.7 O-Q
- 4.8 R-S
- 4.9 T-V
- 4.10 W-Z
5 Births
6 Deaths
7 Film debuts

Events

January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records.
July 17 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is rereleased and celebrated for its 50th birthday.

Top grossing films (U.S.)

Rank	Title	Studio	Actor/Actress	Director	Gross
1.	Three Men and a Baby	Touchstone	Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg	Leonard Nimoy	$167,780,960
2.	Fatal Attraction	Paramount	Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer	Adrian Lyne	$156,645,693
3.	Beverly Hills Cop II	Paramount	Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Brigitte Nielsen, John Ashton, Paul Reiser	Tony Scott	$153,665,036
4.	Good Morning, Vietnam	Touchstone	Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker	Barry Levinson	$123,922,370
5.	Moonstruck	MGM	Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia, Danny Aiello	Norman Jewison	$80,640,528
6.	The Untouchables	Paramount	Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Andy García, Charles Martin Smith	Brian De Palma	$76,270,454
7.	The Secret of My Success	Universal	Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Margaret Whitton, Richard Jordan	Herbert Ross	$66,995,879
8.	Stakeout	Touchstone	Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez	John Badham	$65,673,233
9.	Lethal Weapon	Warner Bros.	Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey	Richard Donner	$65,207,127
10.	The Witches of Eastwick	Warner Bros	Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer	George Miller	$63,766,510

source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1987&p=.htm

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: The Last Emperor - Hemdale, Columbia

Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor

Best Actor: Michael Douglas - Wall Street

Best Actress: Cher - Moonstruck

Best Supporting Actor: Sean Connery - The Untouchables

Best Supporting Actress: Olympia Dukakis - Moonstruck

Best Foreign Language Film: Babette's Feast (Babettes Gæstebud), directed by Gabriel Axel, Denmark

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: The Last Emperor

Best Actor: Michael Douglas - Wall Street

Best Actress: Sally Kirkland - Anna

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: Hope and Glory

Best Actor: Robin Williams - Good Morning, Vietnam

Best Actress: Cher - Moonstruck

Other

Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor

Best Foreign Language Film: My Life as a Dog, Sweden

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan), directed by Maurice Pialat, France

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Au revoir, les enfants (Goodbye, Children), directed by Louis Malle, France / W. Germany

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Tema (1979) (The Theme), directed by Gleb Panfilov, USSR

Films released in 1987

Births

February 21 - Ashley Greene, actress
April 9 - Jesse McCartney, actor and singer
April 12 - Brendon Urie, Panic! at the Disco vocalist
April 27 - William Moseley, actor
September 22 - Tom Felton, actor
September 28 - Hilary Duff
September 7 - Evan Rachel Wood, actress
September 11 - Tyler Hoechlin, actor
October 18 - Zac Efron, actor
November 5 - Kevin Jonas, musician

Deaths

January 14 - Douglas Sirk, director
January 15 - Ray Bolger, actor, singer, dancer
February 27 - Joan Greenwood, actress
March 3 - Danny Kaye, actor
March 21 - Robert Preston, actor, singer
May 14 - Rita Hayworth, actress
June 1 - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, director
June 22 - Fred Astaire, actor, singer, dancer
July 3 - Viola Dana, actress
July 7 - Hannelore Schroth, actress
July 31 - Joseph E. Levine, producer
August 1 - Pola Negri, actress
August 17 - Clarence Brown, director
August 28 - John Huston, actor, director
August 29 - Lee Marvin, actor
September 4 - Richard Marquand, director
September 13 - Mervyn LeRoy, director
September 23 - Bob Fosse, director and choreographer
September 25 - Mary Astor, actress
September 25 - Emlyn Williams, actor
October 2 - Madeleine Carroll, actress
October 13 - Kishore Kumar, actor, singer
December 4 - Rouben Mamoulian, director

Film debuts

Sandra Bullock - Hangmen
Patricia Clarkson - The Untouchables
Gong Li - Red Sorghum
Ben Stiller - Empire of the Sun
Alec Baldwin - Forever, Lulu
Courteney Cox - Down Twisted
George Clooney - Return to Horror High
Patricia Arquette - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Joely Fisher - Pretty Smart
Chris Rock - Beverly Hills Cop II
David Spade - Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Jason Bateman - Teen Wolf Too
Anthony LaPaglia - Cold Steel
Stephen Dorff - The Gate
Nathan Lane - Ironweed
Kenneth Branagh - A Month in the Country
Brad Pitt - No Man's Land

Film by year

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1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 and beyond