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The following is an overview of events in 1987 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Paramount Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1987. Seven popular films (The Color Purple, The Aristocats, Make Mine Music, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Melody Time, Cinderella and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad) were re-released in theaters.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1987 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three Men and a Baby | Buena Vista | $167,780,960 |
| 2 | Fatal Attraction | Paramount | $156,645,693 |
| 3 | Beverly Hills Cop II | $153,665,036 | |
| 4 | Good Morning, Vietnam | Buena Vista | $123,922,370 |
| 5 | Moonstruck | MGM | $80,640,528 |
| 6 | The Untouchables | Paramount | $76,270,454 |
| 7 | The Secret of My Success | Universal | $66,995,000 |
| 8 | Stakeout | Buena Vista | $65,673,233 |
| 9 | Lethal Weapon | Warner Bros. | $65,207,127 |
| 10 | The Witches of Eastwick | $63,766,510 |
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.
- February - Blue Sky Studios is founded by Chris Wedge.
- May 23 – Starlog Salutes Star Wars is held in Los Angeles, California, the first officially sponsored Star Wars convention to commemorate the franchise's 10th anniversary.
- June 29 – The James Bond franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary and premieres its 15th film, The Living Daylights
- July 17 – Walt Disney's classic masterpiece Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is re-released worldwide for its 50th anniversary.
- 1987 – Paramount Pictures launches a new on-screen logo to celebrate its 75th anniversary, a variant used until 1989, and the standard variant of this logo was used from 1989 to 2002.
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
- 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
1987 films
By country/region
- List of American films of 1987
- List of Argentine films of 1987
- List of Australian films of 1987
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1987
- List of British films of 1987
- List of Canadian films of 1987
- List of French films of 1987
- List of Hong Kong films of 1987
- List of Indian films of 1987
- List of Japanese films of 1987
- List of Mexican films of 1987
- List of Pakistani films of 1987
- List of South Korean films of 1987
- List of Soviet films of 1987
- List of Spanish films of 1987
By genre/medium
- List of action films of 1987
- List of animated feature films of 1987
- List of avant-garde films of 1987
- List of comedy films of 1987
- List of drama films of 1987
- List of horror films of 1987
- List of science fiction films of 1987
- List of thriller films of 1987
- List of western films of 1987
Births
- January 1 – Gia Coppola, American director and screenwriter
- January 2 – Shelley Hennig, American actress and model
- January 5
- Fabiola Guajardo, Mexican actress and model
- Jason Mitchell, American actor
- January 7 – Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
- January 8
- Cynthia Erivo, British actress
- Freddie Stroma, British actor and model
- January 9 - Nicola Coughlan, Irish actress
- January 12 – Naya Rivera, American actress, singer, and model (died 2020)
- January 13 – Max Van Ville, American DJ, producer, and actor
- January 16 – Carrie Keranen, voice actress, production manager, producer, and voice director
- January 18
- Ingvild Deila, Norwegian actress
- Zane Holtz, Canadian actor and model
- January 20 – Evan Peters, American actor and producer
- January 31 - Victor Ortiz, American professional boxer and actor
- February 1
- Heather Morris, American actress, dancer, singer, and model
- Ronda Rousey, American professional wrestler and actress
- February 4 – Lewis Tan, English actor and martial artist
- February 5
- Adassa, American singer-songwriter and voice actress
- Darren Criss, American actor, singer, and songwriter
- Henry Golding, Malaysian-British actor and television host
- Raymond Lee, American actor
- February 6 - Natalia Reyes, Colombian actress
- February 7 – Doua Moua, American actor
- February 9
- Michael B. Jordan, American actor and film producer
- Rose Leslie, Scottish actress
- February 11 – Julio Torres, Salvadoran writer, comedian, and actor
- February 17 – Ísis Valverde, Brazilian actress
- February 20
- Cortney Palm, American actress
- Daniella Pineda, American actress
- Miles Teller, American actor
- February 21
- Ashley Greene, actress
- Elliot Page, Canadian actor
- February 28 – Michelle Horn, American actress
- March 4 – Tamzin Merchant, English actress and author
- March 8
- Tobe Nwigwe, American rapper, singer and actor
- Milana Vayntrub, American actress and comedian
- March 9 - Bow Wow, American rapper and actor
- March 10 – Ser'Darius Blain, Haitian-American actor
- March 20 – Rollo Weeks, British former actor
- March 22 – Billy Kametz, American voice actor (died 2022)
- March 26 – Josh Herdman, English actor and mixed martial artist
- March 28 – Jimmy Wong, American actor and musician
- April 1 – Mackenzie Davis, Canadian actress, producer and model
- April 3 – Rachel Bloom, American actress, comedian, writer, singer-songwriter, and producer
- April 4 – Sarah Gadon, actress
- April 6 - Jerrod Carmichael, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and filmmaker
- April 7 - Richard Pyros, British-Australian actor
- April 9 – Jesse McCartney, actor, singer-songwriter and voice actor
- April 10 – Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress and model
- April 12
- Brooklyn Decker, American actress and model
- Ilana Glazer, American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer and director
- April 16 - Jack Cutmore-Scott, English actor
- April 18 - Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, British actress and model
- April 19
- Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress
- Courtland Mead, American actor
- April 20 – John Patrick Amedori, American actor and musician
- April 21 - Meng'er Zhang, Chinese actress
- April 27 – William Moseley, English actor
- April 28 – Tonia Sotiropoulou, Greek actress
- May 5 – Jessie Cave, English actress and comedian
- May 7 - Maya Erskine, American actress
- May 8 – Aneurin Barnard, Welsh actor
- May 13 – Hunter Parrish, American actor and singer
- May 27 – Bella Heathcote, Australian actress and model
- May 28 – Jessica Rothe, American actress
- May 31 – Meredith Hagner, American actress
- June 3 - Lalaine, American actress and singer-songwriter
- June 6 – Daniel Logan, New Zealand-born American actor
- June 11 – Jimmy O. Yang, Hong Kong-American actor, stand-up comedian and writer
- June 12 - Abbey Lee, Australian actress and musician
- June 19 - Beattie Edmondson, English actress
- June 22 – Joe Dempsie, English actor
- June 23 - Edward Holcroft, English actor
- June 25
- Scott Terra, American former actor
- Mary Tsoni, Greek actress and singer (d. 2017)
- June 26 – Valerie Pachner, Austrian actress
- June 27 – Ed Westwick, English film and television actor
- July 3 - Chad Broskey, American actor
- July 6 – Matt O'Leary, American actor
- July 7 – Julianna Guill, American actress
- July 11 – Cristina Vee, American voice actress
- July 15 – Jimmy Rees, Australian entertainer
- July 25 – Michael Welch, American actor
- July 26
- Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress
- Hallie Meyers-Shyer, American actress and filmmaker
- July 27 – Mara Wilson, actress and writer
- July 29 – Genesis Rodriguez, American actress and model
- July 31 – Brittany Byrnes, Australian actress
- August 2 - Hannah Hoekstra, Dutch actress
- August 8 – Katie Leung, Scottish film, television, and stage actress
- August 18
- Mika Boorem, American actress and filmmaker
- Óscar Catacora, Peruvian director, screenwriter and cinematographer (died 2021)
- August 19 – Manny Jacinto, Canadian actor
- August 21 – Cody Kasch, American actor
- August 25
- Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
- Blake Lively, American actress, model, and director
- Chloe Pirrie, Scottish actress
- Liu Yifei, Chinese-American actress, singer, and model
- August 30 - Johanna Braddy, American actress
- September 7 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress, model, and musician
- September 8
- Ray Fisher, American actor
- Wiz Khalifa, American Rapper
- Domee Shi, Chinese-Canadian animator, storyboard artist and director
- September 10 - Tunji Kasim, Scottish actor
- September 11
- Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
- Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress
- September 14
- Jessica Brown Findlay, English actress
- Davide Tucci, Maltese-Italian actor
- September 15 - Christian Cooke, English actor
- September 17 – Augustus Prew, English actor
- September 19 – Danielle Panabaker, American actress
- September 20 – Sarah Natochenny, American voice actress
- September 21 – Ryan Guzman, American actor
- September 22
- Tom Felton, English actor
- Teyonah Parris, American actress
- September 23 – Skylar Astin, American actor and singer
- September 24
- Spencer Treat Clark, American actor
- Grey Damon, American actor
- September 28 – Hilary Duff, actress, singer, songwriter, and businesswoman
- September 29
- David Del Rio, American actor, director and producer
- Anaïs Demoustier, French actress
- September 30 - Mahaley Patel, American actress
- October 1 – Michaela Coel, British actress and screenwriter
- October 9 - Melissa Villaseñor, American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and musician
- October 11 - Mike Conley Jr., American Basketball Player
- October 14 – Jay Pharoah, American actor and stand-up comedian
- October 16 – Zhao Liying, Chinese actress
- October 18 – Zac Efron, actor and singer
- October 24 – Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor
- November 1 - Jamie Demetriou, English comedian, actor and screenwriter
- November 5 – Kevin Jonas, American singer-songwriter and actor (Jonas Brothers)
- November 9 – Jennifer Holland, American actress
- November 10 - Andrew Koji, British actor and martial artist
- DJ Augustin, American Basketball Player
- November 11
- Melanie Liburd, British actress
- Ludi Lin, Chinese-born Canadian actor and model
- November 12 – Kengo Kora, Japanese actor
- November 14 – Brian Gleeson, Irish actor
- November 18 – Jake Abel, American actor and singer
- November 23 – Vallo Kirs, Estonian actor
- November 27 – Lashana Lynch, Jamaican-British actress
- November 28 – Karen Gillan, Scottish actress and filmmaker
- December 1 - Sarah Snook, Australian actress
- December 3 – Michael Angarano, American actor
- December 4 - Orlando Brown, American actor, rapper and singer
- December 6 - Idara Victor, American actress
- December 8 – Aria Curzon, American actress
- December 11 – Moe Dunford, Irish actor
- December 16 - Hallee Hirsh, American actress
- December 21 – Khris Davis, American actor
- December 28 – Adam Gregory, American actor
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | David Maysles | 55 | US | Documentarian | |
| 9 | Arthur Lake | 81 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | Douglas Sirk | 89 | Germany | Director | ||
| 15 | Ray Bolger | 83 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 15 | George Markstein | 60 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| 16 | Joyce Jameson | 54 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | Norman McLaren | 72 | UK | Animator, Director | ||
| February | 1 | Alessandro Blasetti | 86 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | |
| 22 | David Susskind | 66 | US | Producer | ||
| 23 | William Rose | 68 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 23 | Esmond Knight | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
| 25 | James Coco | 56 | US | Actor | ||
| 25 | John Collin | 58 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | Joan Greenwood | 65 | UK | Actress | ||
| March | 2 | Randolph Scott | 89 | US | Actor | |
| 3 | Danny Kaye | 74 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 7 | Henri Decaë | 71 | France | Cinematographer | ||
| 7 | Waldo Salt | 72 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 21 | Dean Paul Martin | 35 | US | Actor | ||
| 21 | Robert Preston | 68 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | Morton Haack | 62 | US | Costume Designer | ||
| 27 | William Bowers | 71 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 28 | Patrick Troughton | 67 | UK | Actor | ||
| April | 6 | Philip M. Jefferies | 61 | US | Production Designer | |
| 11 | Kent Taylor | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Dick Shawn | 63 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | Milt Kahl | 78 | US | Animator | ||
| May | 2 | Michael Gover | 73 | UK | Actor | |
| 4 | Paul Groesse | 81 | US | Art Director | ||
| 7 | Colin Blakely | 56 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| 14 | Rita Hayworth | 68 | US | Actress | ||
| 21 | Alejandro Rey | 57 | Argentina | Actor | ||
| 24 | Hermione Gingold | 89 | UK | Actress | ||
| 29 | Howard Shoup | 83 | US | Costume Designer | ||
| June | 1 | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | 72 | India | Director, Screenwriter | |
| 3 | Will Sampson | 53 | US | Actor | ||
| 6 | Fulton Mackay | 64 | UK | Actor | ||
| 8 | Daniel Mandell | 91 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 10 | Elizabeth Hartman | 43 | US | Actress | ||
| 11 | Dan Vadis | 49 | China | Actor | ||
| 13 | Geraldine Page | 62 | US | Actress | ||
| 22 | Fred Astaire | 88 | US | Actor | ||
| 24 | Jackie Gleason | 71 | US | Actor | ||
| July | 1 | Jerry Livingston | 78 | US | Songwriter | |
| 3 | Viola Dana | 90 | US | Actress | ||
| 5 | Phil Abramson | 54 | US | Set Decorator | ||
| 7 | Hannelore Schroth | 65 | Germany | Actress | ||
| 12 | Harold Goodwin | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | Alfie Bass | 71 | UK | Actor | ||
| 17 | Yūjirō Ishihara | 52 | Japan | Actor, Singer | ||
| 20 | Richard Egan | 65 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | Adele Comandini | 89 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 31 | Joseph E. Levine | 81 | US | Producer | ||
| August | 1 | Pola Negri | 90 | Poland | Actress | |
| 17 | Clarence Brown | 97 | US | Director | ||
| 17 | Shaike Ophir | 58 | Israel | Actor | ||
| 19 | Hayden Rorke | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 21 | Bombolo | 56 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 22 | Ted Sherdeman | 78 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 28 | John Huston | 81 | US | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | Lee Marvin | 63 | US | Actor | ||
| September | 1 | Philip Friend | 72 | UK | Actor | |
| 4 | Richard Marquand | 49 | UK | Director | ||
| 5 | Bill Fraser | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
| 11 | Lorne Greene | 72 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 12 | John Qualen | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | Mervyn LeRoy | 86 | US | Director | ||
| 23 | Bob Fosse | 60 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 23 | Erland Van Lidth De Jeude | 34 | Netherlands | Actor | ||
| 25 | Mary Astor | 81 | US | Actress | ||
| 25 | Emlyn Williams | 81 | UK | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
| October | 2 | Madeleine Carroll | 81 | UK | Actress | |
| 21 | Bob Simmons | 64 | UK | Stuntman | ||
| 22 | Lino Ventura | 68 | Italy | Actor | ||
| November | 4 | Danielle Gaubert | 44 | France | Actress | |
| 5 | Georges Franju | 75 | France | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 11 | John 'Dusty' King | 78 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 23 | Marcia Henderson | 58 | US | Actress | ||
| 26 | Morton Lowry | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
| 29 | Irene Handl | 85 | UK | Actress | ||
| December | 4 | Rouben Mamoulian | 90 | Georgia | Director | |
| 8 | Fay Baker | 70 | US | Actress | ||
| 14 | Clinton Sundberg | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 21 | Robert Paige | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 21 | Ralph Nelson | 71 | US | Director |
Film debuts
- Patricia Arquette – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- Obba Babatundé – Leonard Part 6
- Dylan Baker – Ishtar
- Alec Baldwin – Forever, Lulu
- Christian Bale – Mio in the Land of Faraway
- Jason Bateman – Teen Wolf Too
- Paul Ben-Victor – Pass the Ammo
- Gil Birmingham – House II: The Second Story
- David Bowe – Back to the Beach
- Doug Bradley – Hellraiser
- Sandra Bullock – Hangmen
- Vanessa Bell Calloway – Number One with a Bullet
- Patricia Clarkson – The Untouchables
- Robert Clohessy – The Believers
- George Clooney – Return to Horror High
- Chris Cooper – Matewan
- Courteney Cox – Down Twisted
- Bryan Cranston – Amazon Women on the Moon
- Raymond Cruz – Maid to Order
- Jim Cummings – The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
- Stacey Dash – Enemy Territory
- Rossy de Palma – Law of Desire
- Stephen Dorff – The Gate
- Illeana Douglas – Hello Again
- Edie Falco – Sweet Lorraine
- Thierry Frémont – Travelling avant
- Kurt Fuller – The Running Man
- James Gandolfini – Shock! Shock! Shock!
- Aidan Gillen – The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
- Gong Li – Red Sorghum
- Beth Grant – Under Cover
- Richard E. Grant – Withnail and I
- Zach Grenier – Radio Days
- Peter Haber – Nionde kompaniet
- Don Harvey – Creepshow 2
- Peter Jackson (director) – Bad Taste
- Thomas Jane – Padamati Sandhya Ragam
- Cherry Jones – Light of Day
- Doug Jones – The Newlydeads
- Nathan Lane – Ironweed
- Anthony LaPaglia – Cold Steel
- Robert LaSardo – China Girl
- Jason Scott Lee – Born in East L.A.
- Steven Mackintosh – Prick Up Your Ears
- Eddie Marsan – Empire State
- Holt McCallany – Creepshow 2
- Dylan McDermott – Hamburger Hill
- Paul McGann – Withnail and I
- William McNamara – Opera
- Colm Meaney – The Dead
- Lance E. Nichols – Project X
- Robert Patrick – Equalizer 2000
- Sean Pertwee – Prick Up Your Ears
- Robert Peters – Pass the Ammo
- Brad Pitt – No Man's Land
- Glenn Plummer – Who's That Girl
- Tara Reid – A Return to Salem's Lot
- Campbell Scott – Five Corners
- Joan Severance – Lethal Weapon
- Victor Slezak – Five Corners
- David Spade – Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
- Ben Stiller – Hot Pursuit
- Don Swayze – Shy People
- Noah Taylor – The Year My Voice Broke
- Lee Tergesen – Mind Benders
- David Thewlis – Little Dorrit
- Uma Thurman – Kiss Daddy Goodnight
- Nancy Travis – Three Men and a Baby
- Courtney B. Vance – Hamburger Hill
- Basil Wallace – Eddie Murphy Raw
- Patrick Warburton – Dragonard
- Frank Whaley – Ironweed
- Luis Zahera – Divinas palabras
References
- ^ "Domestic Box Office For 1987". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 December 2019.