This page lists 30 films I saw in theaters in 1987. My movie database lists only films I see in theaters, not those I see on TV, videotape, DVD, or the internet. My culture page lists other cultural events.

I have kept movie date/title/director data consistently since 1982, with additional details since 2010. I also have some incomplete data from earlier years.

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Date Title Director Year Theater City
01/11/87 The Mosquito Coast Peter Weir 1986
01/18/87 The Bedroom Window Curtis Hanson 1987
01/22/87 Diary of a Lost Girl G. W. Pabst 1929
01/29/87 The Morning After Sidney Lumet 1986
02/08/87 The Black Widow Bob Rafelson 1987
03/01/87 Star Trek IV Leonard Nimoy 1986
03/08/87 Tin Men Barry Levinson 1987
03/12/87 The Mission Roland Joffe 1986
03/15/87 Radio Days Woody Allen 1987
04/05/87 Platoon Oliver Stone 1986
04/24/87 Extreme Prejudice Walter Hill 1987
04/29/87 Sherman's March Ross McElwee 1986
05/01/87 Hoosiers David Anspaugh 1986
05/17/87 Personal Services Terry Jones 1987
05/23/87 Man Facing Southeast Eliseo Subiela 1986
06/14/87 Rosa Luxemburg Margarethe von Trotta 1986
06/20/87 84 Charing Cross Road David Jones 1987
06/25/87 The Untouchables Brian De Palma 1987
07/12/87 Full Metal Jacket Stanley Kubrick 1987
07/26/87 Swimming to Cambodia Jonathon Demme 1987
07/28/87 Rendez-vous André Téchiné 1985
08/02/87 Prick Up Your Ears Stephen Frears 1987
08/22/87 Wish You Were Here David Leland 1987
09/21/87 Fatal Attraction Adrian Lynne 1987
09/24/87 Dirty Dancing Emile Ardolino 1987
09/26/87 Jean de Florette Claude Berri 1986
10/03/87 Stakeout John Badham 1987
11/22/87 Cry Freedom Richard Attenborough 1987
11/28/87 Hope and Glory John Boorman 1987
12/24/87 The Last Emperor Bernardo Bertolucci 1987