Temporal Top Ten – 1987

Number of movies seen from this year – 150
Number of movies reviewed – 142 (including 25 Encore Reviews)

I was 13 in 1987 and I loved movies even at that age.

When organizing this year’s top ten list, I was surprised at how many of these movies have had such a profound influence on my life and movie watching.

Every one of these 10 movies are movies which I have seen multiple times (then and even now) and it seems that this list would have a very large presence if I ever did a top (who knows of the decade)

Most of these choices are very mainstream and I’m sure most of you have seen a large majority of these films if not 9 of the 10 listed (besides #3).

IMHO, looking back, the Oscars had a weak year in ’87 because none of the 5 nominees came even close to making this list.  The Last Emperor is a great epicly shot movie, but the narrative is somewhat weak.  I never liked Moonstruck on a whole and am still surprised that Cher won an Oscar for that role.  Fatal Attraction might have been good and erotic at the time, but it hasn’t aged well at all.  Hope and Glory never made a huge impression on me back then so perhaps I should give a rewatch and finally Broadcast News is good, but by all means not great and it also hasn’t aged as well as one would think it would.

Most of these movies have aged extremely well and are considered by many to be excellent movies even 28 years after they were released.

 

My Top Ten

10. Spaceballs

9. Untouchables

8. Secret of My Success

7. Roxanne

6. Lethal Weapon

5. Full Metal Jacket

4. Empire of the Sun

3. Escape From Sobibor

2. Planes, Trains and Automobiles

1. The Princess Bride

Here’s a complete list of movies that I’ve seen from 1987

1. 3 Men and a Baby
2. 84 Charing Cross Road
3. Adventures in Babysitting
4. Amazing Grace and Chuck
5. Amazon Women on the Moon
6. Angel Heart
7. Anna
8. Assassination
9. Au Revoir Les Enfants
10. Baby Boom
11. Barfly
12. *batteries not included
13. Best Seller
14. Beverly Hills Cop II
15. Beyond Therapy
16. Big Shots
17. The Big Town
18. Black Widow
19. Blind Date
20. Born in East L.A.
21. The Brave Little Toaster
22. Broadcast News
23. Burglar
24. Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
25. Can’t Buy Me Love
26. Cherry 2000
27. Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
28. Critical Condition
29. Cross My Heart
30. Cry Freedom
31. Dark Eyes
32. Date With an Angel
33. Deadline
34. Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
35. Death Before Dishonor
36. Dirty Dancing  Encore Review
37. Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
38. Dragnet
39. Eddie Murphy Raw
40. Empire of the Sun
41. Escape from Sobibor  Encore Review  Encore Review 2
42. Evil Dead II
43. Extreme Prejudice
44. Fatal Attraction
45. Fatal Beauty
46. The Fourth Protocol
47. From the Hip
48. Full Metal Jacket     Encore Review
49. G.I. Joe: The Movie
50. Gaby: A True Story
51. Gardens of Stone
52. The Gate
53. Ghoulies II
54. The Glass Menagerie
55. Good Morning, Vietnam   Encore Review
56. Hamburger Hill
57. Hanoi Hilton, The
58. Harry and the Hendersons
59. Hello Again
60. Hiding Out
61. Hollywood Shuffle
62. Hope and Glory
63. House II: The Second Story
64. House of Games
65. House on Carroll Street, The
66. Impossible Spy, The
67. Innerspace
68. Ironweed
69. Ishtar
70. Jaws: The Revenge
71. La Bamba
72. The Last Emperor
73. Leonard Part 6
74. Less Than Zero
75. Lethal Weapon   Encore Review
76. Light of Day
77. Like Father Like Son
78. Little Dorrit
79. The Living Daylights     Encore Review
80. Long Gone
81. The Lost Boys Encore Review
82. Made in Heaven
83. Maid to Order
84. Making Mr. Right
85. Malone
86. Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, The
87. Mannequin
88. Masters of the Universe
89. Maurice
90. Million Dollar Mystery
91. The Monster Squad
92. Moonstruck
93. My Best Friend’s Birthday
94. Nadine
95. Near Dark
96. Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A
97. No Man’s Land
98. No Way Out
99. Nuts
100. Outrageous Fortune
101. Over the Top
102. Overboard
103. Pelle the Conqueror
104. Pick-up Artist, The
105. Plain Clothes
106. Planes, Trains and Automobiles Encore Review Encore Review 2  Encore Review 3 Encore Review 4 5 6
107. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
108. A Prayer for the Dying
109. Predator  Encore Review
110. The Princess Bride Encore Review  Encore Review 2
111. The Principal
112. Project X
113. Radio Days
114. Raising Arizona
115. Real Men
116. Rent-a-Cop
117. Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
118. RoboCop
119. Roxanne  Encore Review
120. The Running Man   Encore Review   Encore Review 2
121. Russkies
122. The Secret of My Succe$s  Encore Review
123. Silent Night, Deadly Night 2
124. Sister, Sister
125. Some Kind of Wonderful
126. Someone to Watch Over Me
127. Spaceballs  Encore Review  Encore Review 2
128. The Squeeze
129. Star Trek The Next Generation: Encounter at Farpoint
130. Stakeout
131. Steel Dawn
132. Street Smart
133. Summer School    Encore Review
134. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
135. Suspect
136. Teen Wolf Too
137. Three for the Road
138. Three O’Clock High
139. Throw Momma from the Train
140. Tin Men
141. Tough Guys Don’t Dance
142. The Untouchables
143. Walk Like a Man
144. Wall Street   Encore Review
145. Wanted: Dead or Alive
146. Weeds
147. Whales of August, The
148. White Water Summer
149. Who’s That Girl
150. The Witches of Eastwick