1987 in film

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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.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1987 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1987[1]
Rank	Title	Distributor	Box-office gross
1	Three Men and a Baby	Buena Vista/Touchstone Pictures	$167,780,960
2	Fatal Attraction	Paramount Pictures	$156,645,693
3	Beverly Hills Cop II	Paramount Pictures	$153,665,036
4	Good Morning, Vietnam	Buena Vista/Touchstone Pictures	$123,922,370
5	Moonstruck	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$80,640,528
6	The Untouchables	Paramount Pictures	$76,270,454
7	The Secret of My Success	Universal Pictures	$66,995,000
8	Stakeout	Buena Vista/Touchstone Pictures	$65,673,23
9	Lethal Weapon	Warner Bros.	$65,207,127
10	The Witches of Eastwick	Warner Bros.	$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.
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.

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

Wide-release films

January–March

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J A N U A R Y	9	Assassination	Cannon Films	Peter R. Hunt (director); Richard Sale (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Stephen Elliott, Jan Gan Boyd, Randy Brooks, Michael Ansara, William Prince, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Jim McMullan, Charles Howerton, Robert Dowdell, Erik Stern, James Staley, Chris Alcaide	Action, Thriller	Live action
	16	The Bedroom Window	De Laurentiis Entertainment Group	Curtis Hanson (director/screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern, Isabelle Huppert, Paul Shenar, Carl Lumbly, Wallace Shawn, Frederick Coffin, Robert Schenkkan, Brad Greenquist, Robert Schenkkan, Maury Chaykin, Mark Margolis, Jodi Long, Leon Rippy, Sara Carlson, Richard K. Olsen	Psychological Thriller	Live action
		Critical Condition	Paramount Pictures	Michael Apted (director); Denis Hamill, John Hamill (screenplay); Richard Pryor, Rachel Ticotin, Rubén Blades, Joe Mantegna, Bob Dishy, Sylvia Miles, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Jon Polito, Bob Saget, Garrett Morris, Brian Tarantina, Wesley Snipes, Joe Dallesandro, Joseph Ragno, Cigdem Onat	Comedy	Live action
		Wanted: Dead or Alive	New World Pictures	Gary Sherman (director); Michael Patrick Goodman, Brian Taggert (screenplay); Rutger Hauer, Gene Simmons, Robert Guillaume, Mel Harris, William Russ, Jerry Hardin, Hugh Gillin, Robert Harper, Eli Danker, Susan MacDonald, Joseph Nasser, Suzanne Wouk, Gerald Papasyan, Nick Faltas, Hammam Shafie	Action	Live action
	23	Jocks	Crown International Pictures / Shady Acres Entertainment	Steve Carver (director); David Oas (screenplay); Scott Strader, Perry Lang, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Roundtree, R. G. Armstrong, Stoney Jackson, Tom Shadyac, Christopher Lee, Trinidad Silva, Donald Gibb, Katherine Kelly Lang, Marianne Gravatte, Adam Mills, Christopher Murphy	Teen, Comedy	Live action
	23	The Stepfather	New Century Vista / ITC Entertainment	Joseph Ruben (director); Donald E. Westlake (screenplay); Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack, Charles Layner, Stephen Shellen, Stephen E. Miller, Jeff Schultz, Gillian Barber, Robyn Stevan, Jackson Davies, Gabrielle Rose, Don S. Williams, Anna Hagan, Blu Mankuma, Richard Sargent, Margot Pinvidic, Rochelle Greenwood, Don MacKay, Dale Wilson, Gary Hetherington, Andrew Snider, Marie Stillin, Paul Batten, Sheila Paterson	Horror, Psychological Thriller	Live action
	30	Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold	Cannon Films	Gary Nelson (director); Gene Quintano, Lee Reynolds (screenplay); Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones, Henry Silva, Robert Donner, Cassandra Peterson, Doghmi Larbi, Aileen Marson, Martin Rabbett, Emily Eby, Rory Kilalea, Andy Edwards	Adventure, Comedy	Live action
		Outrageous Fortune	Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners / Interscope Communications	Arthur Hiller (director); Leslie Dixon (screenplay); Shelley Long, Bette Midler, Peter Coyote, Robert Prosky, George Carlin, John Schuck, Anthony Heald, Christopher McDonald	Comedy	Live action
		Radio Days	Orion Pictures	Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Woody Allen, Danny Aiello, Jeff Daniels, Mia Farrow, Seth Green, Robert Joy, Julie Kavner, Diane Keaton, Julie Kurnitz, Renée Lippin, Kenneth Mars, Josh Mostel, Tony Roberts, Wallace Shawn, Michael Tucker, David Warrilow, Dianne Wiest, Hy Anzell, Larry David, Denise Dumont, Todd Field, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Paul Herman, Judith Malina, Don Pardo, Martin Rosenblatt, Rebecca Schaeffer, Martin Sherman, Mike Starr, Kenneth Welsh, Sydney Blake, Leah Carrey, Gina DeAngelis, William Magerman, Brian Mannain, Helen Miller, Roger Schwinghammer	Comedy, Drama	Live action
F E B R U A R Y	6	Black Widow	20th Century Fox	Bob Rafelson (director); Ronald Bass (screenplay); Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey, Dennis Hopper, Nicol Williamson, Terry O'Quinn, Lois Smith, D.W. Moffett, Leo Rossi, Mary Woronov, Rutanya Alda, James Hong, Diane Ladd	Thriller	Live action
		Dead of Winter	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Arthur Penn (director); Marc Shmuger, Mark Malone (screenplay); Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubeš, William Russ, Ken Pogue, Wayne Robson, Paul Welsh, Mark Malone, Michael Copeman, Sam Malkin, Pamela Moller, Dwayne McLean	Horror, Thriller	Live action
		From the Hip	De Laurentiis Entertainment Group	Bob Clark (director/screenplay); David E. Kelley (screenplay); Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt, Ray Walston, Darren McGavin, Dan Monahan, David Alan Grier, Nancy Marchand, Allan Arbus, Edward Winter, Richard Zobel, Robert Irvin Elliott, Beatrice Winde, Art Hindle, Priscilla Pointer	Comedy, Drama	Live action
		Light of Day	TriStar Pictures / Taft Entertainment	Paul Schrader (director/screenplay); Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Joan Jett, Michael McKean, Thomas G. Waites, Cherry Jones, Michael Dolan, Billy L. Sullivan, Jason Miller, Tom Irwin, Michael Rooker, Del Close, Trent Reznor, Exotic Birds, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Ron Dean, Alan Poul, Paul J. Harkins, Cherise Haugen, Jerry Gideon, Yvette Heyden, Ray Bradford	Drama	Live action
	8	The Two Mrs. Grenvilles	NBC / Lorimar-Telepictures / NMC	John Erman (director); Derek Marlow (screenplay); Ann-Margret, Elizabeth Ashley, Bruce Boa, Claudette Colbert, Stephen Collins, Peter Eyre, Michael Feinstein, Lewis Fiander, Penny Fuller, Delena Kidd, Alan Oppenheimer, Siân Phillips, Shane Rimmer, Rex Robbins, John Rubinstein, Sam Wanamaker	Drama	Live action
	13	Mannequin	20th Century Fox / Gladden Entertainment	Michael Gottlieb (director/screenplay); Edward Rugoff (screenplay); Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, G.W. Bailey, James Spader, Meshach Taylor, Carole Davis, Steve Vinovich, Christopher Maher, Phyllis Newman	Romantic Comedy	Live action
	13	Over the Top	Warner Bros. Pictures / Cannon Films	Menahem Golan (director); Stirling Silliphant, Sylvester Stallone (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, David Mendenhall, Rick Zumwalt, Terry Funk, Jimmy Keegan, Allan Graf, Reggie Bennett, Scott Norton, John Brzenk, Chris McCarty, Bruce Way, Greg "Magic" Schwartz, John Braden, Allen Fisher, John Vreeland, Cleve Dean, Andrew "Cobra" Rhodes	Sports, Drama	Live action
	20	Death Before Dishonor	New World Pictures	Terry Leonard (director); John Gatliff (screenplay); Fred Dryer, Brian Keith, Joanna Pacuła, Paul Winfield, Joseph Gian, Sasha Mitchell, Peter Parros, Rockne Tarkington, Mohammad Bakri, Dan Chodos, Chaim Girafi, Tuvia Tavi, Yossi Ashdot	Action	Live action
	20	Square Dance	Island Pictures / NBC Productions	Daniel Petrie (director); Alan Hines (screenplay); Winona Ryder, Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Rob Lowe, Guich Koock, Deborah Richter	Drama	Live action
	27	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	New Line Cinema / Heron Communications	Chuck Russell (director/screenplay); Wes Craven, Bruce Wagner, Frank Darabont (screenplay); Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Craig Wasson, Patricia Arquette, Ken Sagoes, Rodney Eastman, Jennifer Rubin, Larry Fishburne, Bradley Gregg, Ira Heiden, Penelope Sudrow, Nan Martin, John Saxon, Priscilla Pointer, Clayton Landey, Brooke Bundy, Dick Cavett, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Stacey Alden, Paul Kent	Slasher	Live action
		Number One with a Bullet	Cannon Films / Cineplex Odeon Films	Jack Smight (director); Gail Morgan Hickman, James Belushi, Andrew Kurtzman, Rob Riley (screenplay); Robert Carradine, Billy Dee Williams, Valerie Bertinelli, Peter Graves, Doris Roberts, Bobby Di Cicco, Ray Girardin, Mykelti Williamson, Jon Gries	Action, Comedy	Live action
		Some Kind of Wonderful	Paramount Pictures	Howard Deutch (director); John Hughes (screenplay); Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Craig Sheffer, Lea Thompson, John Ashton, Elias Koteas, Molly Hagan, Maddie Corman, Jane Elliot, Candace Cameron, Chynna Phillips, Scott Coffey, Carmine Caridi, Lee Garlington	Teen, Romance, Drama	Live action
M A R C H	6	Angel Heart	TriStar Pictures / Carolco Pictures	Alan Parker (director/screenplay); Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling, Stocker Fontelieu, Brownie McGhee, Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Whitcraft, Dann Florek, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Charles Gordone, Kathleen Wilhoite	Supernatural, Horror	Live action
	6	Lethal Weapon	Warner Bros. Pictures / Silver Pictures	Richard Donner (director); Shane Black (screenplay); Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, Jackie Swanson, Traci Wolfe, Damon Hines, Ebonie Smith, Steve Kahan, Mary Ellen Trainor, Ed O'Ross, Lycia Naff, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Al Leong, Jack Thibeau, Grand Bush, Henry Brown, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Selma Archerd, Don Gordon, Donald Gooden	Action, Buddy Cop	Live action
	13	Evil Dead II	De Laurentiis Entertainment Group / Embassy Communications / Renaissance Pictures	Sam Raimi (director/screenplay); Scott Spiegel (screenplay); Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley, Ted Raimi, Richard Domeier, Denise Bixler, John Peaks, Lou Hancock, William Preston Robertson, Snowy Winters	Horror, Comedy	Live action
	13	Tin Men	Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners	Barry Levinson (director/screenplay); Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey, John Mahoney, Jackie Gayle, Seymour Cassel, Bruno Kirby, Michael Tucker, J.T. Walsh, Deirdre O'Connell	Comedy	Live action
	18	Raising Arizona	20th Century Fox	Joel and Ethan Coen (directors/screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Sam McMurray, Frances McDormand, Randall "Tex" Cobb	Action, Thriller	Live action
	20	Burglar	Warner Bros. Pictures	Hugh Wilson (director/screenplay); Jeph Loeb, Matthew Weisman (screenplay); Whoopi Goldberg, Bobcat Goldthwait, G.W. Bailey, Lesley Ann Warren, James Handy, John Goodman, Anne De Salvo, Elizabeth Ruscio, Vyto Ruginis, Larry Mintz, Raye Birk, Nathan Davis, Thom Bray, Ethan Phillips, Eric Poppick, Scott Lincoln	Comedy	Live action
		Hollywood Shuffle	The Samuel Goldwyn Company	Robert Townsend (director/screenplay); Keenen Ivory Wayans, Dom Irrera (screenplay); Robert Townsend, Anne-Marie Johnson, Craigus R. Johnson, Helen Martin, Starletta DuPois, David McKnight, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Lou D. Washington, Brad Sanders, John Witherspoon, Dom Irrera, Eugene Robert Glazer, Grand L. Bush, Damon Wayans, Lisa Mende, Conni Marie Brazelton, Sena Ayn Black, Jesse Aragon, Verda Bridges	Comedy	Live action
		Street Smart	Cannon Films	Jerry Schatzberg (director); David Freeman (screenplay); Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers, Andre Gregory, Morgan Freeman, Jay Patterson, Anna Maria Horsford	Thriller, Drama	Live action
	27	Blind Date	TriStar Pictures	Blake Edwards (director); Dale Launer (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Larroquette, William Daniels, George Coe, Mark Blum, Phil Hartman, Stephanie Faracy, Alice Hirson, Stanley Jordan, Graham Stark, Joyce Van Patten, Barry Sobel, Armin Shimerman, Brian George, Jeannie Elias, Dick Durock, Sab Shimono	Romantic Comedy	Live action

April–June

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
A P R I L	3	Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol	Warner Bros. Pictures	Jim Drake (director); Gene Quintano (screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Tim Kazurinsky, Sharon Stone, Marion Ramsey, Lance Kinsey, Leslie Easterbrook, Colleen Camp, G.W. Bailey, Bobcat Goldthwait, George Gaynes, Brian Tochi, George R. Robertson, Andrew Paris, Derek McGrath, Scott Thomson, Billie Bird, David Spade, Brian Backer, Tab Thacker, Corinne Bohrer, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Michael McManus, Arthur Batanides, Jackie Joseph, Jack Creley, Kay Hawtrey, TJ Scott, Paul Maslansky, Steve Caballero, Chris Miller, Tommy Guerrero, Lance Mountain, Mike McGill, Tony Hawk	Comedy	Live action
	10	The Aristocats (re-release)	Walt Disney Pictures	Wolfgang Reitherman (director); Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Eric Cleworth, Vance Garry, Julius Svendsen, Frank Thomas, Ralph Wright (screenplay); Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Liz English, Gary Dubin, Dean Clark, Scatman Crothers, Hermione Baddeley, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Sterling Holloway, Pat Buttram, George Lindsey, Paul Winchell, Lord Tim Hudson, Vito Scotti, Thurl Ravenscroft, Charles Lane, Nancy Kulp, Monica Evans, Carole Shelley, Bill Thompson, Peter Renaday, Robie Lester, Ruth Buzzi	Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Musical	Animation
		Making Mr. Right	Orion Pictures / Barry & Enright Productions	Susan Seidelman (director); Floyd Byars, Laurie Frank (screenplay); John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson, Glenne Headly, Ben Masters, Laurie Metcalf, Polly Bergen, Hart Bochner, Polly Draper, Christian Clemenson, Harsh Nayyar, Susan Berman, Merwin Goldsmith	Comedy, Sci-Fi	Live action
		The Secret of My Success	Universal Pictures / Rastar	Herbert Ross (director); Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., AJ Carothers (screenplay); Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton, John Pankow, Fred Gwynne, Gerry Bamman, Carol Ann Susi, Drew Snyder, Elizabeth Franz, Christopher Murney, Mark Margolis, Mercedes Ruehl, Cindy Crawford, Bruce McGill	Comedy	Live action
		Three for the Road	New Century Vista	Bill L. Norton (director); Richard Martini (screenplay); Charlie Sheen, Alan Ruck, Kerri Green, Sally Kellerman, Blair Tefkin, Raymond J. Barry, Bert Remsen, James Avery	Comedy, Road	Live action
	17	Project X	20th Century Fox	Jonathan Kaplan (director); Lawrence Lasker, Stanley Weiser (screenplay); Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, William Sadler, Jonathan Stark, Johnny Ray McGhee, Robin Gammell, Stephen Lang, Jean Smart, Daniel Roebuck, Marvin J. McIntyre, Harry Northup, Michael Eric Kramer, Dick Miller, Jules Sylvester, Richard Cummings Jr., Robert Lee Minor, Ken Lerner, Michael McGrady, Deborah Offner, Lance E. Nichols, Ken Sagoes, Richard Paul	Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi	Live action
		Rumpelstiltskin	Cannon Films	David Irving (director/screenplay); Amy Irving, Clive Revill, Priscilla Pointer, Billy Barty	Fantasy, Musical	Live action
		Wild Thing	Atlantic Releasing Corporation	Max Reid (director); John Sayles (screenplay); Robert Knepper, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Davi, Maury Chaykin, Betty Buckley, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Clark Johnson, Cree Summer, Shawn Levy, Sean Hewitt, Teddy Abner	Action	Live action
	24	Extreme Prejudice	TriStar Pictures / Carolco Pictures	Walter Hill (director); John Milius, Fred Rexer, Deric Washburn, Harry Kleiner (screenplay); Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside, María Conchita Alonso, Rip Torn, Clancy Brown, William Forsythe, John Dennis Johnston, Marco Rodríguez, Luis Contreras, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Mickey Jones, Thomas Rosales Jr., Matt Mulhern, Larry B. Scott, Dan Tullis, Jr.	Action, Western	Live action
	24	My Demon Lover	New Line Cinema	Charlie Loventhal (director); Leslie Ray (screenplay); Scott Valentine, Michele Little, Robert Trebor, Alan Fudge, Gina Gallego, Calvert DeForest, Arnold Johnson, Marsha Clark, Karl Johnson, Lin Shaye, Tasia Valenza, Dan Patrick Brady, Eva Charney, Kennedy Clarke, Steven Hutchins, Franis James, Peewee Piemonte, Leslie Ray	Comedy	Live action
M A Y	1	The Allnighter	Universal Pictures	Tamar Simon Hoffs (director/screenplay); M.L. Kessler (screenplay); Susanna Hoffs, Dedee Pfeiffer, Joan Cusack, James Anthony Shanta, John Terlesky, Michael Ontkean, Pam Grier, Christian Roerig, Doug Choo	Comedy	Live action
		American Ninja 2: The Confrontation	Cannon Films	Sam Firstenberg (director); James Booth, Gary Conway (screenplay); Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Larry Poindexter, Gary Conway, Jeff Celentano, Jeff Weston, Michelle Botes, Mike Stone	Action	Live action
		Creepshow 2	New World Pictures	Michael Gornick (director); George A. Romero, Lucille Fletcher (screenplay); Lois Chiles, George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Tom Savini, Joe Silver, Holt McCallany, Frank Salsedo, Donald Patrick Harvey, Will Sampson, Dean Smith, Paul Satterfield, Page Hannah, David Beecroft, Tom Wright, Stephen King, Domenick John, Philip Dore, David Holbrook, Dan Kamin, Shirley Sonderegger, Jeremy Green, Daniel Beer, Richard Parks	Horror, Comedy, Anthology	Live action
		Malone	Orion Pictures	Harley Cokeliss (director); Christopher Frank, Rudolph Wurlitzer (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Kenneth McMillan, Cynthia Gibb, Lauren Hutton, Cliff Robertson, Scott Wilson, Alex Diakun, Philip Anglim, Tracey Walter, Dennis Burkley, Brooks Gardner	Action, Drama, Thriller	Live action
	8	Gardens of Stone	TriStar Pictures / American Zoetrope	Francis Ford Coppola (director); Ronald Bass (screenplay); James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D.B. Sweeney, Dean Stockwell, Mary Stuart Masterson, Dick Anthony Williams, Lonette McKee, Sam Bottoms, Elias Koteas, Larry Fishburne, Casey Siemaszko, Peter Masterson, Carlin Glynn	Drama	Live action
	8	Hot Pursuit	Paramount Pictures / Interaccess Film Distribution / RKO Pictures	Steven Lisberger (director/screenplay); Steven Carabatsos (screenplay); John Cusack, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle, Jerry Stiller, Monte Markham, Shelley Fabares, Ben Stiller, Keith David, Dah-ve Chodan, Ursaline Bryant, Paul Bates, Terence Cooper, Martin LaSalle	Action, Comedy	Live action
	15	The Gate	New Century Vista / Alliance Entertainment	Tibor Takács (director); Michael Nankin (screenplay); Stephen Dorff, Kelly Rowan, Jennifer Irwin, Ingrid Veninger, Linda Goranson, Andrew Gunn, Christa Denton, Louis Tripp, Sean Fagan, Carl Kraines, Deborah Grover, Scot Denton	Horror	Live action
	15	Ishtar	Columbia Pictures	Elaine May (director/screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin, Jack Weston, Tess Harper, Carol Kane, Aharon Ipalé, Fred Melamed, David Margulies, Bill Bailey, Christine Rose, Matt Frewer, Warren Clarke, Fuad Hageb, Rose Arrick, Julie Garfield	Action, Adventure, Comedy	Live action
	20	Beverly Hills Cop II	Paramount Pictures / Overbrook Entertainment	Tony Scott (director); Larry Ferguson, Warren Skaaren (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Brigitte Nielsen, Allen Garfield, Brian O'Connor, Dean Stockwell, Gil Hill, Gilbert Gottfried, Paul Reiser, Paul Guilfoyle, Robert Ridgely, Alice Adair, Glenn Withrow, Tom Bower, Hugh Hefner, Todd Susman, Chris Rock, Robert Pastorelli, Kopi Sotiropulos, Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., John Hostetter, Rudy Ramos, Ritch Shydner, Ola Ray, Alana Soares, Venice Kong, Luann Lee, Rebecca Ferratti, Kymberly Paige, Kymberly Herrin, Kari Whitman	Action, Comedy	Live action
	22	Amazing Grace and Chuck	TriStar Pictures	Mike Newell (director); David Field (screenplay); Jamie Lee Curtis, Gregory Peck, William Petersen, Joshua Zuehlke, Lee Richardson, Alex English, Alan Autry, Michael Bowen, Frances Conroy, Red Auerbach, Dean Alexander, Jim Allen	Drama	Live action
		The Chipmunk Adventure	The Samuel Goldwyn Company	Janice Karman (director/screenplay); Ross Bagdasarian Jr. (screenplay); Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Dody Goodman, Anthony De Longis, Susan Tyrrell, Ken Sansom, Frank Welker, Nancy Cartwright, Philip L. Clarke, Charlie Adler, Patrick Pinney, Mona Marshall, Jan Rabson, Jack Angel, Mel Blanc, Laura Summer, George Poulos, Kathy Ritter	Animation, Adventure, Musical	Animation
		Ernest Goes to Camp	Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners	John R. Cherry III (director/screenplay); Coke Sams (screenplay); Jim Varney, Victoria Racimo, John Vernon, Iron Eyes Cody, Lyle Alzado, Gailard Sartain, Daniel Butler, Scott Menville, Jacob Vargas, Todd Loyd, Hakim Abdulsamad, Richard Speight, Jr., Patrick Day, Danny Capri, Eddy Schumacher, Andy Woodworth, Buck Ford, Larry Black, Hugh Sinclair, Johnson West, Jean Wilson, Ivan Green, Christian Haas, Brenda Haynes, Charlie Lamb, Mac Bennett	Comedy	Live action
J U N E	5	Cyclone	CineTel Films	Fred Olen Ray (director/screenplay); Paul Garson, T.L. Lankford (screenplay); Heather Thomas, Jeffrey Combs, Martin Landau, Dar Robinson, Martine Beswick, Robert Quarry, Huntz Hall, Troy Donahue	Sci-Fi, Action	Live action
		Harry and the Hendersons	Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment	William Dear (director/screenplay); William E. Martin, Ezra D. Rappaport (screenplay); John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Don Ameche, David Suchet, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy, Lainie Kazan, Kevin Peter Hall, M. Emmet Walsh, William Dear, Laurie O'Brien, John Bloom, Rick Baker, Fred Newman, Tom Hester, Tim Lawrence, Mitch Laue	Fantasy, Comedy	Live action
		The Untouchables	Paramount Pictures	Brian De Palma (director); David Mamet (screenplay); Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery, Patricia Clarkson, Billy Drago, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Brad Sullivan, Del Close, Clifton James, Donald Patrick Harvey, Vito D'Ambrosio	Gangster	Live action
	12	The Believers	Orion Pictures	John Schlesinger (director); Mark Frost (screenplay); Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Robert Loggia, Richard Masur, Harley Cross, Jimmy Smits, Elizabeth Wilson, Harris Yulin, Lee Richardson, Janet-Laine Green, Raúl Dávila, Malick Bowens, Carla Pinza, Geoffrey Kellett	Thriller	Live action
		Million Dollar Mystery	De Laurentiis Entertainment Group	Richard Fleischer (director); Rudy De Luca, Tim Metcalfe, Miguel Tejada-Flores (screenplay); Tom Bosley, Eddie Deezen, Wendy Sherman, Rick Overton, Mona Lyden, Douglas Emerson, Royce D. Applegate, Daniel McDonald, Penny Baker, Kevin Pollak, Mack Dryden, Jamie Alcroft, Rich Hall, Hard Boiled Haggerty, Greg Travis, Rudy De Luca, Jack Carpenter, Pam Matteson, Tawny Fere, LaGena Hart, Gail Neely, Bob Schott, Peter Pitofsky, Tommy Sledge, Christopher Cary, Paul Stader	Comedy, Mystery	Live action
		Predator	20th Century Fox / Silver Pictures / Davis Entertainment	John McTiernan (director); Jim Thomas, John Thomas (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Richard Chaves, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Landham, Shane Black, R.G. Armstrong, Kevin Peter Hall, Peter Cullen, Sven-Ole Thorsen	Sci-Fi, Action	Live action
		The Witches of Eastwick	Warner Bros. Pictures / Barris Industries	George Miller (director); Michael Cristofer (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Veronica Cartwright, Richard Jenkins, Carel Struycken, Keith Jochim, Becca Lish	Comedy, Fantasy	Live action
	19	Benji the Hunted	Walt Disney Pictures	Joe Camp (director/screenplay); Red Steagall, Frank Inn, Nancy Francis, Joe Camp, Steve Zanolini, Mike Francis, Ben Vaughn, Karen Thorndike, Guy Hovis, Ben Morgan	Family, Drama	Live action
	19	Roxanne	Columbia Pictures	Fred Schepisi (director); Steve Martin (screenplay); Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Shelley Duvall, Rick Rossovich, Fred Willard, Michael J. Pollard, John Kapelos, Max Alexander, Damon Wayans, Matt Lattanzi, Jean Sincere, Ritch Shydner, Kevin Nealon, Brian George, Maureen Murphy, Heidi Sorenson, Steve Mittleman, Shandra Beri, Thom Curley	Romantic Comedy	Live action
	26	Dragnet	Universal Pictures	Tom Mankiewicz (director/screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, Alan Zweibel (screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Christopher Plummer, Harry Morgan, Alexandra Paul, Dabney Coleman, Jack O'Halloran, Elizabeth Ashley, Kathleen Freeman, Bruce Gray, Lenka Peterson	Comedy, Buddy Cop	Live action
		Spaceballs	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Mel Brooks (director/screenplay); Ronny Graham, Thomas Meehan (screenplay); Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, George Wyner, Dick Van Patten, Joan Rivers, Michael Winslow, John Hurt, Sal Viscuso, Ronny Graham, Jim J. Bullock, Leslie Bevis, Michael Pniewski, Sandy Helberg, Stephen Tobolowsky, Dey Young, Rhonda Shear, Robert Prescott, Jack Riley, Tom Dreesen, Rudy De Luca, Rick Ducommun, Ken Olfson, Bryan O'Byrne, Tommy Swerdlow, Tim Russ, Ed Gale, Antonio Hoyos, Felix Silla, Arturo Gil, Tony Cox, John Kennedy Hayden, Johnny Silver, Brenda Strong, Dom DeLuise, Phil Hartman, Corey Burton, Tress MacNeille, Jerry Maren, Terence Marsh, Thomas Meehan, John Paragon, Rob Paulsen, Dick Warlock, Michael York	Comedy, Sci-Fi, Spoof	Live action
		Straight to Hell	Island Pictures	Alex Cox (director/screenplay); Dick Rude (screenplay); Dick Rude, Sy Richardson, Courtney Love, Joe Strummer, Dennis Hopper, Xander Berkeley, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello, Jim Jarmusch, Miguel Sandoval, Jennifer Balgobin, Sara Sugarman, Biff Yeager, Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy, Terry Woods, Kathy Burke, Del Zamora, Edward Tudor-Pole, Graham Fletcher-Cook, Anne-Marie Ruddock, Zander Schloss, Fox Harris	Action, Comedy	Live action

July–September

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J U L Y	3	Adventures in Babysitting	Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners	Chris Columbus (director); David Simkins (screenplay); Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Maia Brewton, Penelope Ann Miller, Bradley Whitford, Calvin Levels, George Newbern, John Davis Chandler, Ron Canada, John Ford Noonan, Albert Collins, Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio, Southside Johnny, Lolita David, Clark Johnson	Comedy	Live action
	3	Innerspace	Warner Bros. Pictures / Amblin Entertainment	Joe Dante (director); Jeffrey Boam, Chip Poser (screenplay); Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, Fiona Lewis, Robert Picardo, Vernon Wells, Henry Gibson, William Schallert, Wendy Schaal, Harold Sylvester, John Hora, Orson Bean, Kevin Hooks, Dick Miller	Sci-Fi, Comedy	Live action
	10	The Brave Little Toaster	Hyperion Pictures / The Kushner-Locke Company	Jerry Rees (director/screenplay); Joe Ranft (screenplay); Deanna Oliver, Timothy E. Day, Jon Lovitz, Timothy Stack, Thurl Ravenscroft, Phil Hartman, Wayne Kaatz, Collette Savage, Joe Ranft, Jim Jackman, Jerry Rees, Jonathan Benair, Judy Toll, Mindy Sterling, Randy Bennett, Danny Mann, Susie Allanson, Randall William Cook, Louis Conti, Beth Anderson, Joe Pizzulo, Janice Liebhart, Darryl Phinnessee, Pat Ericson, Gary Falcone, Roger Freeland	Animation, Comedy	Live action
		Full Metal Jacket	Warner Bros. Pictures / Hawk Films	Stanley Kubrick (director/screenplay); Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford (screenplay); Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard, Kevyn Major Howard, Ed O'Ross, Tim Colceri, John Terry, Bruce Boa, Stanley Kubrick, Vivian Kubrick	War	Live action
		Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise	20th Century Fox / Interscope Communications	Joe Roth (director); Steve Marshall, Dan Guntzelman (screenplay); Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Bradley Whitford, Barry Sobel, James Cromwell, Ed Lauter, James Hong, Donald Gibb, Tom Hodges, Jack Gilpin, Michael Fitzgerald	Comedy	Live action
		The Squeeze	TriStar Pictures	Roger Young (director); Daniel Taplitz (screenplay); Michael Keaton, Rae Dawn Chong, Joe Pantoliano, Danny Aiello III, Leslie Bevis, Ronald Guttman, Paul Herman, John Dennis Johnston	Comedy	Live action
		White Water Summer	Columbia Pictures	Jeff Bleckner (director); Ernest Kinoy (screenplay); Kevin Bacon, Sean Astin, Jonathan Ward, Matt Adler, K.C. Martel, Caroline McWilliams, Charles Siebert	Drama	Live action
	17	Jaws: The Revenge	Universal Pictures	Joseph Sargent (director); Michael de Guzman (screenplay); Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Karen Young, Michael Caine, Judith Barsi, Lynn Whitfield, Mitchell Anderson, Melvin Van Peebles, Fritzi Jane Courtney, Lee Fierro, Roy Scheider, Cedric Scott, Charles Bowleg, Mary Smith, Edna Billotto, Cyprian R. Dube, William E. Marks, Diane Hetfield, Jay Mello	Thriller	Live action
		Nowhere to Hide	New Century Vista	Mario Azzopardi (director); George Goldsmith, Alex Reber (screenplay); Amy Madigan, Michael Ironside, John Colicos, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Robin MacEachern, Chuck Shamata, Clark Johnson, Maury Chaykin, Garrick Hagon, Timothy Webber, Philip Akin, Vlasta Vrána, Jayne Eastwood, Ross Hull, Géza Kovács, Andrew Johnston, Réal Andrews, Peter Blackwood, Shirley Merovitz, Philip Spensley, Amy Gartner	Thriller	Live action
		RoboCop	Orion Pictures	Paul Verhoeven (director); Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner (screenplay); Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Robert DoQui, Ray Wise, Paul McCrane, Jesse D. Goins, Calvin Jung, Michael Gregory, Mario Machado, Leeza Gibbons, Felton Perry, Lee de Broux, S.D. Nemeth	Action	Live action
		Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (re-release)	Walt Disney Pictures	David Hand (director); Ted Sears, Earl Hurd, Merrill De Maris, Richard Creedon, Otto Englander, Dick Rickard, Dorothy Ann Blank, Webb Smith (screenplay); Adriana Caselotti, Lucille La Verne, Harry Stockwell, Roy Atwell, Pinto Colvig, Otis Harlan, Scotty Mattraw, Billy Gilbert, Eddie Collins, Moroni Olsen, Stuart Buchanan	Animation, Musical, Fantasy	Animation
	24	La Bamba	Columbia Pictures	Luis Valdez (director/screenplay); Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, Joe Pantoliano, Rick Dees, Marshall Crenshaw, Howard Huntsberry, Brian Setzer, Daniel Valdez, Sam Anderson, Stephen Lee, Diane Rodriguez, Noble Willingham, Andy Griggs, Tony Genaro, Katie Valdez, Concepcion Reyes	Biography	Live action
		Summer School	Paramount Pictures	Carl Reiner (director); Jeff Franklin (screenplay); Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas, Patrick Labyorteaux, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Dean Cameron, Gary Riley, Richard Steven Horvitz, Kelly Jo Minter, Shawnee Smith, Fabiana Udenio, Ken Olandt, Duane Davis, Tom Troupe, Frank McCarthy, Carl Reiner	Comedy	Live action
		Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Warner Bros. Pictures / Cannon Films / DC Comics	Sidney J. Furie (director); Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal (screenplay); Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Jon Cryer, Sam Wanamaker, Mark Pillow, Mariel Hemingway, Jim Broadbent, William Hootkins, Stanley Lebor, Don Fellows, Robert Beatty, Susannah York, Damian McLawhorn	Superhero	Live action
		Wish You Were Here	Atlantic Releasing Corp	David Leland (director/screenplay); Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Jesse Birdsall, Clare Clifford, Barbara Durkin, Geoffrey Hutchings, Charlotte Barker, Chloë Leland, Pat Heywood, Geoffrey Durham, Neville Smith, Heathcote Williams, Val McLane, Susan Skipper, Lee Whitlock, Sheila Kelley, Charlotte Ball, Abigail Leland	Comedy, Drama	Live action
	31	The Living Daylights	United Artists / Eon Productions	John Glen (director); Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson (screenplay); Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Joe Don Baker, Art Malik, John Rhys-Davies, Jeroen Krabbé, Andreas Wisniewski, Thomas Wheatley, Julie T. Wallace, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Walter Gotell, Caroline Bliss, Geoffrey Keen, Virginia Hey, John Terry, Nadim Sawalha, John Bowe, Catherine Rabett, Dulice Liecier	Spy	Live action
		The Lost Boys	Warner Bros. Pictures	Joel Schumacher (director); Jeffrey Boam, Janice Fischer, James Jeremias (screenplay); Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Corey Haim, Edward Herrmann, Barnard Hughes, Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, Dianne Wiest, Jamison Newlander, Brooke McCarter, Billy Wirth, Alex Winter, Kelly Jo Minter, Chance Michael Corbitt, Alexander Bacon Chapman, Nori Morgan, Timmy Cappello, Jim Turner	Horror, Comedy	Live action
		Maid to Order	New Century Vista	Amy Holden Jones (director/screenplay); Perry Howze, Randy Howze (screenplay); Ally Sheedy, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael Ontkean, Valerie Perrine, Dick Shawn, Tom Skerritt, Merry Clayton, Rain Phoenix, Theodore Wilson, Jason Beghe, Katey Sagal, Khandi Alexander, Henry Woolf, Begoña Plaza	Comedy, Fantasy	Live action
		A Man in Love	Cinecom Pictures	Diane Kurys (director/screenplay); Israel Horovitz, Olivier Schatzky (screenplay); Peter Coyote, Greta Scacchi, Jamie Lee Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Peter Riegert, Vincent Lindon, Jean Pigozzi, John Berry, Elia Katz, Constantin Alexandrov, Jean-Claude de Goros, Michele Melega, Jole Silvani	Drama	Live action
A U G U S T	7	Back to the Beach	Paramount Pictures	Lyndall Hobbs (director); Peter Krikes, Steve Meerson, Chris Thompson (screenplay); Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Lori Loughlin, Tommy Hinkley, Demian Slade, Connie Stevens, Joe Holland, John Calvin, David Bowe, Laura Urstein, Linda Carol, Todd Bryant, Floyd Foster Jr., Rodney Bingenheimer, Dick Dale, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Fishbone, Rick Avery, Don Adams, Barbara Billingsley, Edd Byrnes, Bob Denver, Tony Dow, Alan Hale Jr., Jerry Mathers, Paul Reubens, O.J. Simpson	Comedy	Live action
		The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland	Cineplex Odeon Films / Nelvana	Raymond Jafelice (director); Peter Sauder, Susan Snooks, John de Klein (screenplay); Bob Dermer, Eva Almos, Dan Hennessey, Jim Henshaw, Marla Lukofsky, Luba Goy, Keith Knight, Tracey Moore, Colin Fox, John Stocker, Don McManus, Elizabeth Hanna, Alan Fawcett, Keith Hampshire, Alyson Court	Animation, Fantasy	Animation
		Masters of the Universe	Cannon Films / Golan-Globus	Gary Goddard (director); David Odell (screenplay); Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Courteney Cox, James Tolkan, Christina Pickles, Meg Foster, Barry Livingston, Chelsea Field, Jon Cypher, Billy Barty, Robert Duncan McNeill, Anthony De Longis, Tony Carroll, Pons Maar, Robert Towers, Peter Brooks	Action, Fantasy	Live action
		Nadine	TriStar Pictures	Robert Benton (director/screenplay); Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, Rip Torn, Gwen Verdon, Glenne Headly, Jerry Stiller	Comedy	Live action
		Stakeout	Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners	John Badham (director); Jim Kouf (screenplay); Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Aidan Quinn, Madeleine Stowe, Forest Whitaker, Dan Lauria, Earl Billings, Ian Tracey, Jackson Davies, Don S. Davis, J.J. Makaro, Scott Andersen, Tony Pantages, Beatrice Boepple, Kyle Wodia, Jan Speck, Kim Kondrashoff, Gary Heatherington, Blu Mankuma, Denny Williams	Crime, Comedy	Live action
		Who's That Girl	Warner Bros. Pictures	James Foley (director); Ken Finkleman, Andrew Smith (screenplay); Madonna, Griffin Dunne, Haviland Morris, John McMartin, Sir John Mills, Bibi Besch, Robert Swan, Drew Pillsbury, Coati Mundi, Dennis Burkley, James Dietz, Cecile Callan, Karen Baldwin, Kimberlin Brown, Crystal Carson, Elaine Wilkes, Sean Sullivan, Robert Cornthwaite, Albert Popwell, Alice Nunn, Gary Basaraba, Ron Taylor, Stanley Tucci, Mike Starr, Roy Brocksmith, Beatrice Colen, Robert Clotworthy, Liz Sheridan, Glenn Plummer, Carmen Filpi, Ellen Crawford	Comedy	Live action
	14	Can't Buy Me Love	Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners	Steve Rash (director); Michael Swerdlick (screenplay); Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Tina Caspary, Darcy DeMoss, Cort McCown, Eric Bruskotter, Gerardo Mejia, Courtney Gains, Seth Green, Sharon Farrell, Dennis Dugan, Devin DeVasquez, Ami Dolenz, Max Perlich, Paula Abdul, Cloyce Morrow, Will Hannah, Lisa Givens	Teen, Comedy	Live action
		Disorderlies	Warner Bros. Pictures	Michael Schultz (director); Mark Feldberg, Mitchell Klebanoff (screenplay); Prince Markie Dee, Darren Robinson, Damon Wimbley, Ralph Bellamy, Anthony Geary, Tony Plana, Marco Rodríguez, Troy Beyer, Helen Reddy, Sam Chew Jr., Ray Parker Jr., Robert V. Barron, Jo Marie Payton, Don Hood, Rick Zumwalt, Rick Nielsen	Comedy	Live action
		The Monster Squad	TriStar Pictures	Fred Dekker (director/screenplay); Shane Black (screenplay); Andre Gower, Duncan Regehr, Stephen Macht, Stan Shaw, Tom Noonan, Jonathan Gries, Mary Ellen Trainor, Leonardo Cimino, Lisa Fuller, Tom Woodruff Jr., Jack Gwillim, Jason Hervey, David Proval, Daryl Anderson, Robby Kiger, Brent Chalem, Ryan Lambert, Michael Faustino, Ashley Bank, Carl Thibault, Michael Reid MacKay, Adam Carl, Mary Albee, Brynn Baron, Julie Merrill	Horror, Comedy	Live action
		No Way Out	Orion Pictures	Roger Donaldson (director); Robert Garland (screenplay); Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, Howard Duff, George Dzundza, Jason Bernard, Iman, Fred Dalton Thompson, Michael Shillo	Drama, Political thriller	Live action
		North Shore	Universal Pictures	William Phelps (director/screenplay); Bill Finnegan, Tim McCanlies (screenplay); Matt Adler, Nia Peeples, John Philbin, Gerry Lopez, Gregory Harrison	Drama	Live action
	21	Born in East L.A.	Universal Pictures	Cheech Marin (director/screenplay); Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern, Paul Rodriguez, Jan-Michael Vincent, Kamala Lopez, Tony Plana, Lupe Ontiveros, Alma Martinez, Neith Hunter, Tito Larriva, Eddie Barth, Larry Blackmon, Terrence Evans	Live action Comedy	Live action
		Dirty Dancing	Vestron Pictures	Emile Ardolino (director); Eleanor Bergstein (screenplay); Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston, Miranda Garrison, Kelly Bishop, Jane Brucker, Lonny Price, Max Cantor, Charles "Honi" Coles, Neal Jones, 'Cousin Brucie' Morrow, Wayne Knight, Paula Trueman, Garry Goodrow, Emile Ardolino	Romance, Drama, Dance	Live action
		The Garbage Pail Kids Movie	Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Topps	Rod Amateau (director/screenplay); Melinda Palmer (screenplay); Anthony Newley, Mackenzie Astin, Katie Barberi, Jim Cummings, Phil Fondacaro, Debbie Lee Carrington, Ron McLachlan, J.P. Amateau, Marjory Graue, Kevin Thompson, Robert Bell, Chloe Amateau, Larry Green, Arturo Gil, Sue Rossitto, Teri Benaron	Comedy	Live action
	28	The Big Easy	Columbia Pictures / Kings Road Entertainment	Jim McBride (director); Daniel Petrie Jr. (screenplay); Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty, John Goodman, Lisa Jane Persky, Tom O'Brien, Charles Ludlam, Grace Zabriskie, Marc Lawrence, Solomon Burke, Gailard Sartain, Jim Garrison, Bob Kearney	Comedy, Drama	Live action
		The Fourth Protocol	Lorimar Motion Pictures	John Mackenzie (director); George Axelrod, Richard Burridge (screenplay); Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Ned Beatty, Ian Richardson, Joanna Cassidy, Julian Glover, Michael Gough, Ray McAnally, Anton Rodgers, Matt Frewer, Caroline Blakiston, Joseph Brady, Betsy Brantley, Sean Chapman, Alan North, Ronald Pickup, John Horsley, Michael Bilton, Peter Cartwright, Aaron Swartz, Mark Rolston, Michael J. Jackson, Matthew Marsh, Jerry Harte	Spy	Live action
		Hamburger Hill	Paramount Pictures / RKO Pictures	John Irvin (director); James Carabatsos (screenplay); Anthony Barrile, Michael Patrick Boatman, Don Cheadle, Michael Dolan, Dylan McDermott, Courtney B. Vance, Steven Weber, Tim Quill, Tommy Swerdlow, Don James, M.A. Nickles, Harry O'Reilly, Daniel O'Shea, Tegan West	War	Live action
		House II: The Second Story	New World Pictures	Ethan Wiley (director/screenplay); Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark, Royal Dano, Lar Park Lincoln, Bill Maher, John Ratzenberger, Amy Yasbeck, Dwier Brown, Gregory Walcott, Jayne Modean, Lenora May, Devin DeVasquez, Kane Hodder, Frank Welker	Horror, Comedy	Live action
		Matewan	Cinecom Pictures	John Sayles (director/screenplay); Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn, Ken Jenkins, Gordon Clapp, Kevin Tighe, John Sayles, Bob Gunton, Josh Mostel, Jace Alexander, Joe Grifasi, Maggie Renzi, Nancy Mette, Jo Henderson, Gary McCleery	Drama	Live action
S E P T E M B E R	11	The Curse	Trans World Entertainment	David Keith (director); David Chaskin (screenplay); Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcolm Danare, Cooper Huckabee, John Schneider, Amy Wheaton, Steve Carlisle, Kathleen Jordon Gregory, Hope North, Steve Davis	Horror	Live action
	18	Amazon Women on the Moon	Universal Pictures	Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss (directors); Michael Barrie, Jim Muholland (screenplay); Steve Allen, Rosanna Arquette, Paul Bartel, Ed Begley Jr., Ralph Bellamy, Sybil Danning, Griffin Dunne, Carrie Fisher, Steve Forrest, Monique Gabrielle, Steve Guttenberg, Arsenio Hall, Howard Hesseman, Lou Jacobi, B.B. King, Russ Meyer, Kelly Preston, Henny Youngman, Phil Hartman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Peter Horton, Joe Pantoliano, David Alan Grier, T.K. Carter, Robert Picardo, Dick Miller, Belinda Balaski, Marc McClure, Bryan Cranston, Andrew Dice Clay, Erica Yohn, Corey Burton, Robert Colbert, Joey Travolta, Forrest J. Ackerman, Lana Clarkson, William Bryant, Roxie Roker, Le Tari, Henry Silva, Roger Barkley, Al Lohman, Archie Hahn, Phil Proctor, Ira Newborn, Karen Montgomery, Rip Taylor, Slappy White, Jackie Vernon, Charlie Callas, William Marshall, Tino Insana, Donald Gibb, Frank Collison, Raye Birk, Larry Hankin, Garry Goodrow, Phil Bruns, John Ingle, Angel Tompkins, Terry McGovern, Matt Adler, Steve Cropper, Corrine Wahl, Willard E. Pugh, Herb Vigran, Mike Mazurki, Frank Beddor	Comedy, Spoof, Anthology	Live action
		Fatal Attraction	Paramount Pictures	Adrian Lyne (director); James Dearden (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Stuart Pankin, Ellen Foley, Fred Gwynne, Meg Mundy, Tom Brennan, Lois Smith, Mike Nussbaum, J.J. Johnston, Michael Arkin, Jane Krakowski	Psychological Thriller	Live action
		Hellraiser	New World Pictures / Entertainment Film Distributors	Clive Barker (director/screenplay); Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman, Doug Bradley, Nicholas Vince, Simon Bamford, Grace Kirby, Oliver Smith, Robert Hines	Horror	Live action
		Maurice	Cinecom Pictures / Merchant Ivory Productions	James Ivory (director/screenplay); Kit Hesketh-Harvey (screenplay); James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Billie Whitelaw, Barry Foster, Judy Parfitt, Phoebe Nicholls, Ben Kingsley, Patrick Godfrey, Mark Tandy, Kitty Aldridge, Helena Michell, Catherine Rabett, Peter Eyre, Julian Wadham, Orlando Wells, Richard Warner, Helena Bonham Carter	Romance, Drama	Live action
		The Pick-up Artist	20th Century Fox	James Toback (director/screenplay); Molly Ringwald, Robert Downey Jr., Dennis Hopper, Danny Aiello, Harvey Keitel, Bob Gunton, Mildred Dunnock, Vanessa Williams, Polly Draper, Frederick Koehler, Robert Towne, Victoria Jackson, Lorraine Bracco, Fred Melamed, Christine Baranski, Brian Hamill, Tamara Bruno	Romance, Comedy	Live action
		The Principal	TriStar Pictures	Christopher Cain (director); Frank Deese (screenplay); Jim Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr., Rae Dawn Chong, Kelly Jo Minter, Michael Wright, Jeffrey Jay Cohen, Esai Morales, Troy Winbush, Jacob Vargas, Reggie Johnson	Action, Crime, Thriller	Live action
	25	Best Seller	Orion Pictures / Hemdale Film Corporation	John Flynn (director); Larry Cohen (screenplay); James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria Tennant, Allison Balson, Paul Shenar, George Coe, Anne Pitoniak, Mary Carver, Sully Boyar, Kathleen Lloyd, Harold Tyner, Jay Ingram, William Bronder, Jeffrey Josephson, Edward Blackoff, J.P. Bumstead, Daniel Trent	Crime, Thriller	Live action
		The Big Town	Columbia Pictures	Harold Becker, Ben Bolt (directors); Clark Howard, Robert Roy Pool (screenplay); Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern, Tom Skerritt, Lee Grant, Suzy Amis Cameron, David Marshall Grant, Don Francks, Del Close, Cherry Jones, David James Elliott	Drama	Live action
		Real Men	United Artists	Dennis Feldman (director/screenplay); Jim Belushi, John Ritter, Barbara Barrie, Bill Morey, Isa Jank, Mark Herrier	Sci-Fi, Comedy	Live action

October–December

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
O C T O B E R	2	Anna	Vestron Pictures	Yurek Bogayevicz (director/screenplay); Agnieszka Holland (screenplay); Sally Kirkland, Robert Fields, Paulina Porizkova, Steven Gilborn, Larry Pine, Sofia Coppola, Deirdre O'Connell, David R. Ellis	Drama	Live action
		Big Shots	20th Century Fox / Lorimar Film Entertainment	Robert Mandel (director); Joe Eszterhas (screenplay); Ricky Busker, Darius McCrary, Robert Joy, Robert Prosky, Jerzy Skolimowski, Paul Winfield, Brynn Thayer, Bill Hudson, Joe Seneca, Beah Richards, Ellen Geer, Jim Antonio, Andrea Bebel, Hutton Cobb, Mitch Beasley	Comedy, Adventure	Live action
		Like Father Like Son	TriStar Pictures / Imagine Entertainment	Rod Daniel (director); David Hoselton, Steve Bloom, Lorne Cameron (screenplay); Dudley Moore, Kirk Cameron, Margaret Colin, Catherine Hicks, Patrick O'Neal, Sean Astin, Larry Sellers, Maxine Stuart, David Wohl, Michael Horton, Bonnie Bedelia, Camille Cooper, Micah Grant, Bill Morrison	Comedy	Live action
		Slam Dance	Island Pictures	Wayne Wang (director); Don Keith Opper (screenplay); Tom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Virginia Madsen, Harry Dean Stanton, Millie Perkins, Don Keith Opper, Adam Ant, John Doe, Judith Barsi, Lisa Niemi, Herta Ware	Thriller	Live action
	9	The Princess Bride	20th Century Fox / Act III Communications	Rob Reiner (director); William Goldman (screenplay); Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Peter Falk, Fred Savage	Romance, Comedy	Live action
		Someone to Watch Over Me	Columbia Pictures	Ridley Scott (director); Howard Franklin (screenplay); Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco, Jerry Orbach, John Rubinstein, Andreas Katsulas, Jim Moriarty, Mark Moses, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Harley Cross, Tony Di Benedetto	Romance, Crime, Thriller	Live action
		Surrender	Warner Bros. Pictures / Cannon Films	Jerry Belson (director/screenplay); Sally Field, Michael Caine, Steve Guttenberg, Peter Boyle, Jackie Cooper, Julie Kavner, Louise Lasser, Iman	Comedy	Live action
		Three O'Clock High	Universal Pictures	Phil Joanou (director); Richard Christian Matheson, Thomas Szollosi (screenplay); Casey Siemaszko, Anne Ryan, Richard Tyson, Jeffrey Tambor, Philip Baker Hall, John P. Ryan, Stacey Glick, Mitch Pileggi, Theron Read, Liza Morrow, Caitlin O'Heaney, Alice Nunn, Paul Feig, Yeardley Smith, Jonathan Wise, Guy Massey, Mike Jolly, Charles Macaulay	Comedy	Live action
	16	Barfly	Cannon Films / American Zoetrope	Barbet Schroeder (director); Charles Bukowski (screenplay); Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, J.C. Quinn, Frank Stallone, Sandy Martin, Gloria LeRoy, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Jack Nance, Roberta Bassin, Joe Unger, Harry Cohn, Fritz Feld, Charles Bukowski, Albert Henderson	Comedy, Drama	Live action
		Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II	Samuel Goldwyn Films / Alliance Atlantis	Bruce Pittman (director); Ron Oliver (screenplay); Michael Ironside, Wendy Lyon, Justin Louis, Lisa Schrage, Richard Monette, Terri Hawkes, Wendell Smith, John Pyper-Ferguson, Vincent Gale, Judy Mahbey, Beverley Hendry, Brock Simpson, Beth Gondek, Michael Evans, Dennis Robinson, Larry Musser, Glen Gretzky, David Robertson, Lorretta Bailey	Slasher	Live action
		Hope and Glory	Columbia Pictures / Goldcrest Films / Nelson Entertainment	John Boorman (director/screenplay); Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Sarah Miles, David Hayman, Derrick O'Connor, Susan Wooldridge, Sammi Davis, Ian Bannen, Geraldine Muir, Anne Leon, Jean-Marc Barr	Comedy, Drama, War	Live action
		Weeds	De Laurentiis Entertainment Group	John D. Hancock (director/screenplay); Dorothy Tristan (screenplay); Nick Nolte, Ernie Hudson, Rita Taggart, Mark Rolston, Lane Smith, Joe Mantegna, William Forsythe, John Toles-Bey	Drama	Live action
		The Whales of August	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Lindsay Anderson (director); David Berry (screenplay); Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern, Harry Carey Jr., Frank Grimes, Margaret Ladd, Tisha Sterling, Mary Steenburgen	Drama	Live action
	23	The Glass Menagerie	Cineplex Odeon Films	Paul Newman (director); Tennessee Williams (screenplay); Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen, James Naughton	Drama	Live action
		No Man's Land	Orion Pictures	Peter Werner (director); Dick Wolf (screenplay); Charlie Sheen, D.B. Sweeney, Randy Quaid, Lara Harris, Bill Duke, R.D. Call, M. Emmet Walsh, Bernie Pock, Clare Wren, George Dzundza, Peggy McCay, Linda Shayne, Guy Boyd, Gary Riley, Jenny Gago, Michael Riley, Brad Pitt, Arlen Dean Snyder, Al Shannon, Kenny Endoso, James F. Kelly, Lori Butler, Danitza Kingsley, Robert Pierce, Claude Earl Jones, Jan Burrell, Channing Chase, Jessica Puscas, Molly Carter, Henry G. Sanders, Scott Lincoln, Tom Santo, Denis Hartigan	Crime	Live action
		Prince of Darkness	Universal Pictures / Alive Films / Carolco Pictures	John Carpenter (director/screenplay); Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, Dennis Dun, Susan Blanchard, Anne Howard, Dirk Blocker, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, Peter Jason, Thom Bray, Alice Cooper, Ann Yen, Ken Wright, Robert Grasmere	Horror, Supernatural	Live action
		The Sicilian	20th Century Fox / Gladden Entertainment	Michael Cimino (director); Steve Shagan, Gore Vidal (screenplay); Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland, John Turturro, Barbara Sukowa, Richard Bauer, Giulia Boschi, Ray McAnally, Barry Miller, Andreas Katsulas, Michael Wincott, Ramon Bieri, Oliver Cotton, Joe Regalbuto, Aldo Ray, Derrick Branche	Action	Live action
		Suspect	TriStar Pictures	Peter Yates (director); Eric Roth (screenplay); Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney, Joe Mantegna, Philip Bosco, Fred Melamed, Bernie McInerney, Bill Cobbs, Richard Gant, Jim Walton, Michael Beach, Ralph Cosham, Djanet Sears	Mystery, Drama	Live action
	30	Baby Boom	United Artists	Charles Shyer (director/screenplay); Nancy Meyers (screenplay); Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, Sam Wanamaker, James Spader, Pat Hingle, Britt Leach, Annie Golden, Kristina and Michelle Kennedy, Mary Gross, Elizabeth Bennett, Peter Elbling, Shera Danese, Beverly Todd, William Frankfather, George O. Petrie, Victoria Jackson, Dori Brenner, Jane Elliot, Benjamin Diskin, Paxton Whitehead, Hansford Rowe, Billy Beck, Katherine Borowitz, Robin Bartlett, Christopher Noth, Linda Ellerbee, Margaret Whitton	Romance, Comedy	Live action
		Fatal Beauty	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Tom Holland (director); Hilary Henkin, Dean Riesner (screenplay); Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Rubén Blades, Harris Yulin, John P. Ryan, Jennifer Warren, Brad Dourif, Charles Hallahan, M.C. Gainey, James LeGros, Celeste Yarnall, James Smith, Mark Pellegrino, Neill Barry, Clayton Landey, Ebbe Roe Smith, Larry Hankin, Cheech Marin, David Harris, Michael Delorenzo, Michael Champion, Mike Jolly, Walter Robles, Cathianne Blore, Steve Akahoshi, Bernie Hern, Fred Asparagus, Gary Carlos Cervantes, Emilia Avarza, Rick Telles, Prince Hughes	Action, Comedy, Thriller	Live action
		Gaby: A True Story	TriStar Pictures	Luis Mandoki (director); Martin Salinas, Michael James Love (screenplay); Liv Ullmann, Norma Aleandro, Robert Loggia, Lawrence Monoson, Rachel Levin, Susana Alexander, Robert Beltran, Beatriz Sheridan, Tony Goldwyn	Biography, Drama	Live action
		The Hidden	New Line Cinema	Jack Sholder (director); Jim Kouf (screenplay); Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Clu Gulager, Chris Mulkey, Ed O'Ross, Clarence Felder, Claudia Christian, Larry Cedar, Richard Brooks, William Boyett, Tony Anholt, Steve Eastin, Katherine Cannon, James Luisi, Danny Trejo, Lin Shaye	Horror, Supernatural	Live action
N O V E M B E R	6	Cry Freedom	Universal Pictures	Richard Attenborough (director); John Briley (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Penelope Wilton, Alec McCowen, Kevin McNally, Ian Richardson, John Thaw, Timothy West, Josette Simon, John Hargreaves, Miles Anderson, Zakes Mokae, John Matshikiza	Epic, Drama	Live action
		Death Wish 4: The Crackdown	Cannon Films	J. Lee Thompson (director); Gail Morgan Hickman (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Kay Lenz, John P. Ryan, Perry Lopez, Soon-Tek Oh, George Dickerson, Dana Barron, Danny Trejo, Dan Ferro, Michael Russo, James Purcell, Tom Everett, Hector Mercado, Tim Russ, Mark Pellegrino, Mitch Pileggi, Irwin Keyes, Richard Aherne, Mike Moroff, Gerald Castillo, Jesse Dabson, Daniel Sabia, Peter Sherayko, David Fontano	Action, Crime	Live action
		Hello Again	Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners	Frank Perry (director); Susan Isaacs (screenplay); Shelley Long, Judith Ivey, Gabriel Byrne, Corbin Bernsen, Sela Ward, Austin Pendleton, Carrie Nye, Robert Lewis, Madeleine Potter, Thor Fields	Romance, Fantasy, Comedy	Live action
		Hiding Out	De Laurentiis Entertainment Group	Bob Giraldi (director); Joe Menosky, Jeff Rothberg (screenplay); Jon Cryer, Keith Coogan, Annabeth Gish, Claude Brooks, Oliver Cotton, Tim Quill, Tony Soper, Ned Eisenberg, Marita Geraghty, John Spencer, Gretchen Cryer, Anne Pitoniak, Beth Ehlers, Richard Portnow, Gerry Bamman, Jack Gilpin, Joy Behar, Lou Walker	Comedy, Drama	Live action
		Less Than Zero	20th Century Fox / The Kerner Entertainment Company	Marek Kanievska (director); Harley Peyton (screenplay); Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader, Nicholas Pryor, Tony Bill, Donna Mitchell, Michael Bowen, Sarah Buxton, Jayne Modean, Lisanne Falk, Neith Hunter, Michael Greene, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Brad Pitt, Christopher Maleki, Jackie Swanson	Drama	Live action
		Made in Heaven	Lorimar Film Entertainment	Alan Rudolph (director); Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon (screenplay); Timothy Hutton, Kelly McGillis, Maureen Stapleton, Ann Wedgeworth, Mare Winningham, Don Murray, Amanda Plummer, James Gammon, Tim Daly, David Rasche, Willard E. Pugh, Marj Dusay, Tom Petty, Ellen Barkin, Debra Winger, Ric Ocasek, Neil Young	Fantasy, Comedy	Live action
		Russkies	New Century Vista	Rick Rosenthal (director); Sheldon Lettich, Michael Nankin, Alan Jay Glueckman (screenplay); Whip Hubley, Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Billingsley, Stefan DeSalle, Susan Walters, Patrick Kilpatrick	Drama	Live action
		Steel Dawn	Vestron Pictures	Lance Hool (director); Doug Lefler (screenplay); Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi, Anthony Zerbe, Brion James, Christopher Neame, John Fujioka, Arnold Vosloo, Brett Hool, Marcel Van Heerden	Sci-Fi, Action	Live action
	13	Cross My Heart	Universal Pictures	Armyan Bernstein (director/screenplay); Gail Parent (screenplay); Martin Short, Annette O'Toole, Paul Reiser, Joanna Kerns, Jessica Puscas, Lee Arenberg, Corinne Bohrer, Jason Stuart, Shelley Taylor Morgan, Eric Poppick, Steven J. Zmed	Romance, Comedy	Live action
	13	The Running Man	TriStar Pictures / Taft Entertainment / HBO Films	Paul Michael Glaser (director); Steven E. de Souza (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, Marvin J. McIntyre, Mick Fleetwood, Professor Toru Tanaka, Gus Rethwisch, Jesse Ventura, Jim Brown, Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, Dweezil Zappa, Kurt Fuller, Rodger Bumpass, Edward Bunker, Sven-Ole Thorsen	Sci-Fi, Action	Live action
	20	Cinderella (re-release)	Walt Disney Pictures	Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson (directors); Ken Anderson, Perce Pearce, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Ted Sears, Maurice Rapf, Homer Brightman, Erdman Penner, Harry Reeves, Joe Rinaldi (screenplay); Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Rhoda Williams, Lucille Bliss, William Phipps, Jimmy MacDonald, Luis van Rooten, Don Barclay, June Foray, Mike Douglas, Betty Lou Gerson	Animation, Musical, Fantasy	Animation
		Date with an Angel	De Laurentiis Entertainment Group	Tom McLoughlin (director/screenplay); Michael E. Knight, Phoebe Cates, Emmanuelle Béart, David Dukes, Albert Macklin, Vinny Argiro, Bibi Besch, Cheryl Pollak, Phil Brock, Peter Kowanko, Steven Banks, Charles Lane, J. Don Ferguson	Romance, Comedy, Fantasy	Live action
		Flowers in the Attic	New World Pictures / Fries Entertainment	Jeffrey Bloom (director/screenplay); Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson, Jeb Stuart Adams, Louise Fletcher, Ben Ryan Ganger, Lindsay Parker, Marshall Colt, Nathan Davis, Leonard Mann, V.C. Andrews, Alex Koba, Bruce Neckels, Gus Peters, Brooke Fries, Clare C. Peck	Horror	Live action
		Nuts	Warner Bros. Pictures / Barwood Films	Martin Ritt (director); Tom Topor, Darryl Ponicsan, Alvin Sargent (screenplay); Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton, Eli Wallach, Robert Webber, James Whitmore, Karl Malden, Leslie Nielsen, William Prince, Dakin Matthews	Drama	Live action
		Sign o' the Times	Cineplex Odeon Films	Prince (director/screenplay); Prince	Concert	Live action
		Teen Wolf Too	Atlantic Releasing Corporation	Christopher Leitch (director); Tim Kring (screenplay); Jason Bateman, Kim Darby, John Astin, Paul Sand, James Hampton, Mark Holton, Stuart Fratkin, Kathleen Freeman, Estee Chandler, Robert Neary, Beth Ann Miller, Rachel Sharp, William H. Burton, David Burton	Fantasy, Comedy	Live action
	27	Planes, Trains and Automobiles	Paramount Pictures Hughes Entertainment	John Hughes (director/screenplay); Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Dylan Baker, Olivia Burnette, Larry Hankin, Richard Herd, Matthew Lawrence, Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon, Carol Bruce, Diana Douglas, Martin Ferrero, Susan Kellermann, Edie McClurg, George Petrie, Gary Riley, Charles Tyner, Susan Isaacs, Bill Irwin, Ben Stein, Troy Evans, Ken Tipton, Lyman Ward, Tom Willett, Chino 'Fats' Williams, William Windom	Comedy	Live action
	27	Three Men and a Baby	Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners / Interscope Communications	Leonard Nimoy (director); James Orr, Jim Cruickshank (screenplay); Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Margaret Colin, Celeste Holm, Nancy Travis, Michelle and Lisa Blair, Alexandra Amini, Philip Bosco, Paul Guilfoyle, Earl Hindman, Barbara Budd, Eugene Clark, Derek de Lint, Dave Foley, Jackie Richardson, Cynthia Harris, Colin Quinn, Mario Joyner	Comedy	Live action
D E C E M B E R	4	Walker	Universal Pictures	Alex Cox (director); Rudy Wurlitzer (screenplay); Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Auberjonois, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval, Marlee Matlin, Keith Szarabajka, Sy Richardson, Xander Berkeley, John Diehl, Alfonso Arau, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Gerrit Graham, William O'Leary, Kathy Burke, Blanca Guerra, Rick Barker, Karl Braun, Richard Edson, Bennet Guillory, David Hayman, Dick Rude, Zander Schloss, Milton Selzer, Edward Tudor-Pole, Norbert Weisser, Biff Yeager, Richard Zobel, Joe Strummer, Del Zamora, Fox Harris	Historical	Live action
	11	Cold Steel	CineTel Films	Dorothy Ann Puzo (director/screenplay); Lisa M. Hansen, Michael Sonye, Moe Quigley (screenplay); Brad Davis, Sharon Stone, Jonathan Banks, Jay Acavone, Adam Ant	Thriller	Live action
		Throw Momma from the Train	Orion Pictures	Danny DeVito (director); Stu Silver (screenplay); Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Anne Ramsey, Kim Greist, Kate Mulgrew, Branford Marsalis, Rob Reiner, Bruce Kirby, Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Oprah Winfrey	Comedy	Live action
		Wall Street	20th Century Fox	Oliver Stone (director/screenplay); Stanley Weiser (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Hal Holbrook, Terence Stamp, James Karen, Sean Young, James Spader, Tamara Tunie, Franklin Cover, John C. McGinley, Frank Adonis, John Capodice, Josh Mostel, Ann Talman, Andrea Thompson, Lauren Tom, Michael O'Donoghue, Cecilia Peck, Paul Guilfoyle, Annie McEnroe, Grant Shaud, Saul Rubinek, Sean Stone, Adelle Lutz, Sylvia Miles, Richard Dysart, Millie Perkins, Oliver Stone	Drama	Live action
	18	*batteries not included	Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment	Matthew Robbins (director/screenplay); Brad Bird, Brent Maddock, S.S. Wilson (screenplay); Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Peña, Dennis Boutsikaris, Michael Carmine, John Pankow, Michael Greene, Tom Aldredge, Wendy Schaal	Sci-Fi	Live action
		The Dead	Vestron Pictures	John Huston (director); Tony Huston (screenplay); Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Helena Carroll, Cathleen Delany, Dan O'Herlihy, Marie Kean, Donal Donnelly, Sean McClory, Frank Patterson, Colm Meaney, Kate O'Toole, Bairbre Dowling, Redmond Gleeson, Rachael Dowling, Ingrid Craigie, Lyda Anderson, Maria McDermottroe, Cormac O'Herlihy, Maria Hayden	Drama	Live action
		Eddie Murphy Raw	Paramount Pictures	Robert Townsend (director); Eddie Murphy (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Tatyana Ali, Deon Richmond, Billie Allen, Tiger Haynes, Leonard Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson, Basil Wallace, Damien Wayans, Ellis E. Williams, Carol Woods, Kim Wayans, Edye Byrde, Clebert Ford, Birdie M. Hale, Davenia McFadden, Gwen McGee, James Brown III, Michelle Davison, J.D. Hall, Barbara Iley, John Lafayette, Lex Monson, Warren Morris	Comedy	Live action
		Ironweed	TriStar Pictures / Taft Entertainment	Hector Babenco (director); William Kennedy (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Fred Gwynne, Diane Venora, Margaret Whitton, Tom Waits, Nathan Lane, James Gammon, Laura Esterman, Joe Grifasi, Hy Anzell, Ted Levine, Black-Eyed Susan, Lola Pashalinski, Frank Whaley, Louis St. Louis, Matt McGrath, Boris McGiver	Drama	Live action
		Leonard Part 6	Columbia Pictures	Paul Weiland (director); Jonathan Reynolds (screenplay); Bill Cosby, Tom Courtenay, Joe Don Baker, Moses Gunn, Gloria Foster, Victoria Rowell, John Hostetter, Pat Colbert	Spy, Comedy	Live action
		Moonstruck	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Norman Jewison (director); John Patrick Shanley (screenplay); Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello, Julie Bovasso, Louis Guss, John Mahoney, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Anita Gillette, Leonardo Cimino, Paula Trueman, Joe Grifasi, Robin Bartlett, Helen Hanft, Amy Aquino, Tony Azito, Lisa Howard, Cynthia Dale, Tommy Hollis, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese	Romance, Comedy	Live action
		Overboard	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Garry Marshall (director); Leslie Dixon (screenplay); Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond, Roddy McDowall, Michael G. Hagerty, Jared Rushton, Hector Elizondo, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Garry Marshall, Ray Combs, Frank Buxton, Wright Brothers Band, Brian Price, Jamie Wild, Jeffrey Wiseman, Henry Alan Miller, Doris Hess	Romance, Comedy	Live action
		September	Orion Pictures	Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Denholm Elliott, Mia Farrow, Elaine Stritch, Jack Warden, Sam Waterston, Dianne Wiest, Rosemary Murphy, Ira Wheeler, Jane Cecil	Drama	Live action
	23	The Last Emperor	Columbia Pictures / Hemdale Film Corporation / Recorded Picture Company	Bernardo Bertolucci (director/screenplay); Mark Peploe (screenplay); John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Maggie Han, Ric Young, Wu Junmei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Lisa Lu, Basil Pao, Henry O, Jade Go, Fumihiko Ikeda, Fan Guang, Hideo Takamatsu, Hajime Tachibana, Richard Vuu, Tijger Tsou, Wu Tao, Henry Kyi, Alvin Riley III	Epic, Biography	Live action
	25	Broadcast News	20th Century Fox / Gracie Films	James L. Brooks (director/screenplay); William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Joan Cusack, Peter Hackes, Christian Clemenson, Jack Nicholson, Leo Burmester, Marita Geraghty, Glen Roven, Marc Shaiman, Martha Smith, John Cusack, Gennie James	Comedy, Romance, Drama	Live action
		Empire of the Sun	Warner Bros. Pictures / Amblin Entertainment	Steven Spielberg (director); Tom Stoppard (screenplay); Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano, Leslie Phillips, Masatō Ibu, Emily Richard, Rupert Frazer, Ben Stiller, Robert Stephens, Guts Ishimatsu, Burt Kwouk, Paul McGann, Marc de Jonge, J.G. Ballard, Peter Gale, Takatarô Kataoka	Epic, War	Live action
		Good Morning, Vietnam	Touchstone Pictures	Barry Levinson (director); Mitch Markowitz (screenplay); Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Chintara Sukapatana, Bruno Kirby, Robert Wuhl, J.T. Walsh, Noble Willingham, Richard Edson, Richard Portnow, Floyd Vivino, Tung Thanh Tran, Juney Smith, Cu Ba Nguyen	Comedy, Drama	Live action
		Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night	New World Pictures / Filmation	Hal Sutherland (director); Robby London, Barry O'Brien, Dennis O'Flaherty (screenplay); Scott Grimes, Tom Bosley, Ed Asner, Frank Welker, Jonathan Harris, James Earl Jones, William Windom, Don Knotts, Rickie Lee Jones, Linda Gary, Lana Beeson	Animation, Fantasy, Adventure	Animation

Notable films released in 1987

United States unless stated

XYZ

The Year My Voice Broke, directed by John Duigan, starring Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, and Ben Mendelsohn (Australia)
Yeelen (Brightness), directed by Souleymane Cissé, starring Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, and Niamanto Sanogo (Mali)
Zegen, directed by Shohei Imamura, starring Mitsuko Baisho (Japan)

Births

January 5 - Fabiola Guajardo, Mexican actress and model
January 7 - Lyndsy Fonseca, actress
January 16 - Carrie Keranen, voice actress
February 5 - Darren Criss, actor
February 9 - Michael B. Jordan, actor
February 21
- Ashley Greene, actress
- Elliot Page, Canadian actor
April 4 - Sarah Gadon, actress
April 9 - Jesse McCartney, actor, singer-songwriter and voice actor
April 19 - Oksana Akinshina, actress
April 27 - William Moseley, English actor
June 22 - Joe Dempsie, English actor
June 27 - Ed Westwick, English film and television actor
July 11 - Cristina Vee, voice actress
July 26 - Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress
July 27 - Mara Wilson, actress and writer
August 8 - Katie Leung, Scottish film, television and stage actress
August 25 - Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
September 7 - Evan Rachel Wood, actress
September 11 - Tyler Hoechlin, actor
September 22 - Tom Felton, English actor
September 28 - Hilary Duff, actress
September 29 - Anaïs Demoustier, actress
October 18 - Zac Efron, actor and singer
November 12 - Kengo Kora, Japanese actor
November 23 - Vallo Kirs, Estonian actor
December 28 - Adam Gregory, actor

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	9	Arthur Lake	81	US	Actor	Blondie Dance Hall
	14	Douglas Sirk	89	Germany	Director	Imitation of Life Written on the Wind
	15	Ray Bolger	83	US	Actor, Singer	The Wizard of Oz Babes in Toyland
	27	Norman McLaren	72	Canada	Animator, Director	Neighbours Pas de deux
February	1	Alessandro Blasetti	86	Italy	Director, Screenwriter	1860 The Countess of Parma
	23	Esmond Knight	80	UK	Actor	Henry V The Red Shoes
	25	James Coco	56	US	Actor	Only When I Laugh Wholly Moses!
	25	John Collin	58	UK	Actor	Tess Star!
	28	Joan Greenwood	65	UK	Actress	He Found a Star The October Man
March	2	Randolph Scott	89	US	Actor	The Texans The Walking Hills
	3	Danny Kaye	74	US	Actor	White Christmas The Court Jester
	7	Waldo Salt	72	US	Screenwriter	Midnight Cowboy Serpico
	21	Robert Preston	68	US	Actor	The Music Man Victor Victoria
	22	Morton Haack	62	US	Costume Designer	Planet of the Apes The Unsinkable Molly Brown
	28	Patrick Troughton	67	UK	Actor	Jason and the Argonauts Scars of Dracula
April	17	Dick Shawn	63	US	Actor	The Producers It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
April	19	Milt Kahl	78	US	Animator	The Jungle Book One Hundred and One Dalmatians
May	2	Michael Gover	73	UK	Actor	A Clockwork Orange Superman
May	14	Rita Hayworth	68	US	Actress	Gilda The Lady from Shanghai
June	1	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas	72	India	Director, Screenwriter	Mera Naam Joker Awaara
	6	Fulton Mackay	64	UK	Actor	Local Hero Gumshoe
	10	Elizabeth Hartman	43	US	Actress	You're a Big Boy Now The Secret of NIMH
	13	Geraldine Page	62	US	Actress	The Trip to Bountiful Interiors
	22	Fred Astaire	88	US	Actor	Swing Time The Towering Inferno
	24	Jackie Gleason	71	US	Actor	The Hustler The Toy
July	3	Viola Dana	90	US	Actress	That Certain Thing The Show of Shows
	7	Hannelore Schroth	65	Germany	Actress	Sweetheart of the Gods Beloved Corinna
	15	Alfie Bass	71	UK	Actor	The Fearless Vampire Killers Moonraker
	31	Joseph E. Levine	81	US	Producer	A Bridge Too Far The Lion in Winter
August	1	Pola Negri	90	Poland	Actress	Madame DuBarry Carmen
	17	Clarence Brown	97	US	Director	National Velvet The Yearling
	21	Bombolo	56	Italy	Actor	Squadra antitruffa Little Italy
	28	John Huston	81	US	Actor, Director, Screenwriter	The Maltese Falcon The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
	29	Lee Marvin	63	US	Actor	The Dirty Dozen The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
September	4	Richard Marquand	49	UK	Director	Return of the Jedi Jagged Edge
	5	Bill Fraser	79	UK	Actor	Up Pompeii Up the Chastity Belt
	13	Mervyn LeRoy	86	US	Director	Quo Vadis Mister Roberts
	23	Bob Fosse	60	US	Director, Screenwriter	Cabaret All That Jazz
	25	Mary Astor	81	US	Actress	The Maltese Falcon Meet Me in St. Louis
	25	Emlyn Williams	81	UK	Actress	The Man Who Knew Too Much The Citadel
October	2	Madeleine Carroll	81	UK	Actress	The 39 Steps Secret Agent
October	22	Lino Ventura	68	Italy	Actor	Illustrious Corpses The Dictator's Guns
November	5	Georges Franju	75	France	Director, Screenwriter	Judex Nuits Rouges
December	4	Rouben Mamoulian	90	Georgia	Director	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Mark of Zorro

Film debuts

Patricia Arquette - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Alec Baldwin - Forever, Lulu
Jason Bateman - Teen Wolf Too
Kenneth Branagh - A Month in the Country
Sandra Bullock - Hangmen
Patricia Clarkson - The Untouchables
George Clooney - Return to Horror High
Chris Cooper - Matewan
Courteney Cox - Down Twisted
Stephen Dorff - The Gate
Edie Falco - Sweet Lorraine
Gong Li - Red Sorghum
Richard E. Grant - Withnail and I
Anthony LaPaglia - Cold Steel
Nathan Lane - Ironweed
Penelope Ann Miller - Hotshot
Brad Pitt - No Man's Land
Chris Rock - Beverly Hills Cop II
David Spade - Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Ben Stiller - Empire of the Sun
Uma Thurman – Kiss Daddy Goodnight
Nancy Travis - Three Men and a Baby
Courtney B. Vance - Hamburger Hill
Jesse Ventura - Predator
Robin Wright - The Princess Bride

References

"Domestic Box Office For 1987". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

External links

1987 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo

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[1] "Domestic Box Office For 1987". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 December 2019.