1987 in film

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

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

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 22 - 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 the company's 75th anniversary, a variant used until 1989, and the standard variant of this logo was used from 1989 to 2002.

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

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 Hindi films of 1987
  • List of Kannada films of 1987
  • List of Malayalam films of 1987
  • List of Marathi films of 1987
  • List of Tamil films of 1987
  • List of Telugu 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
  • Angel Karamoy, Indonesian actress, singer and comedian
• January 18
  • Ingvild Deila, Norwegian actress
  • Zane Holtz, Canadian actor and model
• January 20 – Evan Peters, American actor and producer
• January 30 - Valene Kane, Northern Irish actress
• 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
  • Jay Hayden, American actor
• February 21
  • Ashley Greene, American actress
  • Tuppence Middleton, British actress
  • Elliot Page, Canadian actor
• February 24 - Tina Desai, Indian actress
• 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 24 - María Valverde, Spanish actress
• 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
  • Lachlan Buchanan. Australian Actor
• April 28 – Tonia Sotiropoulou, Greek actress
• May 2 - Mae Martin, Canadian comedian, actor and screenwriter
• 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 17 - Jayne Wisener, Northern Irish actress and singer
• May 20
  • Ray Chase, American voice actor
  • Fra Fee, Northern Irish 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
  • Olivia Hamilton, American actress and producer
  • 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 17 - Sarah Niles, English actress
• 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
  • Mădălina Diana Ghenea, Romanian actress
  • Katie Leung, Scottish film, television, and stage actress
  • Jenn Proske, Canadian-American 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 20 - Alexandra Roach, Welsh actress
• 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
  • Cameron Finley, American former child actor
• 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 9 - Clayton Snyder, American actor
• September 10 - Tunji Kasim, Scottish actor
• September 11
  • Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
  • Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress
• September 14
  • Jessica Brown Findlay, English actress
  • Anna Chazelle, American actress, writer and director
  • 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 10 - James Northcote, English actor and producer
• 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, American actor and singer
• October 23 - Kirby Howell-Baptiste, English actress
• October 24 – Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor
• November 1
  • Zach Cherry, American actor and comedian
  • 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 24 – Renate Reinsve, Norwegian actress
• 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 23 - Agam Darshi, British actress
• December 25 - Eugenia Kuzmina, Russian actress and comedian
• December 28 – Adam Gregory, American actor
• December 29 - Joseph Lee, American actor

Deaths

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
• John Corbett – Someone to Watch Over Me
• 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
• Bill Farmer – RoboCop
• Sean Patrick Flanery – A Tiger's Tale
• 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
• David Hewlett – The Darkside
• 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
• Jacqueline McKenzie – Wordplay
• William McNamara – Opera
• Colm Meaney – The Dead
• Lance E. Nichols – Project X
• David Pasquesi – Light of Day
• Robert Patrick – Equalizer 2000
• Mark Pellegrino – Fatal Beauty
• Sean Pertwee – Prick Up Your Ears
• Robert Peters – Pass the Ammo
• Brad Pitt – No Man's Land
• Glenn Plummer – Who's That Girl
• John Pyper-Ferguson – Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
• Tara Reid – A Return to Salem's Lot
• Julian Richings – Love at Stake
• 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
• Lee Tergesen – Mind Benders
• David Thewlis – Little Dorrit
• Uma Thurman – Kiss Daddy Goodnight
• Nancy Travis – Three Men and a Baby
• Richard Tyson – Three O'Clock High
• Courtney B. Vance – Hamburger Hill
• Pruitt Taylor Vince – Angel Heart
• Patrick Warburton – Dragonard
• Frank Whaley – Ironweed
• Luis Zahera – Divinas palabras

References

References

1. "Domestic Box Office For 1987". [[Box Office Mojo]].