U.S. Release Date: 1987-07-24
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Mariel Hemingway, Jackie Cooper, Sam Wanamaker, Mark Pillow, Mark McClure, Jon Cryer
An unnecessary extra chapter for a story that had already lasted too long.
U.S. Release Date: 1988-04-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sensuality, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: John Lone, Wu Junmei, Ric Young, Maggie Han, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Dennis Dun, Victor Wong, Ying Ruocheng, Peter O’Toole, Joan Chen, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa
In addition to cementing its reputation with the Oscar win, "The Last Emperor" illustrated that Bertolucci could do more than make lurid artistic fare.
U.S. Release Date: 1987-10-21
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Mani Ratnam
Cast: Kamal Haasan, Saranya, Delhi Ganesh, Janagaraj, Karthika, Nasser, Nizhalgal Ravi
Worth watching for anyone with an affinity for Indian films in general and gangster tales in particular.
U.S. Release Date: 1987-11-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Erland Van Lidth, Gus Rethwisch, Professor Toru Tanaka, Jim Brown, Jesse Ventura, Marvin J. McIntrye, Yaphet Kotto, Maria Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Mick Fleetwood
"The Running Man" wastes a good premise so egregiously that it feels like a desecration.
U.S. Release Date: 1987-01-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: Joseph Ruben
Cast: Terry O’Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack, Charles Lanyer, Stephen Shellen
Doesn’t hold up quite as well as it did during the late 1980s but it still generates suspense and O’Quinn’s performance has lost none of its power.
U.S. Release Date: 1987-07-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: War/Drama
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Matthew Modine, Arliss Howard, R. Lee Ermey, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio, Kevyn Major Howard
After 20 years, its depictions of war and how men are molded by war have lost none of their power.
U.S. Release Date: 1987-12-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Martin Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Terence Stamp, John C. McGinley, Hal Holbrook, Sean Young
One phrase - perhaps the best-known one from any ...
U.S. Release Date: 1987-07-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Ray Wise
Robocop was among the biggest surprises of 1987 - ...
U.S. Release Date: 1987-03-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, Traci Wolfe
It would be easy to lump Lethal Weapon into the ...
U.S. Release Date: 1987-09-25
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY/COMEDY
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Mel Smith, Fred Savage, Peter Falk, Andre the Giant, Christopher Guest, Chris Sarandon, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Cary Elwes, Carol Kane
"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father...