1987 in film

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 $167,780,960
2 Fatal Attraction Paramount $156,645,693
3 Beverly Hills Cop II $153,665,036
4 Good Morning, Vietnam Buena Vista $123,922,370
5 Moonstruck MGM $80,640,528
6 The Untouchables Paramount $76,270,454
7 The Secret of My Success Universal $66,995,000
8 Stakeout Buena Vista $65,673,233
9 Lethal Weapon Warner Bros. $65,207,127
10 The Witches of Eastwick $63,766,510

Events

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
  • 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
  • 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
  • February 11 – Julio Torres, Salvadoran writer, comedian, and actor
  • February 17 – Ísis Valverde, Brazilian actress
  • February 20
  • February 21
  • 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 17 - Alison Rich, American actress, writer and director
  • 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
  • April 16 - Jack Cutmore-Scott, English actor
  • April 18 - Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, British actress and model
  • April 19
  • April 20 – John Patrick Amedori, American actor and musician
  • April 21 - Meng'er Zhang, Chinese actress
  • April 27
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • August 30
    • Johanna Braddy, American actress
    • Cameron Finley, American former child actor
  • September 7 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress, model, and musician
  • September 8
  • September 9 - Clayton Snyder, American actor
  • September 10 - Tunji Kasim, Scottish actor
  • September 11
  • September 14
  • 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
  • September 23 – Skylar Astin, American actor and singer
  • September 24
  • 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
  • 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

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 3 David Maysles 55 US Documentarian
9 Arthur Lake 81 US Actor
14 Douglas Sirk 89 Germany Director
15 Ray Bolger 83 US Actor, Singer
15 George Markstein 60 UK Screenwriter
16 Joyce Jameson 54 US Actress
27 Norman McLaren 72 UK Animator, Director
February 1 Alessandro Blasetti 86 Italy Director, Screenwriter
  • 1860
  • The Countess of Parma
22 David Susskind 66 US Producer
23 William Rose 68 US Screenwriter
23 Esmond Knight 80 UK Actor
25 James Coco 56 US Actor
25 John Collin 58 UK Actor
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, Singer
7 Henri Decaë 71 France Cinematographer
7 Waldo Salt 72 US Screenwriter
21 Dean Paul Martin 35 US Actor
  • Players
  • Heart Like a Wheel
21 Robert Preston 68 US Actor
22 Morton Haack 62 US Costume Designer
27 William Bowers 71 US Screenwriter
28 Patrick Troughton 67 UK Actor
April 6 Philip M. Jefferies 61 US Production Designer
11 Kent Taylor 79 US Actor
  • Half Past Midnight
  • Payment on Demand
17 Dick Shawn 63 US Actor
19 Milt Kahl 78 US Animator
May 2 Michael Gover 73 UK Actor
4 Paul Groesse 81 US Art Director
7 Colin Blakely 56 Ireland Actor
14 Rita Hayworth 68 US Actress
21 Alejandro Rey 57 Argentina Actor
24 Hermione Gingold 89 UK Actress
29 Howard Shoup 83 US Costume Designer
June 1 Khwaja Ahmad Abbas 72 India Director, Screenwriter
3 Will Sampson 53 US Actor
6 Fulton Mackay 64 UK Actor
8 Daniel Mandell 91 US Film Editor
10 Elizabeth Hartman 43 US Actress
11 Dan Vadis 49 China Actor
13 Geraldine Page 62 US Actress
22 Fred Astaire 88 US Actor
24 Jackie Gleason 71 US Actor
July 1 Jerry Livingston 78 US Songwriter
3 Viola Dana 90 US Actress
5 Phil Abramson 54 US Set Decorator
7 Hannelore Schroth 65 Germany Actress
  • Sweetheart of the Gods
  • Beloved Corinna
12 Harold Goodwin 84 US Actor
15 Alfie Bass 71 UK Actor
17 Yūjirō Ishihara 52 Japan Actor, Singer
  • Season of the Sun
  • Crazed Fruit
20 Richard Egan 65 US Actor
22 Adele Comandini 89 US Screenwriter
31 Joseph E. Levine 81 US Producer
August 1 Pola Negri 90 Poland Actress
  • Madame Dubarry
  • Carmen
17 Clarence Brown 97 US Director
17 Shaike Ophir 58 Israel Actor
  • The Policeman
  • Blaumilch Canal
19 Hayden Rorke 76 US Actor
21 Bombolo 56 Italy Actor
  • Squadra antitruffa
  • Little Italy
22 Ted Sherdeman 78 US Screenwriter
28 John Huston 81 US Actor, Director, Screenwriter
29 Lee Marvin 63 US Actor
September 1 Philip Friend 72 UK Actor
  • Buccaneer's Girl
  • The Son of Robin Hood
4 Richard Marquand 49 UK Director
5 Bill Fraser 79 UK Actor
  • Up Pompeii
  • Up the Chastity Belt
11 Lorne Greene 72 Canada Actor
12 John Qualen 87 US Actor
13 Mervyn LeRoy 86 US Director
23 Bob Fosse 60 US Director, Screenwriter
23 Erland Van Lidth De Jeude 34 Netherlands Actor
25 Mary Astor 81 US Actress
25 Emlyn Williams 81 UK Actor, Screenwriter
October 2 Madeleine Carroll 81 UK Actress
21 Bob Simmons 64 UK Stuntman
22 Lino Ventura 68 Italy Actor
  • Illustrious Corpses
  • The Dictator's Guns
November 4 Danielle Gaubert 44 France Actress
  • Flight from Ashiya
  • Camille 2000
5 Georges Franju 75 France Director, Screenwriter
  • Judex
  • Nuits Rouges
11 John 'Dusty' King 78 US Actor, Singer
  • The Range Busters
  • Law of the Jungle
23 Marcia Henderson 58 US Actress
  • All I Desire
  • Back to God's Country
26 Morton Lowry 73 UK Actor
29 Irene Handl 85 UK Actress
December 4 Rouben Mamoulian 90 Georgia Director
8 Fay Baker 70 US Actress
14 Clinton Sundberg 84 US Actor
21 Robert Paige 76 US Actor
21 Ralph Nelson 71 US Director

Film debuts

References

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