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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:
| 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
- 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 - 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 its 75th anniversary, a variant used until 1989, and the standard variant of this logo was used from 1989 to 2002.
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
- 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 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
- January 18
- Ingvild Deila, Norwegian actress
- Zane Holtz, Canadian actor and model
- January 20 – Evan Peters, American actor and producer
- 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
- 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
- February 21
- Ashley Greene, actress
- Elliot Page, Canadian actor
- 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 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
- April 28 – Tonia Sotiropoulou, Greek actress
- 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 27 – Bella Heathcote, Australian actress and model
- May 28 – Jessica Rothe, American actress
- May 31 – Meredith Hagner, American actress
- June 3 - 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 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 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 – Katie Leung, Scottish film, television, and stage 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 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
- September 7 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress, model, and musician
- September 8
- Ray Fisher, American actor
- Domee Shi, Chinese-Canadian animator, storyboard artist and director
- September 11
- Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
- Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress
- September 14
- Jessica Brown Findlay, English actress
- Davide Tucci, Maltese-Italian 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 14 – Jay Pharoah, American actor and stand-up comedian
- October 16 – Zhao Liying, Chinese actress
- October 18 – Zac Efron, actor and singer
- October 24 – Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor
- November 1 - 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 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 8 – Aria Curzon, American actress
- December 11 – Moe Dunford, Irish actor
- December 21 – Khris Davis, American actor
- December 28 – Adam Gregory, American actor