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List of American films of 1987

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This is a list of American films released in 1987.

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The highest-grossing American films released in 1987, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:[1]

Highest-grossing films of 1987
Rank Title Distributor Domestic 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

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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
The Kindred F/M Entertainment / Kindred Limited Partnership Jeffrey Obrow, Stephen Carpenter (directors/screenplay); John Penney, Earl Ghaffari, Joseph Stefano (screenplay); David Allen Brooks, Amanda Pays, Talia Balsam, Kim Hunter, Rod Steiger, Timothy Gibbs, Peter Frechette, Julia Montgomery, Bennet Guillory, James Boeke, Bunky Z, Charles Grueber, Edgar Small, Randy Harrington, Ben Perry
11 J. Edgar Hoover Showtime Networks / Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions / RLC Productions Robert L. Collins (director/screenplay); Treat Williams, Robert Alan Browne, Andrew Duggan, Louise Fletcher, Charles Hallahan, Art Hindle, James F. Kelly, Paul Kent, Charles Levin, John McLiam, Ford Rainey, Joe Regalbuto, David Ogden Stiers, William Traylor, Harvey Vernon, Mills Watson, Rip Torn, Walker Edmiston, Robert Harper, Erik Holland, Lee Kessler, F.J. O'Neil, Anthony Palmer, Gracia Lee, Cliff Murdock, Michael Griswold
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
The Color Purple (re-release) Warner Bros. Steven Spielberg (director); Menno Meyjes (screenplay); Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Akosua Busia, Adolph Caesar, Willard Pugh, Rae Dawn Chong, Larry Fishburne, Carl Anderson, Grand L. Bush, Dana Ivey, Bennet Guillory, James Tillis, Leonard Jackson, Desreta Jackson, Táta Vega, Gayle King
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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, Danny Kamekona, Wayne Heffley, Christian Clemenson, David Mamet, Gene Callahan, Thomas Hill, Anne Lockhart
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
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
Light of Day Tri-Star 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
13 84 Charing Cross Road Columbia Pictures / Brooksfilms David Jones (director); Hugh Whitemore (screenplay); Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench, Maurice Denham, Eleanor David, Mercedes Ruehl, Daniel Gerroll, Wendy Morgan, Ian McNeice, J. Smith-Cameron, Connie Booth, Tony Todd
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
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
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
Square Dance Island Pictures / NBC Productions Daniel Petrie (director); Alan Hines (screenplay); Winona Ryder, Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Rob Lowe, Guich Koock, Deborah Richter
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
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
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
28 The Quick and the Dead HBO Pictures / The Joseph Cates Company Robert Day (director); James Lee Barrett (screenplay); Sam Elliott, Tom Conti, Kate Capshaw, Kenny Morrison, Matt Clark, Patrick Kilpatrick, Larry Sellers, Hardy Rawls, Jerry Potter, Billy Streater, Del Shores, Jeffrey Meyer, R.L. Tolbert, Kurt D. Lott, Bill Stedman
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6 Angel Heart Tri-Star 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
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, Steve Kahan, Mary Ellen Trainor, Ed O'Ross, Lycia Naff, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Al Leong, Jack Thibeau, Grand L. Bush, Henry Brown, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Selma Archerd, Don Gordon, Blackie Dammett, Gilles Kohler, Renée Estevez, Kathleen Harrison, Mic Rodgers, Joan Severance, Alastair Sim, Chris Tashima, Norman D. Wilson, Damon Hines, Ebonie Smith, Donald Gooden
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
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
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
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
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
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
27 Blind Date Tri-Star 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
Withnail and I HandMade Films Bruce Robinson (director/screenplay); Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick, Daragh O'Malley, Noel Johnson, Irene Sutcliffe, Llewellyn Rees, Eddie Tagoe, Michael Wardle, Una Brandon-Jones, Robert Oates, Anthony Wise

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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
10 The Aristocats (re-release) Walt Disney Pictures Wolfgang Reitherman (director); Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Eric Cleworth, Vance Gerry, Julius Svendsen, Frank Thomas, Ralph Wright (screenplay); Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers, Paul Winchell, Lord Tim Hudson, Thurl Ravenscroft, Dean Clark, Liz English, Gary Dubin, Vito Scotti, Nancy Kulp, Pat Buttram, George Lindsey, Hermione Baddeley, Charles Lane, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Monica Evans, Carole Shelley, Bill Thompson, Peter Renaday, Ruth Buzzi, June Foray, Robie Lester, Clarence Nash
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
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
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
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
Rumpelstiltskin Cannon Films David Irving (director/screenplay); Amy Irving, Clive Revill, Priscilla Pointer, Billy Barty
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
19 The Last Innocent Man HBO Pictures Roger Spottiswoode (director); Dan Bronson (screenplay); Ed Harris, Roxanne Hart, David Suchet, Bruce McGill, Darrell Larson, Clarence Williams III, Robert Lesser, Meshach Taylor, Michael Durrell, Charles Lampkin, Rose Gregorino, Joe Mays, Frank Koppala, Robert Biheller
20 G.I. Joe: The Movie Celebrity Home Entertainment / Hasbro / Sunbow Productions / Marvel Productions / Toei Animation Co., Ltd. Don Jurwich (director); Ron Friedman (screenplay); Don Johnson, Burgess Meredith, Sgt. Slaughter, Charlie Adler, Shuko Akune, Jack Angel, Jackson Beck, Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, Earl Boen, Arthur Burghardt, Corey Burton, William Callaway, François Chau, Peter Cullen, Brian Cummings, Jennifer Darling, Laurie Faso, Hank Garrett, Dick Gautier, Ed Gilbert, Dan Gilvezan, Kene Holliday, John Hostetter, Buster Jones, Chris Latta, Chuck McCann, Michael McConnohie, Rob Paulsen, Patrick Pinney, Poncie Ponce, Bill Ratner, Neil Ross, Kristoffer Tabori, B.J. Ward, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Lee Weaver, Frank Welker, Zack Hoffman, Morgan Lofting, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Ron Ortiz, Lisa Raggio, Brad Sanders, Ted Schwartz, Stan Wojno Jr.
24 Extreme Prejudice Tri-Star 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 Jr., Mickey Jones, Thomas Rosales Jr., Matt Mulhern, Larry B. Scott, Dan Tullis, Jr.
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
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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
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
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
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
8 Gardens of Stone Tri-Star Pictures / Zoetrope Studios 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
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
River's Edge Island Pictures / Hemdale Film Corporation Tim Hunter (director); Neal Jimenez (screenplay); Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye Leitch, Roxana Zal, Daniel Roebuck, Joshua Miller, Dennis Hopper, Josh Richman, Tom Bower, Constance Forslund, Leo Rossi, Jim Metzler, Taylor Negron, Danyi Deats, Christopher Peters, Phillip Brock, Yuzo Nishihara, Richard Richcreek
Sweet Lorraine Angelika Films / Autumn Pictures Steve Gomer (director); Michael Zettler, Shelly Altman (screenplay); Maureen Stapleton, Trini Alvarado, Lee Richardson, John Bedford Lloyd, Freddie Roman, Giancarlo Esposito, Edith Falco, Todd Graff, Evan Handler, Mindy Morgenstern, Tamara Tunie, Boris Sichkin, Paula Trueman, Annie Korzen, Maurice Brenner
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
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
Personal Services Vestron Pictures / Zenith Entertainment Terry Jones (director); David Leland (screenplay); Julie Walters, Alec McCowen, Shirley Stelfox, Tim Woodward, Dave Atkins, Ewan Hooper, Leon Lissek, Michelle Collins, Peter Cellier, Benjamin Whitrow, Stephen Lewis, John Shrapnel, Nigel Le Vaillant, Ron Pember, Arthur Whybrow, John Bailey, Ivor Roberts, Arthur Cox, Stanley Lebor, Badi Uzzaman, Charlotte Seeley, Danny Schiller, Victoria Hardcastle, Alan Bowyer, Antony Carrick, Beverley Foster, Anthony Collin, Carolyn Allen, Sheila Gill, Jagdish Kumar
16 Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 HBO Showcase Jeremy Kagan (director/screenplay); Peter Boyle, Robert Carradine, Elliott Gould, Robert Loggia, Brian Benben, Michael Lembeck, Carl Lumbly, Barry Miller, David Clennon, Harris Yulin, David Opatoshu, Martin Sheen, Ron Rifkin, Billy Zane, Brandon Quintin Adams, James Avery, Val Avery, Tom Bower, Alyson Croft, John Finnegan, Paul Linke, John O'Banion, Carolyn Seymour, Dan Shor, Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, William Kunstler, Jerry Rubin, Bobby Seale, Lee Weiner, Leonard Weinglass, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Robert Fieldsteel, David Kagen, Tracey Joham
20 Beverly Hills Cop II Paramount Pictures / Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films 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
22 Amazing Grace and Chuck Tri-Star 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
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
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
23 Long Gone HBO Pictures Martin Davidson (director); Michael Norell (screenplay); William Petersen, Virginia Madsen, Dermot Mulroney, Larry Riley, Katy Boyer, Henry Gibson, Teller, Robert Easton, Joel Murray, David Langston Smyrl, Edward Blatchford, Nardi Contreras, Panchito Gómez, Guich Koock, Will Zahm, Steve Zurk, Kenneth Eriksen, Neil DeGroot, Ken Dominguez, Mike McKown, John Bauldrey, Ken Krannick, Kathryn Hasty, Tracy Roberts, Hazen Gifford, William Wohrman, Tony Vila Jr., Jim Rabe, Ronn Allen, Monica Moran
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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
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
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, Larry Brandenburg, Chelcie Ross, Robert Miranda, John Barrowman
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
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, Douglas Emerson, Royce D. Applegate, Daniel McDonald, Penny Baker, Kevin Pollak, Jamie Alcroft, Rich Hall, Hard Boiled Haggerty, Greg Travis, Rudy De Luca, Mona Lyden, Mack Dryden, Jack Carpenter, Pam Matteson, Tawny Fere, LaGena Hart, Gail Neely, Bob Schott, Peter Pitofsky, Tommy Sledge, Christopher Cary, Paul Stader
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
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
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
Make Mine Music (re-release) Walt Disney Pictures Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Joshua Meador, Robert Cormack (directors); Nelson Eddy, Dinah Shore, Benny Goodman, Andrews Sisters, Jerry Colonna, Andy Russell, Sterling Holloway, David Lichine, Tania Riabouchinskaya, Lichine, Pied Piers, King's Men, Ken Darby's Chorus
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
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, Lisa Aliff, Nina Arvesen, Peter Aykroyd, Juliana Donald, Ava Fabian, Kimberly Foster, Maurice Marsac, Casey Sander, Billy Ray Sharkey, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Dona Speir, Meg Wyllie, Broderick Crawford, Matthias Hues, Ethelreda Leopold, Harry Perry, Shannon Tweed
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
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
28 The Lion of Africa HBO Pictures Kevin Connor (director); Bruce Franklin Singer (screenplay); Brian Dennehy, Brooke Adams, Yosef Shiloach, Don Warrington, Carl Andrews, Tony Msalame, Oliver Litondo, Edwin Mahinda, Katherine Schofield, Joe Chege, William Tsuma, Rose Maruru, Mwangangi Ndunda, Margaret Averdling

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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
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, Kathleen Freeman, Mark L. Taylor, Archie Hahn, Kenneth Tobey, Joe Flaherty, Andrea Martin, Jenny Gago, Grainger Hines, Richard McGonagle, Terence McGovern, Rance Howard, Chuck Jones, Alan Blumenfeld, Herb Mitchell, Neil Ross, Charles Aidman, Joe Dante, Tom Willett
10 The Brave Little Toaster Hyperion Pictures / The Kushner-Locke Company / ITC Entertainment 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
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
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
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
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
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
Rita, Sue and Bob Too Orion Classics Alan Clarke (director); Andrea Dunbar (screenplay); Siobhan Finneran, Michelle Holmes, George Costigan, Lesley Sharp, Kulvinder Ghir, Danny O'Dea, Bernard Wrigley, Black Lace, Willie Ross, Patti Nichols, Maureen Long, David Britton, Mark Crampton, Stuart Googwin, Max Jackman, Andrew Krauz, Simon Waring, Joyce Pembroke, Jane Atkinson, Bryan Heeley, Paul Oldham, Dennis Conlon, Nancy Pute, Paul Hedges, Kailash Patel
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
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
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
Melody Time (re-release) Walt Disney Pictures Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney (directors); Roy Rogers, Dennis Day, The Andrews Sisters, Frances Langford, Freddy Martin, Ethel Smith, Buddy Clark, Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians, Sons of the Pioneers, The Dinning Sisters, Jack Fina, Luana Patten, Bobby Driscoll
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
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
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
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, Jeroen Krabbé, John Rhys-Davies, 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, Bill Weston, John Barry, Barbara Broccoli, Simon Crane, Alan Harris, Gertan Klauber, Derek Lyons, Robert Miranda, Kerry Shale, Michael G. Wilson
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
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
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
The Spirit ABC/Warner Bros. Television Michael Schultz (director); Steven E. de Souza (screenplay); Sam J. Jones,Nana Visitor, Bumper Robinson, Garry Walberg, Laura M. Robinson, Philip Baker Hall
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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, Connie Stevens, David Bowe, 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, Demian Slade, Joe Holland, John Calvin, Laura Urstein, Linda Carol, Todd Bryant, Floyd Foster Jr.
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
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
Nadine Tri-Star Pictures Robert Benton (director/screenplay); Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, Rip Torn, Gwen Verdon, Glenne Headly, Jerry Stiller
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, Andre Rosey Brown, Liz Sheridan, Glenn Plummer, Carmen Filpi, Ellen Crawford, Glen Chin
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
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
Lionheart Orion Pictures Franklin J. Schaffner (director); Menno Meyjes, Richard Outten (screenplay); Eric Stoltz, Gabriel Byrne, Nicola Cowper, Dexter Fletcher, Deborah Moore, Nicholas Clay, Bruce Purchase, Neil Dickson, Penny Downie, Nadim Sawalha, John Franklyn-Robbins, Chris Pitt, Matthew Sim, Paul Rhys, Sammi Davis, Wayne Goddard, Courtney Roper-Knight, Michael Sundin, Louise Seacombe, Patrick Durkin, Haluk Bilginer, Ralph Michael, Barry Stanton, Jan Waters, Ann Firbank
The Monster Squad Tri-Star 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
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
North Shore Universal Pictures William Phelps (director/screenplay); Bill Finnegan, Tim McCanlies (screenplay); Matt Adler, Nia Peeples, John Philbin, Gerry Lopez, Gregory Harrison
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
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
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
28 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
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
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
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
The Rosary Murders New Line Cinema / The Samuel Goldwyn Company Fred Walton (director/screenplay); Elmore Leonard (screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Josef Sommer, Belinda Bauer, Addison Powell, Anita Barone, Tom Mardirosian, Mark Margolis, Rex Everhart, Lupe Ontiveros, Stefan Gierasch, Peter Van Norden, James Murtaugh, Jihmi Kennedy, Anna Minot, Cordis Heard
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A Return to Salem's Lot Warner Bros. Pictures / Larco Productions Larry Cohen (director/screenplay); James Dixon (screenplay); Michael Moriarty, Samuel Fuller, Andrew Duggan, Ricky Addison Reed, June Havoc, Evelyn Keyes, Ronee Blakley, Tara Reid, Jill Gatsby, James Dixon, David Holbrook, Katja Crosby, Brad Rijn, Janelle Webb, Robert Burr
16 In the Mood King's Road Entertainment / Lorimar Motion Pictures Phil Alden Robinson (director/screenplay); Patrick Dempsey, Talia Balsam, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael Constantine, Betty Jinnette, Kathleen Freeman, Peter Hobbs, Tony Longo, Ernie Lively, Kim Myers
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
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, James Eckhouse, Anna Levine, Larry Moss, Jan Rabson, Marilyn Schreffler
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, Kenneth Nelson, Niall Buggy
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
Orphans Lorimar Motion Pictures Alan J. Pakula (director); Lyle Kessler (screenplay); Albert Finney, Matthew Modine, Kevin Anderson, John Kellogg, Anthony Heald, Novella Nelson, Elizabeth Parrish, B. Constance Barry
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
The Principal Tri-Star 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
20 Mandela HBO Pictures / Polymuse Productions / Titus Productions Philip Saville (director); Ronald Harwood (screenplay); Danny Glover, Alfre Woodard, John Matshikiza, John Indi, Xoliswa Sithole, Juanita Waterman, Saul Reichlin, Gertrude Rook, Nathan Dambuza Mdledle, Mike Phillips
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
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, David Marshall Grant, Don Francks, Del Close, Cherry Jones, David James Elliott, Chris Owens, Sean McCann, Marc Strange, Don Lake, Gary Farmer, Diego Matamoros, Sarah Polley, Lolita Davidovich
Real Men United Artists Dennis Feldman (director/screenplay); Jim Belushi, John Ritter, Barbara Barrie, Bill Morey, Isa Jank, Mark Herrier

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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
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
Like Father Like Son Tri-Star 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
Near Dark De Laurentiis Entertainment Group / F/M Entertainment Kathryn Bigelow (director/screenplay); Eric Red (screenplay); Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein, Tim Thomerson, Joshua John Miller, Marcie Leeds, Troy Evans, Roger Aaron Brown, James LeGros, Billy Beck, S.A. Griffin, Neith Hunter, Theresa Randle
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
9 Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll Universal Pictures Taylor Hackford (director); Chuck Berry, Keith Richards, Johnnie Johnson, Roy Orbison, Joey Spampinato, Chuck Leavell, Bobby Keys, Steve Jordan, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Linda Ronstadt, Etta James, Julian Lennon, Joe Walsh, Ingrid Berry, Bo Diddley, Ahmet Ertegun, The Everly Brothers, John Lennon, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Robbie Robertson, Bruce Springsteen
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
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
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
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
14 House of Games Orion Pictures David Mamet (director/screenplay); Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Steven Goldstein, Jack Wallace, Ricky Jay, Mike Nussbaum, J. T. Walsh, Lilia Skala, William H. Macy, Meshach Taylor
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
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
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
Slumber Party Massacre II New Concorde Deborah Brock (director/screenplay); Crystal Bernard, Kimberly McArthur, Heidi Kozak, Jennifer Rhodes, Michael Delano, Juliette Cummins, Patrick Lowe, Joel Hoffman, Scott Westmoreland, Cindy Eilbacher, Hamilton Mitchell, Atanas Ilitch
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
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
18 Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers Worldvision Enterprises / Hanna-Barbera Productions Paul Sommer, Carl Urbano, Ray Patterson (directors); Jim Ryan (screenplay); Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Sorrell Booke, Rob Paulsen, Ronnie Schell, Jerry Houser, Arte Johnson, Victoria Carroll, William Callaway, Michael Rye, Hamilton Camp, June Foray
23 The Glass Menagerie Cineplex Odeon Films Paul Newman (director); Tennessee Williams (screenplay); Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen, James Naughton
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
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
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
Suspect Tri-Star 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
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
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
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
31 The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains HBO Pictures Daniel Mann (director); Michael Campus (screenplay); Val Kilmer, Charles Durning, Sónia Braga, Kyra Sedgwick, James Keach, Elisha Cook Jr., Clancy Brown, William Sanderson, Paul Benjamin, Bill Bolender, John Mitchum, Chris Mulkey, Taj Mahal, Taylor Presnell, Esther Benson, Burt Conway, Julius Tennon
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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, Kate Hardie, Julian Glover, Philip Bretherton, Michael Turner, Paul Jerricho, Louis Mahoney, W. Morgan Sheppard, Tony Vogel, Gerald Sim, Peter Cartwright, Gary Whelan, Badi Uzzaman, Robert Phillips, Joseph Marcell, James Aubrey, Judy Cornwell, Gwen Watford, Michael Graham Cox, Garrick Hagon, Nick Tate, William Marlowe
Dark Eyes Island Pictures Nikita Mikhalkov (director/screenplay); Alexander Adabashyan, Suso Cecchi d'Amico (screenplay); Marcello Mastroianni, Marthe Keller, Yelena Safonova, Pina Cei, Vsevolod Larionov, Innokenti Smoktunovsky, Silvana Mangano, Roberto Herlitzka, Oleg Tabakov, Alexander Adabashyan, Isabella Rossellini
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
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, John Cunningham, Tony Sirico, Kaiulani Lee, John Rothman, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Lynne Thigpen, Chip Zien, Everett Quinton, Patricia Gage, Colin Fox, Illeana Douglas
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
Less than Zero 20th Century Fox / Avnet/Kerner Productions 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
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
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
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
11 Siesta Lorimar Motion Pictures Mary Lambert (director); Patricia Louisianna Knop (screenplay); Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Isabella Rossellini, Martin Sheen, Alexei Sayle, Grace Jones, Jodie Foster, Anastassia Stakis, Gary Cady
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
The Running Man Tri-Star 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, Karen Leigh Hopkins, Anthony Pena, Ken Lerner, Dey Young, Dona Hardy, Lynne Marie Stewart, George P. Wilbur, Thomas Rosales Jr., Franco Columbu, Lin Shaye, Boyd Kestner
15 The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones Worldvision Enterprises / Hanna-Barbera Productions Don Lusk, Ray Patterson (directors); Don Nelson, Arthur Alsberg (screenplay); George O'Hanlon, Henry Corden, Penny Singleton, Jean Vander Pyl, Don Messick, Mel Blanc, Julie McWhirter, Janet Waldo, Daws Butler, John Stephenson, Jon Bauman, Hamilton Camp, Frank Welker, Brenda Vaccaro, Patric Zimmerman, Howard Morris, Catherine Thompson
Laguna Heat HBO Pictures Simon Langton (director); D.M. Eyre, Pete Hamill, David Burton Morris (screenplay); Harry Hamlin, Jason Robards, Rip Torn, Catherine Hicks, Anne Francis, James Gammon, Jeff Kober, Dehl Berti, Clyde Kusatsu, Rutanya Alda, Tom Pedi, Peter Brocco, Peter Jason, Gary Pagett, Fred Ponzlov, Peggy Doyle, David Komatz
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
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
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
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
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, Paul Benjamin, Warren Manzi, Elizabeth Hoffman, Castulo Guerra, Tyra Ferrell, Tina Lifford
Sign o' the Times Cineplex Odeon Films Prince (director/screenplay); Prince
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
25 Housekeeping Columbia Pictures Bill Forsyth (director/screenplay); Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, Andrea Burchill, Anne Pitoniak, Barbara Reese, Margot Pinvidic, Bill Smillie, Wayne Robson, Betty Phillips, Karen Elizabeth Austin, Dolores Drake, Georgie Collins, Tonya Tanner, Leah Penny
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (re-release) Walt Disney Pictures Ben Sharpsteen, Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, James Algar (directors); Eric Blore, Pat O'Malley, John Ployardt, Colin Campbell, Campbell Grant, Claude Allister, The Rhythmaires
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
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
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4 The Trouble with Spies HBO Pictures / De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Burt Kennedy (director/screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Ned Beatty, Ruth Gordon, Lucy Gutteridge, Michael Hordern, Suzanne Danielle, Robert Morley, Gregory Sierra, Luis Barboo, Jenny Tomasin, Frank Welker, Fima Noveck, James Willis
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
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
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, Annie Ross, Raye Birk, Olivia Brown, Philip Perlman, Stu Silver, Randall Miller, Andre Rosey Brown, Peter Brocco, Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Oprah Winfrey
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
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
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
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
Ironweed Tri-Star 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
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
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
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
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
23 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Island Pictures / HandMade Films Jack Clayton (director); Peter Nelson (screenplay); Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller, Marie Kean, Ian McNeice, Alan Devlin, Prunella Scales, Sheila Reid, Aidan Gillen, Peter Gilmore, Áine Ní Mhuirí, Kate Binchy, Rudi Davies, Niall Buggy, Martina Stanley, Leonard McGuire, Catherine Cusack
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
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
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
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
26 Into the Homeland HBO Pictures Lesli Linka Glatter (director); Anna Hamilton Phelan (screenplay); Powers Boothe, C. Thomas Howell, Cindy Pickett, Paul LeMat

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  1. ^ "Domestic Box Office for 1987". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
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