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:

Events

• January 31 – The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records.
• February 22 - Blue Sky Studios is founded by Chris Wedge.
• May 23 – {Starlog Salutes STAR WARS} is held in Los Angeles, California, the first officially sponsored Star Wars convention to commemorate the franchise's 10th anniversary.
• June 29 – The James Bond franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary and premieres its 15th film, The Living Daylights.
• July 17 – Walt Disney's classic masterpiece Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is re-released worldwide for its 50th anniversary.
• 1987 – Paramount Pictures launches a new on-screen logo to celebrate the company's 75th anniversary, a variant used until 1989, and the standard variant of this logo was used from 1989 to 2002.

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: The Last Emperor - Hemdale, Columbia

Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor

Best Actor: Michael Douglas - Wall Street

Best Actress: Cher - Moonstruck

Best Supporting Actor: Sean Connery - The Untouchables

Best Supporting Actress: Olympia Dukakis - Moonstruck

Best Foreign Language Film: Babette's Feast (Babettes Gæstebud), directed by Gabriel Axel, Denmark

Golden Globe Awards:

<u>Drama:</u>

Best Picture: The Last Emperor

Best Actor: Michael Douglas – Wall Street

Best Actress: Sally Kirkland – Anna

<u>Musical or comedy:</u>

Best Picture: Hope and Glory

Best Actor: Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam

Best Actress: Cher – Moonstruck

<u>Other</u>

Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci – The Last Emperor

Best Foreign Language Film: My Life as a Dog, Sweden

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan), directed by Maurice Pialat, France

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Au revoir les enfants (Goodbye, Children), directed by Louis Malle, France / W. Germany

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Tema (1979) (The Theme), directed by Gleb Panfilov, USSR

1987 films

By country/region

• List of American films of 1987
• List of Argentine films of 1987
• List of Australian films of 1987
• List of Bangladeshi films of 1987
• List of British films of 1987
• List of Canadian films of 1987
• List of French films of 1987
• List of Hong Kong films of 1987
• List of Indian films of 1987
• List of Hindi films of 1987
• List of Kannada films of 1987
• List of Malayalam films of 1987
• List of Marathi films of 1987
• List of Tamil films of 1987
• List of Telugu films of 1987
• List of Japanese films of 1987
• List of Mexican films of 1987
• List of Pakistani films of 1987
• List of South Korean films of 1987
• List of Soviet films of 1987
• List of Spanish films of 1987

By genre/medium

• List of action films of 1987
• List of animated feature films of 1987
• List of avant-garde films of 1987
• List of comedy films of 1987
• List of drama films of 1987
• List of horror films of 1987
• List of science fiction films of 1987
• List of thriller films of 1987
• List of western films of 1987

Births

• January 1 – Gia Coppola, American director and screenwriter
• January 2 – Shelley Hennig, American actress and model
• January 5
• Fabiola Guajardo, Mexican actress and model
• Jason Mitchell, American actor
• January 7 – Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
• January 8
• Cynthia Erivo, British actress
• Freddie Stroma, British actor and model
• January 9 - Nicola Coughlan, Irish actress
• January 12 – Naya Rivera, American actress, singer, and model (died 2020)
• January 13 – Max Van Ville, American DJ, producer, and actor
• January 16
• Carrie Keranen, voice actress, production manager, producer, and voice director
• Angel Karamoy, Indonesian actress, singer and comedian
• January 18
• Ingvild Deila, Norwegian actress
• Zane Holtz, Canadian actor and model
• January 20 – Evan Peters, American actor and producer
• January 30 - Valene Kane, Northern Irish actress
• January 31 - Victor Ortiz, American professional boxer and actor
• February 1
• Heather Morris, American actress, dancer, singer, and model
• Ronda Rousey, American professional wrestler and actress
• February 4 – Lewis Tan, English actor and martial artist
• February 5
• Adassa, American singer-songwriter and voice actress
• Darren Criss, American actor, singer, and songwriter
• Henry Golding, Malaysian-British actor and television host
• Raymond Lee, American actor
• February 6 - Natalia Reyes, Colombian actress
• February 7 – Doua Moua, American actor
• February 9
• Michael B. Jordan, American actor and film producer
• Rose Leslie, Scottish actress
• February 11 – Julio Torres, Salvadoran writer, comedian, and actor
• February 17 – Ísis Valverde, Brazilian actress
• February 20
• Cortney Palm, American actress
• Daniella Pineda, American actress
• Miles Teller, American actor
• Jay Hayden, American actor
• February 21
• Ashley Greene, American actress
• Tuppence Middleton, British actress
• Elliot Page, Canadian actor
• February 24 - Tina Desai, Indian actress
• February 28 – Michelle Horn, American actress
• March 4 – Tamzin Merchant, English actress and author
• March 8
• Tobe Nwigwe, American rapper, singer and actor
• Milana Vayntrub, American actress and comedian
• March 9 - Bow Wow, American rapper and actor
• March 10 – Ser'Darius Blain, Haitian-American actor
• March 20 – Rollo Weeks, British former actor
• March 24 - María Valverde, Spanish actress
• March 22 – Billy Kametz, American voice actor (died 2022)
• March 26 – Josh Herdman, English actor and mixed martial artist
• March 28 – Jimmy Wong, American actor and musician
• April 1 – Mackenzie Davis, Canadian actress, producer and model
• April 3 – Rachel Bloom, American actress, comedian, writer, singer-songwriter, and producer
• April 4 – Sarah Gadon, actress
• April 6 - Jerrod Carmichael, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and filmmaker
• April 7 - Richard Pyros, British-Australian actor
• April 9 – Jesse McCartney, actor, singer-songwriter and voice actor
• April 10 – Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress and model
• April 12
• Brooklyn Decker, American actress and model
• Ilana Glazer, American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer and director
• April 16 - Jack Cutmore-Scott, English actor
• April 18 - Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, British actress and model
• April 19
• Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress
• Courtland Mead, American actor
• April 20 – John Patrick Amedori, American actor and musician
• April 21 - Meng'er Zhang, Chinese actress
• April 27
• William Moseley, English actor
• Lachlan Buchanan. Australian Actor
• April 28 – Tonia Sotiropoulou, Greek actress
• May 2 - Mae Martin, Canadian comedian, actor and screenwriter
• May 5 – Jessie Cave, English actress and comedian
• May 7 - Maya Erskine, American actress
• May 8 – Aneurin Barnard, Welsh actor
• May 13 – Hunter Parrish, American actor and singer
• May 17 - Jayne Wisener, Northern Irish actress and singer
• May 20
• Ray Chase, American voice actor
• Fra Fee, Northern Irish actor and singer
• May 27 – Bella Heathcote, Australian actress and model
• May 28 – Jessica Rothe, American actress
• May 31 – Meredith Hagner, American actress
• June 3
• Olivia Hamilton, American actress and producer
• Lalaine, American actress and singer-songwriter
• June 6 – Daniel Logan, New Zealand-born American actor
• June 11 – Jimmy O. Yang, Hong Kong-American actor, stand-up comedian and writer
• June 12 - Abbey Lee, Australian actress and musician
• June 17 - Sarah Niles, English actress
• June 19 - Beattie Edmondson, English actress
• June 22 – Joe Dempsie, English actor
• June 23 - Edward Holcroft, English actor
• June 25
• Scott Terra, American former actor
• Mary Tsoni, Greek actress and singer (d. 2017)
• June 26 – Valerie Pachner, Austrian actress
• June 27 – Ed Westwick, English film and television actor
• July 3 - Chad Broskey, American actor
• July 6 – Matt O'Leary, American actor
• July 7 – Julianna Guill, American actress
• July 11 – Cristina Vee, American voice actress
• July 15 – Jimmy Rees, Australian entertainer
• July 25 – Michael Welch, American actor
• July 26
• Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress
• Hallie Meyers-Shyer, American actress and filmmaker
• July 27 – Mara Wilson, actress and writer
• July 29 – Genesis Rodriguez, American actress and model
• July 31 – Brittany Byrnes, Australian actress
• August 2 - Hannah Hoekstra, Dutch actress
• August 8
• Mădălina Diana Ghenea, Romanian actress
• Katie Leung, Scottish film, television, and stage actress
• Jenn Proske, Canadian-American actress
• August 18
• Mika Boorem, American actress and filmmaker
• Óscar Catacora, Peruvian director, screenwriter and cinematographer (died 2021)
• August 19 – Manny Jacinto, Canadian actor
• August 20 - Alexandra Roach, Welsh actress
• August 21 – Cody Kasch, American actor
• August 25
• Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
• Blake Lively, American actress, model, and director
• Chloe Pirrie, Scottish actress
• Liu Yifei, Chinese-American actress, singer, and model
• August 30
• Johanna Braddy, American actress
• Cameron Finley, American former child actor
• September 7 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress, model, and musician
• September 8
• Ray Fisher, American actor
• Wiz Khalifa, American Rapper
• Domee Shi, Chinese-Canadian animator, storyboard artist and director
• September 9 - Clayton Snyder, American actor
• September 10 - Tunji Kasim, Scottish actor
• September 11
• Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
• Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress
• September 14
• Jessica Brown Findlay, English actress
• Anna Chazelle, American actress, writer and director
• September 15 - Christian Cooke, English actor
• September 17 – Augustus Prew, English actor
• September 19 – Danielle Panabaker, American actress
• September 20 – Sarah Natochenny, American voice actress
• September 21 – Ryan Guzman, American actor
• September 22
• Tom Felton, English actor
• Teyonah Parris, American actress
• September 23 – Skylar Astin, American actor and singer
• September 24
• Spencer Treat Clark, American actor
• Grey Damon, American actor
• September 28 – Hilary Duff, actress, singer, songwriter, and businesswoman
• September 29
• David Del Rio, American actor, director and producer
• Anaïs Demoustier, French actress
• September 30 - Mahaley Patel, American actress
• October 1 – Michaela Coel, British actress and screenwriter
• October 9 - Melissa Villaseñor, American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and musician
• October 10 - James Northcote, English actor and producer
• October 11 - Mike Conley Jr., American Basketball Player
• October 14 – Jay Pharoah, American actor and stand-up comedian
• October 16 – Zhao Liying, Chinese actress
• October 18 – Zac Efron, American actor and singer
• October 23 - Kirby Howell-Baptiste, English actress
• October 24 – Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor
• November 1
• Zach Cherry, American actor and comedian
• Jamie Demetriou, English comedian, actor and screenwriter
• November 5 – Kevin Jonas, American singer-songwriter and actor (Jonas Brothers)
• November 9 – Jennifer Holland, American actress
• November 10 - Andrew Koji, British actor and martial artist
• DJ Augustin, American Basketball Player
• November 11
• Melanie Liburd, British actress
• Ludi Lin, Chinese-born Canadian actor and model
• November 12 – Kengo Kora, Japanese actor
• November 14 – Brian Gleeson, Irish actor
• November 18 – Jake Abel, American actor and singer
• November 23 – Vallo Kirs, Estonian actor
• November 24 – Renate Reinsve, Norwegian actress
• November 27 – Lashana Lynch, Jamaican-British actress
• November 28 – Karen Gillan, Scottish actress and filmmaker
• December 1 - Sarah Snook, Australian actress
• December 3 – Michael Angarano, American actor
• December 4 - Orlando Brown, American actor, rapper and singer
• December 6 - Idara Victor, American actress
• December 8 – Aria Curzon, American actress
• December 11 – Moe Dunford, Irish actor
• December 16 - Hallee Hirsh, American actress
• December 21 – Khris Davis, American actor
• December 23 - Agam Darshi, British actress
• December 25 - Eugenia Kuzmina, Russian actress and comedian
• December 28 – Adam Gregory, American actor
• December 29 - Joseph Lee, American actor

Deaths

Film debuts

References

External links

• 1987 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
• List of 1987 films at IMDb
• List of 1987 deaths at IMDb
• List of 1987 births at IMDb