Best 1987 Movies

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Best 1987 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 1987 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

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#20. Bagdad Cafe

- Stacker score: 86.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 16,000)
- Metascore: 71
- Director: Percy Adlon
- Actors: Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance
- Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $3,587,303

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#19. RoboCop

- Stacker score: 86.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 300,000)
- Metascore: 70
- Director: Paul Verhoeven
- Actors: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy
- Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $53,424,681

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#18. Near Dark

- Stacker score: 87.5
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (votes: 48,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: Kathryn Bigelow
- Actors: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen
- Runtime: 1 hour 34 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $3,369,307

4 / 20

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#17. Radio Days

- Stacker score: 88.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 38,000)
- Metascore: 74
- Director: Woody Allen
- Actors: Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Mike Starr
- Runtime: 1 hour 28 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $14,792,779

5 / 20

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#16. No Way Out

- Stacker score: 88.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 53,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: Roger Donaldson
- Actors: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young
- Runtime: 1 hour 54 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $35,509,515

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6 / 20

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#15. Planes, Trains & Automobiles

- Stacker score: 88.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 172,000)
- Metascore: 72
- Director: John Hughes
- Actors: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins
- Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $49,530,280

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#14. Evil Dead II

- Stacker score: 88.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 191,000)
- Metascore: 72
- Director: Sam Raimi
- Actors: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks
- Runtime: 1 hour 24 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $5,923,044

8 / 20

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#13. House of Games

- Stacker score: 89.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 25,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: David Mamet
- Actors: Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum
- Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $2,585,639

9 / 20

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#12. Maurice

- Stacker score: 89.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 26,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: James Ivory
- Actors: James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Hugh Grant
- Runtime: 2 hours 20 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $2,484,230

10 / 20

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#11. The Last Emperor

- Stacker score: 91.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 117,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
- Actors: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole
- Runtime: 2 hours 43 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $43,984,230

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#10. Moonstruck

- Stacker score: 92.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 76,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Norman Jewison
- Actors: Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis
- Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $80,640,528

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#9. Babette's Feast

- Stacker score: 92.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 23,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: Gabriel Axel
- Actors: Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel
- Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $4,398,938

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#8. Broadcast News

- Stacker score: 93.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 36,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: James L. Brooks
- Actors: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter
- Runtime: 2 hours 13 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $51,249,404

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#7. The Untouchables

- Stacker score: 93.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 347,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Brian De Palma
- Actors: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro
- Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $76,270,454

15 / 20

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#6. Wings of Desire

- Stacker score: 94.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 82,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Wim Wenders
- Actors: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander
- Runtime: 2 hours 8 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $3,333,969

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#5. The Princess Bride

- Stacker score: 94.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 472,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: Rob Reiner
- Actors: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright
- Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $30,857,814

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#4. Hope and Glory

- Stacker score: 94.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 16,000)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: John Boorman
- Actors: Sarah Miles, David Hayman, Sebastian Rice-Edwards
- Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $10,021,120

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#3. Withnail and I

- Stacker score: 94.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 51,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Bruce Robinson
- Actors: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths
- Runtime: 1 hour 47 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $1,544,889

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#2. Full Metal Jacket

- Stacker score: 95.2
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (votes: 831,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: Stanley Kubrick
- Actors: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio
- Runtime: 1 hour 56 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $46,357,676

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#1. Au Revoir les Enfants

- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 38,000)
- Metascore: 88
- Director: Louis Malle
- Actors: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette
- Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $4,542,825

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