Top 10 Films of 1987

1. "My Life As A Dog" (Lasse Hallstrom, Sweden)

2. "No Way Out" (Roger Donaldson, USA)

3. "L'Ami de mon amie" (Eric Rohmer, France)

4. "Wings Of Desire" (Wim Wenders, Germany)

5. "Stagefright" (Michele Soavi, Italy)

6. "Full Metal Jacket" (Stanley Kubrick, USA)

7. "The Princess Bride" (Rob Reiner, USA)

8. "Babette's Feast" (Gabriel Axel, Denmark)

9. "A Chinese Ghost Story" (Ching Siu-Tung, Hong Kong)

10. "Soigne ta droite" (Jean-Luc Godard, France)

Other great films:

Anna

Aria

Au revoir, les enfants (France)

Bad Taste (New Zealand)

La Bamba

Beverly Hills Cop 2

The Big Easy

The Brave Little Toaster
Broadcast News

Ceremonie d'amour (France)

Dark Eyes (Italy)
The Dead

Diary For My Loved Ones (Hungary)

Dirty Dancing

Discopribeh (Czechoslovakia)

Emmanuelle 5

Evil Dead 2

Faceless

Family Viewing (Canada)

Fatal Attraction

Female Inquisitor (Japan)

Une Flamme dans mon coeur (France)

Flower And Snake 4: Rope Magic (Japan)

Good Morning, Vietnam
House Of Games

The Last Emperor

Law Of Desire (Spain)

Lethal Weapon

The Living Daylights

Maramao (Italy)

Moonstruck

Nekromantik (Germany)

La Passion Beatrice (France)

Pociag do Hollywood (Poland)

Predator

Prick Up Your Ears (UK)
Quatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle (France)

Radio Days

Raising Arizona
Robocop

Roxanne

The Running Man

Sammy And Rosie Get Laid (UK)

September

Stakeout

Sweet Country (Greece)

Swimming To Cambodia

A Taste Of Traci

A Taxing Woman (Japan)

The Untouchables

Wall Street

A Wedding In Galilee (Palestine)

Where Is The Friend's Home ? (Iran)

Wicked City (Japan)

The Witches Of Eastwick

The Year My Voice Broke (Australia)

Un Zoo la nuit (Canada)

Short Top 3:

1. "Point de fuite" (Olivier Smolders, Belgium)

2. "A Place For Many Rooms" (Fumiko Kiyooka, Canada)

3. "The Ants" (Rosemarie Blank, Holland)

Other great shorts:

Adoration (Belgium)

Top 3 Music Videos:

1. "Need You Tonight - Mediate" (Richard Lowenstein, INXS)

2. "U Got The Look" (David Hogan, Prince)

3. "The One I Love" (Robert Longo, R.E.M.)

Top Commercial:

"Preppens-Paret" (Roy Andersson, Sweden)

Other great commercials:

Cute Neighbour 

TV Top 3:

1. "Moonligting: I Am Curious... Maddie" (Allan Arkush, ABC)

2. "Hollywood: The Golden Years: The RKO Story: Let's Face The Music And Dance" (BBC)

3. "Moonlighting: Come Back Little Shiksa" (Allan Arkush, ABC)

Other great TV shows:

07 zglos sie 5 (Poland)

Kabaret Olgi Lipinskiej: Wieczor Sylwestrowy (Poland)

Yes Prime Minister: A Conflict Of Interest (UK)

Zmiennicy (Poland)

Cartoon Top 3:

1. "The Man Who Planted Trees" (Frederic Back, NFB, Canada)

2. "An Inside Job" (Aidan Hickey, Ireland)

3. "Your Face" (Bill Plympton, USA)

Other great cartoons:

Baeus (Italy)

Breakfast On The Grass (Soviet Union)

Drawing Lesson #2

George And Rosemary (Canada)

Girls Night Out (UK)
Itinéraire (Canada)
Plus One Minus One (Italy)

Quiniscopio (Cuba)

You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks

Weak films of 1987:

Armour Of God (Hong Kong)
An Autumn's Tale (Hong Kong)
A Better Tomorrow II (Hong Kong)
Black Widow
City On Fire (Hong Kong)
Critical Condition
Eastern Condors (Hong Kong)
Empire Of The Sun
Like Father Like Son
Hope And Glory (UK)
Kenny (Canada)
King Lear
Outrageous Fortune
Rouge (Hong Kong)
Someone To Watch Over Me
Three Men And A Baby
Throw Momma From The Train

Weak cartoons:

Adieu bipede (Canada)
Charles et François (Canada)
The Chore
Full Of Grace (Belgium)
The Jump (UK)
Going Equipped (UK)
Great British Moments (UK)
The Haploid Affair (Canada)
Maxi Cat's Lunch
Oniromance (Canada)
The Prayer (Yugoslavia)
Rondino (Hungary)

Top Musical of 1987

"Dirty Dancing" (Emile Ardolino, Vestron)

No Way Out (1987) *****

My Life As A Dog (1987) *****

A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) ****

A tax collector falls in love with a mysterious woman who might be a ghost. A perfect example of the "wu xian pian" genre of Hong Kong cinema.

Law Of Desire (1987) ****

The Last Emperor (1987) ****

Broadcast News (1987) ****

This comedy follows the careers of three TV journalists: handsome and witless William Hurt, smart and clumsy Albert Brooks, ambitious and neurotic Holly Hunter.

The Dead (1987) ****

John Huston's last film, a brilliant adaptation of James Joyce's short story about a Christmas reception in Dublin.

Evil Dead 2 (1987) ****

A classic of "splat-stick" cinema - a scary, hilarious and very inventive mixture of comedy and gore.

Full Metal Jacket (1987) ****

A powerful anti-war movie about a group of US Marines who survive a harrowing training in South Carolina, only to find themselves fighting the Viet Cong during the Tet Offensive in 1968. The battle scenes in Hue are particularly memorable.

The Princess Bride (1987) ****

A clever and witty fairy tale about a beautiful princess kidnapped by an evil prince and rescued by a loyal admirer and his two friends.

Stagefright (1987) ****

Soigne ta droite (1987) ****

Wings Of Desire (1987) ****

L'Ami de mon amie (1987) ****

One of Eric Rohmer's most charming films, a delightful comedy of romantic errors and sentimental misunderstandings.

Babette's Feast (1987) ****

Wonderful film about the Parisian haute cuisine in a remote Danish village.

Raising Arizona (1987) ****

Hilarious black comedy from the Coen Brothers.

The Running Man (1987) ***

Action movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Swimming To Cambodia (1987) ***

Spalding Gray recounts his exploits while playing in 'The Killing Fields'.

The Untouchables (1987) ***

Excellent gangster film starring Kevin Costner as Elliot Ness and Robvert DeNiro as Al Capone.

The Big Easy (1987) ***

Beverly Hills Cop 2 (1987) ***

Anna (1987) ***

Radio Days (1987) ***

Roxanne (1987) ***

Lethal Weapon (1987) ***

Fatal Attraction (1987) ***

Bad Taste (1987) ***

Directed by Peter Jackson. Low budget thriller about cannibal aliens from outer space.

Stakeout (1987) ***

Dark Eyes (1987) ***

Original and surprising film adapted from several stories by Anton Chekhov.

Dirty Dancing (1987) ***

Nostalgic musical set in a Catskills resort in the summer of 1963. Songs and musical numbers include:

"Be My Baby" ***
"Johnny's Mambo" **
"Do You Love Me" ***
"Stay" **
"Hungry Eyes" ***
"Hey Baby" **
"De Todo Un Poco" **
"Cry To Me" *
"In The Still Of The Nite" **
"She's Like The Wind" **
"(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" ***

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) ***

Excellent comedy starring Robin Williams as an unorthodox radio DJ in Saigon in 1965.

Moonstruck (1987) ***

A delightful romantic comedy about a young widow (Cher), who falls in love with her fiance's brother. A brilliant combination of tenderness and irony.

Predator (1987) ***

This action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger is a cross between "Rambo" and "Alien".

Quatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle (1987) ***

A delightful Eric Rohmer's comedy - constantly surprising and full of embarrassing situations.

September (1987) ***

Thought-provoking, very interesting drama directed by Woody Allen.

Where Is The Friend's Home ? (1987) ***

A young boy tries to find his classmate's house to return his exercise book.

The Witches Of Eastwick (1987) ***

Quirky horror/comedy about the Devil (Jack Nicholson) who's trying to seduce three beautiful witches (Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and Cher).

The Living Daylights (1987) ***