Well, my latest movie marathon, for the year 1987, definitely took the longest (starting in October of last year) — not because of the quality of the films, but probably more because I burned out a bit on watching so many 80s movies last year, and needed to take a break. When I kicked off 1987 and made up my list of potential movies to watch, it was actually looking like I could end up watching 40 or 50 movies. I decided to cap it at 30 because I wanted to move on, leaving a lot unwatched, like A Better Tomorrow II, Angel Heart, Dirty Dancing, Fatal Attraction, Hamburger Hill, La Bamba, hell, even Princess Bride! But as with the other years I’ve revisited (1967, 1977, 1985, 1986), I had a good time doing a deep dive into a year’s movie output. What’s next? Since it’s 2018, I now plan on revisiting movies that go back decades, and so I’ll kick it off with a marathon of films from 1968.
Below are all 30 films from 1987 that I watched (in alphabetical order), with links to my thoughts on each — or you can just click on the “1987” tag.
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- Beverly Hills Cop II
- City on Fire
- Creepshow 2
- Empire of the Sun
- Evil Dead II
- Full Metal Jacket
- Good Morning, Vietnam
- Hellraiser
- Innerspace
- Jaws: The Revenge
- Less Than Zero
- Lethal Weapon
- Mannequin
- No Way Out
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrole
- Predator
- Prince of Darkness
- Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
- Robocop
- Some Kind of Wonderful
- The Hidden
- The Last Emperor
- The Lost Boys
- The Monster Squad
- The Pick-up Artist
- The Running Man
- The Untouchables
- Wall Street