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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:

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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"

|+ Highest-grossing films of 1987

|-

! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Box-office gross

|-

! style="text-align:center;"| 1

| Three Men and a Baby

| Buena Vista

| $167,780,960

|-

! style="text-align:center;"| 2

|Fatal Attraction

| rowspan="2" | Paramount

| $156,645,693

|-

! style="text-align:center;"| 3

|Beverly Hills Cop II

| $153,665,036

|-

! style="text-align:center;"| 4

| Good Morning, Vietnam

| Buena Vista

| $123,922,370

|-

! style="text-align:center;"| 5

| Moonstruck

| MGM

| $80,640,528

|-

! style="text-align:center;"| 6

|The Untouchables

| Paramount

| $76,270,454

|-

! style="text-align:center;"| 7

| The Secret of My Success

| Universal

| $66,995,000

|-

! style="text-align:center;"| 8

| Stakeout

| Buena Vista

| $65,673,233

|-

! style="text-align:center;"| 9

| Lethal Weapon

| rowspan="2" | Warner Bros.

| $65,207,127

|-

! style="text-align:center;"| 10

| The Witches of Eastwick

| $63,766,510

|}

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 17 - Alison Rich, American actress, writer and director
  • 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 18 - Niels Schneider, French-Canadian actor
  • 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

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;"

|- style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;"

! Month !! Date !! Name !! Age !! Country !! Profession !! Notable films

|-

| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| January

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || David Maysles || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Documentarian || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Arthur Lake || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Douglas Sirk || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Director || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Ray Bolger || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || George Markstein || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Joyce Jameson || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Norman McLaren || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Animator, Director || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| February

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Alessandro Blasetti || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || David Susskind || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || William Rose || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Esmond Knight || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || James Coco || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || John Collin || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Joan Greenwood || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| March

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Randolph Scott || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Danny Kaye || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Henri Decaë || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Waldo Salt || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Dean Paul Martin || style="text-align:center;"| 35 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Robert Preston || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Morton Haack || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Costume Designer ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || William Bowers || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Patrick Troughton || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| April

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Philip M. Jefferies || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Production Designer || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Kent Taylor || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Dick Shawn || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Milt Kahl || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Animator || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| May

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Michael Gover || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Paul Groesse || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Art Director || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Colin Blakely || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| Ireland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Rita Hayworth || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Alejandro Rey || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| Argentina || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Hermione Gingold || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Howard Shoup || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Costume Designer ||

|-

| rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| June

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Khwaja Ahmad Abbas || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| India || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Will Sampson || style="text-align:center;"| 53 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Fulton Mackay || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Daniel Mandell || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Elizabeth Hartman || style="text-align:center;"| 43 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Dan Vadis || style="text-align:center;"| 49 || style="text-align:center;"| China || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || Geraldine Page || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Fred Astaire || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Jackie Gleason || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| July

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Jerry Livingston || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Songwriter || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Viola Dana || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Phil Abramson || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Set Decorator || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Hannelore Schroth || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Harold Goodwin || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Alfie Bass || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Yūjirō Ishihara || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| Japan || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Richard Egan || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Adele Comandini || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || Joseph E. Levine || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| August

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Pola Negri || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| Poland || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Clarence Brown || style="text-align:center;"| 97 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Shaike Ophir || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| Israel || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Hayden Rorke || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Bombolo || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Ted Sherdeman || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || John Huston || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director, Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Lee Marvin || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

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| rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| September

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Philip Friend || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Richard Marquand || style="text-align:center;"| 49 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Bill Fraser || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Lorne Greene || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || John Qualen || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || Mervyn LeRoy || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Bob Fosse || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Erland Van Lidth De Jeude || style="text-align:center;"| 34 || style="text-align:center;"| Netherlands || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Mary Astor || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Emlyn Williams || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"|

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| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| October

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Madeleine Carroll || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Bob Simmons || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Stuntman || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Lino Ventura || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

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| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| November

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Danielle Gaubert || style="text-align:center;"| 44 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Georges Franju || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || John 'Dusty' King || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Marcia Henderson || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Morton Lowry || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Irene Handl || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"|

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| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| December

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Rouben Mamoulian || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| Georgia || style="text-align:center;"| Director || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Fay Baker || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Clinton Sundberg || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Robert Paige || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || style="text-align:left;"|

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| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Ralph Nelson || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || style="text-align:left;"|

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Film debuts

References

  • 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