Essential Films of 1987

Favorites

A Fish Called Wanda
Adventures in Babysitting
Broadcast News
Die Hard
Full Metal Jacket
Good Morning Vietnam
Hoosiers
House of Games
Lethal Weapon
No Way Out (Costner ‘80s spy thriller)
Predator
The Princess Bride
Raising Arizona
Some Kind of Wonderful
The Untouchables (Costner’s other 1-2 punch knockout of ‘87)
Wings of Desire

Honorable mention

The Lost Boys
Moonstruck
Robocop
Roxanne
The Running Man
Wall Street

All ages

Leonard Part 6

Guilty pleasures

Angel Heart
Fatal Attraction
Leonard Part 6

Holiday

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Want to see

Au Revoir, les Enfants
Babette’s Feast
Empire of the Sun
Goodbye, Children (Au revoir les enfants)
The Last Emperor
The Monster Squad
Near Dark
Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter)
The River’s Edge
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Withnail and I

Not worth the time

this

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Essential music of 1987

Albums

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Honorable mention

coming soon

The greatest songs of 1987

Animal by Def Leppard
Here It Comes - The Stone Roses
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2
I Think We’re Alone Now by Tiffany
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Sally Cinnamon - The Stone Roses
Where the Streets Have No Name by U2
With or Without You by U2

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1987 Playlists by Month

January

Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
Here It Comes - The Stone Roses

February

I Think We’re Alone Now - Tiffany
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac

March

April

Animal - Def Leppard

May

June

July

August

Sally Cinnamon - The Stone Roses

September

With or Without You - U2

August

September

October

November

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For You - U2

December

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