| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| 84 Charing Cross Road |
David Jones |
Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench |
Drama |
From James Roose-Evans play |
| Adventures in Babysitting |
Chris Columbus |
Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Vincent D'Onofrio, Penelope Ann Miller |
Comedy |
aka A Night on the Town |
| The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory |
Burt Kennedy |
Brian Keith, James Arness, Alec Baldwin, Raúl Juliá |
Western, Biography |
made for TV |
| Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold |
Gary Nelson |
Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones |
Adventure |
King Solomon's Mines sequel |
| The Allnighter |
Tamar Simon Hoffs |
Susanna Hoffs, Joan Cusack |
Comedy |
Universal |
| Amazing Grace and Chuck |
Mike Newell |
Jamie Lee Curtis, Gregory Peck, William L. Petersen, Joshua Zuehlke, Alex English |
Drama |
TriStar |
| The Amazing Mr. Bickford |
Frank Zappa |
|
Clay animation |
|
| Amazon Women on the Moon |
5 directors |
Arsenio Hall, Carrie Fisher, Sybil Danning, Griffin Dunne, Kelly Preston, David Alan Grier, Steve Forrest, Steve Allen, Steve Guttenberg, Rosanna Arquette, Michelle Pfeiffer |
Comedy, Parody |
Universal Pictures |
| American Ninja 2: The Confrontation |
Sam Firstenberg |
Michael Dudikoff, Steve James |
Action |
sequel to American Ninja |
| Angel Heart |
Alan Parker |
Mickey Rourke, Lisa Bonet, Robert De Niro, Charlotte Rampling |
Mystery |
From William Hjortsberg novel |
| Anguish |
Bigas Luna |
Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Lerner |
Horror |
|
| Anna |
Yurek Bogayevicz |
Sally Kirkland, Paulina Porizkova, Robert Fields |
Drama |
Golden Globe for Kirkland |
| Anne of Avonlea |
Kevin Sullivan |
Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Wendy Hiller |
Drama |
sequel to Anne of Green Gables |
| Assassination |
Peter R. Hunt |
Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Stephen Elliott, Michael Ansara |
Action |
Cannon Films |
| Athens, Georgia: Inside Out |
Tony Gayton |
R.E.M., The B-52's |
Documentary |
|
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Baby Boom |
Charles Shyer |
Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, Sam Wanamaker, James Spader |
Comedy |
United Artists; later became TV series |
| Back to the Beach |
Lyndall Hobbs |
Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Bob Denver, Connie Stevens, Don Adams, Paul Reubens | |Comedy |
Paramount Pictures; spoof of 1960s beach movies |
| Bagdad Café |
Percy Adlon |
Marianne Sägebrecht, C. C. H. Pounder |
Drama |
co-produced with Germany |
| Barfly |
Barbet Schroeder |
Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway |
Drama |
written by Charles Bukowski |
| Bates Motel |
Richard Rothstein |
Kurt Paul, Bud Cort, Lori Petty, Moses Gunn |
Horror |
spin-off of Psycho |
| Batteries Not Included |
Matthew Robbins |
Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn |
Science fiction |
aka Miracle on 8th Street |
| The Bedroom Window |
Curtis Hanson |
Elizabeth McGovern, Steve Guttenberg, Isabelle Huppert |
Suspense |
based on Anne Holden novel |
| The Believers |
John Schlesinger |
Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Robert Loggia, Jimmy Smits, Elizabeth Wilson, Harris Yulin |
Horror |
based on Nicholas Conde novel |
| Benji the Hunted |
Joe Camp |
|
Family drama |
Walt Disney Pictures |
| Berserker |
Jefferson Richard |
|
Horror |
|
| Best Seller |
John Flynn |
James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria Tennant |
Crime drama |
Orion |
| A Better Tomorrow 2 |
|
Chow-Yun Fat |
Action |
China |
| Beverly Hills Cop II |
Tony Scott |
Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Brigitte Nielsen, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John Ashton |
Action, Comedy |
sequel to Beverly Hills Cop |
| Beyond Therapy |
Robert Altman |
Julie Hagerty, Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson, Tom Conti, Christopher Guest |
Comedy |
New World Pictures |
| The Big Bang |
Picha |
Luis Rego, Georges Aminel, Perrette Pradier |
Animated, Adult |
|
| The Big Easy |
Jim McBride |
Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty |
Crime drama |
Columbia |
| The Big Town |
Harold Becker, Ben Bolt |
Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern, Lee Grant, Tom Skerritt, Suzy Amis |
Drama |
Columbia |
| Black Widow |
Bob Rafelson |
Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey, Nicol Williamson, Dennis Hopper |
Crime drama |
20th Century Fox |
| Blind Date |
Blake Edwards |
Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Larroquette |
Comedy |
Willis's first film |
| Blood Diner |
Jackie Kong |
Rick Burks |
Horror |
|
| Body Slam |
Hal Needham |
Dirk Benedict, Roddy Piper, Tanya Roberts |
Comedy |
|
| Born in East L.A. |
Cheech Marin |
Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern, Paul Rodriguez |
Comedy |
Cheech's first solo film |
| The Brave Little Toaster |
Jerry Rees |
voices of Jon Lovitz, Tim Stack |
Animated |
|
| Bride of Boogedy |
|
|
|
|
| Broadcast News |
James L. Brooks |
William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Joan Cusack, Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Jack Nicholson |
Drama, Comedy |
Seven Oscar nominations |
| Burglar |
Hugh Wilson |
Whoopi Goldberg, Bobcat Goldthwait |
Comedy |
Warner Bros. |
| Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow |
|
|
Documentary |
|
| Buy & Cell |
Robert Boris |
Robert Carradine, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Ben Vereen, Imogene Coca, Roddy Piper |
Comedy |
|
| Can't Buy Me Love |
Steve Rash |
Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Seth Green |
Comedy |
Touchstone Pictures |
| Cannibal Hookers |
|
|
Comedy |
|
| Captive Hearts |
Paul Almond |
Pat Morita, Chris Makepeace |
Drama |
aka Fate of a Hunter |
| Celebration Family |
Robert Day |
Stephanie Zimbalist, James Read, Ed Begley, Jr. |
Drama |
made for TV |
| The Charles Bukowski Tapes |
|
|
|
|
| Cherry 2000 |
Steve De Jarnatt |
Melanie Griffith, David Andrews, Tim Thomerson |
Sci-fi |
Orion |
| China Girl |
Abel Ferrara |
James Russo, David Caruso |
Drama |
|
| The Chipmunk Adventure |
Janice Karman |
|
Animated |
|
| Christmas Comes to Willow Creek |
Richard Lang |
John Schneider, Tom Wopat, Kim Delaney |
Drama |
|
| Cold Steel |
Dorothy Ann Puzo |
Brad Davis, Sharon Stone, Adam Ant |
Thriller |
Cinetel Films |
| Creepozoids |
David DeCoteau |
Linnea Quigley |
Sci-fi |
|
| Creepshow 2 |
Michael Gornick |
George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Lois Chiles |
Horror comedy |
sequel to Creepshow |
| Critical Condition |
Michael Apted |
Richard Pryor |
Comedy |
|
| Cross My Heart |
Armyan Bernstein |
Martin Short, Annette O'Toole, Paul Reiser |
Romantic comedy |
Universal |
| Cry Freedom |
Richard Attenborough |
Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline |
Drama, Biography |
based on Donald Woods book |
| The Cure for Insomnia |
John Henry Timmons IV |
Lee Groban |
Experimental |
87 hours |
| Cyclone |
Fred Olen Ray |
Heather Thomas, Jeffrey Combs, Martin Landau |
Action |
|
| Dancers |
Herbert Ross |
Mikhail Baryshnikov |
Drama |
|
| Daniel and the Towers |
|
Michael McKean, Allan Arbus |
Drama |
61 minutes |
| Dark Tower |
Freddie Francis |
Michael Moriarty, Jenny Agutter, Theodore Bikel |
Horror |
|
| Date with an Angel |
Tom McLoughlin |
Michael E. Knight, Emmanuelle Béart, David Dukes, Phoebe Cates |
Romantic comedy |
DeLaurentiis Entertainment |
| The Dead |
John Huston |
Anjelica Huston |
Drama |
John Huston's final film |
| Dead of Winter |
Arthur Penn |
Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubeš |
Suspense |
My Name Is Julia Ross remake |
| Deadline |
Nathaniel Gutman |
Christopher Walken |
War |
|
| Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam |
Bill Couturié |
Tom Berenger, Sean Penn |
Documentary |
|
| Death Before Dishonor |
Terry Leonard |
Fred Dryer, Brian Keith, Joanna Pacuła |
Action |
New World Pictures |
| Death Run |
Michael J. Murphy |
|
Sci-fi |
UK film |
| Death Wish 4: The Crackdown |
J. Lee Thompson |
Charles Bronson, Kay Lenz |
Thriller |
third sequel to Death Wish |
| Dinosaurs! – A Fun-Filled Trip Back in Time! |
|
Fred Savage |
Educational |
30 minutes |
| Dirty Dancing |
Emile Ardolino |
Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston |
Romance |
Oscar for Best Original Song |
| Disorderlies |
Michael Schultz |
The Fat Boys, Ralph Bellamy |
Comedy |
|
| Dolls |
Stuart Gordon |
|
Horror |
|
| Dorf on Golf |
|
Tim Conway |
Comedy |
|
| Dorf's Golf Bible |
|
Tim Conway |
Comedy |
|
| Down Twisted |
Albert Pyun |
Carey Lowell, Charles Rocket |
Thriller |
|
| Dragnet |
Tom Mankiewicz |
Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Dabney Coleman, Harry Morgan, Alexandra Paul, Christopher Plummer |
Comedy |
Universal; satire of TV series Dragnet |
| Eddie Murphy Raw |
|
Eddie Murphy |
Comedy |
Concert film |
| Empire of the Sun |
Steven Spielberg |
Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson |
War drama |
Bale's first film |
| End of the Line |
Jay Russell |
Kevin Bacon, Wilford Brimley, Holly Hunter |
Drama |
|
| Enemy Territory |
Peter Manoogian |
Gary Frank, Ray Parker, Jr., Jan-Michael Vincent |
Action |
|
| Ernest Goes to Camp |
John Cherry III |
Jim Varney |
Comedy |
|
| Escape from Sobibor |
Jack Gold |
Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacuła, Rutger Hauer |
Drama |
television film |
| Evil Dead II |
Sam Raimi |
Bruce Campbell |
Horror |
sequel to Evil Dead |
| Extreme Prejudice |
Walter Hill |
Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Rip Torn, María Conchita Alonso |
Action |
Carolco Pictures |
| Fatal Attraction |
Adrian Lyne |
Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer |
Thriller |
Paramount; 5 Oscar nominations |
| Fatal Beauty |
Tom Holland |
Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott |
Comedy |
MGM |
| Fight for Life |
Elliot Silverstein |
Jerry Lewis, Patty Duke, Morgan Freeman |
Drama |
made for TV |
| Five Corners |
Tony Bill |
Tim Robbins, Jodie Foster, John Turturro |
Drama |
written by John Patrick Shanley |
| Flowers in the Attic |
Jeffrey Bloom |
Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson |
Suspense |
based on V. C. Andrews novel |
| From the Hip |
Bob Clark |
Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt |
Comedy |
|
| Full Metal Jacket |
Stanley Kubrick |
Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard |
War |
Warner Bros.; based on Gustav Hasford novel |
| G.I. Joe: The Movie |
Don Jurwich |
voices of Don Johnson, Burgess Meredith |
Animated |
based on Hasbro toy |
| Gardens of Stone |
Francis Ford Coppola |
James Caan, Anjelica Huston, D. B. Sweeney |
War drama |
American Zoetrope |
| The Gate |
Tibor Tacacs |
Stephen Dorff |
Horror |
|
| The Glass Menagerie |
Paul Newman |
Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen |
Drama |
Tennessee Williams play |
| Good Morning, Vietnam |
Barry Levinson |
Robin Williams, Robert Wuhl, Forest Whitaker, Bruno Kirby, J. T. Walsh |
War comedy |
Touchstone; Golden Globe Award for Williams |
| Grateful Dead: So Far |
|
The Grateful Dead |
Documentary |
|
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Hamburger Hill |
John Irvin |
Dylan McDermott, Don Cheadle, Steven Weber |
War drama |
set in Vietnam |
| The Hanoi Hilton |
Lionel Chetwynd |
Michael Moriarty, Paul Le Mat |
War drama |
set in Vietnam |
| Happy New Year |
John G. Avildsen |
Peter Falk, Charles Durning, Wendy Hughes, Tom Courtenay |
Crime comedy |
based on La Bonne Annee |
| Hard Ticket to Hawaii |
Andy Sidaris |
Dona Speir |
Action |
|
| Harry and the Hendersons |
William Dear |
John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Don Ameche |
Comedy |
Oscar for Makeup |
| Hearts of Fire |
Richard Marquand |
Bob Dylan, Rupert Everett |
Drama |
Lorimar Productions |
| Hell Comes to Frogtown |
|
Roddy Piper |
|
|
| Hello Again |
Frank Perry |
Shelley Long, Corbin Bernsen, Judith Ivey, Sela Ward |
Comedy |
script by Susan Isaacs |
| Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II |
Bruce Pittman |
Michael Ironside, Lisa Schrage |
Horror |
sequel to Prom Night |
| Hellraiser |
Clive Barker |
Andrew Robinson, Claire Higgins, Ashley Laurence |
Horror |
|
| The Hidden |
Jack Sholder |
Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian |
Sci-fi |
New Line Cinema |
| Hiding Out |
Bob Giraldi |
Jon Cryer, Annabeth Gish |
Comedy |
|
| A Hobo's Christmas |
Will MacKenzie |
Barnard Hughes, Gerald McRaney |
Drama |
TV |
| Hollywood Shuffle |
Robert Townsend |
Robert Townsend |
Comedy |
|
| Hope and Glory |
John Boorman |
Sarah Miles, Sammi Davis |
Drama |
5 Oscar nominations |
| Hot Pursuit |
Steven Lisberger |
John Cusack, Jerry Stiller, Ben Stiller |
Comedy |
|
| House II: The Second Story |
Ethan Wiley |
Arye Gross, Amy Yasbeck |
Horror |
sequel to House |
| House of Games |
David Mamet |
Joe Mantegna, Lindsay Crouse, Ricky Jay |
Drama |
Mamet's 1st film |
| Housekeeping |
Bill Forsyth |
Christine Lahti |
Drama |
|
| Howling III |
Phillippe Mora |
Barry Otto |
Horror |
2nd Howling sequel |
| Hunk |
Lawrence Bassoff |
Deborah Shelton, James Coco |
Comedy |
Crown International |
| I Was a Teenage Zombie |
J.E. Michalakas |
|
Horror comedy |
|
| I've Heard the Mermaids Singing |
Patricia Rozema |
Sheila McCarthy, Ann-Marie MacDonald |
Drama |
Miramax Films |
| In the Mood |
Phil Alden Robinson |
Patrick Dempsey, Talia Balsam, Beverly D'Angelo |
Comedy |
Lorimar |
| Innerspace |
Joe Dante |
Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan |
Comedy |
Oscar for Best Visual Effects |
| Ironweed |
Héctor Babenco |
Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Tom Waits, Fred Gwynne; Michael O'Keefe, Carroll Baker |
Drama |
From William Kennedy novel; 2 Oscar nominations |
| Ishtar |
Elaine May |
Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin, Tess Harper, Jack Weston |
Comedy |
Columbia; Razzie award for May |
| Jaws: The Revenge |
Joseph Sargent |
Lorraine Gary, Michael Caine, Mario Van Peebles |
Horror |
third sequel to Jaws; 7 Razzie nominations |
| The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones |
|
|
Animated |
based on the TV shows |
| Jocks |
Steve Carver |
Scott Strader, Perry Lang |
Comedy |
|
| King Lear |
Jean-Luc Godard |
Peter Sellars, Burgess Meredith, Molly Ringwald, Woody Allen |
Drama |
Cannon Films; modernization of Shakespeare's play |
| Kung Fu: The Next Generation |
Tony Wharmby |
Brandon Lee |
Martial arts |
TV |
| La Bamba |
Luis Valdez |
Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck |
Biography |
Story of Ritchie Valens |
| Lady Beware |
Karen Arthur |
Diane Lane |
Thriller |
Scotti Brothers Pictures |
| The Legend of the White Horse |
|
Christopher Lloyd, Dee Wallace, Christopher Stone |
Drama |
|
| Leonard Part 6 |
Paul Weiland |
Bill Cosby, Joe Don Baker, Gloria Foster |
Comedy |
Won 3 Razzie awards |
| Less Than Zero |
Marek Kanievska |
Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey, Jr., James Spader |
Drama |
from Bret Easton Ellis novel |
| Lethal Weapon |
Richard Donner |
Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey |
Action |
followed by 3 sequels |
| Light of Day |
Paul Schrader |
Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Joan Jett |
Drama |
TriStar Pictures |
| Like Father Like Son |
Rod Daniel |
Kirk Cameron, Dudley Moore, Sean Astin |
Comedy |
Freaky Friday remake |
| Lionheart |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
Eric Stoltz, Gabriel Byrne |
Fantasy |
|
| Living on Tokyo Time |
Steven Okazaki |
|
|
|
| Long Gone |
Martin Davidson |
William Petersen, Virginia Madsen, Dermot Mulroney |
Sports comedy |
based on a novel by Paul Hemphill |
| The Lost Boys |
Joel Schumacher |
Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz |
Horror |
Warner Bros. |
| Love Among Thieves |
Roger Young |
Audrey Hepburn, Robert Wagner |
Drama |
TV |
| Love at Stake |
John Moffitt |
Patrick Cassidy, Kelly Preston, Barbara Carrera |
Comedy |
|
| Made in Heaven |
Alan Rudolph |
Kelly McGillis, Timothy Hutton |
Fantasy |
Lorimar |
| Maid to Order |
Amy Holden Jones |
Ally Sheedy, Valerie Perrine, Beverly D'Angelo |
Comedy |
Artisan Entertainment |
| Making Mr. Right |
Susan Seidelman |
John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson |
Comedy |
Orion Pictures |
| Malone |
Harley Cokeliss |
Burt Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, Lauren Hutton |
Action |
Orion Pictures |
| Man on Fire |
Elie Chouraqui |
Scott Glenn, Joe Pesci |
Action |
remade in 2004 |
| Mannequin |
Michael Gottlieb |
Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall |
Comedy |
One Touch of Venus remake |
| Masters of the Universe |
Gary Goddard |
Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Courteney Cox |
Sci-fi |
Cannon Films |
| Matewan |
John Sayles |
Chris Cooper, Will Oldham, David Strathairn |
Drama |
|
| Meatballs III: Summer Job |
|
Patrick Dempsey, Sally Kellerman |
Comedy |
2nd sequel to Meatballs |
| Miami Connection |
Richard Park |
Y.K. Kim, Vincent Hirsch |
Action |
|
| Million Dollar Mystery |
Richard Fleischer |
Tom Bosley |
Comedy |
4 Razzie nominations |
| Missile |
Frederick Wiseman |
|
Documentary |
|
| The Monster Squad |
Fred Dekker |
Stephen Macht, Tom Noonan, Andre Gower |
Horror comedy |
TriStar Pictures |
| Moonstruck |
Norman Jewison |
Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello, Vincent Gardenia, John Mahoney |
Romantic comedy |
Academy Award for Cher |
| Morgan Stewart's Coming Home |
Paul Aaron, Terry Winter |
Jon Cryer, Paul Gleason, Lynn Redgrave |
Comedy |
aka Home Front |
| Mr. Nice Guy |
|
Jan Smithers, Mike McDonald |
Comedy |
|
| Munchies |
Bettina Hirsch |
Harvey Korman, Wendy Schaal |
Sci-fi |
from Roger Corman |
| My Best Friend's Birthday |
Quentin Tarantino |
Quentin Tarantino |
Short subject |
|
| My Little Girl |
Connie Kaiserman |
James Earl Jones, Geraldine Page, Mary Stuart Masterson |
Drama |
final film for Page |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Nadine |
Robert Benton |
Kim Basinger, Jeff Bridges, Rip Torn |
Comedy |
78 minutes |
| Near Dark |
Kathryn Bigelow |
Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Bill Paxton |
Horror |
Bigelow's second film |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors |
Chuck Russell |
Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Robert Englund |
Slasher |
second sequel of series |
| No Man's Land |
Peter Werner |
Charlie Sheen, D. B. Sweeney, Randy Quaid |
Crime drama |
Orion |
| No Way Out |
Roger Donaldson |
Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, George Dzundza, Howard Duff, Iman |
Thriller |
based on The Big Clock |
| North Shore |
William Phelps |
Matt Adler |
Surfing |
|
| Nowhere to Hide |
Mario Azzopardi |
Amy Madigan, Michael Ironside |
Drama |
|
| Number One with a Bullet |
Jack Smight |
Robert Carradine, Billy Dee Williams, Valerie Bertinelli |
Action |
|
| Nuts |
Martin Ritt |
Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Karl Malden, Leslie Nielsen, Maureen Stapleton, Robert Webber, Eli Wallach, James Whitmore |
Drama |
based on play by Tom Topor; Malden's final film |
| O.C. and Stiggs |
Robert Altman |
Daniel H. Jenkins, Neill Barry, Paul Dooley, Jane Curtin, Jon Cryer, Cynthia Nixon, Martin Mull |
Comedy |
filmed in 1983, not released until '87 |
| On the Black Hill |
Andrew Grieve |
|
Drama |
|
| Orphans |
Alan J. Pakula |
Albert Finney, Matthew Modine |
Crime |
Lorimar |
| Outrageous Fortune |
Arthur Hiller |
Bette Midler, Shelley Long, Peter Coyote |
Comedy |
Touchstone Pictures |
| Over the Top |
Menahem Golan |
Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, David Mendenhall |
Action |
Cannon Films; 2 Razzie awards |
| Overboard |
Garry Marshall |
Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann |
Comedy |
MGM |
| The Pick-up Artist |
James Toback |
Robert Downey, Jr., Molly Ringwald, Dennis Hopper |
Drama |
20th Century Fox |
| Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night |
|
voices of Scott Grimes, Tom Bosley, Don Knotts, Ed Asner, James Earl Jones, Rickie Lee Jones |
Family |
|
| Planes, Trains and Automobiles |
John Hughes |
Steve Martin, John Candy |
Comedy |
written by Hughes |
| Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol |
Jim Drake |
Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, George Gaynes, David Graf, David Spade, Leslie Easterbrook, Bobcat Goldthwait, Corinne Bohrer |
Comedy |
third sequel to Police Academy |
| Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story |
Charles Jarott |
Farrah Fawcett |
Biography |
TV film |
| A Prayer for the Dying |
Mike Hodges |
Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis |
Crime drama |
From Jack Higgins novel |
| Predator |
John McTiernan |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura |
Sci-fi |
followed by 4 sequels |
| Prince of Darkness |
John Carpenter |
Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker |
Sci-fi |
|
| The Princess Bride |
Rob Reiner |
Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Peter Falk, Fred Savage |
Fantasy |
20th Century Fox; from William Goldman novel |
| The Principal |
Christopher Cain |
James Belushi, Louis Gossett, Jr., Rae Dawn Chong |
Drama |
TriStar |
| Project X |
Jonathan Kaplan |
Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt |
Drama |
20th Century Fox |
| Promised Land |
Michael Hoffman |
Kiefer Sutherland, Meg Ryan |
Drama |
Vestron |
| Radio Days |
Woody Allen |
Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Julie Kavner, Michael Tucker, Josh Mostel, Seth Green |
Comedy |
2 Oscar nominations |
| Raising Arizona |
Joel Coen |
Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, John Goodman |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox |
| Rampage |
William Friedkin |
Michael Biehn, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Nicholas Campbell, Alex McArthur |
Crime drama |
Miramax |
| Real Men |
Dennis Feldman |
James Belushi, John Ritter |
Comedy |
United Artists |
| Red's Dream |
John Lasseter |
|
Animated |
|
| Redneck Zombies |
Pericles Lewnes |
|
Horror |
|
| Rent-a-Cop |
Jerry London |
Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, James Remar |
Action |
Kings Row |
| Return to Horror High |
Bill Froelich |
Vince Edwards |
Horror |
|
| A Return to Salem's Lot |
Larry Cohen |
Michael Moriarty, Samuel Fuller, Evelyn Keyes |
Horror |
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| Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise |
Joe Roth |
Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards |
Comedy |
sequel to Revenge of the Nerds |
| Right to Die |
Paul Wendkos |
Raquel Welch |
Drama |
television film |
| RoboCop |
Paul Verhoeven |
Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer |
Science fiction |
Orion Films ; 2 Oscar nominations |
| The Rosary Murders |
Fred Walton |
Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Belinda Bauer |
Mystery |
Elmore Leonard script |
| Roxanne |
Fred Schepisi |
Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall, Fred Willard |
Comedy |
based on Cyrano de Bergerac |
| RuPaul Is: Starbooty! |
Jon Witherspoon |
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Comedy |
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| The Running Man |
Paul Michael Glaser |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Dawson, María Conchita Alonso |
Sci-fi |
from Stephen King novel |
| Russkies |
Rick Rosenthal |
Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Billingsley |
Comedy |
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| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Salvation! |
Beth B. |
Viggo Mortensen, Exene Cervenka |
Comedy |
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| Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers |
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Animated |
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| The Secret of My Succe$s |
Herbert Ross |
Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Margaret Whitton |
Comedy |
Universal |
| September |
Woody Allen |
Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Dianne Wiest, Elaine Stritch |
Drama |
grossed under $500,000 |
| Shake! Otis at Monterey |
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Otis Redding |
Concert |
Short film |
| Shy People |
Andrei Konchalovsky |
Barbara Hershey, Jill Clayburgh |
Drama |
Cannes award for Hershey |
| The Sicilian |
Michael Cimino |
Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp |
Drama |
from novel by Mario Puzo |
| Siesta |
Mary Lambert |
Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Jodie Foster |
Drama |
2 Razzie nominations |
| Sign o' the Times |
Prince |
Prince |
Concert |
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| Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 |
Lee Harry |
Eric Freeman |
Slasher |
sequel |
| Sister, Sister |
Bill Condon |
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judith Ivey |
Thriller |
Condon's 1st film |
| Slam Dance |
Wayne Wang |
Virginia Madsen, Tom Hulce |
Thriller |
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| Slumber Party Massacre II |
Deborah Brock |
Crystal Bernard |
Slasher |
sequel to The Slumber Party Massacre |
| Snow White |
Michael Berz |
Diana Rigg |
Family |
direct to video |
| Some Kind of Wonderful |
Howard Deutch |
Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson |
Rom com |
John Hughes script |
| Someone to Love |
Henry Jaglom |
Orson Welles, Andrea Marcovicci, Sally Kellerman |
Drama |
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| Someone to Watch Over Me |
Ridley Scott |
Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco |
Suspense |
Columbia |
| Sorority House Massacre |
Carol Frank |
Angela O'Neill, Wendy Martel |
Slasher |
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| Spaceballs |
Mel Brooks |
John Candy, Bill Pullman, Rick Moranis, Joan Rivers, Daphne Zuniga, Mel Brooks |
Comedy |
parody of Star Wars |
| Square Dance |
Daniel Petrie |
Winona Ryder, Rob Lowe, Jason Robards |
Drama |
based on Alan Hines novel |
| The Squeeze |
Roger Young |
Michael Keaton |
Comedy |
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| Stakeout |
John Badham |
Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe |
Crime |
followed by Another Stakeout |
| Steel Dawn |
Lance Hool |
Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi |
Action |
Vestron Video |
| The Stepfather |
Joseph Ruben |
Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen |
Thriller |
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| Still Crazy Like a Fox |
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Jack Warden, John Rubinstein |
Drama |
based on TV series |
| Straight to Hell |
Alex Cox |
Courtney Love, Dennis Hopper |
Action |
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| Street Smart |
Jerry Schatzberg |
Christopher Reeve, Morgan Freeman, Kathy Baker |
Drama |
Oscar nomination for Freeman |
| Street Trash |
Jim Muro |
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Horror |
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| Succumbs |
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R.E.M. |
Music |
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| Summer Heat |
Michie Gleason |
Lori Singer, Anthony Edwards |
Drama |
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| Summer School |
Carl Reiner |
Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley |
Comedy |
Paramount |
| Superman IV: The Quest for Peace |
Sidney J. Furie |
Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Mariel Hemingway, Jon Cryer, Jackie Cooper |
Superhero |
Reeve's final Superman film |
| Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story |
Todd Haynes |
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Biography |
43 minutes |
| Surf Nazis Must Die |
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| Surrender |
Jerry Belson |
Michael Caine, Sally Field, Steve Guttenberg |
Comedy |
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| Suspect |
Peter Yates |
Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson |
Drama |
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| Sweet Country |
Michael Cacoyannis |
Jane Alexander, John Cullum, Franco Nero |
Drama |
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| Sweet Revenge |
Mark Sobel |
Nancy Allen, Gina Gershon |
Drama |
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| Swimming to Cambodia |
Jonathan Demme |
Spalding Gray |
Monologue |
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| Teen Wolf Too |
Christopher Leitch |
Jason Bateman, Kim Darby, John Astin |
Comedy |
sequel to Teen Wolf |
| Terminus |
Pierre-William Glenn |
Karen Allen, Jurgen Prochnow |
Sci-fi |
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| Terror Squad |
Peter Maris |
Chuck Connors |
Drama |
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| They Still Call Me Bruce |
James Orr |
Johnny Yune, Robert Guillaume |
Comedy |
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| Three Men and a Baby |
Leonard Nimoy |
Steve Guttenberg, Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis |
Comedy |
Top-grossing 1987 U.S. film |
| Three O'Clock High |
Phil Joanou |
Casey Siemaszko, Richard Tyson, Jeffrey Tambor |
Comedy |
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| Three for the Road |
Bill L. Norton |
Charlie Sheen, Sally Kellerman |
Comedy |
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| Throw Momma from the Train |
Danny DeVito |
Billy Crystal, Danny DeVito, Anne Ramsey |
Comedy |
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| Thunder Prince |
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| A Tiger's Tale |
Peter Douglas |
Ann-Margret, C. Thomas Howell, Charles Durning |
Drama |
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| Tigershark |
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Martial arts |
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| Tin Men |
Barry Levinson |
Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey |
Comedy |
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| Tough Guys Don't Dance |
Norman Mailer |
Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Lawrence Tierney |
Mystery |
7 Razzie nominations |
| The Trouble with Spies |
Burt Kennedy |
Donald Sutherland, Ned Beatty, Ruth Gordon |
Comedy |
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| Uncle Meat |
Frank Zappa |
Frank Zappa, Linda Ronstadt, Haskell Wexler |
Documentary |
Direct to video |
| The Untouchables |
Brian De Palma |
Sean Connery, Kevin Costner, Andy García, Robert De Niro, Patricia Clarkson, Charles Martin Smith |
Crime drama |
Based on 1950s TV series; Academy Award for Connery |
| The Video Dead |
Robert Scott |
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Horror |
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| Video from Hell |
Frank Zappa |
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Documentary |
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| Waiting for the Moon |
Jill Godmilow |
Linda Hunt, Linda Bassett |
Biography |
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| Walker |
Alex Cox |
Ed Harris, Marlee Matlin |
Biography |
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| Wall Street |
Oliver Stone |
Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Daryl Hannah |
Drama |
Academy Award for Douglas |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive |
Gary Sherman |
Rutger Hauer, Gene Simmons, Mel Harris |
Action |
based on 1950s TV series |
| Weeds |
John D. Hancock |
Nick Nolte, Ernie Hudson, William Forsythe |
Drama |
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| The Whales of August |
Lindsay Anderson |
Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern |
Drama |
final film for Gish |
| What You Mean We? |
Laurie Anderson |
Laurie Anderson |
Short |
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| White of the Eye |
Donald Cammell |
David Keith, Cathy Moriarty |
Thriller |
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| White Water Summer |
Jeff Bleckner |
Kevin Bacon, Sean Astin |
Comedy |
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| Who's That Girl |
James Foley |
Madonna, Griffin Dunne, Haviland Morris, Bibi Besch |
Comedy |
5 Razzie nominations |
| Wild Thing |
Max Reid |
Robert Knepper, Kathleen Quinlan |
Drama |
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| The Witches of Eastwick |
George Miller |
Susan Sarandon, Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jack Nicholson |
Comedy |
from John Updike novel |
| The Worst of Faces of Death |
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Horror |
Faces of Death sequel |
| Yogi's Great Escape |
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Animated |
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| You Ruined My Life |
David Ashwell |
Soleil Moon Frye |
Drama |
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| Zombie High |
Ron Link |
Virginia Madsen |
Horror comedy |
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