1987 in film

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:

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 - 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 its 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:


 * Drama:
 * Best Picture: The Last Emperor
 * Best Actor: Michael Douglas – Wall Street
 * Best Actress: Sally Kirkland – Anna


 * Musical or comedy:
 * Best Picture: Hope and Glory
 * Best Actor: Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam
 * Best Actress: Cher – Moonstruck


 * Other
 * 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

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
 * January 18
 * Ingvild Deila, Norwegian actress
 * Zane Holtz, Canadian actor and model
 * January 20 – Evan Peters, American actor and producer
 * 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
 * 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
 * February 21
 * Ashley Greene, actress
 * Elliot Page, Canadian actor
 * 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 20 – Rollo Weeks, British former actor
 * 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
 * April 28 – Tonia Sotiropoulou, Greek actress
 * 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 27 – Bella Heathcote, Australian actress and model
 * May 28 – Jessica Rothe, American actress
 * May 31 – Meredith Hagner, American actress
 * June 3 - 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 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 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 – Katie Leung, Scottish film, television, and stage 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 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
 * September 7 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress, model, and musician
 * September 8
 * Ray Fisher, American actor
 * Domee Shi, Chinese-Canadian animator, storyboard artist and director
 * September 11
 * Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
 * Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress
 * September 14
 * Jessica Brown Findlay, English actress
 * Davide Tucci, Maltese-Italian 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 14 – Jay Pharoah, American actor and stand-up comedian
 * October 16 – Zhao Liying, Chinese actress
 * October 18 – Zac Efron, actor and singer
 * October 24 – Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor
 * November 1 - 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
 * 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 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 8 – Aria Curzon, American actress
 * December 11 – Moe Dunford, Irish actor
 * December 21 – Khris Davis, American actor
 * December 28 – Adam Gregory, American actor