Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2193 Films to Buy & Rent
Hamburger Hill (1987)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Anthony Barrile, Don Cheadle, Courtney B. Vance…
- Matter–of–fact depiction of a particularly costly battle of the Vietnam War, in which US troops repeatedly tried to capture 'Hill 937' in…
Lethal Weapon (1987)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
- Enjoyable caper–comedy, teaming up Gibson and Glover as partners–in–crime–fighting, struck a winning formula and inspired a…
Lethal Weapon Legacy (Lethal Weapon 1-4) (1987-1998)
- Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
- All four outings for Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as mismatched cops.
Lighthorsemen, The (1987)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Peter Phelps, Jon Blake, Sigrid Thornton…
- Gung–ho and melodrama collide in this WWI adventure of Australian–mounted infantry (and a few Gallipoli veterans) in Palestine. The tone…
Living Daylights, The (1987)
- Dir. John Glen
Feat. Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbe
- Timothy Dalton in his debut as Bond delivers up an impressively slick performance as he struggles to disenable an evil Russian general from igniting…
Masters of the Universe (1987)
- Dir. Gary Goddard
Feat. Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster…
- Brain–deadening adaptation of the TV cartoon has Dolph Lundgren stepping into the furry loincloth to take on Skeletor and his robotic guards.
Over the Top (1987)
- Dir. Menahem Golan
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely
- Over the top in more ways than one, this ripely macho action–drama, set around the world of competitive arm wrestling, has Stallone play a…
Predator (1987)
- Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers
- Big Arnie leads a SWAT team into the South American jungle only to be confronted by a faceless, hostile alien life–form. Solid sci–fi…
Robocop (1987)
- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox…
- Loaded with sweat–breaking violence and suspense, dir. Paul Verhoeven never surpassed this stunning dystopian satire about a prototype cyborg…
Running Man, The (1987)
- Dir. Paul Michael Glaser
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto…
- Schwarzenegger is in his element in this dystopian fantasy set around a televised game–show. The story has much in common with ROLLERBALL, but…