Subgenre Sampler
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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…
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Gary Oldman
- Gary Oldman portrays Joe Orton, the infamous gay playwright whose scandalous personal life ended at the bloodied hand of his jealous lover. The title…
Prince of Darkness (1987)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Donald Pleasence
- Carpenter dreck, where religious sect, led by Donald Pleasence, duels with the devil.
Princess Bride, The (1987)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin…
- An elaborate and whimsical fairytale told to a bedridden young boy conjures up images of good versus evil in a world of monsters, giants and…
Radio Days (1987)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Julie Kavner
- Woody Allen revisits his childhood days in the golden era of radio.
Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987)
- Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Michelle Holmes, Siobhan Finneran
- Frank sexuality has rarely been as squarely depicted as in this tale of two naive schoolgirls growing up in working class Liverpool. Bleak and darkly…
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…
Room Upstairs, The (1987)
- Dir. Stuart Margolin
Feat. Stockard Channing, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Waterston…
- The life of a lonely and isolated woman is transformed when she
turns her childhood home into a boarding house filled with eclectic characters.
Roxanne (1987)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah
- Steve Martin's splendid update of Cyrano de Bergerac casts him as a fire chief burdened with an enormous nose. Daryl Hannah is the object of his…
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…