27 Best Movies To Watch Released In 1987 - A Good Movie To Watch

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Find the best movies and show to watch from the year 1987. These handpicked recommendations are highly-rated by viewers and critics.

Intervista (1987)

7.0

Federico Fellini commemorates the magic and mayhem of filmmaking in this unusual mockumentary

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)

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8.5

Louis Malle remembers his heartbreaking childhood in this poignant period drama

Broadcast News (1987)

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8.0

A romantic and bittersweet drama set in the hectic world of TV news

Wings of Desire (1987)

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8.5

An angel yearns for love while wandering the streets of Cold War Berlin

Bagdad Café (1987)

7.0

A fun West German movie set in a route 66 motel

Maurice (1987)

7.4

James Ivory’s coming-of-age drama examines not only who we fall in love with, but how we choose to love them—tenderly, honestly, wildly

Housekeeping (1987)

7.9

A drama that captures the restlessness and loneliness of growing up and growing old

Where Is the Friend’s House?

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8.5

A child tries to do right by his friend in this moving portrait of life in rural Iran

An Autumn’s Tale (1987)

7.6

Two Hong Kong immigrants find a new life, and a new love, in this New York-shot romantic drama

Gap-Toothed Women (1987)

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8.6

A gloriously life-affirming celebration of beauty in all its forms

Angel Heart (1987)

7.3

A private detective finds the devil in this southern neo-noir occult horror

The Dead (1987)

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8.8

An exquisite, finely wrought swan song from one of cinema’s greatest directors

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