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1987 year in film

Tobias

These are the best films of 1987, THERE ARE NONE GREATER....these lists are excerpts from an ongoing book/project on film I've been editing since 1999 titled "The Refined and Uncompromising Picture Show". Not all of these films are for everyone, but I promise if you true cinephiles sit through most of them maybe you'll take something away. These are the motion pictures that tower above all other films for the years they came out in the U.S. If any of your favorite films are missing let me know and i'll either thank you for reminding me or i'll let you know why i didn't feel i needed to mention it. I would love to hear anyone's thoughts on these lists or read your own personal film lists! You can read more about these films extensively if you copy and paste the titles @ http://www.imdb.com

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	TobiasXimenez's Rating	My Rating
1	The Last Emperor (1987, PG-13)
2	Raising Arizona (1987, PG-13)
3	Full Metal Jacket (1987, R)
4	Come and See (Idi i smotri) (1985, Unrated)
5	RoboCop (1987, R)
6	Empire of the Sun (1987, PG)
7	Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987, PG)
8	Withnail and I (1987, R)
9	Hope and Glory (1987, PG-13)
10	Near Dark (1987, R)
11	Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (2001, Unrated)
12	House of Games (1987, R)
13	Housekeeping (1987, PG)
14	Evil Dead 2 (1987, R)
15	Matewan (1987, PG-13)
16	The Princess Bride (1987, PG)
17	River's Edge (1987, R)
18	Angel Heart (1987, R)
19	The Untouchables (1987, R)
20	Radio Days (1987, PG)
21	The Dead (1987, PG)
22	Fatal Attraction (1987, R)
23	The Element of Crime (1984, Unrated)
24	Mitt Liv som Hund (My Life as a Dog) (1985, PG-13)
25	Tenebre, (Unsane) (1982, R)
26	Street of Crocodiles (1987, Unrated)
27	Yeelen (Brightness) (1987, Unrated)
28	Tampopo (1985, Unrated)
29	Broadcast News (1987, R)
30	Prick Up Your Ears (1987, R)
31	Wall Street (1987, R)
32	Opera (1987, Unrated)
33	Walker (1987, R) Being a huge fan of Alex Cox and Ed Harris equally, I had been highly anticipating Criterion's DVD release of this 80's obscurity for some time. Now that I've seen it, I can safely say that it's definitely one colossally uncompromising vision and a good film, even if all of it's elements don't quite mix well together at all times. I feel like a lot of the absurd/surrealist tendencies of director Alex Cox on this film would be comfortably at home in a Jodorworsky film, but they are often awkwardly out of place here with all of the other elements of the historical period. This is one of Ed Harris' more bizarre acting parts, it ranks well alongside other great kabuki performances of the screen, like Jack Nicholson's performance in Kubrick's THE SHINING. I have to tip my hat to Alex Cox for crafting one of the strangest and most angry political allegories I've ever seen. It's a not so subtle critique of many of the imperialistic tendencies of the U.S. in foreign countries. The vicious punk spirit of this filmmaker was one of the last great satirical voices of 1980's independent cinema.
34	The Lost Boys (1987, R)
35	Throw Momma from the Train (1987, PG-13)
36	Straight to Hell (1987, R)
37	Predator (1987, R)