The Top 20 Movies of 1987!

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87' was a great year for films and for movie lovers. Filled with tons of great Sci-fi movies and a few great action ones, as well. Here is the list of the best of 1987.

THE TOP 20 MOVIES OF 1987



#20  Full Metal Jacket

Plot Summary: A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow Marine recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting set in 1968 in Hue, Vietnam.

#19  Wisdom

Plot Summary: Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend (Moore) embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree in order to aid American farmers.

#18  Garbage Pail Kids



Plot Summary: Seven disgusting kids, but nevertheless of interesting personality, start  off as green slime from a  garbage pail. Once alive their master gives them rules to obey although they think that life is funnier without following stupid regulations like no television or no candy. Naturally this will cause some conflicts

#17  Lethal Weapon

Plot Summary: A veteran cop, Murtough, is partnered with a young homicidal cop, Riggs. Both having one thing in common, hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one and other to stop a gang of drug smugglers.

#16  A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Plot Summary: Survivors of undead serial killer Freddy Krueger - who stalks his victims in their dreams - learn to take control of their own dreams in order to fight back.

#15  The Hidden

Plot Summary: An alien is on the run in America. To get his kicks, it kills anything that gets in its way, and uses the body as a new hiding place. This alien has a goal in life; power. Hotly pursued by another alien (who's borrowed the body of a dead FBI agent), lots of innocent people die in the chase.

#14  Adventures in Babysitting



Plot Summary: Chris Parker agrees to babysit after her "dread" date stands her up. Expecting a dull evening, Chris settles down with three kids for a night of TV... and boredom. But when her frantic friend Brenda calls and pleads to be rescued from the bus station in downtown Chicago, the evening soon explodes into an endless whirl of hair-raising adventures! Babysitter and kids leave their safe suburban surroundings and head for the heart of the big city, never imagining how terrifyingly funny their expedition will become!

#13  Creepshow 2

Plot Summary: Three more bone-chilling tales that include a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and a hitchhiker who wants revenge and will not die.

#12  The Principal

Plot Summary: A teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violence and crime ridden high school.

#11  The Untouchables

Plot Summary: Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team.

#10  Wall Street

Plot Summary: A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.

#9  Near Dark



Plot Summary: A young man reluctantly joins a travelling "family" of evil vampires, when the girl he'd tried to seduce is part of that group.

#8  Spaceballs



Plot Summary: Planet Spaceball's President Skroob sends Lord Dark Helmet to steal Planet Druidia's abundant supply of air to replenish their own, and only Lone Starr can stop them.

#7  Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Plot Summary: A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.

#6  Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn

Plot Summary: The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits holds up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.

#5  A Better Tomorrow 2

Plot Summary: A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.



#4  Predator

Plot Summary: A team of commandos, on a mission in a Central American jungle, find themselves hunted by an extra-terrestrial warrior. 

#3  The Running Man

Plot Summary: A wrongly-convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a TV game show.

 

 

 

 

 

 

#2  The Brave Little Toaster

Plot Summary: A toaster, a blanket, a lamp, a radio, and a vacuum cleaner journey to the city to find their master after being abandoned in their cabin in the woods. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#1  Robocop

Plot Summary: In a dystopic & crime ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him.