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. 

 

 

The Top 20 Bruce Willis Films!! (So Far)

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Bruce Willis is one of the kings of action movies. With a ton of great films and a resume of different roles, he is a perfect candidate for a Top 20 list. This list will only include movies that have already been released. It will not include surely good future movies like Looper and The Expendables 2, and possibly good flicks like G.I. Joe: Retaliation and A Good Day to Die Hard.

The Top 20 Bruce Willis Films!!!!   (So Far)

#20  Mercury Rising (1998)

Plot Summary: Bruce Willis is an outcast FBI agent who is assigned to protect a 9 year old autistic boy who is the target for assassins after cracking a top secret government code.

#19  Armageddon (1998)

Plot Summary: When an asteroid the size of Texas is headed for Earth the world's best deep core drilling team is sent to nuke the rock from the inside.

 

#18  The Last Boy Scout (1991)

Plot Summary: A down and out cynical detective teams up with a down and out ex-quarterback to try and solve a murder case involving a pro football team and a politician.

 #17  Cop Out (2010)

Plot Summary: A comedy about a veteran NYPD cop whose rare baseball card is stolen. Since it's his only hope to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, he recruits his partner to track down the thief, a memorabilia-obsessed gangster.

#16  Red (2010)



Plot Summary: When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.

#15  Last Man Standing (1996)

Plot Summary: A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.

#14  Planet Terror (2007)

Plot Summary: After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.

#13 The Fifth Element (1997)

Plot Summary: In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr Zorg at bay.

#12  The Sixth Sense (1999)

Plot Summary: A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.

#11  Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)

Plot Summary:  John McClane is forced to battle mercenaries who seize control of an airport's communications and threaten to cause plane crashes if their demands are not met.

#10  Unbreakable (2000)

Plot Summary: A suspense thriller with supernatural overtones that revolves around a man who learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.

#9 Alpha Dog (2006)



Plot Summary: A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list.

#8  Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Plot Summary: John McClane takes on an Internet-based terrorist organization who is systematically shutting down the United States.

#7 Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Plot Summary: In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.

#6 Pulp Fiction (1994)



Plot Summary: The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.



#5  Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)

Plot Summary: John McClane and a store owner must play a bomber's deadly game as they race around New York while trying to stop him.

#4 Sin City  (2005)

Plot Summary: A film that explores the dark and miserable town, Basin City, and tells the story of three different people, all caught up in violent corruption.

#3 Lucky Number Slevin (2006)



Plot Summary: A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi and The Boss. Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat and finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get them before they get him.

#2  Hostage (2005)

Plot Summary: A failed police negotiator turned small town cop, must save the lives of a family held hostage, which draws him into a much more dangerous situation.

#1 Die Hard (1988)

Plot Summary: New York cop, John McClane, gives terrorists a dose of their own medicine as they hold hostages in an LA office building.