Announcement
Best Picture of the Year
- Empire of the Sun
1st Runner-Up - The Last Emperor
2nd Runner-Up - Hope and Glory
3rd Runner-Up - Maurice
4th Runner-Up - Full Metal Jacket
5th Runner-Up - Raising Arizona
6th Runner-Up - Wall Street
7th Runner-Up - Radio Days
8th Runner-Up - The Dead
9th Runner-Up - The Princess Bride
10th Runner-Up - The Untouchables
Top Ten Films of 1987
- EMPIRE OF THE SUN
- THE LAST EMPEROR
- HOPE AND GLORY
- MAURICE
- FULL METAL JACKET
- RAISING ARIZONA
- WALL STREET
- RADIO DAYS
- THE DEAD
- THE PRINCESS BRIDE
Best Director of the Year
- Steven Spielberg, Empire of the Sun
1st Runner-Up - Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor
2nd Runner-Up - John Boorman, Hope and Glory
3rd Runner-Up - James Ivory, Maurice
4th Runner-Up - Woody Allen, Radio Days, September
5th Runner-Up - John Huston, The Dead
6th Runner-Up - Joel Coen, Raising Arizona
7th Runner-Up - Stanley Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket
8th Runner-Up - Brian DePalma, The Untouchables
9th Runner-Up - Adrian Lyne, Fatal Attraction
10th Runner-Up - Oliver Stone, Wall Street
Best Actor of the Year
- Christian Bale, Empire of the Sun
1st Runner-Up - Michael Douglas, Fatal Attraction, Wall Street
2nd Runner-Up - Steve Martin, Planes, Trains & Automoblies
3rd Runner-Up - James Wilby, Maurice
4th Runner-Up - Nicholas Cage, Raising Arizona, Moonstruck
5th Runner-Up - Lou Dimond Phillips, La Bamba
6th Runner-Up - William Hurt, Broadcast News
7th Runner-Up - Donal McCann, The Dead
8th Runner-Up - Cary Elwes, The Princess Bride
9th Runner-Up - John Lone, The Last Emperor
10th Runner-Up - John Candy, Planes, Trains & Automoblies
Best Actress of the Year
- Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction
1st Runner-Up - Holly Hunter, Raising Arizona, Broadcast News
2nd Runner-Up - Anjelica Huston, The Dead
3rd Runner-Up- Elaine Stritch, September
4th Runner-Up - Cher, Moonstruck, Suspect
5th Runner-Up - Mia Farrow, September
Best Supporting Actor of the Year
- Albert Brooks, Broadcast News
1st Runner-Up - Sean Connery, The Untouchables
2nd Runner-Up - Hugh Grant, Maurice
3rd Runner-Up - Esai Morales, La Bamba
4th Runner-Up - John Malkovich, Empire of the Sun
5th Runner-Up - Martin Sheen, Wall Street
Best Supporting Actress of the Year
- Olympia Dukakis, Moonstruck
1st Runner-Up - Anne Archer, Fatal Attraction
2nd Runner-Up - Dianne Wiest, September
3rd Runner-Up - Joan Cusack, Broadcast News
Best Motion Picture Screenplay of the Year
- Tom Stoppard, Empire of the Sun
1st Runner-Up - Maurice (James Ivory / Kit Hesketh-Harvey)
2nd Runner-Up - The Last Emperor (Mark Peploe / Bernardo Bertolucci)
3rd Runner-Up - Broadcast News (James L. Brooks)
4th Runner-Up - Radio Days (Woody Allen)
5th Runner-Up - Hope and Glory (John Boorman)
Best Film Editing of the Year
- Empire of the Sun (Michael Kahn)
1st Runner-Up - The Last Emperor (Gabriella Cristiani)
2nd Runner-Up - Full Metal Jacket (Martin Hunter)
3rd Runner-Up - The Untouchables (Gerald Greenberg / Bill Pankow)
4th Runner-Up - Fatal Attraction (Michael Kahn / Peter Berger)
5th Runner-Up - Maurice (Katherine Wenning)
Best Cinematography of the Year
- The Last Emperor (Vittorio Storaro)
1st Runner-Up - Empire of the Sun (Allen Daviau)
2nd Runner-Up - Maurice (Pierre Lhomme)
3rd Runner-Up - Hope and Glory (Philippe Rousselot)
4th Runner-Up - Full Metal Jacket (Douglas Milsome)
5th Runner-Up - Radio Days (Carlo Di Palma)
Best Costume Design of the Year
- The Last Emperor (James Acheson)
1st Runner-Up - Maurice (Jenny Beavan / John Bright)
2nd Runner-Up - The Dead (Dorothy Jeakins)
3rd Runner-Up - The Untouchables (Marilyn Vance)
4th Runner-Up - Empire of the Sun (Bob Ringwood)
5th Runner-Up - The Princess Bride (Phyllis Dalton)
Best Art Direction / Set Decoration of the Year
- The Last Emperor (Ferdinando Scarfiotti / Bruno Cesari / Osvaldo Desideri)
1st Runner-Up - Radio Days (Santo Loquasto / Carol Joffe / Leslie Bloom / George DeTitta Jr.)
2nd Runner-Up - The Untouchables (Patrizia von Brandenstein / William A. Elliott / Hal Gausman)
3rd Runner-Up - Empire of the Sun (Norman Reynolds / Harry Cordwell)
4th Runner-Up - Maurice (Brian Ackland-Snow / Peter James / Brian Savegar)
5th Runner-Up - Hope and Glory (Anthony Pratt / Joanne Woollard)
Best Motion Picture Score of the Year
- The Untouchables (Ennio Morricone)
1st Runner-Up - Empire of the Sun (John Williams)
2nd Runner-Up - Maurice (Richard Robbins)
3rd Runner-Up - The Last Emperor (Ryuichi Sakamoto / David Byrne / Cong Su)
4th Runner-Up - The Living Daylights (John Barry)
5th Runner-Up - Raising Arizona (Carter Burwell)
Best Motion Picture Sound of the Year
- Empire of the Sun (Robert Knudson / Don Digirolamo / John Boyde / Tony Dawe)
1st Runner-Up - The Last Emperor (Bill Rowe / Ivan Sharrock)
2nd Runner-Up - The Untouchables (Jack Fitzstephens / Kevin Lee / Abe Nejad / Michael Steinfeld)
3rd Runner-Up - Full Metal Jacket (Edward Tise / Nigel Galt)
4th Runner-Up - The Living Daylights (Derek Holding / Vernon Messenger / Colin Miller / Peter Musgrave)
5th Runner-Up - The Princess Bride (Tom Bellfort / Lon Bender / Jacqueline Cristianini / Cameron Frankley / Randy Kelley / Larry Kemp / Vince Melandri / Dan M. Rich / Ronald Roose / Hugo Weng)
1987 Film Grades :
Masterpiece
A+ (0)
*****
-
Excellent
A (3)
****3/4
Empire of the Sun
****1/2
The Last Emperor
****1/3
Hope and Glory
Very Good
A- (2)
***3/4
Maurice
***1/2
Full Metal Jacket
Good
B+ (13)
***1/3
Prick Up Your Ears
Raising Arizona
Wall Street
Radio Days
The Dead
The Princess Bride
The Untouchables
The Living Daylights
Moonstruck
Fatal Attraction
La Bamba
Broadcast News
Planes, Trains & Automoblies
Good
B (4)
***
September
Throw Mama From the Train
No Way Out
Adventures in Babysitting
Fair
B- (1)
**3/4 - **1/2
Blind Date
Satisfactory
C+ (2)
**1/3
The Witches of Eastwick
The Secret of My Success
Unsatisfactory
C (0)
**
-
Poor
C- (1)
*3/4
Good Morning Vietnam
Very Poor
D+ (1)
*1/2
Spaceballs
Terrible
D (1)
*1/3
Ishtar
Horrible
D- (0)
*
-
Unwatchable
F (0)
No Stars
-
Total Films Seen - 26
1987 U.S. Box Office Grosses :
Fatal Attraction - $156,645,693
Good Morning Vietnam - $123,922,370
Moonstruck - $80,640,528
The Untouchables - $76,269,454
The Secret of My Success - $67,939,445
The Witches of Eastwick - $63,749,955
Throw Mama From the Train - $57,695,259
La Bamba - $54,200,000
The Living Daylights - $51,185,897
Planes, Trains & Automobiles - $49,530,280
Broadcast News - $49,154,886
Full Metal Jacket - $46,341,085
The Last Emperor - $43,984,230
Wall Street - $41,311,607
Blind Date - $39,321,715
Spaceballs - $38,119,483
Adventures in Babysitting - $34,368,475
The Princess Bride - $26,906,897
Radio Days - $10,414,422
Raising Arizona - $18,945,857
Ishtar - $12,715,192
Maurice - $94,782
Hope and Glory - $7,265,838
Suspect - $18,177,440
Empire of the Sun - $17,629,026
The Dead - $123,588
September - $137,427
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