
1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Nancy comes back to teach a new generation to fight Freddy — and she brings a team.
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The year was
1987 was loaded with movies that would become shorthand for the decade. Action, horror, comedy, romance and science fiction all produced films with an afterlife far beyond their original theatrical runs.
Predator, RoboCop, The Lost Boys, Lethal Weapon, Dirty Dancing, Full Metal Jacket and The Princess Bride headline a year that also gave us Evil Dead II, Hellraiser, Near Dark and countless cult favourites.
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1987
Nancy comes back to teach a new generation to fight Freddy — and she brings a team.
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1987
A one-night odyssey that turns babysitting into a crash course in grown-up choices.
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1987
Angel Heart: family and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Au revoir les enfants: family and friendship, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
A refugee, a single extravagant dinner and the curious way generosity becomes a kind of worship.
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1987
Batteries Not Included: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Beverly Hills Cop II: authority and family, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Black Widow: greed and mortality and lifespan, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
A newsroom rom‑com that prefers arguments to punchlines — and Tom Grunick makes those arguments pay.
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1987
Can't Buy Me Love: friendship and peer pressure, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Creepshow 2: freedom and family, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Cry Freedom: authority and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown: freedom and family, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Dirty Dancing: family and love, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Dolls: family and fear, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Dragnet: authority and exploitation, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
A child's obsession with flight becomes the lens for war, survival and a very awkward apprenticeship in adulthood.
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1987
A one-man brawl with the Book of the Dead: nasty, daft and brilliantly alive.
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1987
Extreme Prejudice: greed and authority, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Fatal Attraction: family and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Two halves, one soldier: Joker carries Kubrick’s Vietnam from drill yard to Huế.
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1987
A loud, furious hello from a man who thinks radio can fight censorship and loneliness at once.
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1987
Harry and the Hendersons: love, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II: mortality and loss, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
A puzzle box, a family that’s already broken, and a heroine who refuses to be another victim.
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1987
Hope and Glory: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
House II: The Second Story: family and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Innerspace: our relationship with technology and freedom, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
La Bamba: family and friendship, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Less Than Zero: family and friendship, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
A buddy cop movie with a suicide note in its pocket and an unpredictable heart.
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1987
Mannequin: love and corporate power, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Masters of the Universe: heroism and freedom, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Moonstruck: family and love, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
The Lost Boys made them cool. Fright Night made them frightening again. Once Bitten turned vampirism into a dating problem. And then there was My Best Friend Is A Vampire.
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1987
A road romance that turns into a hunt — and Caleb is the moral compass that keeps you watching.
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1987
No Way Out: mortality and friendship, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Over the Top: family and greed, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Overboard: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
A road trip comedy that keeps its feet — and its heart — firmly on the tarmac.
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1987
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol: authority and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
A squad of soldiers, a silent hunter — and mud becomes a weapon.
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1987
Prince of Darkness: fear and family, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Radio Days: family and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
A robber who wants a nursery more than a life of crime — and it’s the contradiction that keeps the laughs coming.
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1987
A murdered cop rebuilt as a product — RoboCop still asks who gets to sell justice.
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1987
Roxanne: family and love, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
A madcap space spoof where a reluctant hero, a man-dog and a merchandising gag steal the show.
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1987
Stakeout: the safety of home and love, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Summer School: family and authority, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace: courage and parents protecting their children, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
The Believers: the safety of home and family, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
The Brave Little Toaster: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
The Chipmunk Adventure: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
The Gate: family and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
The Hidden: mortality and lifespan and mortality, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
A throne without power: Puyi’s life as a study in being acted upon.
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1987
A leaner Bond, a staged defection and a Cold War that still bites.
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1987
A seaside teen vampire movie about belonging, bad choices and the family that refuses to let you go.
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1987
A band of kids, Van Helsing’s diary and a rooftop full of monsters — Sean Crenshaw leads the charge.
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1987
A swashbuckling love story told like a bedtime tale — and still disarmingly good company.
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1987
The Principal: authority and courage, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Television as theatre of cruelty — and one man who won't shoot.
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1987
The Secret of My Success: corporate power and family, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
The Stepfather: family and mortality, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
A straight-arrow in crooked times: mentorship, morality and a very noisy stairwell.
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1987
Seduction, sisterhood and a very inconvenient devil — and yes, it's still worth the trouble.
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1987
Three Men and a Baby: family and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Throw Momma from the Train: family and friendship, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Greed, schooled and sold — and yes, Gordon Gekko still talks like someone you half-admire.
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1987
Angels with notebooks, a city that remembers and one angel who wants to feel.
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1987
Withnail and I: the safety of home and friendship, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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