Best Female Lead movies of 1987

Actors : Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

Loretta Castorini, a book keeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.

Actors : Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Robert Englund, Craig Wasson,
Directors : Chuck Russell,

A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

Actors : Elisabeth Shue, Anthony Rapp, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan,
Directors : Chris Columbus,

A babysitter must battle her way through the big city after being stranded there with the kids she's looking after.

Actors : Christine Kaufmann, CCH Pounder, Marianne Sägebrecht, Jack Palance,
Directors : Percy Adlon,

A lonely German woman ends up in the most desolate motel on Earth and decides to make it brighter.

Actors : Vincent Hirsch, Joseph Diamand, Y.K. Kim, Maurice Smith,

A martial arts rock band goes up against a band of motorcycle ninjas who have tightened their grip on Florida's narcotics trade.

Actors : Cristina Marsillach, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi, Ian Charleson,
Directors : Dario Argento,

A young opperata is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.

Actors : Donald F. Muhich, Arsenio Hall, Rosanna Arquette, Michelle Pfeiffer,

A spoof 1950s science fiction movie, interspersed with various comedy sketches concerning late night television.

Actors : Maureen Stapleton, Barbra Streisand, Karl Malden, Richard Dreyfuss,
Directors : Martin Ritt,

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

Actors : Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Elaine Stritch, Denholm Elliott,
Directors : Woody Allen,

At a summer house in Vermont, neighbor Howard falls in love with Lane, who's in a relationship with Peter, who's falling for Stephanie, who's married with children.

Actors : Mark Sferrazza, Bill Chepil, Vic Noto, Mike Lackey,
Directors : James M. Muro,

A liquor store owner sells alcoholic beverages to homeless people, unaware of what the bottles actually contain: toxic brew.

Actors : Anne Bancroft, Jean De Baer, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench,
Directors : David Hugh Jones,

True story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books that developed into a close friendship.

Actors : Cher, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Peter Yates,

A judge commits suicide, and his secretary is found murdered. A homeless deaf-mute man, Carl Anderson is arrested for her murder. Public defender Kathleen is assigned by the court as his ...

Actors : Ally Sheedy, Michael Ontkean, Beverly D'Angelo, Valerie Perrine,
Directors : Amy Holden Jones,

Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he never had her, is visited by fairy ...

Actors : Gail Neely, Dawn Wildsmith, Robert Harden, Barry Brenner,
Directors : Peter George,

When the son of a gun-wielding woman is murdered by neo-Nazi surf punks in the post-apocalyptic future, his Mama hunts them down for some bloodthirsty revenge.

Actors : Ji Liu, Li Gong, Rujun Ten, Wen Jiang,
Directors : Yimou Zhang,

In 1930s China a young woman is sent by her father to marry the leprous owner of a winery. In the nearby red sorghum fields she falls for one of his servants. When the master dies she finds...

Actors : Yûsaku Yara, Takeshi Aono, Toshiko Fujita, Ichirô Nagai,
Directors : Yoshiaki Kawajiri,

Two agents - a lady-killer human and a voluptuous demon - attempt to protect a signatory to a peace ceremony between the human world and the "Black World" from radicalized demons.

Actors : Ann-Marie MacDonald, Paule Baillargeon, Richard Monette, Sheila McCarthy,
Directors : Patricia Rozema,

Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Polly aspires to be a professional photographer, and idolizes Gabrielle for her artistic ability. When Gabrielle ...

Actors : Louis Ferreira, Lisa Schrage, Wendy Lyon, Michael Ironside,
Directors : Bruce Pittman,

Thirty years after her accidental death at her 1957 senior prom, the tortured spirit of prom queen Mary Lou Maloney returns to seek revenge.

Actors : Patrick Lowe, Jennifer Rhodes, Kimberly McArthur, Crystal Bernard,
Directors : Deborah Brock,

Courtney Bates, the younger sister of Valerie, and her friends go to their condo for a weekend getaway, but Courtney can't get rid of the haunting feeling that a supernatural rockabilly driller killer is coming to murder them all.

Actors : Julie Hagerty, Glenda Jackson, Tom Conti, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : Robert Altman,

This is an insane and fast-paced romantic comedy about a bizarre dinner date among Bruce (Goldblum) and Prudence (Hagerty), and their lunatic therapists, and Bruce's jealous, gun-wielding ...