Best Drama movies of 1987

Actors : Robert Loggia, Harley Cross, Helen Shaver, Martin Sheen,
Directors : John Schlesinger,

A New York psychiatrist finds that a satanic cult, which believes in child sacrifice, has a keen interest in his own son.

Actors : Kristy Swanson, Jeb Stuart Adams, Victoria Tennant, Louise Fletcher,
Directors : Jeffrey Bloom,

Children are hidden away in the attic by their conspiring mother and grandmother.

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 : Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Stéphane Audran,
Directors : Gabriel Axel,

During the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor's daughters.

Actors : Michael Wright, Louis Gossett Jr., James Belushi, Rae Dawn Chong,
Directors : Christopher Cain,

A teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violent and crime-ridden high school.

Actors : Christopher Lambert, John Turturro, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.

Actors : Barbara Durkin, Trudi Cavanagh, Emily Lloyd, Clare Clifford,
Directors : David Leland,

In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age....

Actors : Perry Lopez, Charles Bronson, John P. Ryan, Kay Lenz,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey takes on the members of a vicious Los Angeles drug cartel to stop the flow of drugs after his girlfriend's daughter dies from an overdose.

Actors : Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Kheda Barech Defai, Iran Outari,
Directors : Abbas Kiarostami,

An 8 year old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.

Actors : Anjelica Huston, D.B. Sweeney, James Earl Jones, James Caan,
Directors : Francis Ford Coppola,

A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old army buddy.

Actors : Delhi Ganesh, Janagaraj, Saranya Ponvannan, Kamal Haasan,
Directors : Mani Ratnam,

A common man's struggles against a corrupt police force put him on the wrong side of the law. He becomes a don, who is loved and respected by many, but his growing power and influence exact a heavy toll.

Actors : Shelley Long, Gabriel Byrne, Judith Ivey, Corbin Bernsen,
Directors : Frank Perry,

A suburban housewife chokes to death and is brought back to life by a spell cast by her wacky sister.

Actors : Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, Willie, Okko,
Directors : Jonathan Kaplan,

An Air Force pilot joins a top secret military experiment involving chimps, but begins to suspect there might be something more to the mysterious "Project X".

Actors : Chloe Webb, Lambert Wilson, Sergio Fantoni, Brian Dennehy,
Directors : Peter Greenaway,

An American architect arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibition for a French architect, Boullée, who is famous for his oval structures. Through the course of 9 months he becomes obsessed ...

Actors : Allison Balson, James Woods, Victoria Tennant, Brian Dennehy,
Directors : John Flynn,

Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right,...

Actors : Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Maria Conchita Alonso, Michael Ironside,
Directors : Walter Hill,

A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...

Actors : Antonio Banderas, Eusebio Poncela, Miguel Molina, Carmen Maura,
Directors : Pedro Almodóvar,

A film maker's sexual disorientation jeopardizes his latest project.

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 : Max von Sydow, Björn Granath, Erik Paaske, Pelle Hvenegaard,
Directors : Bille August,

The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse and his son Pelle who move to Denmark to find work. They find ...

Actors : Dean Shek, Yun-Fat Chow, Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung,
Directors : John Woo,

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