Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1987

<BODY text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <body> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+2><b>Top Ten of 1987</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>Click here for <a href=persac87.html>Favorites in Major Categories</a></b></Font><br> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 1. &nbsp<b><Font Color="#003399">The Last of England</Font></b></Font> Dir. Derek Jarman. With Spring Gerrard McArthur, John Phillips <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 2. &nbsp<b><Font Color="#003399">Under the Sun of Satan</Font></b></Font> Dir. Maurice Pialat. With G&#233rard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 3. &nbsp<b><a href="http://www.nicksflickpicks.com/2005/10/picked-flick-86-where-is-friends-home.html" style="text-decoration:none">Where Is the Friend's Home?</a></b></Font> Dir. Abbas Kiarostami. With Babek Ahmed Poor <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 4. &nbsp<b><Font Color="#003399">Broadcast News</Font></b></Font> Dir. James L. Brooks. With Holly Hunter, William Hurt, Albert Brooks <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 5. &nbsp<b><Font Color="#003399">Au revoir, les enfants</Font></b></Font> Dir. Louis Malle. With Gaspard Manesse, Rapha&#235l Fejt&#246 <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 6. &nbsp<b><Font Color="#003399">Fatal Attraction</Font></b></Font> Dir. Adrian Lyne. With Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 7. &nbsp<b><Font Color="#003399">Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story</Font></b></Font> Dir. Todd Haynes. Voice of Rob LaBelle <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 8. &nbsp<b><Font Color="#003399">Wings of Desire</Font></b></Font> Dir. Wim Wenders. With Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Peter Falk <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 9. &nbsp<b><Font Color="#003399">Yeelen (Brightness)</Font></b></Font> Dir. Souleymane Ciss&#233. With Isiyake Kane, Nyamanto San&#242g&#242 <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 10. <b><Font Color="#003399">Empire of the Sun</Font></b></Font> Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Christian Bale, John Malkovich <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+2><b>Reviews from 1987</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1> <Font Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <b>= Full-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <b> = Capsule-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font> <b>&nbsp= Blog Review</b> (New Window) </Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=babettes.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Babette's Feast</a></b></Font> Dir. Gabriel Axel. With St&#233phane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, B&#248dil Kjer <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=bellyarc.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">The Belly of an Architect</a></b></Font> Dir. Peter Greenaway. With Brian Dennehy, Chlo&#235 Webb <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href="http://www.nicksflickpicks.com/2005/10/picked-flick-86-where-is-friends-home.html" style="text-decoration:none">Where Is the Friend's Home?</a></b></Font> Dir. Abbas Kiarostami. With Babek Ahmed Poor <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+1><b>More Grades from 1987</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Good Morning, Vietnam</b></Font> Dir. Barry Levinson. With Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>F</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Ironweed</b></Font> Dir. Hector Babenco. With Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Tom Waits, Carroll Baker <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Moonstruck</b></Font> Dir. Norman Jewison. With Cher, Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello, Olympia Dukakis <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>RoboCop</b></Font> Dir. Paul Verhoeven. With Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+1><b>Also from 1987</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Fetching</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Last Emperor</b></Font> Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. With John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Medea</b></Font> Dir. Lars von Trier. With Kirsten Olesen, Udo Kier, Henning Jensen, Ludmilla Glinska<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Raising Arizona</b></Font> Dir. Joel Coen. With Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, William Forsythe<br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Fair</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Angel Heart</b></Font> Dir. Alan Parker. With Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Anna</b></Font> Dir. Yurek Bogayevicz. With Sally Kirkland, Paulina Porizkova, Robert Fields, Larry Pine<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Full Metal Jacket</b></Font> Dir. Stanley Kubrick. With Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Hope and Glory</b></Font> Dir. John Boorman. With Sebastian Rice Edwards, Sarah Miles, Sammi Davis<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Law of Desire</b></Font> Dir. Pedro Almod&#243var. With Eusebio Poncela, Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Matewan</b></Font> Dir. John Sayles. With Chris Cooper, Will Oldham, James Earl Jones, David Strathairn<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Maurice</b></Font> Dir. James Ivory. With James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Phoebe Nicholls<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Near Dark</b></Font> Dir. Kathryn Bigelow. With Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>No Way Out</b></Font> Dir. Roger Donaldson. With Kevin Costner, Sean Young, Gene Hackman, Iman<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Predator</b></Font> Dir. John McTiernan. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Room</b></Font> Dir. Robert Altman. With Linda Hunt, Julian Sands, Annie Lennox, Donald Pleasance<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>September</b></Font> Dir. Woody Allen. With Mia Farrow, Elaine Stritch, Dianne Wiest, Sam Waterston<br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Feh</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Dirty Dancing</b></Font> Dir. Emile Ardolino. With Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Less Than Zero</b></Font> Dir. Marek Kanievska. With Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr.<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Lost Boys</b></Font> Dir. Joel Schumacher. With Corey Haim, Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Nuts</b></Font> Dir. Martin Ritt. With Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Princess Bride</b></Font> Dir. Rob Reiner. With Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Peter Falk<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>She Must Be Seeing Things</b></Font> Dir. Sheila McLaughlin. With Sheila Dabney, Lois Weaver<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Spaceballs</b></Font> Dir. Mel Brooks. With Bill Pullman, John Candy, Daphne Zuniga, Mel Brooks<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Street Smart</b></Font> Dir. Jerry Schatzberg. With Christopher Reeve, Morgan Freeman, Kathy Baker<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Throw Momma from the Train</b></Font> Dir. Danny DeVito. With Billy Crystal, Danny DeVito<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Untouchables</b></Font> Dir. Brian De Palma. With Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Wall Street</b></Font> Dir. Oliver Stone. With Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Daryl Hannah<br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Flotsam</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Who's That Girl</b></Font> Dir. James Foley. 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