Ranking the TOP 25 Movies of 1987 that make it the BEST YEAR in Movie History

[@AVAPopCulture]

Is 1987 the BEST year in movie history? Come with me as I bring you my top 25 movies from the year and see how they might stack up to the other years in this series so, pop that tape in, I got you, let's go do this!

[@Azrael138]

THANK YOU for mentioning Adventures in Babysitting!! Last year I tried to show my girlfriend that movie for the first time, and we started watching it on Disney Plus and I immediately stopped it. There's no way we're watching that movie censored. So I had to go find it on digital to buy, now I own it on DVD and VHS, but I'm still looking for a good version of it, I'll probably grab that bluray you've got. And now I need to go find your old video about it!

[@AVAPopCulture]

@Azrael138 yeah the censoring and changing of adventures in babysitting got me to go ahead and start this channel lol

[@ThomasDrish]

@@AVAPopCulture I’m curious to know what they censored. I’d go out of my way to categorize this movie as a family comedy. Oh, Raising Arizona was another great film from 1987…my favorite Cage movie!

[@V3ntilator]

Disney plus have censored a lot of movies and TV Series, and is one of the reasons i refuse to sub to it.
Everything is available uncensored on DVD and Blu-Ray.

[@jonbolton3376]

Despite the obvious issues with Masters Of The Universe, there are a few reasons i love it. I collected the He Man figures as a kid, i had them all (except Ram Man, i boight him later as an adult as a symboluc gesture lol). The Christmas around it's release i got the new figures from the film as presens: Gwildor. Blade, and Saurod. Also, this was the final film i saw at the cinema as a kid, i was 7 or 8, i've only been to the cinema twice since then with my ex-gf in the 2010's (to see The Dictator, and Contagion).

[@ClellBiggs]

Strange how many movies from this year I didn't see. Probably because there were so many. Also a lot of them that I did see I had completely forgotten about. These videos are always such a great trip through my memories of childhood.
I also can't watch Robin's films now. I know he'd want people to continue getting joy from them but I just can't do it. One that I especially loved was What Dreams May Come and I know if I watched it again it'd break me.
The Lost Boys is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's quintessential 80s coolness without the cheesiness that so many movies had then (not that there's anything wrong with 80s cheese lol).

[@AVAPopCulture]

@ClellBiggs there were a lot of heavy hitters from basically every year in the 80s! So many great movies it is hard to have seen them all or remember them all

[@ACEARCADIA]

Very nice list, Chase 👍🏾. 87 was definitely cranking out classics undoubtedly.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@ACEARCADIA thank you! Yeah 87 put in some work lol

[@davidmitchell6873]

Never saw your channel before but earlier today I was looking at some lists of movie years and was amazed at how many from 87 that I really liked. I came on UA-cam and typed in 87 in movies and here you are just posting a video about the subject. I haven't watched yet but am just about to.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@davidmitchell6873 oh awesome! I hope you enjoy the video and stick around!! Thanks so much!

[@davidmitchell6873]

Really good video. I did a quick ranking in my head of about ten movies. I have Predator number one and the untouchables number two. I was surprised The Untouchables didn't make your list.

[@ThomasDrish]

Robocop. Three Men and a Baby. The Running Man. Over the Top. La Bamba. Evil Dead II. Yeah. 1987 was a stellar year for films.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@ThomasDrish agreed!

[@80sMadeConsumer]

Outrageous fortune only got a dvd and it’s touchstone and you can get cheap. Carpenter is an icon love most of his films missed prince of darkness. Bro I’ve got that umbrella MOTU in the mail super stoked. Plains Trains is my favorite I’ve been watching it since it came out!

[@AVAPopCulture]

I wanted that MOTU set, but I missed the big set and since it is just a bluray, I didnt buy the release with the slip cover...you'd think we would get a 4k of it here at some point!!!

[@RiciaJastrow]

I am a big fan of three men and a baby. Such a good movie. I watched it all the time and like Three men and a little lady as well. Such a great cast. Loved those guys growing up.

[@jerryrpettus1926]

Well, culture relevance is kind of a two-edged sword, isn't it? Of course, more modern movies are going to be more culturally relevant. But that wouldn't necessarily mean that the movies themselves are better or worse, just more familiar to the modern audience, wouldn't you say?
I was fortunate to find a blu ray of Near Dark a couple of months ago, rotating into our local Half Price Books store. We love the movie. Definitely a great film. Also a great choice is Adventures in Babysitting with Alysabeth Shue and Vincent Donofrio as Thor. "No one gets out of here without singing the blues."

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@jerryrpettus1926 I love the singing the blues scene lol

[@GBestDawgs]

Some great picks. You are right it’s a deep year.

[@brihiggins]

Great video! I would like to see you cover 1982 at some point.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@brihiggins thank you!!! 1982 is coming up in this series!!!

[@lindajastrow6719]

Wow, so many flashbacks that I forgot about!!!

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@lindajastrow6719 yep lol

[@kyleloven8262]

1987 was the greatest year for movies and greatest year of my life. I was 9 and I saw all these movies. I probably watched Predator, Runnĺng Man, The Lost Boys. and Adventures in Baby sitting over 20 times that year. What a great year.

[@AVAPopCulture]

87 was a powerhouse for sure!!!!

[@jonbolton3376]

A great year from my favourite film decade. My favourite 20 are:
20 Slumber Party Massacre 2
19 Ghoulies 2
18 Masters Of The Universe
17 Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2
16 The Lamp (sometimes called 'The Outing')
15 Blood Frenzy
14 Hellraiser
13 Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
12 Blood Rage
11 Amazon Women On The Moon
10 Overboard
9 Robocop
8 The Living Daylights
7 The Running Man
6 Blind Date
5 Lethal Weapon
4 Prince Of Darkness
3 Beverly Hills Cop 2
2 Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol
1 A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

[@AVAPopCulture]

Interesting list! Wow, NOES Dream Warriors at #1 and Police Academy 4 at #1 and #2 with no Predator or Lost Boys on your list at all is pretty bold LOL!!! but rock your favorites!!!

[@jonbolton3376]

I've seen both Predator and The Lost Boys, they just don't make my personal top 20. Dream Warriors is my favourite Elm Street, and Citizens On Patrol, i know isn't a great film, but it has i guess an emotional tie to me, i call it a comfort film, if that makes sense.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@jonbolton3376 everyone's lists are different, that's part of what makes movies awesome!

[@jonbolton3376]

I just got to that point of your video, i also consider Lethal Weapon a Christmas movie, as much as i love it weirdly i love the 3 sequels even more, especially LW2.

[@ThomasDrish]

@@jonbolton3376Looking at your list, I think you’d like Rolling Vengeance from 1987. It’s somewhere on UA-cam, won’t be hard to find. 😊

[@RyetteJ-gk8hx]

Really enjoying this series. I see some other creators have started doing them as well. I still like yours better though 😉

[@AVAPopCulture]

@RyetteJ-gk8hx lol thank you! I love doing these so I'll keep doing them 😆

[@user-vm9jh9pk5c]

Great list but I would like to add Moonstruck, Broadcast News, Roxanne, The Bedroom Window, Extreme Prejudice, No Way Out and River’s Edge.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@user-vm9jh9pk5c shows how deep this year is!!!!

[@jonbolton3376]

Regarding The Monster Squad, i saw it as a kid in about 1990 when i was about 10. I really liked it, it appealed because i was a weird kid who loved horror from the age of 5, in particular, Halloween films, The Omen films, and of course Hammer's Christopher Lee Dracula films which is why i liked this. For some reason it got taped over so i only re-watched it about a year ago, i still enjoyed it, but in that 30+ years, just to me personally it didn't feel the same. If i had watched it regularly over the years i'd probably still love it as much.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@jonbolton3376 there is always going to be more of a nostalgia pull if you watched it at a young age but not everything ages the same

[@jesseswarbrick7895]

Wow, what a stacked year 1987 was, gonna be hard to top that year in film...Some other ones i enjoyed that werent mentioned in your top 25 or honorable mentions are No Way Out...Three Oclock High...Fatal Beauty...Best Seller...Revenge Of The Nerds 2...Burglar...The Hidden...Born In East LA...The Principal...La Bamba...Summer School...Roxanne...Big Shots...Like Father Like Son...Critical Condition...Hot Pursuit....White Water Summer...Suspect...Extreme Prejudice...Baby Boom...A Return To Salems Lot...North Shore...The Living Daylights...Some Kind Of Wonderful...Angel Heart...The Stepfather...The Believers...Less Than Zero...Dolls...Prom Night 2

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@jesseswarbrick7895 this year was sooooooo stacked!!

[@sethm.woodiwiss786]

I bought the 4K addition of Evil Dead Groovy Collection big box set when it was on sale for 50 percent off on Amazon for $44.00, which was a great deal. It's now listed for over $250.00. Then, I bought the Scream Factory 4K collectors addition of the Army of Darkness and put it in to complete all the best Evil Dead movies.

[@AVAPopCulture]

That is the set I have been considering...how do you like that set?

[@sethm.woodiwiss786]

@AVAPopCulture
It's great! I'm sure you can see everything that comes with it, but what you can't see is how big the booklet is, or should I say novel..... It's also got the whole Evil Dead series in it on bluray, which is also great. The only thing missing is Army of Darkness 4K because of studio rights. I guess my only gripe is that the bonus disk is the same old standard definition DVD that came with the 1st Evil Dead Bluray from years ago. They could've upgraded most of that bonus disk to HD. I am pretty sure Lionsgate just makes so many each year and sells so many sets because I saw it last year about this time for hundreds of dollars at after market prices, then sometime around the holidays they were on Amazon for $88.00. I think that's the normal price, but like I said, I waited for the 50% off deal and got it for $44.00. Even at $88.00 it's a steal, you get that huge "novel" of a booklet, two 4K and 2 Bluray copies of the 1st & 2nd movies and then the entire series on bluray plus the bonus DVD disk, which does have alot of great extras on it just wish they were in HD. So, hopefully, they will have it again soon for at least regular retail price.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@sethm.woodiwiss786 thank you for the info!! i have been kinda holding off and waiting to get that set at a good price...I'll probably keep waiting

[@trueCinemaniac]

Love this series of videos (btw the 80s are my decade but 1939 is top 5 best movie year for me)... 1987 is a movie full of flicks I love but my list is very different. Top 10: 1. Princess Bride 2. Lethal Weapon 3. The Untouchables 4. Some Kind of Wonderful 5. Raising Arizona 6. Planes Trains and Automobiles 7. Can't Buy Me Love 8. Predator 9.Over the Top 10. Au Revoir Les Enfants

[@AVAPopCulture]

thank you!! 1939 is tough... I think once you pass Wizard of Oz, GOne With the Wind, Mr SMith Goes to Washington and a few others, there are very few that stand the test of time or are part, or have been part of the collecive consciousness and pop culture to have staying power, and that plays a huge role in it...it is powerful at the top though

[@trueCinemaniac]

@@AVAPopCulture Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is an all-time fav for me as is Only Angels Have Wings, and other historically well regarded if not all-time great movies of 1939 other than Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind include Stagecoach, The Roaring Twenties, Dark Victory, Young Mr. Lincoln, Gunga Din, Ninotchka, and Wuthering Heights. I agree that most moviegoers today probably won't appreciate these titles, but my goodness, this is an amazing crop of all-time quality cinema. For a top 10 it's full of bangers, but for 25 it'll be hard for any pre-1980s year to fill

[@alfonsoagren414]

Yes!
1987 rules!
Good list! I would probably throw around some and get a few others in but generally good!
Hard year to decide. Predator is one of the all time favourites I have and stood out with its creative effects and all. Arnie is always my action hero and I wish Commando also had been 1987. Hehe. That movie IS Arnie on speed!
Cheers!

[@AVAPopCulture]

it is such a deep year, it makes it hard to cut to a top 25 list

[@katiejackson2178]

I'd recommend 1992,1996,1998 & 1999. So many good movies from the 90's

[@AVAPopCulture]

@katiejackson2178 1999 is most likely going to be a part of this series, maybe a couple others of those you mentioned 😉

[@handsomestik]

TOP 5 of 1987
5. Robocop
4. Fatal Attraction
3. Lethal Weapon
2. Lost Boys
1. Full Metal Jacket

[@AVAPopCulture]

@handsomestik good top 5! Full metal jacket is great but when I am deciding my rankings I always fall back on which one I am going to watch the most or put in the most to have a good time on a Friday or Saturday night and that is when most "heavy" movies start sliding down my list behind stuff that is just more fun to watch again and again! Great film though

[@Beetleejuicee]

Awesome list all heavy hitters

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@Beetleejuicee lots of heavy hitters for sure!

[@TMan-77]

I'd like to see 1986 and see Crocodile Dundee be that year's number 1. 👍

[@FriedTux]

Some of my favorites from 1987 in no particular order:
Empire Of The Sun
Evil Dead 2
Fatal Attraction
Full Metal Jacket
The Last Emperor
The Princess Bride
The Untouchables
The Predator
Raising Arizona
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Good Morning Vietnam
Lethal Weapon
La Bamba
The Witches Of Eastwick
RoboCop
Wings Of Desire
Hoosiers
Angel Heart
Broadcast News
Barfly
Beverly Hills Cop II
Moonstruck
Platoon *(technically a 1986 film, but was the #2 grossing film of 1987, being released December 24th, 1986.)

[@AVAPopCulture]

great pics! 1987 was a deeeeep year!

[@hvitekristesdod]

Full Metal Jacket is my number 1 😊
I also really like Angel Heart and Robocop

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@hvitekristesdod it is a Kubrick classic!

[@AVAPopCulture]

I am dealing with some food poising or something today...If I am slow to respond to comments that is why!

[@ClellBiggs]

Hope you feel better soon.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@ClellBiggs thank you so much

[@allanjensen2587]

Great year. My top 25 from this year is
1. Robocop
2. Predator
3. The untouchables
4. Lethal weapon
5. Beverly Hills cop 2
6. Planes, Trains and automobiles
7. Good morning Vietnam
8. Harry and the Hendersons
9. The mission
10. Fatal attraction
11. Over the top
12. Roxanne
13. Wall Street
14. The lost boys
15. Over the top
16. Three men and a baby
17. The witches of Eastwick
18. Full Metal Jacket
19. Mannequin
20. Evil dead 2
21. The running man
22. Dragnet
23.Pelle the Conqueror (Danish movie. Original title: Pelle Erobreren)
24. Cant buy me love
25. Dirty Dancing
Corrected for errors

[@AVAPopCulture]

@allanjensen2587 nice list but Platoon, The Golden Child, and Crocodile Dundee are from 1986 and not 1987 Otherwise they'd have made my list for sure! Great movies

[@allanjensen2587]

Oops, sorry for the mistake. Yes, these are some great movies. 👍

[@Hallas3]

I have "Near Dark" on DVD. I am still waiting on StudioCanal to put out the 4K. They announced that they were putting it out years ago, and still nothing.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@Hallas3 it really needs the 4k and the oop blu ray prices are all over the place!

[@willsweeps]

Great video! Where did you get the Over The Top Blu-ray?

[@AVAPopCulture]

@willsweeps thanks!!! I got it, Amazon but the slip cover was made at home !

[@efialtes76]

1994?
The Shawshank Redemption,Pulp Fiction,Forrest Gump,True Lies, Speed,The Lion King,The Crow,Stargate,Ed Wood,Bullets over Broadway,The Quiz Show Four Weddings and a Funeral,Three Colours:Red,León:The Professional,Dumb&Dumber,The Mask,Interview with a Vampire,Shallow Grave,The Hudsucker Proxy,Chungking Express,Heavenly Creatures,Once Were Warriors,Eat Drink Man Woman,Three Colours:White,Natural Born Killers,To Live,Clerks...

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@efialtes76 I did 1994 in the 3rd video in this series! Check it out!

[@gregmcdonald8962]

My God, man!...when you rattled off the movies that didn't make your top list, i thought "what kind of trash is he going to highlight?!" 😂 Only for you to prove what a Fire year it was!🤯
I was 12; Can't Buy Me Love may have been the first movie I ever saw in the theater without adult supervision. Amanda Peterson was stunning, what a sad and unfotunate loss. I had no idea about the Adventures In Babysitting situation. I will never subscribe to Disney+ and make it a point to buy any of their films I want from second hand sources for this very reason. I also have only the 2 disc special edition DVD of Predator, which I am happy to have kept as I had heard it was considered superior to the first Bluray edition, for some reason. I took a quick look through my stuff to see if I could add any suggestions but everything I thought of was either '86 or '88, lol. I'm sure there are some I forgot, it was an amazing year, even if our Top lists don't exactly match.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@gregmcdonald8962 yeah the year is soooooo deep, it is definitely a contender for the top spot overall!

[@gregmcdonald8962]

@@AVAPopCulture definitely, I could see that for sure...it's funny, I was thinking just the other day it was an amazing year for music releases as well.

[@jonbolton3376]

Without checking i don't remember years you have already looked at, but my personal recommendations include 1978, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1998.

[@jonbolton3376]

and 1972.

[@AVAPopCulture]

I have doen 1984, 1985, 1994, and now 1987...there may be some of those years you mentioned coming in this seres!

[@jonbolton3376]

I look forward to seeing.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@jonbolton3376 thank you!! and thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!! I hope you enjoy all the videos!!

[@V3ntilator]

I thought of 1987 as the best movie year ever already in early 2000's but 1984 and 1985 are probably close.
1987..Adventures in babysitting, Robocop, Predator and many others.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@V3ntilator 1984 and 1985 were the first 2 videos I did out the gate in this series and they are very loaded years!

[@V3ntilator]

@@AVAPopCulture Nice. Yes, it were 3 years with by far most 80's classics.
1997 were the year of SCI-FI.. Starship Troopers, The Fifth Element, Event Horizon, Men in Black, Contact, Alien Resurrection, Mimic, Gattaca and probably more.

[@anthonymerchant2597]

We are definitely kindred spirits, New Nightmare is my personal favorite of the Nightmare on Elm St series, too. I only own 1,3, and New Nightmare because those are my favorite ones. I have several of Wes Craven's other films in my collection as well. We seem to have a lot of very similar tastes in films, I was born in 1980 and I find I'm falling in love again with the films I enjoyed as a kid. I even picked up Harry and the Hendersons on DVD fairly recently which I loved watching again since I hadn't seen it since I was a kid. I have that exact same DVD set for the Lethal Weapon series.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@anthonymerchant2597 that explains it! We were born right about the same time!!! Something about that 1979-1981 time frame...

[@anthonymerchant2597]

@@AVAPopCulture Couldn't agree more I noticed it's the same with a lot of people who grew up in the same time period. Doug from Channel Awesome and James from AVGN also fall into this group.

[@anthonymerchant2597]

@@AVAPopCulture Picked up the Friday films for $5 from Walmart recently, I don't care it's DVD either. Just for the original, it's worth that to me.