1987: Year in Review
Fritz Golden Superlatives

1. Come and See (dir: Elem Klimov; US Release Date)

2. RoboCop (dir: Paul Verhoeven)

3. Mauvais Sang (dir: Leos Carax; US Release Date)

4. Wings of Desire (dir: Wim Wenders)

5. Full Metal Jacket (dir: Stanley Kubrick)

6. Moonstruck (dir: Norman Jewison)

7. Opera (dir: Dario Argento)

8. Near Dark (dir: Kathryn Bigelow)

9. Housekeeping (dir: Bill Forsyth)

10. Broadcast News (dir: James L. Brooks)

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): Au Revoir Les Enfants (dir: Louis Malle), Barfly (dir: Barbet Schroeder), The Bedroom Window (dir: Curtis Hanson), Black Widow (dir: Bob Rafelson), The Dead (dir: John Huston), Empire of the Sun (dir: Steven Spielberg), Evil Dead 2 (dir: Sam Raimi), Extreme Prejudice (dir: Walter Hill), Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (dir: Eric Rohmer), Hellraiser (dir: Clive Barker), Hollywood Shuffle (dir: Robert Townsend), Hope and Glory (dir: John Boorman), House of Games (dir: David Mamet), The Last Emperor (dir: Bernardo Bertolucci), Maurice (dir: James Ivory), Predator (dir: John McTiernan), Raising Arizona (dir: Joel Coen), River's Edge (dir: Tim Hunter), Roxanne (dir: Fred Schepisi), Scenes of a Crime (dir: Andre Techine), The Stepfather (dir: Joseph Ruben), Withnail & I (dir: Bruce Robinson), The Witches of Eastwick (dir: George Miller) and Yeleen (dir: Souleymane Cisse)

Best Film of the Year: Come and See
Director: Elem Klimov
US Distributor: International Film Exchange

Best Director:
Paul Verhoeven, RoboCop
2. Elem Klimov, Come and See
3. Leos Carax, Mauvais Sang
4. Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire
5. Dario Argento, Opera

Best Actor:
Mickey Rourke, Barfly
2. Richard E. Grant, Withnail & I
3. Terry O’Quinn, The Stepfather
4. Nicolas Cage, Raising Arizona AND Moonstruck
5. Steve Martin, Roxanne

Best Actress:
Holly Hunter, Broadcast News AND Raising Arizona
2. Cher, Moonstruck AND The Witches of Eastwick
3. Emily Lloyd, Wish You Were Here
4. Jessica Forde, Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
5. Anjelica Huston, The Dead

Best Supporting Actor:
Hugh Grant, Maurice
2. Albert Brooks, Broadcast News
3. Crispin Glover, River's Edge
4. Bill Paxton, Near Dark
5. Vincent D'Onofrio, Full Metal Jacket

Best Supporting Actress:
Christine Lahti, Housekeeping
2. Elizabeth McGovern, The Bedroom Window
3. Lisa Bonet, Angel Heart
4. Olympia Dukakis, Moonstruck
5. Faye Dunaway, Barfly

Best Original Screenplay:
Wings of Desire – Wim Wenders, Peter Handke and Richard Reitinger
2. Au Revoir Les Enfants – Louis Malle
3. Broadcast News – James L. Brooks
4. Moonstruck — John Patrick Shanley
5. Raising Arizona – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Come and See — Ales Adamovich and Elem Klimov
2. Full Metal Jacket – Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford 
3. Roxanne – Steve Martin
4. The Last Emperor – Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe and Enzo Ungari
5. Housekeeping — Bill Forsyth

Best Cinematography:
Black Widow — Conrad L. Hall
2. Wings of Desire – Henri Alekan
3. Mauvais Sang — Jean-Yves Escoffier
4. Come and See — Aleksey Rodionov
5. Housekeeping — Michael Coulter

Best Original Score:
RoboCop — Basil Poledouris
2. Prince of Darkness  – John Carpenter and Alan Howarth
3. The Princess Bride – Mark Knopfler
4. The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su
5. Yeleen – Salif Keita and Michael Portal 

Best Film Editing:
Mauvais Sang — Nelly Quettier
2. RoboCop – Frank J. Urioste 
3. Predator – Mark Helfrich and John F. Link
4. Black Widow — John Bloom
5. The Bedroom Window — Scott Conrad

Best Production Design:
Full Metal Jacket – Anton Furst and Barbara Drake
2. The Last Emperor – Ferdinando Scarifotti and Wang Chunpu
3. The Princess Bride – Norman Garwood and Maggie Gray
4. Empire of the Sun – Norman Reynolds, Harry Cordwell and Michael Ford
5. Walker – Bruno Rubeo, Suzie Frischette and Bryce Perrin

Best Costume Design:
The Last Emperor — James Acheson
2. The Princess Bride — Phyllis Dalton
3. Walker — Theda DeRamus and Pam Tait
4. The Dead — Dorothy Jeakins
5. Wings of Desire — Monika Jacobs

Best Visual Effects
RoboCop
2. Predator
3. Evil Dead 2

Best Sound
Predator
2. RoboCop
3. The Last Emperor

Best Makeup
Evil Dead 2
2. Hellraiser
3. Harry and the Hendersons

Best Documentary Feature:
Kazuo Hara, The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

Best Animated Feature: 
Jimmy T. Murakami, When the Wind Blows

Best Ensemble Cast: 
Moonstruck

Orson Welles' Best First Feature:
David Mamet, House of Games

Best Ensemble Cast (dir: Norman Jewison; in alphabetical order): Danny Aiello, Julie Bovasso, Nicolas Cage (pictured), Feodor Chaliapin, Jr., Cher (pictured), Leonardo Cimino, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia, Anita Gillette, Louis Guss, John Mahoney and Paula Trueman

Best First Feature: Lindsay Crouse, Mike Nussbaum, and Joe Mantegna (pictured) in David Mamet’s House of Games

RECAP

W I N S :

RoboCop — 3,
Come and See — 2, Barfly — 1, The Black Widow — 1, Broadcast News — 1, Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On — 1, Evil Dead 2 — 1, Full Metal Jacket — 1, House of Games — 1, Housekeeping — 1, The Last Emperor — 1, Maurice — 1, Mauvais Sang — 1, Moonstruck — 1, Predator — 1, Raising Arizona — 1, When the Wind Blows — 1, The Wings of Desire — 1

M U L T I P L E
N O M I N A T I O N S :

Moonstruck — 6, RoboCop — 6,
The Last Emperor — 5, The Wings of Desire — 5, Broadcast News — 4, Come and See — 4, Full Metal Jacket — 4, Housekeeping — 4, Mauvais Sang — 4, Predator — 3, The Princess Bride — 3, Raising Arizona — 3, Barfly — 2, The Bedroom Window — 2, Black Widow — 2, The Dead — 2, Evil Dead 2 — 2, Near Dark — 2, Opera — 2, Roxanne — 2, Walker — 2

the year-end project:
2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1940 - 1949, 1930 - 1939, 1920 - 1929 + Superlatives Index

Best of the Decade:
2010s, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s