Best Drama Films of 1987
The Room Upstairs
More a series of ... telecast as a Hallmark Hall of Fame special, The Room Upstairs was filmed on location in Boston and Vancouver. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
The Big Town
The Big Town is ... Clark Howard, Big Town tends towards uneveness, a result perhaps of the defection of its first director, Harold Becker. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
A Prayer for the Dying
A man struggling to ... shooting due to disputes with the producers, and star Mickey Rourke later attempted to disassociate himself from the film. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Long Day's Journey into Night
Previously filmed by director ... excessively verbose piece. Long Day's Journey Into Night was first telecast April 11, 1987, over the Showtime Cable Service. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Cause Célèbre
When the ailing husband ... lawyer, star attorney T.J. O'Connor (David Suchet), remains convinced that his client will eventually be cleared of all charges. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Less Than Zero
This drama about affluent ... co-stars with Tony Bill and Nicholas Pryor in this trip into the seamy world of darkness in sunny California. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Matewan
Independent filmmaker John Sayles ... to legendary cinematographer Haskell Wexler, whose warm, rustic lighting belies the anxiety and terror felt by the oppressed townspeople. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Maurice
Director James Ivory brings ... gamekeeper, Scudder (Rupert Graves), and Maurice and Scudder decide to risk their reputations by openly living together as lovers. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Street Smart
Jonathan Fisher (Christopher Reeve) ... district attorney. In jail for suspicion of murder, Black tries to silence the reporter who created the sensational fabrication. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Barfly
Charles Bukowski, the talented ... Fritz "Pop!" Feld and Vance Colvig (who's made a career out of playing street people) in Barfly bit parts. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Someone to Love
Orson Welles made his ... his camera crew in tow, Danny takes to filming his guests as they answer questions about love and loneliness. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Broken Vows
This drama explores the ... to question his beliefs and his celibacy after he becomes mixed up with the girlfriend of a murder victim. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Six Against the Rock
The "six" are played ... without a cameo appearance by the Birdman of Alcatraz? Six Against the Rock's Birdman is impersonated by Dennis Farina. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Miami Vice: Season 04
Season Four of Miami ... in "Missing Hours"; and the multitalented Harry Shearer in (and we're not making this up) "The Cows of October". [ best drama films - 1987 ]
And God Created Woman
French director Roger Vadim ... early parole. But the joke is on him when she announces that their marriage does not include sexual relations. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Cry Freedom
Richard Attenborough directed this ... ensure that he did not die in vain. Washington received an Academy Award nomination for his performance as Biko. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Alone in the Neon Jungle
Directed by onetime Rookies ... ally to the new captain. Filmed in Pittsburgh, Alone in the Neon Jungle was first telecast January 17, 1988. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
An Emmy-winning adaptation of ... episodes deals with her first tentative encroachments into social functions and dealing with the loss of a loved one. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Pudd'nhead Wilson, Mark Twain's ... Filmed on location at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, Pudd'nhead Wilson premiered January 24, 1984, on PBS television's American Playhouse. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Daddy
"Daddy" is Dermot Mulroney--a ... wise beyond their years simply because they've discovered sex. Made for TV, Daddy was first telecast April 5, 1987. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Empire of the Sun
Based on J.G. Ballard's ... manhood, the 13-year-old Bale will never again be the pampered, privileged brat whom we met in the early scenes. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
No Man's Land
Benjy Taylor (D.B. Sweeney) ... cop gets in deeper when he actually begins to like Ted and the suspect's sultry sister Ann (Lara Harris). [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Tiger Warsaw
Chuck "Tiger" Warsaw (Patrick ... yuppie fiancee Roger (James Patrick Gillis) join with other irate relatives to ruin the happy family reunion for Tiger. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Norman Mailer wrote and ... Tim's psyche takes a beating, Dougy decides to help Tim put an end to this chaotic mess of murders. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Off Limits
Buck McGriff (Willem Dafoe) ... in this military mystery. One by one, possible witnesses who can shed light on the case are systematically murdered. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Waiting for the Moon
Well into the 1930s, ... (Linda Hunt) offered to her irascible companion Stein (Linda Bassett) is the subject of this moving, extremely erudite drama. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
I'll Take Manhattan
This glitzy miniseries based ... villainous Cutter, and fans of this sort of high-gloss '80s melodrama will want to put it on their lists. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Ford: The Man and the Machine
Adapted from a book ... Robert Lacey, this biographical film chronicles both the private and public life of automobile manufacturer Henry Ford (Cliff Robertson). [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Lemon Sky
Originally written in 1970, ... in the cast is Bacon's actress wife Kyra Sedgwick, here playing his half-sister. Lemon Sky premiered February 10, 1988. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
21 Jump Street: Season 01
The first action-adventure series ... 60 Minutes during the series' maiden season, rapidly establishing Fox as the favorite network of teens and young adults. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Flowers in the Attic
Based on the popular ... the view of their unforgiving grandfather. How the kids cope with their imprisonment is the heart of the film. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Zombie Death House
In this graphically violent ... into killer zombies. Meanwhile, blonde biochemist Tanya works to find a vaccine to stop the terrifying erosion of humanity. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
La Bamba
Lou Diamond Phillips plays ... rock that was an inspiration to such later rockers as The Bobby Fuller Four as well as Los Lobos. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Witness in the War Zone
Tumultuous Beirut provides the ... journalists until he begins getting more involved and interested after he humiliates himself by interviewing a bogus PLO leader. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Mayflower Madam
Based on the life ... Bergen) as a former debutante seeking to make money with an escort service for wealthy businessman and foreign dignitaries. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Rowing with the Wind
The events that led ... years, strange, tragic and troubling events occur and whenever they do, Shelley sees her monster lurking in the shadows. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
An Autumn's Tale
Mabel Chueng directs this ... him. Things get worse for the earthy protagonist when Vincent returns to New York, hoping to patch things up. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Lost Empires
This seven-part British miniseries ... actually did serve as a music hall in years gone by, Lost Empires was telecast by ITV in 1987. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Crystal Heart
Christopher Newley (Lee Curreri) ... play Christopher's concerned parents. The boy risks everything when he vows to escape the prison of his controlled environment. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Into the Fire
A young drifter is ... pair of femme fatales (Susan Anspach and Olivia D'Abo) in this thriller also known as Legend of Wolf Lodge. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
North Shore
In this youthful surfing ... the sea and preparing for an international surfing competition, the boy also learns valuable lessons about life and love. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Sorrell and Son
Previously filmed in 1927 ... on the part of Sorrel Sr. The six hour-long episodes of Sorrel and Son were telecast by Yorkshire Television. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Anna
Anna's early scenes concentrate ... finally meet, each draws strength from the other, enabling both women to survive whatever indignities life has to offer. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Border Radio
In this semi-improvised look ... Paris, Texas; Anders went on to make several notable features, including Gas Food Lodging and Grace of My Heart. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Initiation
Danny Molloy (Rodney Harvey) ... soon is injured crashing his plane in a remote region of the outback. Anna-Maria Winchester co-stars with Miranda Otto. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
'68
Set in the late ... anti-Vietnam movement. This independently made film is a scattershot attempt at touching the many divisive issues of the times. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Courtship
Horton Foote is the ... PBS American Playhouse series from April 4 to May 1, 1987, under the umbrella title Story of A Marriage. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
The Darkside
A naive taxi driver ... a series of snuff films. They must work together to bring the producers to justice before being killed themselves. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
The Everlasting Secret Family
"Everlasting Secret Family" is ... the so-called mainstream political scene, the gay lifestyle can become a dangerously manipulative power trip in the wrong hands. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Heat and Sunlight
Rob Nilsson both directed ... the most part worthwhile. Heat and Sunlight has enough exposed skin and profanity to fully warrant its R rating. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
Lensed on a smile ... name is rhythmically and ethnically close to Rozema's) won the Prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
La Mentira
Based on Caridad Bravo ... the story of a man who eventually falls in love with a woman he had previously wanted to kill. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Lust for Freedom
After watching her partner ... women and charged with white slavery. She must fight to protect herself from physical and sexual assault behind bars. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Mission Manila
After dropping out of ... his recovery, an old flame asks him to help his own brother, who has suffered much the same trouble. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Veronico Cruz
Originally titled La Deuda ... Cruz is a remarkable first effort by director Miguel Pereira. The film has also been released as The Debt. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Wedding in Galilee
Filmed in the Arabic ... that serves as an eye-opener for any non-Israeli or non-Palestinian who thinks he's got the mideast situation "figured out." [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Winners Take All
After Billy Robinson (Robert ... local motorcycle race is put together, Billy must compete against his best friend (Don Michael Paul) for the prize. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
La Monaca di Monza
Luciano Odorisio's Italian-made exploitation ... can they foresee the dangerous and calamitous consequences that this will yield -- consequences involving betrayal, vengeance, and homicide. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Robinson's Garden
A subtle metaphor for ... her late grandfather. Frightened and without solace, she makes her way back to the haven to meet her fate. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
The Bretts
This British television miniseries ... two-disc collection includes the series' original eight episodes and features Barbara Murray, Norman Rodway, and George Winter, among others. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Inspector Morse: The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
This series follows the ... investigations of the title hero, portrayed by John Thaw. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Inspector Morse: Service of All the Dead
This series follows the ... investigations of the title hero, portrayed by John Thaw. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Sworn to Silence
In this drama, two ... by defending a hated accused murderer whom they believe is innocent. Unfortunately, his confidential confession to them indicates otherwise. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Krotki Film o Zabijaniu
This disturbing and violent ... anticipated and well-received at Cannes, the film won the European Film Academy Award for "Best European Film" in 1988. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise
One of the most ... flights on the ground. Will Shilo and his friends buck the odds and take their ship to other worlds? [ best drama films - 1987 ]
The House of Bernarda Alba
In this somber and ... will never escape her mother's icy emotional grip. The story is taken from the play by Federico Garcia Lorca. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
On the Banks of the River Niemen
Based on the novel ... the Banks of the Niemen sets a love story against the backdrop of the 1863 Polish uprising of Lithuania. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Two of Us
This British made-for-television film ... families and friends turn on them over time, the two decide to run away together to avoid the torment. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
El Hijo de Pedro Navaja
Based on the song ... to learn how to use a switchblade with uncanny skill, and earns for himself the sobriquet "Navajas," or "Blades." [ best drama films - 1987 ]
The Kid Brother
Kenny is a Canadian ... she values in her life has been turned inside out so as to serve and support her legless brother. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Medea
Shooting entirely on analog ... for all. Produced in 1987, Medea received an extremely limited theatrical release in the U.S. in April of 2003. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Damned If You Don't
Informed by director Su ... relationship with Catholicism, Damned If You Don't concerns a nun who is wrestling mightily with her vow of chastity. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
Devil Angel
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Fields of Fire
Fields of Fire was ... soon followed by a brace of annual sequels, cleverly titled Fields of Fire II and Fields of Fire III. [ best drama films - 1987 ]
La Coyota
A woman who once ... begins to suspect that despite her questionable past she may still have the capacity to love again after all. [ best drama films - 1987 ]Supplemental Navigation
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