Best Thriller Films of 1987
Cop
Based on James Ellroy's ... with ease, showing the various sides of his character's personality. Cop, while singularly unpleasant is always insightful and fascinating. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Stakeout
Though John Badham's Stakeout ... stood, Stakeout didn't need to be elaborated upon with a sequel, but Another Stakeout was produced all the same. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Best Seller
Brian Dennehy plays a ... teenaged daughter Allison Balson. Screenwriter Larry Cohen has claimed that Best Seller was based on Strangers on a Train. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Someone to Watch over Me
Someone to Watch Over ... set decoration are all fine. Someone to Watch Over Me is a fine police thriller and love story. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Backfire
Wealthy-but-troubled Vietnam vet Jeff ... noncommunicative husband, Allen enmeshes Carradine in an insidious plan that will regain her the riches she feels she deserves. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
The Bedroom Window
In director/writer Curtis Hanson's ... a myriad of complications. And meanwhile, with the psycho still on the loose, Lambert sets out to find him. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Dead of Winter
Despite its relative failure ... terrific. It all falls apart eventually, but is quite gripping until the required histrionics in the silly final reel. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Masques
Roland Wolf (Robin Renucci) ... Brochet). Roland discovers Catherine is being drugged by her benefactor who has stolen her inheritance and possibly committed murder. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
The Wind
One of the few ... the film, until he is dispatched with suitably histrionic aplomb. David McCallum and Steve Railsback show up as well. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Assassination
In Assassination, a routine ... to trust a man she detests. This film, while routine and somewhat predictable will be enjoyed by Bronson fans. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
House of Games
In his directorial debut, ... and his cinematographer Juan Ruiz-Anchia create a visually stunning, compelling film that does justice to Mamet's superbly written screenplay [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Cold Steel
A cop is determined ... as a police cadet. Rocker Adam Ant co-stars and Dorothy Ann Puzo, daughter of famed author Mario Puzo, directed. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Sister, Sister
In this thriller, sisters ... Stoltz) comes to stay, he stumbles across a number of the Bonnards' dark secrets that were best left hidden. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Kiss Daddy Goodnight
This low-budget, avant garde ... is taken home by her clueless victims. Steve Buscemi, Paul Dillon, and Paul Richards co-star in this 16m production. [ best thriller 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 thriller films - 1987 ]
Nowhere to Hide
In this exciting action ... was a Marine and is more than capable of defending herself. The film is also known as Fatal Chase. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
The Cry of the Owl
Based on a novel ... romantic interest in her). Le Cri du Hibou was adapted and directed by France's leading suspense director, Claude Chabrol. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Hiding Out
Hiding Out, a surprisingly ... Director Giraldi has great visual style and gives the film an energy that makes it both enjoyable and believable. [ best thriller 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 thriller films - 1987 ]
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
Stryker (Brian Schulz) is ... his Army buddies go after the leader of a cult, who resembles none other than Charles Manson (Sam Raimi). [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Lady In Black
Kin (Tony Leung Ka-Fei) ... a suicide, but things don't go as planned. May survives, and now she is bent on having her revenge. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Opera
The polar-opposite worlds of ... connection to the young singer. A final scene set in the Swiss mountains provides a couple of final shocks. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Code of Honor
The ganglord Ho has ... for his now departed men, and for the code of trust which they took with them to their graves. [ best thriller 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 thriller films - 1987 ]
Frenchman's Farm
Set in contemporary Australia, ... killer. Adding to the film's catalog of horror cliches is the local constabulary, who refuse to believe Jackie's story. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Graveyard Shift
This low-budget but slickly ... prevents this from achieving true cult-classic status. Graveyard Shift was followed by a sequel titled Understudy: Graveyard Shift 2. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Herencia de Valientes
When the daughter of ... the police operation to free the hostage in this routine crime drama. The shootout scene surprisingly lacks cinematic firepower. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Murder Rap
A musician is seduced ... realizes that she is involved with him for a reason. She wants him to help her kill her husband. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Stage Fright
Horror film actor Michele ... while this one was produced by Aristide Massaccesi ("Joe D'Amato") from a script by actor Luigi Montefiori ("George Eastman"). [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Tragico Terremoto En Mexico
This routine disaster melodrama ... hospital just before the calamity, which causes the shaken shirker Miguel to realize he does love Paty after all. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Aenigma
Horror legend Lucio Fulci ... living statues and killer snails, and the plot, cribbed from Richard Franklin's superior Patrick (1978), is weak and underdeveloped. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Ratas de la Ciudad
Pedro has moved to ... is released from jail but has developed a very keen sense of injustice, which leads him into many conflicts. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Operation Take No Prisoners
In this action thriller, ... government's top security agencies, who know Hillman has discovered a secret that must not fall into the wrong hands. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]
Virgins From Hell
As young children, Enny ... the camp and do whatever is necessary to end Mr. Tiger's brutal reign of terror once and for all. [ best thriller films - 1987 ]Supplemental Navigation
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