1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1987th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 987th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1980s decade.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January - Positive I.D. (Sundance Film Festival)
- March 14 - Positive I.D. (New York New Directors and New Films Festival)
- April 7 - The Secret of My Success premiered in Los Angeles, California
- April 10 - The Secret of My Success
- April 14 - Positive I.D. (USA Film Festival)
- May 1 - The Allnighter
- May 22 - The Chipmunk Adventure (The Samuel Goldwyn Company)
- June 5 - Harry and the Hendersons
- June 23 - Dragnet premiered in Hollywood, California
- June 26 - Dragnet
- July 17 - Jaws: The Revenge
- August 14 - North Shore
- August 21 - Born in East L.A.
- September 18 - Amazon Women on the Moon
- October 3 - Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (New York Film Festival)
- October 9
- October 23 - Prince of Darkness
- October 27 - Positive I.D. (limited)
- November 5 - Cry Freedom premiered in Los Angeles, California
- November 6 - Cry Freedom
- November 13 - Cross My Heart
- December 4 - Walker
- December 18 - *Batteries Not Included
Shorts[]
Television[]
Home video releases[]
Character debuts[]
People[]
Births[]
- September 8 - Wiz Khalifa (American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor and entrepreneur)
- October 18 - Zac Efron (American actor)
Deaths[]
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