See also: 1986 in film, other events of 1987, 1988 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Events

• May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers.
• November 21 - actor Bruce Willis marries actress Demi Moore.

Top grossing films

1. Three Men and a Baby
2. Fatal Attraction, starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close
3. Beverly Hills Cop II, starring Eddie Murphy
4. Good Morning, Vietnam, starring Robin Williams
5. Moonstruck, starring Cher
6. The Untouchables, starring Kevin Costner and Sean Connery
7. The Secret of My Succe$s, starring Michael J. Fox
8. Stakeout, starring Richard Dreyfuss
9. Lethal Weapon, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover
10. The Witches of Eastwick, starring Jack Nicholson

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: The Last Emperor - Hemdale, Columbia
• Best Actor: Michael Douglas - Wall Street
• Best Actress: Cher - Moonstruck

Births

• September 22 - Tom Felton, actor
• September 28 - Hilary Duff

Deaths

• January 15 - Ray Bolger, actor, singer, dancer
• March 3 - Danny Kaye, actor
• June 22 - Fred Astaire, actor, singer, dancer
• July 3 - Viola Dana, actress
• August 1 - Pola Negri, actress
• August 28 - John Huston, actor, director
• Khwaja Ahmad Abbas - film director

Other movies released

• Baby Boom, starring Diane Keaton
• Broadcast News
• Full Metal Jacket
• The Belly of an Architect
• The Gate
• The Last Emperor
• The Living Daylights
• The Lost Boys
• Masters of the Universe, starring Dolph Lundgren & Courteney Cox
• Mr. Nice Guy, starring Mike McDonald and Jan Smithers
• Overboard, starring Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn
• Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise with Robert Carradine and Courtney Thorne-Smith
• Spaceballs
• Summer School with Courtney Thorne-Smith
• Walker