Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
1987 |
84 Charing Cross Road | David Jones | Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins | Drama | Entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival |
Aria | Nicolas Roeg, Charles Sturridge plus eight more | Buck Henry, Beverly D'Angelo | Music/Anthology | Ten arias with visual accompaniment and entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival |
Bellman and True | Richard Loncraine | Bernard Hill, Kieran O'Brien | Crime | |
The Belly of an Architect | Peter Greenaway | Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb | Drama | Entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival |
Born of Fire | Jamil Dehlavi | Peter Firth, Suzan Crowley | Sci-fi | |
Business as Usual | Lezli-An Barrett | Glenda Jackson, John Thaw | Drama | |
Coast to Coast | Sandy Johnson | Lenny Henry, John Shea | Comedy | |
Cry Freedom | Richard Attenborough | Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, John Thaw | Biopic | |
The Dead | John Huston | Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann | Literary drama | John Huston's last film |
Eat the Rich | Peter Richardson | Nosher Powell, Al Pillay, Nigel Planer, Miranda Richardson | Comedy | |
The Fourth Protocol | John Mackenzie | Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan | Thriller | |
Grand Larceny | Jeannot Szwarc | Marilu Henner, Ian McShane | Thriller | |
Hellraiser | Clive Barker | Ashley Laurence, Doug Bradley | Horror | |
Hidden City | Stephen Poliakoff | Charles Dance, Richard E. Grant, Bill Paterson | Drama | |
High Season | Clare Peploe | Jacqueline Bisset, James Fox | Romance/Comedy | |
Hope and Glory | John Boorman | Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Sarah Miles | World War II drama | |
The Hunting of the Snark | Mike Batt | Billy Connolly, Roger Daltrey | Musical | Based on a poem by Lewis Carroll |
Jane and the Lost City | Terry Marcel | Kirsten Hughes, Maud Adams | Comedy | |
The Last Emperor | Bernardo Bertolucci | John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole | Biopic | Co-production with China, France and Italy |
The Last of England | Derek Jarman | Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry | Drama | |
The Living Daylights | John Glen | Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Joe Don Baker, Jeroen Krabbé | Spy/Action | |
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Jack Clayton | Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins | Drama | |
Maurice | James Ivory | James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves | Literary drama | based on the novel by E. M. Forster |
A Month in the Country | Pat O'Connor | Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh | Literary drama | Screened at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival |
On the Black Hill | Andrew Grice | Nicola Beddoe, Patrick Godfrey, Mike Gwilym | Drama | |
Out of Order | Jonnie Turpie | Gary Webster, Natasha Williams | Comedy | |
Partition | Ken McMullen | Saeed Jaffrey, Zia Mohyeddin | Drama | |
Personal Services | Terry Jones | Julie Walters, Shirley Stelfox, Alec McCowen | Comedy | Inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne |
Playing Away | Horace Ové | Norman Beaton, Robert Urquhart | Comedy | |
A Prayer for the Dying | Mike Hodges | Mickey Rourke, Liam Neeson, Bob Hoskins | Drama | |
Prick Up Your Ears | Stephen Frears | Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave | Biopic | Entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival |
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | Stephen Frears | Shashi Kapoor, Frances Barber | Drama | |
Straight to Hell | Alex Cox | Sy Richardson, Courtney Love, Joe Strummer | Action comedy | Co-production with the US & Spain |
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Sidney Furie | Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman | Adventure | Co-production with the US |
Waiting for the Moon | Jill Godmilow | Linda Bassett, Jacques Boudet, Linda Hunt | Drama | |
White Mischief | Michael Radford | Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance, Joss Ackland | Drama | |
White Of The Eye | Donald Cammell | David Keith, Cathy Moriarty | Thriller | |
Wish You Were Here | David Leland | Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell | Comedy/Drama | |
Withnail and I | Bruce Robinson | Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths | Comedy | |