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Cry of the Owl, The (Le Cri du hibou) (1987)- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot - Rich adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel from New Wave director Claude Chabrol, who probes the mind of a troubled artist obsessed with his…
Dangerous Orphans (1987)- Dir. John Laing
Feat. Peter Stevens, Michael Hurst, Jennifer Ward-Lealand - Three orphans act on their plan to avenge the death of their father but must undermine an elaborate crime ring to carry it out. With Peter Stevens,…
Dark Eyes (1987)- Dir. Nikita Mikhalkov
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni - The Soviet director ventures to Italy for this exquisite Chekhovian romantic tragedy in which Marcello Mastroianni abandons rationale for the allure…
Dead, The (1987)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Anjelica Huston - James Joyce's novella adapted as personal, fascinating vignettes of family life in Ireland, 1904. Anjelica Huston stars in her father's final film.
Debajo Del Mundo (Underground) (1987)- Dir. Beda Docampo Feijóo
Feat. Oscar Ferrigno Jr., Gabriel Rovito - Intense WW2 drama focused on a Polish family who make the drastic decision to bury themselves underground to hide from the Nazis. Based on a true…
Degrassi Junior High (TV Series) (1987-1991)- An unusually entertaining 1980s Canadian high school drama gathered a certain cult following around its charismatic young cast and well–judged…
Drowning by Numbers (1987)- Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson - Blackly comic tale of three women who each drown their husbands. Peppered with references to game–playing, you can take part by counting to…
East of Ipswich (1987)- Dir. Tristram Powell
Feat. Edward Rawle-Hicks - Michael Palin drew from his childhood memories of seaside family holidays in penning this coming–of–age dramedy for the BBC, set in the…
Ebony Tower, The (1987)- Dir. Robert Knights
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Roger Rees, Greta Scacchi… - Self–conscious but watchable satire has a young art critic finding himself attracted to the unusual lifestyle of a reclusive painter. Based on…
Empire of the Sun (1987)- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson… - A much–admired Spielberg epic in which a young boy witnesses the Japanese invasion of China in WWII. Based on the memoirs of sci–fi…
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