Rich Picks
19861988

Awards & Top Films

1987

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1987 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 1987

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WeedsNo award data
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The Last EmperorNo award data
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Dirty DancingNo award data
4
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MoonstruckNo award data
5
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Hope and GloryNo award data
6
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AnnaNo award data
7
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Good Morning, VietnamNo award data
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My Life as a DogNo award data
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Wall StreetNo award data
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Broadcast NewsNo award data

Film

Live-Action Feature

The Last Emperor
Producer: Jeremy Thomas
OscarNBRBAFTA
Hope and Glory
Producer: John Boorman
OscarGlobeNBRBAFTA
Dirty Dancing
GlobeSpirit
Jean de Florette
Producer: Claude Berri
BAFTA
River's Edge
Spirit
Broadcast News
Producer: James L. Brooks
OscarGlobeNBR
Cry Freedom
Producer: Richard Attenborough
NBRBAFTA
Fatal Attraction
Producers: Stanley R. Jaffe and Sherry Lansing
OscarNBR
Moonstruck
Producers: Norman Jewison and Patrick Palmer
OscarGlobe
Baby Boom
Globe
Empire of the Sun
NBR
Full Metal Jacket
NBR
Gaby: A True Story
NBR
Matewan
Spirit
Radio Days
Producers: Woody Allen and Robert Greenhut
BAFTA
Swimming to Cambodia
Spirit
The Big Easy
Spirit
The Dead
Spirit
The Untouchables
NBR
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Spirit
Wall Street
NBR

International Feature

My Life as a Dog
Producers: Lasse Hallström and Waldemar Bergendahl
GlobeBAFTASpirit
Jean de Florette, France
NBR
Manon des sources (Manon of the Spring), France
NBR
The Sacrifice
Producer: Andrei Tarkovsky
BAFTA
Au revoir les enfants
BAFTASpirit
Dark Eyes
Producer: Nikita Mikhalkov
GlobeBAFTA
Goodbye, Children
Producer: Louis Malle
Globe
Hope and Glory
Spirit
Jean de Florette
Producer: Claude Berri
BAFTA
Jean De Florette
Producer: Claude Berri
Globe
Manon des Sources
Producer: Claude Berri
BAFTA
Prick Up Your Ears
Spirit
Repentance
Producer: Tengiz Abuladze
Globe
Tampopo
Spirit

Documentary

Baka – People of the Rainforest
Producer: Phil Agland
BAFTA
Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
NBR
Lillian Gish
NBR
Forty Minutes: Home from the Hill
Producer: Molly Dineen
BAFTA
Fourteen Days in May
Producer: Paul Hamann
BAFTA
Man-Eating Tigers / Saving the Tiger
Producer: Naresh Bedi
BAFTA

Directing & Editing

Directing

Bernardo Bertolucci
The Last Emperor
OscarGlobeDGA
Steven Spielberg
Empire of the Sun
NBRDGA
John Huston
The Dead
Spirit
Adrian Lyne
Fatal Attraction
OscarGlobeDGA
James L. Brooks
Broadcast News
GlobeDGA
John Boorman
Hope and Glory
OscarGlobe
Richard Attenborough
Cry Freedom
Globe
John Sayles
Matewan
Spirit
Norman Jewison
Moonstruck
Oscar
Lasse Hallström
My Life
Oscar
Lasse Hallström
My Life as a Dog
DGA
Tim Hunter
River's Edge
Spirit
Jonathan Demme
Swimming to Cambodia
Spirit
Jim McBride
The Big Easy
Spirit

Editing

Claire Simpson
Platoon
OscarBAFTA
Michael Kahn and Peter E. Berger
Fatal Attraction
OscarBAFTA
Gabriella Cristiani
The Last Emperor
OscarBAFTA
Richard Marks
Broadcast News
Oscar
Lesley Walker
Cry Freedom
BAFTA
Michael Kahn
Empire of the Sun
Oscar
Ian Crafford
Hope and Glory
BAFTA
Susan E. Morse
Radio Days
BAFTA
Frank J. Urioste
RoboCop
Oscar

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Michael Douglas
Wall Street
OscarGlobeNBR
Dennis Quaid
The Big Easy
Spirit
Sean Connery
The Name of the Rose
BAFTA
Denzel Washington
Cry Freedom
OscarGlobe
Robin Williams
Good Morning, Vietnam
OscarBAFTA
Jack Nicholson
Ironweed
OscarGlobe
Mickey Rourke
Barfly
Spirit
James Woods
Best Seller
Spirit
William Hurt
Broadcast News
Oscar
Marcello Mastroianni
Dark Eyes
Oscar
Gérard Depardieu
Jean de Florette
BAFTA
Yves Montand
Jean de Florette
BAFTA
Gary Oldman
Prick Up Your Ears
BAFTA
Spalding Gray
Swimming to Cambodia
Spirit
John Lone
The Last Emperor
Globe
Terry O'quinn
The Stepfather
Spirit
Nick Nolte
Weeds
Globe

Actress in a Leading Role

Sally Kirkland
Anna
OscarSpirit
Holly Hunter
Broadcast News
OscarNBR
Cher
Moonstruck
OscarBAFTA
Lillian Gish
The Whales of August
NBRSpirit
Anne Bancroft
84 Charing Cross Road
BAFTA
Glenn Close
Fatal Attraction
Oscar
Sarah Miles
Hope and Glory
BAFTA
Meryl Streep
Ironweed
Oscar
Julie Walters
Personal Services
BAFTA
Joanne Woodward
The Glass Menagerie
Spirit
Debra Sandlund
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Spirit
Emily Lloyd
Wish You Were Here
BAFTA
Louise Smith
Working Girls
Spirit

Actor in a Supporting Role

Sean Connery
The Untouchables
OscarNBRBAFTA
Morgan Freeman
Street Smart
OscarSpirit
Daniel Auteuil
Jean de Florette
BAFTA
Denzel Washington
Cry Freedom
OscarGlobe
Albert Brooks
Broadcast News
Oscar
John Thaw
Cry Freedom
BAFTA
Ian Bannen
Hope and Glory
BAFTA
James Earl Jones
Matewan
Spirit
Vincent Gardenia
Moonstruck
Oscar
Vincent Price
The Whales of August
Spirit
Wings Hauser
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Spirit

Actress in a Supporting Role

Olympia Dukakis
Moonstruck
OscarNBRBAFTA
Susan Wooldridge
Hope and Glory
BAFTA
Moonstruck
John Patrick Shanley
Oscar
The Last Emperor
Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci based on the autobiography From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi by Henry Pu Yi
Oscar
Anjelica Huston
The Dead
Spirit
Anne Archer
Fatal Attraction
OscarBAFTA
Ann Sothern
The Whales of August
OscarSpirit
Judi Dench
84 Charing Cross Road
BAFTA
Norma Aleandro
Gaby: A True Story
Oscar
Fatal Attraction
James Dearden based on his teleplay Diversion
Oscar
Broadcast News
James L. Brooks
Oscar
Hope
John Boorman
Oscar
Glory
John Boorman
Oscar
My Life as a Dog
Lasse Hallström, Reidar Jönsson, Brasse Brännström, and Per Berglund based on the novel Mitt liv som hund by Reidar Jönsson
Oscar
Au revoir les enfants
Louis Malle
Oscar
Vanessa Redgrave
Prick Up Your Ears
BAFTA
Dianne Wiest
Radio Days
BAFTA
Martha Plimpton
Shy People
Spirit
Full Metal Jacket
Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav Hasford based on the novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford
Oscar
Kathy Baker
Street Smart
Spirit
Karen Allen
The Glass Menagerie
Spirit
Anne Ramsey
Throw Momma From The Train
Oscar
The Dead
Tony Huston based on the short story by James Joyce
Oscar
Radio Days
Woody Allen
Oscar

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

John Patrick Shanley
Moonstruck
OscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
Bernardo Bertolucci and Mark Peploe
The Last Emperor
GlobeWGA
Neal Jimenez
River's Edge
Spirit
David Leland
Wish You Were Here
BAFTA
John Boorman
Hope and Glory
OscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
James L. Brooks
Broadcast News
OscarGlobeWGA
Woody Allen
Radio Days
OscarBAFTAWGA
Louis Malle
Au revoir les enfants
OscarBAFTA
Agnieszka Holland
Anna
Spirit
David Mamet
House of Games
Globe
John Sayles
Matewan
Spirit
David Leland
Personal Services
BAFTA
Spalding Gray
Swimming to Cambodia
Spirit
Tony Huston
The Dead
Spirit

Screenplay (Adapted)

Claude Berri and Gérard Brach
Jean de Florette
BAFTA
Neal Jimenez
River's Edge
Spirit
Steve Martin
Roxanne
WGA
Bernardo Bertolucci
The Last Emperor
Globe
Hugh Whitemore
84 Charing Cross Road
BAFTA
Agnieszka Holland
Anna
Spirit
James L. Brooks
Broadcast News
Globe
James Dearden
Fatal Attraction
WGA
Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav Hasford
Full Metal Jacket
WGA
John Boorman
Hope and Glory
Globe
David Mamet
House of Games
Globe
Christine Edzard
Little Dorrit
BAFTA
John Sayles
Matewan
Spirit
John Patrick Shanley
Moonstruck
Globe
Alan Bennett
Prick Up Your Ears
BAFTA
Spalding Gray
Swimming to Cambodia
Spirit
Tony Huston
The Dead
Spirit
William Goldman
The Princess Bride
WGA
David Mamet
The Untouchables
WGA

Visual

Cinematography

Allen Daviau
Empire of the Sun
OscarBAFTAASC
Haskell Wexler
Matewan
OscarSpiritASC
Robert Richardson
Platoon
OscarBAFTASpirit
Vittorio Storaro
The Last Emperor
OscarBAFTAASC
Bruno Nuytten
Jean de Florette
BAFTA
Philippe Rousselot
Hope and Glory
OscarBAFTA
Robby Müller
Barfly
Spirit
Michael Ballhaus
Broadcast News
Oscar
Ronnie Taylor
Cry Freedom
BAFTA
Amir Mokri
Slam Dance
Spirit
Steven Poster
Someone to Watch Over Me
ASC
Fred Murphy
The Dead
Spirit
Stephen H. Burum
The Untouchables
ASC
John Bailey
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Spirit

Art Direction

Art Direction: Santo Loquasto, Set Decoration: Carol Joffe, Leslie Bloom, George DeTitta Jr., and Santo Loquasto
Radio Days
Production design: Art Direction: Santo Loquasto, Set Decoration: Carol Joffe, Leslie Bloom, George DeTitta Jr., and Santo Loquasto
OscarBAFTA
Set Decoration: Bruno Cesari, Art Direction: Ferdinando Scarfiotti, and Osvaldo Desideri
The Last Emperor
Production design: Set Decoration: Bruno Cesari, Art Direction: Ferdinando Scarfiotti, and Osvaldo Desideri
OscarBAFTA
Art Direction: Norman Reynolds and Set Decoration: Harry Cordwell
Empire of the Sun
Production design: Art Direction: Norman Reynolds and Set Decoration: Harry Cordwell
OscarBAFTA
Art Direction: Anthony D. G. Pratt, Set Decoration: Joanne Woollard, and Anthony D. G. Pratt
Hope and Glory
Production design: Art Direction: Anthony D. G. Pratt, Set Decoration: Joanne Woollard, and Anthony D. G. Pratt
OscarBAFTA
Art Direction: Patrizia von Brandenstein, William A. Elliott, and Set Decoration: Hal Gausman
The Untouchables
Production design: Art Direction: Patrizia von Brandenstein, William A. Elliott, and Set Decoration: Hal Gausman
OscarBAFTA
Bernard Vezat
Jean de Florette
Production design: Bernard Vezat
BAFTA

Costuming

James Acheson
The Last Emperor
OscarBAFTA
Jeffrey Kurland
Radio Days
BAFTA
Bob Ringwood
Empire of the Sun
OscarBAFTA
Marilyn Vance and Marilyn Vance-Straker
The Untouchables
OscarBAFTA
Shirley Ann Russell
Hope and Glory
BAFTA
Sands Films
Little Dorrit
BAFTA
Jenny Beavan and John Bright
Maurice
Oscar
Dorothy Jeakins
The Dead
Oscar

Effects

Harley Jessup, Dennis Muren, Bill George, and Kenneth F. Smith
Innerspace
Oscar
Michael Lantieri
The Witches of Eastwick
BAFTA
Richard Conway and Bran Ferren
Little Shop of Horrors
OscarBAFTA
Stephen Flick and John Pospisil.
RoboCop
OscarBAFTA
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30th Annual Grammy Awards
Oscar
41st British Academy Film Awards
41st British Academy Film Awards
Oscar
42nd Tony Awards
42nd Tony Awards
Oscar
45th Golden Globe Awards
45th Golden Globe Awards
Oscar
8th Golden Raspberry Awards
8th Golden Raspberry Awards
Oscar
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Billy Wilder
Oscar
John Evans
Full Metal Jacket
BAFTA
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Oscar
Stan Winston, Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, and Richard Greenberg
Predator
Oscar
Hoyt Yeatman and Chris Walas
The Fly
BAFTA

Sound & Music

Original Score

John Williams
Empire of the Sun
GlobeBAFTA
David Byrne, Cong Su, and Ryuichi Sakamoto
The Last Emperor
GlobeBAFTA
Ennio Morricone
The Untouchables
GlobeBAFTA
George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa
Cry Freedom
GlobeBAFTA
Peter Martin
Hope and Glory
BAFTA
Henry Mancini
The Glass Menagerie
Globe
Stanley Myers
Wish You Were Here
BAFTA

Original Song

Unknown Song
Dirty Dancing
Music & lyrics: Franke Previte, John DeNicola, and Donald Markowitz
Globe
Unknown Song
Beverly Hills Cop II
Music & lyrics: Harold Faltermeyer, Bob Seger, and Keith Forsey
Globe
Unknown Song
Mannequin
Music & lyrics: Donald Markowitz, Franke Previte, and John DeNicola
Globe
Unknown Song
The Secret of My Success
Music & lyrics: David Foster, Tim DuBois, and Tom Keane
Globe
Unknown Song
Who's That Girl
Music & lyrics: Patrick Leonard and Madonna
Globe

Sound Mixing

Simon Kaye, Gerry Humphreys, and Jonathan Bates
Cry Freedom
BAFTA
Andy Nelson
Full Metal Jacket
BAFTA
Peter Handford
Hope and Glory
BAFTA
Bob Hein, James Sabat, and Lee Dichter
Radio Days
BAFTA

Sound Editing

Simon Kaye, Gerry Humphreys, and Jonathan Bates
Cry Freedom
BAFTA
Andy Nelson
Full Metal Jacket
BAFTA
Peter Handford
Hope and Glory
BAFTA
Bob Hein, James Sabat, and Lee Dichter
Radio Days
BAFTA