February 1988 (RoboCop)

• 90 Days (Can - 1987)

• Adventures in Babysitting (see: Night on the Town, A)

• Amazing Grace and Chuck (see: Silent Voice)

• Angel Dust (Poussière d’ange) (Fr - 1987)

• Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll (USA - 1987)

• The Courier (Ire - 1987)

• Cry Freedom (UK - 1987) (scope) (70mm Dolby)

• Dead of Winter (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Dragnet (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• The Last Emperor (UK/It/HK - 1987) (scope) (70mm Dolby) ¹

• Mr Vampire III (靈幻先生) (HK - 1987) [BBFC]

• A Night on the Town (Adventures in Babysitting) (USA - 1987) (70mm Dolby)

• No Way Out (USA - 1986) (Dolby)

• Nuts (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Repentance (მონანიება) (USSR - 1984)

• RoboCop (USA - 1987) (Dolby SR)

• Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (UK - 1987)

• Silent Voice (Amazing Grace and Chuck) (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• The Squeeze (USA - 1987)

• Teen Wolf Too (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Terminus (Fr/W.Ger - 1986) (Dolby)

• Time to Die (Tiempo de morir) (Col/Cuba - 1985)

¹ Digitally converted to 3-D (with Dolby Digital audio) for 2013 reissue.

Primary sources:

Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first screened theatrically in the UK in Feb 1988 according to data published in Film Review 1988-89 (F. Maurice Speed, 1988).

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January 1988 (A Chinese Ghost Story)

A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)

• 4 Adventures of Reinette & Mirabelle (4 aventures de Reinette & Mirabelle) (Fr - 1986)

• The Bee Keeper (Ο μελισσοκόμος) (Greece/Fr/It - 1986)

• A Better Tomorrow II (英雄本色續集) (HK - 1987) [BBFC]

• China Girl (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• A Chinese Ghost Story (倩女幽魂) (HK - 1987)

• The Comic Strip Presents... The Strike (TVM) (UK - 1987) ¹

• The Comic Strip Presents... The Yob (TVM) (UK - 1987) ²

• Fatal Attraction (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Gardens of Stone (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• The Glass Menagerie (USA - 1987)

• King Lear (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• The Lost Boys (USA - 1987) (scope) (70mm Dolby)

• Nadine (USA - 1987)

• Near Dark (USA - 1987) (Ultra-Stereo)

• Predator (USA - 1987) (70mm Dolby) ³

• Sarraounia (Fr/Mauritania/Burkina Faso - 1986) (scope)

• The Stepfather (USA - 1986) (Ultra-Stereo)

• Tough Guys Don’t Dance (USA - 1987) (Ultra-Stereo)

• Wish You Were Here (UK - 1987)

• The Woo Woo Kid (USA - 1987)

¹ Originally broadcast on UK TV as an episode of The Comic Strip Presents... (1982-2016).

² Originally broadcast on UK TV as an episode of The Comic Strip Presents... (1982-2016).

³ Digitally converted to 3-D for Blu-ray release in 2014.

Primary sources:

Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first screened theatrically in the UK in Jan 1988 according to data published in Film Review 1988-89 (F. Maurice Speed, 1988).

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December 1987 (Spaceballs)

• The Adventures of Mark Twain (USA - 1985)

• Bigfoot and the Hendersons (Harry and the Hendersons) (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Bulletproof (USA - 1987) (Ultra-Stereo)

• Dancers (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• The Dead (UK/USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Harry and the Hendersons (see: Bigfoot and the Hendersons)

• Hong Kong 1941 (等待黎明) (HK - 1984) [BBFC]

• Housekeeping (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Little Dorrit (UK - 1987 - 2 eps) (Dolby)

• Masters of the Universe (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• My Sweet Little Village (Vesničko má středisková) (Czech - 1985)

• Sitting in Limbo (Can - 1986)

• Spaceballs (USA - 1987) (70mm Dolby)

Primary sources:

Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first screened theatrically in the UK in Dec 1987 according to data published in Film Review 1988-89 (F. Maurice Speed, 1988).

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November 1987 (La Bamba)

• Best Seller (USA - 1987)

• Bliss (Aus - 1985)

• The Comic Strip Presents... Didn't You Kill My Brother? (TVM) (UK - 1987) ¹

• The Comic Strip Presents... Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door (TVM) (UK - 1987) ²

• Creepshow 2 (USA - 1987)

• Eat the Rich (UK - 1987) (Dolby)

• Friendship’s Death (UK - 1987)

• House of Games (USA - 1987)

• Innerspace (USA - 1987) (70mm Dolby SR)

• Ishtar (USA - 1987)

• Israel's Shattered Dreams (see: Shattered Dreams: Picking Up the Pieces)

• The Kitchen Toto (UK - 1987)

• La Bamba (USA - 1986) (Dolby)

• Let's Hope It's a Girl (Speriamo che sia femmina) (It/Fr - 1985)

• Macbeth (Fr/W.Ger - 1987) (Dolby)

• Manon of the Spring (Manon des sources: Jean de Florette 2ème partie) (Fr - 1986) (scope) (Dolby)

• Mascara (Belg/Neth/Fr/USA - 1987)

• A Month in the Country (UK - 1987)

• Playing Away (UK - 1986)

• Roxanne (USA - 1987) (scope) (Dolby)

• Shattered Dreams: Picking Up the Pieces /USA: Israel's Shattered Dreams (UK - 1987)

• Slam Dance (USA - 1987) (Ultra-Stereo)

• Square Dance (USA - 1986)

• Surrender (USA - 1987) (Ultra-Stereo)

• The Witches of Eastwick (USA - 1987) (scope) (70mm Dolby)

¹ Originally screened on UK TV as an episode of The Comic Strip Presents... (1982-2016).

² Originally screened on UK TV as an episode of The Comic Strip Presents... (1982-2016).

Primary sources:

Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first screened theatrically in the UK in Nov 1987 according to data published in Film Review 1988-89 (F. Maurice Speed, 1988).

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October 1987 (Dirty Dancing)

• Angel Heart (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Aria (UK - 1987) (Dolby)

• Armour of God (龍兄虎弟) /USA: Operation Condor 2: The Armour of the Gods (HK - 1986)

• The Belly of an Architect (UK/It - 1987) (Dolby)

• Beverly Hills Cop II (USA - 1987) (scope) (Dolby)

• Beyond Therapy (USA - 1987)

• The Big Easy (USA - 1986)

• The Big Town (USA - 1987)

• The Black Cannon Incident (黑炮事件) (China/W.Ger - 1985)

• Burglar (Взломщик) USSR - 1987) (Dolby)

• Cry From the Mountain (USA - 1985)

• Dirty Dancing (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Hamburger Hill (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Hearts of Fire (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• Hope and Glory (UK - 1987) (Dolby)

• The Last of England (UK - 1987 - col and bw) (Dolby)

• The Love Child (UK - 1987)

• Made in Heaven (USA - 1987) (Dolby)

• My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Мой друг Иван Лапшин) (USSR - 1986 - bw and col)

• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (USA - 1987)

• November Moon (Novembermond) (W.Ger/Fr - 1984)

• Operation Condor 2: The Armour of the Gods (see: Armour of God)

• Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (USA - 1987)

• River’s Edge (USA - 1986)

• What Happened to Kerouac? (USA - 1986)

• Who’s That Girl (USA - 1987) (70mm Dolby)

Primary sources:

Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first screened theatrically in the UK in Oct 1987 according to data published in Film Review 1988-89 (F. Maurice Speed, 1988).

Updated 17 Oct 2024.

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