1987 in film
The following is an overview of events in 1987 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Paramount Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1987.
January 31 – premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records.
The Cure for Insomnia
May 23 – Starlog Salutes Star Wars is held in , California, the first officially sponsored Star Wars convention to commemorate the franchise's 10th anniversary.
Los Angeles
June 29 – The franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary and premieres its 15th film, The Living Daylights
James Bond
July 17 – 's classic masterpiece Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is re-released worldwide for its 50th anniversary.
Walt Disney
1987 – launches a new on-screen logo to celebrate its 75th anniversary, a variant used until 1989, and the standard variant of this logo was used from 1989 to 2002.
Paramount Pictures
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January 1 – , American director and screenwriter
Gia Coppola
January 2 – , American actress and model
Shelley Hennig
Fabiola Guajardo
January 7 – , American actress
Lyndsy Fonseca
Cynthia Erivo
January 9 - , Irish actress
Nicola Coughlan
January 12 – , American actress, singer, and model (died 2020)
Naya Rivera
January 13 – , American DJ, producer, and actor
Max Van Ville
January 16 – , voice actress, production manager, producer, and voice director
Carrie Keranen
Ingvild Deila
January 20 – , American actor and producer
Evan Peters
Heather Morris
February 4 – , English actor and martial artist
Lewis Tan
Adassa
February 6 - , Colombian actress
Natalia Reyes
February 7 – , American actor
Doua Moua
February 9 – , American actor and film producer
Michael B. Jordan
February 11 – , Salvadoran writer, comedian, and actor
Julio Torres
February 17 – , Brazilian actress
Ísis Valverde
Cortney Palm
Ashley Greene
February 28 – , American actress
Michelle Horn
March 4 – , English actress and author
Tamzin Merchant
Tobe Nwigwe
March 9 - , American rapper and actor
Bow Wow
March 10 – , Haitian-American actor
Ser'Darius Blain
March 20 – , British former actor
Rollo Weeks
March 22 – , American voice actor (died 2022)
Billy Kametz
March 26 – , English actor and mixed martial artist
Josh Herdman
March 28 – , American actor and musician
Jimmy Wong
April 1 – , Canadian actress, producer and model
Mackenzie Davis
April 3 – , American actress, comedian, writer, singer-songwriter, and producer
Rachel Bloom
April 4 – , actress
Sarah Gadon
April 6 - , American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and filmmaker
Jerrod Carmichael
April 7 - , British-Australian actor
Richard Pyros
April 9 – , actor, singer-songwriter and voice actor
Jesse McCartney
April 10 – , Canadian actress and model
Shay Mitchell
Brooklyn Decker
April 16 - , English actor
Jack Cutmore-Scott
April 18 - , British actress and model
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Oksana Akinshina
April 20 – , American actor and musician
John Patrick Amedori
April 21 - , Chinese actress
Meng'er Zhang
April 27 – , English actor
William Moseley
April 28 – , Greek actress
Tonia Sotiropoulou
May 5 – , English actress and comedian
Jessie Cave
May 7 - , American actress
Maya Erskine
May 8 – , Welsh actor
Aneurin Barnard
May 13 – , American actor and singer
Hunter Parrish
May 27 – , Australian actress and model
Bella Heathcote
May 28 – , American actress
Jessica Rothe
May 31 – , American actress
Meredith Hagner
June 3 - , American actress and singer-songwriter
Lalaine
June 6 – , New Zealand-born American actor
Daniel Logan
June 11 – , Hong Kong-American actor, stand-up comedian and writer
Jimmy O. Yang
June 12 - , Australian actress and musician
Abbey Lee
June 19 - , English actress
Beattie Edmondson
June 22 – , English actor
Joe Dempsie
June 23 - , English actor
Edward Holcroft
Scott Terra
June 26 – , Austrian actress
Valerie Pachner
June 27 – , English film and television actor
Ed Westwick
July 6 – , American actor
Matt O'Leary
July 7 – , American actress
Julianna Guill
July 11 – , American voice actress
Cristina Vee
July 15 – , Australian entertainer
Jimmy Rees
July 25 – , American actor
Michael Welch
Miriam McDonald
July 27 – , actress and writer
Mara Wilson
July 29 – , American actress and model
Genesis Rodriguez
July 31 – , Australian actress
Brittany Byrnes
August 2 - , Dutch actress
Hannah Hoekstra
August 8 – , Scottish film, television, and stage actress
Katie Leung
Mika Boorem
August 19 – , Canadian actor
Manny Jacinto
August 21 – , American actor
Cody Kasch
Stacey Farber
August 30 - , American actress
Johanna Braddy
September 7 – , American actress, model, and musician
Evan Rachel Wood
Ray Fisher
Tyler Hoechlin
Jessica Brown Findlay
September 17 – , English actor
Augustus Prew
September 19 – , American actress
Danielle Panabaker
September 20 – , American voice actress
Sarah Natochenny
September 21 – , American actor
Ryan Guzman
Tom Felton
September 23 – , American actor and singer
Skylar Astin
Spencer Treat Clark
September 28 – , actress, singer, songwriter, and businesswoman
Hilary Duff
David Del Rio
September 30 - , American actress
Mahaley Patel
October 1 – , British actress and screenwriter
Michaela Coel
October 9 - , American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and musician
Melissa Villaseñor
October 14 – , American actor and stand-up comedian
Jay Pharoah
October 16 – , Chinese actress
Zhao Liying
October 18 – , actor and singer
Zac Efron
October 24 – , Australian actor
Lincoln Lewis
November 1 - , English comedian, actor and screenwriter
Jamie Demetriou
November 5 – , American singer-songwriter and actor (Jonas Brothers)
Kevin Jonas
November 9 – , American actress
Jennifer Holland
November 10 - , British actor and martial artist
Andrew Koji
Melanie Liburd
November 12 – , Japanese actor
Kengo Kora
November 14 – , Irish actor
Brian Gleeson
November 18 – , American actor and singer
Jake Abel
November 23 – , Estonian actor
Vallo Kirs
November 27 – , Jamaican-British actress
Lashana Lynch
November 28 – , Scottish actress and filmmaker
Karen Gillan
December 1 - , Australian actress
Sarah Snook
December 3 – , American actor
Michael Angarano
December 8 – , American actress
Aria Curzon
December 11 – , Irish actor
Moe Dunford
December 21 – , American actor
Khris Davis
December 28 – , American actor