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    Still resonating 30 years on: 1987's touchstones include 'Matewan,' 'Radio Days,' 'Empire of the Sun,' and, yes, even Mickey Rourke

    by By Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times Aug 22, 2017 5 minutes

    It was the '80s, so the films of 1987 naturally had big stars, big hair and big soundtracks.

    The year's most popular movie, however improbably, was a remake of a French comedy, "Three Men and a Baby," starring Steve Guttenberg, Tom Selleck and Ted Danson, and directed by Leonard Nimoy. It beat out more star-driven and action fare such as "Beverly Hills Cop II," "Good Morning, Vietnam," "The Untouchables," "Lethal Weapon," "The Witches of Eastwick," "Predator" and "RoboCop."

    Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor" took the best picture Oscar over the James L. Brooks' media satire "Broadcast News," starring William Hurt, Holly Hunter and Albert Brooks; the John Patrick Shanley-Norman Jewison romantic comedy "Moonstruck," with Cher in her Oscar-winning role; and the Glenn Close-Michael Douglas thriller "Fatal Attraction." Douglas won lead actor for Oliver Stone's "Wall Street."

    Other films made a lot of noise,

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