1987

Nancy comes back to teach a new generation to fight Freddy — and she brings a team.

A one-night odyssey that turns babysitting into a crash course in grown-up choices.

Angel Heart: family and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Au revoir les enfants: family and friendship, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

A refugee, a single extravagant dinner and the curious way generosity becomes a kind of worship.

Batteries Not Included: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Beverly Hills Cop II: authority and family, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Black Widow: greed and mortality and lifespan, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

A newsroom rom‑com that prefers arguments to punchlines — and Tom Grunick makes those arguments pay.

Can't Buy Me Love: friendship and peer pressure, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Creepshow 2: freedom and family, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Cry Freedom: authority and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown: freedom and family, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Dirty Dancing: family and love, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Dolls: family and fear, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Dragnet: authority and exploitation, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

A child's obsession with flight becomes the lens for war, survival and a very awkward apprenticeship in adulthood.

A one-man brawl with the Book of the Dead: nasty, daft and brilliantly alive.

Extreme Prejudice: greed and authority, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Fatal Attraction: family and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Two halves, one soldier: Joker carries Kubrick’s Vietnam from drill yard to Huế.

A loud, furious hello from a man who thinks radio can fight censorship and loneliness at once.

Harry and the Hendersons: love, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II: mortality and loss, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

A puzzle box, a family that’s already broken, and a heroine who refuses to be another victim.

Hope and Glory: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

House II: The Second Story: family and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Innerspace: our relationship with technology and freedom, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

La Bamba: family and friendship, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Less Than Zero: family and friendship, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

A buddy cop movie with a suicide note in its pocket and an unpredictable heart.

Mannequin: love and corporate power, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Masters of the Universe: heroism and freedom, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Moonstruck: family and love, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

The Lost Boys made them cool. Fright Night made them frightening again. Once Bitten turned vampirism into a dating problem. And then there was My Best Friend Is A Vampire.

A road romance that turns into a hunt — and Caleb is the moral compass that keeps you watching.

No Way Out: mortality and friendship, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Over the Top: family and greed, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Overboard: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

A road trip comedy that keeps its feet — and its heart — firmly on the tarmac.

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol: authority and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

A squad of soldiers, a silent hunter — and mud becomes a weapon.

Prince of Darkness: fear and family, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Radio Days: family and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

A robber who wants a nursery more than a life of crime — and it’s the contradiction that keeps the laughs coming.

A murdered cop rebuilt as a product — RoboCop still asks who gets to sell justice.

Roxanne: family and love, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

A madcap space spoof where a reluctant hero, a man-dog and a merchandising gag steal the show.

Stakeout: the safety of home and love, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Summer School: family and authority, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace: courage and parents protecting their children, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

The Believers: the safety of home and family, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

The Brave Little Toaster: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

The Chipmunk Adventure: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

The Gate: family and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

The Hidden: mortality and lifespan and mortality, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

A throne without power: Puyi’s life as a study in being acted upon.

A leaner Bond, a staged defection and a Cold War that still bites.

A seaside teen vampire movie about belonging, bad choices and the family that refuses to let you go.

A band of kids, Van Helsing’s diary and a rooftop full of monsters — Sean Crenshaw leads the charge.

A swashbuckling love story told like a bedtime tale — and still disarmingly good company.

The Principal: authority and courage, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Television as theatre of cruelty — and one man who won't shoot.

The Secret of My Success: corporate power and family, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

The Stepfather: family and mortality, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

A straight-arrow in crooked times: mentorship, morality and a very noisy stairwell.

Seduction, sisterhood and a very inconvenient devil — and yes, it's still worth the trouble.

Three Men and a Baby: family and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Throw Momma from the Train: family and friendship, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Greed, schooled and sold — and yes, Gordon Gekko still talks like someone you half-admire.

Angels with notebooks, a city that remembers and one angel who wants to feel.

Withnail and I: the safety of home and friendship, and why this 1987 movie still matters.