Best Movie Year

Released 1 May, 1987, Creepshow 2 is a sequel to the rather good anthology film from 1982. Unlike the first film, Creepshow 2 is neither good, nor a hit. This week our podcast hosts have differing opinions on liking the film. It is part of their ongoing exploration into the wild idea that 1987 was the best year for movies.

Released on 1 May, 1987, The Allnighter has Susanna Hoffs from The Bangles in the lead role. Written and directed by her mother, Hoffs stars alongside Dedee Pfeiffer and Joan Cusack. They're a trio of girls graduating college, uncertain of what lies ahead and mourning a lack of love in their relationships. It's an 80s party film! But... is it a good 80s party film? Dan Barrett and Simon Foster dust off the film for a chat.

Walter Hill film Extreme Prejudice is pretty well-forgotten by movie audiences these days, but it has a great cast of character actors and some great, bloody-as-heck shootouts. Dan Barrett and Simon Foster press play on the neo-western for the Best Movie Year podcast where they go through the films of 1987.

Released on 10 April 1987, The Secret of My Success had Michael J Fox, riding high on the success of break-out hits like Family Ties, Back To The Future, and Teen Wolf, giving a very 1980s adult comedy a go. As Brantley Foster, he's a farm kid from a flyover state now trying to fake his way to the top of corporate New York.

On this week's Best Movie Ever podcast, Dan and Simon look back at a film that both had a lot of fondness for. But... does it actually hold up well? It's a divided podcast this week.

Released into US cinemas April 3, 1987, Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol dares ask audiences: Can David Spade skateboard? The gang are all back for the fourth film, with Steve Guttenberg, Bobcat Goldthwait, and, uh, the rest. The police have a new program that engages everyday citizens in police work. And it is met with HILARIOUS results. Dan Barrett and Simon Foster take a look at the movie, which was a childhood favourite of Dan's. It is part of their deep dive into the films of 1987. Was it, in fact, the Best Movie Year?

Released on 27 March, 1987, Blind Date was Bruce Willis' first effort as a big screen star coming off of his star-making turn in TV hit Moonlighting. It was a box office hit, bringing along Kim Basinger as his co-star.

Crowd-pleasing comedies more often than not don't age especially well. How does Blind Date fare through 2025 eyes? Uhhhh....

Released into UK cinemas March 20, 1987, The Fourth Protocol is a British cold war thriller starring Michael Caine. He's an MI5 agent who is battling the MI5 bureaucracy as much as he is the KGB who are working on assembling a nuclear weapon on home soil. It's Michael Caine vs a pre-Bond Pierce Brosnan, who is cast here as a KGB agent posing as a visiting American. It's great stuff with an over-supply of stiff British upper-lips.

Dan Barrett and Simon Foster take a look at the movie, which neither of them had seen until now. It is part of their deep dive into the films of 1987. Was it, in fact, the Best Movie Year?

Whoopi Goldberg is, as the name of the film suggests. a burglar. But what happens when a theft goes wrong and she witnesses a murder? You guessed it: high stakes comedy 80s-style.

As the Best Movie Year continues to explore the films of 1987, this week it is Burglar getting a look-in. This is a podcast that doesn't support use of the stop button, so Dan Barrett and Simon Foster watched the whole film.

Released March 13, 1987, Evil Dead 2 occupies a very special place in the heart of horror and cult movie fans. It's ridiculous, gory, and sometimes ridiculously glory. It is the sort of movie that your VHS player was made to play.

Simon Foster and Dan Barrett watched the film this week for the Best Movie Year podcast as they try to work out whether 1987 was the "best movie year"...

Released March 6, 1987, it would be understandable if you didn't really know the movie Tin Men. Despite being widely available, it's not really a film that gets talked about a lot these days. It's a Barry Levinson film set in the 50s about ill-mannered, slimy sales guys. After a car accident brings two of them together, their lives will never be the same. Danny DeVito, Richard Dreyfus, and Barbara Hershey star.

But, after watching the film, will podcast hosts Dan Barrett and Simon Foster ever be the same again?