Released March 6, 1987, Raising Arizona was the first Coen Brothers comedy and has thrived on a cult status since it debuted. SIMON FOSTER and DAN BARRETT watch the film for their ongoing project to see if 1987 is the "best movie year." How does the film hold up today and does it lend 1987 weight as the best movie year?

Released March 6, 1987, ANGEL HEART is a batty film. For the first hour viewers are lulled into believing they are watching a 1950s era detective noir. But then our PI Harry Angel follows the investigation to New Orleans where we discover what has really been going on. And it is bonkers.

Angel Heart stars Micky Rourke, Lisa Bonet, and has Robert De Niro credited as making a "special appearance."

This week on the podcast, DAN BARRETT and SIMON FOSTER press play on the film as they explore whether 1987 was the best year for movies.

Co-host Simon Foster can usually be reliably defensive of movies that he loved as a 1980s movie fan. Dan Barrett lacks any sentimentality, so calls a spade a spade. Join us this week as Simon's faith is tested with the John Hughes-written teenage fantasy romcom starring Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Lea Thompson.

Released March 6, 1987, Lethal Weapon is the GOAT buddy cop film. Rewatching this, it turns out neither podcast hosts Simon Foster or Dan Barrett were too old for this sh!t. Hang out with the guys as they pore over Lethal Weapon and discuss the good and the couple of moments that left them thinking: 'huh?'

Released Feb 27, 1987, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors taught an entire generation to love and laugh... at teenagers being brutalised in life and in their dreams.

This week on Best Movie Year Dan and Simon check out the third film in the franchise. Does the film add weight to the idea that 1987 was the best movie year?

An entire generation of movie fans, upon hearing that Sylvester Stallone was going to star in an arm wrestling competition action film, braced themselves for what could have been the greatest motion picture event of their lives. But that movie was Over The Top and within just 3 years of it's release, these same youngsters had embraced grunge, cynicism, and irony. A coincidence?

Released 13 January, 1987, Mannequin was a party film released for the Valentine's Day audiences. This story about a man falling in love with an Egyptian spirit goddess-turned storefront mannequin was supposed to stir romance in us all - The lovers, the dreamers, and me.

This week on the podcast, Dan Barrett and Simon Foster watched the crowd favourite Mannequin. Did this film deserve to become a smash hit? Or is it just as plastic fantastic as the female love interest in this?

Michael J Fox is the bad boy rocker in Paul Schrader's 1987 melodrama. But plot twist, he's nowhere near as bad as his older sister rock bad girl. So much drama. And here to go through this half-baked nonsense is the bad boys of podcasting Dan Barrett and Simon Foster.

Released on 30 January, Radio Days is a nostalgic look back at a pre-WWII Rockaway Beach family and the way their relationships were formed by their relationship with radio.

This sort of film isn't really made anymore, so as Dan and Simon take a look at 100 films from 1987, they grapple with their own nostalgia while wondering who even listens to radio anymore.

Released January 30, 1987, Outrageous Fortune was a smash hit at the box office. A then-rare female buddy comedy, the film had audiences howling with laughter. So, why in 2024 does it barely raise a chuckle?