| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1987 |
| Aenigma | Lucio Fulci | Jared Martin, Lara Naszinski | Horror | |
| The Barbarians | Ruggero Deodato | the Barbarian Brothers (Peter and David Paul), Richard Lynch | Sword and sorcery film | |
| Bellifreschi | Enrico Oldoini | Lino Banfi, Christian De Sica, Lionel Stander | Comedy | |
| The Belly of an Architect | Peter Greenaway | Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb | Drama | |
| Big Deal After 20 Years | Amanzio Todini | Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Tiberio Murgia | Comedy | Sequel of Big Deal on Madonna Street |
| Black Cobra | Stelvio Massi | Fred Williamson, Eva Grimaldi | Action | |
| Camping del Terrore | Lamberto Bava | Charles Napier, David Hess, Bruce Penhall, Mimsy Farmer | Horror | |
| Chronicle of a Death Foretold | Francesco Rosi | Rupert Everett, Ornella Muti, Anthony Delon, Gian Maria Volontè | Drama | |
| Il commissario Lo Gatto | Dino Risi | Lino Banfi, Maurizio Ferrini | Comedy | |
| Control | Giuliano Montaldo | Burt Lancaster, Ben Gazzara, Kate Nelligan, Ingrid Thulin | Drama/Sci Fi | |
| D'Annunzio | Sergio Nasca | Robert Powell, Stefania Sandrelli | biographical | |
| Da grande | Franco Amurri | Renato Pozzetto, Giulia Boschi, Ottavia Piccolo, Alessandro Haber | Romantic comedy | Nastro d'argento for best story (Silver Ribbon) |
| Dark Eyes (Oci ciornie) | Nikita Mikhalkov | Marcello Mastroianni, Silvana Mangano | Drama based on Anton Chekhov stories | Academy Award nominee for Best Actor. Cannes Film Festival Best Actor |
| Delirium | Lamberto Bava | Serena Grandi, Daria Nicolodi, Sabrina Salerno | Giallo | |
| Distant Lights | Aurelio Chiesa | Tomas Milian, Laura Morante | Sci-fi | |
| Double Target | Bruno Mattei | Miles O'Keeffe, Donald Pleasence, Bo Svenson | action | |
| Django 2 | Nello Rossati | Franco Nero, Donald Pleasence, Christopher Connelly, William Berger | Spaghetti Western | Official sequel of Django |
| The Family | Ettore Scola | Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli, Fanny Ardant, Ottavia Piccolo, Andrea Occhipinti, Sergio Castellitto, Philippe Noiret | Drama | 5 David di Donatello, Academy Award nominee, 6 Nastro d'Argento, entered at Cannes |
| Farewell Moscow | Mauro Bolognini | Liv Ullmann, Daniel Olbrychski, Aurore Clément | Drama | |
| The Gold Rimmed Glasses | Giuliano Montaldo | Philippe Noiret, Rupert Everett, Valeria Golino, Stefania Sandrelli | Drama | |
| Good Morning, Babylon | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Vincent Spano, Joaquim de Almeida, Greta Scacchi | | |
| Hotel Colonial | Cinzia Th. Torrini | John Savage, Robert Duvall, Massimo Troisi, Rachel Ward | Adventure | |
| Intervista | Federico Fellini | Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg | Felliniesque | Won the Golden Prize at Moscow and a Cannes Award |
| Io e mia sorella | Carlo Verdone | Carlo Verdone, Ornella Muti, Elena Sofia Ricci | Comedy | |
| Italian Postcards | Memè Perlini | Geneviève Page, Lindsay Kemp | drama | Screened at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival |
| Julia and Julia | Peter Del Monte | Kathleen Turner, Gabriel Byrne, Sting | Drama | First feature shot on high definition tape and then transferred to 35 mm film |
| Kamikazen ultima notte a Milano | Gabriele Salvatores | Gigio Alberti, Claudio Bisio, Silvio Orlando | Comedy | |
| The Last Emperor | Bernardo Bertolucci | John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Maggie Han, Ric Young, Vivian Wu | Biopic, Drama | 9 Academy Award. 3 BAFTA. 9 David di Donatello. 4 Golden Globe. 1 Grammy. 3 Nastro d'Argento |
| Man on Fire | Élie Chouraqui | Scott Glenn, Joe Pesci, Danny Aiello | Action | |
| Missione eroica - I pompieri 2 | Giorgio Capitani | Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, Massimo Boldi | Comedy | |
| Montecarlo Gran Casinò | Carlo Vanzina | Massimo Boldi, Christian De Sica, Ezio Greggio | Comedy | |
| The Moro Affair (Il caso Moro) | Giuseppe Ferrara | Gian Maria Volontè | | Volonté won the Best Actor award at Berlin |
| My First Forty Years | Carlo Vanzina | Carol Alt, Elliott Gould, Jean Rochefort | Drama | |
| Noi uomini duri | Maurizio Ponzi | Renato Pozzetto, Enrico Montesano | Comedy film | |
| Notte italiana | Carlo Mazzacurati | Marco Messeri, Giulia Boschi, Mario Adorf | Comedy-drama | |
| Opera | Dario Argento | Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleston, Urnabo Barberini | Giallo | |
| I picari | Mario Monicelli | Giancarlo Giannini, Enrico Montesano, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi | Action | |
| Private Affairs | Francesco Massaro | Giuliana De Sio, Michele Placido, Kate Capshaw, David Naughton | Romantic comedy | |
| I ragazzi di via Panisperna | Gianni Amelio | Laura Morante, Ennio Fantastichini, Mario Adorf, Virna Lisi | Drama | |
| Il ragazzo dal kimono d'oro (Karate Warrior) | Fabrizio De Angelis | Kim Rossi Stuart, Ken Watanabe | Action | |
| Un ragazzo di Calabria | Luigi Comencini | Gian Maria Volontè, Diego Abatantuono, Thérèse Liotard | Comedy-drama | |
| Regina | Salvatore Piscicelli | Ida Di Benedetto, Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Drama | |
| Rimini Rimini | Sergio Corbucci | Paolo Villaggio, Serena Grandi, Laura Antonelli, Jerry Calà | Comedy | |
| Roba da ricchi | Sergio Corbucci | Paolo Villaggio, Serena Grandi, Laura Antonelli, Jerry Calà | Comedy | |
| Scirocco | Aldo Lado | Fiona Gélin | erotic | |
| Scuola di ladri - parte seconda | Neri Parenti | Paolo Villaggio, Massimo Boldi, Enrico Maria Salerno | Comedy | |
| Secondo Ponzio Pilato | Luigi Magni | Nino Manfredi, Stefania Sandrelli, Lando Buzzanca | Historical comedy-drama | |
| Soldati - 365 all'alba | Marco Risi | Claudio Amendola, Agostina Belli, Alessandro Benvenuti | drama | |
| Sotto il ristorante cinese | Bruno Bozzetto | Amanda Sandrelli | Comedy-Fantasy | |
| Sottozero | Gian Luigi Polidoro | Jerry Calà, Angelo Infanti | Comedy-drama | |
| Specters | Marcello Avallone | Donald Pleasence | Horror | |
| Stage Fright | Michele Soavi | Barbara Cupisti, David Brandon | Giallo | |
| Strana la vita | Giuseppe Bertolucci | Diego Abatantuono, Monica Guerritore, Domiziana Giordano, Lina Sastri | Comedy-drama | |
| Strike Commando | Bruno Mattei | Reb Brown, Christopher Connelly, Alex Vitale, Luciano Pigozzi | War, Action film | |
| Striker | Enzo G. Castellari | Frank Zagarino, John Phillip Law | Action | |
| A Taxi Driver in New York | Alberto Sordi | Alberto Sordi, Dom DeLuise, George Gaynes | Comedy | |
| Teresa | Dino Risi | Serena Grandi, Luca Barbareschi | Comedy | |
| Ternosecco | Giancarlo Giannini | Giancarlo Giannini, Victoria Abril | Comedy | |
| They Call Me Renegade | E.B. Clucher | Terence Hill, Robert Vaughn, Norman Bowler | Action-Comedy | |
| Until Death | Lamberto Bava | David Brandon, Urbano Barberini | Horror | |
| Vado a riprendermi il gatto | Giuliano Biagetti | Mario Adorf, Barbara De Rossi, Jean-Pierre Cassel | Comedy-drama | |
| Via Montenapoleone | Carlo Vanzina | Carol Alt, Corinne Cléry, Renée Simonsen, Valentina Cortese | Comedy-drama | |
| Le vie del Signore sono finite | Massimo Troisi | Massimo Troisi, Corinne Cléry, Jo Champa, Marco Messeri | Comedy-drama | |
| White Apache | Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso | Sebastian Harrison, Lola Forner | Spaghetti Western | |
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