1987 in awards
7 ceremonies · 7 awards bodies · 573 nominations · 158 winners
Most awarded of 1987
Works that won more than once, counting every body at once.
- 9 A Room with a View Academy Awards · BAFTA Film Awards · Golden Globes
- 8 Platoon Academy Awards · DGA Awards · Golden Globes
- 6 Hannah and Her Sisters Academy Awards · BAFTA Film Awards · Golden Globes
- 6 The Mission Academy Awards · BAFTA Film Awards · Golden Globes
- 6 Promise Golden Globes · Emmys
- 6 Les Misérables Tonys
- 4 L.A. Law Golden Globes · Emmys
- 4 Fences Tonys
- 3 Moonlighting Golden Globes · Emmys
- 3 The Golden Girls Golden Globes · Emmys
44th Golden Globes
- Winner Best Motion Picture – Drama · Platoon · Arnold Kopelson
- Winner Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy · Hannah and Her Sisters · Robert Greenhut
- Winner Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama · Bob Hoskins · Mona Lisa
- Winner Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama · Marlee Matlin · Children of a Lesser God
- Winner Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · Paul Hogan · Crocodile Dundee
29th Grammys
- Winner Album of the Year · Graceland · Paul Simon
- Winner Record of the Year · Higher Love · Steve Winwood
- Winner Song of the Year · That's What Friends Are For · Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager
- Winner Best New Artist · Bruce Hornsby
- Winner Best Children's Music Album · The Alphabet · Jim Henson, Sesame Street
39th DGA Awards
- Winner Outstanding Directing – Feature Film · Oliver Stone · Platoon
- Winner Outstanding Directing – Drama Series · Will Mackenzie · Atomic Shakespeare from Moonlighting
- Winner Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series · Terry Hughes · Isn't It Romantic? from The Golden Girls
- Winner Outstanding Directing – Movies for Television and Limited Series · Lee Grant · Nobody's Child
40th BAFTA Film Awards
- Winner Best Film · A Room with a View
- Winner Best Direction · Woody Allen · Hannah and Her Sisters
- Winner Best Actor in a Leading Role · Bob Hoskins · Mona Lisa
- Winner Best Actress in a Leading Role · Maggie Smith · A Room with a View
- Winner Best Actor in a Supporting Role · Ray McAnally · The Mission
59th Academy Awards
- Winner Best Picture · Platoon · Arnold Kopelson
- Winner Best Actor · Paul Newman · The Color of Money
- Winner Best Actress · Marlee Matlin · Children of a Lesser God
- Winner Best Supporting Actor · Michael Caine · Hannah and Her Sisters
- Winner Best Supporting Actress · Dianne Wiest · Hannah and Her Sisters
41st Tonys
- Winner Best Play · Fences · August Wilson, August Wilson
- Winner Best Musical · Les Misérables
- Winner Best Actor in a Play · James Earl Jones · Fences
- Winner Best Actress in a Play · Linda Lavin · Broadway Bound
- Winner Best Actor in a Musical · Robert Lindsay · Me and My Girl
39th Emmys
- Winner Outstanding Drama Series · L.A. Law · Scott Goldstein, Ellen S. Pressman, Steven Bochco
- Winner Outstanding Comedy Series · The Golden Girls · Mort Nathan, Barry Fanaro, Winifred Hervey
- Winner Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series · A Year in the Life · Joshua Brand, John Falsey
- Winner Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series · Bruce Willis · Moonlighting
- Winner Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series · Sharon Gless · Cagney & Lacey