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• A full list of 1986 Wide Release Films on Wikipedia

My Top Picks

1. Aliens
2. Top Gun
3. Stand by Me
4. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
5. Highlander
   

Notable Mentions ("Surprise" Films)

1. Laputa: Castle in the Sky
2. 37°2 le matin (Betty Blue)
3. The Name of the Rose
4. Big Trouble in Little China
5. The Fly
6. House
7. Labyrinth
8. The Vanishing

The Biggest Disappointments

1. Howard the Duck
2. Psycho III
3. Three Amigos

All the films I've seen from 1986

1. 37°2 le matin (Betty Blue)
   
2. Aliens
3. An American Tail
4. April Fools Day
   
5. Barefoot Gen 2
   
6. Big Trouble in Little China
7. Biggles: Adventures in Time
   
8. Blue Velvet
   
9. The Boy Who Could Fly
10. Children of a Lesser God
11. Critters
    
12. Crocodile Dundee
13. Down and Out in Beverly Hills
14. F/X, starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy
15. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
16. Flight of the Navigator
17. The Fly
18. The Golden Child
19. Heartbreak Ridge
    
20. Highlander
21. The Hitcher
22. House
    
23. Howard the Duck
24. Laputa: Castle in the Sky
25. Labyrinth
26. Little Shop of Horrors
27. Luxo Jr.
28. Malcom.
29. Manhunter
30. Maximum Overdrive
31. The Morning After
32. The Mosquito Coast
33. The Mission
34. Mona Lisa
35. The Money Pit
36. The Name of the Rose
37. Off Beat
38. Platoon
39. Poltergeist II: The Other Side
    
40. Psycho III
41. Raw Deal
42. Ruthless People
43. Shanghai Surprise
44. Short Circuit
45. Sid and Nancy
46. Stand by Me
47. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
48. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
    
49. Three Amigos
50. Top Gun
51. The Transformers: The Movie
52. The Vanishing
    

Movies from 1986 that I'd really like to see - eventually.