1986 Movies

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My Top Picks

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

Notable Mentions ("Surprise" Films)

  1. Laputa: Castle in the Sky
  2. 37°2 le matin (Betty Blue)
  3. Little Shop of Horrors
  4. The Name of the Rose
  5. Big Trouble in Little China
  6. The Fly
  7. House
  8. Labyrinth
  9. The Vanishing
  10. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

The Biggest Disappointments

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

All the films I saw from 1986 at the Cinema

  1. Aliens
  2. Crocodile Dundee
  3. Little Shop of Horrors
  4. Top Gun

All the films I've seen from 1986 on the Small Screen

  1. 37°2 le matin (Betty Blue)
  2. Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
  3. An American Tail, An
  4. April Fools Day
  5. Armour of God (Long xiong hu di) - (Hong Kong)
  6. BabaKiueria - (Australia)
  7. Barefoot Gen 2
  8. Behind Enemy Lines
  9. Big Trouble in Little China
  10. Biggles: Adventures in Time
  11. Blue Velvet
  12. The Boy Who Could Fly
  13. Children of a Lesser God
  14. Clockwise
  15. Critters
  16. Down and Out in Beverly Hills
  17. F/X, starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy
  18. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  19. Flight of the Navigator
  20. Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale - (New Zealand)
  21. Fly, The
  22. Golden Child, The
  23. Gothic
  24. Haunted Honeymoon
  25. Heartbreak Ridge
  26. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
  27. Highlander
  28. Hitcher, The
  29. House
  30. Howard the Duck
  31. Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Tenkū no Shiro Rapyuta) - (Japan)
  32. Labyrinth
  33. Luxo Jr.
  34. Malcom.
  35. Manhunter
  36. Maximum Overdrive
  37. Morning After, The
  38. Mosquito Coast, The
  39. Mission, The
  40. Mona Lisa
  41. Money Pit, The
  42. Monster in the Closet, The
  43. Name of the Rose, The
  44. Off Beat
  45. Platoon
  46. Poltergeist II: The Other Side
  47. Psycho III
  48. Raw Deal
  49. Ruthless People
  50. Shanghai Surprise
  51. Short Circuit
  52. Sid and Nancy
  53. Stand by Me
  54. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
  55. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The
  56. Three Amigos
  57. Time After Time
  58. Transformers: The Movie, The
  59. Vanishing, The
  60. Wraith, The

What's left to see from 1986?

  1. 'night, Mother
  2. 52 Pick-Up
  3. 8 Million Ways to Die
  4. 9½ Weeks
  5. AIDS Show, The
  6. Aakhree Raasta (The Last Option) - (India)
  7. Abel - (Netherlands)
  8. About Last Night
  9. Absolute Beginners - (U.K.)
  10. Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, The - (Canada)
  11. Adventures of Milo and Otis, The (Koneko monogatari) - (Japan)
  12. Adventures of the American Rabbit, The - (United States/Japan)
  13. Alex Holeh Ahavah (Alex is Lovesick) - (Israel)
  14. American Anthem
  15. Amorosa
  16. Armed Response
  17. Armed and Dangerous
  18. As Is
  19. Assault, The (De aanslag) - (Netherlands)
  20. At Close Range
  21. Attention bandits! - (France)
  22. Avenging Force
  23. Back to School
  24. Backlash - (Australia)
  25. Band of the Hand
  26. Beekeeper, The (O Melissokomos) - (Greece)
  27. Best of Times, The
  28. Better Tomorrow, A (Jing hung bun sik) - (Hong Kong)
  29. Big Parade, The (Dà Yuèbīng) - (China)
  30. Big Trouble
  31. Black Moon Rising
  32. Blue City
  33. Boris Godunov - (U.S.S.R.)
  34. Boy Who Could Fly, The
  35. Brighton Beach Memoirs
  36. Bullies - (Canada)
  37. By Touch (Przez dotyk) - (Poland)
  38. Caravaggio - (U.K.)
  39. Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation - (Canada)
  40. Castaway - (U.K.)
  41. Cat City (Macskafogó) - (Hungary)
  42. Choke Canyon a.k.a. On Dangerous Ground
  43. Clan of the Cave Bear, The
  44. Club Paradise
  45. Cobra
  46. Color of Money, The
  47. Comrades - (U.K.)
  48. Crawlspace *
  49. Crimes of the Heart
  50. Dangerously Close
  51. De Wisselwachter (The Pointsman) - (Netherlands)
  52. Dead Man's Folly
  53. Dead Man's Letters (Pisma myortvogo cheloveka) - (U.S.S.R.)
  54. Deadly Friend
  55. Delta Force, The
  56. Desert Bloom
  57. Down by Law
  58. Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam
  59. Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (Doragon Bōru Shenron no Densetsu) - (Japan)
  60. Duet for One
  61. Dust in the Wind (Liàn liàn fēng chén) - (Taiwan)
  62. Echo Park
  63. El Amor brujo (a.k.a. Wedded by Witchcraft) - (Spain)
  64. Extremities
  65. Eye of the Tiger
  66. Fire with Fire
  67. Firewalker
  68. Flodder - (Netherlands)
  69. Forbidden Dreams (Smrt krásných srnců) - (Czechoslovakia)
  70. Foreign Body - (U.K.)
  71. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
  72. Fringe Dwellers, The
  73. Genesis - (India / Switzerland / Belgium / France)
  74. Ginger and Fred - (Italy)
  75. Girl from Hunan, A (Xiāngnǔ xiāoxiāo) - (China)
  76. GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
  77. Gonza the Spearman (Yari no gonza) - (Japan)
  78. Good to Go
  79. Great Mouse Detective, The
  80. Great Wall, A - (United States/China)
  81. Green Ray, The (Le Rayon vert) - (France)
  82. Gung Ho!
  83. Half Moon Street - (UK / US)
  84. Hamburger: The Motion Picture
  85. Hannah and Her Sisters
  86. Heartburn
  87. Heat
  88. Heathcliff: The Movie
  89. Hibiscus Town (Fu rong zhen) - (China)
  90. Hoosiers
  91. Horse Thief, The (Dao ma zei) - (China)
  92. House
  93. House on Fire (Kataku no hito) - (Japan)
  94. Howard the Duck
  95. Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
  96. Hôtel du Paradis - (France)
  97. Il camorrista (The Professor) - (Italy)
  98. In a Glass Cage (Tras el Cristal) - (Spain)
  99. Invaders from Mars
  100. Iron Eagle
  101. Jake Speed
  102. Jean de Florette - (France)
  103. Jo Jo Dancer
  104. Jumpin' Jack Flash
  105. Just Between Friends
  106. Karate Kid Part II, The
  107. Karma - (India)
  108. Killing Affair, A
  109. Kin-dza-dza! - (U.S.S.R.)
  110. Knights of the City
  111. Lady Jane - (U.K.)
  112. Le Déclin de l'empire américain, (The Decline of the American Empire) - (Canada)
  113. Legal Eagles
  114. Let's Get Harry
  115. Link - (UK)
  116. Little Shop of Horrors
  117. Los Amantes del Señor de la Noche (The Lovers of the Lord of the Night) - (Mexico)
  118. Love Me Forever or Never (Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar) - (Brazil)
  119. Lucas
  120. Manhattan Project, The
  121. Manon des Sources - (France)
  122. Martial Arts of Shaolin (Nan bei Shao Lin) - (Hong Kong)
  123. Matador - (Spain)
  124. Mauvais Sang (Bad Blood) - (France)
  125. Meatballs III: Summer Job
  126. Men's Club, The
  127. Miracles - (UK / US)
  128. Modern Girls
  129. Moro Affair, The (Il Caso Moro) - (Italy)
  130. Motherland Hotel - (Turkey)
  131. Mr. Bharath - (India)
  132. Murder in Three Acts
  133. Murphy's Law
  134. My Chauffeur
  135. My Little Girl
  136. My Little Pony: The Movie
  137. Naam (Name) - (India)
  138. Night of the Pencils (La noche de los lápices) - (Argentina)
  139. No Mercy
  140. Nomads
  141. Nothing in Common
  142. Old Well (Lao jing) - (China)
  143. On the Edge
  144. One Crazy Summer
  145. One More Saturday Night
  146. Otello - (Italy)
  147. Out of Bounds
  148. Park Is Mine, The
  149. Parting Glances
  150. Patriot, The
  151. Peggy Sue Got Married *
  152. Peking Opera Blues (Dao ma dan) - (Hong Kong)
  153. Pied Piper, The (Krysař) - (Czechoslovakia)
  154. Pirates - (France / Tunisia)
  155. Poor Butterfly (Pobre mariposa) - (Argentina)
  156. Power
  157. Pretty in Pink
  158. Project A-ko - (Japan)
  159. Promise, A (Ningen no yakusoku) - (Japan)
  160. Quicksilver
  161. Quiet Cool
  162. Rad
  163. Red Headed Stranger
  164. Regalo di Natale (Christmas Present) - (Italy)
  165. Rita, Sue and Bob Too - (U.K.)
  166. River's Edge
  167. Robotech: The Movie - (United States / Japan)
  168. Rosa Luxemburg - (West Germany)
  169. Round Midnight - (United States / France)
  170. Running Scared
  171. Sacrifice, The (Offret) - (Sweden/U.K./France)
  172. Salvador
  173. Sarraounia - (Burkina Faso/France/Mauritania)
  174. Saving Grace
  175. Say Yes
  176. Scene of the Crime (Le lieu du crime) - (France)
  177. Sea and Poison, The (Umi to dokuyaku) - (Japan)
  178. Seize the Day
  179. Shadows in Paradise
  180. She's Gotta Have It
  181. Solarbabies
  182. Something Wild
  183. Soul Man
  184. SpaceCamp
  185. Stammheim (aka Stammheim - Die Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe vor Gericht) - (West Germany)
  186. Stewardess School
  187. Streets of Gold
  188. Stripper
  189. Successful Man, A (Un hombre de éxito) - (Cuba)
  190. Sweet Liberty
  191. Tai-Pan
  192. Tenue de soirée (Evening Dress) - (France)
  193. TerrorVision
  194. Terrorizers (Kong bu fen zi) - (Taiwan)
  195. That's Life!
  196. Tiempo de Silencio (Time of Silence) - (Spain)
  197. Touch and Go
  198. Tough Guys
  199. Transformers: The Movie, The
  200. Trick or Treat
  201. Troll
  202. True Stories
  203. Under the Cherry Moon
  204. Vamp
  205. Vera - (Brazil)
  206. Violets Are Blue
  207. Voyage to Nowhere (El viaje a ninguna parte) - (Spain)
  208. Wahnfried (Richard und Cosima) - (West Germany)
  209. When the Wind Blows - (U.K.)
  210. Wildcats
  211. Wisdom
  212. Working Girls
  213. X: The Unheard Music
  214. Year of Enlightenment, The (El Año de las Luces) - (Spain)
  215. Youngblood