Best movies of 1986 that are award winners or nominees

Platoon(1986)

Actors : Keith David, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

A young recruit in Viet Nam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Blue Velvet(1986)

Actors : Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Isabella Rossellini,
Directors : David Lynch,

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

Hannah and Her Sisters(1986)

Actors : Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine,
Directors : Woody Allen,

Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

Stand by Me(1986)

Actors : Jerry O'Connell, River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman,
Directors : Rob Reiner,

After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off(1986)

Actors : Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones,
Directors : John Hughes,

A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that.

Little Shop of Horrors(1986)

Actors : Rick Moranis, Vincent Gardenia, Ellen Greene, Levi Stubbs,
Directors : Frank Oz,

A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.

The Color of Money(1986)

Actors : Tom Cruise, Paul Newman, Helen Shaver, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

Fast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.

Top Gun(1986)

Actors : Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer,
Directors : Tony Scott,

As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.

Hoosiers(1986)

Actors : Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley,
Directors : David Anspaugh,

A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home(1986)

Actors : Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley,
Directors : Leonard Nimoy,

To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.

Ruthless People(1986)

Actors : Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Danny DeVito,

A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.

Crocodile Dundee(1986)

Actors : Paul Hogan, David Gulpilil, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon,
Directors : Peter Faiman,

An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.

Peggy Sue Got Married(1986)

Actors : Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Nicolas Cage, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Francis Ford Coppola,

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

Aliens(1986)

Actors : Paul Reiser, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Sigourney Weaver,
Directors : James Cameron,

The moon from Alien (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough?

Something Wild(1986)

Actors : George 'Red' Schwartz, Leib Lensky, Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Jonathan Demme,

A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband shows up.

Down and Out in Beverly Hills(1986)

Actors : Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss, Little Richard,
Directors : Paul Mazursky,

A rich but troubled family find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.

The Fly(1986)

Actors : Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : David Cronenberg,

A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.

An American Tail(1986)

Actors : Erica Yohn, Christopher Plummer, Nehemiah Persoff, Dom DeLuise,
Directors : Don Bluth,

While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.

The Mosquito Coast(1986)

Actors : River Phoenix, Jadrien Steele, Helen Mirren, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Peter Weir,

An eccentric and dogmatic inventor sells his house and takes his family to Central America to build a utopia in the middle of the jungle. Conflicts with his family, a local preacher and ...

Poltergeist II: The Other Side(1986)

Actors : JoBeth Williams, Oliver Robins, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke,
Directors : Brian Gibson,

The Freeling family have a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don't seem to be over.