Best movies of 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Actors : Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, 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.

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.

Actors : Tom Towles, Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Mary Demas,
Directors : John McNaughton,

Henry, a drifter, commits a series of brutal murders, supposedly operating with impunity.

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.

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.

Actors : Kurt Russell, Dennis Dun, Kim Cattrall, James Hong,
Directors : John Carpenter,

An All-American trucker gets dragged into a centuries-old mystical battle in Chinatown.

Actors : James Doohan, Leonard Nimoy, 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.

Actors : Harry Dean Stanton, Molly Ringwald, Annie Potts, Jon Cryer,
Directors : Howard Deutch,

A poor girl must choose between the affections of her doting childhood sweetheart and a rich but sensitive playboy.

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.

Actors : Shelley Thompson, Toby Froud, Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie,
Directors : Jim Henson,

A 16-year-old girl is given 13 hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King.

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.

Actors : Keith Gordon, Burt Young, Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman,
Directors : Alan Metter,

To help his discouraged son get through college, a funloving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself.

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.

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?

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.