Best movies of 1986

River's Edge(1986)

Actors : Daniel Roebuck, Ione Skye, Keanu Reeves, Crispin Glover,
Directors : Tim Hunter,

A high school slacker commits a shocking act and proceeds to let his friends in on the secret. However, the friends' reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself.

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 Big Easy(1986)

Actors : Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty, John Goodman, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Jim McBride,

Set in New Orleans. Remy McSwain, lieutenant in Homicide finds that he has two problems, the first of a series of gang killings and Ann Osborne, a beautiful attorney from the D.A.'s police ...

Howard the Duck(1986)

Actors : Lea Thompson, Ed Gale, Tim Robbins, Jeffrey Jones,
Directors : Willard Huyck,

A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to Earth where he must stop an alien invader.

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.

F/X(1986)

Actors : Cliff De Young, Diane Venora, Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy,
Directors : Robert Mandel,

A movie special effects man is hired to fake a real-life mob killing for a witness protection plan, but finds his own life in danger.

Manhunter(1986)

Actors : Kim Greist, William Petersen, Brian Cox, Joan Allen,
Directors : Michael Mann,

Former FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial murderer named "the Tooth Fairy" by the media.

The Money Pit(1986)

Actors : Maureen Stapleton, Alexander Godunov, Shelley Long, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Richard Benjamin,

A young couple struggles to repair a hopelessly dilapidated house.

Nine 1/2 Weeks(1986)

Actors : David Margulies, Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Margaret Whitton,
Directors : Adrian Lyne,

A woman gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.

She's Gotta Have It(1986)

Actors : Tommy Redmond Hicks, Spike Lee, Tracy Camilla Johns, John Canada Terrell,
Directors : Spike Lee,

Story of a woman and her three lovers.

Highlander(1986)

Actors : Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown,
Directors : Russell Mulcahy,

An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponent, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize".

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 Golden Child(1986)

Actors : J.L. Reate, Charlotte Lewis, Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance,
Directors : Michael Ritchie,

A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child who dark forces want to eliminate.

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 ...

Jumpin' Jack Flash(1986)

Actors : John Wood, Carol Kane, Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins,
Directors : Penny Marshall,

Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day she gets a coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes...

Cobra(1986)

Actors : Reni Santoni, Sylvester Stallone, Andrew Robinson, Brigitte Nielsen,
Directors : George P. Cosmatos,

A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.

¡Three Amigos!(1986)

Actors : Steve Martin, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau, Chevy Chase,
Directors : John Landis,

Three actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their onscreen bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.

Short Circuit(1986)

Actors : Steve Guttenberg, Ally Sheedy, Austin Pendleton, Fisher Stevens,
Directors : John Badham,

Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes.

Sid and Nancy(1986)

Actors : Chloe Webb, Gary Oldman, David Hayman, Debby Bishop,
Directors : Alex Cox,

The relationship between Sid Vicious, bassist for British punk group The Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen is portrayed.

One Crazy Summer(1986)

Actors : John Cusack, Linda Warren, Demi Moore, Joel Murray,
Directors : Savage Steve Holland,

An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.