Best movies of 1986

Nothing in Common(1986)

Actors : Hector Elizondo, Jackie Gleason, Tom Hanks, Eva Marie Saint,
Directors : Garry Marshall,

A highly successful advertising executive decides to put his job on hold after getting an update from his father that he and his wife are divorced and decides to extend his break after revealing that his father is a diabetic.

Mauvais sang(1986)

Actors : Hans Meyer, Michel Piccoli, Denis Lavant, Juliette Binoche,
Directors : Leos Carax,

Marc (Michel Piccoli) recruits Alex (Denis Lavant), son of his former, now dead colleague. Alex is a card shark with a big dream to go out to the world and leave his own mark. His ...

Heartburn(1986)

Actors : Maureen Stapleton, Meryl Streep, Jeff Daniels, Jack Nicholson,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

An autobiographical look at the breakup of Ephron's marriage to Carl "All the President's Men" Bernstein that was also a best-selling novel. The Ephron character, Rachel is a food writer at...

Critters(1986)

Actors : Billy Green Bush, Scott Grimes, M. Emmet Walsh, Dee Wallace,
Directors : Stephen Herek,

A race of small, furry aliens make lunch out of the locals in a farming town.

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.

The Hitcher(1986)

Actors : C. Thomas Howell, Jeffrey DeMunn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rutger Hauer,
Directors : Robert Harmon,

A young man who escaped the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes.

Maximum Overdrive(1986)

Actors : Yeardley Smith, Pat Hingle, Emilio Estevez, Laura Harrington,
Directors : Stephen King,

A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.

Flight of the Navigator(1986)

Actors : Cliff De Young, Paul Reubens, Veronica Cartwright, Joey Cramer,
Directors : Randal Kleiser,

In 1978, a boy travels 8 years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship.

The Wraith(1986)

Actors : Nick Cassavetes, Charlie Sheen, Randy Quaid, Sherilyn Fenn,
Directors : Mike Marvin,

A mysterious figure suddenly appears to challenge a gang of motorhead thugs.

The Mission(1986)

Actors : Ray McAnally, Jeremy Irons, Robert De Niro, Aidan Quinn,
Directors : Roland Joffé,

18th century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American Indian tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.

Down by Law(1986)

Actors : Nicoletta Braschi, Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni,
Directors : Jim Jarmusch,

Two innocent people are arrested. An interesting third person, with broken English, joins them in their cell. On his idea, they decide to escape from the prison. Their journey is the rest of the movie.

Heartbreak Ridge(1986)

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Moses Gunn, Everett McGill, Marsha Mason,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.

The Great Mouse Detective(1986)

Actors : Val Bettin, Barrie Ingham, Vincent Price, Susanne Pollatschek,

Basil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, investigates the kidnapping of a toy-maker and uncovers its link to his arch-enemy, Professor Ratigan.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2(1986)

Actors : Caroline Williams, Dennis Hopper, Bill Moseley, Jim Siedow,
Directors : Tobe Hooper,

A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas Marshall hunts them.

Gung Ho(1986)

Actors : Mimi Rogers, Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt,
Directors : Ron Howard,

When a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liaison must mediate the clash of work attitudes between the foreign management and native labor.

Caravaggio(1986)

Actors : Noam Almaz, Nigel Terry, Dexter Fletcher, Sean Bean,
Directors : Derek Jarman,

A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

Children of a Lesser God(1986)

Actors : Marlee Matlin, William Hurt, Philip Bosco, Piper Laurie,
Directors : Randa Haines,

A new speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the janitor, a deaf woman speechless by choice.

Salvador(1986)

Actors : John Savage, James Woods, James Belushi, Michael Murphy,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

An American photojournalist gets caught in a political struggle at El Salvador in 1980.

Jean de Florette(1986)

Actors : Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Claude Berri,

A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.

Betty Blue(1986)

Actors : Jean-Hugues Anglade, Gérard Darmon, Béatrice Dalle, Consuelo De Haviland,
Directors : Jean-Jacques Beineix,

A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.