Best movies of 1986

Varjoja paratiisissa(1986)

Actors : Sakari Kuosmanen, Esko Nikkari, Kati Outinen, Matti Pellonpää,
Directors : Aki Kaurismäki,

An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a coworker, a love affair and much more.

The Whistle Blower(1986)

Actors : James Fox, John Gielgud, Michael Caine, Nigel Havers,
Directors : Simon Langton,

A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...

Thrashin'(1986)

Actors : Pamela Gidley, Robert Rusler, Josh Brolin, Brooke McCarter,
Directors : David Winters,

Two skateboarding gangs battle each other for supremacy, and a member of one gang falls in love with the sister of his rival.

Desert Bloom(1986)

Actors : Ellen Barkin, JoBeth Williams, Annabeth Gish, Jon Voight,
Directors : Eugene Corr,

The story involves Rose Chismore's youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Her recollections are sometimes less than sweet, particularly those of her troubled and alcoholic...

De aanslag(1986)

Actors : Monique van de Ven, Marc van Uchelen, John Kraaykamp, Derek de Lint,
Directors : Fons Rademakers,

In January 1945, during the 2nd world-war, the Dutch resistance kills a collaborator in the street where the 12 year old Anton Steenwijk lives. The man was shot in front of his neighbors ...

Spookies(1986)

Actors : Felix Ward, Alec Nemser, Maria Pechukas, Dan Scott,

A sorcerer tries to sacrifice a group of people inside his house with the intention of using their vitality to keep his wife alive.

Crawlspace(1986)

Actors : Talia Balsam, Barbara Whinnery, Klaus Kinski, Carole Francis,
Directors : David Schmoeller,

A man who runs an apartment house for women is the demented son of a Nazi surgeon who has the house equipped with secret passageways, hidden rooms and torture and murder devices.

Eye of the Tiger(1986)

Actors : Bert Remsen, Seymour Cassel, Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

Returning home from prison, a Vietnam War veteran sets out to clean up his hometown which has come under the control of a violent motorcycle gang.

Dangerously Close(1986)

Actors : John Stockwell, Carey Lowell, Bradford Bancroft, J. Eddie Peck,
Directors : Albert Pyun,

Rebel without a cause or a clue at an elite but uptight High School discovers some of his classmates have formed an even more elite clique more or less hell-bent on ridding the school, and ...

A Fine Mess(1986)

Actors : Howie Mandel, Richard Mulligan, Ted Danson, Stuart Margolin,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

Two friends an actor and a chef discover a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it. But also have to deal with the two men who fixed it who are trying to silence them. And ...

Superfantagenio(1986)

Actors : Janet Agren, Luca Venantini, Bud Spencer, Julian Voloshin,
Directors : Bruno Corbucci,

Updating of the old "Aladdin" Arabian Nights tale, as a teenager in modern-day Miami finds a magic lantern and out pops a genie, who's been asleep for 200 years and in his gratitude grants the boy several wishes.

Streets of Gold(1986)

Actors : Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ángela Molina, Wesley Snipes, Adrian Pasdar,
Directors : Joe Roth,

Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allowed on the Soviet national team because he was a Jew. Depressed and discouraged, he meets ...

Jönssonligan dyker upp igen(1986)

Actors : Gösta Ekman, Ulf Brunnberg, Björn Gustafson, Birgitta Andersson,
Directors : Mikael Ekman,

Criminal trio strike at furniture store, discover a secret network for shipping computers to the Soviet Union.

Milyarder(1986)

Actors : Sener Sen, Tulug Çizgen, Ugur Yücel, Münir Özkul,
Directors : Kartal Tibet,

A train station official wins the lottery but has to hide it from the other villagers. When the truth comes out, he losts his mind and finds himself in emptiness.

Monster in the Closet(1986)

Actors : Denise DuBarry, Donald Grant, Claude Akins, Howard Duff,
Directors : Bob Dahlin,

Monster is a spoof of horror/monster films. After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a "mild-mannered" reporter, a college professor, her son and a befuddled professor...

My Little Pony: The Movie(1986)

Actors : Danny DeVito, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Rhea Perlman,
Directors : Mike Joens,

Ponyland comes under attack from a talking blob of purple gunk.

Meatballs III: Summer Job(1986)

Actors : Isabelle Mejias, Al Waxman, Sally Kellerman, Patrick Dempsey,
Directors : George Mendeluk,

The ghost of a dead porn star comes to Earth to help a nerd with his sex life.

Biggles(1986)

Actors : Peter Cushing, Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, Fiona Hutchison,
Directors : John Hough,

Daring British WWI fighter pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth and 1980s low-level business executive Jim Ferguson discover that they can time travel to each other's eras. They try to stop the Germans from changing the outcome of WWI.

Dogs in Space(1986)

Actors : Deanna Bond, Michael Hutchence, Saskia Post, Nique Needles,
Directors : Richard Lowenstein,

The film is set in a house occupied by a collection of social misfits. The main storyline is that of a strange musician's relationship with a girl, their drug use and his band. These events...

Tenue de soirée(1986)

Actors : Michel Creton, Miou-Miou, Michel Blanc, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Bertrand Blier,

A bisexual petty criminal named Bob encounters a married couple arguing in a bar. Bob breaks up the fight and proceeds to seduce first the wife and then the husband. Then Bob teaches the ...