Top Movies of 1986


The top movies of 1986 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

101. Night of the Creeps

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fred Dekker
Actors: Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow, Tom Atkins, Wally Taylor, Bruce Solomon
Plot: An alien parasite crash landed in a small town in 1959, but before it could spread, the first victim was cryogenically frozen. In the 1980s a pair of hapless fraternity pledges thaw the long-dormant parasite and unleash it upon the town.

102. Vagabond ( Sans toit ni loi )

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Agnès Varda
Actors: Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane, Francis Balchère, Jean-Louis Perletti, Urbain Causse, Christophe Alcazar

103. Absolute Beginners

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Julien Temple
Actors: Patsy Kensit, Eddie O'Connell, David Bowie, James Fox, Ray Davies, Graham Fletcher-Cook

104. Time to Live and the Time to Die, The ( Tong nien wang shi )

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou
Actors: Mei-Feng, Yu-Yuen Tang, Feng Tien, Shufen Xin, Ann-Shuin Yiu

105. Man of Ashes ( Rih essed )

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nouri Bouzid
Actors: Mustapha Adouani, Yacoub Bchiri, Wassila Chaouki, Mohamed Dhrif, Khaled Ksouri, Mouna Noureddine
Plot: Hachemi is about to be married but his anxiety lies just as much on the future as it does the past. When his best friend, Farfat, becomes the target of gossip and local graffiti that put his manhood into question, Hachemi recalls that both were molested by a carpenter they were apprenticed to. Farfait is thrown out by his father and plans to run away while Hachemi wants to confront the past - even if it puts both their lives in danger.

107. Critters

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Stephen Herek
Actors: Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Zane, Billy Green Bush, Scott Grimes, Ethan Phillips
Plot: Strange fuzzy critters from outer space terrorize a small mid-west town. Alien bounty hunters follow them to earth to kill them, but also raise havoc.

108. The Whoopee Boys

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Byrum
Actors: Michael O'Keefe, Paul Rodriguez, Denholm Elliott, Carole Shelley, Andy Bumatai, Eddie Deezen
Plot: Two slow-witted friends try their hardest to blend into the ritzy upper class of Palm Beach in order to get rich, win the girl and save an orphanage.

109. Desert Hearts

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Donna Deitch
Actors: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers, Dean Butler, James Staley
Plot: In 1950s Nevada, Professor Vivian Bell is ready for a divorce, feeling wholly unsatisfied with her marriage. She also feels out of place on the ranch she finds herself on, and things get more complicated when she finds herself drawn to the ranchowner's daughter, and proud lesbian, Cay Rivers.

110. The Toxic Avenger

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
Actors: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Prichard, Cindy Manion, Robert Prichard, Gary Schneider
Plot: A mop boy at a health club gets involved with the vain members and winds up in a vat of toxic waste. Out of the much rises a new hero to take on the criminals and bullies of the city: The Toxic Avenger.

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