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.

51. Back to School

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Metter
Actors: Rodney Dangerfield, Robert Downey Jr., Ned Beatty, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon
Plot: A rich, obnoxious millionaire goes to college after he is disappointed that is son is not sure whether to stay in school or not.

52. F/X

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Mandel
Actors: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young, Mason Adams, Jerry Orbach
Plot: The Justice Department enlists special-effects wizard Rollie Tyler for the most elaborate assignment of his lifetime -- to fake the murder of a high-profile mobster who's about to enter the witness protection program. But Tyler's hoax turns frighteningly real when he realizes he's been set up for murder. Meanwhile, a New York detective investigating the crime finds the FBI to be less than helpful.

53. Clockwise

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Christopher Morahan
Actors: John Cleese, Penny Leatherbarrow, Howard Lloyd-Lewis, Jonathan Bowater, Stephen Moore, Alison Steadman

54. Just Between Friends

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Allan Burns
Actors: Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Danson, Christine Lahti, Sam Waterston, Timothy Gibbs, Susan Rinell

55. Wildcats

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Ritchie
Actors: Goldie Hawn, Swoosie Kurtz, Robyn Lively, Brandy Gold, James Keach, Jan Hooks
Plot: Molly (Hawn), a girls track coach applies for a position to coach football at a wrong-side-of-the-tracks high school. Not realizing just how wrong-side-of-the-tracks this team is, she's in for more than she can handle. Determined to succeed, she sets out to earn her teams respect and turn these trouble-making sub-part player into a united team and ultimately winners.

56. Men... ( Männer... )

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Doris Dörrie
Actors: Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrike Kriener, Janna Marangosoff, Dietmar Bär, Marie-Charlott Schüler

57. Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Mazursky
Actors: Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss, Little Richard, Tracy Nelson, Elizabeth Peña
Plot: The Whiteman family is very wealthy and very dysfunctional. The parents dislike each other, the father is sleeping with the maid and the mother spends all her time exercising. Their daughter has an eating disorder and their son is confused about his sexuality. One night their lives are turned upside down when a homeless man tries to drown himself in their pool.

58. House

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steve Miner
Actors: William Katt, George Wendt, Michael Ensign, Richard Moll, Kay Lenz, Mary Stavin
Plot: A Vietnam vet and horror writer is forced to face his past when he inherits his aunt's house and strange things start to occur.

59. Lady Jane

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Trevor Nunn
Actors: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood, Patrick Stewart, Sara Kestelman, Joss Ackland

60. One Crazy Summer

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Savage Steve Holland
Actors: John Cusack, Demi Moore, Curtis Armstrong, Joe Flaherty, William Hickey, Joel Murray
Plot: Hoops is a down on his luck tender-hearted guy who dreams of being a basketball star. Things aren't looking so well for him so when his buddy George invites him to a vacation out to Nantucket, he feels it'll be a time to get away. On the way they pick up an guitarist named Cassandra who has her own reasons for getting away. Once they get there they hook up with Ack Ack & the Stork twins who aren't really twins, and run into trouble with the Beckersteads, who want to take Cassandra's grandfather's house. So in the end it is a boat race that will decide who wins the money that will buy the house. Will Hoops find love? Will Cassandra succeed? Will Ack Ack ever gain his Father's approval? And most importantly, will Uncle Frank finally win the Million Dollar prize?

Are you sure you want to delete this comment?