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.

21. Do You Remember Dolly Bell? ( Sjecas li se Dolly Bell )

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Serbian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Emir Kusturica
Actors: Slavko Stimac, Slobodan Aligrudic, Ljiljana Blagojevic, Mira Banjac, Pavle Vujisic, Nada Pani
Plot: In 1960s Sarajevo a young man grows up in the shadow of his father - a good but ailing man. Finding himself attracted by the criminal world, he is tasked with hiding a young prostitute and finds himself drawn to the girl.

22. Manhunter

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Mann
Actors: William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Stephen Lang
Plot: Using his uncanny ability to get inside psychopaths' minds, former FBI agent Will Graham returns to action to hunt down a serial killer. Graham retired after catching Hannibal Lecter and subsequently suffering a breakdown. Now, he engages in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecter to capture a new killer.

23. The Hitcher

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Harmon
Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, John M. Jackson, Billy Green Bush
Plot: A driver transporting a friend's car picks up a deadly passenger - a hitchhiker with a taste for murder. He gets away, but soon is implicated in the madman's killing spree.

24. The Transformers: The Movie

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Nelson Shin
Actors: Peter Cullen, Orson Welles, Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Stack
Plot: The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who is after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership.

25. Highlander

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery, Jon Polito, Beatie Edney
Plot: As he tries to keep one step ahead of the New York City police, who believe him to be a suspect in a murder in the parking garage of Madison Square Garden, a man born in the 1500's battles another immortal who tried to kill him centuries ago.

26. Little Shop of Horrors

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Frank Oz
Actors: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, Levi Stubbs, John Candy
Plot: Seymour Krelborn, a nerdy orphan is raised and given a job by Mr. Mushnik in his run-down florist on skid row. As an eclipse goes by, he finds a strange and unusual plant he calls Audrey II, after the co-worker he secretly pines for. When the plant displays a taste for blood, he gets concerned. As the plant becomes a hit it grows larger and is soon eating people whole. Can Seymour and Audrey stand up to the monster plant or will it have its way and rule the world?

27. Children of a Lesser God

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Randa Haines
Actors: William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco, Allison Gompf, E. Katherine Kerr

28. Better Tomorrow, A ( Ying hung boon sik )

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Woo
Actors: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Yun-Fat Chow, Kenneth Tsang, John Woo, Emily Chu

29. The Mission

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Roland Joffé
Actors: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Liam Neeson, Cherie Lunghi

30. Top Gun

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer, Michael Ironside, Tom Skerritt
Plot: A hot shot Naval Officer lands a role in the top flyin school in the country. He meets competition along the way as well as tragedy and love.

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