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.

31. When the Wind Blows

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Animation
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jimmy T. Murakami
Actors: Peggy Ashcroft, John Mills, Robin Houston, James Russell, David Dundas, Matt Irving
Plot: With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack...

32. The Color of Money

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Tom Cruise, Paul Newman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Forest Whitaker, John Turturro, Helen Shaver
Plot: An old crack shot pool player is in search of the next him when he finds the kid in a pool hall as he tries mentoring him for pool tournaments and hustling pool hall jobs.

33. Legend

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Tim Curry, Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Billy Barty, Robert Picardo, David Bennent
Plot: Sent in a fantasy world were unicorns exist and are not to be touched a young man discovers that he may be the cause for the frozen world that was created due to the disruption.

34. Lucas

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David Seltzer
Actors: Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Winona Ryder, Tom Hodges
Plot: At 14 years old, Lukas is a bit too small for his age, and far too smart for his high school classmates.He's more interested in symphonies and science fairs than food fights and football. But when Lucas finds himself falling in love with a cheerleader, who only has eyes for the school's top jock, he grows desperate for her attention, Even if it means risking his pride and his neck at the big game.

35. Flight of the Navigator

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Randal Kleiser
Actors: Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens, Cliff De Young, Veronica Cartwright, Sarah Jessica Parker, Howard Hesseman
Plot: In 1978 12-year-old David Freeman vanished. Eight years later, he reappears, the same age, with no knowledge of the missing time. A spaceship appears at the same time and scientists are keen to know the relationship between the boy and ship.

36. Heartbreak Ridge

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Mario Van Peebles, Everett McGill, Moses Gunn, Boyd Gaines, Eileen Heckart

37. Salvador

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: James Woods, James Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo, Cynthia Gibb
Plot: A out of work photographer goes to El Salvador to chronicle the war going on and ends up finding more...

38. Ruthless People

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker
Actors: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bill Pullman, Anita Morris
Plot: A heartless business man (DeVito) cheats a couple out of a multi-million dollar idea. In retaliation, the couple kidnaps his wife (Midler) only to find that he's glad to be rid of her.

39. Sacrifice, The ( Offret )

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Actors: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Tommy Kjellqvist, Allan Edwall, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Sven Wollter

40. Betty Blue ( 37°2 le matin )

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix
Actors: Béatrice Dalle, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Consuelo De Haviland, Gérard Darmon, Jacques Mathou, Clémentine Célarié
Plot: Zorg is happy living his handyman's life in a coastal village. His peace is interrupted by the beautiful whirlwind, Betty. She convinces him to try to publish his book. After it's rejected, she begins a long trek into rage and depression.

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