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.

71. Poltergeist II

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Brian Gibson
Actors: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, Oliver Robins, Zelda Rubinstein, Will Sampson
Plot: The Freeling family has moved and hopes to put the terror behind them, but once again a spirit, this time in the guise of zealot Reverend Kane, has been drawn to Carol Anne.

72. Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Pryor
Actors: Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Art Evans, Fay Hauser, Barbara Williams, Carmen McRae

73. Night on the Galactic Railroad ( Miyazawa Kenji - Ginga-tetsudo no yoru/Nokto de la galaksia fervojo de Miyazawa Kenji )

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gisaburo Sugii
Actors: Mayumi Tanaka, Chika Sakamoto, Junko Hori, Ayumi Ishijo, Kaori Nakahara, Yoshie Shimamura

74. Legacy of Rage ( Long zai jiang hu )

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ronny Yu
Actors: Brandon Lee, Michael Wong, Regina Kent, Wai-Man Chan, Kirk Wong, Bolo Yeung

75. Three Men and a Cradle

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Plot: In this French comedy, three men living together in Paris lives are changed when one of their ex-girlfriends leaves a baby at the doorstep and now the men have to grow up and become fathers by taking care of the child.

76. She's Gotta Have It

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, Spike Lee, Raye Dowell, Joie Lee

77. Asterix in Britain ( Astérix chez les Bretons )

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pino Van Lamsweerde
Actors: Roger Carel, Pierre Tornade, Graham Bushnell, Pierre Mondy, Maurice Risch, Roger Lumont

78. The Manhattan Project

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Marshall Brickman
Actors: John Lithgow, John Mahoney, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon, JD Cullum, Geoffrey Nauffts
Plot: A brilliant teen discovers his mother's new scientist boyfriend is secretly refining plutonium. In order to discredit him he steals his own batch to make a nuclear bomb and enter it in a science fair. But when the bomb turns itself on and begins to count down, what started as a good plan turns into a matter of life and death.

79. Half Moon Street

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bob Swaim
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Caine, Patrick Kavanagh, Faith Kent, Ram John Holder, Keith Buckley

80. Running Scared

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer, Dan Hedaya, Joe Pantoliano, Jimmy Smits
Plot: A pair of Chicago cops have to get back into the game after a Key West vacation when a drug dealer from their past decides to finish what he started.

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