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.

111. 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

112. 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

113. 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.

115. 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.

116. 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.

117. 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.

118. Iron Eagle

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Actors: Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Gedrick, Tim Thomerson, Larry B. Scott, Caroline Lagerfelt, Jerry Levine
Plot: An Air Force pilot, along with a Colonel, go behind enemy lines in order
to save the pilot's father who was shot down in a radical Middle Eastern
state.

119. 52 Pick-Up

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, Kelly Preston, John Glover, Robert Trebor
Plot: Harry Mitchell is a successful businessman who is being blackmailed with a videotape of him having an affair with a topless dancer. Unable to go to the police and risk ruining his wife's political career, Harry decides to take matters into his own hands and fight back.

120. Legal Eagles

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ivan Reitman
Actors: Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp, David Clennon

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