111. 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.
113. 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.
114. 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.
115. 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.
116. Deadly Friend
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Twomey, Anne Ramsey, Lee Paul
Plot: Paul moves into town with his robot BB - they befriend Samantha and enjoy their time together. But Samantha's home life is anything but fun, and when her abusive father throws her down the stairs, Paul has to combine BB's robotic brain with Samantha's, but the result has unintended, dangerous consequences.
117. 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.
118. 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
119. April Fool's Day
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fred Walton
Actors: Jay Baker, Pat Barlow, Lloyd Berry, Deborah Foreman, Deborah Goodrich, Mike Nomad
Plot: A group of college friends go to a secluded island together for spring
break and play April Fool's jokes on each other. The pranks start off
harmless, but quickly turn deadly.
120. My Beautiful Laundrette
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Frears
Actors: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Derrick Branche, Rita Wolf
Plot: Follows the trials and tribulations of the Hussein family, who have relocated from Pakistan to the UK in order to live a more glamorous life. While some find success through means legal and otherwise, others just manage to scape by - such as Omar, son of the alcoholic Ali, who manages to take over a fading laundrette with big plans to turn things around.