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.

81. 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.

82. 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.

83. 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

84. 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.

85. Death of a Soldier

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Philippe Mora
Actors: James Coburn, Bill Hunter, Reb Brown, Maurie Fields, Max Fairchild, Michael Pate

86. The Money Pit

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Benjamin
Actors: Tom Hanks, Shelly Long, Maureen Stapleton, Joe Mantegna, Alexander Godunov, Yakov Smirnoff
Plot: A couple think they have got the deal of life when they purchase a mansion for a low price, only to discover their dream house is about to fall apart around them.

87. The Deliberate Stranger

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Actors: Mark Harmon, Frederic Forrest, George Grizzard, Ben Masters, Glynnis O'Connor, M. Emmet Walsh
Plot: A film that chronicles Ted Bundy's life and crimes in the 70's.

88. Night of the Creeps

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fred Dekker
Actors: Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow, Tom Atkins, Wally Taylor, Bruce Solomon
Plot: An alien parasite crash landed in a small town in 1959, but before it
could spread, the first victim was cryogenically frozen. In the 1980s a
pair of hapless fraternity pledges thaw the long-dormant parasite and
unleash it upon the town.

89. 'Round Midnight

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Actors: Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, Lonette McKee, Christine Pascal

90. Crossroads

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Walter Hill
Actors: Ralph Macchio, Jami Gertz, Steve Vai, Joe Seneca, Joe Morton, Tim Russ

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