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Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Paul Reiser. Votes: 763,456 | Gross: $85.16M. 2. Platoon (1986) R | 120 min | Drama, War. Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality ...
New World Pictures. Harley Cokeliss (director); John Carpenter, William Gray, Desmond Nakano (screenplay); Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Robert Vaughn, Richard Jaeckel, Bubba Smith, Dan Shor, Keenan Wynn, Lee Ving, William Sanderson, Nick Cassavetes, Don Keith Opper. 17. The Clan of the Cave Bear.
OpeningOpeningTitleProduction CompanyJ A N U A R Y3Tri-Star Pictures / HBO Pictures / Silver ...J A N U A R Y10J A N U A R Y17Warner Bros. Pictures / Producers Sales ...J A N U A R Y17Atlantic Releasing Corporation / ...- 10 'Big Trouble in Little China'
- 9 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'
- 8 'The Fly'
- 7 'Castle in The Sky'
- 6 'Blue Velvet'
- 5 'Stand by Me'
- 4 'Little Shop of Horrors'
- 3 'Platoon'
- 2 'The Mission'
- 1 'Aliens'
John Carpenter's output in the 1970s and 1980s was generally very good (and consistent), with Big Trouble in Little China easily ranking among his most creative and entertaining films. It stars Kurt Russellplaying against type as someone who's a bit of a loser and, despite what the poster tries to make you believe, ends up kind of being a supportin...
With Ferris Bueller's Day Off, you get exactly what the title says you will. It's a movie about a teenager called Ferris Bueller, and he fakes being sick, getting the day off from school. What might surprise you is how much he gets done on his day off, the way he suffers no consequences for his behavior, and the way the movie gets a little heavier ...
1986 saw aforementioned great directors like Carpenter and Hughes put out movies that are up there with their best, and the same can easily be said for horror auteur David Cronenberg. His 1986 movie The Flyis perhaps his most well-known and debatably his best, with the film effectively perfecting the body horror sub-genre through its story about a ...
Even though Castle in the Sky isn't quite as famous as later Hayao Miyazaki movies like Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke, it still stands as one of the filmmaker's best. It's a movie about a young boy and girl searching for a legendary castle that's said to float high up in the sky, and the way they avoid others (including sky pirates) who are lo...
Blue Velvet might be a fairly strange mystery/thriller, but when compared to David Lynch's other films, it's actually one of his more down-to-earth. It follows a young man who discovers a human ear in a field, and while trying to investigate why it ended up there, he clashes with a terrifying gangster and uncovers a complex web of intrigue and a da...
A heartfelt coming-of-age movie about the struggles of being young and the painful nature of nostalgia, Stand by Me is a classic in every sense of the word. It's also another film that goes to show how reliable the work of Stephen Kingis when it comes to adapting novels/short stories to the big screen. The actual story here is very simple, focusing...
An excellent musical that also serves as one of the best horror-comedies of all time, Little Shop of Horrorsis unique, fun, and even strangely heartwarming. It also has a gleefully wild premise, centering on a man who cares for a plant with an unusual appetite for human blood, and the consequences that come from it growing unusually large. RELATED:...
Oliver Stone's most critically-acclaimed film might also be his best. That film in question is Platoon, which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1986, and tells a disturbing and devastating story about a group of American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War, and the physical and psychological toll it takes on them. As far as anti-war movies go, it'...
The Mission stars Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons, and centers on a Jesuit mission built in the South American wilderness during the 18th century. The mission's existence ends up becoming an issue for certain military forces in the area, which leads to a dramatic, explosive, and tragic conflict that plays out in the film's back half. Its story unpa...
Make no mistake: the first Alien from 1979, directed by Ridley Scott, is a great sci-fi/horror movie. It's the kind of lightning-in-a-bottle movie that makes the idea of crafting a sequel seem daunting, if not impossible. Yet in 1986, James Cameron made Aliens, and it's at least as good as its 1979 predecessor, if not even better. As the title impl...
- Jeremy Urquhart
- Feature Writer/Senior List Writer
USA: 23 June 1986 (New York City, New York) (premiere) USA: 2 July 1986
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- Aliens 1986, 137 min. James Cameron • Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn. Action • Body Horror • Cyborg / Android / Robot. find this movie on ►
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986, 103 min. John Hughes • Starring: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara. Comedy • Coming-of-Age • Teen Movie. find this movie on ►
- Stand by Me 1986, 89 min. Rob Reiner • Starring: River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Richard Dreyfuss. Adventure Drama • Adventure • Buddy Film. find this movie on ►
- Platoon 1986, 120 min. Oliver Stone • Starring: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe. Action • Anti-War Film • Combat Films 1 find this movie on ► Buy or Rent on iTunes.
Apr 2, 2024 · A list of the best movies of 1986. The '80s were a decade where Hollywood thrived with new stars and big blockbusters and 1986 was no exception. Some of the best movies of this year are some of the best teen, coming of age, adventure, comedies, horror films, and dramas in history. The films on here are very memorable and had audiences on the ...
Apr 9, 2018 · 8. The Golden Child - $79,817,937. 9. Ruthless People - $71,624,879. 10. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - $70,136,169. What a weird race to the top between Tom Cruise and, well, Crocodile Dundee. You ...
