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Best Films of 1986

Movie list created by Stehako

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Decade: Rating: List Type:

244

6.8

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Stehako's rating:

470

5.7

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Stehako's rating:

687

4.8

4.7

Howard the Duck

Stehako's rating:

218

5.7

5.6

The Delta Force

America, Fuck Yeah!

Stehako's rating:

5.9

5.7

Quicksilver (1986)

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6.1

The Manhattan Project

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5.9

Murphy's Law (1986)

Stehako's rating:

803

5.4

Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)

Stehako's rating:

691

5.4

The Golden Child (1986)

Stehako's rating:

214

6.7

6.9

Something Wild (1986)

Stehako's rating:

355

5.7

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)

Stehako's rating:

143

6.2

6.5

One Crazy Summer (1986)

Stehako's rating:

159

5.9

6.1

Heartburn (1986)

Stehako's rating:

132

5.8

6.5

The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

Stehako's rating:

720

5.6

5.8

Cobra (1986)

Stehako's rating:

1420

6.9

7.1

Highlander (1986)

Stehako's rating:

1914

7.2

7.3

Labyrinth (1986)

Stehako's rating:

482

6.4

The Money Pit (1986)

Stehako's rating:

658

7.1

7.2

A Room with a View (1985)

Stehako's rating:

5.8

Legal Eagles (1986)

Stehako's rating:

658

7.2

7.4

The Mission (1986)

Stehako's rating:

438

6.7

6.9

Flight of the Navigator (1986)

Stehako's rating:

185

7.3

Mona Lisa (1986)

Hoskins is an acting gem.

Stehako's rating:

558

6.1

9½ Weeks (1986)

Famous for its sex scenes... and that's about it

Stehako's rating:

361

7.3

Transformers: The Movie (1986)

A little bit better than the live-action Bay films, for a very small fraction of the budget... and it has Orson Welles.

Stehako's rating:

939

6.3

Legend (1985)

Stehako's rating:

134

5.9

6.2

About Last Night (1986)

About as interesting as this solid cast can get.

Stehako's rating:

725

6.4

6.6

Short Circuit

An 80's classic that doesn't hold up.

Stehako's rating:

1073

6.7

Pretty in Pink (1986)

Written by John Hughes and loved by many women I expected this to be better; but it was a disappointment. I can't say it's bad, as there are enough nice moments and there is still the iconic John Hughes dialogue and characters. It's a good movie to see if you want to see an exaggerated example of the 80s in a film made in the 80s.

Stehako's rating:

198

6.9

7.2

Children of a Lesser God (1986)

Hurt falls in love with the deaf and his performance is most def noteworthy

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6.6

6.9

The Horse Thief (1986)

Scorsese says this is the best films of the decade. I certainly disagree but he adds a lot of validity.

Stehako's rating:

1258

6.9

7.2

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Kurt Russel leads a second rate cast in this fun adventure into... Little China.

Stehako's rating:

101

5.5

5.9

Nothing in Common (1986)

Because these characters and actors have nothing in common there is not much to enjoy here. But it's very difficult not to like Hanks in anything, even if it is one of his weakest films.

Stehako's rating:

740

7.2

7.3

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

Possibly the best Star Trek, I was also big into orcas when I watched it.

Stehako's rating:

613

7.2

The Hitcher (1986)

Is there anything more menacing than Rutger Hauer on the road?

Stehako's rating:

295

6.5

6.6

The Mosquito Coast (1986)

Stehako's rating:

1281

5.6

6.1

The Karate Kid Part II (1986)

The ice breaking scene is classic, but overall far less interesting than the first.

Stehako's rating:

170

6.7

6.8

She's Gotta Have It (1986)

Director: Spike Lee
His 1st movie
My 10th movie watched from the director

Added to Lists:
Top Ten Films - Spike Lee

__________

Location: Brooklyn, NYC, NY, USA

Stehako's rating:

849

6.7

Sid & Nancy (1986)

Oldman is wild and perfect in his debut lead.

Stehako's rating:

935

7.7

7.8

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

Stehako's rating:

165

5.8

6.2

Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)

Nolte nails the homeless role and Dreyfuss pulls off irritated hilariously.

Stehako's rating:

109

5.7

Armed and Dangerous (1986)

Stehako's rating:

1413

5.9

6.6

Crocodile Dundee (1986)

Aye

Stehako's rating:

2691

7.8

8.1

Stand by Me (1986)

Stehako's rating:

6.1

6.5

Running Scared (1986)

Crystal and Hines make a great team. Would have liked to have seen more from them.

Stehako's rating:

3075

6.3

Top Gun (1986)

An 80s classic that kind of takes you right into the danger zone.

Stehako's rating:

327

7.2

7.4

Salvador (1986)

This Oliver Stone film flew under the radar, possibly because 'Platoon' was enough for people to stomach or because it's even more anti-U.S. government.

This has to be James Woods' best performance of his career and James Belushi is solid as well.

Stehako's rating:

2246

7.3

7.6

The Fly (1986)

Far different that the original, and far better, really.

Stehako's rating:

1182

6.7

7.1

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Possibly the best musical to come out of the 80s...

Stehako's rating:

887

7.1

The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

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This list was created by and in the opinion of Stephen H Koontz

Fast Eddie returns, the Three Amigos prevail and Oliver Stone pulls off a double with two impressive anti-establishment epics.

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