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Best Movies of 1986

The highest-rated films released in 1986, ranked by TMDB user score among titles with at least 500 votes.

📊 A century of movies in numbers 63 titlesavg ★ 6.83 avg 102 min Drama Comedy Action Adventure

Most watched in 1986

Aliens1986 · ★ 8.0 · 2h 17m

Top Gun1986 · ★ 7.1 · 1h 50m

Stand by Me1986 · ★ 7.8 · 1h 29m

Ferris Bueller's Day Off1986 · ★ 7.6 · 1h 43m

Platoon1986 · ★ 7.7 · 2h 0m

The Fly1986 · ★ 7.4 · 1h 36m

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#1 Aliens (1986) · ★ 8.0 · 11,229 votes · 2h 17m · action, thriller, science-fiction
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story…
#2 Castle in the Sky (1986) · ★ 8.0 · 4,826 votes · 2h 5m · action, fantasy, adventure
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.…
#3 Stand by Me (1986) · ★ 7.8 · 6,752 votes · 1h 29m · adventure, drama, crime
After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk m…
#4 Platoon (1986) · ★ 7.7 · 5,309 votes · 2h 0m · action, drama, war
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.…
#5 The Sacrifice (1986) · ★ 7.7 · 638 votes · 2h 29m · drama
Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.…
#6 Jean de Florette (1986) · ★ 7.7 · 629 votes · 2h 2m · drama
In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers…
#7 Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) · ★ 7.6 · 5,561 votes · 1h 43m · comedy
After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend…
#8 Blue Velvet (1986) · ★ 7.6 · 3,969 votes · 2h 0m · thriller, drama, crime
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminal…
#9 Manon of the Spring (1986) · ★ 7.6 · 581 votes · 1h 55m · drama
In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily…
#10 The Name of the Rose (1986) · ★ 7.5 · 3,395 votes · 2h 10m · thriller, drama, mystery
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To sol…
#11 Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) · ★ 7.5 · 1,209 votes · 1h 47m · comedy, drama
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.…
#12 The Fly (1986) · ★ 7.4 · 5,167 votes · 1h 36m · horror, science-fiction
When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly m…
#13 The Mission (1986) · ★ 7.4 · 1,607 votes · 2h 5m · action, adventure, drama
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his miss…
#14 Down by Law (1986) · ★ 7.4 · 878 votes · 1h 46m · comedy, drama, crime
A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.…
#15 A Better Tomorrow (1986) · ★ 7.4 · 643 votes · 1h 35m · action, drama, crime
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.…
#16 Crossroads (1986) · ★ 7.4 · 501 votes · 1h 39m · romance, drama, music
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.…
#17 Labyrinth (1986) · ★ 7.3 · 2,867 votes · 1h 41m · fantasy, adventure, family
Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah, a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins to take her baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actu…
#18 Big Trouble in Little China (1986) · ★ 7.2 · 3,396 votes · 1h 40m · action, comedy, fantasy
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry…
#19 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) · ★ 7.2 · 1,728 votes · 1h 58m · adventure, science-fiction
When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet.…
#20 Top Gun (1986) · ★ 7.1 · 9,954 votes · 1h 50m · action, adventure, romance
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But…
#21 The Great Mouse Detective (1986) · ★ 7.1 · 1,824 votes · 1h 14m · adventure, animation, family
When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson try to elude the ulti…
#22 The Transformers: The Movie (1986) · ★ 7.1 · 645 votes · 1h 25m · action, adventure, science-fiction
The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack fr…
#23 Hoosiers (1986) · ★ 7.1 · 616 votes · 1h 54m · drama, family
Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player J…
#24 Little Shop of Horrors (1986) · ★ 7.0 · 1,706 votes · 1h 34m · comedy, horror
Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik dai…
#25 Manhunter (1986) · ★ 7.0 · 1,599 votes · 2h 0m · thriller, horror, crime
FBI Agent Will Graham, retired after catching notorious cannibal Hannibal Lecter, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecter to capture a new killer.…
#26 The Hitcher (1986) · ★ 7.0 · 1,117 votes · 1h 38m · action, thriller, horror
On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has…
#27 Flight of the Navigator (1986) · ★ 7.0 · 954 votes · 1h 30m · adventure, science-fiction, family
12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as per…
#28 A Room with a View (1986) · ★ 7.0 · 861 votes · 1h 57m · romance, drama
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation.…
#29 Luxo Jr. (1986) · ★ 7.0 · 684 votes · 0h 2m · comedy, animation
A baby lamp finds a ball to play with and it's all fun and games until the ball bursts. Just when the elder Luxo thinks his kid will settle down for a bit, Luxo Jr. finds a ball te…
#30 Armour of God (1986) · ★ 7.0 · 683 votes · 1h 37m · action, comedy, adventure
After an adventurer known as the Asian Hawk steals a mysterious sword known to be a piece of the Armour of God, a magical suit of armour that dates back to the Crusades, a cult of…
#31 Highlander (1986) · ★ 6.9 · 3,031 votes · 1h 56m · action, fantasy, adventure
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.…
#32 The Color of Money (1986) · ★ 6.9 · 1,592 votes · 1h 59m · drama
Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tou…
#33 Heartbreak Ridge (1986) · ★ 6.9 · 1,165 votes · 2h 10m · drama, war
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.…
#34 An American Tail (1986) · ★ 6.8 · 1,496 votes · 1h 20m · comedy, adventure, drama
A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone a…
#35 Asterix in Britain (1986) · ★ 6.8 · 746 votes · 1h 19m · comedy, adventure, animation
One little ancient British village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and Obelix are invited to help. They must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint…
#36 Night of the Creeps (1986) · ★ 6.8 · 603 votes · 1h 28m · comedy, horror, science-fiction
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the co…
#37 Short Circuit (1986) · ★ 6.7 · 1,684 votes · 1h 38m · comedy, science-fiction, family
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get t…
#38 Pretty in Pink (1986) · ★ 6.7 · 1,255 votes · 1h 37m · comedy, romance, drama
Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one…
#39 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) · ★ 6.7 · 803 votes · 1h 23m · thriller, drama, horror
Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.…
#40 Sid and Nancy (1986) · ★ 6.7 · 590 votes · 1h 54m · romance, drama
January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious is forced by…