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Best Picture 1986

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  • Juliette Binoche and Denis Lavant in Bad Blood (1986)

    1. Bad Blood

    19861h 45mUnrated74Metascore
    7.2 (9.8K)
    As a deadly virus which infects people who have loveless sex sweeps Paris, a lonely pariah attempts to steal a potent antidote, only to fall for the mistress of his partner-in-crime. Is the infectious young love the cure to the bad blood?
    DirectorLeos CaraxStarsMichel PiccoliJuliette BinocheDenis Lavant
  • Peggy Ashcroft and John Mills in When the Wind Blows (1986)

    2. When the Wind Blows

    19861h 24m16+
    7.7 (14K)
    A naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.
    DirectorJimmy T. MurakamiStarsPeggy AshcroftJohn MillsRobin Houston
  • Gérard Depardieu, Ernestine Mazurowna, and Yves Montand in Jean de Florette (1986)

    3. Jean de Florette

    19862hPG75Metascore
    8.1 (29K)
    A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.
    DirectorClaude BerriStarsYves MontandGérard DepardieuDaniel Auteuil
  • Isabella Rossellini and Kyle MacLachlan in Blue Velvet (1986)

    4. Blue Velvet

    19862hR75Metascore
    7.7 (234K)
    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 criminals who have kidnapped her child.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsIsabella RosselliniKyle MacLachlanDennis Hopper
  • Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, and Dianne Wiest in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

    5. Hannah and Her Sisters

    19861h 47mPG-1390Metascore
    7.8 (80K)
    Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsMia FarrowDianne WiestMichael Caine
  • Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)

    6. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

    19861h 26mR30Metascore
    6.0 (55K)
    Tommy Jarvis exhumes Jason Voorhees to cremate his corpse, but inadvertently brings him back to life instead. The newly revived killer seeks revenge, and Tommy may be the only one who can stop him.
    DirectorTom McLoughlinStarsThom MathewsJennifer CookeDavid Kagen
  • William Petersen in Manhunter (1986)

    7. Manhunter

    19862hR75Metascore
    7.2 (88K)
    Former FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer dubbed "the Tooth Fairy" by the media.
    DirectorMichael MannStarsWilliam PetersenKim GreistJoan Allen
  • Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn in Aliens (1986)

    8. Aliens

    19862h 17mR84Metascore
    8.4 (814K)
    Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie Henn
  • Matador (1986)

    9. Matador

    19861h 50mNC-17
    6.9 (14K)
    A matador is wounded by a bull and can no longer kill in the arena. It is just one of the problems of one of the characters that unexpectedly collide in this film.
    DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsAssumpta SernaAntonio BanderasNacho Martínez
  • Antonio Gades and Cristina Hoyos in El amor brujo (1986)

    10. El amor brujo

    19861h 40mPG
    6.9 (1K)
    In a Gypsy village, the fathers of Candela and José promise their children to each other. Years later, the unfaithful José marries Candela but while defending his lover Lucía in a brawl, he is stabbed to death. Carmelo, who secretly loves Candela since he was a boy, is arrested while helping José and unfairly sent to prison. Four years later he is released and declares his love for Candela. However, the woman is cursed by a bewitched love and every night she goes to the place where José died to dance with his ghost.
    DirectorCarlos SauraStarsAntonio GadesCristina HoyosLaura del Sol
  • Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Ron Perlman, F. Murray Abraham, and Valentina Vargas in The Name of the Rose (1986)

    11. The Name of the Rose

    19862h 10mR54Metascore
    7.7 (123K)
    An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.
    DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsSean ConneryChristian SlaterHelmut Qualtinger
  • Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil, and Yves Montand in Manon of the Spring (1986)

    12. Manon of the Spring

    19861h 53mPG70Metascore
    8.0 (25K)
    A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.
    DirectorClaude BerriStarsYves MontandEmmanuelle BéartDaniel Auteuil
  • Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels in Something Wild (1986)

    13. Something Wild

    19861h 54mR73Metascore
    6.9 (23K)
    A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband shows up.
    DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJeff DanielsMelanie GriffithGeorge 'Red' Schwartz
  • Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie, Frank Oz, Brian Henson, Marc Antona, Michael Attwell, David Alan Barclay, Sean Barrett, Timothy Bateson, Denise Bryer, Kevin Clash, Dave Goelz, Michael Hordern, Peter Marinker, Rob Mills, Ron Mueck, Toby Philpott, Karen Prell, David Shaughnessy, and Shari Weiser in Labyrinth (1986)

    14. Labyrinth

    19861h 41mPG50Metascore
    7.3 (159K)
    Teenage Sarah journeys through a maze to save her baby brother from the Goblin King.
    DirectorJim HensonStarsDavid BowieJennifer ConnellyToby Froud
  • Vincent Price, Val Bettin, Eve Brenner, Candy Candido, Diana Chesney, Barrie Ingham, Melissa Manchester, Susanne Pollatschek, Frank Welker, and Alan Young in The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

    15. The Great Mouse Detective

    19861h 14mG73Metascore
    7.1 (57K)
    Basil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, investigates the kidnapping of a toy maker and uncovers its link to his archenemy, Professor Ratigan.
    DirectorsRon ClementsBurny MattinsonDave MichenerStarsVincent PriceBarrie InghamVal Bettin
  • El año de las luces (1986)

    16. El año de las luces

    19861h 45m
    6.8 (1.2K)
    Political and religious prejudices are destroying the relationship between two teenagers in wartime Spain.
    DirectorFernando TruebaStarsJorge SanzMaribel VerdúVerónica Forqué
  • María Asquerino and Fernando Fernán Gómez in Mambrú se fue a la guerra (1986)

    17. Mambrú se fue a la guerra

    19861h 39m
    6.4 (226)
    The news of the Franco's death has a special resonance in the family formed by Florentina, her daughter Encarna, her son Hilario, and the children of the marriage, Juanita and Manolín. At the same time, Florentina informs the family of a much more important announcement than the dictator's death: her husband Emiliano, who had been given up for dead in the Spanish civil war, is alive. During Franco's regime he has been hidden in the family home itself.
    DirectorFernando Fernán GómezStarsFernando Fernán GómezMaría AsquerinoAgustín González
  • Christopher Lambert in Highlander (1986)

    18. Highlander

    19861h 56mR24Metascore
    7.0 (154K)
    An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponents, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize".
    DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsChristopher LambertSean ConneryClancy Brown
  • El viaje a ninguna parte (1986)

    19. El viaje a ninguna parte

    19862h 14m
    7.5 (2K)
    The movie tells the story of a family of comedians that work in the towns of Spain during the 40's and 50's. Life gets very tough for them since they cannot compete any longer with cinema. We assist to the end of an era.
    DirectorFernando Fernán GómezStarsJosé SacristánLaura del SolJuan Diego
  • Jeff Goldblum in The Fly (1986)

    20. The Fly

    19861h 36mR81Metascore
    7.6 (216K)
    A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeff GoldblumGeena DavisJohn Getz
  • Michael Rooker in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

    21. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    19861h 23mUnrated80Metascore
    7.0 (43K)
    Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.
    DirectorJohn McNaughtonStarsMichael RookerTracy ArnoldTom Towles
  • Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, and Kevin Eshelman in Platoon (1986)

    22. Platoon

    19862hR92Metascore
    8.1 (459K)
    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 of war and the duality of man in conflict.
    DirectorOliver StoneStarsCharlie SheenTom BerengerWillem Dafoe
  • Mark Harmon, M. Emmet Walsh, Frederic Forrest, John Ashton, Bonnie Bartlett, George Grizzard, Ben Masters, and Glynnis O'Connor in The Deliberate Stranger (1986)

    23. The Deliberate Stranger

    19862 epsNot RatedTV Mini Series
    7.3 (2.8K)
    The story of serial killer, Ted Bundy.
    StarsMark HarmonFrederic ForrestGeorge Grizzard
  • Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft in 'night, Mother (1986)

    24. 'night, Mother

    19861h 40mPG-13
    7.5 (2.7K)
    Mother and daughter Thelma and Jessie Cates spend a night together after Jessie reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it in this cinema adaptation of Marsha Norman's Pulitzer prize-winning Broadway play.
    DirectorTom MooreStarsSissy SpacekAnne BancroftEd Berke
  • Bob Hoskins and Cathy Tyson in Mona Lisa (1986)

    25. Mona Lisa

    19861h 44mR85Metascore
    7.3 (20K)
    A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.
    DirectorNeil JordanStarsBob HoskinsCathy TysonMichael Caine

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