What's everyones top movies of 1986?

[HarryCanyon1982]

What a nice year for movies and have fond memories of that year.


My top 25:
1. Aliens.
2. Castle in The Sky aka Laputa.
3. Crocodile Dundee.
4. Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer.
5. Transformers The Movie.
6. Manhunter.
7. Stand by Me.
8. Big Trouble in Little China.
9. Fist of the North Star..
10. Labyrinth.
11. Little Shop of Horrors.
12. Star Trek IV The Voyage Home.
13. Highlander.
14. Cobra.
15. Top Gun.
16. Blue Velvet.
17. The Fly.
18. Project A-Ko.
19. An American Tail.
20. A Better Tommorow.
21. The Great Mouse Detective.
22. Night of the Creeps.
23. From Beyond.
24. Back to School.
25. Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Honorable mentions:
Critters.
Three Amigos.
Hoosiers.
Chopping Mall.
Karate Kid II.
F/X.
The Money Pit.
The Quest aka Frog Dreaming.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.
Space Camp.
Vamp.
House.
Friday The 13th part 6 Jason Lives.
When the Winds Blow.
Demons 2.
The Golden Child.
The Hitcher.
Flight of the Navigator.
Adventures of Mark Twain.
Cat City. (Excellent adult animated Hungarian comedy)
The Adventures of milo and Otis,

Guilty pleasures:
Howard The Duck.
Psycho III.
Maximum Overdrive.
Link.
One Crazy Summer.
Class of Nuke Em High.
Neon Maniacs.
Slaughter High.

 

[publiusr]

Good days. I was 20 then.

 

[RandyS]

Good days. I was 20 then.

Indeed they were. I was 16.

Anyway my favorite movies that year were:
1. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
2. SpaceCamp
3. Big Trouble in Little China
4. Running Scared
5. Howard the Duck

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I would've thought Top Gun was earlier than 1986, but still a classic for the era.

Favorites from your list:
Back to School (recently replaced DVD with blu-ray)
Crocodile Dundee
Big Trouble in Little China (own DVD)
Top Gun

Other faves:
Ruthless People

Guilty pleasures:
The Money Pit

Definitely other good ones there. Any Friday The 13th is good.

Platoon and The Color Of Money were also released in 1986. Not ones I'd normally watch, but biggies.

Good list here

 

[Tosk]

1986 was the first year I was able to go to the cinema on my own. Good times.

My top 13 in no particular order:

Big Trouble in Little China, Aliens, The Fly, Transformers: The Movie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Stand By Me, Labyrinth, Star Trek IV, Karate Kid II, Highlander, Short Circuit, Ruthless People, Flight of the Navigator.

 

[Ensign_Redshirt]

Aliens, Platoon, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and Highlander.

 

[Mr Light]

Castle in the Sky is that old?!?!?!

Of those choices, Aliens.

 

[HarryCanyon1982]

I was 3/4 that year and i still remembered seeing some of these movies in theaters even Cobra being the first R-rated film i ever saw with Aliens.

Yes Castle in The Sky is that old as i remembered back in 96 when i was 14 i saw a fansub tape of Castle in The Sky and loved it.

 

[Smellmet]

Aliens by a mile for me.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Blue Velvet and Manhunter by a long stretch.

Followed by genre fave of Aliens, with Highlander and Ferris Bueller bringing up the rear

Hugo - And if one does what God does enough times, one will become as God is.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Blue Velvet
My Friend Ivan Lapshin
Hannah and her Sisters
Ferris Beuler's Day Off
The Fly
Star Trek IV

 

[od0_ital]

Aliens
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Flight of the Navigator
Heartbreak Ridge
Highlander
Hoosiers
The Karate Kid, Part II
The Money Pit
Stand By Me
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
!Three Amigos!
Tough Guys
Wildcats

 

[Green Shirt]

Ferris Bueller was the most memorable thanks to great after movie activity.

 

[maneth]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Top Gun. I do like STIV but I've only seen it much later.

 

[Seven of Five]

In no particular order:

Aliens
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Blue Velvet
An American Tail
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Stand By Me
Labyrinth
Short Circuit

 

[HarryCanyon1982]

Indeed they were. I was 16.

Anyway my favorite movies that year were:
1. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
2. SpaceCamp
3. Big Trouble in Little China
4. Running Scared
5. Howard the Duck

I like Howard the Duck too, a guilty pleasure

 

[Ethros]

Duh

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And second place for Transformers: The Movie

 

[Relayer1]

I really didn't go to the cinema much in the 80's but there a few great films people have mentioned and three of my top twenty, including one of my top three ever. In order :

Aliens
Platoon
Manhunter
Star Trek IV The Voyage Home
The Hitcher
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Highlander

There's a few like Big Trouble In Little China and Pretty In Pink that are apparently good but I still haven't seen and there's a bunch of other 'O.K.' movies, but nothing that makes much of an impression.

Just out of interest, my top three ever are Star Wars (now known as 'A New Hope') and Terminator / Aliens in joint 2nd place.