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La siguiente es una descripción general de los eventos cinematográficos de 1986 , incluidas las películas más taquilleras, ceremonias de premios y festivales, una lista de películas estrenadas y muertes notables.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)[edit]
The top ten 1986 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Top Gun | Paramount | $176,781,728 |
| 2 | Crocodile Dundee | $174,803,506 | |
| 3 | Platoon | Orion | $138,530,565 |
| 4 | The Karate Kid Part II | Columbia | $115,103,979 |
| 5 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Paramount | $109,713,132 |
| 6 | Back to School | Orion | $91,258,000 |
| 7 | Aliens | Fox | $86,160,248 |
| 8 | The Golden Child | Paramount | $79,817,937 |
| 9 | Ruthless People | Disney | $71,624,879 |
| 10 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Paramount | $70,136,169 |
Events[edit]
- February 3 - Pixar Animation Studios is founded by Edwin Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith.
- April - Guy McElwaine resigns as head of Columbia Pictures.
- April 26 - Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver.
- June - First Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä, Finnish Lapland.
- July 2 - The Great Mouse Detective is released to theaters to positive reviews and is a critical and financial success, just behind An American Tail, saving the Disney Studio from bankruptcy after the failure of The Black Cauldron. It is now regarded as one of the darkest and underrated classics of all time, and has gained a cult following.
- August 6 - Timothy Dalton is officially announced as the fourth actor to portray James Bond.
- September - David Puttnam becomes head of Columbia Pictures.
- September 13 - Film review television program Siskel & Ebert premieres in syndication. Although the two critics have been working as a pair since 1975, this will be their longest running program and will run in various incarnations until 2010.
- November 21 - The first animated film produced by Steven Spielberg, An American Tail, is released, and breaks the record once held by Disney's The Rescuers for the largest financial amount made for an animated film on opening weekend.
- November 29
- Actor Cary Grant dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Davenport, Iowa.
- Stuntman Dar Robinson is killed on the set of the film Million Dollar Mystery.
Awards[edit]
| Category/Organization | 44th Golden Globe Awards January 31, 1987 | 40th BAFTA Awards February 22, 1987 | 59th Academy Awards March 30, 1987 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | Comedy or Musical | |||
| Best Film | Platoon | Hannah and Her Sisters | A Room with a View | Platoon |
| Best Director | Oliver Stone Platoon | Woody Allen Hannah and Her Sisters | Oliver Stone Platoon | |
| Best Actor | Bob Hoskins Mona Lisa | Paul Hogan Crocodile Dundee | Bob Hoskins Mona Lisa | Paul Newman The Color of Money |
| Best Actress | Marlee Matlin Children of a Lesser God | Sissy Spacek Crimes of the Heart | Maggie Smith A Room with a View | Marlee Matlin Children of a Lesser God |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tom Berenger Platoon | Ray McAnally The Mission | Michael Caine Hannah and Her Sisters | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Maggie Smith A Room with a View | Judi Dench A Room with a View | Dianne Wiest Hannah and Her Sisters | |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | The Mission Robert Bolt | Out of Africa Kurt Luedtke | A Room with a View Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen | Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen | ||
| Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone The Mission | Herbie Hancock Round Midnight | ||
| Best Original Song | "Take My Breath Away" Top Gun | N/A | "Take My Breath Away" Top Gun | |
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Assault (De Aanslag) | Ran (Ran) | The Assault (De Aanslag) | |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Mission, directed by Roland Joffé, United Kingdom
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- The Green Ray (Le Rayon vert), directed by Éric Rohmer, France
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Stammheim, directed by Reinhard Hauff, West Germany
1986 Wide-release films in the U.S.[edit]
January–March[edit]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J A N U A R Y | 10 | Black Moon Rising | 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 | Action | Live action |
| 17 | The Adventures of the American Rabbit | Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Clubhouse Pictures / Toei Animation | Fred Wolf, Nobutaka Nishizawa (directors); Norman Lenzer (screenplay); Barry Gordon, Laurie O'Brien, Bob Arbogast, Kenneth Mars, Pat Fraley, Russi Taylor, Bob Holt, Lorenzo Music, Hal Smith, Fred Wolf, Norm Lenzer, John Mayer, Lew Horn, Maitzi Morgan | Children, Superhero | Animation | |
| The Clan of the Cave Bear | Warner Bros. Pictures / Producers Sales Organization | Michael Chapman (director); John Sayles (screenplay); Daryl Hannah, Pamela Reed, James Remar, Thomas G. Waites, Curtis Armstrong, John Doolittle, Martin Doyle, Tony Montanaro, Mike Muscat, Karen Elizabeth Austin, Janne Mortil, Lycia Naff, Penny Smith, Rory Crowley, Joey Cramer, Nicole Eggert, Paul Carafotes, Bart the Bear, Emma Floria, Mary Reid | Fantasy | Live action | ||
| Heathcliff: The Movie | Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Clubhouse Pictures / DIC Entertainment / LBS Communications | Bruno Bianchi (director); Alan Swayze (screenplay); Mel Blanc, Donna Christie, Jeannie Elias, Peter Cullen, Stan Jones, Marilyn Lightstone, Danny Mann, Derek McGrath, Marilyn Schreffler, Danny Wells, Ted Zeigler | Children | Animation | ||
| Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! (re-release) | Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Clubhouse Pictures / Hanna-Barbera | William Hanna, Joseph Barbera (directors/screenplay); Warren Foster (screenplay); Daws Butler, Don Messick, Julie Bennett, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl, J. Pat O'Malley, Hal Smith, Allan Melvin, Thurl Ravenscroft, James Darren, Bill Lee, Ernest Newton, Jackie Ward, Jonah and the Wailers | Comedy, Musical | Animation | ||
| Iron Eagle | TriStar Pictures | Sidney J. Furie (director/screenplay); Kevin Elders (screenplay); Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Gedrick, David Suchet, Larry B. Scott, Caroline Lagerfelt, Tim Thomerson, Shawnee Smith, Melora Hardin, Lance LeGault, Robert Jayne, Jerry Levine, Robbie Rist, Michael Bowen, David Greenlee, Tom Fridley, Rob Garrison | Action | Live action | ||
| Troll | Empire Pictures | John Carl Buechler (director); Ed Naha (screenplay); Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Jenny Beck, Sonny Bono, Phil Fondacaro, Brad Hall, Anne Lockhart, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Gary Sandy, June Lockhart, Giorgio Armani | Fantasy, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 24 | My Chauffeur | Crown International Pictures | David Beaird (director/screenplay); Deborah Foreman, Sam J. Jones, Sean McClory, Howard Hesseman, E.G. Marshall, Mark Holton, Penn Jillette, Teller, Julius Harris, Laurie Main, Vance Colvig, Diana Bellamy, Leland Crooke, Robin Antin, Stan Foster, John O'Leary, Stanley Brock, Jack Stryker, Ben Slack, Elaine Wilkes, Cindy Beal, Sue Jackson, Darian Mathias, Carlton Miller | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| 31 | The Best of Times | Universal Pictures / Kings Road Entertainment | Roger Spottiswoode (director/screenplay); Ron Shelton (screenplay); Robin Williams, Kurt Russell, Pamela Reed, Holly Palance, Donald Moffat, Margaret Whitton, M. Emmet Walsh, Donovan Scott, R. G. Armstrong, Dub Taylor, Carl Ballantine, Kathleen Freeman, Tony Plana, Kirk Cameron, Robyn Lively, Jeff Doucette, Anne Haney, Linda Hart, Tracey Gold | Comedy | Live action | |
| Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners | Paul Mazursky (director/screenplay); Leon Capetanos (screenplay); Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss, Elizabeth Peña, Little Richard, Evan Richards, Tracy Nelson, Felton Perry | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Power | 20th Century Fox / Lorimar Productions | Sidney Lumet (director); David Himmelstein (screenplay); Richard Gere, Julie Christie, Gene Hackman, Kate Capshaw, Denzel Washington, E.G. Marshall, Beatrice Straight, Fritz Weaver, Michael Learned, J. T. Walsh, Matt Salinger | Drama | Live action | ||
| Youngblood | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / United Artists | Peter Markle (director/screenplay); John Whitman (screenplay); Rob Lowe, Cynthia Gibb, Patrick Swayze, Ed Lauter, Eric Nesterenko, Jim Youngs, Keanu Reeves, George Finn, Fionnula Flanagan, Steve Thomas, Peter Zezel, Don Biggs, Peter Faussett, James Richmond | Drama, Sports | Live action | ||
| F E B R U A R Y | 7 | F/X | Orion Pictures | Robert Mandel (director); Gregory Fleeman, Robert T. Megginson (screenplay); Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff DeYoung, Mason Adams, Jerry Orbach, Joe Grifasi, Trey Wilson, Tom Noonan, Josie de Guzman, M'el Dowd, Roscoe Orman, Martha Gehman, Angela Bassett | Action, Thriller | Live action |
| Hannah and Her Sisters | Orion Pictures | Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Carrie Fisher, Barbara Hershey, Lloyd Nolan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Daniel Stern, Max von Sydow, Dianne Wiest | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| 14 | The Delta Force | Cannon Films / Golan-Globus | Menahem Golan (director/screenplay); James Bruner (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Kim Delaney, Robert Forster, Lainie Kazan, George Kennedy, Hanna Schygulla, Susan Strasberg, Bo Svenson, Robert Vaughn, Shelley Winters, Steve James, Shaike Ophir, Liam Neeson, Mykelti Williamson, Uri Gavriel, Chelli Goldenberg, Charles Floye, Howard Jackson, William Wallace, Jerry Weinstock, David Menahem, Avi Loziah, Adiv Gahshan, Jerry Lazarus, Natalie Roth | Action, Thriller | Live action | |
| Knights of the City | New World Pictures | Dominic Orlando (director); Leon Isaac Kennedy (screenplay); Leon Isaac Kennedy, Nicholas Campbell, John Mengatti, Janine Turner, Stoney Jackson, Floyd Levine, Michael Ansara | Action, Adventure | Live action | ||
| Quicksilver | Columbia Pictures | Thomas Michael Donnelly (director/screenplay); Kevin Bacon, Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriguez, Rudy Ramos, Andrew Smith, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Larry Fishburne, Louie Anderson, Charles McCaughan, David Harris, Whitney Kershaw, Joshua Shelley, Georgann Johnson | Drama | Live action | ||
| TerrorVision | Empire Pictures | Ted Nicolaou (director/screenplay); Charles Band (screenplay); Diane Franklin, Gerrit Graham, Mary Woronov, Chad Allen, Jonathan Gries, Jennifer Richards, Alejandro Rey, Bert Remsen, Frank Welker, Randi Brooks, Ian Patrick Williams, Sonny Carl Davis, William Paulson, John Leamer | Horror, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Turtle Diary | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | John Irvin (director); Harold Pinter (screenplay); Glenda Jackson, Ben Kingsley, Richard Johnson, Michael Gambon, Jeroen Krabbé, Rosemary Leach, Eleanor Bron, Harriet Walter, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Aldridge, Peter Capaldi, Harold Pinter, Bryan Pringle | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Live action | ||
| Wildcats | Warner Bros. Pictures | Michael Ritchie (director); Ezra Sacks (screenplay); Goldie Hawn, James Keach, Swoosie Kurtz, Robyn Lively, Brandy Gold, Jan Hooks, Bruce McGill, Nipsey Russell, Mykelti Williamson, Tab Thacker, Wesley Snipes, Nick Corri, Woody Harrelson, M. Emmet Walsh, LL Cool J, George Wyner, Ann Doran, Gloria Stuart, Willie J. Walton, Rodney Hill | Comedy, Sports | Live action | ||
| 19 | Parting Glances | Cinecom | Bill Sherwood (director/screenplay); Richard Ganoung, John Bolger, Steve Buscemi, Adam Nathan, Kathy Kinney, Patrick Tull, Yolande Bavan, Bob Koherr, Andre Morgan, Richard Wall, Jim Selfe, Kristin Moneagle, John Siemens, Theodore Ganger, Nada | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| 21 | 9½ Weeks | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Producers Sales Organization | Adrian Lyne (director); Sarah Kernochan, Zalman King, Patricia Louisanna Knop (screenplay); Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Margaret Whitton, David Margulies, Christine Baranski, Karen Young, Dwight Weist, Roderick Cook, William DeAcutis, Victor Truro | Erotic, Romance, Drama | Live action | |
| The Hitcher | TriStar Pictures / HBO Films / Silver Screen Partners | Robert Harmon (director); Eric Red (screenplay); Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jeffrey DeMunn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John M. Jackson, Billy "Green" Bush, Jack Thibeau, Armin Shimerman, Gene Davis, Jon Van Ness, Henry Darrow, Tony Epper | Horror | Live action | ||
| 28 | House | New World Pictures | Steve Miner (director); Ethan Wiley (screenplay); William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll, Kay Lenz, Mary Stavin, Michael Ensign, Susan French, Felix Silla, Jerry Maren, Dino Andrade, Mindy Sterling, Alan Autry, Steven Williams, Erik Silver, Mark Silver, Peter Pitofsky, Elizabeth Barrington | Comedy, Horror | Live action | |
| Pretty in Pink | Paramount Pictures | Howard Deutch (director); John Hughes (screenplay); Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Andrew McCarthy, Kate Vernon, Kristy Swanson, Andrew Dice Clay, Alexa Kenin, Dweezil Zappa, Gina Gershon, Margaret Colin, Maggie Roswell | Romantic Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| Salvador | Hemdale Film Corporation | Oliver Stone (director/screenplay); Richard Boyle (screenplay); James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo, Cynthia Gibb, Tony Plana, José Carlos Ruiz | War, Drama | Live action | ||
| M A R C H | 7 | Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation | Columbia Pictures / Nelvana / LBS Communications / American Greetings | Dale Schott (director); Peter Sauder (screenplay); Maxine Miller, Pam Hyatt, Cree Summer, Hadley Kay, Alyson Court, Billie Mae Richards, Dan Hennessey, Bob Dermer, Chris Wiggins, Sunny Besen Thrasher, Michael Fantini, Eva Almos, Patrice Black, Nonnie Griffin, Jim Henshaw, Melleny Brown, Janet-Laine Green, Marla Lukofsky, Gloria Figura | Children | Animation |
| Highlander | 20th Century Fox / Cannon Films | Russell Mulcahy (director); Gregory Widen, Larry Ferguson, Peter Bellwood (screenplay); Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery, Beatie Edney, Alan North, Jon Polito, Sheila Gish, Hugh Quarshie, Christopher Malcolm, Peter Diamond, Celia Imrie, Billy Hartman, James Cosmo, Corinne Russell, Greg Gagne, Jim Brunzell, Sam Fatu, Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, Buddy Roberts | Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Live action | ||
| Nomads | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | John McTiernan (director/screenplay); Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down, Anna-Maria Monticelli, Adam Ant, Mary Woronov, Nina Foch, Frances Bay, Frank Doubleday, Josie Cotton, Jeannie Elias, Hector Mercado | Horror, Thriller | Live action | ||
| Sleeping Beauty (re-issue) | Walt Disney Pictures | Clyde Geronimi (director); Erdman Penner (screenplay); Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Taylor Holmes, Bill Thompson, Bobby Amsberry, Candy Candido, Pinto Colvig, Hans Conried, Dallas McKennon, Marvin Miller, Helene Stanley, Ed Kemmer, Frances Bavier, Madge Blake, Spring Byington, Don Barclay, Jane Fowler | Fantasy, Family | Animation | ||
| 14 | Crossroads | Columbia Pictures | Walter Hill (director); John Fusco (screenplay); Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz, Joe Morton, Steve Vai, Dennis Lipscomb, Harry Carey Jr., John Hancock, Allan Arbus, Gretchen Palmer, Tim Russ, Robert Judd, Akosua Busia, Allan Graf, Al Fann, Wally Taylor, Tex Donaldson, Guy Killum, Edward Walsh | Musical, Drama | Live action | |
| Gung Ho | Paramount Pictures | Ron Howard (director); Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel (screenplay); Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, John Turturro, Mimi Rogers, So Yamamura, Sab Shimono, Rick Overton, Clint Howard, Jihmi Kennedy, Michelle Johnson, Rodney Kageyama, Rance Howard, Patti Yasutake, Jerry Tondo, Robert Hammond | Comedy | Live action | ||
| 21 | GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords | Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Clubhouse Pictures / Hanna-Barbera / Tonka Corporation | Ray Patterson (director); Jeff Segal (screenplay); Margot Kidder, Roddy McDowall, Telly Savalas, Michael Nouri, Lou Richards, Frank Welker, Arthur Burghardt, Bernard Erhard, Peter Cullen, Darryl Hickman, Dick Gautier, Michael Bell, Foster Brooks, Ken Hudson Campbell, Philip L. Clarke, Ike Eisenmann, Marilyn Lightstone, Morgan Paull, Leslie Speights, B.J. Ward, Kelly Ward, Kirby Ward | Sci-Fi | Animation | |
| Just Between Friends | Orion Pictures / MTM Enterprises | Allan Burns (director/screenplay); Mary Tyler Moore, Christine Lahti, Sam Waterston, Ted Danson, Mark Blum, Salome Jens, Jane Greer | Drama | Live action | ||
| Police Academy 3: Back in Training | Warner Bros. Pictures | Jerry Paris (director); Gene Quintano (screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, Leslie Easterbrook, Art Metrano, Tim Kazurinsky, Bobcat Goldthwait, George Gaynes, Bruce Mahler, Lance Kinsey, Scott Thomson, Brant von Hoffman, Debralee Scott, Brian Tochi, Shawn Weatherly, David James Elliott, George R. Robertson, Ed Nelson, Georgina Spelvin, Arthur Batanides, Chas Lawther, Doug Lennox, TJ Scott, Jerry Paris, Andrew Paris, David Huband, Marcia Watkins, R. Christopher Thomas, | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Rad | TriStar Pictures | Hal Needham (director); Geoffrey Edwards, Sam Bernard (screenplay); Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin, Talia Shire, Ray Walston, Jack Weston, Bart Conner, H.B. Haggerty, Chad Hayes, Carey Hayes, Rick McNair, Alfie Wise, Marta Kober, Jamie Clarke, Laura Jacoby, Kellie McQuiggin, Beverly Hendry, Shawna Burnett, Graeme Davies, Logan T. Wotton, Jeff Kress, Gordon Signer, Nancy MacDonald, Christian Roerig | Sports | Live action | ||
| 26 | The Money Pit | Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment | Richard Benjamin (director); David Giler (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov, Maureen Stapleton, Joe Mantegna, Philip Bosco, Frankie Faison, Josh Mostel, Yakov Smirnoff, Carmine Caridi, Brian Backer, Mia Dillon, John van Dreelen, Douglass Watson, Tetchie Agbayani, Michael Jeter | Comedy | Live action | |
| 28 | Lucas | 20th Century Fox | David Seltzer (director/screenplay); Corey Haim, Charlie Sheen, Kerri Green, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Winona Ryder, Jeremy Piven, Tom Hodges, Guy Boyd, Garrett M. Brown | Tragicomedy | Live action | |
April–June[edit]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A P R I L | 11 | Band of the Hand | TriStar Pictures | Paul Michael Glaser (director); Leo Garen, Jack Baran (screenplay); Stephen Lang, James Remar, Leon Robinson, Larry Fishburne, Michael Carmine, John Cameron Mitchell, Danny Quinn, Lauren Holly, Al Shannon | Action, Crime | Live action |
| Critters | New Line Cinema | Stephen Herek (director/screenplay); Domonic Muir (screenplay); Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy "Green" Bush, Scott Grimes, Nadine van der Velde, Don Keith Opper, Lin Shaye, Billy Zane, Ethan Phillips, Terrence Mann, Jeremy Lawrence | Sci-Fi, Comedy, Horror | Live action | ||
| Off Beat | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners | Michael Dinner (director); Mark Medoff (screenplay); Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, John Turturro, Cleavant Derricks, Jacques d'Amboise, Harvey Keitel, Joe Mantegna, Amy Wright, Anthony Zerbe, Julie Bovasso, Penn Jillette, Mel Winkler, Irving Metzman, Mike Starr, Shawn Elliott, Stanley Simmonds, Nancy Giles, Paul Butler, John Kapelos, Bill Sadler, Christopher Noth, Austin Pendleton | Comedy | Live action | ||
| A Room with a View | Curzon Film Distributors / Merchant Ivory Productions / Goldcrest Films / Film Four International | James Ivory (director); Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay); Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Daniel Day-Lewis, Simon Callow, Rosemary Leach, Rupert Graves, Patrick Godfrey, Judi Dench, Fabia Drake, Joan Henley, Amanda Walker, Maria Britneva, Mia Fothergill, Peter Cellier | Romance | Live action | ||
| 18 | At Close Range | Orion Pictures | James Foley (director); Nicholas Kazan (screenplay); Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson, Crispin Glover, Tracey Walter, Christopher Penn, Millie Perkins, Eileen Ryan, Kiefer Sutherland, R.D. Call, David Strathairn, J.C. Quinn, Candy Clark, Jake Dengel, Stephen Geoffreys, Alan Autry, Noelle Parker | Crime, Drama | Live action | |
| Desert Bloom | Columbia Pictures / Carson Productions | Eugene Corr (director/screenplay); Linda Remy (screenplay); Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, Ellen Barkin, Allen Garfield, Annabeth Gish, Jay Underwood, Ann Risley, Desiree Joseph, Dusty Balcerzak, Tressi Loria, Laura Rasmussen, William Lang, Jim McCarthy | Drama | Live action | ||
| Murphy's Law | Cannon Films | J. Lee Thompson (director); Gail Morgan Hickman (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Carrie Snodgress, Robert F. Lyons, Richard Romanus, Kathleen Wilhoite, Angel Tompkins, Bill Henderson, James Luisi, Janet MacLachlan, Lawrence Tierney, Clifford A. Pellow, Don Brodie | Thriller | Live action | ||
| Wise Guys | MGM Entertainment Co. | Brian De Palma (director); George Gallo, Norman Steinberg (screenplay); Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel, Ray Sharkey, Dan Hedaya, Captain Lou Albano, Julie Bovasso, Patti LuPone, Antonia Rey, Matthew Kaye, Frank Vincent, Anthony Holland, Dan Resin, Jill Larson, Maria Pitillo, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Mimi Cecchini, Tony Munafo, Tony Rizzoli, Rick Petrucelli | Black Comedy | Live action | ||
| 25 | 8 Million Ways to Die | TriStar Pictures / Producers Sales Organization | Hal Ashby (director); Oliver Stone, R. Lance Hill (screenplay); Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Andy García, Randy Brooks, Tom Lister Jr., Wilfredo Hernández, Luisa Leschin, Vyto Ruginis, James Avery, Lisa Sloan, Christa Denton, Vance Valencia, Henry O. Arnold | Crime | Live action | |
| Violets Are Blue | Columbia Pictures / Rastar | Jack Fisk (director); Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal (screenplay); Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline, Bonnie Bedelia, John Kellogg, Augusta Dabney, Mike Starr, Jim Standiford, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Annalee Jeffries, Adrian Sparks | Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
| M A Y | 2 | Blue City | Paramount Pictures | Michelle Manning (director); Lukas Heller, Walter Hill (screenplay); Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, David Caruso, Paul Winfield, Scott Wilson, Anita Morris, Luis Contreras, Julie Carmen, Tommy Lister, Jr., Willard E. Pugh, Sam Whipple, Paddi Edwards, Rick Hurst, Allan Graf, Hank Stone, Rex Ryon, The Textones | Drama | Live action |
| Saving Grace | Columbia Pictures / Embassy Pictures | Robert M. Young (director); Richard Kramer, David S. Ward (screenplay); Tom Conti, Fernando Rey, Erland Josephson, Giancarlo Giannini, Donald Hewlett, Patricia Mauceri, Edward James Olmos, Marta Zoffoli | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| 4 | North and South: Book II, Love and War | ABC / David L. Wolper Productions / Warner Bros. Television | Kevin Connor (director); Richard Fielder, Douglas Heyes, John Jakes (screenplay); Patrick Swayze, James Read, Lesley-Anne Down, Wendy Kilbourne, Kirstie Alley, Jean Simmons, Terri Garber, Genie Francis, David Ogden Stiers, David Carradine, Jonathan Frakes, Hal Holbrook, Philip Casnoff, Lewis Smith, Parker Stevenson, Mary Crosby, Morgan Fairchild, Inga Swenson, Jim Metzler, Tony Frank, David Harris, Erica Gimpel, Forest Whitaker, Andrew Stahl, Kate McNeil, Lee Horsley, James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, Linda Evans, Wayne Newton, Beau Billingslea, Michael Dudikoff, Anthony Zerbe, Kurtwood Smith, Lloyd Bridges, William Schallert, Nancy Marchand, Clu Gulager, Ray Stricklyn, Robert Englund, Bryan Cranston, Gary Grubbs, Billy Drago, Whip Hubley, Bonnie Bartlett, Burton Gilliam, Maurice Roëves, Bumper Robinson, Jack Thibeau, Harry Northup, Leon Rippy, Mike Muscat | Drama, History, Romance | Live action | |
| 9 | Dangerously Close | Cannon Films | Albert Pyun (director); John Stockwell, Scott Fields, Marty Ross (screenplay); John Stockwell, Carey Lowell, Madison Mason, Bradford Bancroft, J. Eddie Peck | Action, Thriller | Live action | |
| Fire with Fire | Paramount Pictures | Duncan Gibbins (director); Warren Skaaren, Ben Phillips, Paul Boorstin, Sharon Boorstin (screenplay); Virginia Madsen, Craig Sheffer, Kate Reid, Jon Polito, J.J. Cohen, Jean Smart, Tim Russ, Kari Wuhrer, D.B. Sweeney, Ann Savage, David Harris | Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
| Short Circuit | TriStar Pictures / Producers Sales Organization | John Badham (director); S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock (screenplay); Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, G.W. Bailey, Brian McNamara, Marvin J. McIntyre, Tim Blaney, Barbara Tarbuck, John Badham, Jack Angel, Don Messick, Cam Clarke, John Garber, Penny Stanton, Vernon Weddle | Sci-Fi, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 14 | Sweet Liberty | Universal Pictures | Alan Alda (director/screenplay); Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bob Hoskins, Lise Hilboldt, Lillian Gish, Saul Rubinek, Lois Chiles, Linda Thorson | Comedy | Live action | |
| 16 | Hard Choices | Lorimar-Telepictures | Rick King (director/screenplay); Margaret Klenck, John Sayles, John Seitz, J.T. Walsh, John Snyder, Martin Donovan, Spalding Gray | Crime | Live action | |
| Top Gun | Paramount Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer | Tony Scott (director); Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr. (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, John Stockwell, Barry Tubb, Rick Rossovich, Tim Robbins, James Tolkan, Meg Ryan, Clarence Gilyard, Whip Hubley, Adrian Pasdar | Action, Drama, Romance | Live action | ||
| 21 | Crawlspace | Empire Pictures | David Schmoeller (director/screenplay); Klaus Kinski, Talia Balsam, Barbara Whinnery, Carole Francis, Tané McClure, Sally Brown, Jack Heller, David Abbott, Kenneth Robert Shippy, Sherry Buchanan | Horror, Thriller | Live action | |
| 23 | Cobra | Warner Bros. Pictures / Cannon Films | George P. Cosmatos (director); Sylvester Stallone (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, Brian Thompson, John Herzfeld, Lee Garlington, Art LaFleur, Marco Rodríguez, Val Avery, David Rasche, Nick Angotti, Harry Demopoulos | Action | Live action | |
| Poltergeist II: The Other Side | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Brian Gibson (director); Michael Grais, Mark Victor (screenplay); JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, Oliver Robins, Julian Beck, Zelda Rubinstein, Will Sampson, Geraldine Fitzgerald | Horror, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 30 | A Great Wall | Orion Classics | Peter Wang (director); Shirley Sun, Peter Wang (screenplay); Peter Wang, Kelvin Han Yee, Sharon Iwai | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| J U N E | 6 | Invaders from Mars | Cannon Films | Tobe Hooper (director); Dan O'Bannon, Don Jakoby (screenplay); Karen Black, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman, James Karen, Bud Cort, Louise Fletcher, Jimmy Hunt, Eric Pierpoint, Christopher Allport, Tony Cox | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action |
| My Little Pony: The Movie | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group / Hasbro / Sunbow Productions / Toei Animation | Michael Joens (director); George Arthur Bloom (screenplay); Cloris Leachman, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Madeline Kahn, Tony Randall, Charlie Adler, Russi Taylor, Nancy Cartwright, Cathy Cavadini, Katie Leigh, Alice Playten, Jon Bauman, Michael Bell, Susan Blu, Peter Cullen, Laura Dean, Ellen Gerstell, Scott Menville, Frank Welker, Tammy Amerson, Sheryl Bernstein, Keri Houlihan, Laurel Page, Sarah Partridge, Jill Wayne | Musical, Fantasy, Children | Animation | ||
| Raw Deal | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group / Embassy Pictures | John Irvin (director); Gary DeVore, Norman Wexler (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Darren McGavin, Sam Wanamaker, Paul Shenar, Steven Hill, Ed Lauter, Joe Regalbuto, Robert Davi, Blanche Baker, George P. Wilbur, Steve Holt | Action | Live action | ||
| SpaceCamp | 20th Century Fox / ABC Motion Pictures | Harry Winer (director); Clifford Green, Casey T. Mitchell (screenplay); Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott, Joaquin Phoenix, Tate Donovan, Tom Skerritt, Frank Welker | Adventure | Live action | ||
| 11 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Paramount Pictures | John Hughes (director/screenplay); Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Lyman Ward, Cindy Pickett, Edie McClurg, Ben Stein, Charlie Sheen, Del Close, Virginia Capers, Richard Edson, Larry "Flash" Jenkins, Kristy Swanson, Max Perlich, Scott Coffey, Eric Saiet, Jonathan Schmock, Joey D. Vieira, Louie Anderson, Stephanie Blake, Dee Dee Rescher, John Hughes | Comedy | Live action | |
| 13 | Back to School | Orion Pictures | Alan Metter (director); Steven Kampmann, Peter Torokvei, Harold Ramis, Will Porter (screenplay); Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon, Robert Downey Jr., Paxton Whitehead, Terry Farrell, M. Emmet Walsh, Adrienne Barbeau, William Zabka, Ned Beatty, Severn Darden, Sam Kinison, Robert Picardo, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Edie McClurg, Kimberlin Brown, Jason Hervey, Michael McGrady, Timothy Stack, Steve Sweeney, Oingo Boingo, David L. Snyder | Comedy | Live action | |
| Belizaire the Cajun | Skouras Pictures | Glen Pitre (director/screenplay); Armand Assante, Gail Youngs, Michael Schoeffling, Stephen McHattie, Will Patton, Nancy Barrett, Loulan Pitre, Sr., Paul Landry, Robert Duvall, Bob Edmundson, Andre Delaunay, Jim Levert, Ernie Vincent, Allan Durand, Charlie Goulas | Drama, History, Romance | Live action | ||
| The Manhattan Project | 20th Century Fox | Marshall Brickman (director/screenplay); Thomas Baum (screenplay); John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon, John Mahoney, Jill Eikenberry, Robert Sean Leonard, Richard Jenkins, Gregg Edelman | Thriller | Live action | ||
| Mona Lisa | Island Pictures / HandMade Films | Neil Jordan (director/screenplay); David Leland (screenplay); Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Caine, Clarke Peters, Kate Hardie, Zoe Nathenson, Sammi Davis, Rod Bedall, Joe Brown, Pauline Melville, Hossein Karimbeik, Maggie O'Neill, Bryan Coleman, Robert Dorning, Perry Fenwick, John Darling | Crime, Drama | Live action | ||
| Never Too Young to Die | Paul Entertainment | Gil Bettman (director/screenplay); Steven Paul, Anthony Foutz (screenplay); John Stamos, Vanity, Gene Simmons, George Lazenby, Robert Englund, John Anderson, Branscombe Richmond, Peter Kwong, Ed Brock, Randy Hall | Action, Adventure | Live action | ||
| 18 | Legal Eagles | Universal Pictures | Ivan Reitman (director); Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr. (screenplay); Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp, Steven Hill, Christine Baranski, Roscoe Lee Browne, David Clennon, John McMartin, Robert Curtis Brown, Grant Heslov, Sara Botsford, Jennifer Dundas, David Hart, James Hurdle, Gary Howard Klar, Christian Clemenson, Bruce French, Lynn Hamilton, Brian Doyle-Murray, Burke Byrnes | Comedy | Live action | |
| 20 | The Karate Kid Part II | Columbia Pictures | John G. Avildsen (director); Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay); Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Nobu McCarthy, Tamlyn Tomita, Yuji Okumoto, Joey Miyashima, Marc Hayashi, Danny Kamekona, Tony O'Dell, Martin Kove, William Zabka, Ron Thomas, Rob Garrison, B.D. Wong, Clarence Gilyard | Martial Arts, Drama | Live action | |
| 27 | American Anthem | Columbia Pictures / Lorimar Motion Pictures | Albert Magnoli (director); Evan Archerd, Jeff Benjamin (screenplay); Mitch Gaylord, Janet Jones, Michael Pataki, Patrice Donnelly, R.J. Williams, John Aprea, Michelle Phillips, Jenny Ester, Megan Marsden, Li Yuejiu, Tiny Wells, Kathrine Godney, Stacy Maloney, Peter Tramm, Maria Anz, Andrew White, Dick McGarvin, Mark Oates, Jan Claire, Googy Gress | Sports, Drama | Live action | |
| Labyrinth | TriStar Pictures / The Jim Henson Company / Lucasfilm | Jim Henson (director); Terry Jones (screenplay); David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Christopher Malcolm, Shelley Thompson, Natalie Finland, Michael Moschen, Brian Henson, Ron Mueck, Dave Goelz, David Barclay, David Shaughnessy, Karen Prell, Timothy Bateson, Frank Oz, Michael Hordern, Denise Bryer, Steve Whitmire, Anthony Jackson, Kevin Clash, Douglas Blackwell, Anthony Asbury, David Healy, Robert Beatty, Toby Philpott, Charles Augins, Cheryl Henson, Danny John-Jules, Richard Bodkin, Percy Edwards, Don Austen, Ronnie Le Drew, Kathryn Mullen, Nigel Plaskitt, Michael Quinn, David Rudman, Robin Stevens, Mak Wilson, Francis Wright, Sean Barrett, John Bluthal, Steve Nallon, Jan Ravens, Enn Reitel, Kerry Shale, Kenny Baker, Warwick Davis, Malcolm Dixon | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical | Live action / Puppetry | ||
| Running Scared | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Peter Hyams (director); Gary DeVore, Jimmy Huston (screenplay); Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer, Darlanne Fluegel, Joe Pantoliano, Dan Hedaya, Jon Gries, Tracy Reed, Jimmy Smits | Action, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Ruthless People | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners | David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker (directors); Dale Launer (screenplay); Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bette Midler, Anita Morris, Bill Pullman, William G. Schilling, Art Evans, Clarence Felder, J.E. Freeman, Gary Riley, Phyllis Applegate | Black Comedy | Live action | ||
July–September[edit]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J U L Y | 2 | About Last Night | TriStar Pictures | Edward Zwick (director); Tim Kazurinsky, Denise DeClue (screenplay); Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Jim Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins, George DiCenzo, Robin Thomas, Megan Mullally, Sachi Parker, Rosanna DeSoto, Catherine Keener, Ada Maris, Joe Greco, Robert Neches | Romantic Comedy, Drama | Live action |
| Big Trouble in Little China | 20th Century Fox | John Carpenter (director); Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein, W.D. Richter (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Victor Wong, Kate Burton, Donald Li, Carter Wong, Peter Kwong, James Pax, Suzee Pai, Chao-Li Chi, Jeff Imada, Al Leong, Gerald Okamura, Nathan Jung, Lia Chang, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Frank Ho, James Lew, Noble Craig | Action, Fantasy | Live action | ||
| The Great Mouse Detective | Walt Disney Pictures | Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, Dave Michener, John Musker (directors/screenplay); Matthew O'Callaghan, Mel Shaw, Pete Young, Vance Gerry, Steve Hulett, Bruce Morris (screenplay); Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Susanne Pollatschek, Candy Candido, Alan Young, Diana Chesney, Eve Brenner, Frank Welker, Basil Rathbone, Laurie Main, Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Walker Edmiston, Melissa Manchester | Family, Mystery, Comedy | Animation | ||
| Psycho III | Universal Pictures | Anthony Perkins (director); Charles Edward Pogue (screenplay); Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey, Roberta Maxwell, Hugh Gillin, Robert Alan Browne, Lee Garlington, Donovan Scott, Karen Hensel, Jack Murdock, Katt Shea, Janet Leigh, Claudia Bryar, Gary Bayer, Juliette Cummins | Slasher, Horror | Live action | ||
| Under the Cherry Moon | Warner Bros. Pictures | Prince (director); Becky Johnston (screenplay); Prince, Jerome Benton, Kristin Scott Thomas, Steven Berkoff, Emmanuelle Sallet, Alexandra Stewart, Francesca Annis, Victor Spinetti, Myriam Tadesse, Moune De Vivier | Musical, Drama | Live action | ||
| 11 | Club Paradise | Warner Bros. Pictures | Harold Ramis (director/screenplay); Brian Doyle-Murray (screenplay); Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis, Jimmy Cliff, Twiggy, Adolph Caesar, Eugene Levy, Joanna Cassidy, Andrea Martin, Brian Doyle-Murray, Joe Flaherty, Steven Kampmann, Robin Duke, Mary Gross, Simon Jones, Louise Bennett, Ansell "Double Barrel" Cousins, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Carey Lowell, Louis Zorich, Bruce McGill, Anne Ramis | Comedy | Live action | |
| Miracles | Orion Pictures | Jim Kouf (director/screenplay); Tom Conti, Teri Garr, Paul Rodriguez, Christopher Lloyd, Adalberto Martínez, Jorge Reynoso, Ken Lerner, Charles Rocket, Brion James, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, Erika Faraon, Paco Morayta, Barbara Whinnery, Squire Fridell, Ken Hixon, Jorge Russek, Shelby Leverington | Comedy | Live action | ||
| 18 | Aliens | 20th Century Fox / Brandywine Productions | James Cameron (director/screenplay); Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, William Hope, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein, Al Matthews, Mark Rolston, Ricco Ross, Colette Hiller, Daniel Kash, Cynthia Dale Scott, Tip Tipping, Trevor Steedman, Paul Maxwell, Carl Toop | Sci-Fi, Action | Live action | |
| Vamp | New World Pictures | Richard Wenk (director/screenplay); Donald P. Borchers (screenplay); Grace Jones, Chris Makepeace, Sandy Baron, Robert Rusler, Dedee Pfeiffer, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Drago, Lisa Lyon | Comedy, Horror | Live action | ||
| 25 | Echo Park | Orion Pictures | Robert Dornhelm (director); Michael Ventura (screenplay); Susan Dey, Tom Hulce, Michael Bowen, Cheech Marin, John Paragon, Cassandra Peterson | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| Haunted Honeymoon | Orion Pictures | Gene Wilder (director/screenplay); Terence Marsh (screenplay); Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom DeLuise, Jonathan Pryce, Paul L. Smith, Bryan Pringle, Peter Vaughan, Eve Ferret, Jim Carter, Jo Ross, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ann Way, Sally Osborne | Comedy, Horror | Live action | ||
| Heartburn | Paramount Pictures | Mike Nichols (director); Nora Ephron (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Stockard Channing, Jeff Daniels, Miloš Forman, Steven Hill, Catherine O'Hara, Mamie Gummer, Joanna Gleason, Anna Maria Horsford, Richard Masur, Maureen Stapleton, Mercedes Ruehl, Kevin Spacey, Dana Ivey, Karen Akers, Jack Gilpin, Kenneth Welsh | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| Maximum Overdrive | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | Stephen King (director/screenplay); Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Christopher Murney, Yeardley Smith, Frankie Faison, Leon Rippy, J.C. Quinn, Holter Graham, John Short, Ellen McElduff, Barry Bell, Patrick Miller, J. Don Ferguson, Giancarlo Esposito, Marla Maples, Stephen King | Action, Horror | Live action | ||
| Out of Bounds | Columbia Pictures | Richard Tuggle (director); Tony Kayden (screenplay); Anthony Michael Hall, Jenny Wright, Jeff Kober, Glynn Turman, Raymond J. Barry, Pepe Serna, Michele Little, Jerry Levine, Meat Loaf, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Kevin McCorkle, Linda Shayne, Maggie Gwinn, Ted Gehring, Allan Graf, John Vickery, David Chung, John Tarnoff, Dan Lewk, Tony Acierto, Tony Kayden, Jennifer Balgobin | Action, Thriller | Live action | ||
| The Patriot | Crown International Pictures | Frank Harris (director); Andy Ruben, Katt Shea Ruben (screenplay); Gregg Henry, Simone Griffeth, Michael J. Pollard, Jeff Conaway, Stack Pierce, Leslie Nielsen, Glenn Withrow, Diane Stevenett, Mike Gomez, Larry Mintz, Anthony Caldarella, Larry Moss, Smith Osbourne, Sally Brown | Action | Live action | ||
| Robotech: The Movie | Cannon Films / Harmony Gold USA / Tatsunoko Production / Anime International Company | Noboru Ishiguro, Carl Macek (directors); Ardwight Chamberlain (screenplay); Kerrigan Mahan, Iona Morris, Diane Michelle, Gregory Snegoff, Edie Mirman, Wendee Lee, Robert V. Barron, Michael McConnohie, Greg Finley, Frank Catalano, Bill Capizzi, Richard Epcar, Dave Mallow, Edward Mannix, Mike Reynolds, Tom Wyner, Wayne Anthony, Etienne Bannuett, Jaque Maecell, Ike Medlick, Spike Niblick, Bruce Winant | Sci-Fi | Anime | ||
| 30 | The Assam Garden | Paramount Pictures / Moving Picture Company | Mary McMurray (director); Elisabeth Bond (screenplay); Deborah Kerr | Drama | Live action | |
| Asterix Versus Caesar | Gaumont | Jacques Barclay (director); Edward Marcus (screenplay); Jack Beaber, Bill Kearns | Comedy, Family | Animation | ||
| Nothing in Common | TriStar Pictures / Rastar | Garry Marshall (director); Rick Podell, Michael Preminger (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Hector Elizondo, Barry Corbin, Bess Armstrong, Sela Ward | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| A U G U S T | 1 | Choke Canyon | United Film Distribution | Charles Bail (director); Ovidio G. Assonitis, Alfonso Brescia, Sheila Goldberg (screenplay); Stephen Collins, Janet Julian, Bo Svenson, Lance Henriksen, Nicholas Pryor | Sci-Fi | Live action |
| Flight of the Navigator | Walt Disney Pictures / Producers Sales Organization | Randal Kleiser (director); Michael Burton, Matt MacManus (screenplay); Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff DeYoung, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matt Adler, Howard Hesseman, Jonathan Sanger, Iris Acker, Richard Liberty, Raymond Forchion, Keri Rogers, Albie Whitaker | Sci-Fi, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Paramount Pictures | Tom McLoughlin (director/screenplay); Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, David Kagen, Renée Jones, Kerry Noonan, Darcy DeMoss, Tom Fridley, Tony Goldwyn, C.J. Graham, Dan Bradley, Alan Blumenfeld, Ron Palillo, Michael Swan, Whitney Rydbeck, Roger Rose, Nancy McLoughlin, Matthew Faison, Ann Ryerson, Vincent Guastaferro, Courtney Vickery, Bob Larkin, Wallace Merck, Cynthia Kania, Michael Nomad, Justin Nowell, Tommy Nowell | Slasher | Live action | ||
| Good to Go | Island Pictures | Blaine Novak (director/screenplay); Art Garfunkel, Robert DoQui, Harris Yulin, Richard Brooks, Richard Bauer, Hattie Winston, Fab Five Freddy, Anjelica Huston, Reginald Daughtry, Paula Davis, Michael White | Crime, Thriller | Live action | ||
| Howard the Duck | Universal Pictures / Lucasfilm / Marvel Entertainment | Willard Huyck (director/screenplay); Gloria Katz (screenplay); Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Chip Zien, David Paymer, Paul Guilfoyle, Liz Sagal, Holly Robinson, Richard Edson, Dominique Davalos, Tommy Swerdlow, Miles Chapin, Paul Comi, Richard McGonagle, Virginia Capers, Miguel Sandoval, William Hall, Richard Kiley, Ed Gale, Jordan Prentice, Tim Rose, Peter Baird, Steve Sleap, Mary Wells, Lisa Sturz, Brian Steele | Comedy, Sci-Fi | Live action | ||
| 8 | A Fine Mess | Columbia Pictures | Blake Edwards (director/screenplay); Ted Danson, Howie Mandel, Richard Mulligan, Stuart Margolin, María Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Edwards, Paul Sorvino, Rick Ducommun, Keye Luke, Dennis Franz, Larry Storch, Ed Herlihy, Walter Charles, Tawny Moyer, Emma Walton, Carrie Leigh, Sharan Lea | Comedy | Live action | |
| One Crazy Summer | Warner Bros. Pictures / A&M Films | Savage Steve Holland (director/screenplay); John Cusack, Demi Moore, Bobcat Goldthwait, Curtis Armstrong, Joel Murray, William Hickey, Joe Flaherty, Mark Metcalf, John Matuszak, Kimberly Foster, Matt Mulhern, Rich Little, Tom Villard, Jeremy Piven, Rich Hall, Taylor Negron, Billie Bird, Bruce Wagner | Romantic Comedy | Live action | ||
| She's Gotta Have It | Island Pictures / 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks | Spike Lee (director/screenplay); Tracy Camilla Johns, Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, Spike Lee, Raye Dowell, Joie Lee, S. Epatha Merkerson, Bill Lee, Monty Ross, Erik Dellums, Reginald Hudlin, Ernest Dickerson, Fab Five Freddy, Dennis Karika, Tiziano Cortini, Eric Payne, Marcus Turner, Gerard Brown, Eric Wilkins, Scott Sillers, Geoffrey Garfield | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| The Transformers: The Movie | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group / Hasbro / Sunbow Productions / Toei Animation | Nelson Shin (director); Ron Friedman (screenplay); Peter Cullen, Judd Nelson, Robert Stack, Leonard Nimoy, Lionel Stander, Eric Idle, John Moschitta Jr., Frank Welker, Dan Gilvezan, Chris Latta, Casey Kasem, Scatman Crothers, Michael Bell, Corey Burton, Orson Welles, Neil Ross, Susan Blu, Buster Jones, Paul Eiding, Gregg Berger, Roger C. Carmel, Stanley Jones, Arthur Burghardt, Don Messick, Jack Angel, Ed Gilbert, Clive Revill, Hal Rayle, David Mendenhall, Norman Alden, Victor Caroli | Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure | Animation | ||
| 15 | Armed and Dangerous | Columbia Pictures | Mark L. Lester (director); Brian Grazer, James Keach, Harold Ramis, Peter Torokvei (screenplay); John Candy, Eugene Levy, Robert Loggia, Kenneth McMillan, Meg Ryan, Brion James, Jonathan Banks, Tom Lister Jr., James Tolkan, Don Stroud, Larry Hankin, Steve Railsback, Robert Burgos, Tony Burton, Larry "Flash" Jenkins, Stacy Keach, Sr., Teagan Clive, David Wohl, Glenn Withrow, Tito Puente, Saveliy Kramarov | Comedy, Action, Crime | Live action | |
| The Fly | 20th Century Fox | David Cronenberg (director/screenplay); Charles Edward Pogue (screenplay); Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel, Leslie Carlson, George Chuvalo, David Cronenberg | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action | ||
| Manhunter | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | Michael Mann (director/screenplay); William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Stephen Lang, Tom Noonan | Crime, Horror, Thriller | Live action | ||
| 22 | Extremities | Paramount Pictures / Atlantic Releasing Corporation | Robert M. Young (director); William Mastrosimone (screenplay); Farrah Fawcett, James Russo, Diana Scarwid, Alfre Woodard, Sandy Martin, Tom Everett, Enid Kent, Clare Wren, James Avery, Eddie Velez, Donna Lynn Leavy, Michael Hennessy, Danika Hendrickson | Thriller | Live action | |
| Night of the Creeps | TriStar Pictures | Fred Dekker (director/screenplay); Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow, Tom Atkins, Allan Kayser, Wally Taylor, Bruce Solomon, David Paymer, David Oliver, Dick Miller, Suzanne Snyder, John J. York, Jay Arlen Jones, Elizabeth Alda, Lori Lively, Dan Frischman, Shane Black, Robert Kurtzman, Howard Berger, Robert Kerman, Ken Heron, Alice Cadogan, June Harris, Robert Kino, Vic Polizos, Evelyne Smith, Dave Alan Johnson | Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Stand by Me | Columbia Pictures | Rob Reiner (director); Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon (screenplay); Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko, John Cusack, Marshall Bell, Frances Lee McCain, Gary Riley, Bradley Gregg, Bruce Kirby, William Bronder, Scott Beach, Richard Dreyfuss, Jason Oliver, Andy Lindberg, Madeleine Swift, Kent Luttrell | Drama | Live action | ||
| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | Cannon Films | Tobe Hooper (director); L.M. Kit Carson (screenplay); Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow, Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley, Lou Perryman, Judy Kelly, Chris Douridas, Ken Evert, Kinky Friedman, Dan Jenkins, Joe Bob Briggs | Slasher, Black Comedy | Live action | ||
| 30 | Shanghai Surprise | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / HandMade Films | Jim Goddard (director); John Kohn, Robert Bentley (screenplay); Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman, Richard Griffiths, Philip Sayer, Clyde Kusatsu, George Harrison, Victor Wong, Lim Kay Tong | Comedy, Adventure | Live action | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 10 | 'night, Mother | Universal Pictures / Aaron Spelling Productions | Tom Moore (director); Marsha Norman (screenplay); Sissy Spacek, Anne Bancroft, Ed Berke, Carol Robbins, Jennifer Roosendahl, Michael Kenworthy, Sari Walker, Claire Malis | Drama | Live action |
| 13 | Avenging Force | Cannon Films / Golan-Globus | Sam Firstenberg (director); James Booth (screenplay); Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, John P. Ryan, William Wallace, Marc Alaimo, James Booth, Karl Johnson, Allison Gereighty | Action | Live action | |
| 19 | Blue Velvet | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | David Lynch (director/screenplay); Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange, Dean Stockwell, George Dickerson, Priscilla Pointer, Frances Bay, Jack Harvey, Ken Stovitz, Brad Dourif, Jack Nance, J. Michael Hunter, Dick Green, Fred Pickler, Angelo Badalamenti, Jon Jon Snipes | Mystery | Live action | |
| The Men's Club | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | Peter Medak (director); Leonard Michaels (screenplay); Roy Scheider, Harvey Keitel, Frank Langella, Treat Williams, David Dukes, Richard Jordan, Craig Wasson, Stockard Channing, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ann Wedgeworth, Gina Gallego, Cindy Pickett, Gwen Welles, Penny Baker, Claudia Cron, Ann Dusenberry, Rebeccah Bush, Marilyn Jones, Manette La Chance | Drama | Live action | ||
| 20 | Down by Law | Island Pictures / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | Jim Jarmusch (director/screenplay); Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Ellen Barkin, Billie Neal, Rockets Redglare, Vernel Bagneris, Joy N. Houck, Jr., Timothea, L.C. Drane, Carrie Lindsoe, Ralph Joseph, Richard Boes, Dave Petitjean | Comedy | Live action | |
| 24 | The Name of the Rose | 20th Century Fox / ZDF / France 3 | Jean-Jacques Annaud (director); Andrew Birkin, Gerard Brach, Howard Franklin, Alain Godard (screenplay); Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., William Hickey, Michael Lonsdale, Ron Perlman, Christian Slater, Valentina Vargas, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin, Volker Prechtel, Michael Habeck, Urs Althaus, Leopoldo Trieste, Franco Valobra, Vernon Dobtcheff, Donald O'Brien, Andrew Birkin, Lucien Bodard, Peter Berling, Pete Lancaster, Dwight Weist | Drama, Mystery | Live action | |
| 26 | The Boy Who Could Fly | 20th Century Fox / Lorimar Film Entertainment | Nick Castle (director/screenplay); Jay Underwood, Lucy Deakins, Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Savage, Fred Gwynne, Colleen Dewhurst, Mindy Cohn, Janet MacLachlan, Jason Priestley, Cameron Bancroft, Louise Fletcher | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| Crocodile Dundee | Paramount Pictures | Peter Faiman (director); Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell (screenplay); Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Blum, David Gulpilil, Michael Lombard, John Meillon, Reginald VelJohnson, Terry Gill, Steve Rackman, Gerry Skilton, Caitlin Clarke, John Snyder, Anne Carlisle, Anne Francine, Paul Greco, David Bracks, Peter Turnbull, Rik Colitti, Christine Totos, Graham 'Grace' Walker, Nancy Mette, Paige Matthews | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Half Moon Street | 20th Century Fox / RKO Pictures | Bob Swaim (director/screenplay); Edward Behr, Paul Theroux (screenplay); Sigourney Weaver, Michael Caine, Patrick Kavanagh, Keith Buckley, Nadim Sawalha, Vincent Lindon, Michael Elwyn, Ram John Holder, Niall O'Brien, Donald Pickering, Maria Aitken, Angus MacInnes, Togo Igawa, Rupert Vansittart, Anne Lambton, Philip Whitchurch, Robert Lee, Janet McTeer, Carol Cleveland, Siobhan Redmond, Faith Kent, Ann Hanson, Patrick Newman, Muriel Villiers, Ninka Scott, Jasper Jacob, Joseph Karimbeik, Anita Edwards, John Sinclair, Eiji Kusuhara, Katherine Schofield | Erotic Thriller | Live action | ||
| That's Life! | Columbia Pictures | Blake Edwards (director/screenplay); Milton Wexler (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, Julie Andrews, Sally Kellerman, Robert Loggia, Jennifer Edwards, Rob Knepper, Matt Lattanzi, Chris Lemmon, Cynthia Sikes, Dana Sparks, Emma Walton, Felicia Farr, Theodore Wilson | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
October–December[edit]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O C T O B E R | 3 | Children of a Lesser God | Paramount Pictures | Randa Haines (director); Mark Medoff, Hesper Anderson (screenplay); Marlee Matlin, William Hurt, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco, Linda Bove, Allison Gompf, Bob Hiltermann | Romance, Drama | Live action |
| Tough Guys | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners / Bryna Productions | Jeff Kanew (director); James Orr, James Cruikshank (screenplay); Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Alexis Smith, Dana Carvey, Darlanne Fluegel, Eli Wallach, Billy Barty, Darlene Conley, Nathan Davis, Grant Aleksander, Monty Ash, Simmy Bow | Action, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 8 | The Color of Money | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners | Martin Scorsese (director); Richard Price (screenplay); Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, John Turturro, Bill Cobbs, Forest Whitaker | Drama | Live action | |
| 10 | Deadly Friend | Warner Bros. Pictures | Wes Craven (director); Bruce Joel Rubin (screenplay); Matthew Labyorteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Twomey, Richard Marcus, Anne Ramsey, Lee Paul, Russ Marin, Charles Fleischer | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action | |
| Jumpin' Jack Flash | 20th Century Fox / Silver Pictures | Penny Marshall (director); David Franzoni, Charles Shyer, Nancy Meyers, Chris Thompson (screenplay); Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Pryce, Stephen Collins, John Wood, Jeroen Krabbé, Jim Belushi, Sara Botsford, Peter Michael Goetz, Roscoe Lee Browne, Vyto Ruginis, Carol Kane, Annie Potts, Teagan Clive, Jon Lovitz, Phil Hartman, Michael McKean, Tracey Ullman, Tracy Reiner | Spy, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Peggy Sue Got Married | TriStar Pictures / American Zoetrope / Rastar | Francis Ford Coppola (director); Jerry Leichtling, Arlene Sarner (screenplay); Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Joan Allen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Jim Carrey, Lisa Jane Persky, Lucinda Jenney, Wil Shriner, Barbara Harris, Don Murray, Sofia Coppola, Maureen O'Sullivan, Leon Ames, Helen Hunt, Don Stark, Marshall Crenshaw, Glenn Withrow, Harry Basil, John Carradine, Sachi Parker | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| True Stories | Warner Bros. Pictures | David Byrne (director/screenplay); Stephen Tobolowsky, Beth Henley (screenplay); John Goodman, Annie McEnroe, Swoosie Kurtz, Spalding Gray, Pops Staples, Tito Larriva, David Byrne, John Ingle, Jo Harvey Allen | Musical, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 24 | Soul Man | New World Pictures | Steve Miner (director); Carol Black (screenplay); C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James B. Sikking, Leslie Nielsen, James Earl Jones, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Maree Cheatham, Wallace Langham, Melora Hardin | Comedy | Live action | |
| Trick or Treat | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | Charles Martin Smith (director); Joel Soisson, Michael S. Murphey (screenplay); Marc Price, Tony Fields, Lisa Orgolini, Doug Savant, Elaine Joyce, Glen Morgan, Gene Simmons, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Nunn, Charles Martin Smith, Clare Nono | Horror | Live action | ||
| 31 | Let's Get Harry | TriStar Pictures | Stuart Rosenberg (director); Charles Robert Carner (screenplay); Michael Schoeffling, Thomas F. Wilson, Glenn Frey, Rick Rossovich, Gary Busey, Mark Harmon, Robert Duvall, Ben Johnson, Elpidia Carrillo, Matt Clark, Bruce Gray, Jerry Hardin, David Hess, Pierrino Mascarino, Gregory Sierra, John Wesley, Eusebio Dominguez | Action | Live action | |
| N O V E M B E R | 7 | 52 Pick-Up | Cannon Films | John Frankenheimer (director); John Steppling, Elmore Leonard (screenplay); Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover, Clarence Williams III, Lonny Chapman, Kelly Preston, Robert Trebor, Doug McClure, Tom Byron, Herschel Savage, Ron Jeremy Hyatt, Amber Lynn, Sharon Mitchell | Crime, Thriller | Live action |
| Modern Girls | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | Jerry Kramer (director); Laurie Craig, Anita Rosenberg (screenplay); Virginia Madsen, Cynthia Gibb, Daphne Zuniga, Clayton Rohner, Chris Nash, Stephen Shellen, Rick Overton, John Dye, Martin Ferrero, Troy Evans, Mark Holton, Stuart Charno, Cameron Thor, Ron Campbell, Josh Richman, Pamela Springsteen, Mike Muscat | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Sid and Nancy | The Samuel Goldwyn Company / Palace Pictures / Zenith Productions | Alex Cox (director/screenplay); Abbe Wool (screenplay); Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop, Andrew Schofield, Xander Berkeley, Perry Benson, Courtney Love, Edward Tudor-Pole, Kathy Burke, Sara Sugarman, Sy Richardson, Anne Lambton, Mark Monero, Biff Yeager, Peter Lee-Wilson, Gloria LeRoy, Milton Selzer, Iggy Pop, Tony London, Graham Fletcher-Cook, Michele Winstanley, Andy Bradford, Barbara Coles | Biopic | Live action | ||
| Something Wild | Orion Pictures | Jonathan Demme (director); E. Max Frye (screenplay); Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels, Ray Liotta, Robert Ridgely, Adelle Lutz, Margaret Colin, Jack Gilpin, Su Tissue, Charles Napier, John Sayles, Tracey Walter, Gary Goetzman, John Waters, Sister Carol, The Feelies, Buzz Kilman | Action, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Tai-Pan | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | Daryl Duke (director); John Briley, James Clavell, Stanley Mann (screenplay); Bryan Brown, John Stanton, Joan Chen, Tim Guinee, Bill Leadbitter, Russell Wong, Katy Behean, Kyra Sedgwick, Janine Turner, Norman Rodway, John Bennett, Derrick Branche, Vic Armstrong, Rosemarie Dunham, Robert Easton, Nicholas Gecks, Pat Gorman, Michael C. Gwynne, Denise Kellogg, Patrick Ryecart, Rob Spendlove, Dickey Beer, Cheng Chuang, Chen Shu, Richard Foo, Carol Gillies, Billy Horrigan, Phil Chatterton, Frans Dames | Adventure, Drama | Live action | ||
| 8 | Quiet Cool | New Line Cinema | Clay Borris (director/screenplay); Susan Vercellino (screenplay); James Remar, Adam Coleman Howard, Daphne Ashbrook, Jared Martin, Nick Cassavetes, Joey Sagal, Chris Mulkey, Clayton Landey, Fran Ryan, Ted White, Rob Moran, Brooks Gardner, Travis McKenna | Action | Live action | |
| 12 | Heat | New Century Vista | Dick Richards, Jerry Jameson (directors); William Goldman (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Karen Young, Peter MacNicol, Neill Barry, Howard Hesseman, Diana Scarwid, Joseph Mascolo, Deborah Rush, Wendell Burton, Joe Klecko, Pete Koch | Action, Thriller | Live action | |
| 14 | Hoosiers | Orion Pictures | David Anspaugh (director); Angelo Pizzo (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley, Maris Valainis, Brad Long, Steve Hollar, Fern Persons, Chelcie Ross, David Neidorf, Brad Boyle, Wade Schenck, Kent Poole, Scott Summers | Sports | Live action | |
| Streets of Gold | 20th Century Fox | Joe Roth (director); Heywood Gould, Richard Price, Tom Cole, Dezsö Magyar (screenplay); Klaus Maria Brandauer, Adrian Pasdar, Wesley Snipes, Angela Molina, Elya Baskin, Rainbow Harvest, John Mahoney, Dan O'Shea | Drama | Live action | ||
| 21 | An American Tail | Universal Pictures / Sullivan Bluth Studios / Amblin Entertainment | Don Bluth (director); Don Bluth, John Pomeroy, Gary Goldman (producers); Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss (screenplay); David Kirschner, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss (story); David Kirschner (creator); Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall (executive producers); Steven Spielberg, David Kirschner (executive producers); Cynthia Weil, James Horner, Barry Mann (original songs), James Horner (music); Phillip Glasser, Amy Green, Nehemiah Persoff, Erica Yohn, Dom DeLuise, Christopher Plummer, Pat Musick, Cathianne Blore, John Finnegan, Will Ryan, Hal Smith, Neil Ross, Madeline Kahn, Dan Kuenster | Musical, Adventure, Drama, Family | Animation | |
| Defense of the Realm | Hemdale Film Corporation | David Drury (director); Martin Stellman (screenplay); Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen, Fulton Mackay, Bill Paterson, David Calder, Frederick Treves, Robbie Coltrane, Annabel Leventon, Graham Fletcher-Cook, Danny Webb, Prentis Hancock, Mark Tandy, Oliver Ford Davies, George Ellis Jonesas, James Fleet, Lyndon Brook, Philip Whitchurch, Laurance Rudic | Thriller | Live action | ||
| Firewalker | Cannon Films | J. Lee Thompson (director); Robert Gosnell (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson, Will Sampson, Sonny Landham, John Rhys-Davies, Ian Abercrombie, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, John Hazelwood, Richard Lee-Sung, Álvaro Carcaño, Dale Payne, Kevin Zinter, Mário Arévalo, Miguel Ángel Fuentes | Action, Adventure | Live action | ||
| Song of the South (re-issue) | Walt Disney Pictures | Harve Foster, Wilfred Jackson (director); Morton Grant, Maurice Rapf, Dalton S. Reymond, Bill Peet, George Stallings, Ralph Wright (screenplay); James Baskett, Bobby Driscoll, Luana Patten, Ruth Warrick, Hattie McDaniel, Lucile Watson, Mary Field, Johnny Lee, Nick Stewart, Roy Glenn, Clarence Nash, Glenn Leedy, Erik Rolf, Olivier Urbain, Anita Brown, George Nokes, Gene Holland, Helen Crozier | Musical, Drama | Live action / Animation | ||
| The Wraith | New Century Vista | Mike Marvin (director/screenplay); Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn, Randy Quaid, Matthew Barry, Clint Howard, Griffin O'Neal, David Sherrill, Jamie Bozian, Chris Nash, Christopher Bradley, Jeffrey Sudzin, Peder Melhuse, Michael Hundrtford, Dick Alexander, Vickie Benson, Steven Eckholdt, Elizabeth Cox, Joan H. Reynolds | Action, Horror | Live action | ||
| 26 | The Mosquito Coast | Warner Bros. Pictures | Peter Weir (director); Paul Schrader (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Conrad Roberts, Andre Gregory, Martha Plimpton, Dick O'Neill, Jadrien Steele, Jason Alexander, William Newman, Aurora Clavel, Butterfly McQueen, Melanie Boland, Hilary Gordon, Rebecca Gordon, Alice Heffernan-Sneed | Drama | Live action | |
| Nutcracker: The Motion Picture | Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Pacific Northwest Ballet / Hyperion Pictures / The Kushner-Locke Company | Carroll Ballard (director) | Musical, Christmas | Live action | ||
| Solarbabies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Alan Johnson (director); Walon Green, Douglas Anthony Metrov (screenplay); Richard Jordan, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric, Lukas Haas, Charles Durning, James LeGros, Peter DeLuise, Adrian Pasdar, Sarah Douglas, Frank Converse, Terrence Mann, Alexei Sayle, Bruce Payne, Willoughby Gray, Claude Brooks, Peter Kowanko | Sci-Fi | Live action | ||
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Paramount Pictures | Leonard Nimoy (director); Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Nicholas Meyer, Harve Bennett (screenplay); William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Jane Wyatt, Catherine Hicks, Mark Lenard, Robin Curtis, Robert Ellenstein, John Schuck, Brock Peters, Michael Berryman, Grace Lee Whitney, Jane Wiedlin, Vijay Amritraj, Majel Barrett, Nick Ramus, Kirk R. Thatcher, Jeff Lester, Joe Lando, Madge Sinclair | Sci-Fi | Live action | ||
| 28 | Eye of the Tiger | Village Roadshow Pictures | Richard C. Sarafian (director); Michael Thomas Montgomery (screenplay); Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto, Seymour Cassel, Bert Remsen, Denise Galik, William Smith, Judith Barsi, Kimberlin Brown, Ted Markland | Action, Drama | Live action | |
| D E C E M B E R | 5 | Heartbreak Ridge | Warner Bros. Pictures / Malpaso Productions | Clint Eastwood (director); James Carabastos, Joseph Stinson (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, Moses Gunn, Eileen Heckart, Bo Svenson, Boyd Gaines, Mario Van Peebles, Vincent Irizarry, Ramón Franco, Tom Villard, Mike Gomez, Peter Koch, Richard Venture, Peter Jason, John Hostetter, Mark Mattingly, Arlen Dean Snyder, Rodney Hill | War | Live action |
| 12 | Crimes of the Heart | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | Bruce Beresford (director); Beth Henley (screenplay); Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Tess Harper, Hurd Hatfield, Beeson Carroll, David Carpenter | Black Comedy | Live action | |
| The Golden Child | Paramount Pictures / Industrial Light & Magic | Michael Ritchie (director); Dennis Feldman (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Charlotte Lewis, Charles Dance, Victor Wong, Randall "Tex" Cobb, James Hong, Tiger Chung Lee, Pons Maar, Wally Taylor, Eric Douglas, Charles Levin, Marilyn Schreffler, Frank Welker, J.L. Reate, Shakti Chen, Tau Logo, Peter Kwong | Comedy, Fantasy | Live action | ||
| Native Son | Cinecom Pictures | Jerrold Freedman (director); Richard Wesley (screenplay); Victor Love, Elizabeth McGovern, Matt Dillon, Geraldine Page, Oprah Winfrey, Akosua Busia, Carroll Baker, John McMartin, Art Evans, John Karlen, Willard E. Pugh, Ving Rhames | Drama | Live action | ||
| Three Amigos | Orion Pictures / HBO Films | John Landis (director); Steve Martin, Lorne Michaels, Randy Newman (screenplay); Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau, Tony Plana, Patrice Martinez, Joe Mantegna, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Tino Insana, Kai Wulff, Norbert Weisser, Brian Thompson, Randy Newman, Rebecca Underwood, Loyda Ramos, Phillip Gordon | Comedy, Western | Live action | ||
| 19 | King Kong Lives | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | John Guillermin (director); Ronald Shusett, Steven Pressfield (screenplay); Brian Kerwin, Linda Hamilton, John Ashton, Peter Michael Goetz, Michael Forest, Leon Rippy, Herschel Sparber, Peter Elliott, George Yiasoumi, Benjamin Kechley, Frank Maraden, Jimmie Ray Weeks, Wallace Merck, Dean Whitworth, Robin Cahall, Matt Totty | Monster | Live action | |
| Lady and the Tramp (re-issue) | Walt Disney Pictures | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske (director); Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Ralph Wright, Don DaGradi (screenplay); Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Bill Thompson, Dallas McKennon, Bill Baucom, Verna Felton, Peggy Lee, George Givot, Lee Millar, Stan Freberg, Alan Reed, Thurl Ravenscroft, Bill Lee, Max Smith, Bob Hamlin, Bob Stevens | Musical, Romance | Animation | ||
| Little Shop of Horrors | Warner Bros. Pictures / The Geffen Film Company | Frank Oz (director); Howard Ashman (screenplay); Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, Jim Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest, Bill Murray, Tichina Arnold, Michelle Weeks, Tisha Campbell, Levi Stubbs, Miriam Margoyles, Stanley Jones, Mak Wilson, Danny John-Jules, Heather Henson, Vincent Wong, Kerry Shale, Anthony Asbury, Brian Henson, Mak Wilson, David Barclay, Marcus Clarke, Toby Philpott, Don Austen, William Todd-Jones, Michael Quinn, James Barton, Ronnie Le Drew, Danny Cunningham, Gary Palmer, Paul Swaby, Robert Tygner, Sue Dacre, Paul Springer, David Greenaway, Michael Bayliss, Michael Barclay, Chris Leith, Terry Lee, Ian Tregonning, John Alexander, James Barton, Graham Fletcher | Musical, Horror, Black Comedy | Live action / Puppetry | ||
| No Mercy | TriStar Pictures | Richard Pearce (director); Jim Carabatsos (screenplay); Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, George Dzundza, Gary Basaraba, William Atherton, Terry Kinney, Ely Pouget, Bruce McGill, Ray Sharkey, Marita Geraghty, Aleta Mitchell, Fred Gratton, Dionisio, Kim Chan, George Dickerson | Crime | Live action | ||
| Platoon | Orion Pictures / Hemdale Film Corporation | Oliver Stone (director/screenplay); Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, Kevin Dillon, Keith David, Mark Moses, Francesco Quinn, Forest Whitaker, Tony Todd, Richard Edson, Johnny Depp, Corey Glover, Chris Pedersen, Dale Dye, Reggie Johnson, Corkey Ford, David Neidorf, Paul Sanchez, Bob Orwig | War | Live action | ||
| 25 | Brighton Beach Memoirs | Universal Pictures / Rastar | Gene Saks (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Blythe Danner, Bob Dishy, Judith Ivey, Jonathan Silverman, Stacey Glick, Lisa Waltz, Brian Drillinger | Comedy | Live action | |
| The Morning After | 20th Century Fox / Lorimar Film Entertainment | Sidney Lumet (director); James Hicks, David Rayfiel (screenplay); Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Raul Julia, Diane Salinger, Richard Foronjy, Bruce Vilanch, Geoffrey Scott, Kathleen Wilhoite, Corey Everson, Kathy Bates, Frances Bergen, James Haake, Don Hood | Mystery | Live action | ||
| 31 | My Letter to George | RKO Pictures | Michael Laughlin (director/screenplay); Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy, Dan Shor, Harry Andrews, Philip Holder, Beryl Te Wiata, Reg Evans, Jonathan Hardy, Don Selwyn, Derek Hardwick, Jonathan Elsom, George Spoors, Bob Gould, Norman Fairley | Drama | Live action | |
| Wisdom | 20th Century Fox / Cannon Films | Emilio Estevez (director/screenplay); Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, William Allen Young, Ernie Lively, Charlie Sheen, Richard Minchenberg, Brenda Medcalf | Romance, Crime | Live action | ||
| Witchboard | Cinema Group | Kevin Tenney (director/screenplay); Todd Allen, Tawny Kitaen, Stephen Nichols, Kathleen Wilhoite, Burke Byrnes, James W. Quinn, Rose Marie | Horror, Thriller | Live action | ||
Notable films released in 1986[edit]
United States unless stated
#[edit]
- 8 Million Ways to Die, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Andy García
- 9½ Weeks, directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke
- 52 Pick-Up, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Roy Scheider, John Glover, Clarence Williams III, Vanity, Ann-Margret
A[edit]
- Aakhree Raasta (The Last Option), starring Amitabh Bachchan - (India)
- Abel, directed by and starring Alex van Warmerdam - (Netherlands)
- About Last Night, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins
- Absolute Beginners, directed by Julien Temple, starring David Bowie and Patsy Kensit - (U.K.)
- The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood - (Canada)
- The Adventures of Milo and Otis (Koneko monogatari) - (Japan)
- The Adventures of the American Rabbit - (United States/Japan)
- The AIDS Show
- Alex Holeh Ahavah (Alex is Lovesick) - (Israel)
- Aliens, directed by James Cameron, starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Paul Reiser
- Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold, directed by Gary Nelson, starring Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones, Henry Silva, and Robert Donner
- Los Amantes del Señor de la Noche (The Lovers of the Lord of the Night) - (Mexico)
- American Anthem, starring Mitch Gaylord and Janet Jones
- An American Tail, directed by Don Bluth with the voices of Phillip Glasser and Dom DeLuise
- El Amor brujo (a.k.a. Wedded by Witchcraft), directed by Carlos Saura - (Spain)
- Amorosa, directed by Mai Zetterling - (Sweden)
- April Fool's Day, starring Jay Baker and Deborah Foreman
- Armed and Dangerous, starring John Candy, Eugene Levy, Meg Ryan
- Armed Response, starring David Carradine and Lee Van Cleef
- Armour of God (Long xiong hu di), starring Jackie Chan - (Hong Kong)
- As Is, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, starring Colleen Dewhurst, Robert Carradine, Jonathan Hadary
- The Assault (De aanslag) - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Space Needle award - (Netherlands)
- At Close Range, starring Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chris Penn
- Attention bandits!, aka Bandits, directed by Claude Lelouch (France)
- Avenging Force, starring Michael Dudikoff
B[edit]
- BabaKiueria - (Australia)
- Back to School, starring Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Keith Gordon, Adrienne Barbeau, Burt Young, Ned Beatty, Robert Downey, Jr.
- Backlash - (Australia)
- Band of the Hand, starring Stephen Lang and Lauren Holly
- The Beekeeper (O Melissokomos) - (Greece)
- Behind Enemy Lines, starring David Carradine
- The Best of Times, starring Robin Williams and Kurt Russell
- A Better Tomorrow (Jing hung bun sik), directed by John Woo, starring Chow Yun-fat and Leslie Cheung - (Hong Kong)
- Betty Blue (37°2 le matin), directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, starring Béatrice Dalle - Golden Needle award for 1992 - (France)
- Biggles: Adventures in Time
- The Big Parade (Dà Yuèbīng), directed by Chen Kaige - (China)
- Big Trouble, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo, Valerie Curtin
- Big Trouble in Little China, directed by John Carpenter, starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Victor Wong
- Black Moon Rising, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Hamilton
- Blue City, starring Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy
- Blue Velvet, directed by David Lynch, starring Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange
- Boris Godunov, directed by Sergei Bondarchuk - (U.S.S.R.)
- The Boy Who Could Fly, directed by Nick Castle, starring Lucy Deakins and Jay Underwood
- Brighton Beach Memoirs, directed by Gene Saks, starring Jonathan Silverman, Blythe Danner, Bob Dishy, Judith Ivey
- Bullies - (Canada)
- By Touch (Przez dotyk) - (Poland)
C[edit]
- Il camorrista (The Professor), starring Ben Gazzara - (Italy)
- Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, starring Alyson Court, Cree Summer, Hadley Kay - (Canada)
- Caravaggio, directed by Derek Jarman, starring Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, Tilda Swinton - (U.K.)
- Castaway, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Amanda Donohoe and Oliver Reed - (U.K.)
- Cat City (Macskafogó) - (Hungary)
- Children of a Lesser God, directed by Randa Haines, starring William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie
- Choke Canyon a.k.a. On Dangerous Ground
- The Clan of the Cave Bear, starring Daryl Hannah
- Clockwise, starring John Cleese - (U.K.)
- Club Paradise, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Robin Williams, Jimmy Cliff, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy
- Cobra, starring Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, Brian Thompson
- The Color of Money, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, John Turturro, Forest Whitaker
- Comrades, starring Keith Allen - (U.K.)
- Crawlspace, starring Klaus Kinski
- Crimes of the Heart, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Tess Harper
- Critters, starring Dee Wallace-Stone and M. Emmet Walsh
- Crocodile Dundee, directed by Peter Faiman, starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski - (Australia)
D[edit]
- Dangerously Close, starring John Stockwell
- Dead Man's Folly, starring Peter Ustinov, Jean Stapleton, Nicollette Sheridan
- Dead Man's Letters (Pisma myortvogo cheloveka) - (U.S.S.R.)
- Deadly Friend , directed by Wes Craven
- Le Déclin de l'empire américain, (The Decline of the American Empire), written and directed by Denys Arcand - (Canada)
- The Delta Force, starring Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin
- Desert Bloom, starring Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, Annabeth Gish, Ellen Barkin
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss
- Down by Law, directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni
- Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (Doragon Bōru Shenron no Densetsu) - (Japan)
- Duet for One, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, starring Julie Andrews
- Dust in the Wind (Liàn liàn fēng chén) - (Taiwan)
E[edit]
- Echo Park, starring Tom Hulce and Susan Dey
- Extremities, starring Farrah Fawcett, Alfre Woodard, Diana Scarwid, James Russo
- Eye of the Tiger, starring Gary Busey
F[edit]
- F/X, starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off, directed by John Hughes, starring Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck, Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Charlie Sheen
- Fire with Fire, starring Craig Sheffer and Virginia Madsen
- Firewalker, starring Chuck Norris
- Flight of the Navigator, directed by Randal Kleiser, starring Veronica Cartwright, Sarah Jessica Parker, Joey Cramer
- Flodder, directed by Dick Maas - (Netherlands)
- The Fly, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis
- Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale - (New Zealand)
- Forbidden Dreams (Smrt krásných srnců) - (Czechoslovakia)
- Foreign Body, directed by Ronald Neame, starring Amanda Donohoe and Victor Banerjee - (U.K.)
- Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, directed by Tom McLoughlin, starring Thom Mathews and Jennifer Cooke
- The Fringe Dwellers, directed by Bruce Beresford - (Australia)
G[edit]
- Genesis, directed by Mrinal Sen, starring Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, M. K. Raina (India / Switzerland / Belgium / France)
- Ginger and Fred, directed by Federico Fellini, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Giulietta Masina - (Italy)
- A Girl from Hunan (Xiāngnǔ xiāoxiāo) - (China)
- GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords, featuring the voices of Margot Kidder, Telly Savalas and Roddy McDowall
- The Golden Child, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance, Charlotte Lewis
- Gonza the Spearman (Yari no gonza) - (Japan)
- Good to Go, starring Art Garfunkel
- Gothic, directed by Ken Russell, starring Gabriel Byrne, Natasha Richardson, Julian Sands
- The Great Mouse Detective, starring the voices of Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Susanne Pollatschek, Candy Candido, Eve Brenner, Diana Chesney, Frank Welker, Alan Young, directed by John Musker, Ron Clements, David Michener, Burny Mattinson
- A Great Wall - (United States/China)
- The Green Ray (Le Rayon vert), directed by Éric Rohmer - Golden Lion award - (France)
- Gung Ho!, directed by Ron Howard, starring Michael Keaton
H[edit]
- Half Moon Street, starring Sigourney Weaver and Michael Caine - (UK / US)
- Hamburger: The Motion Picture, starring Leigh McCloskey, Dick Butkus and Randi Brooks
- Hannah and Her Sisters, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Barbara Hershey
- Haunted Honeymoon, directed by and starring Gene Wilder, with Gilda Radner and Dom DeLuise
- Heartbreak Ridge, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Mario Van Peebles, Marsha Mason, Boyd Gaines
- Heartburn, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson
- Heat, starring Burt Reynolds
- Heathcliff: The Movie
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, starring Michael Rooker
- Hibiscus Town (Fu rong zhen), directed by Xie Jin - (China)
- Highlander, directed by Russell Mulcahy, starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery - (UK / US)
- The Hitcher, directed by Robert Harmon, starring Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Hoosiers, directed by David Anspaugh, starring Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper
- The Horse Thief (Dao ma zei) - (China)
- Hôtel du Paradis, starring Fernando Rey - (France)
- House, starring William Katt, Kay Lenz, George Wendt
- House on Fire (Kataku no hito), starring Ken Ogata - (Japan)
- Howard the Duck, starring Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins
- Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
I[edit]
- Invaders from Mars, directed by Tobe Hooper
- Iron Eagle, starring Louis Gossett, Jr. and Jason Gedrick
J[edit]
- Jake Speed, starring Wayne Crawford, Dennis Christopher, John Hurt
- Jean de Florette, directed by Claude Berri, starring Gérard Depardieu, Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil - (France)
- Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, directed by and starring Richard Pryor
- Jumpin' Jack Flash, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Annie Potts, Jon Lovitz, Carol Kane
- Just Between Friends, starring Mary Tyler Moore, Christine Lahti, Ted Danson, Sam Waterston
K[edit]
- The Karate Kid Part II, starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita
- Karma, starring Dilip Kumar and Nutan - (India)
- A Killing Affair, directed by David Saperstein, starring Peter Weller, Kathy Baker, John Glover, and Bill Smitrovich
- Kin-dza-dza! - (U.S.S.R.)
- Knights of the City
L[edit]
- Labyrinth, directed by Jim Henson, starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly - (UK / US)
- Lady Jane, directed by Trevor Nunn, starring Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, Patrick Stewart - (U.K.)
- Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Tenkū no Shiro Rapyuta) - (Japan)
- Legal Eagles, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Robert Redford, Debra Winger and Daryl Hannah
- Let's Get Harry, starring Robert Duvall
- Link, starring Terence Stamp and Elisabeth Shue - (UK)
- Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Frank Oz, starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin and the voice of Levi Stubbs
- Love Me Forever or Never (Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar) - (Brazil)
- Loyalties, directed by Anne Wheeler, starring Kenneth Welsh, and Susan Wooldridge (Canada/U.K.)
- Lucas, starring Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, Winona Ryder
- Luxo Jr.
M[edit]
- Malcolm - (Australia)
- The Manhattan Project, starring John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon
- Manhunter, directed by Michael Mann, starring William Petersen, Kim Greist, Dennis Farina, Tom Noonan, Joan Allen and Brian Cox (as Hannibal Lecter)
- Manon des Sources, directed by Claude Berri, starring Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart - (France)
- Martial Arts of Shaolin (Nan bei Shao Lin), starring Jet Li - (Hong Kong)
- Matador, directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas - (Spain)
- Mauvais Sang (Bad Blood), starring Michel Piccoli and Juliette Binoche - (France)
- Maximum Overdrive, directed by Stephen King, starring Emilio Estevez, featuring a soundtrack by AC/DC
- Meatballs III: Summer Job, directed by George Mendeluk, starring Sally Kellerman, Patrick Dempsey, and Al Waxman
- The Men's Club, starring Roy Scheider, Harvey Keitel, Craig Wasson, David Dukes, Frank Langella, Treat Williams
- Miracles, starring Tom Conti and Teri Garr - (UK / US)
- The Mission, directed by Roland Joffé, starring Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally - Palme d'Or award - (U.K.)
- Modern Girls, starring Virginia Madsen
- Mona Lisa, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine - (U.K.)
- Motherland Hotel, directed by Ömer Kavur, starring Macit Koper, Şahika Tekand, Serra Yılmaz, Orhan Çağman (Turkey)
- The Money Pit, directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long
- Monster in the Closet, starring Claude Akins, Henry Gibson, Paul Dooley, Stella Stevens
- The Morning After, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Jane Fonda and Jeff Bridges
- The Moro Affair (Il Caso Moro), directed by Giuseppe Ferrara, starring Gian Maria Volonté - (Italy)
- The Mosquito Coast, directed by Peter Weir, starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix
- Mr. Bharath - (India)
- Murder in Three Acts, starring Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, Emma Samms
- Murphy's Law, starring Charles Bronson
- My Chauffeur, starring Deborah Foreman
- My Little Girl, directed by Connie Kaiserman, starring Mary Stuart Masterson and James Earl Jones
- My Little Pony: The Movie, starring Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Madeline Kahn
N[edit]
- Naam (Name), starring Nutan and Sanjay Dutt - (India)
- The Name of the Rose, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater - (West Germany/Italy/France)
- 'night, Mother, starring Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft
- Night of the Pencils (La noche de los lápices) - (Argentina)
- No Mercy, starring Kim Basinger and Richard Gere
- Nomads, starring Pierce Brosnan and Lesley-Anne Down
- Nothing in Common, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Héctor Elizondo, Barry Corbin, Sela Ward
O[edit]
- Off Beat, starring Judge Reinhold
- Old Well (Lao jing) - (China)
- One Crazy Summer, starring John Cusack, Demi Moore, Bobcat Goldthwait
- One More Saturday Night, starring Al Franken
- On the Edge, starring Bruce Dern and Pam Grier
- Otello, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Plácido Domingo - (Italy)
- Out of Bounds, starring Anthony Michael Hall and Jenny Wright
P[edit]
- The Park Is Mine, starring Tommy Lee Jones
- Parting Glances, starring Steve Buscemi
- The Patriot, starring Gregg Henry and Jeff Conaway
- Peggy Sue Got Married, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage
- Peking Opera Blues (Dao ma dan), directed by Tsui Hark - (Hong Kong)
- The Pied Piper (Krysař) - (Czechoslovakia)
- Pirates, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Walter Matthau - (France / Tunisia)
- Platoon, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
- Poltergeist II: The Other Side, starring Craig T. Nelson
- Poor Butterfly (Pobre mariposa) - (Argentina)
- Power, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Richard Gere, Denzel Washington, Julie Christie, Kate Capshaw, Fritz Weaver, E. G. Marshall, Gene Hackman
- Pretty in Pink, directed by Howard Deutch, starring Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Jon Cryer, James Spader
- Project A-ko - (Japan)
- A Promise (Ningen no yakusoku) - (Japan)
- Psycho III, directed by and starring Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid and Jeff Fahey
Q[edit]
- Quicksilver, starring Kevin Bacon
- Quiet Cool, starring James Remar
R[edit]
- Rad, directed by Hal Needham
- Raw Deal, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Red Headed Stranger, starring Willie Nelson and Morgan Fairchild
- Regalo di Natale (Christmas Present) - (Italy)
- Rita, Sue and Bob Too - (U.K.)
- River's Edge, directed by Tim Hunter, starring Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Dennis Hopper
- Robotech: The Movie, directed by Carl Macek and Noboru Ishiguro - (United States / Japan)
- Rosa Luxemburg, directed by Margarethe von Trotta, starring Barbara Sukowa - (West Germany)
- Round Midnight, directed by Bertrand Tavernier, starring Dexter Gordon - (United States / France)
- Running Scared, directed by Peter Hyams, starring Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal
- Ruthless People, directed by Jim Abrahams, starring Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bill Pullman
S[edit]
- The Sacrifice (Offret), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky - (Sweden/U.K./France)
- Salvador, directed by Oliver Stone, starring James Woods and James Belushi
- Sarraounia - (Burkina Faso/France/Mauritania)
- Saving Grace, starring Tom Conti
- Say Yes, directed by Larry Yust, starring Lissa Layng, Art Hindle, Logan Ramsey, Jonathan Winters
- Scene of the Crime (Le lieu du crime), directed by André Téchiné, starring Catherine Deneuve - (France)
- The Sea and Poison (Umi to dokuyaku) - (Japan)
- Seize the Day, starring Robin Williams
- Shadows in Paradise, directed by ||Aki Kaurismäki
- Shanghai Surprise, directed by Jim Goddard, starring Madonna and Sean Penn - (U.K.)
- She's Gotta Have It, directed by Spike Lee
- Short Circuit, directed by John Badham, starring Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg
- Sid and Nancy, directed by Alex Cox, starring Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb - (U.K.)
- Solarbabies, starring Jason Patric, Jami Gertz, Richard Jordan, Lukas Haas
- Something Wild, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta
- Soul Man, starring C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, James Earl Jones
- SpaceCamp, starring Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson and Kelly Preston
- Stammheim (aka Stammheim - Die Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe vor Gericht) - Golden Bear award - (West Germany)
- Stand by Me, directed by Rob Reiner, starring River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, directed by and starring Leonard Nimoy, with William Shatner and Catherine Hicks
- Stewardess School, starring Brett Cullen and Don Most
- Streets of Gold, starring Wesley Snipes and Klaus Maria Brandauer
- Stripper
- A Successful Man (Un hombre de éxito) - (Cuba)
- Sweet Liberty, directed by and starring Alan Alda, with Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, Lois Chiles, Lise Hilboldt, Lillian Gish
T[edit]
- Tai-Pan, starring Bryan Brown and Joan Chen
- Tenue de soirée (Evening Dress), directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou - (France)
- Terrorizers (Kong bu fen zi) - (Taiwan)
- TerrorVision, starring Gerrit Graham and Chad Allen
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, starring Dennis Hopper
- That's Life!, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Jack Lemmon and Julie Andrews
- Three Amigos, directed by John Landis, starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, Chevy Chase
- Tiempo de Silencio (Time of Silence), starring Victoria Abril - (Spain)
- Time After Time, starring John Gielgud and Googie Withers - (U.K./Australia)
- Toby McTeague - (Canada)
- Top Gun, directed by Tony Scott, starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt
- Touch and Go, starring Michael Keaton
- Tough Guys, starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Dana Carvey, Darlanne Fluegel, Alexis Smith, Eli Wallach
- The Transformers: The Movie, starring Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Orson Welles
- In a Glass Cage (Tras el Cristal) - (Spain)
- Trick or Treat, starring Marc Price, Gene Simmons, Ozzy Osbourne
- Troll, starring Michael Moriarty
- True Stories, directed by and starring David Byrne
U-V[edit]
- Under the Cherry Moon, directed by and starring Prince, with Jerome Benton and Kristin Scott Thomas
- Vamp, starring Grace Jones
- Vera, directed by Sérgio Toledo, starring Ana Beatriz Nogueira, Norma Blum, Raul Cortez, and Carlos Kroeber (Brazil)
- Violets Are Blue, starring Sissy Spacek and Kevin Kline
- Voyage to Nowhere (El viaje a ninguna parte) - (Spain)
W[edit]
- Wahnfried (Richard und Cosima) - (West Germany)
- When the Wind Blows, starring John Mills and Peggy Ashcroft - (U.K.)
- Wildcats, starring Goldie Hawn, Nipsey Russell, Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, LL Cool J
- Wisdom, directed by and starring Emilio Estevez, with Demi Moore
- De Wisselwachter (The Pointsman) - (Netherlands)
- Working Girls, directed by Lizzie Borden, starring Louise Smith
- The Wraith, starring Charlie Sheen and Sherilyn Fenn
X-Y[edit]
- X: The Unheard Music
- The Year of Enlightenment (El Año de las Luces) - (Spain)
- Youngblood, starring Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Cynthia Gibb
Births[edit]
- January 21 - Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor (suicide 2020)
- January 24
- Mischa Barton, English-American actress
- Raviv Ullman, Israeli actor
- January 30 - Ashley Buccille, American actress
- February 1 - Lauren Conrad, American TV personality and author
- February 2 - Gemma Arterton, English actress
- February 14 - Tiffany Thornton, American actress, comedian and singer-songwriter
- February 18 - Sakura Ando, Japanese actress
- February 19 - Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
- February 24 - Bryce Papenbrook, voice actor
- February 26 - Teresa Palmer. Australian actress, writer, model and film producer
- March 9 - Brittany Snow, American actress
- March 14 - Jamie Bell, English actor
- March 16 - Alexandra Daddario, American actress
- March 21 - Scott Eastwood, American actor
- March 28 - Lady Gaga, American singer and actress
- April 3 - Amanda Bynes, American actress and variety show host
- April 9 - Leighton Meester, American actress and singer
- April 22 - Amber Heard, American actress
- April 25 - Daniel Sharman, English actor
- May 11 - Tia Ballard, American voice actress
- May 13 - Lena Dunham, American actress and film director
- May 13 - Robert Pattinson, English actor
- May 16 - Megan Fox, American actress
- May 17 - Tahj Mowry, American actor
- May 23 - Ryan Coogler, American film director
- May 30 - Will Peltz, American actor
- June 1 - Alessio Puccio, Italian voice actor
- June 11 - Shia LaBeouf, American actor
- June 13
- Kat Dennings, American actress
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, American actresses and entrepreneurs
- June 19 - Nazareno Casero, Argentinian actor
- June 26 - Brittney Karbowski, American voice actress
- June 27
- Drake Bell, American actor, comedian, musician, singer-songwriter and record producer
- Sam Claflin, British actor
- July 2 - Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer
- July 8 - Jake McDorman, American actor
- July 17 - Brando Eaton, American actor
- July 26 - Saphira Indah, Indonesian actress (d. 2019)
- July 27 - Felecia Angelle, American voice actress
- August 16 - Shawn Pyfrom, American actor
- August 28 - Armie Hammer, American actor
- August 29 - Lea Michele, American actress and singer
- August 31 - Ryan Kelley, American actor
- September 12 - Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer
- September 14 - A. J. Trauth, American actor and musician
- September 16 - Kyla Pratt, American actress
- September 20 - Aldis Hodge, American actor
- October 2 - Camilla Belle, American actress
- October 23 - Emilia Clarke, British actress
- October 24 - Drake, Canadian rapper
- November 1 - Penn Badgley, American actor
- November 4 - Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, actress and philanthropist
- November 10 - Josh Peck, American actor
- November 14 - Cory Michael Smith, American actor
- November 18 - Ragne Veensalu, Estonian actress
- November 25 - Katie Cassidy, American actress and singer
- December 30 - Ellie Goulding, English singer and songwriter
Notable deaths[edit]
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 4 | Una Merkel | 82 | US | Actress |
|
| 14 | Donna Reed | 64 | US | Actress |
| |
| 24 | Gordon MacRae | 64 | US | Actor, Singer |
| |
| 27 | Lilli Palmer | 78 | Germany | Actress |
| |
| 29 | Leif Erickson | 74 | US | Actor |
| |
| February | 2 | Donald Eccles | 77 | UK | Actor |
|
| 6 | Dandy Nichols | 78 | UK | Actress |
| |
| 10 | Brian Aherne | 83 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 16 | Howard Da Silva | 82 | US | Actor, Producer |
| |
| 17 | Paul Stewart | 77 | US | Actor, Producer |
| |
| 19 | Adolfo Celi | 63 | Italy | Actor |
| |
| 22 | Bill Hickman | 65 | US | Stuntman, Actor |
| |
| 23 | Nino Taranto | 78 | Italy | Actor |
| |
| 25 | Pasquale Festa Campanile | 58 | Italy | Director, Writer |
| |
| 27 | Eugene Forde | 87 | US | Director |
| |
| March | 3 | Peter Capell | 73 | Germany | Actor, Writer |
|
| 6 | Adolph Caesar | 52 | US | Actor |
| |
| 10 | Ray Milland | 77 | US | Actor, Director |
| |
| 14 | Edith Atwater | 74 | US | Actress |
| |
| 22 | Olive Deering | 67 | US | Actress |
| |
| 22 | Derek Farr | 74 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 22 | Charles Starrett | 82 | US | Actor |
| |
| 25 | Gloria Blondell | 75 | US | Actress |
| |
| 28 | Virginia Gilmore | 66 | US | Actress |
| |
| 29 | Harry Ritz | 86 | US | Comedian, Actor |
| |
| 30 | James Cagney | 86 | US | Actor, Producer |
| |
| 31 | Jerry Paris | 60 | US | Actor, Director |
| |
| April | 3 | Mary C. McCall Jr. | 81 | US | Screenwriter |
|
| 7 | Chester Erskine | 77 | US | Director |
| |
| 13 | Stephen Stucker | 38 | US | Actor |
| |
| 15 | Tim McIntire | 41 | US | Actor |
| |
| 21 | Marjorie Eaton | 85 | US | Actress |
| |
| 23 | Otto Preminger | 80 | US | Director, Actor, Producer |
| |
| 26 | Broderick Crawford | 74 | US | Actor, Producer |
| |
| 26 | Bessie Love | 87 | UK | Actress |
| |
| 30 | Robert Stevenson | 81 | US | Director |
| |
| May | 3 | Robert Alda | 72 | US | Actor |
|
| 9 | Herschel Bernardi | 62 | US | Actor |
| |
| 12 | Elisabeth Bergner | 88 | Ukraine | Actress |
| |
| 22 | Martin Gabel | 73 | US | Actor |
| |
| 23 | Sterling Hayden | 70 | US | Actor |
| |
| 26 | Gunnar Björnstrand | 74 | Sweden | Actor |
| |
| 28 | Lurene Tuttle | 78 | US | Actress |
| |
| 31 | Sylvia Coleridge | 76 | UK | Actress |
| |
| June | 3 | Anna Neagle | 81 | UK | Actress |
|
| 11 | Reed De Rouen | 69 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 13 | Benny Goodman | 77 | US | Musician |
| |
| 20 | Julie Duncan | 67 | US | Actress |
| |
| 23 | Nigel Stock | 66 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 30 | Margalo Gillmore | 89 | UK | Actress |
| |
| July | 3 | Rudy Vallee | 84 | US | Actor, Singer |
|
| 10 | Jody Lawrance | 55 | US | Actress |
| |
| 15 | Benny Rubin | 87 | US | Actor |
| |
| 18 | Buddy Baer | 71 | US | Actor |
| |
| 19 | Daniel L. Fapp | 82 | US | Cinematographer |
| |
| 19 | Harold D. Schuster | 83 | US | Film Editor, Director |
| |
| 25 | Vincente Minnelli | 83 | US | Director |
| |
| 28 | John Alcott | 55 | UK | Cinematographer |
| |
| August | 6 | Emilio Fernández | 82 | Mexico | Actor, Director |
|
| 10 | Jacqueline Gadsden | 86 | US | Actress |
| |
| 13 | Helen Mack | 72 | US | Actress |
| |
| 19 | Hermione Baddeley | 79 | US | Actress |
| |
| 20 | Walter Brooke | 71 | US | Actor |
| |
| 26 | Ted Knight | 62 | US | Actor |
| |
| September | 1 | Murray Hamilton | 63 | US | Actor |
|
| 6 | Blanche Sweet | 90 | US | Actress |
| |
| 15 | Virginia Gregg | 70 | US | Actress |
| |
| 26 | Brian Desmond Hurst | 91 | Ireland | Director |
| |
| 28 | Denis Carey | 77 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 28 | Robert Helpmann | 77 | Australia | Actor, Director |
| |
| October | 5 | Hal B. Wallis | 88 | US | Producer |
|
| 14 | Yvette Dugay | 54 | US | Actress |
| |
| 14 | Keenan Wynn | 70 | US | Actor |
| |
| 14 | Spec O'Donnell | 75 | US | Actor |
| |
| 17 | Leah Rhodes | 84 | US | Costume Designer |
| |
| 25 | Forrest Tucker | 67 | US | Actor |
| |
| 28 | Ian Marter | 42 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 31 | Marcella Martin | 70 | US | Actress |
| |
| November | 2 | Harry Brown | 69 | US | Screenwriter |
|
| 8 | Beatrice Kay | 79 | US | Singer, Actress |
| |
| 11 | Roger C. Carmel | 54 | US | Actor |
| |
| 21 | Jerry Colonna | 82 | US | Actor |
| |
| 21 | Dar Robinson | 39 | US | Stuntman, Actor |
| |
| 22 | Scatman Crothers | 76 | US | Actor |
| |
| 27 | Robert Priestley | 85 | US | Set Decorator |
| |
| 29 | Herb Vigran | 76 | US | Actor |
| |
| 29 | Cary Grant | 82 | US | Actor |
| |
| December | 2 | Ken Scott | 58 | UK | Actor |
|
| 2 | Desi Arnaz | 69 | US | Actor, Singer |
| |
| 10 | Susan Cabot | 59 | US | Actress |
| |
| 11 | Carlos Ramirez | 70 | US | Actor, Singer |
| |
| 13 | Heather Angel | 77 | UK | Actress, Voice Actress |
| |
| 18 | Mamo Clark | 72 | US | Actress |
| |
| 18 | Winifred Deforest Coffin | 75 | US | Actress |
| |
| 22 | Harvey Stephens | 85 | US | Actor |
| |
| 23 | Gerhard Bienert | 88 | Germany | Actor, Writer |
| |
| 26 | Elsa Lanchester | 84 | UK | Actress |
| |
| 28 | Andrei Tarkovsky | 54 | USSR | Director, Writer |
|
Film debuts[edit]
- Christian Bale - Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna
- Angela Bassett - F/X
- Sean Bean - Caravaggio
- Kate Burton - Big Trouble in Little China
- Steve Buscemi - Parting Glances
- Tia Carrere - Zombie Nightmare
- Dan Castellaneta - Nothing in Common
- Stacy Ferguson - Monster in the Closet
- Dave Foley - High Stakes
- Tony Goldwyn - Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
- Woody Harrelson - Wildcats
- Thomas Jane - Padamati Sandhya Ragam
- Catherine Keener - About Last Night
- Richard Kind - Nothing in Common
- Jennifer Lopez - My Little Girl
- Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God
- Janet McTeer - Half Moon Street
- Ben Mendelsohn - The Still Point
- S. Epatha Merkerson - She's Gotta Have It
- Jerry O'Connell - Stand by Me
- Miranda Otto - Emma's War
- Adrian Pasdar - Top Gun
- Jason Patric - Solarbabies
- Elizabeth Perkins - About Last Night
- Joaquin Phoenix - SpaceCamp
- Jeremy Piven - Lucas
- Bill Pullman - Ruthless People
- Michael Rooker - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
- Ving Rhames - Native Son
- Winona Ryder - Lucas
- Fred Savage - The Boy Who Could Fly
- Kristin Scott Thomas - Under the Cherry Moon
- Tony Shalhoub - Heartburn
- Ione Skye - River's Edge
- Jimmy Smits - Running Scared
- Wesley Snipes - Wildcats
- Kevin Spacey - Heartburn
- Imelda Staunton - Comrades
- Kristy Swanson - Pretty in Pink
- Tilda Swinton - Caravaggio
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa - Armed Response
- Billy Bob Thornton - Hunter's Blood
- Paul Walker - Monster in the Closet
- Naomi Watts - For Love Alone
- Bradley Whitford - Doorman
See also[edit]
- List of American films of 1986
- List of British films of 1986
- List of French films of 1986
- List of German films of the 1980s
- List of Bollywood films of 1986
- List of Italian films of 1986
- List of Japanese films of 1986
- List of Swedish films of the 1980s
References[edit]
- ^ "Domestic Box Office For 1986". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 December 2019.