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| 1 |  | Aliens (1986) |  3.4949 153 reviews | R | Action, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| Ripley is discovered, 57 years after the Nostromo mission, drifting through space. Back on Earth, ...more about Aliens starring Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn |
| 2 |  | Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) | 3.3973 50 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$4.86
| Hannah and her sisters are very close; they tell each other practically everything. Over the course ...more about Hannah and Her Sisters starring Barbara Hershey and Carrie Fisher |
| 3 |  | Fly, The (1986) |  3.2056 80 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$8.26
| Seth Brundle, a brilliant but eccentric scientist attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica ...more about Fly starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis |
| 4 |  | Manhunter (1986) | 3.1572 124 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime |
$6.48
| Will Graham is a gifted FBI agent that has the ability to think like his suspects. He goes into ...more about Manhunter starring William L. Petersen and Kim Greist |
| 5 |  | Hoosiers (1986) | 3.1538 48 reviews | PG | Drama, Sports |
$5.99
| Based on the true story of a small-town Indiana team that made the state finals in 1954, this movie ...more about Hoosiers starring Gene Hackman and Barbara Hershey |
| 6 |  | Platoon (1986) | 3.1537 106 reviews | R | Action, Drama, War |
$4.29
| Chris Taylor is a new army recruit and had been just assigned to his first unit. Through the eyes ...more about Platoon starring Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe |
| 7 |  | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) | 3.1507 80 reviews | NC-17 | Thriller, Horror, Crime |
$17.37
| Henry is a serial killer and one night after a few beers, he introduces his roommate to his extra ...more about Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer starring Mary Demas and Michael Rooker |
| 8 |  | Stand by Me (1986) | 3.1401 56 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Comedy |
$9.32
| 4 young friends set out on an adventure. Geordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern go looking for the missing ...more about Stand by Me starring Wil Wheaton and River Phoenix |
| 9 |  | Big Trouble in Little China (1986) | 3.0960 102 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy |
$4.11
| Tough as nails trucker, Jack Burton, agrees to pick up his friend's girlfriend at the airport, but ...more about Big Trouble in Little China starring Kurt Russell and Kim Cattrall |
| 10 |  | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) | 3.0720 51 reviews | NA | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Comedy |
$8.99
| To save the future the Enterprise and her crew must travel back to 1986 for two humpback whales and ...more about Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home starring William Shatner and James Doohan |
| 11 |  | Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) | 3.0487 87 reviews | PG-13 | Comedy, Teen | N/A | Ferris is a crafty, likable teenager that knows all the loop holes around the system. He takes the ...more about Ferris Bueller's Day Off starring Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck |
| 12 |  | Labyrinth (1986) | 3.0308 66 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical, Family |
$3.86
| Sarah must navigate her way through an elaborate labyrinth with riddles and dead ends at every turn ...more about Labyrinth starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly |
| 13 |  | Top Gun (1986) | 3.0126 78 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Romance |
$5.64
| Maverick is a hot pilot. When he encounters a pair of MiGs over the Persian Gulf, his wingman is ...more about Top Gun starring Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis |
| 14 |  | Little Shop of Horrors (1986) | 3.0116 47 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Musical, Comedy |
$6.99
| Seymour, an introverted and underappreciated flower shop boy becomes a local sensation when his ...more about Little Shop of Horrors starring Ellen Greene and Vincent Gardenia |
| 15 |  | Blue Velvet (1986) | 2.9811 129 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$5.69
| A man returns to his home town after being away and discovers a severed human ear in a field. Not ...more about Blue Velvet starring Isabella Rossellini and Kyle MacLachlan |
| 16 |  | Pretty in Pink (1986) | 2.9709 52 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Teen |
$5.15
| Rich kid, Blane, becomes enamored with local outsider, Andie, at the record store. The two struggle ...more about Pretty in Pink starring Molly Ringwald and Harry Dean Stanton |
| 17 |  | Highlander (1986) | 2.9656 53 reviews | R | Action, Fantasy |
$5.07
| A rare clan of immortals can only be killed by one of their own kind. Many have been alive for ...more about Highlander starring Christopher Lambert and Roxanne Hart |
| 18 |  | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) | 2.9513 59 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Horror |
$2.10
| Tommy returns to the grave to make sure Jason is dead and accidently brings him back to life. Now ...more about Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives starring Bob Larkin and Jennifer Cooke |
| 19 |  | Great Mouse Detective, The (1986) | 2.9122 25 reviews | G | Action, Adventure, Mystery, Family, Animation, Disney |
$10.98
| In Victorian London, England, a little mouse girl's toymaker father is abducted by a peglegged bat. ...more about Great Mouse Detective starring Vincent Price and Barrie Ingham |
| 20 |  | Hitcher, The (1986) | 2.9107 42 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Horror |
$1.96
| A young man transporting a car to another state is stalked along the road by a cunning and ...more about Hitcher starring C. Thomas Howell and Rutger Hauer |
| 21 |  | Mona Lisa (1986) | 2.9011 33 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.07
| George, after getting out of prison, begins looking for a job, but his time in prison has reduced ...more about Mona Lisa starring Bob Hoskins and Cathy Tyson |
| 22 |  | Color of Money, The (1986) | 2.8993 23 reviews | R | Drama, Sports |
$7.35
| Pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson finds the young, promising pool player Vincent in a local bar and he ...more about Color of Money starring Paul Newman and Tom Cruise |
| 23 |  | Critters (1986) | 2.8620 40 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$8.35
| A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town ...more about Critters starring Dee Wallace-Stone and M. Emmet Walsh |
| 24 |  | April Fool's Day (1986) | 2.8462 59 reviews | NA |
$7.63
| A group of eight college friends gather together at an island mansion belonging to heiress Muffy St. ...more about April Fool's Day starring Jay Baker and Lloyd Berry | |
| 25 |  | Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) | 2.8461 17 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$5.97
| Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman are very rich but not happy Dave is a hard working ...more about Down and Out in Beverly Hills starring Bette Midler and Richard Dreyfuss |
| 26 |  | Sid and Nancy (1986) | 2.8287 28 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Music |
$8.89
| Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his ...more about Sid and Nancy starring Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb |
| 27 |  | Crocodile Dundee (1986) | 2.8262 43 reviews | NA | Adventure, Comedy |
$6.08
| New York reporter Sue travels to Australia to meet and interview Michael J Crocodile Dundee, a man ...more about Crocodile Dundee starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski |
| 28 |  | River's Edge (1986) | 2.8261 18 reviews | NA |
$4.75
| A group of high school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed ...more about River's Edge starring Crispin Glover and Keanu Reeves | |
| 29 |  | Mission, The (1986) | 2.8242 29 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$15.52
| Jeremy Irons plays a Spanish Jesuit who goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission ...more about Mission starring Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons |
| 30 |  | Crossroads (1986) | 2.7792 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Music |
$6.33
| Eugene is an extraordinary talent in classic guitar, but he dreams of being a famous Blues ...more about Crossroads starring Ralph Macchio and Joe Seneca |
| 31 |  | Chopping Mall (1986) | 2.7619 29 reviews | NA | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$11.99
| A group of teenagers that work at the mall all get together for a late night party in one of the ...more about Chopping Mall starring Kelli Maroney and Russell Todd |
| 32 |  | Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986) |  2.7426 22 reviews | NA |
$9.10
| When Warren and Chrissy notice some strange things happening around their high school, they begin ...more about Class of Nuke 'Em High starring Janelle Brady and Robert Prichard | |
| 33 |  | House (1986) | 2.7423 34 reviews | NA | Horror, Comedy |
$9.10
| Roger Cobb is a Vietnam vet. Whose career as a horror novelist has taken a turn for the worse when ...more about House starring William Katt and George Wendt |
| 34 |  | Transformers: The Movie, The (1986) | 2.7421 45 reviews | PG | Action, Sci-Fi, Family, Animation |
$12.15
| Essentially a movie involving the battle between the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, two ...more about Transformers: The Movie starring Norman Alden and Eric Idle |
| 35 |  | Invaders from Mars (1986) | 2.7335 27 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| In this remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens ...more about Invaders from Mars starring Hunter Carson and Karen Black |
| 36 |  | Karate Kid, Part II, The (1986) | 2.7163 23 reviews | NA | Action, Romance, Family, Sports |
$3.95
| Picks up where the first movie (Karate Kid) leaves off. Mr. Miyagi and Daniel take a trip to ...more about Karate Kid starring Ralph Macchio and Pat E. Johnson |
| 37 |  | Flight of the Navigator (1986) | 2.6989 15 reviews | PG | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Family, Disney |
$7.34
| A 12 year old boy goes missing in 1978, only to reappear once more in 1986. In the eight years that ...more about Flight of the Navigator starring Joey Cramer and Veronica Cartwright |
| 38 |  | Sherman's March (1986) | 2.6938 14 reviews | NA |
$18.95
| Ross McElwee sets out to make a documentary about the lingering effects of General Sherman's march ...more about Sherman's March | |
| 39 |  | Night of the Creeps (1986) | 2.6919 35 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy | N/A | In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the ...more about Night of the Creeps starring Jill Whitlow and Tom Atkins |
| 40 |  | At Close Range (1986) | 2.6658 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Romance |
$4.86
| A boy and his friends seek to join a mid-atlantic gang led by the boy's estranged father, unaware ...more about At Close Range starring Sean Penn and Christopher Walken |
| 41 |  | Gung Ho (1986) | 2.6533 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$4.59
| Hunt Stevenson works for a large car manufacturer that has just been bought out by a Japanese firm. ...more about Gung Ho starring Michael Keaton and Gedde Watanabe |
| 42 |  | F/X (1986) | 2.6308 16 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Crime |
$9.99
| A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a ...more about F/X starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy |
| 43 |  | Short Circuit (1986) | 2.6188 19 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family |
$4.44
| Number 5, one of a group of experimental military robots, undergoes a sudden transformation after ...more about Short Circuit starring Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg |
| 44 |  | Witchboard (1986) | 2.6187 26 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$8.95
| At a party, a guest brings out a Ouija board, and they attempt to contact a spirit he knows. The ...more about Witchboard starring Rose Marie |
| 45 |  | 37°2 le matin (1986) | 2.6081 23 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | Zorg is a handyman working at in France, maintaining and looking after the bungalows. He lives a ...more about 37°2 le matin starring Jean-Hugues Anglade and Béatrice Dalle |
| 46 |  | When the Wind Blows (1986) | 2.6062 16 reviews | PG | Drama, War, Animation | N/A | With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare ...more about When the Wind Blows starring Robin Houston and Peggy Ashcroft |
| 47 |  | Maximum Overdrive (1986) | 2.6036 41 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$4.65
| For 3 days in 1986, the earth passed through the tail of a mysterious comet. During that time, ...more about Maximum Overdrive starring Emilio Estevez and Pat Hingle |
| 48 |  | Boy Who Could Fly, The (1986) | 2.5959 16 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Family |
$8.35
| Milly and Lewis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, ...more about Boy Who Could Fly starring Lucy Deakins and Jay Underwood |
| 49 |  | Clockwise (1986) | 2.5711 24 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$9.10
| Brian Stimpson is the headmaster of a comprehensive (high) school in England. He sets himself, his ...more about Clockwise starring John Cleese and Penny Leatherbarrow |
| 50 |  | Mosquito Coast, The (1986) | 2.5707 21 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
$6.99
| An eccentric and dogmatic inventor sells his house and takes his family to Central America to build ...more about Mosquito Coast starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren |
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