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| 1 |  | 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 |
| 2 |  | 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 |
| 3 |  | 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 |
| 4 |  | 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 |
| 5 |  | 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 |
| 6 |  | 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 |
| 7 |  | 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 |
| 8 |  | 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 |
| 9 |  | 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 |
| 10 |  | 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 |
| 11 |  | 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 |
| 12 |  | Wraith, The (1986) | 2.4428 22 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Romance | N/A | A small desert town has been harassed for months by a gang of drag racers, but so far no one has ...more about Wraith starring Charlie Sheen and Nick Cassavetes |
| 13 |  | Heartbreak Ridge (1986) | 2.2971 15 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War, Comedy |
$4.78
| Sergeant Tom Highway, a hardened, tough veteran of Korea and Vietnam returns to the United States ...more about Heartbreak Ridge starring Clint Eastwood and Marsha Mason |
| 14 |  | Cobra (1986) |  2.2433 19 reviews | NA | Action, Crime |
$5.99
| City cop is on the trail of a serial killer. Loaded with action and violence. Stallone fans will ...more about Cobra starring Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielsen |
| 15 |  | Black Moon Rising (1986) | 2.2048 14 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$4.60
| A professional thief is hired by the FBI to steal a data tape from a company under investigation. ...more about Black Moon Rising starring Tommy Lee Jones and Al White |
| 16 |  | Armed and Dangerous (1986) | 2.1682 14 reviews | NA | Action, Crime, Comedy |
$3.92
| Dooley, a cop wrongly sacked for corruption, teams up with a useless defence lawyer in their new ...more about Armed and Dangerous starring John Candy and Eugene Levy |
| 17 |  | Weekend Warriors (1986) | 2.0820 1 reviews | R | Action, Comedy, Music | N/A | A group of young film-studio employees avoid the draft in 1961 by volunteering two weekends a month ...more about Weekend Warriors starring Chris Lemmon and Lloyd Bridges |
| 18 |  | Jake Speed (1986) | 2.0653 8 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Comedy |
$2.94
| When her sister is kidnapped by white slavers, only Grandpa knows what to do. He puts in a call to ...more about Jake Speed starring Wayne Crawford and Dennis Christopher |
| 19 |  | Band of the Hand (1986) | 1.9861 18 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime | N/A | In an attempt of resocialisation, five hopeless juvenile criminals are sent away from prison into ...more about Band of the Hand starring Stephen Lang and Michael Carmine |
| 20 |  | Golden Child, The (1986) | 1.8909 10 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy |
$5.58
| Eddie Murphy plays a detective with a speciality of finding lost children. He is told he is the ...more about Golden Child starring J.L. Reate and Charles Dance |
| 21 | | Naked Cage, The (1986) | 1.8035 2 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | ...more about Naked Cage starring Shari Shattuck and Angel Tompkins |
| 22 | | Avenging Force (1986) |  1.7418 9 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | Martial arts expert Matt Hunter was one of the most promising operatives in Army intelligence until ...more about Avenging Force starring Michael Dudikoff and Steve James |
| 23 | | 52 Pick-Up (1986) | 1.7365 13 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Mystery |
$9.99
| Harry Mitchell, an L.A. manufacturer with a fancy car, a nice house, and a wife running for city ...more about 52 Pick-Up starring Roy Scheider and Ann-Margret |
| 24 |  | Dead-End Drive In (1986) | 1.7213 6 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| In the near future, drive-in theatres are turned into concentration camps for the undesirable and ...more about Dead-End Drive In starring Natalie McCurry and Peter Whitford |
| 25 |  | Eye of the Tiger (1986) | 1.7061 6 reviews | NA | Action, Drama |
$5.80
| Gary Busey plays Buck, a former Vietnam veteran/ex-con recently released from the state prison. He ...more about Eye of the Tiger starring Gary Busey and Jorge Gil |
| 26 | | Eliminators (1986) | 1.6665 6 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | N/A | As part of their experiments in time travel, Drs. Reeves and Takada construct a cyborg "Mandroid" ...more about Eliminators starring Andrew Prine and Denise Crosby |
| 27 |  | Running Scared (1986) | 1.5889 15 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Crime, Comedy |
$9.72
| Danny and Ray are two street wise cops in Chicago. When they are almost killed on a case, they are ...more about Running Scared starring Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal |
| 28 |  | Castle in the Sky (1986) | 1.5767 3 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Disney |
$20.99
| Hayao Miyazaki's CASTLE IN THE SKY is a rousing adventure that follows an orphan named Sheeta as ...more about Castle in the Sky starring James Van Der Beek and Anna Paquin |
| 29 |  | No Mercy (1986) | 1.5633 8 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Crime |
$2.12
| Maverick Chicago cop Eddie Jillette poses as a hit man to meet with someone in from New Orleans ...more about No Mercy starring Richard Gere and Kim Basinger |
| 30 | | Solarbabies (1986) | 1.5284 15 reviews | NA | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly ...more about Solarbabies starring Richard Jordan and Jami Gertz |
| 31 |  | Howard the Duck (1986) | 1.4010 13 reviews | NA | Action, Sci-Fi, Comedy | N/A | A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser ...more about Howard the Duck starring Lea Thompson and Jeffrey Jones |
| 32 |  | Iron Eagle (1986) | 1.3880 8 reviews | NA | Action, War |
$4.19
| When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern ...more about Iron Eagle starring Louis Gossett Jr. and Jason Gedrick |
| 33 |  | InHumanoids: The Movie (1986) | 1.3834 2 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Animation | N/A | Action-packed cartoon about the age-old fight between good and evil. Mysterious events start to ...more about InHumanoids: The Movie |
| 34 | | Blindside (1986) | 1.3788 1 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller | N/A | Harvey Keitel plays Penfield Gruber, a once great scientist, reduced to managing a sleazy hotel. ...more about Blindside starring Clark Johnson and Lori Hallier |
| 35 | | Hollywood Vice Squad (1986) | 1.3788 5 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Comedy | N/A | ...more about Hollywood Vice Squad starring Carrie Fisher and Ronny Cox |
| 36 | | No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) | 1.3454 13 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | Jason Stillwell, a Bruce Lee fan, is beaten numerous times and trains from the ghost of Lee. Jason ...more about No Retreat starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and J.W. Fails |
| 37 | | America 3000 (1986) | 1.3149 3 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | N/A | In Colorado, 900 years after a nuclear war in the USA, the mankind is back to the stone ages. ...more about America 3000 starring Chuck Wagner and Laurene Landon |
| 38 |  | Patriot, The (1986) | 1.2784 5 reviews | NA | Action, Drama |
$5.99
| ...more about Patriot starring Gregg Henry and Simone Griffeth |
| 39 |  | Firewalker (1986) | 1.2719 10 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Comedy |
$9.99
| Max Donigan (Chuck Norris) sets off on a treasure hunt with his friend Leo and newly-acquired ...more about Firewalker starring Louis Gossett Jr. and Melody Anderson |
| 40 | | Equalizer 2000 (1986) | 1.2510 1 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | N/A | In a bleak, postnuclear future world, warring factions struggle to claim the Equalizer 2000, the ...more about Equalizer 2000 starring Robert Patrick and Corinne Wahl |
| 41 | | Wired to Kill (1986) |  1.2327 3 reviews | NA | Action, Sci-Fi | N/A | In the near future, law and order breaks down, diseases, violence and immorality are rampant. ...more about Wired to Kill starring Emily Longstreth and Devin Hoelscher |
| 42 | | Armed Response (1986) | 1.2145 4 reviews | NA | Action, Drama |
$5.99
| One of Tanaka's underlings has stolen a rare statuette that he had planned to use as a peace ...more about Armed Response starring David Carradine and Lee Van Cleef |
| 43 | | Amazons (1986) | 1.1889 7 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | N/A | An epic from the dark ages about the legendary lost tribe of warrior women! The girls fly into ...more about Amazons starring Penelope Reed and Joseph Whipp |
| 44 | | Land of Doom (1986) | 1.0957 1 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | N/A | ...more about Land of Doom starring Deborah Rennard and Garrick Dowhen |
| 45 | | Choke Canyon (1986) | 1.0410 3 reviews | NA | Action, Sci-Fi | N/A | Pilgrim Corporation has leased Choke Canyon to research physicist David Lowell for 99 years. Lowell ...more about Choke Canyon starring Stephen Collins and Janet Julian |
| 46 | | Vendetta (1986) | 1.0410 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | Stuntwoman Laurie Collins invites her sister Bonnie to visit on location in a small town. Bonnie is ...more about Vendetta starring Karen Chase and Sandy Martin |
| 47 | | Vindicator, The (1986) | 1.0227 4 reviews | NA | Action, Horror | N/A | An employee of a secret company operation becomes the victim of the company's special weapons ...more about Vindicator starring Teri Austin and Richard Cox |
| 48 | | Heat (1986) | 0.7853 3 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting ...more about Heat starring Burt Reynolds and Karen Young |
| 49 |  | Raw Deal (1986) | 0.7853 10 reviews | NA | Action |
$4.65
| Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the ...more about Raw Deal starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kathryn Harrold |
| 50 | | Dangerously Close (1986) |  0.7457 7 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller | N/A | Rebel without a cause or a clue at an elite but uptight college discovers some of his classmates ...more about Dangerously Close starring John Stockwell and J. Eddie Peck |
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