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1.
Platoon
December 19, 1986
A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
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Hannah and Her Sisters
February 1, 1986
A comic look at the relationships among three sisters and their various romantic interests.
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Mona Lisa
June 13, 1986
A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.
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Aliens
July 18, 1986
In this action-packed sequel to Alien, Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley, the only survivor from mankind's first encounter with the monstrous Alien. Her account of the Alien and the fate of her crew are received with skepticism - until the mysterious disappearance of colonists on LV-426 leads her to join a team of high-tech colonial marines sent in to investigate. [20th Century Fox]
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A Room with a View
April 1, 1986
Based on E.M. Forster's novel, Lucy, a young English woman (Bonham Carter), and her aunt (Smith) travel to Florence in the early 1900's. When Lucy encounters a British gentleman in Italy and finds herself falling in love, she must choose between him and her fiancé back in England.
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The Trip to Bountiful
January 24, 1986
In 1940s Texas, an elderly woman is determined to visit her childhood home for one last time.
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Little Shop of Horrors
December 19, 1986
When geeky Seymour Krelborn discovers a very strange and unusual plant, business starts to turn around at the flower shop where he works and (sadly) lives. When the plant's health is threatened, Seymour desperately discovers the gory secret to keeping it alive. As Seymour grows more and more anemic and the number of bandages adorning his fingers mounts, the plant thrives, business booms and Seymour gets the girl. But as the plant grows bigger, so does its demand for the life-nourishing liquid is craves and Seymour must discover other, bigger sources for feeding it...like the sadistic dentist next door.
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Children of a Lesser God
October 3, 1986
A new speech teacher (William Hurt) at a school for the deaf falls in love with the janitor, a deaf woman (Marlee Matlin) speechless by choice.
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She's Gotta Have It
August 8, 1986
The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit solely to them; Nola resists being "owned" by a single partner.
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The Fly
August 15, 1986
A scientist (Goldblum) slowly becomes a human sized fly after his teleport device malfunctions.
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Trouble in Mind
March 1, 1986
The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the fictional and hypnotic Rain City.
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Ruthless People
June 27, 1986
A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.
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The Color of Money
October 17, 1986
Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé (Tom Cruise) the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.
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Sid and Nancy
November 7, 1986
Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death and Sid is arrested for her murder.
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Hoosiers
November 14, 1986
A man (Hackman) gets a last-chance job coaching a small-town Indiana high-school basketball team and faces the dual challenge of bringing this underdog team to the 1951 state championship and redeeming himself from a mysterious past. (MGM)
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Blue Velvet
September 19, 1986
Set in a small American town, Blue Velvet is a dark, sensuous mystery involving the intertwining lives of four very different individuals. The film's painful realism reminds us that we are not immune to the disturbing events which transpire in Blue Velvet's sleepy community. There is a darker side of life waiting for us all. (De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Inc.)
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Lucas
March 28, 1986
A socially inept fourteen year old (Corey Haim) experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends -- Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love -- fall for each other.
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18.
Down by Law
September 20, 1986
Two innocent people are arrested. An interesting third person, with broken English, joins them in their cell. On his idea, they decide to escape from the prison. Their journey is the rest of the movie.
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My Beautiful Laundrette
April 4, 1986
An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.
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20.
Stand by Me
August 22, 1986
Stand by Me's screenplay by Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans is based on Stephen King's novella "The Body," a somewhat autobiographical account of an overnight hike by four Oregon youngsters to seek the body of a boy who had been struck by a train. [New York Times]
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Peggy Sue Got Married
October 10, 1986
Peggy Sue (Kathleen Turner) faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.
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Manhunter
August 22, 1986
FBI Agent Will Graham (Petersen) has captured the diabolical Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Cox), nearly losing more than just his mind in the process. But when Graham is called out of retirement to hunt the psychopath known as "The Tooth Fairy" (Noonan) he must once again confront the horrors of "Hannibal The Cannibal". If Will Graham enters the mind of the serial killer, can he ever come back? (Anchor Bay Entertainment)
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23.
Something Wild
November 7, 1986
Charles (Daniels) accepts a ride from Lulu (Griffith) and finds himself on the road to her hometown. At her high school reunion they meet her ex-husband Ray Sinclair (Liotta) who wants her back.
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The Great Mouse Detective
July 2, 1986
Basil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, investigates the kidnapping of a toy-maker and uncovers its link to his arch-enemy, Professor Ratigan.
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25.
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
January 31, 1986
A rich but troubled family find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.
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F/X
February 7, 1986
A movie special effects man is hired to fake a real-life mob killing for a witness protection plan, but finds his own life in danger.
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
November 26, 1986
To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to 20th century Earth to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it, humpback whales.
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About Last Night...
July 2, 1986
Based on the David Mament play, "Sexual Perversity in Chicago." Rob Lowe and Demi Moore star in this adaptation of David Mamet's play, Sexual Perversity in Chicago. They meet, have a one night stand, fall in love, break up, and seek the counsel of their best friends played by Jim Belushi and Elizabeth Perkins.
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29.
Big Trouble
May 30, 1986
Insurance agent plots with client to kill her nutty husband.
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Salvador
April 23, 1986
An American photojournalist gets caught in a political struggle at El Salvador in 1980.
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31.
Back to School
June 13, 1986
Self-made millionaire Thorton Mellon (Rodney Dangerfield) decides to enroll in college to help his son adjust to life at school and on the diving team. Hilarity ensues.
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32.
At Close Range
April 18, 1986
In 1978 Pennsylvania, an absentee father is reacquainted with his estranged teenage sons who become intrigued with his romanticized life of crime.
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33.
Runaway Train
January 17, 1986
Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a train with no brakes and nobody driving.
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34.
The Boy Who Could Fly
August 15, 1986
An autistic boy who dreams of flying touches everyone he meets, including a new family who has moved in after their father dies.
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Desert Hearts
March 7, 1986
It is 1950s Nevada, and Professor Vivian Bell arrives to get a divorce. She's unsatisfied with her marriage, and feels out of place at the ranch she stays on, she finds herself increasingly drawn to Cay Rivers, an open and self-assured lesbian, and the ranchowner's daughter. The emotions released by their developing intimacy, and Vivian's insecurities about her feelings towards Cay, are played out against a backdrop of rocky landscapes and country and western songs.
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36.
True Stories
October 10, 1986
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
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Lady Jane
February 7, 1986
The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son King Edward VI is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley marries off his son, Guilford, to Lady Jane Grey, whom he places on the throne after Edward dies. At first hostile to each other, Guilford and Jane fall in love. But they cannot withstand the course of power which will lead to their ultimate downfall.
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Flight of the Navigator
August 1, 1986
In 1978, a boy travels 8 years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship.
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39.
Nothing in Common
July 30, 1986
A successful ad man (Tom Hanks) must juggle his ever-demanding career while his parents' marriage breaks up.
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40.
Crocodile Dundee
September 26, 1986
An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.
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Wise Guys
April 18, 1986
Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose two hundred fifty thousand dollars, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City, and comedy follows.
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Night of the Creeps
August 22, 1986
Alien brain parasites, entering humans through the mouth, turn their host into a killing zombie. Some teenagers start to fight against them.
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43.
The Manhattan Project
June 13, 1986
A teen and his girlfriend make an atomic bomb with plutonium stolen from a scientist dating his mother.
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44.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
June 11, 1986
Ferris Bueller. Larger than life. Blessed with a magical sense of serendipity. He's a model for all those who take themselves too seriously. A guy who knows the value of a day off. Ferris Bueller's Day Off chronicles the events in the day of a rather magical young man, Ferris (Broderick). One spring day, toward the end of his senior year, Ferris gives into an overwhelming urge to cut school and head for downtown Chicago with his girl (Sara) and his best friend (Ruck), to see the sights, experience a day of freedom and show that with a little ingenuity, a bit of courage and a red Ferrari, life at 17 can be a joy! (Paramount)
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45.
Absolute Beginners
April 18, 1986
In London in 1958, a young photographer seeks media stardom to keep the love of a beautiful, aspiring fashion designer.
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46.
From Beyond
October 24, 1986
A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.
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47.
Psycho III
July 2, 1986
Norman Bates falls in love with a fallen nun who stays at the Bates Motel alongside a drifter and a curious reporter. Meanwhile, "mother" is still watching.
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Trick or Treat
October 24, 1986
Sammi Curr was an infamous rock star who died under mysterious circumstances. Now, he wants to come back to life. Doing so requires possessing radio waves and automobiles, and making a few human sacrifices.
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49.
The Best of Times
January 31, 1986
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
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50.
Legal Eagles
June 20, 1986
A New York district attorney works and flirts with his adversary and her kooky artist client, who is on trial for a murder she didn't commit.
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51.
Invaders from Mars
June 6, 1986
A boy tries to stop aliens who have taken over his town and are attempting to brainwash its inhabitants.
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52.
Pretty in Pink
February 28, 1986
Andie (Molly Ringwald) is a high school girl from the wrong side of town. Blaine (Andrew McCarthy) is the wealthy heart-throb who asks her to the prom. But as fast as their romance builds, it's threatened by the painful reality of peer pressure. [Paramount]
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53.
Betty Blue
November 7, 1986
A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.
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54.
The Mission
October 31, 1986
Eighteenth century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.
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55.
The Karate Kid Part II
June 20, 1986
Daniel accompanies his mentor, Mr. Miyagi, to Miyagi's childhood home in Okinawa. Miyagi visits his dying father and confronts his old rival, while Daniel falls in love and inadvertently makes a new rival of his own.
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56.
52 Pick-Up
November 7, 1986
A secret fling between a man and his mistress leads to blackmail and murder.
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57.
Crossroads
March 14, 1986
Ralph Macchio is Lightning Boy. A kid who can make a slide guitar sing. Blind Dog is an old pro who knows it. Together, they're headed to a place where deals are made. And legends are born.
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58.
The Name of the Rose
September 24, 1986
An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.
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59.
No Mercy
December 19, 1986
A Chicago detective, seeking to avenge his partner's death, travels to New Orleans, where he unexpectedly becomes involved in a cat and mouse game of survival.
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60.
Brighton Beach Memoirs
December 25, 1986
Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He goes through the hardships of puberty, sexual fantasy, and living the life of a poor boy in a crowded house.
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61.
Tough Guys
October 3, 1986
Two elderly gangsters are released from prison only to find they have trouble fitting in as old men who still take no guff from anyone.
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62.
Black Moon Rising
January 10, 1986
A thief, Quint, is hired by the Justice Department to steal incriminating tapes from a corrupt corporation. The tapes vanish when Quint hides them in the back of a hydrodynamic powered racing car that is stolen by a hot car ring.
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63.
Demons
May 30, 1986
A group of random people are invited to a screening of a mysterious movie, only to find themselves trapped in the theater with ravenous demons.
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64.
Heartbreak Ridge
December 5, 1986
A old-school, hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant Tom Highway (Clint Eastwood) clashes with his superior officers and his ex-wife (Marsha Mason) as he takes command of a motley crew recon platoon with a bad attitude. He teaches them to improvise, adapt and overcome like Stoney Jackson used to say.
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65.
Big Trouble in Little China
July 2, 1986
An All-American trucker gets dragged into a centuries-old mystical battle in Chinatown.
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Jumpin' Jack Flash
October 10, 1986
Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day she gets a coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout she remains in contact with this unknown person, who needs Terry to help save his life.
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67.
Three Amigos!
December 12, 1986
Three actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their onscreen bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.
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68.
Critters
April 11, 1986
A group of small, furry aliens makes lunch out of the locals in a farming town.
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69.
The Mosquito Coast
November 26, 1986
Allie Fox (Harrison Ford) moves his wife (Helen Mirren) and their four young children to Central America to form his own Utopia.
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Youngblood
January 31, 1986
A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship with the coach's daughter.
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Power
January 31, 1986
After a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well.
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72.
Short Circuit
May 9, 1986
Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes.
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Labyrinth
June 27, 1986
Babysitting infant stepbrother Toby on a weekend night isn’t young Sarah’s idea of fun. Frustrated by his crying, she secretly imagines the Goblins from her favorite book, Labyrinth, carrying Toby away. When her fantasy comes true, a distraught Sarah must enter a maze of illusion to bring Toby back from a kingdom inhabited by mystical creatures and governed by the wicked Goblin King. (Sony Pictures)
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74.
Nine 1/2 Weeks
February 21, 1986
A man. A woman. An attraction that became an obsession. Set against the high-tech backdrop of Manhattan, 9 1/2 Weeks is the length of the affair between Elizabeth, a beautiful art dealer, and John, the man who becomes her lover and changes irrevocably the course of her life. After a tantalizing initial encounter, John charts the course of their sensual journey together in a deadly serious game of sexual dominance, unlocking the door to hidden dreams, pain and ecstasy. 9 1/2 Weeks is a passionate and provocative look at love and obsession that is moving, thrilling and sometimes shocking. (Warner Bros.)
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75.
Top Gun
May 16, 1986
As students at Top Gun, the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school, compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot Maverick (Tom Cruise) learns a few things from a civilian instructor (Kelly McGillis) that are not taught in the classroom.
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76.
Heartburn
July 25, 1986
An autobiographical look at the breakup of Ephron's marriage to Carl "All the President's Men" Bernstein that was also a best-selling novel. The Ephron character, Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living happily ever after until she discovers that Mark is having an affair while she is waddling around with a second pregnancy.
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77.
April Fool's Day
March 28, 1986
Nine college students staying at a friend's remote island mansion begin to fall victim to an unseen murderer over the April Fool's Day weekend.
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78.
The Money Pit
March 26, 1986
A young couple struggles to repair a hopelessly dilapidated house.
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79.
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
May 23, 1986
The Freeling family have a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don't seem to be over.
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Running Scared
June 27, 1986
Two street-smart Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer who nearly killed them in the past.
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Gung Ho
March 14, 1986
When a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liaison must mediate the clash of cultures.
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82.
One Crazy Summer
August 8, 1986
An would-be teenage cartoonist (John Cusack) and his oddball friends come to the aid of a singer (Demi Moore) trying to save her family property from developers.
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Out of Bounds
July 25, 1986
Daryl's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there. After a baggage mix-up at the airport, Daryl finds himself in possession of a drug cache, which a drug dealer wants back.
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84.
Three Men and a Cradle
April 25, 1986
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85.
Deadly Friend
October 10, 1986
After his friend is killed by her abusive father, the new kid in town attempts to save her by implanting robotic microchips into her brain.
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Raw Deal
June 6, 1986
A former FBI agent turned small-town sheriff agrees to help the FBI chief infiltrate the Chicago mafia when the FBI chief's son is killed by them.
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87.
The Transformers: The Movie
August 8, 1986
The Autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.
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Quicksilver
February 14, 1986
Jack (Kevin Bacon) was doing great trading shares until he wasn't. He gets a job on a bike at Quicksilver speed delivery. There he befriends Hector and the cute Terri. Jack gets an enemy in the criminal Gypsy.
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89.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
August 22, 1986
A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas Marshall hunts them.
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The Toxic Avenger
April 11, 1986
Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.
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Jake Speed
May 30, 1986
In a world where, unbeknownst to the public, all famous pulp fiction heroes are real, one of them, Jake Speed, agrees to help desperate Margaret Winston save her sister from sadistic white slaver Sid, who's operating in Africa.
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Iron Eagle
January 17, 1986
A young pilot plans a rescue mission when his father, an Air Force Colonel, is shot down over enemy territory and captured.
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Wildcats
February 14, 1986
A rookie high school football coach has a harder time than she expected trying to whip her tough inner city team into shape.
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Club Paradise
July 11, 1986
Injured while risking his life to save an angry German shepard, Chicago Firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small carribean island named St. Nicholas. There, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort, Ernest Reed. Greedy developers are schemeing to wrest Reed's coveted beach front property from him for non-payment of taxes. Jack comes to Ernest's rescue, and together they renovate and reopen the resort catering to affluent Americans. The film follows the zany exploits of the proprietors, guests and various colorful island denizans, as they break in the new "Club Paradise".
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95.
SpaceCamp
June 6, 1986
The youthful attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is inadvertently launched into orbit.
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96.
Extremities
August 22, 1986
A woman takes revenge on the man who invades her home and tries to rape her.
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97.
The Wraith
November 21, 1986
A mysterious figure suddenly appears to challenge a gang of motorhead thugs.
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98.
The Men's Club
September 19, 1986
A group of men get together to form a "discussion group". They share their feelings about women, life, love, and work. The party gets rowdier and rowdier, and then the wife returns home. Thrown out, the men are not yet willing to call it a night.
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99.
An American Tail
November 21, 1986
While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.
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100.
The Delta Force
February 14, 1986
After a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force is deployed to resolve the crisis.
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Titles with fewer than 7 critic reviews are excluded.