1986 in film
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[edit] Events
- April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle
- Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver.
- Turner Broadcasting begins to colorize black and white movie classics.
- Dar Robinson, considered the greatest stuntman ever, is killed on the set of the film Million Dollar Mystery.
[edit] Top grossing films
- Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer
- Crocodile Dundee
- Platoon, starring Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger
- The Karate Kid, Part II, starring Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- Back to School
- Aliens, starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn
- The Golden Child, starring Eddie Murphy
- Ruthless People, starring Danny Devito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off, starring Matthew Broderick
- Hoosiers, starring Gene Hackman
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: Platoon - Hemdale, Orion
- Best Director: Oliver Stone - Platoon
- Best Actor: Paul Newman - The Color of Money
- Best Actress: Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God
- Best Supporting Actor: Michael Caine - Hannah and Her Sisters
- Best Supporting Actress: Dianne Weist - Hannah and Her Sisters
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Assault (De Aanslag), directed by Fons Rademakers, Netherlands
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Platoon
- Best Actor: Bob Hoskins - Mona Lisa
- Best Actress: Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Hannah and Her Sisters
- Best Actor: Paul Hogan - Crocodile Dundee
- Best Actress: Sissy Spacek - Crimes of the Heart
- Other
- Best Director: Oliver Stone, Platoon
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Assault, Netherlands
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
[edit] Films released in 1986
- 37°2 le matin (Betty Blue), directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, Golden Needle award for 1992
- 9½ Weeks
- Aliens
- An American Tail
- Amorosa
- The Assault - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Space Needle award
- Attention Bandits!, aka Bandits, directed by Claude Lelouch (France)
- Back to School
- Big Trouble in Little China, starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong and Victor Wong
- Blue Velvet, directed by David Lynch
- The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (a prequel to the original Care Bears Movie from 1985), starring Alyson Court, Cree Summer and Hadley Kay
- Castaway, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Amanda Donohoe and Oliver Reed
- Children of a Lesser God
- Club Paradise, starring Robin Williams, Jimmy Cliff, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis and Eugene Levy
- The Color of Money, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Paul Newman and Tom Cruise
- Crimes of the Heart
- Crocodile Dundee
- Le Déclin de l'empire américain, (The Decline of the American Empire), written and directed by Denys Arcand
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills
- Down by Law, directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni
- F/X, starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Flight of the Navigator
- The Fly
- Friday the 13th Part 6
- Genesis, starring Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, M.K. Raina (India / Switzerland / Belgium / France)
- The Golden Child
- Good to Go
- The Great Mouse Detective
- The Green Ray (Le Rayon vert) - Golden Lion award
- Hannah and Her Sisters - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- Heartbreak Ridge
- Highlander
- Hoosiers
- Hôtel du Paradis
- Howard the Duck
- Jean de Florette, starring Gérard Depardieu and Yves Montand
- The Karate Kid, Part II
- Jumpin' Jack Flash, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Annie Potts, Jon Lovitz, Carol Kane
- Laputa: Castle in the Sky (August 2 - Japan)
- Little Shop of Horrors
- Labyrinth, starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly
- Manhunter, directed by Michael Mann and starring William Petersen.
- Manon des Sources starring Emmanuelle Beart and Yves Montand
- Ménage
- The Mission - Palm d'Or award
- Mona Lisa, directed by Neil Jordan
- The Money Pit, starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long
- My Little Pony: The Movie (a feature-length adaptation of the TV series and toy line)
- Pirates, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Walter Matthau
- Platoon, directed by Oliver Stone - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
- Pretty in Pink, directed by Howard Deutch, starring Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, James Spader
- Psycho III, directed by Anthony Perkins, starring Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey
- Raw Deal, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Robotech: The Movie, directed by Carl Macek and Noboru Ishiguro
- Round Midnight
- Ruthless People
- Shanghai Surprise, starring Madonna and Sean Penn
- Short Circuit, starring Steve Guttenberg
- Sid and Nancy, starring Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb
- Stammheim - Golden Bear award
- Stand by Me
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- Toby McTeague
- Top Gun
- Trick or Treat, starring Marc Price, Gene Simmons, and Ozzy Osbourne
- The Transformers: The Movie, starring Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, and Orson Welles
- Wildcats, starring Goldie Hawn, Nipsey Russell, Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson and LL Cool J
[edit] Births
- January 24 - Mischa Barton, English-born American actress
- February 19 - Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
- March 9 - Brittany Snow, American actress
- March 14 - Jamie Bell, English actor
- April 3 - Amanda Bynes, American actress and variety show host
- June 11 - Shia LaBeouf, American actor
- June 13 - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, American actresses and entrepreneurs
- July 2 - Lindsay Lohan, American actress
- July 18 - Anthony DiFulco Jr, writer, director
- August 16 - Shawn Pyfrom, American actor
- September 12 - Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer
[edit] Deaths
- March 10 - Ray Milland, British actor
- April 13 - Stephen Stucker, comedy actor
- June 13 - Benny Goodman, musician, actor
- October 5 - Hal B. Wallis, major American film producer
- November 21 - Dar Robinson, film stuntman
- November 29 - Cary Grant, actor
- December 13 - Heather Angel, actress
- December 28 - Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian film director
