1986 IN FILM

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1986

Births

Deaths

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''.

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
# ''
# ''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

Awards

'Academy 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
'Golden Globe Awards:'
:'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

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

★ '' (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''

★ ''

★ ''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

★ '' (a feature-length adaptation of the TV series and toy line)

★ '''night, Mother'', starring Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft

★ ''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

★ '', 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''

★ ''

★ ''Toby McTeague''

★ ''Top Gun''

★ ''Trick or Treat'', starring Marc Price, Gene Simmons, and Ozzy Osbourne

★ '', starring Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, and Orson Welles

★ ''Wildcats'', starring Goldie Hawn, Nipsey Russell, Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson and LL Cool J

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

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