1986 in film

See also: 1985 in film, other events of 1986, 1987 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Academy Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Other Movies Released

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.
• Jason Marsden's film career begins
• Dar Robinson, considered the greatest stuntman ever, is killed on the set of the film Million Dollar Mystery.

1. Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise
2. Crocodile Dundee
3. Platoon
4. The Karate Kid, Part II
6. Back to School
7. Aliens, starring Sigourney Weaver
8. The Golden Child, starring Eddie Murphy
9. Ruthless People, starring Bette Midler and Danny DeVito
10. Ferris Bueller's Day Off, starring Matthew Broderick

• Best Picture: Platoon - Hemdale, Orion
• Best Actor: Paul Newman - The Color of Money
• Best Actress: Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God

• January 24 - Mischa Barton

• March 10 - Ray Milland, British actor
• June 13 - Benny Goodman, musician, actor
• November 21 – Dar Robinson, film stuntman
• November 29 - Cary Grant, actor
• December 28 - Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian movie director

• Blue Velvet, directed by David Lynch
• Children of a Lesser God
• The Color of Money, starring Paul Newman and Tom Cruise
• Crossroads, starring Ralph Macchio
• Hannah and Her Sisters
• The Great Mouse Detective
• Labyrinth, starring Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie
• Le Déclin de l'empire américain, (The Decline of the American Empire), written and directed by Denys Arcand
• Short Circuit, starring Steve Guttenberg
• Sid and Nancy, starring Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb