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1986 in film

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The following is an overview of events in 1986 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

{{See also|List of 1986 box office number-one films in the United States}}

The top ten 1986 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

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|+ Highest-grossing films of 1986{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1986/?grossesOption=totalGrosses|title=Domestic Box Office For 1986|work=Box Office Mojo|access-date=18 December 2019}}

RankTitleDistributorBox-office gross
style="text-align:center;"| 1

| Top Gun

| rowspan="2" | Paramount

| $176,781,728

style="text-align:center;"| 2

|Crocodile Dundee

| $174,803,506

style="text-align:center;"| 3

|Platoon

| Orion

| $138,530,565

style="text-align:center;"| 4

| The Karate Kid Part II

| Columbia

| $115,103,979

style="text-align:center;"| 5

| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

| Paramount

| $109,713,132

style="text-align:center;"| 6

|Back to School

| Orion

| $91,258,000

style="text-align:center;"| 7

| Aliens

| 20th Century Fox

| $86,160,248

style="text-align:center;"| 8

| The Golden Child

| Paramount

| $79,817,937

style="text-align:center;"| 9

| Ruthless People

| Buena Vista

| $71,624,879

style="text-align:center;"| 10

| Ferris Bueller's Day Off

| Paramount

| $70,136,169

Events

Awards

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rowspan="2" style="width:200px;"| Category/Organizationcolspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 44th Golden Globe Awards
January 31, 1987		rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 40th BAFTA Awards
February 22, 1987		rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 59th Academy Awards
March 30, 1987
width=200| Dramastyle="width:200px;"| Comedy or Musical
Best FilmPlatoonHannah and Her SistersA Room with a ViewPlatoon
Best Directorcolspan=2| Oliver Stone
Platoon		Woody Allen
Hannah and Her Sisters		Oliver Stone
Platoon
Best ActorBob Hoskins
Mona Lisa		Paul Hogan
Crocodile Dundee		Bob Hoskins
Mona Lisa		Paul Newman
The Color of Money
Best ActressMarlee Matlin
Children of a Lesser God		Sissy Spacek
Crimes of the Heart		Maggie Smith
A Room with a View		Marlee Matlin
Children of a Lesser God
Best Supporting Actorcolspan=2| Tom Berenger
Platoon		Ray McAnally
The Mission		Michael Caine
Hannah and Her Sisters
Best Supporting Actresscolspan=2| Maggie Smith
A Room with a View		Judi Dench
A Room with a View		Dianne Wiest
Hannah and Her Sisters
Best Screenplay, Adaptedrowspan=2 colspan=2| The Mission
Robert Bolt		Out of Africa
Kurt Luedtke		A Room with a View
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Best Screenplay, OriginalHannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen		Hannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen
Best Original Scorecolspan="3" | Ennio Morricone
The Mission		Herbie Hancock
Round Midnight
Best Original Songcolspan="2" | "Take My Breath Away"
Top Gun		N/A"Take My Breath Away"
Top Gun
Best Foreign Language Filmcolspan=2| The Assault
(De Aanslag)		Ran
(Ran)		The Assault
(De Aanslag)

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

1986 films

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Births

American Soap Opera Actress

Deaths

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! Month !! Date !! Name !! Age !! Country !! Profession !! Notable films

rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| January

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

Emmet Laverystyle="text-align:center;"| 83style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter{{hlist|The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell| Army Surgeon}}
style="text-align:center;"| 2Una Merkelstyle="text-align:center;"| 82style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|The Parent Trap|42nd Street}}
style="text-align:center;"| 14Donna Reedstyle="text-align:center;"| 64style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|It's a Wonderful Life|From Here To Eternity}}
style="text-align:center;"| 24Gordon MacRaestyle="text-align:center;"| 64style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer{{hlist|Oklahoma!|Carousel}}
style="text-align:center;"| 27Lilli Palmerstyle="text-align:center;"| 78style="text-align:center;"| Germanystyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Body and Soul|The Boys from Brazil}}
style="text-align:center;"| 29Leif Ericksonstyle="text-align:center;"| 74style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Tea and Sympathy|Kiss Them for Me}}
rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| February

| style="text-align:center;"| 2

Donald Ecclesstyle="text-align:center;"| 77style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|The Wicker Man|Young Sherlock Holmes}}
style="text-align:center;"| 6Ray Moyerstyle="text-align:center;"| 87style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Set Decorator{{hlist|Sunset Boulevard|Cleopatra}}
style="text-align:center;"| 6Dandy Nicholsstyle="text-align:center;"| 78style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Help!|The Vikings}}
style="text-align:center;"| 10Brian Ahernestyle="text-align:center;"| 83style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Juarez|A Night to Remember}}
style="text-align:center;"| 16Howard Da Silvastyle="text-align:center;"| 82style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|1776|The Lost Weekend}}
style="text-align:center;"| 17Paul Stewartstyle="text-align:center;"| 77style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Citizen Kane|In Cold Blood}}
style="text-align:center;"| 19Adolfo Celistyle="text-align:center;"| 63style="text-align:center;"| Italystyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Thunderball|Danger: Diabolik}}
style="text-align:center;"| 22Bill Hickmanstyle="text-align:center;"| 65style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Stuntman, Actor{{hlist|The French Connection|Bullitt}}
style="text-align:center;"| 23Nino Tarantostyle="text-align:center;"| 78style="text-align:center;"| Italystyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Husbands in the City|The Monk of Monza}}
style="text-align:center;"| 25Pasquale Festa Campanilestyle="text-align:center;"| 58style="text-align:center;"| Italystyle="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter{{hlist|Petomaniac|The Leopard}}
style="text-align:center;"| 27Eugene Fordestyle="text-align:center;"| 87style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Director{{hlist|Charlie Chan in London| Dressed to Kill}}
rowspan=13 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| March

| style="text-align:center;"| 3

Peter Capellstyle="text-align:center;"| 73style="text-align:center;"| Germanystyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory|Paths of Glory}}
style="text-align:center;"| 6Adolph Caesarstyle="text-align:center;"| 52style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|A Soldier's Story|The Color Purple}}
style="text-align:center;"| 10Ray Millandstyle="text-align:center;"| 77style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director{{hlist|Dial M for Murder|The Lost Weekend}}
style="text-align:center;"| 14Edith Atwaterstyle="text-align:center;"| 74style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;| Actress{{hlist|Sweet Smell of Success| Strait-Jacket}}
style="text-align:center;"| 21Derek Farrstyle="text-align:center;"| 74style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|The Dam Busters|The Projected Man}}
style="text-align:center;"| 22Olive Deeringstyle="text-align:center;"| 67style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|The Ten Commandments|Samson and Delilah}}
style="text-align:center;"| 22Charles Starrettstyle="text-align:center;"| 82style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|The Durango Kid|Gallant Defender}}
style="text-align:center;"| 25Gloria Blondellstyle="text-align:center;"| 75style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Accidents Will Happen| Daredevil Drivers}}
style="text-align:center;"| 28Virginia Gilmorestyle="text-align:center;"| 66style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Western Union| That Other Woman}}
style="text-align:center;"| 29Harry Ritzstyle="text-align:center;"| 86style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Comedian, Actor{{hlist|The Three Musketeers| Silent Movie}}
style="text-align:center;"| 30Herman A. Blumenthalstyle="text-align:center;"| 69style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Art Director, Production Designer{{hlist|Journey to the Center of the Earth|Hello, Dolly!}}
style="text-align:center;"| 30James Cagneystyle="text-align:center;"| 86style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|White Heat|Yankee Doodle Dandy}}
style="text-align:center;"| 31Jerry Parisstyle="text-align:center;"| 60style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director{{hlist|Marty|The Caine Mutiny}}
rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| April

| style="text-align:center;"| 3

Mary C. McCall Jr.style="text-align:center;"| 81style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter{{hlist|The Fighting Sullivans| Maisie}}
style="text-align:center;"| 7Chester Erskinestyle="text-align:center;"| 77style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Director{{hlist|A Girl in Every Port| The Egg and I}}
style="text-align:center;"| 13Stephen Stuckerstyle="text-align:center;"| 38style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Airplane!|Trading Places}}
style="text-align:center;"| 15Tim McIntirestyle="text-align:center;"| 41style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Brubaker|American Hot Wax}}
style="text-align:center;"| 20Max Benedictstyle="text-align:center;"| 66style="text-align:center;"| Austriastyle="text-align:center;"| Film Editor{{hlist|Whistle Down the Wind|The Blue Max}}
style="text-align:center;"| 21Marjorie Eatonstyle="text-align:center;"| 85style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|The Trouble with Angels|That Forsyte Woman}}
style="text-align:center;"| 23Harold Arlenstyle="text-align:center;"| 81style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Composer{{hlist|The Wizard of Oz|A Star Is Born}}
style="text-align:center;"| 23Otto Premingerstyle="text-align:center;"| 80style="text-align:center;"| Austriastyle="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer, Actor{{hlist|Anatomy of a Murder|Laura}}
style="text-align:center;"| 26Broderick Crawfordstyle="text-align:center;"| 74style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|All the King's Men|Born Yesterday}}
style="text-align:center;"| 26Bessie Lovestyle="text-align:center;"| 87style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|The Broadway Melody|The Lost World}}
style="text-align:center;"| 30Robert Stevensonstyle="text-align:center;"| 81style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Director{{hlist|Mary Poppins|Old Yeller}}
rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| May

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

Hylda Bakerstyle="text-align:center;"| 81style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning|Oliver!}}
style="text-align:center;"| 3Robert Aldastyle="text-align:center;"| 72style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Rhapsody in Blue|Imitation of Life}}
style="text-align:center;"| 9Herschel Bernardistyle="text-align:center;"| 62style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|The Front|Irma la Douce}}
style="text-align:center;"| 12Elisabeth Bergnerstyle="text-align:center;"| 88style="text-align:center;"| Ukrainestyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Escape Me Never | Paris Calling}}
style="text-align:center;"| 13George Gainesstyle="text-align:center;"| 52style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Set Decorator{{hlist|All the President's Men|Heaven Can Wait}}
style="text-align:center;"| 22Martin Gabelstyle="text-align:center;"| 73style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|The Front Page|Marnie}}
style="text-align:center;"| 23Sterling Haydenstyle="text-align:center;"| 70style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|The Godfather|Dr. Strangelove}}
style="text-align:center;"| 24Yakima Canuttstyle="text-align:center;"| 90style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor, Stuntman, Director{{hlist|Stagecoach|Ben-Hur}}
style="text-align:center;"| 26Gunnar Björnstrandstyle="text-align:center;"| 74style="text-align:center;"| Swedenstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|The Seventh Seal|Fanny and Alexander}}
style="text-align:center;"| 28Lurene Tuttlestyle="text-align:center;"| 78style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Don't Bother to Knock|Psycho}}
style="text-align:center;"| 31Sylvia Coleridgestyle="text-align:center;"| 76style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Tess|I Met a Murderer}}
rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| June

| style="text-align:center;"| 3

Anna Neaglestyle="text-align:center;"| 81style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Forever and a Day|No, No, Nanette}}
style="text-align:center;"| 10Paul Stevensstyle="text-align:center;"| 65style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Advise & Consent|Battle for the Planet of the Apes}}
style="text-align:center;"| 11Reed De Rouenstyle="text-align:center;"| 69style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|The Third Man|Billion Dollar Brain}}
style="text-align:center;"| 13Benny Goodmanstyle="text-align:center;"| 77style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Musician{{hlist|A Song Is Born|The Benny Goodman Story}}
style="text-align:center;"| 14Alan Jay Lernerstyle="text-align:center;"| 67style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Lyricist{{hlist|An American in ParisMy Fair Lady}}
style="text-align:center;"| 17Ted J. Kentstyle="text-align:center;"| 84style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Film Editor{{hlist|Creature from the Black Lagoon|The Wolf Man}}
style="text-align:center;"| 20Julie Duncanstyle="text-align:center;"| 67style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Desperate CargoWyoming Wildcat}}
style="text-align:center;"| 23Nigel Stockstyle="text-align:center;"| 66style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|The Great Escape|The Lion in Winter}}
style="text-align:center;"| 29Robert Drivasstyle="text-align:center;"| 50style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Cool Hand Luke|The Illustrated Man}}
style="text-align:center;"| 30Margalo Gillmorestyle="text-align:center;"| 89style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Perfect Strangers| Cause for Alarm!}}
rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| July

| style="text-align:center;"| 3

Rudy Valleestyle="text-align:center;"| 84style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer{{hlist|How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying|Unfaithfully Yours}}
style="text-align:center;"| 10Jody Lawrancestyle="text-align:center;"| 55style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Mask of the Avenger| Ten Tall Men}}
style="text-align:center;"| 15Benny Rubinstyle="text-align:center;"| 87style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Sunny Skies| Hot Curves}}
style="text-align:center;"| 18Buddy Baerstyle="text-align:center;"| 71style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Quo Vadis| The Big Sky}}
style="text-align:center;"| 19Daniel L. Fappstyle="text-align:center;"| 82style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer{{hlist|The Great Escape|West Side Story}}
style="text-align:center;"| 19Harold D. Schusterstyle="text-align:center;"| 83style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Film Editor, Director{{hlist|Wings of the Morning|Loophole}}
style="text-align:center;"| 25Vincente Minnellistyle="text-align:center;"| 83style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Director{{hlist|An American in Paris|Gigi}}
style="text-align:center;"| 28John Alcottstyle="text-align:center;"| 55style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer{{hlist|Barry Lyndon|A Clockwork Orange}}
rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| August

| style="text-align:center;"| 6

Emilio Fernándezstyle="text-align:center;"| 82style="text-align:center;"| Mexicostyle="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director{{hlist|María Candelaria|The Wild Bunch}}
style="text-align:center;"| 10Jacqueline Gadsdenstyle="text-align:center;"| 86style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Mysterious Island| The Thirteenth Hour}}
style="text-align:center;"| 13Helen Mackstyle="text-align:center;"| 72style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|The Son of Kong|His Girl Friday}}
style="text-align:center;"| 15Waldon O. Watsonstyle="text-align:center;"| 79style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Sound Engineer{{hlist|Psycho|That Touch of Mink}}
style="text-align:center;"| 19Hermione Baddeleystyle="text-align:center;"| 79style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Mary Poppins|Room at the Top}}
style="text-align:center;"| 20Walter Brookestyle="text-align:center;"| 71style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Lawman| The Graduate}}
style="text-align:center;"| 21Bruce Cowlingstyle="text-align:center;"| 66style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Battleground| Cause for Alarm!}}
style="text-align:center;"| 23Adrienne Fazanstyle="text-align:center;"| 80style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Film Editor{{hlist|Singin' in the Rain|Gigi}}
style="text-align:center;"| 26Ted Knightstyle="text-align:center;"| 62style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Caddyshack|Countdown}}
rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| September

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

Murray Hamiltonstyle="text-align:center;"| 63style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Jaws|The Graduate}}
style="text-align:center;"| 6Blanche Sweetstyle="text-align:center;"| 90style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Anna Christie| The Sporting Venus}}
style="text-align:center;"| 8Ray Nazarrostyle="text-align:center;"| 83style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Director{{hlist|Apache Territory| The Tougher They Come}}
style="text-align:center;"| 15Virginia Greggstyle="text-align:center;"| 70style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Operation Petticoat| Spencer's Mountain}}
style="text-align:center;"| 26Brian Desmond Hurststyle="text-align:center;"| 91style="text-align:center;"| Irelandstyle="text-align:center;"| Director{{hlist|Dangerous Moonlight| Scrooge}}
style="text-align:center;"| 28Denis Careystyle="text-align:center;"| 77style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Psychomania|The Day of the Jackal}}
style="text-align:center;"| 28Robert Helpmannstyle="text-align:center;"| 77style="text-align:center;"| Australiastyle="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director{{hlist|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang|The Red Shoes}}
rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| October

| style="text-align:center;"| 5

Hal B. Wallisstyle="text-align:center;"| 88style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Producer{{hlist|Casablanca|Becket}}
style="text-align:center;"| 11David Handstyle="text-align:center;"| 86style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Animator, Director{{hlist|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs| Bambi}}
style="text-align:center;"| 11Boris Levenstyle="text-align:center;"| 78style="text-align:center;"| Russiastyle="text-align:center;"| Production Designer{{hlist|West Side Story|The Sound of Music}}
style="text-align:center;"| 14Yvette Dugaystyle="text-align:center;"| 54style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|The Cimarron Kid| Francis Covers the Big Town}}
style="text-align:center;"| 14Keenan Wynnstyle="text-align:center;"| 70style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Dr. Strangelove|Nashville}}
style="text-align:center;"| 14Spec O'Donnellstyle="text-align:center;"| 75style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Here's Flash Casey|Blonde Trouble}}
style="text-align:center;"| 17Leah Rhodesstyle="text-align:center;"| 84style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Costume Designer{{hlist|The Big Sleep|Strangers on a Train}}
style="text-align:center;"| 25Forrest Tuckerstyle="text-align:center;"| 67style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Sands of Iwo Jima|The Yearling}}
style="text-align:center;"| 28Robert Arthurstyle="text-align:center;"| 76style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Producer{{hlist|The Big Heat|Father Goose}}
style="text-align:center;"| 28Ian Marterstyle="text-align:center;"| 42style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|The Medusa Touch|The Abominable Dr. Phibes}}
style="text-align:center;"| 31Marcella Martinstyle="text-align:center;"| 70style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Gone with the Wind| The Man Who Returned to Life}}
rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| November

| style="text-align:center;"| 2

Harry Brownstyle="text-align:center;"| 69style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter{{hlist|A Place in the Sun| Ocean's 11}}
style="text-align:center;"| 8Beatrice Kaystyle="text-align:center;"| 79style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actress{{hlist|Diamond Horseshoe| Underworld U.S.A.}}
style="text-align:center;"| 11Roger C. Carmelstyle="text-align:center;"| 54style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Gambit|Breezy}}
style="text-align:center;"| 21Jerry Colonnastyle="text-align:center;"| 82style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Alice in Wonderland|Road to Singapore}}
style="text-align:center;"| 21Dar Robinsonstyle="text-align:center;"| 39style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Stuntman{{hlist|To Live and Die in L.A.|Papillon}}
style="text-align:center;"| 22Scatman Crothersstyle="text-align:center;"| 76style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|The Shining|Twilight Zone: The Movie}}
style="text-align:center;"| 23Norman Maurerstyle="text-align:center;"| 60style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Producer{{hlist|The Three Stooges Meet Hercules|Who's Minding the Mint?}}
style="text-align:center;"| 27Robert Priestleystyle="text-align:center;"| 85style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Set Decorator{{hlist|Picnic|Sayonara}}
style="text-align:center;"| 29Herb Vigranstyle="text-align:center;"| 76style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea|The Love Bug}}
style="text-align:center;"| 29Cary Grantstyle="text-align:center;"| 82style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|North by Northwest|To Catch a Thief}}
rowspan=13 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| December

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Frank McCarthystyle="text-align:center;"| 74style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Producer{{hlist|Patton|Decision Before Dawn}}
style="text-align:center;"| 2Ken Scottstyle="text-align:center;"| 58style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Fantastic Voyage|The Three Faces of Eve}}
style="text-align:center;"| 2Desi Arnazstyle="text-align:center;"| 69style="text-align:center;"| Cubastyle="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer{{hlist|The Long, Long Trailer| Holiday in Havana}}
style="text-align:center;"| 10Susan Cabotstyle="text-align:center;"| 59style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Gunsmoke|Tomahawk}}
style="text-align:center;"| 11Carlos Ramirezstyle="text-align:center;"| 70style="text-align:center;"| Colombiastyle="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer{{hlist|Anchors Aweigh|Night and Day}}
style="text-align:center;"| 12Clifford Stinestyle="text-align:center;"| 80style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer{{hlist|This Island Earth|Follow Me, Boys!}}
style="text-align:center;"| 13Heather Angelstyle="text-align:center;"| 77style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Lifeboat|Suspicion}}
style="text-align:center;"| 18George Amystyle="text-align:center;"| 83style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Film Editor{{hlist|Yankee Doodle Dandy|Air Force}}
style="text-align:center;"| 18Mamo Clarkstyle="text-align:center;"| 72style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Mutiny on the Bounty|Hawaii Calls}}
style="text-align:center;"| 22Harvey Stephensstyle="text-align:center;"| 85style="text-align:center;"| USstyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|Sergeant York|North by Northwest}}
style="text-align:center;"| 23Gerhard Bienertstyle="text-align:center;"| 88style="text-align:center;"| Germanystyle="text-align:center;"| Actor{{hlist|The Blue Angel|The Testament of Dr. Mabuse}}
style="text-align:center;"| 26Elsa Lanchesterstyle="text-align:center;"| 84style="text-align:center;"| UKstyle="text-align:center;"| Actress{{hlist|Bride of Frankenstein|Witness for the Prosecution}}
style="text-align:center;"| 28Andrei Tarkovskystyle="text-align:center;"| 54style="text-align:center;"| Russiastyle="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter{{hlist|Solaris|Andrei Rublev}}

Film debuts

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See also

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References

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External links

  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1986-01-01,1986-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1986 films] at IMDb
  • [https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1986/?grossesOption=calendarGrosses 1986 Domestic Grosses] at Box Office Mojo
  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1986-01-01,1986-12-31&adult=include List of 1986 deaths] at IMDb
  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1986-01-01,1986-12-31&adult=include List of 1986 births] at IMDb

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