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 deaths.

Highest-grossing films

See also: List of 1986 box office number-one films in the United States

The top ten 1986 released films by box office gross as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1986

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic gross
1.	Top Gun	Paramount	$176,781,728
2.	Crocodile Dundee		$174,803,506
3.	Platoon	Orion Pictures	$138,530,565
4.	The Karate Kid Part II	Columbia	$115,103,979
5.	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Paramount	$109,713,132
6.	Back to School	Orion	$91,258,000
7.	Aliens	20th Century Fox	$86,160,248
8.	The Golden Child	Paramount	$79,817,937
9.	Ruthless People	Walt Disney Pictures	$71,624,879
10.	Ferris Bueller's Day Off	Paramount	$70,136,169

Events

• April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries singer Belinda Carlisle of rock band The Go-Go's.
• April 26 - Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver.
• May - Actress Heather Locklear marries Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee.
• September 13 - Siskel & Ebert, one of the world's most popular movie review television programs, premieres in syndication. Although the two critics had been working as a pair since 1975, this will be their longest running program and will run in various incarnations until 2010.
• November 21 - The first animated film produced by Steven Spielberg, An American Tail, is released, and breaks the record once held by Disney's The Rescuers for the largest financial amount made for an animated film on opening weekend.
• November 29
  • Actor Cary Grant dies of a cerebral hemorrhage.
  • Stuntman Dar Robinson is killed on the set of the film Million Dollar Mystery.
• December 12 - Paramount Pictures unveils its new and first CGI Animated opening logo. Having been used from 1986 to 2002, a 75th anniversary byline was temporarily shown in the logo until February 5, 1988, to celebrate the studio's 75th birthday.

Awards

Category/Organization	44th Golden Globe Awards January 31, 1987		40th BAFTA Awards February 22, 1987	59th Academy Awards March 30, 1987
	Drama	Musical or Comedy
Best Film	Platoon	Hannah and Her Sisters	A Room with a View	Platoon
Best Director	Oliver Stone Platoon		Woody Allen Hannah and Her Sisters	Oliver Stone Platoon
Best Actor	Bob Hoskins Mona Lisa	Paul Hogan "Crocodile" Dundee	Bob Hoskins Mona Lisa	Paul Newman The Color of Money
Best Actress	Marlee 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 Actor	Tom Berenger Platoon		Ray McAnally The Mission	Michael Caine Hannah and Her Sisters
Best Supporting Actress	Maggie Smith A Room with a View		Judi Dench A Room with a View	Dianne Wiest Hannah and Her Sisters
Best Screenplay, Adapted	The Mission Robert Bolt		Out of Africa Kurt Leudtke	A Room with a View Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Best Screenplay, Original			Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen	Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen
Best Foreign Language Film	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

Golden Raspberry Awards

Worst Picture: Howard the Duck and Under the Cherry Moon (tie)

Worst Director: Prince - Under the Cherry Moon

Worst Actor: Prince - Under the Cherry Moon

Worst Actress: Madonna - Shanghai Surprise

Worst Supporting Actor: Jerome Benton - Under the Cherry Moon

Worst Supporting Actress: Dom DeLuise (in drag) - Haunted Honeymoon

Worst Screenplay: Howard the Duck

1986 Wide-release films

1. Aliens
2. Platoon
3. Mona Lisa
4. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
5. Caravaggio
6. Ruthless People
7. Peggy Sue Got Married
8. Crocodile Dundee
9. Top Gun

Births

• January 24 - Mischa Barton, English-American actress
• February 1 - Lauren Conrad, American TV personality and author
• February 2 - Gemma Arterton, English actress
• February 14 - Tiffany Thornton, American actress, comedian, singer and songwriter
• February 19 - Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
• February 24 - Bryce Papenbrook, voice actor
• March 9 - Brittany Snow, American actress
• March 14 - Jamie Bell, English actor
• March 16 - Alexandra Daddario, American actress
• March 21 - Scott Eastwood, American actor
• April 3 - Amanda Bynes, American actress and variety show host
• April 9 - Leighton Meester, American actress and singer
• May 13 - Robert Pattinson, English actor
• May 16 - Megan Fox, American actress
• June 11 - Shia LaBeouf, American actor
• June 13
  • Kat Dennings, American actress
  • Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, American actresses and entrepreneurs
• June 19 - Nazareno Casero, Argentinian actor
• June 26 - Brittney Karbowski, voice actress
• June 27
  • Drake Bell, American actor, comedian, musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer
  • Sam Claflin, British actor
• July 2 - Lindsay Lohan, American actress
• July 8 - Jake McDorman, American actor
• August 16 - Shawn Pyfrom, American actor
• August 28 - Armie Hammer, American actor
• August 29 - Lea Michele, American actress and singer
• August 31 - Ryan Kelley, American actor
• September 12 - Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer
• October 2 - Camilla Belle, American actress
• November 1 - Penn Badgley, American actor
• November 4 - Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, actress and philanthropist
• November 10 - Josh Peck, American actor
• November 18 - Ragne Veensalu, Estonian actress
• November 25 - Katie Cassidy, American actress and singer

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	4	Una Merkel	82	USA	Actress	The Parent Trap 42nd Street
	14	Donna Reed	64	USA	Actress	It's a Wonderful Life From Here To Eternity
	24	Gordon MacRae	64	USA	Actor	Oklahoma! Carousel
	27	Lilli Palmer	78	Germany	Actress	Body and Soul The Boys from Brazil
	29	Leif Erickson	74	USA	Actor	Tea and Sympathy Kiss Them for Me
February	2	Donald Eccles	77	UK	Actor	The Wicker Man Young Sherlock Holmes
	6	Dandy Nichols	78	UK	Actress	Help! The Vikings
	10	Brian Aherne	83	UK	Actor	Juarez A Night to Remember
	16	Howard Da Silva	82	USA	Actor, Producer	1776 The Lost Weekend
	17	Paul Stewart	77	USA	Actor, Producer	Citizen Kane In Cold Blood
	19	Adolfo Celi	63	Italy	Actor	Thunderball Danger: Diabolik
	22	Bill Hickman	65	USA	Stuntman, Actor	The French Connection Patton
	23	Nino Taranto	78	Italy	Actor	Husbands in the City The Monk of Monza
March	3	Peter Capell	73	Germany	Actor, Writer	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Paths of Glory
	6	Adolph Caesar	52	USA	Actor	A Soldier's Story The Color Purple
	10	Ray Milland	77	USA	Actor, Director	Dial M for Murder The Lost Weekend
	22	Olive Deering	67	USA	Actress	The Ten Commandments Samson and Delilah
	22	Derek Farr	74	UK	Actor	The Dam Busters The Projected Man
	22	Charles Starrett	82	USA	Actor	The Durango Kid Gallant Defender
	28	Virginia Gilmore	66	USA	Actress	Western Union That Other Woman
	30	James Cagney	82	USA	Actor, Producer	White Heat Yankee Doodle Dandy
	31	Jerry Paris	60	USA	Actor, Director	Marty The Caine Mutiny
April	13	Stephen Stucker	38	USA	Actor	Airplane! Trading Places
	15	Tim McIntire	41	USA	Actor	Brubaker The Choirboys
	21	Marjorie Eaton	85	USA	Actress	Mary Poppins Harold and Maude
	23	Otto Preminger	80	USA	Director, Actor, Producer	Anatomy of a Murder Laura
	26	Broderick Crawford	74	USA	Actor, Producer	All the King's Men Born Yesterday
	26	Bessie Love	87	UK	Actress	On Her Majesty's Secret Service Reds
	30	Robert Stevenson	81	USA	Director	Mary Poppins Bedknobs and Broomsticks
May	3	Robert Alda	72	USA	Actor	Rhapsody in Blue Imitation of Life
	9	Herschel Bernardi	62	USA	Actor	The Front Irma la Douce
	22	Martin Gabel	73	USA	Actor	The Front Page Marnie
	23	Sterling Hayden	70	USA	Actor	The Godfather Dr. Strangelove
	26	Gunnar Björnstrand	74	Sweden	Actor	The Seventh Seal Fanny and Alexander
	28	Lurene Tuttle	78	USA	Actress	Don't Bother to Knock Psycho
	31	Sylvia Coleridge	76	UK	Actress	Tess I Met a Murderer
June	3	Anna Neagle	81	UK	Actress	Forever and a Day No, No, Nanette
	11	Reed De Rouen	69	UK	Actor	The Third Man Billion Dollar Brain
	13	Benny Goodman	77	USA	Actor	A Song Is Born The Benny Goodman Story
	23	Nigel Stock	66	UK	Actor	The Great Escape The Lion in Winter
July	3	Rudy Vallee	84	USA	Actor, Singer	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Unfaithfully Yours
	10	Jody Lawrance	55	USA	Actress	Mask of the Avenger Ten Tall Men
	19	Daniel L. Fapp	82	USA	Cinematographer	The Great Escape West Side Story
	19	Harold D. Schuster	83	USA	Film Editor, Director	Wings of the Morning Loophole
	25	Vincente Minnelli	83	USA	Director	An American in Paris Gigi
	28	John Alcott	55	UK	Cinematographer	Barry Lyndon A Clockwork Orange
August	6	Emilio Fernández	82	Mexico	Actor, Director	María Candelaria The Wild Bunch
	13	Helen Mack	72	USA	Actress	The Son of Kong His Girl Friday
	19	Hermione Baddeley	79	USA	Actress	Mary Poppins The Aristocats
	26	Ted Knight	62	USA	Actor	Caddyshack Countdown
September	1	Murray Hamilton	63	USA	Actor	Jaws The Graduate
	28	Denis Carey	77	UK	Actor	Psychomania The Day of the Jackal
	28	Robert Helpmann	77	Australia	Actor, Director	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Red Shoes
October	5	Hal B. Wallis	88	USA	Producer	Casablanca Becket
	14	Keenan Wynn	70	USA	Actor	Dr. Strangelove Nashville
	14	Spec O'Donnell	75	USA	Actor	Here's Flash Casey Blonde Trouble
	17	Leah Rhodes	84	USA	Costume Designer	The Big Sleep Strangers on a Train
	25	Forrest Tucker	67	USA	Actor	Sands of Iwo Jima The Yearling
	28	Ian Marter	42	UK	Actor	The Medusa Touch The Abominable Dr. Phibes
November	2	Harry Brown	69	USA	Screenwriter	A Place in the Sun Ocean's 11
	8	Beatrice Kay	79	USA	Singer, Actress	Diamond Horseshoe Underworld U.S.A.
	11	Roger C. Carmel	54	USA	Actor	Gambit Breezy
	21	Jerry Colonna	82	USA	Actor	Alice in Wonderland Road to Singapore
	21	Dar Robinson	39	USA	Stuntman, Actor	Airplane! Papillon
	22	Scatman Crothers	76	USA	Actor	The Shining Twilight Zone: The Movie
	27	Robert Priestley	85	USA	Set Decorator	Picnic Sayonara
	29	Herb Vigran	76	USA	Actor	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea The Love Bug
	29	Cary Grant	82	USA	Actor	North by Northwest To Catch a Thief
December	2	Ken Scott	58	UK	Actor	Fantastic Voyage The Three Faces of Eve
	2	Desi Arnaz	69	USA	Actor	The Long, Long Trailer Holiday in Havana
	10	Susan Cabot	59	USA	Actress	Gunsmoke Tomahawk
	11	Carlos Ramirez	70	USA	Actor, Singer	Anchors Aweigh Night and Day
	13	Heather Angel	77	UK	Actress	Alice in Wonderland Suspicion
	18	Mamo Clark	72	USA	Actress	Mutiny on the Bounty Hawaii Calls
	18	Winifred Deforest Coffin	75	USA	Actress	The Million Dollar Duck Now You See Him, Now You Don't
	22	Harvey Stephens	85	USA	Actor	Sergeant York North by Northwest
	23	Gerhard Bienert	88	Germany	Actor, Writer	The Blue Angel The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
	26	Elsa Lanchester	84	UK	Actress	Bride of Frankenstein Mary Poppins
	28	Andrei Tarkovsky	54	USSR	Director, Writer	Solaris Andrei Rublev

Film debuts

• Christian Bale - Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna
• Jean-Claude Van Damme - No Retreat, No Surrender
• Angela Bassett - F/X
• Sean Bean - Caravaggio
• Kate Burton - Big Trouble in Little China
• Steve Buscemi - Parting Glances
• Tia Carrere - Zombie Nightmare
• Stacy Ferguson - Monster in the Closet
• Woody Harrelson - Wildcats
• Thomas Jane - Padamati Sandhya Ragam
• Catherine Keener - About Last Night
• Jennifer Lopez - My Little Girl
• Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God
• Janet McTeer - Half Moon Street
• S. Epatha Merkerson - She's Gotta Have It
• Jerry O'Connell - Stand by Me
• Miranda Otto - Emma's War
• Jason Patric - Solarbabies
• Elizabeth Perkins - About Last Night...
• Joaquin Phoenix - SpaceCamp
• Jeremy Piven - Lucas
• Bill Pullman - Ruthless People
• Ving Rhames - Native Son
• Winona Ryder - Lucas
• Kristin Scott Thomas - Under the Cherry Moon
• Tony Shalhoub - Heartburn
• Jimmy Smits - Running Scared
• Wesley Snipes - Wildcats
• Kevin Spacey - Heartburn
• Imelda Staunton - Comrades
• Tilda Swinton - Caravaggio
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa - Armed Response
• Naomi Watts - For Love Alone
• Bradley Whitford - Doorman

See also

• List of American films of 1986
• List of British films of 1986
• List of French films of 1986
• List of German films of the 1980s
• List of Bollywood films of 1986
• List of Italian films of 1986
• List of Japanese films of 1986
• List of Swedish films of the 1980s

References

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