1986 English-language films

1986 film by Peter Markle

1986 film by Michael Ritchie

1986 film by J. Lee Thompson

1986 film by Roman Polanski

1986 film by Jimmy T. Murakami

1986 film directed by Walter Hill

1986 film directed by Derek Jarman

1986 film directed by Penny Marshall

1986 film by Paul Mazursky

1986 film directed by James Foley

1986 film directed by Sidney Lumet

1986 film by Michael Chapman

1986 film by Wes Craven

1986 film by Trevor Nunn

1986 film by David Seltzer

1986 film by Edward Zwick

1986 film directed by Michael Ritchie

1986 film directed by Sidney Lumet

1986 film by Garry Marshall

1986 film directed by Fred Dekker

1986 film by Blake Edwards

1986 film by Ivan Reitman

1986 film by Hal Ashby

1986 film by Stuart Gordon

1986 film directed by Sidney J. Furie

1986 film directed by Mike Marvin

1986 film by Bruce Beresford

1986 film by Mark L. Lester

F/X (also known as or subtitled Murder by Illusion) is a 1986 American action thriller film directed by Robert Mandel, written by Gregory Fleeman and Robert T. Megginson, and starring Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young, and Angela Bassett in her film debut. The film follows a special effects expert who is hired by the U.S. Department of Justice to stage the murder of a mobster about to enter the Witness Protection Program, but complications arise when he is targeted for murder himself; meanwhile, an NYPD detective becomes suspicious of the circumstances of the case.

1986 film by Alan Metter

1986 film directed by J. Lee Thompson

SpaceCamp is a 1986 American science fiction adventure film inspired by the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. Directed by Harry Winer, story by Patrick Bailey and Larry B. Williams, screenplay by Clifford Green (as W. W. Wicket) and Casey T. Mitchell, the film stars Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott, Lea Thompson, Tate Donovan, and Joaquin Phoenix (credited as "Leaf Phoenix") in his feature film debut.

1986 film by Tobe Hooper

1986 film by Richard Pearce

1986 film by Harley Cokeliss

1986 film directed by John Carl Buechler

1986 film by Richard Franklin

1986 film by Ron Howard

1986 film by Tim Hunter

1986 film directed by Nick Castle

1990 film by Gavin Taylor

1986 film directed by Bob Dahlin

1986 television film directed by Clive Donner

1986 film by Jeff Kanew

1986 film by John McTiernan

British animated film

1986 film by Harold Ramis

1985 film by Gus Van Sant

1986 film by Prince

1986 film directed by Jim Wynorski

TerrorVision is a 1986 American science fiction horror comedy film directed by Ted Nicolaou, produced and written by Albert and Charles Band and composed by Richard Band, all of whom would go on to found and work with Full Moon Features in 1989. TerrorVision was made by Empire International Pictures, the production company owned by Charles Band prior to Full Moon, and was released in February 1986.

1986 film directed by Bob Swaim

1987 film by Gary Sherman

1986 film by Moshé Mizrahi

Witchboard is a 1986 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Kevin Tenney in his directorial debut, and starring Tawny Kitaen, Stephen Nichols, and Todd Allen. The plot centers on college student Linda Brewster who becomes entranced into using her friend's Ouija board alone after it was left behind at her party. She is subsequently terrorized and eventually possessed by the spirit of malevolent serial killer Carlos Malfeitor, who committed a series of axe murders in the 1930s.

1987 film by Nicolas Roeg

1986 film directed by John Frankenheimer

1986 film by Fred Walton

1986 film by Savage Steve Holland

1987 film by Jim McBride