1986 independent films

1986 film directed by Oliver Stone

1986 film by David Lynch

1986 film by Woody Allen

Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Rob Reiner. Based on Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body, the film is set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Oregon, in 1959. Stand by Me stars Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell as four boys who set out on a journey to find the dead body of a missing boy. The film's title is derived from the 1961 song of the same name by Ben E. King, which plays during the film's closing credits.

1986 film by Jim Jarmusch

1986 film by Michael Mann

1986 film by David Anspaugh

1986 film directed by John McNaughton

1986 US animated film

1986 film by Jonathan Demme

1986 American fantastic monster film directed by John Guillermin

1986 film directed by Derek Jarman

1986 film directed by James Foley

1986 film by Blake Edwards

1986 film by Margarethe von Trotta

1986 film by Leos Carax

1986 film directed by Mike Marvin

1986 film by Bruce Beresford

1986 film by Alan Metter

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 directed by John Carl Buechler

1986 film by Tim Hunter

1986 film by John McTiernan

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.

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.

1986 film by Fred Walton

1987 film by Jim McBride

1986 film by Spike Lee

1986 film by Robert Wise, Emilio Estevez

1986 film by Richard C. Sarafian

1986 film by Bill Sherwood

1986 film directed by John Hough

1986 film by Andrei Konchalovsky

1986 film by Sam Firstenberg

Spookies is a 1986 American independent horror film directed by Brendan Faulkner and Thomas Doran, with additional footage directed by Eugenie Joseph. It stars Felix Ward, Dan Scott, Alec Nemser, and Maria Pechukas, and follows a group of partying adults who find an abandoned mansion and become trapped inside as a warlock tries to sacrifice the group with the intention of using their vitality to keep his wife alive.

1986 television film directed by Abel Ferrara

1986 film by Héctor Olivera

1986 film by David Byrne

1986 film by Chuck Workman

1986 film

1986 short film

1986 film directed by Gary Hudson

1986 film by Amos Gitai

1986 film

1986 film directed by Agustí Villaronga

1986 film by Jerrold Freedman

1986 film by Brian Trenchard-Smith

1986 film by Ross McElwee

1986 film by Mike Marvin

1986 film directed by Carlos Sorín

1986 film