1986 in film
See also: 1985 in film, other events of 1986, 1987 in film, list of 'years in film'.
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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.
- Dar Robinson, considered the greatest stuntman ever, is killed on the set of the film Million Dollar Mystery.
Top grossing films
- Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise
- Crocodile Dundee
- Platoon
- The Karate Kid, Part II
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- Back to School
- Aliens, starring Sigourney Weaver
- The Golden Child, starring Eddie Murphy
- Ruthless People
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off, starring Matthew Broderick
- Hoosiers
Academy Awards
- Best Picture: Platoon – Hemdale, Orion
- Best Director: Oliver Stone – Platoon
- Best Actor: Paul Newman – The Color of Money
- Best Actress: Marlee Matlin – Children of a Lesser God
Births
Deaths
- March 10 – Ray Milland, British actor
- June 13 – Benny Goodman, musician, actor
- October 5 – Hal B. Wallis, major American film producer
- November 21 Dar Robinson, film stuntman
- November 29 – Cary Grant, actor
- December 13 – Heather Angel, actress
- December 28 – Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian movie director
Other movies released
- Blue Velvet, directed by David Lynch
- Children of a Lesser God
- The Color of Money, starring Paul Newman and Tom Cruise
- Hannah and Her Sisters
- The Great Mouse Detective
- 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
- Jean de Florette, starring Gerard Depardieu and Yves Montand
- Manon des sources starring Emmanuelle Beart and Yves Montand
- Stand by Me
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