When police funding is cut, the Governor announces he must close one of the academies. To make it fair, the two police academies must compete against each other to stay in operation. Mauser persuades two officers in Lassard's academy to better his odds, but things don't quite turn out as expected...

Scene of the Crime

1986

French

6.4

♡ 7

André Téchiné Director

Claire Nebout as Alice

Jean Bousquet as Le grand-père

Catherine Deneuve as Lili Ravenel

Christine Paolini as Suzan

In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. The boy does as he's told, only to be attacked by the convict's partner. A murder ensues, and through happenstance, the murderer and the boy's mother form an alliance. All this takes place in four days during which the boy has his first communion, his separated parents face each other amidst grandmother's hopes they'll reunite, the grandfather just wants to go fishing, the school's chaplain complains about the boy's behavior, and the convicts' shared girlfriend comes, gun in hand, to help them escape to Tangier. The mother's surprising decisions complete the story.

The Mission

1986

English

7.4

♡ 46

63%

Roland Joffé Director

Robert De Niro as

Jeremy Irons as Father Gabriel

Liam Neeson as Fielding

Ronald Pickup as Hontar

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.

Caprice

1986

English

6.5

♡ 5

Action

Fantasy

Joanna Hogg Director

Anthony Higgins as Douglas Furbanks

David de Keyser as Emilio

Bruce Payne as Jacko / Edwina LaPage

Tilda Swinton as Lucky

A girl finds herself inside a fashion magazine – Joanna Hogg's graduation piece at the National Film and Television School starring a then unknown Tilda Swinton.

Solarbabies

1986

English

4.8

♡ 7

post-apocalyptic future

rebel gangs

roller-skating

Sci-Fi

Alan Johnson Director

Lukas Haas as Daniel

Richard Jordan as Grock

Claude Brooks as Rabbit

Kelly Bishop as Tutor Nover

In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and is quite good. It has given them a unity that transcends the attempts to bring them to heel by the government. Finding an orb of special power, they find it has unusual effects on them. They escape from the orphanage (on skates) and try to cross the wasteland looking for a place they can live free as the storm-troopers search for them and the orb.

April Fool's Day

1986

English

6.1

♡ 33

60%

Fred Walton Director

Thomas F. Wilson as Arch

Tom Heaton as Constable Potter / Uncle Frank

Amy Steel as Kit

Leah Pinsent as Nan

Ken Olandt as Rob

As soon as Muffy St. John and her college friends arrive on her parents' secluded island, someone starts trimming the guest list... one murder at a time.

Born American

1986

English

4.3

♡ 3

22%

Renny Harlin Director

Albert Salmi as Drane

Renny Harlin as Man's Voice from Ship's Loudspeakers

Mike Norris as Savoy Brown

Thalmus Rasulala as The Admiral

A trio of American students vacationing in Finland cross the border into the USSR and are soon imprisoned following a skirmish with Soviet soldiers.

Shadows in Paradise

1986

Finnish

7.4

♡ 7

87%

Aki Kaurismäki Director

Ari Korhonen as

Neka Haapanen as Cook

Aki Kaurismäki as Hotel receptionist

Pentti Koski as Singer

Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business associate dies. One evening, he meets Ilona, a down-on-her-luck cashier, in a local supermarket. Falteringly, a bond begins to develop between them.

King Kong Lives

1986

English

4.0

♡ 16

8%

John Guillermin Director

Jessica Lange as Dwan

Leon Rippy as Hunter

Jeff Bridges as Jack Prescott

John Ashton as Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt

After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail, scientists engineer an artificial heart, and a giant female ape is captured to serve as a source for a blood transfusion. When Kong awakens following his heart transplant, he senses the nearby presence of the female ape and the two escape to wreak havoc together.

Class of Nuke 'Em High

1986

English

5.6

♡ 16

20%

Lloyd Kaufman Director

Janelle Brady as Chrissy

Richard W. Haines as Dr. Howard

Robert Prichard as Spike

Lauren Heather McMahon as Taru

The pupils at a high school next to a nuclear power plant start acting and looking strange after buying contaminated drugs from a plant worker.

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

1986

English

6.0

♡ 68

Tom McLoughlin Director

Vincent Guastaferro as Deputy Rick Cologne

Taras O'Har as Little Boy

Temi Epstein as Little Girl

David Kagen as Sheriff Garris

Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.

The George McKenna Story

1986

English

6.0

♡ 3

55%

Biography

Drama

Eric Laneuville Director

Ray Buktenica as Alan Keith

Richard Masur as Ben Proctor

Denzel Washington as George McKenna

Ken Sagoes as Mark Rogers

Washington plays a school principal in a tough inner city Los Angeles high school out to rid it of drugs, gangs, low moral of teachers, and restore educational values. Based on a true story.

The Worst Witch

1986

English

6.8

♡ 12

78%

Robert Young Director

Su Elliot as Delilah

Fairuza Balk as Mildred Hubble

Diana Rigg as Miss Hardbroom

Tim Curry as The Grand Wizard

Mildred is one of the young girls at a prestigious witch academy. She can't seem to do anything right and is picked on by classmates and teachers. The headmistress of the school, Miss Cackle, has an evil twin sister who plans to destroy the school. Can Mildred foil the plan before the Grand Wizard comes to the Academy for a Halloween celebration you'll never forget?!!

Hoosiers

1986

English

7.4

♡ 19

92%

parent child relationship

son

Sport

sports

David Anspaugh Director

Sheb Wooley as Cletus

Eric Gilliom as J. June

Robert Swan as Rollin

Dennis Hopper as Shooter

Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to develop a winning team in the face of community criticism for his temper and his unconventional choice of assistant coach: Shooter, a notorious alcoholic.

Return to Mayberry

1986

English

6.9

♡ 9

70%

Action

Comedy

Romance

Bob Sweeney Director

Janet Waldo as Amanda / Aunt Bee

Howard Morris as Ernest T. Bass

Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle

Ron Howard as Opie Taylor

After being away for awhile, Andy Taylor returns home to Mayberry to visit Opie, now an expectant father. While there he ends up helping Barney Fife mount a campaign for sheriff.

The Name of the Rose

1986

English

7.7

♡ 82

72%

85%

Action

based on novel or book

Jean-Jacques Annaud Director

Christian Slater as Adso of Melk

Pete Lancaster as Bishop of Alborea

Franco Valobra as Jerome of Kaffa

Ron Perlman as Salvatore

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.

The Boy Who Could Fly

1986

English

6.6

♡ 14

59%

Nick Castle Director

Tom Heaton as Dr. Nelson

Jay Underwood as Eric Jake

Jake as 'Max'

Janet MacLachlan as Mrs. D'Gregario

Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor. Eric has a fascination with flight, and as the story progresses, he exerts an enthralling force of change on all those around him.

Extremities

1986

English

6.3

♡ 14

36%

Robert M. Young Director

Farrah Fawcett as Marjorie

Sandy Martin as Officer Sudow

Alfre Woodard as Patricia

Diana Scarwid as Terry

A woman escapes from the man who is about to rape her, but leaves her purse behind. Afraid that her attacker might come after her, she goes to the police, but with no proof of the incident, they can do nothing. In fact, the man does use the information in her bag and comes to her apartment with the intent of rape, but she sprays him in the face with insect repellent, and then holds him captive. She is then faced with deciding whether to go to the police who might not believe her and release him, or to kill him.

Witch from Nepal

1986

Cn

5.4

♡ 5

Siu-Tung Ching Director

Kit Ying Lam as Ida Yuen

Yun-Fat Chow as Joe

Emily Chu as Sheila

Dick Wei as The Warrior

A Hong Kong man goes on vacation to Nepal where a local tribe imbues him with magical powers which he must use to fight a growing evil.

The Karate Kid Part II

1986

English

6.2

♡ 96

49%

John G. Avildsen Director

Elisabeth Shue as Ali BD Wong

BD Wong as Boy on Street

Randee Heller as Lucille

Chris Tashima as Rockabilly Club Dancer

Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love of his youth, and Sato, his former best friend turned vengeful rival. Sato is bent on a fight to the death, even if it means the destruction of their village. Daniel finds his own love in Yukia's niece, Kumiko, and his own enemy in Sato's nephew, the vicious Chozen. Now, far away from the tournaments, cheering crowds and safety of home, Daniel will face his greatest challenge ever when the cost of honor is life itself.

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Police Academy 3: Back in Training

Scene of the Crime

The Mission

Caprice

Solarbabies

April Fool's Day

Born American

Shadows in Paradise

King Kong Lives

Class of Nuke 'Em High

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

The George McKenna Story

The Worst Witch

Hoosiers

Return to Mayberry

The Name of the Rose

The Boy Who Could Fly

Extremities

Witch from Nepal

The Karate Kid Part II