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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 (U.S.)

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The top ten 1986 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1986[1]
Rank Title Distributor Box-office gross
1 Top Gun Paramount $176,781,728
2 Crocodile Dundee $174,803,506
3 Platoon Orion $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 Buena Vista $71,624,879
10 Ferris Bueller's Day Off Paramount $70,136,169

Events

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Awards

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Category/Organization 44th Golden Globe Awards
January 31, 1987
40th BAFTA Awards
February 22, 1987
59th Academy Awards
March 30, 1987
Drama Comedy or Musical
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 Luedtke
A Room with a View
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Best Screenplay, Original Hannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen
Hannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen
Best Original Score Ennio Morricone
The Mission
Herbie Hancock
Round Midnight
Best Original Song "Take My Breath Away"
Top Gun
N/A "Take My Breath Away"
Top Gun
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

1986 films

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By country/region

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By genre/medium

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Births

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American Soap Opera Actress

Deaths

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Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 1 Emmet Lavery 83 US Screenwriter
2 Una Merkel 82 US Actress
14 Donna Reed 64 US Actress
24 Gordon MacRae 64 US Actor, Singer
27 Lilli Palmer 78 Germany Actress
29 Leif Erickson 74 US Actor
February 2 Donald Eccles 77 UK Actor
6 Ray Moyer 87 US Set Decorator
6 Dandy Nichols 78 UK Actress
10 Brian Aherne 83 UK Actor
16 Howard Da Silva 82 US Actor
17 Paul Stewart 77 US Actor
19 Adolfo Celi 63 Italy Actor
22 Bill Hickman 65 US Stuntman, Actor
23 Nino Taranto 78 Italy Actor
25 Pasquale Festa Campanile 58 Italy Director, Screenwriter
27 Eugene Forde 87 US Director
March 3 Peter Capell 73 Germany Actor
6 Adolph Caesar 52 US Actor
10 Ray Milland 77 UK Actor, Director
14 Edith Atwater 74 US Actress
21 Derek Farr 74 UK Actor
22 Olive Deering 67 US Actress
22 Charles Starrett 82 US Actor
25 Gloria Blondell 75 US Actress
28 Virginia Gilmore 66 US Actress
29 Harry Ritz 86 US Comedian, Actor
30 Herman A. Blumenthal 69 US Art Director, Production Designer
30 James Cagney 86 US Actor
31 Jerry Paris 60 US Actor, Director
April 3 Mary C. McCall Jr. 81 US Screenwriter
7 Chester Erskine 77 US Screenwriter, Director
13 Stephen Stucker 38 US Actor
15 Tim McIntire 41 US Actor
20 Max Benedict 66 Austria Film Editor
21 Marjorie Eaton 85 US Actress
23 Harold Arlen 81 US Composer
23 Otto Preminger 80 Austria Director, Producer, Actor
26 Broderick Crawford 74 US Actor
26 Bessie Love 87 US Actress
30 Robert Stevenson 81 UK Director
May 1 Hylda Baker 81 UK Actress
3 Robert Alda 72 US Actor
9 Herschel Bernardi 62 US Actor
12 Elisabeth Bergner 88 Ukraine Actress
13 George Gaines 52 US Set Decorator
22 Martin Gabel 73 US Actor
23 Sterling Hayden 70 US Actor
24 Yakima Canutt 90 US Actor, Stuntman, Director
26 Gunnar Björnstrand 74 Sweden Actor
28 Lurene Tuttle 78 US Actress
31 Sylvia Coleridge 76 UK Actress
June 3 Anna Neagle 81 UK Actress
10 Paul Stevens 65 US Actor
11 Reed De Rouen 69 UK Actor
13 Benny Goodman 77 US Musician
14 Alan Jay Lerner 67 US Screenwriter, Lyricist
17 Ted J. Kent 84 US Film Editor
20 Julie Duncan 67 US Actress
23 Nigel Stock 66 UK Actor
29 Robert Drivas 50 US Actor
30 Margalo Gillmore 89 UK Actress
July 3 Rudy Vallee 84 US Actor, Singer
10 Jody Lawrance 55 US Actress
15 Benny Rubin 87 US Actor
18 Buddy Baer 71 US Actor
19 Daniel L. Fapp 82 US Cinematographer
19 Harold D. Schuster 83 US Film Editor, Director
25 Vincente Minnelli 83 US Director
28 John Alcott 55 UK Cinematographer
August 6 Emilio Fernández 82 Mexico Actor, Director
10 Jacqueline Gadsden 86 US Actress
13 Helen Mack 72 US Actress
15 Waldon O. Watson 79 US Sound Engineer
19 Hermione Baddeley 79 UK Actress
20 Walter Brooke 71 US Actor
21 Bruce Cowling 66 US Actor
23 Adrienne Fazan 80 US Film Editor
26 Ted Knight 62 US Actor
September 1 Murray Hamilton 63 US Actor
6 Blanche Sweet 90 US Actress
8 Ray Nazarro 83 US Director
15 Virginia Gregg 70 US Actress
26 Brian Desmond Hurst 91 Ireland Director
28 Denis Carey 77 UK Actor
28 Robert Helpmann 77 Australia Actor, Director
October 5 Hal B. Wallis 88 US Producer
11 David Hand 86 US Animator, Director
11 Boris Leven 78 Russia Production Designer
14 Yvette Dugay 54 US Actress
14 Keenan Wynn 70 US Actor
14 Spec O'Donnell 75 US Actor
17 Leah Rhodes 84 US Costume Designer
25 Forrest Tucker 67 US Actor
28 Robert Arthur 76 US Producer
28 Ian Marter 42 UK Actor
31 Marcella Martin 70 US Actress
November 2 Harry Brown 69 US Screenwriter
8 Beatrice Kay 79 US Singer, Actress
11 Roger C. Carmel 54 US Actor
21 Jerry Colonna 82 US Actor
21 Dar Robinson 39 US Stuntman
22 Scatman Crothers 76 US Actor
23 Norman Maurer 60 US Producer
27 Robert Priestley 85 US Set Decorator
29 Herb Vigran 76 US Actor
29 Cary Grant 82 UK Actor
December 1 Frank McCarthy 74 US Producer
2 Ken Scott 58 US Actor
2 Desi Arnaz 69 Cuba Actor, Singer
10 Susan Cabot 59 US Actress
11 Carlos Ramirez 70 Colombia Actor, Singer
12 Clifford Stine 80 US Cinematographer
13 Heather Angel 77 UK Actress
18 George Amy 83 US Film Editor
18 Mamo Clark 72 US Actress
22 Harvey Stephens 85 US Actor
23 Gerhard Bienert 88 Germany Actor
26 Elsa Lanchester 84 UK Actress
28 Andrei Tarkovsky 54 Russia Director, Screenwriter

Film debuts

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Domestic Box Office For 1986". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
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