1986 movies

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Kurt Russell | Kim Cattrall | Dennis Dun | James Hong | Victor Wong | Kate Burton | Donald Li | Carter Wong | Peter Kwong | James Pax | Suzee Pai | Chao Li Chi | Jeff Imada | Rummel Mor | Craig Ng
Directors: John Carpenter
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Somewhere in the 80s, trucker Jack Burton arrives in a small town to deliver his cargo and win a few bucks playing cards with the locals down at the Chinese market. Practically bankrupting nearly all of his opponents, his friend Wang bets him a game of “double or nothing” to try and regain his cash and loses. Jack wants his well earned money, but Wang explains he doesn’t have the cash on him and that’ll he pay later because he’s due to pick up a long, lost girlfriend from the airport. Convinced Wang’s pulling something sly, Jack insists he drive Wang to the airport so they can stick together. However, at the airport Wang’s girlfriend is captured by the Lords of Death, a streetwise Chinatown gang. She is essential for an upcoming plan to revive a thousand year old Chinese sorcerer and bring him back to the world as a mortal again. So begins a daring adventure to rescue Wang’s girl and stop the ruthless operation that’s going on down in Little China. Teaming up with a cast of very different individuals, Jack and Wang delve deep into an uncovering conspiracy in which everything’s not exactly as it seems. Here comes big trouble…

Murder in Three Acts (1986)

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Peter Ustinov | Tony Curtis | Emma Samms | Jonathan Cecil | Fernando Allende | Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | Lisa Eichhorn | Dana Elcar | Frances Lee McCain | Marian Mercer | Diana Muldaur | Nicholas Pryor | Concetta Tomei | Jacqueline Evans | Ángeles González
Directors: Gary Nelson
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Hercule Poirot’s assistant, Hastings, calls him down to Acapulco in Mexico where he can write his memoirs but Hastings drags him to a party populated with Hastings’ new friends. There’s Janet Crisp - the writer, Daisy Eastman and her daughter ‘Egg’, Ricardo Montoya, Dr. Strange, Miss Milray the housekeeper and Charles Cartwright the famous American actor. But at the party another guest - Rev. Babbington - dies from poisoning and when Dr. Strange also dies from poisoning, Poirot must swing into action before the serial killer strikes again…

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Matthew Broderick | Alan Ruck | Mia Sara | Jeffrey Jones | Jennifer Grey | Cindy Pickett | Lyman Ward | Edie McClurg | Charlie Sheen | Ben Stein | Del Close | Virginia Capers | Richard Edson | Larry Flash Jenkins | Kristy Swanson
Directors: John Hughes
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Ferris Bueller has played hooky numbers of times, and this time he’s got the entire school and more believing he is on the verge of death. On this special day off, Ferris invites his friend Cameron Fry and girlfriend Sloane Peterson to his day of fun, while taking Cameron’s father’s precious Ferrari for transportation. All the while, the principal Ed Rooney is determined to prove Ferris is faking his illness and Ferris’s agitated sister Jeanie also has a goal to catch Ferris off guard. Ferris enjoys his day with his friends, until the mileage of the Ferrari reads one too many miles driven and Cameron has a blow out.

Short Circuit (1986)

Monday, April 28th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Steve Guttenberg | Fisher Stevens | Ally Sheedy | Austin Pendleton | G. W. Bailey | Brian McNamara
Directors: John Badham
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Number 5, one of a group of experimental military robots, undergoes a sudden transformation after being struck by lightning. He develops self-awareness, consciousness, and a fear of the reprogramming that awaits him back at the factory. With the help of a young woman, Number 5 tries to evade capture and convince his creator that he has truly become alive.

No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)

Monday, April 7th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama
Countries: Hong Kong | USA
Actors: Kurt McKinney | Jean-Claude Van Damme | J.W. Fails | Kathie Sileno | Tai Chung Kim | Kent Lipham | Ron Pohnel | Dale Jordan | Peter Cunningham | Timothy D. Baker | Gloria Marziano | Joe Vance | Farid Panahi | Tom Harris | John Andes
Directors: Corey Yuen
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Jason Stillwell, a Bruce Lee fan, is beaten numerous times and trains from the ghost of Lee. Jason then must use his newly acquired skills to save Seattle from a crime syndicate, whose top martial artist is the deadly Ivan.

Clockwise (1986)

Monday, March 31st, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: UK
Actors: John Cleese | Penny Leatherbarrow | Howard Lloyd-Lewis | Jonathan Bowater | Stephen Moore | Alison Steadman | Mark Bunting | Robert Wilkinson | John Bardon | Mark Burdis | Nadia Sawalha | Dickie Arnold | Angus MacKay | Peter Needham | Peter Lorenzelli
Directors: Christopher Morahan
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Brian Stimpson is the headmaster of a comprehensive (high) school in England. He sets himself, his staff and pupils very high standards. On the way to a conference at which he is to talk, all manner of disasters strike.

Stand by Me (1986)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Wil Wheaton | River Phoenix | Corey Feldman | Jerry O'Connell | Kiefer Sutherland | Casey Siemaszko | Gary Riley | Bradley Gregg | Jason Oliver | Marshall Bell | Frances Lee McCain | Bruce Kirby | William Bronder | Scott Beach | Richard Dreyfuss
Directors: Rob Reiner
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Unable to grasp the fact of his brother’s death, Gordie Lachance feels compelled to travel with three friends to see a dead body that has been found near the railroad tracks.

The Money Pit (1986)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Hanks | Shelley Long | Alexander Godunov | Maureen Stapleton | Joe Mantegna | Philip Bosco | Josh Mostel | Yakov Smirnoff | Carmine Caridi | Brian Backer | Billy Lombardo | Mia Dillon | John Van Dreelen | Douglass Watson | Lucille Dobrin
Directors: Richard Benjamin
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A young couple sinks their life savings into a house that was trashed by a rock group to the extent that it no longer has a main stairway or water. This creates strains on their relationship. Every home owner will recognize some of the situations they encounter.

Crossroads (1986)

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music | Mystery | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ralph Macchio | Joe Seneca | Jami Gertz | Joe Morton | Robert Judd | Steve Vai | Dennis Lipscomb | Harry Carey Jr. | John Hancock | Allan Arbus | Gretchen Palmer | Al Fann | Wally Taylor | Tim Russ | Tex Donaldson
Directors: Walter Hill
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Eugene is an extraordinary talent in classic guitar, but he dreams of being a famous Blues guitarist. So he investigates to find a storied lost song. He asks the legendary Blues musician Willie Brown to help him, but Willie demands to free him from the old-people’s prison first and to really learn the blues on the way to it’s origin: Mississippi Delta. Eugene doesn’t know yet about Willie’s deal with the devil, that he now wants to revoke.

Born to Defend (1986)

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Genres: Action | War
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Dean Harrington | Kurt Roland Petersson | Paulo Tocha | Erkang Zhao | Jia Song
Directors: Jet Li
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Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second world war must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.