1986 in film

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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.)

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	Paramount	$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

February 3 - Pixar Animation Studios is founded by Edwin Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith.
April - Guy McElwaine resigns as head of Columbia Pictures.
April 26 - Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver.
June - First Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä, Finnish Lapland.
July 2 - The Great Mouse Detective is released to theaters to positive reviews and is a critical and financial success, just behind An American Tail, saving the Disney Studio from bankruptcy after the failure of The Black Cauldron. It is now regarded as one of the darkest and underrated classics of all time, and has gained a cult following.
August 6 - Timothy Dalton is officially announced as the fourth actor to portray James Bond.
September - David Puttnam becomes head of Columbia Pictures.
September 13 - Film review television program Siskel & Ebert premieres in syndication. Although the two critics have been working as a pair since 1975, this will be their longest running program and will run in various incarnations until 2010.
November 21 - The first animated film produced by Steven Spielberg, An American Tail, is released, and breaks the record once held by Disney's The Rescuers for the largest financial amount made for an animated film on opening weekend.
November 29
- Actor Cary Grant dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Davenport, Iowa.
- Stuntman Dar Robinson is killed on the set of the film Million Dollar Mystery.

Awards

Category/Organization	44th Golden Globe Awards January 31, 1987		40th BAFTA Awards February 22, 1987	59th Academy Awards March 30, 1987
Category/Organization	Drama	Comedy or Musical	40th BAFTA Awards February 22, 1987	59th Academy Awards March 30, 1987
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	The Mission Robert Bolt		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

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

January 1 - Jessica Gunning, English actress
January 1 - Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor
January 4 - Charlyne Yi, American actor, comedian, musician and writer
January 5 - Deepika Padukone, Indian actress
January 8 - Yash, Indian actor
January 16 - Mason Gamble, American former actor
January 21
- Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor (d. 2020)
- Ken Yamamura, Japanese actor
January 24
- Mischa Barton, English-American actress
- Raviv Ullman, Israeli actor
January 30 - Ashley Buccille, American actress
February 1 - Lauren Conrad, American TV personality and author
February 2 - Gemma Arterton, English actress
February 4 - Danielle Vega, American actress
February 6 - Dane DeHaan, American actor
February 9 - Jade Xu, actress
February 10 - Christopher Abbott, American actor
February 12 - Valorie Curry, American actress
February 14 - Tiffany Thornton, American actress, comedian, and singer-songwriter
February 18
- Sakura Ando, Japanese actress
- Dumbfoundead, American rapper and actor
February 19
- Ophelia Lovibond, English actress
- Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
February 22
- Josh Helman, Australian actor
- Miko Hughes, American actor
February 24
- Bryce Papenbrook, American voice actor
- Benny Safdie, American director, screenwriter, actor and editor
February 25
- Jameela Jamil, English actress
- James and Oliver Phelps, English twin actors
February 26 - Teresa Palmer. Australian actress, writer, model and film producer
March 1 - Alec Utgoff, Soviet-born English actor
March 9 - Brittany Snow, American actress
March 14 - Jamie Bell, English actor and dancer.
March 15 - Jai Courtney, Australian actor
March 16 - Alexandra Daddario, American actress
March 17 - Olesya Rulin, Russian-American actress
March 20 - Ruby Rose, Australian actress
March 21 - Scott Eastwood, American actor and model
March 22 - Matt Bush, American actor
March 23 - Steven Strait, American actor and singer
March 24 - Jason Wong, British actor
March 28 - Lady Gaga, American singer and actress
March 30 - Simon Baker, Aboriginal-Canadian actor
April 1 - Jenn Murray, Northern Irish actress
April 3 - Amanda Bynes, American actress and variety show host
April 4 - Gavin Stenhouse, English actor
April 7 - Jason Ralph, American actor
April 9 - Leighton Meester, American actress and singer
April 12 - Titanilla Bogdányi, Hungarian voice actress
April 17 - Zheng Kai, Chinese actor and television personality
April 19 - Henrik Kalmet, Estonian actor
April 22 - Amber Heard, American actress
April 23 - Alisha Morrison, Canadian actress
April 24 - Tahyna MacManus, Australian actress, director, writer and producer
April 25
- John DeLuca, American actor and singer
- Daniel Sharman, English actor
April 27 - Jenna Coleman, English actress
April 30
- Dianna Agron, American actress, singer and director
- Beau Wirick, American actor
May 3
- Poppy Delevingne, English actress
- Pom Klementieff, French actress and model
May 6 - Sasheer Zamata, American actress and comedienne
May 7 - Robbie Jarvis, British actor
May 11 - Tia Ballard, American voice actress
May 12 - Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress
May 13
- Lena Dunham, American writer, director, actress, and producer
- Robert Pattinson, English actor
May 16 - Megan Fox, American actress and model
May 17 - Tahj Mowry, American actor
May 19 - Eric Lloyd, American actor, comedian, musician and producer
May 20 - Robert Emms, British actor
May 21
- David Ajala, British actor
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph, American actress and singer
May 23 - Ryan Coogler, American filmmaker
May 26 - Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Spanish-French actress
May 28 - Joseph Cross, American actor and producer
May 30 - Will Peltz, American actor
June 1 - Alessio Puccio, Italian voice actor
June 3
- Brenden Jefferson, American child actor and songwriter
- Josh Segarra, American actor
June 4 - Oona Chaplin, Spanish-British actress
June 5 - Amanda Crew, Canadian actress
June 11 - Shia LaBeouf, American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker
June 12 - Luke Youngblood, English actor
June 13
- Kat Dennings, American actress
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, American twin actresses and entrepreneurs
June 14 - Haley Hudson, American actress
June 17 - Marie Avgeropoulos, Canadian actress and model
June 18 - Richard Madden, Scottish actor
June 19
- Nazareno Casero, Argentinian actor
- Erin Mackey, American actress and singer
June 20 - Dreama Walker, American retired actress
June 26 - Brittney Karbowski, American voice actress
June 27
- Drake Bell, American actor, comedian, musician, singer-songwriter and record producer
- Sam Claflin, British actor
July 1 - Sonoya Mizuno, British actress
July 2 - Lindsay Lohan, American actress, singer, songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur
July 8 - Jake McDorman, American actor
July 10 - Wyatt Russell, American actor
July 15 - Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, American actor
July 17 - Brando Eaton, American actor
July 21 - Diane Guerrero, American actress
July 24 - Megan Park, Canadian actress and director
July 26 - Saphira Indah, Indonesian actress (d. 2019)
July 27 - Felecia Angelle, American voice actress
August 1 - Elijah Kelley, American actor and singer
August 2 - Lily Gladstone, American actress
August 6 - Nanna Blondell, Swedish actress
August 13 - Ashley Spillers, American actress
August 14 - Casey LaBow, American actress and producer
August 16 - Shawn Pyfrom, American actor and singer
August 17 - Katia Elizarova, Russian model and actress
August 22 - Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress
August 27 - Jack Kesy, American actor
August 28 - Armie Hammer, American actor
August 29
- Nicole Byer, American comedian, actress and television host
- Lea Michele, American actress and singer
August 31
- Ryan Kelley, American actor
- Johnny Wactor, American actor (d. 2024)
September 6 - Kalani Queypo, American actor
September 8 - Jake Sandvig, American actor
September 12
- Alfie Allen, English actor
- Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer
September 14 - A. J. Trauth, American actor and musician
September 16
- Kyla Pratt, American actress
- Michael James Shaw, American actor and writer
September 17 - Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Japanese voice actor
September 18 - Keeley Hazell, English model and actress
September 19
- Carrie Finlay, Canadian actress
- Peter Vack, American actor, writer, director and producer
September 20 - Aldis Hodge, American actor
September 23
- Kaylee DeFer, American former actress
- Jana Pérez, Spanish actress and model
September 30 - Ki Hong Lee, Korean-American actor
October 1
- Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer (d. 2021)
- Jurnee Smollett, American actress
October 2 - Camilla Belle, American actress, director, and producer
October 3 - Joonas Suotamo, Finnish actor
October 5 - Kevin Bigley, American actor
October 6
- Luisa D'Oliveira, Canadian actress
- Olivia Thirlby, American actress
October 12 - Rafal Zawierucha, Polish actor
October 13 - Tom Attenborough, English voice actor
October 15 - Ali Fazal, Indian actor
October 22 - Kyle Gallner, American actor
October 23
- Emilia Clarke, British actress
- Jessica Stroup, American actress
October 24
- Drake, Canadian rapper, singer, and actor
- Nobuhiko Okamoto, Japanese voice actor and singer
October 28 - Aditi Rao Hydari, Indian actress
November 1 - Penn Badgley, American actor
November 4 - Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, actress and philanthropist
November 10 - Josh Peck, American actor
November 14 - Cory Michael Smith, American actor
November 15
- Winston Duke, Tobagonian actor
- Jason Trost, American filmmaker and actor
November 18
- Pablo Lyle, Mexican actor
- Ragne Veensalu, Estonian actress
November 20 - Kingsley Ben-Adir, British actor
November 21 - Colleen Ballinger, American comedian, YouTuber, actress, singer and writer
November 25 - Katie Cassidy, American actress and singer
November 26 - Trevor Morgan, American actor
November 28 - Johnny Simmons, American actor
December 17 - Emma Bell, American actress
December 19 - Annie Murphy, Canadian actress
December 24 - Annika Noelle,

American Soap Opera Actress

December 26 - Kit Harington, English actor
December 29 - Ally Maki, American actress
December 30 - Ellie Goulding, English singer and songwriter
December 31 - Bronson Pelletier, Canadian actor
Cathy Yan, Chinese-born American film director, screenwriter, and producer

Deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	1	Emmet Lavery	83	US	Screenwriter	The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell Army Surgeon
	2	Una Merkel	82	US	Actress	The Parent Trap 42nd Street
	14	Donna Reed	64	US	Actress	It's a Wonderful Life From Here To Eternity
	24	Gordon MacRae	64	US	Actor, Singer	Oklahoma! Carousel
	27	Lilli Palmer	78	Germany	Actress	Body and Soul The Boys from Brazil
	29	Leif Erickson	74	US	Actor	Tea and Sympathy Kiss Them for Me
February	2	Donald Eccles	77	UK	Actor	The Wicker Man Young Sherlock Holmes
	6	Ray Moyer	87	US	Set Decorator	Sunset Boulevard Cleopatra
	6	Dandy Nichols	78	UK	Actress	Help! The Vikings
	10	Brian Aherne	83	UK	Actor	Juarez A Night to Remember
	16	Howard Da Silva	82	US	Actor	1776 The Lost Weekend
	17	Paul Stewart	77	US	Actor	Citizen Kane In Cold Blood
	19	Adolfo Celi	63	Italy	Actor	Thunderball Danger: Diabolik
	22	Bill Hickman	65	US	Stuntman, Actor	The French Connection Bullitt
	23	Nino Taranto	78	Italy	Actor	Husbands in the City The Monk of Monza
	25	Pasquale Festa Campanile	58	Italy	Director, Screenwriter	Petomaniac The Leopard
	27	Eugene Forde	87	US	Director	Charlie Chan in London Dressed to Kill
March	3	Peter Capell	73	Germany	Actor	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Paths of Glory
	6	Adolph Caesar	52	US	Actor	A Soldier's Story The Color Purple
	10	Ray Milland	77	UK	Actor, Director	Dial M for Murder The Lost Weekend
	14	Edith Atwater	74	US	Actress	Sweet Smell of Success Strait-Jacket
	21	Derek Farr	74	UK	Actor	The Dam Busters The Projected Man
	22	Olive Deering	67	US	Actress	The Ten Commandments Samson and Delilah
	22	Charles Starrett	82	US	Actor	The Durango Kid Gallant Defender
	25	Gloria Blondell	75	US	Actress	Accidents Will Happen Daredevil Drivers
	28	Virginia Gilmore	66	US	Actress	Western Union That Other Woman
	29	Harry Ritz	86	US	Comedian, Actor	The Three Musketeers Silent Movie
	30	Herman A. Blumenthal	69	US	Art Director, Production Designer	Journey to the Center of the Earth Hello, Dolly!
	30	James Cagney	86	US	Actor	White Heat Yankee Doodle Dandy
	31	Jerry Paris	60	US	Actor, Director	Marty The Caine Mutiny
April	3	Mary C. McCall Jr.	81	US	Screenwriter	The Fighting Sullivans Maisie
	7	Chester Erskine	77	US	Screenwriter, Director	A Girl in Every Port The Egg and I
	13	Stephen Stucker	38	US	Actor	Airplane! Trading Places
	15	Tim McIntire	41	US	Actor	Brubaker American Hot Wax
	20	Max Benedict	66	Austria	Film Editor	Whistle Down the Wind The Blue Max
	21	Marjorie Eaton	85	US	Actress	The Trouble with Angels That Forsyte Woman
	23	Harold Arlen	81	US	Composer	The Wizard of Oz A Star Is Born
	23	Otto Preminger	80	Austria	Director, Producer, Actor	Anatomy of a Murder Laura
	26	Broderick Crawford	74	US	Actor	All the King's Men Born Yesterday
	26	Bessie Love	87	US	Actress	The Broadway Melody The Lost World
	30	Robert Stevenson	81	UK	Director	Mary Poppins Old Yeller
May	1	Hylda Baker	81	UK	Actress	Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Oliver!
	3	Robert Alda	72	US	Actor	Rhapsody in Blue Imitation of Life
	9	Herschel Bernardi	62	US	Actor	The Front Irma la Douce
	12	Elisabeth Bergner	88	Ukraine	Actress	Escape Me Never Paris Calling
	13	George Gaines	52	US	Set Decorator	All the President's Men Heaven Can Wait
	22	Martin Gabel	73	US	Actor	The Front Page Marnie
	23	Sterling Hayden	70	US	Actor	The Godfather Dr. Strangelove
	24	Yakima Canutt	90	US	Actor, Stuntman, Director	Stagecoach Ben-Hur
	26	Gunnar Björnstrand	74	Sweden	Actor	The Seventh Seal Fanny and Alexander
	28	Lurene Tuttle	78	US	Actress	Don't Bother to Knock Psycho
	31	Sylvia Coleridge	76	UK	Actress	Tess I Met a Murderer
June	3	Anna Neagle	81	UK	Actress	Forever and a Day No, No, Nanette
	10	Paul Stevens	65	US	Actor	Advise & Consent Battle for the Planet of the Apes
	11	Reed De Rouen	69	UK	Actor	The Third Man Billion Dollar Brain
	13	Benny Goodman	77	US	Musician	A Song Is Born The Benny Goodman Story
	14	Alan Jay Lerner	67	US	Screenwriter, Lyricist	An American in Paris My Fair Lady
	17	Ted J. Kent	84	US	Film Editor	Creature from the Black Lagoon The Wolf Man
	20	Julie Duncan	67	US	Actress	Desperate Cargo Wyoming Wildcat
	23	Nigel Stock	66	UK	Actor	The Great Escape The Lion in Winter
	29	Robert Drivas	50	US	Actor	Cool Hand Luke The Illustrated Man
	30	Margalo Gillmore	89	UK	Actress	Perfect Strangers Cause for Alarm!
July	3	Rudy Vallee	84	US	Actor, Singer	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Unfaithfully Yours
	10	Jody Lawrance	55	US	Actress	Mask of the Avenger Ten Tall Men
	15	Benny Rubin	87	US	Actor	Sunny Skies Hot Curves
	18	Buddy Baer	71	US	Actor	Quo Vadis The Big Sky
	19	Daniel L. Fapp	82	US	Cinematographer	The Great Escape West Side Story
	19	Harold D. Schuster	83	US	Film Editor, Director	Wings of the Morning Loophole
	25	Vincente Minnelli	83	US	Director	An American in Paris Gigi
	28	John Alcott	55	UK	Cinematographer	Barry Lyndon A Clockwork Orange
August	6	Emilio Fernández	82	Mexico	Actor, Director	María Candelaria The Wild Bunch
	10	Jacqueline Gadsden	86	US	Actress	Mysterious Island The Thirteenth Hour
	13	Helen Mack	72	US	Actress	The Son of Kong His Girl Friday
	15	Waldon O. Watson	79	US	Sound Engineer	Psycho That Touch of Mink
	19	Hermione Baddeley	79	UK	Actress	Mary Poppins Room at the Top
	20	Walter Brooke	71	US	Actor	Lawman The Graduate
	21	Bruce Cowling	66	US	Actor	Battleground Cause for Alarm!
	23	Adrienne Fazan	80	US	Film Editor	Singin' in the Rain Gigi
	26	Ted Knight	62	US	Actor	Caddyshack Countdown
September	1	Murray Hamilton	63	US	Actor	Jaws The Graduate
	6	Blanche Sweet	90	US	Actress	Anna Christie The Sporting Venus
	8	Ray Nazarro	83	US	Director	Apache Territory The Tougher They Come
	15	Virginia Gregg	70	US	Actress	Operation Petticoat Spencer's Mountain
	26	Brian Desmond Hurst	91	Ireland	Director	Dangerous Moonlight Scrooge
	28	Denis Carey	77	UK	Actor	Psychomania The Day of the Jackal
	28	Robert Helpmann	77	Australia	Actor, Director	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Red Shoes
October	5	Hal B. Wallis	88	US	Producer	Casablanca Becket
	11	David Hand	86	US	Animator, Director	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Bambi
	11	Boris Leven	78	Russia	Production Designer	West Side Story The Sound of Music
	14	Yvette Dugay	54	US	Actress	The Cimarron Kid Francis Covers the Big Town
	14	Keenan Wynn	70	US	Actor	Dr. Strangelove Nashville
	14	Spec O'Donnell	75	US	Actor	Here's Flash Casey Blonde Trouble
	17	Leah Rhodes	84	US	Costume Designer	The Big Sleep Strangers on a Train
	25	Forrest Tucker	67	US	Actor	Sands of Iwo Jima The Yearling
	28	Robert Arthur	76	US	Producer	The Big Heat Father Goose
	28	Ian Marter	42	UK	Actor	The Medusa Touch The Abominable Dr. Phibes
	31	Marcella Martin	70	US	Actress	Gone with the Wind The Man Who Returned to Life
November	2	Harry Brown	69	US	Screenwriter	A Place in the Sun Ocean's 11
	8	Beatrice Kay	79	US	Singer, Actress	Diamond Horseshoe Underworld U.S.A.
	11	Roger C. Carmel	54	US	Actor	Gambit Breezy
	21	Jerry Colonna	82	US	Actor	Alice in Wonderland Road to Singapore
	21	Dar Robinson	39	US	Stuntman	To Live and Die in L.A. Papillon
	22	Scatman Crothers	76	US	Actor	The Shining Twilight Zone: The Movie
	23	Norman Maurer	60	US	Producer	The Three Stooges Meet Hercules Who's Minding the Mint?
	27	Robert Priestley	85	US	Set Decorator	Picnic Sayonara
	29	Herb Vigran	76	US	Actor	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea The Love Bug
	29	Cary Grant	82	UK	Actor	North by Northwest To Catch a Thief
December	1	Frank McCarthy	74	US	Producer	Patton Decision Before Dawn
	2	Ken Scott	58	US	Actor	Fantastic Voyage The Three Faces of Eve
	2	Desi Arnaz	69	Cuba	Actor, Singer	The Long, Long Trailer Holiday in Havana
	10	Susan Cabot	59	US	Actress	Gunsmoke Tomahawk
	11	Carlos Ramirez	70	Colombia	Actor, Singer	Anchors Aweigh Night and Day
	12	Clifford Stine	80	US	Cinematographer	This Island Earth Follow Me, Boys!
	13	Heather Angel	77	UK	Actress	Lifeboat Suspicion
	18	George Amy	83	US	Film Editor	Yankee Doodle Dandy Air Force
	18	Mamo Clark	72	US	Actress	Mutiny on the Bounty Hawaii Calls
	22	Harvey Stephens	85	US	Actor	Sergeant York North by Northwest
	23	Gerhard Bienert	88	Germany	Actor	The Blue Angel The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
	26	Elsa Lanchester	84	UK	Actress	Bride of Frankenstein Witness for the Prosecution
	28	Andrei Tarkovsky	54	Russia	Director, Screenwriter	Solaris Andrei Rublev