Essential Films of 1986

Favorites

Aliens
Big Trouble in Little China
Blue Velvet
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Hannah and Her Sisters
Hoosiers
The Karate Kid Part II
The Mission
Platoon
Sherman’s March
Stand by Me
Top Gun

Honorable mention

Back to School
Crocodile Dundee
Manhunter
Peggy Sue Got Married
Three Amigos

All ages

An American Tail
The B.R.A.T. Patrol

Guilty pleasures

coming soon

Holiday

coming soon

Want to see

A Room with a View
Caravaggio
Children of a Lesser God
The Color of Money
Crimes of the Heart
Down by Law
The Fly
Labyrinth
Lucas
The Mosquito Coast
One Crazy Summer
Salvador
She’s Gotta Have It
Something Wild (Jonathan Demme)

Not worth the time

coming soon

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Essential music of 1986

Albums

Top Gun / Soundtrack

Honorable mention

coming soon

The greatest songs of 1986

  1. Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins

  2. I’ve Been Losing You - a-ha

  3. Mighty Wings - Cheap Trick

  4. Mysteries of Love by Julee Cruise

  5. One Vision - Queen

  6. Playing with the Boys - Kenny Loggins

  7. Purple Girl - The Chills

  8. Take My Breath Away - Berlin

  9. We’re Looking for the Whales - a-ha

1986 Playlists by Month

January

February

(Forever) Live and Die - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
I’ve Been Losing You - a-ha
Take My Breath Away - Berlin
Playing with the Boys - Kenny Loggins
Heaven in Your Eyes - Loverboy

March

April

May

June

Mighty Wings - Cheap Trick
Hot Summer Nights - Miami Sound Machine

July

Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins
One Vision - Queen

August

Mighty Wings - Cheap Trick
We’re Looking for the Whales - a-ha
Through the Fire - Larry Greene

September

Purple Girl - The Chills

October

We Love You - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

November

December

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