1986 Wide-release films in the US.
January–March
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J A N U A R Y |
10 | Black Moon Rising | New World Pictures | Harley Cokeliss (director); John Carpenter, William Gray, Desmond Nakano (screenplay); Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Robert Vaughn, Richard Jaeckel, Bubba Smith, Keenan Wynn, Lee Ving | Action | Live action |
| 17 | The Adventures of the American Rabbit | Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Clubhouse Pictures / Toei Animation | Fred Wolf, Nobutaka Nishizawa (directors); Norman Lenzer (screenplay); Barry Gordon, Laurie O'Brien, Bob Arbogast, Kenneth Mars, Pat Fraley, Russi Taylor, Bob Holt, Lorenzo Music, Hal Smith | Children, Superhero | Animation | |
| The Clan of the Cave Bear | Warner Bros. Pictures / Producers Sales Organization | Michael Chapman (director); John Sayles (screenplay); Daryl Hannah, Pamela Reed, James Remar, Thomas G. Waites, Curtis Armstrong, John Doolittle, Martin Doyle, Tony Montanaro | Fantasy | Live action | ||
| Heathcliff: The Movie | Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Clubhouse Pictures / DIC Entertainment / LBS Communications | Bruno Bianchi (director); Alan Swayze (screenplay); Mel Blanc, Donna Christie, Jeannie Elias, Marilyn Lightstone, Ted Zeigler, Stan Jones, Danny Mann, Peter Cullen, Danny Wells | Children | Animation | ||
| Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! (re-issue) | Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Clubhouse Pictures / Hanna-Barbera | William Hanna, Joseph Barbera (directors/screenplay); Warren Foster (screenplay); Daws Butler, Don Messick, Julie Bennett, Mel Blanc, J. Pat O'Malley, Hal Smith | Comedy, Musical | Animation | ||
| Iron Eagle | TriStar Pictures | Sidney J. Furie (director/screenplay); Kevin Elders (screenplay); Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Gedrick, David Suchet, Larry B. Scott, Caroline Lagerfelt, Tim Thomerson | Action | Live action | ||
| Troll | Empire Pictures | John Carl Buechler (director); Ed Naha (screenplay); Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Jenny Beck, Sonny Bono, Phil Fondacaro, Brad Hall, Anne Lockhart, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Gary Sandy, June Lockhart | Fantasy, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 24 | My Chauffeur | Crown International Pictures | David Beaird (director/screenplay); Deborah Foreman, Sam J. Jones, Sean McClory, Howard Hesseman, E.G. Marshall, Penn Jillette, Teller | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| 31 | The Best of Times | Universal Studios / Kings Road Entertainment | Roger Spottiswoode (director/screenplay); Ron Shelton (screenplay); Robin Williams, Kurt Russell, Pamela Reed, Holly Palance, Donald Moffat, Margaret Whitton, M. Emmet Walsh, Donovan Scott, R. G. Armstrong, Dub Taylor | Comedy | Live action | |
| Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners | Paul Mazursky (director/screenplay); Leon Capetanos (screenplay); Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss, Elizabeth Peña, Little Richard, Evan Richards, Tracy Nelson | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Power | 20th Century Fox / Lorimar Productions | Sidney Lumet (director); David Himmelstein (screenplay); Richard Gere, Julie Christie, Gene Hackman, Kate Capshaw, Denzel Washington, Michael Learned, J. T. Walsh | Drama | Live action | ||
| Youngblood | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / United Artists | Peter Markle (director/screenplay); John Whitman (screenplay); Rob Lowe, Cynthia Gibb, Patrick Swayze, Ed Lauter, Eric Nesterenko, Keanu Reeves | Drama, Sports | Live action | ||
| F E B R U A R Y |
7 | F/X | Orion Pictures | Robert Mandel (director); Gregory Fleeman, Robert T. Megginson (screenplay); Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff DeYoung, Mason Adams, Jerry Orbach, Joe Grifasi, Trey Wilson, Tom Noonan | Action, Thriller | Live action |
| Night on the Galactic Railroad | DIC Entertainment / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | David Mendenhall, Candy Candido | Drama | Animation | ||
| 14 | The Delta Force | Cannon Films / Golan-Globus | Menahem Golan (director/screenplay); James Bruner (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Kim Delaney, Robert Forster, Lainie Kazan, George Kennedy, Hanna Schygulla, Susan Strasberg, Bo Svenson, Robert Vaughn, Shelley Winters | Action, Thriller | Live action | |
| Knights of the City | New World Pictures | Dominic Orlando (director); Leon Isaac Kennedy (screenplay); Leon Isaac Kennedy, Nicholas Campbell, John Mengatti, Janine Turner, Stoney Jackson | Action, Adventure | Live action | ||
| Quicksilver | Columbia Pictures | Thomas Michael Donnelly (director/screenplay); Kevin Bacon, Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriguez, Louie Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, Rudy Ramos, Gerald S. O'Loughlin | Drama | Live action | ||
| TerrorVision | Empire Pictures | Ted Nicolaou (director/screenplay); Charles Band (screenplay); Diane Franklin, Gerrit Graham, Mary Woronov, Chad Allen, Jonathan Gries, Jennifer Richards, Alejandro Rey, Bert Remsen | Horror, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Wildcats | Warner Bros. Pictures | Michael Ritchie (director); Ezra Sacks (screenplay); Goldie Hawn, James Keach, Swoosie Kurtz, Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Jan Hooks | Comedy, Sports | Live action | ||
| 19 | Parting Glances | Cinecom | Bill Sherwood (director/screenplay); Richard Ganoung, John Bolger, Steve Buscemi, Adam Nathan, Kathy Kinney, Patrick Tull | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| 21 | 9½ Weeks | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Producers Sales Organization | Adrian Lyne (director); Sarah Kernochan, Zalman King, Patricia Louisanna Knop (screenplay); Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Margaret Whitton, David Margulies, Christine Baranski, Karen Young | Erotic, Romance, Drama | Live action | |
| The Hitcher | TriStar Pictures / HBO Films / Silver Screen Partners | Robert Harmon (director); Eric Red (screenplay); Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jeffrey DeMunn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John M. Jackson, Billy "Green" Bush, Jack Thibeau, Armin Shimerman | Horror | Live action | ||
| 28 | Pretty in Pink | Paramount Pictures | Howard Deutch (director); John Hughes (screenplay); Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Andrew McCarthy, Kate Vernon, Kristy Swanson | Romantic Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| Salvador | Hemdale Film Corporation | Oliver Stone (director/screenplay); Richard Boyle (screenplay); James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo, Cynthia Gibb, Tony Plana | War, Drama | Live action | ||
| M A R C H |
7 | Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation | Columbia Pictures / Nelvana / LBS Communications / American Greetings | Dale Schott (director); Peter Sauder (screenplay); Maxine Miller, Pam Hyatt, Cree Summer, Hadley Kay, Alyson Court, Billie Mae Richards, Dan Hennessey, Bob Dermer, Chris Wiggins | Children | Animation |
| Highlander | 20th Century Fox / Cannon Films | Russell Mulcahy (director); Gregory Widen, Larry Ferguson, Peter Bellwood (screenplay); Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery, Beatie Edney, Alan North, Jon Polito, Sheila Gish, Hugh Quarshie, Christopher Malcolm, Peter Diamond | Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Live action | ||
| Nomads | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | John McTiernan (director/screenplay); Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down, Anna-Marie Monticelli, Adam Ant, Mary Woronov, Frances Bay | Horror, Thriller | Live action | ||
| Sleeping Beauty (re-issue) | Walt Disney Pictures | Clyde Geronimi (director); Erdman Penner (screenplay); Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Taylor Holmes, Bill Thompson | Fantasy, Family | Animation | ||
| 14 | Crossroads | Columbia Pictures | Walter Hill (director); John Fusco (screenplay); Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz, Joe Morton, Steve Vai, Dennis Lipscomb, Harry Carey Jr., John Hancock, Allan Arbus, Gretchen Palmer, Tim Russ | Musical, Drama | Live action | |
| Gung Ho | Paramount Pictures | Ron Howard (director); Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel (screenplay); Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, John Turturro, Mimi Rogers, So Yamamura, Sab Shimono, Rick Overton, Clint Howard | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Hannah and Her Sisters | Orion Pictures | Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Carrie Fisher, Barbara Hershey, Lloyd Nolan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Daniel Stern, Max von Sydow, Dianne Wiest | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| 21 | GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords | Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Clubhouse Pictures / Hanna-Barbera / Tonka Corporation | Ray Patterson (director); Jeff Segal (screenplay); Margot Kidder, Roddy McDowall, Telly Savalas, Michael Nouri, Lou Richards, Frank Welker, Arthur Burghardt, Bernard Erhard, Peter Cullen, Darryl Hickman, Dick Gautier | Sci-Fi | Animation | |
| Just Between Friends | Orion Pictures / MTM Enterprises | Allan Burns (director/screenplay); Mary Tyler Moore, Christine Lahti, Sam Waterston, Ted Danson, Mark Blum, Salome Jens | Drama | Live action | ||
| Police Academy 3: Back in Training | Warner Bros. Pictures | Jerry Paris (director); Gene Quintano (screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, Leslie Easterbrook, Art Metrano, Tim Kazurinsky, Bobcat Goldthwait, George Gaynes | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Rad | TriStar Pictures | Hal Needham (director); Geoffrey Edwards, Sam Bernard (screenplay); Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin, Talia Shire, Ray Walston, Jack Weston, Bart Conner, H.B. Haggerty | Sports | Live action | ||
| 26 | The Money Pit | Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment | Richard Benjamin (director); David Giler (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov, Maureen Stapleton, Joe Mantegna, Philip Bosco, Frankie Faison | Comedy | Live action | |
| 28 | Lucas | 20th Century Fox | David Seltzer (director/screenplay); Corey Haim, Charlie Sheen, Kerri Green, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Winona Ryder, Jeremy Piven | Tragicomedy | Live action | |
April–June
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A P R I L |
9 | Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam | GoodTimes Entertainment | John R. Cherry III (director/screenplay); Jim Varney, Glenn Petach, Myke R. Mueller, Jackie Welch, Daniel Butler, Esther Huston | Sci-Fi, Comedy | Live action |
| 11 | Band of the Hand | TriStar Pictures | Paul Michael Glaser (director); Leo Garen, Jack Baran (screenplay); Stephen Lang, James Remar, Leon Robinson, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Carmine, John Cameron Mitchell, Danny Quinn, Lauren Holly | Action, Crime | Live action | |
| Critters | New Line Cinema | Stephen Herek (director/screenplay); Domonic Muir (screenplay); Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy "Green" Bush, Scott Grimes, Nadine van der Velde, Don Keith Opper, Billy Zane, Ethan Phillips | Sci-Fi, Comedy, Horror | Live action | ||
| Off Beat | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners | Michael Dinner (director); Mark Medoff (screenplay); Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, John Turturro, Cleavant Derricks, Jacques d'Amboise, Harvey Keitel, Joe Mantegna, Amy Wright, Anthony Zerbe | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Violets Are Blue | Columbia Pictures | Jack Fisk (director); Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal (screenplay); Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline, Bonnie Bedelia, John Kellogg, Augusta Dabney, Mike Starr | Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
| 18 | At Close Range | Orion Pictures | James Foley (director); Nicholas Kazan (screenplay); Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson, Crispin Glover, Tracey Walter, Christopher Penn, Millie Perkins, Eileen Ryan, Kiefer Sutherland | Crime, Drama | Live action | |
| Desert Bloom | Columbia Pictures / Carson Productions | Eugene Corr (director/screenplay); Linda Remy (screenplay); Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, Ellen Barkin, Allen Garfield, Annabeth Gish, Jay Underwood, Ann Risley | Drama | Live action | ||
| Murphy's Law | Cannon Films | J. Lee Thompson (director); Gail Morgan Hickman (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Carrie Snodgress, Robert F. Lyons, Richard Romanus, Kathleen Wilhoite, Angel Tompkins | Thriller | Live action | ||
| 25 | 8 Million Ways to Die | TriStar Pictures / Producers Sales Organization | Hal Ashby (director); Oliver Stone, R. Lance Hill (screenplay); Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Andy García, Randy Brooks, Tom Lister Jr. | Crime | Live action | |
| M A Y |
2 | Blue City | Paramount Pictures | Michelle Manning (director); Lukas Heller, Walter Hill (screenplay); Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, David Caruso, Paul Winfield, Scott Wilson, Anita Morris, Luis Contreras, Julie Carmen | Drama | Live action |
| Saving Grace | Columbia Pictures / Embassy Pictures | Robert M. Young (director); Richard Kramer, David S. Ward (screenplay); Tom Conti, Fernando Rey, Erland Josephson, Giancarlo Giannini, Donald Hewlett, Patricia Mauceri, Edward James Olmos | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| 9 | Dangerously Close | Cannon Films | Albert Pyun (director); John Stockwell, Scott Fields, Marty Ross (screenplay); John Stockwell, Carey Lowell, Madison Mason, Bradford Bancroft, J. Eddie Peck | Action, Thriller | Live action | |
| Fire with Fire | Paramount Pictures | Duncan Gibbins (director); Warren Skaaren, Ben Phillips, Paul Boorstin, Sharon Boorstin (screenplay); Virginia Madsen, Craig Sheffer, Kate Reid, Jon Polito, J.J. Cohen, Jean Smart, Tim Russ, Kari Wuhrer, D.B. Sweeney | Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
| Short Circuit | TriStar Pictures / Producers Sales Organization | John Badham (director); S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock (screenplay); Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, G.W. Bailey, Brian McNamara, Marvin J. McIntyre, Tim Blaney | Sci-Fi, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 14 | Sweet Liberty | Universal Pictures | Alan Alda (director); Alan Alda (screenplay); Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bob Hoskins, Lise Hilboldt, Lillian Gish | Comedy | Live action | |
| 16 | Top Gun | Paramount Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer | Tony Scott (director); Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr. (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, John Stockwell, Barry Tubb, Rick Rossovich, Tim Robbins, James Tolkan, Meg Ryan | Action, Drama, Romance | Live action | |
| 21 | Crawlspace | Empire Pictures | David Schmoeller (director/screenplay); Klaus Kinski, Talia Balsam, Barbara Whinnery, Carole Francis, Tané McClure, Sally Brown, Jack Heller, David Abbott | Horror, Thriller | Live action | |
| 23 | Cobra | Warner Bros. Pictures / Cannon Films | George P. Cosmatos (director); Sylvester Stallone (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, Brian Thompson, John Herzfeld, Lee Garlington | Action | Live action | |
| Poltergeist II: The Other Side | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Brian Gibson (director); Michael Grais, Mark Victor (screenplay); JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, Oliver Robins, Julian Beck, Zelda Rubinstein, Will Sampson, Geraldine Fitzgerald | Horror, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 30 | A Great Wall | Orion Classics | Peter Wang (director); Shirley Sun, Peter Wang (screenplay); Peter Wang, Kelvin Han Yee, Sharon Iwai | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| J U N E |
6 | Invaders from Mars | Cannon Films | Tobe Hooper (director); Dan O'Bannon, Don Jakoby (screenplay); Karen Black, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman, James Karen, Bud Cort, Louise Fletcher | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action |
| Raw Deal | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group / Embassy Pictures | John Irvin (director); Gary DeVore, Norman Wexler (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Darren McGavin, Sam Wanamaker, Paul Shenar, Steven Hill, Ed Lauter | Action | Live action | ||
| SpaceCamp | 20th Century Fox / ABC Motion Pictures | Harry Winer (director); Clifford Green, Casey T. Mitchell (screenplay); Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott, Joaquin Phoenix, Tate Donovan, Tom Skerritt | Adventure | Live action | ||
| 11 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Paramount Pictures | John Hughes (director/screenplay); Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Lyman Ward, Cindy Pickett, Edie McClurg, Ben Stein | Comedy | Live action | |
| 13 | Back to School | Orion Pictures | Alan Metter (director); Steven Kampmann, Peter Torokvei, Harold Ramis, Will Porter (screenplay); Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon, Adrienne Barbeau, Robert Downey Jr., Sam Kinison, Ned Beatty | Comedy | Live action | |
| The Manhattan Project | 20th Century Fox | Marshall Brickman (director/screenplay); Thomas Baum (screenplay); John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon, John Mahoney, Jill Eikenberry, Robert Sean Leonard | Thriller | Live action | ||
| Mona Lisa | Island Pictures / HandMade Films | Neil Jordan (director/screenplay); David Leland (screenplay); Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Caine, Clarke Peters, Kate Hardie, Zoe Nathenson, Sammi Davis | Crime, Drama | Live action | ||
| Never Too Young to Die | Paul Entertainment | Gil Bettman (director/screenplay); Steven Paul, Anthony Foutz (screenplay); John Stamos, Vanity, Gene Simmons, George Lazenby, Robert Englund, John Anderson | Action, Adventure | Live action | ||
| 18 | Legal Eagles | Universal Pictures | Ivan Reitman (director); Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr. (screenplay); Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp, Steven Hill | Comedy | Live action | |
| 20 | The Karate Kid Part II | Columbia Pictures | John G. Avildsen (director); Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay); Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Nobu McCarthy, Tamlyn Tomita, Yuji Okumoto, Joey Miyashima, Marc Hayashi, Danny Kamekona, Tony O'Dell, Martin Kove, William Zabka | Martial Arts, Drama | Live action | |
| My Little Pony: The Movie | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group / Hasbro / Sunbow Productions / Toei Animation | Michael Joens (director); George Arthur Bloom (screenplay); Cloris Leachman, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Madeline Kahn, Tony Randall, Charlie Adler, Russi Taylor, Nancy Cartwright, Cathy Cavadini, Katie Leigh, Alice Playten, Jon Bauman | Musical, Fantasy, Children | Animation | ||
| 27 | American Anthem | Columbia Pictures / Lorimar Motion Pictures | Albert Magnoli (director); Evan Archerd, Jeff Benjamin (screenplay); Mitch Gaylord, Janet Jones, Michael Pataki, Patrice Donnelly, R.J. Williams, John Aprea, Michelle Phillips | Sports, Drama | Live action | |
| Labyrinth | TriStar Pictures / The Jim Henson Company / Lucasfilm | Jim Henson (director); Terry Jones (screenplay); David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Brian Henson, Ron Mueck, David Shaughnessy, Timothy Bateson, Michael Hordern, Percy Edwards, Dave Goelz, Karen Prell, Steve Whitmire, Frank Oz | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical | Live action / Puppetry | ||
| Running Scared | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Peter Hyams (director); Gary DeVore, Jimmy Huston (screenplay); Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer, Darlanne Fluegel, Joe Pantoliano, Dan Hedaya, Jon Gries, Tracy Reed, Jimmy Smits | Action, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Ruthless People | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners | David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker (directors); Dale Launer (screenplay); Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bette Midler, Anita Morris, Bill Pullman, William G. Schilling, Art Evans, Clarence Felder | Black Comedy | Live action | ||
July–September
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J U L Y |
2 | About Last Night | TriStar Pictures | Edward Zwick (director); Tim Kazurinsky, Denise DeClue (screenplay); Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Jim Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins, George DiCenzo, Robin Thomas, Megan Mullally, Rosanna DeSoto | Romantic Comedy, Drama | Live action |
| Big Trouble in Little China | 20th Century Fox | John Carpenter (director); Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein, W.D. Richter (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Victor Wong, Kate Burton, Carter Wong, Peter Kwong, James Pax | Action, Fantasy | Live action | ||
| The Great Mouse Detective | Walt Disney Pictures | Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, Dave Michener, John Musker (directors/screenplay); Matthew O'Callaghan, Mel Shaw, Pete Young, Vance Gerry, Steve Hulett, Bruce Morris (screenplay); Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Susanne Pollatschek, Candy Candido, Alan Young, Diana Chesney, Eve Brenner, Frank Welker | Family, Mystery, Comedy | Animation | ||
| Psycho III | Universal Pictures | Anthony Perkins (director); Charles Edward Pogue (screenplay); Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey, Roberta Maxwell, Hugh Gillin, Robert Alan Browne, Lee Garlington, Donovan Scott | Slasher, Horror | Live action | ||
| 4 | Under the Cherry Moon | Warner Bros. Pictures | Prince (director); Becky Johnston (screenplay); Prince, Jerome Benton, Kristin Scott Thomas, Steven Berkoff, Emmanuelle Sallet, Alexandra Stewart, Francesca Annis | Musical, Drama | Live action | |
| 11 | Club Paradise | Warner Bros. Pictures | Harold Ramis (director/screenplay); Brian Doyle-Murray (screenplay); Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis, Jimmy Cliff, Twiggy, Adolph Caesar, Eugene Levy, Joanna Cassidy, Andrea Martin, Brian Doyle-Murray | Comedy | Live action | |
| Miracles | Orion Pictures | Jim Kouf (director/screenplay); Tom Conti, Teri Garr, Paul Rodriguez, Christopher Lloyd, Adalberto Martínez, Jorge Russek, Charles Rocket | Comedy | Live action | ||
| 18 | Aliens | 20th Century Fox / Brandywine Productions | James Cameron (director/screenplay); Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, William Hope, Bill Paxton | Sci-Fi, Action | Live action | |
| Vamp | New World Pictures | Richard Wenk (director/screenplay); Donald P. Borchers (screenplay); Chris Makepeace, Sandy Baron, Robert Rusler, Dedee Pfeiffer, Gedde Watanabe, Grace Jones, Billy Drago | Comedy, Horror | Live action | ||
| 25 | Echo Park | Orion Pictures | Robert Dornhelm (director); Michael Ventura (screenplay); Susan Dey, Tom Hulce, Michael Bowen, Cheech MarinJohn Paragon, Cassandra Peterson | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| Haunted Honeymoon | Orion Pictures | Gene Wilder (director/screenplay); Terence Marsh (screenplay); Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom DeLuise, Jonathan Pryce, Paul L. Smith, Bryan Pringle, Peter Vaughan | Comedy, Horror | Live action | ||
| Heartburn | Paramount Pictures | Mike Nichols (director); Nora Ephron (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Stockard Channing, Jeff Daniels, Miloš Forman, Steven Hill, Catherine O'Hara, Mamie Gummer, Joanna Gleason | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| Maximum Overdrive | DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group | Stephen King (director/screenplay); Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Christopher Murney, Yeardley Smith, Frankie Faison, Leon Rippy, J.C. Quinn, Holter Graham | Action, Horror | Live action | ||
| Out of Bounds | Columbia Pictures | Richard Tuggle (director); Tony Kayden (screenplay); Anthony Michael Hall, Jenny Wright, Jeff Kober, Glynn Turman, Raymond J. Barry, Pepe Serna, Michele Little, Jerry Levine, Meat Loaf | Action, Thriller | Live action | ||
| The Patriot | Crown International Pictures | Frank Harris (director); Andy Ruben, Katt Shea Ruben (screenplay); Gregg Henry, Simone Griffeth, Michael J. Pollard, Jeff Conaway, Stack Pierce, Leslie Nielsen, Glenn Withrow | Action | Live action | ||
| Robotech: The Movie | Cannon Films / Harmony Gold USA / Tatsunoko Production / Anime International Company | Noboru Ishiguro, Carl Macek (directors); Ardwight Chamberlain (screenplay); Kerrigan Mahan, Iona Morris, Diane Michelle, Gregory Snegoff, Edie Mirman, Wendee Lee, Robert V. Barron, Michael McConnohie, Greg Finley | Sci-Fi | Anime | ||
| 30 | The Assam Garden | Paramount Pictures / Moving Picture Company | Mary McMurray (director); Elisabeth Bond (screenplay); Deborah Kerr | Drama | Live action | |
| Asterix Versus Caesar | Columbia Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Amblin Entertainment | Jacques Barclay (director); Edward Marcus (screenplay); Jack Beaber, Bill Kearns | Comedy, Family | Animation | ||
| Nothing in Common | TriStar Pictures / Rastar | Garry Marshall (director); Rick Podell, Michael Preminger (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Hector Elizondo, Barry Corbin, Bess Armstrong, Sela Ward | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| A U G U S T |
1 | Choke Canyon | United Film Distribution | Charles Bail (director); Ovidio G. Assonitis, Alfonso Brescia, Sheila Goldberg (screenplay); Stephen Collins, Janet Julian, Bo Svenson, Lance Henriksen, Nicholas Pryor | Sci-Fi | Live action |
| Flight of the Navigator | Walt Disney Pictures / Producers Sales Organization | Randal Kleiser (director); Michael Burton, Matt MacManus (screenplay); Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff DeYoung, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matt Adler, Howard Hesseman, Jonathan Sanger | Sci-Fi, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Paramount Pictures | Tom McLoughlin (director/screenplay); Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, David Kagen, Renée Jones, Kerry Noonan, Darcy DeMoss, Tom Fridley, Tony Goldwyn, C.J. Graham, Dan Bradley | Slasher | Live action | ||
| Good to Go | Vidmark Entertainment | Blaine Novak (director/screenplay); Art Garfunkel, Robert DoQui, Harris Yulin, Reginald Daughtry | Crime, Thriller | Live action | ||
| Howard the Duck | Universal Pictures / Lucasfilm / Marvel Entertainment | Willard Huyck (director/screenplay); Gloria Katz (screenplay); Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Chip Zien, David Paymer, Paul Guilfoyle, Liz Sagal, Holly Robinson Peete, Richard Edson | Comedy, Sci-Fi | Live action | ||
| 8 | One Crazy Summer | Warner Bros. Pictures / A&M Films | Savage Steve Holland (director/screenplay); John Cusack, Demi Moore, Bobcat Goldthwait, Curtis Armstrong, Joel Murray, William Hickey, Joe Flaherty, Mark Metcalf, John Matuszak, Kimberly Foster, Matt Mulhern | Romantic Comedy | Live action | |
| She's Gotta Have It | Island Pictures / 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks | Spike Lee (director/screenplay); Tracy Camilla Johns, Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, Spike Lee, Raye Dowell, Joie Lee, S. Epatha Merkerson, Bill Lee | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| The Transformers: The Movie | DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group / Hasbro / Sunbow Productions / Toei Animation | Nelson Shin (director); Ron Friedman (screenplay); Peter Cullen, Judd Nelson, Robert Stack, Leonard Nimoy, Lionel Stander, Eric Idle, John Moschitta Jr., Frank Welker, Dan Gilvezan, Chris Latta, Casey Kasem, Scatman Crothers, Michael Bell, Corey Burton, Orson Welles | Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure | Animation | ||
| 15 | Armed and Dangerous | Columbia Pictures | Mark L. Lester (director); Brian Grazer, James Keach, Harold Ramis, Peter Torokvei (screenplay); John Candy, Eugene Levy, Robert Loggia, Kenneth McMillan, Meg Ryan, Brion James, Jonathan Banks, Tom Lister Jr., James Tolkan | Comedy, Action, Crime | Live action | |
| The Fly | 20th Century Fox | David Cronenberg (director/screenplay); Charles Edward Pogue (screenplay); Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel, Leslie Carlson, George Chuvalo | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action | ||
| Manhunter | DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group | Michael Mann (director/screenplay); William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Stephen Lang, Tom Noonan | Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure | Live action | ||
| 22 | Extremities | Paramount Pictures / Atlantic Releasing Corporation | Robert M. Young (director); William Mastrosimone (screenplay); Farrah Fawcett, James Russo, Diana Scarwid, Alfre Woodard, Sandy Martin | Thriller | Live action | |
| Stand by Me | Columbia Pictures | Rob Reiner (director); Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon (screenplay); Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko, John Cusack, Marshall Bell, Frances Lee McCain | Drama | Live action | ||
| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | Cannon Films | Tobe Hooper (director); L.M. Kit Carson (screenplay); Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow, Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley, Lou Perryman, Judy Kelly | Slasher, Black Comedy | Live action | ||
| 30 | Shanghai Surprise | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / HandMade Films | Jim Goddard (director); John Kohn, Robert Bentley (screenplay); Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman, Richard Griffiths, Philip Sayer, Clyde Kusatsu | Comedy, Adventure | Live action | |
| S E P T E M B E R |
10 | River's Edge | Island Pictures / Hemdale Film Corporation | Tim Hunter (director); Neal Jimenez (screenplay); Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Roxana Zal, Daniel Roebuck, Joshua John Miller, Dennis Hopper | Drama | Live action |
| 12 | 'night, Mother | Universal Pictures / Aaron Spelling Productions | Tom Moore (director); Marsha Norman (screenplay); Sissy Spacek, Anne Bancroft, Ed Berke, Carol Robbins, Jennifer Roosendahl, Michael Kenworthy, Sari Walker | Drama | Live action | |
| 13 | Avenging Force | Cannon Films / Golan-Globus | Sam Firstenberg (director); James Booth (screenplay); Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, John P. Ryan, William Wallace, Marc Alaimo | Action | Live action | |
| 19 | Blue Velvet | DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group | David Lynch (director/screenplay); Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange, George Dickerson, Dean Stockwell | Mystery | Live action | |
| The Men's Club | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | Peter Medak (director); Leonard Michaels (screenplay); Roy Scheider, Harvey Keitel, Frank Langella, Treat Williams, David Dukes, Richard Jordan, Craig Wasson, Stockard Channing, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ann Wedgeworth | Drama | Live action | ||
| 20 | Down by Law | Island Pictures / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | Jim Jarmusch (director/screenplay); Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Ellen Barkin, Billie Neal, Rockets Redglare, Vernel Bagneris | Comedy | Live action | |
| 24 | The Name of the Rose | 20th Century Fox / ZDF / France 3 | Jean-Jacques Annaud (director); Andrew Birkin, Gerard Brach, Howard Franklin, Alain Godard (screenplay); Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., William Hickey, Michael Lonsdale, Ron Perlman, Christian Slater, Valentina Vargas | Drama, Mystery | Live action | |
| 26 | The Boy Who Could Fly | 20th Century Fox / Lorimar Film Entertainment | Nick Castle (director/screenplay); Jay Underwood, Lucy Deakins, Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Savage, Fred Gwynne, Colleen Dewhurst | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
| Crocodile Dundee | Paramount Pictures | Peter Faiman (director); Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell (screenplay); Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Blum, David Gulpilil, Michael Lombard, John Meillon, Reginald VelJohnson, Terry Gill, Steve Rackman, Gerry Skilton | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Half Moon Street | 20th Century Fox / RKO Pictures | Bob Swaim (director/screenplay); Edward Behr, Paul Theroux (screenplay); Sigourney Weaver, Michael Caine, Patrick Kavanagh, Keith Buckley, Nadim Sawalha, Vincent Lindon, Michael Elwyn | Erotic Thriller | Live action | ||
| That's Life! | Columbia Pictures | Blake Edwards (director/screenplay); Milton Wexler (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, Julie Andrews, Sally Kellerman, Robert Loggia, Jennifer Edwards, Robert Knepper, Matt Lattanzi, Chris Lemmon, Cynthia Sikes, Dana Sparks, Felicia Farr | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
October–December
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O C T O B E R |
3 | Tough Guys | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners / Bryna Productions | Jeff Kanew (director); James Orr, James Cruikshank (screenplay); Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Alexis Smith, Dana Carvey, Darlanne Fluegel, Eli Wallach, Billy Barty | Action, Comedy | Live action |
| 10 | Deadly Friend | Warner Bros. Pictures | Wes Craven (director); Bruce Joel Rubin (screenplay); Matthew Labyorteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Twomey, Richard Marcus, Anne Ramsey, Lee Paul, Russ Marin, Charles Fleischer | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action | |
| Jumpin' Jack Flash | 20th Century Fox / Silver Pictures | Penny Marshall (director); David Franzoni, Charles Shyer, Nancy Meyers, Chris Thompson (screenplay); Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Pryce, Stephen Collins, John Wood, Jeroen Krabbé, Jim Belushi, Sara Botsford, Peter Michael Goetz, Vyto Ruginis, Carol Kane, Jon Lovitz, Phil Hartman, Michael McKean | Spy, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Peggy Sue Got Married | TriStar Pictures / American Zoetrope / Rastar | Francis Ford Coppola (director); Jerry Leichtling, Arlene Sarner (screenplay); Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Joan Allen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Jim Carrey, Lisa Jane Persky, Lucinda Jenney | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
| True Stories | Warner Bros. Pictures | David Byrne (director/screenplay); Stephen Tobolowsky, Beth Henley (screenplay); John Goodman, Annie McEnroe, Swoosie Kurtz, Spalding Gray, Pops Staples, Tito Larriva, David Byrne | Musical, Comedy | Live action | ||
| 17 | The Color of Money | Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners | Martin Scorsese (director); Richard Price (screenplay); Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, John Turturro, Bill Cobbs, Forest Whitaker | Drama | Live action | |
| 24 | Soul Man | New World Pictures | Steve Miner (director); Carol Black (screenplay); C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James B. Sikking, Leslie Nielsen, James Earl Jones, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Maree Cheatham, Wallace Langham | Comedy | Live action | |
| Trick or Treat | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | Charles Martin Smith (director); Joel Soisson, Michael S. Murphey (screenplay); Marc Price, Tony Fields, Lisa Orgolini, Doug Savant, Elaine Joyce, Glen Morgan, Gene Simmons, Ozzy Osbourne | Horror | Live action | ||
| 31 | Children of a Lesser God | Paramount Pictures | Randa Haines (director); Mark Medoff, Hesper Anderson (screenplay); Marlee Matlin, William Hurt, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco | Romance, Drama | Live action | |
| Let's Get Harry | TriStar Pictures | Stuart Rosenberg (director); Charles Robert Carner (screenplay); Michael Schoeffling, Thomas F. Wilson, Glenn Frey, Rick Rossovich, Gary Busey, Mark Harmon, Robert Duvall | Action | Live action | ||
| N O V E M B E R |
7 | 52 Pick-Up | Cannon Films | John Frankenheimer (director); John Steppling, Elmore Leonard (screenplay); Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover, Clarence Williams III, Lonny Chapman, Kelly Preston, Robert Trebor, Doug McClure | Crime, Thriller | Live action |
| Modern Girls | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | Jerry Kramer (director); Laurie Craig, Anita Rosenberg (screenplay); Virginia Madsen, Cynthia Gibb, Daphne Zuniga, Clayton Rohner, Chris Nash, Stephen Shellen, Rick Overton, John Dye | Comedy | Live action | ||
| Sid and Nancy | The Samuel Goldwyn Company / Palace Pictures / Zenith Productions | Alex Cox (director/screenplay); Abbe Wool (screenplay); Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop, Andrew Schofield, Xander Berkeley, Perry Benson, Courtney Love | Biopic | Live action | ||
| Something Wild | Orion Pictures | Jonathan Demme (director); E. Max Frye (screenplay); Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels, Ray Liotta, Robert Ridgely, Adelle Lutz, Margaret Colin, Jack Gilpin, Su Tissue | Action, Comedy | Live action | ||
| Tai-Pan | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | Daryl Duke (director); John Briley, James Clavell, Stanley Mann (screenplay); Bryan Brown, John Stanton, Joan Chen, Tim Guinee, Bill Leadbitter, Russell Wong, Katy Behean, Kyra Sedgwick, Janine Turner, Norman Rodway, John Bennett | Adventure, Drama | Live action | ||
| 8 | Quiet Cool | New Line Cinema | Clay Borris (director/screenplay); Susan Vercellino (screenplay); James Remar, Adam Coleman Howard, Daphne Ashbrook, Jared Martin, Nick Cassavetes, Chris Mulkey, Clayton Landey, Fran Ryan, Ted White | Action | Live action | |
| 12 | Heat | New Century Vista | Dick Richards, Jerry Jameson (directors); William Goldman (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Karen Young, Peter MacNicol, Neill Barry, Howard Hesseman, Diana Scarwid | Action, Thriller | Live action | |
| 14 | Hoosiers | Orion Pictures | David Anspaugh (director); Angelo Pizzo (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley, Maris Valainis, Brad Long, Steve Hollar | Sports | Live action | |
| Streets of Gold | 20th Century Fox | Joe Roth (director); Heywood Gould, Richard Price, Tom Cole, Dezsö Magyar (screenplay); Klaus Maria Brandauer, Adrian Pasdar, Wesley Snipes, Angela Molina, Elya Baskin, Rainbow Harvest, Dan O'Shea, John Mahoney | Drama | Live action | ||
| 21 | An American Tail | Universal Pictures / Sullivan Bluth Studios / Amblin Entertainment | Don Bluth (director); Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss (screenplay); Phillip Glasser, Amy Green, John P. Finnegan, Nehemiah Persoff, Erica Yohn, Pat Musick, Dom DeLuise, Christopher Plummer | Musical, Adventure, Drama, Family | Animation | |
| Defense of the Realm | Hemdale | David Drury (director); Martin Stellman (screenplay); Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott | Thriller | Live action | ||
| Firewalker | Cannon Films | J. Lee Thompson (director); Robert Gosnell (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson, Will Sampson, Sonny Landham, John Rhys-Davies, Ian Abercrombie | Action, Adventure | Live action | ||
| Song of the South (re-release) | Walt Disney Pictures | Harve Foster, Wilfred Jackson (directors); Morton Grant, Maurice Rapf, Dalton S. Reymond, Bill Peet, George Stallings, Ralph Wright (screenplay); James Baskett, Bobby Driscoll, Luana Patten, Glenn Leedy, Ruth Warrick, Lucile Watson, Hattie McDaniel, Johnny Lee, Nick Stewart | Musical, Family | Live action / Animation | ||
| The Wraith | New Century Vista | Mike Marvin (director/screenplay); Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn, Randy Quaid, Matthew Barry, Clint Howard, Griffin O'Neal | Action, Horror | Live action | ||
| 26 | The Mosquito Coast | Warner Bros. Pictures | Peter Weir (director); Paul Schrader (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Conrad Roberts, Andre Gregory, Martha Plimpton | Drama | Live action | |
| Nutcracker: The Motion Picture | Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Pacific Northwest Ballet / Hyperion Pictures / The Kushner-Locke Company | Carroll Ballard (director) | Musical, Christmas | Live action | ||
| Solarbabies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Alan Johnson (director); Walon Green, Douglas Anthony Metrov (screenplay); Richard Jordan, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric, Lukas Haas, Charles Durning, James LeGros, Peter DeLuise, Adrian Pasdar, Sarah Douglas | Sci-Fi | Live action | ||
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Paramount Pictures | Leonard Nimoy (director); Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Nicholas Meyer, Harve Bennett (screenplay); William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Catherine Hicks, Majel Barrett, Mark Lenard, Jane Wyatt | Sci-Fi | Live action | ||
| 28 | Eye of the Tiger | Village Roadshow Pictures | Richard C. Sarafian (director); Michael Thomas Montgomery (screenplay); Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto, Seymour Cassel, Bert Remsen, Denise Galik, William Smith, Judith Barsi, Kimberlin Brown, Ted Markland | Action, Drama | Live action | |
| D E C E M B E R |
5 | Heartbreak Ridge | Warner Bros. Pictures / Malpaso Productions | Clint Eastwood (director); James Carabastos, Joseph Stinson (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, Moses Gunn, Eileen Heckart, Bo Svenson, Boyd Gaines, Mario Van Peebles | War | Live action |
| 12 | Crimes of the Heart | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | Bruce Beresford (director); Beth Henley (screenplay); Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Tess Harper, Beeson Carroll, David Carpenter, Hurd Hatfield | Black Comedy | Live action | |
| The Golden Child | Paramount Pictures / Industrial Light & Magic | Michael Ritchie (director); Dennis Feldman (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Charlotte Lewis, Charles Dance, Victor Wong, Randall "Tex" Cobb, James Hong, Marilyn Schreffler | Comedy, Fantasy | Live action | ||
| Three Amigos | Orion Pictures / HBO Films | John Landis (director); Steve Martin, Lorne Michaels, Randy Newman (screenplay); Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau, Tony Plana, Patrice Martinez, Joe Mantegna, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz | Comedy, Western | Live action | ||
| 19 | King Kong Lives | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | John Guillermin (director); Ronald Shusett, Steven Pressfield (screenplay); Brian Kerwin, Linda Hamilton, John Ashton, Peter Michael Goetz, Michael Forest, Leon Rippy, Herschel Sparber | Monster | Live action | |
| Lady and the Tramp (re-release) | Walt Disney Pictures | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson Hamilton Luske (directors); Ralph Wright, Don DaGradi, Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi (screenplay); Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy Lee, Bill Thompson, Bill Baucom, Verna Felton, George Givot, Alan Reed, Thurl Ravenscroft, Dallas McKennon, Lee Millar | Romantic Comedy, Musical | Animation | ||
| Little Shop of Horrors | Warner Bros. Pictures / The Geffen Film Company | Frank Oz (director); Howard Ashman (screenplay); Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, Jim Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest, Bill Murray, Levi Stubbs | Musical, Horror, Black Comedy | Live action / Puppetry | ||
| No Mercy | TriStar Pictures | Richard Pearce (director); Jim Carabatsos (screenplay); Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, George Dzundza, Gary Basaraba, William Atherton, Terry Kinney, Ely Pouget, Bruce McGill, Ray Sharkey, Marita Geraghty | Crime | Live action | ||
| Platoon | Orion Pictures / Hemdale Film Corporation | Oliver Stone (director/screenplay); Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, Kevin Dillon, Keith David, Mark Moses, Francesco Quinn, Forest Whitaker, Tony Todd, Richard Edson, Johnny Depp | War | Live action | ||
| 25 | The Morning After | 20th Century Fox / Lorimar Film Entertainment | Sidney Lumet (director); James Hicks, David Rayfiel (screenplay); Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Raul Julia, Diane Salinger, Richard Foronjy, Bruce Vilanch, Geoffrey Scott, Kathleen Wilhoite | Mystery | Live action | |
| 31 | Wisdom | 20th Century Fox / Cannon Films | Emilio Estevez (director/screenplay); Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, William Allen Young, Ernie Lively, Charlie Sheen | Romance, Crime | Live action | |
| Witchboard | Cinema Group | Kevin Tenney (director/screenplay); Todd Allen, Tawny Kitaen, Stephen Nichols, Kathleen Wilhoite, Burke Byrnes, James W. Quinn, Rose Marie | Horror, Thriller | Live action | ||
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