Best 1986 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 1986 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

#20. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- Stacker score: 83.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 95,000)
- Metascore: 71
- Director: Leonard Nimoy
- Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley
- Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $109,713,132

#19. Sid and Nancy
- Stacker score: 84.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 36,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: Alex Cox
- Actors: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman
- Runtime: 1 hour 52 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $2,826,523

#18. She's Gotta Have It
- Stacker score: 85.0
- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (votes: 17,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Spike Lee
- Actors: Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell
- Runtime: 1 hour 24 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $7,137,502

#17. Ruthless People
- Stacker score: 85.0
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (votes: 32,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
- Actors: Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold
- Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $71,624,879

#16. Manhunter
- Stacker score: 85.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 88,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Michael Mann
- Actors: William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Rating: R
- Box office: $8,620,929

#15. The Color of Money
- Stacker score: 85.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 98,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Actors: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
- Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $52,293,982

#14. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
- Stacker score: 86.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 43,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: John McNaughton
- Actors: Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Tom Towles
- Runtime: 1 hour 23 minutes
- Rating: Unrated
- Box office: $609,939

#13. Hoosiers
- Stacker score: 87.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 55,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: David Anspaugh
- Actors: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper
- Runtime: 1 hour 54 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $28,607,524

#12. Down by Law
- Stacker score: 87.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 58,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Jim Jarmusch
- Actors: Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni
- Runtime: 1 hour 47 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $1,435,668

#11. Children of a Lesser God
- Stacker score: 87.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 20,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Randa Haines
- Actors: William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie
- Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $31,853,080

#10. A Better Tomorrow
- Stacker score: 87.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 27,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: John Woo
- Actors: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat
- Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: N/A

#9. Little Shop of Horrors
- Stacker score: 87.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 92,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Frank Oz
- Actors: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia
- Runtime: 1 hour 34 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $39,032,001

#8. Blue Velvet
- Stacker score: 87.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 235,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: David Lynch
- Actors: Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Rating: R
- Box office: $8,551,228

#7. Jean de Florette
- Stacker score: 90.2
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 29,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Claude Berri
- Actors: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $4,940,939

#6. Stand by Me
- Stacker score: 90.2
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 471,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Rob Reiner
- Actors: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman
- Runtime: 1 hour 29 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $52,287,414

#5. The Fly
- Stacker score: 90.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 217,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: David Cronenberg
- Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz
- Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $40,456,565

#4. Mona Lisa
- Stacker score: 91.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 20,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Neil Jordan
- Actors: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine
- Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $5,794,184

#3. Hannah and Her Sisters
- Stacker score: 97.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 80,000)
- Metascore: 90
- Director: Woody Allen
- Actors: Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine
- Runtime: 1 hour 47 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $40,084,041

#2. Aliens
- Stacker score: 97.1
- IMDb user rating: 8.4 (votes: 818,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: James Cameron
- Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn
- Runtime: 2 hours 17 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $85,160,248

#1. Platoon
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 461,000)
- Metascore: 92
- Director: Oliver Stone
- Actors: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Rating: R
- Box office: $138,530,565