The Great Mouse Detective
Movie / 1986-07-02 / United States / Releases: 3 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Henry Mancini
When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson try to elude the ultimate trap and foil the perfect crime.
Legal Eagles
Movie / 1986-06-18 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Elmer Bernstein
District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes involved with defence lawyer Laura Kelly and her unpredictable client Chelsea Deardon. It seems the least of Chelsea's crimes is the theft of a very valuable painting, but as the women persuade Logan to investigate further and to cut some official corners, a much more sinister scenario starts to emerge.
The Karate Kid - Part 2
Movie / 1986-06-18 / United States / Releases: 3 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Bill Conti
Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love of his youth, and Sato, his former best friend turned vengeful rival. Sato is bent on a fight to the death, even if it means the destruction of their village. Daniel finds his own love in Yukia's niece, Kumiko, and his own enemy in Sato's nephew, the vicious Chozen. Now, far away from the tournaments, cheering crowds and safety of home, Daniel will face his greatest challenge ever when the cost of honor is life itself.
Back to School
Movie / 1986-06-13 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Danny Elfman
Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton struggles to gain his son's respect, giving way to hilarious antics.
The Manhattan Project
Movie / 1986-06-13 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Philippe Sarde
A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, win a national science fair, and expose the government's secrets.
SpaceCamp
Movie / 1986-06-06 / United States / Releases: 3 / Recordings: 1
Composed by John Williams
Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for teenagers with her NASA-employed husband, Zach. One night during an engine test, Andie and four teenage campers are accidentally shot into space. Together, the group -- which includes Kathryn, a pilot-in-training, and Tish, a ditz with a perfect memory -- must work together to operate the spacecraft and return home.
Raw Deal
Movie / 1986-06-06 / Netherlands / Releases: 0 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.
Invaders from Mars
Movie / 1986-06-06 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Christopher Young, David Storrs
A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.
Big Trouble In Little China
Movie / 1986-05-30 / United States / Releases: 3 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Alan Howarth, John Carpenter
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.
Jake Speed
Movie / 1986-05-30 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Mark Snow
Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves lives on paper, but when a young girl is kidnapped and her sister (Karen Kopins) begs the real-life Speed for help, he must find a way to be as gallant as the book hero whose creation he's inspired. Accompanied by the victim's sibling, Speed flies to Africa to see if he's up to the task.
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Movie / 1986-05-23 / United States / Releases: 5 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith
The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition as the Reverend Kane, a religious zealot responsible for the deaths of his many followers. His goal is simple - he wants the angelic Carol Anne.
Crawlspace
Movie / 1986-05-21 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Pino Donaggio
A man who runs an apartment house for women is the demented son of a Nazi surgeon who has the house equipped with secret passageways, hidden rooms and torture and murder devices.
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Movie / 1986-05-19 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Craig Safan
Outraged by the treatment of New York City’s unhoused residents, an activist brings national attention to the issue by taking their case to Congress.
Top Gun
Movie / 1986-05-16 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Harold Faltermeyer
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
Valhalla
Movie / 1986-05-12 / Denmark / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Bent Hesselmann, Borge Ring, Jussi Henry Olsen, Ron Goodwin
Two children in the Viking age find their way into the magical world of Norse mythology.
Short Circuit
Movie / 1986-05-09 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by David Shire
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.
Pirates
Movie / 1986-05-08 / France / Releases: 3 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Philippe Sarde
The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.
Critters
Movie / 1986-04-11 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by David Newman
Carnivorous aliens arrive unannounced at a Kansas family farm; two intergalactic bounty hunters soon follow, determined to blow them off the planet.
Psycho III
Movie / 1986-04-02 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Carter Burwell
When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less than happy.
Torment
Movie / 1986-04-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Christopher Young
A detective sets out to capture a psycho who kills women, but the psycho turns the tables and goes after the detective's girlfriend.
Lucas
Movie / 1986-03-28 / United States / Releases: 4 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Dave Grusin
A brilliant but socially inept 14-year-old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends – Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love – fall for each other.
April Fool's Day
Movie / 1986-03-27 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Charles Bernstein
As soon as Muffy St. John and her college friends arrive on her parents' secluded island, someone starts trimming the guest list... one murder at a time.
Sin of Innocence
Movie / 1986-03-26 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Georges Delerue
When two single parents remarry, their teenaged son and daughter begin developing an unexpected attraction to each other.
Link
Movie / 1986-03-05 / United States / Releases: 3 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith
Young graduate student Jane Chase becomes the new assistant to an eccentric zoology professor at the remote home he shares with two brilliant chimpanzees and an elderly orangutan butler named Link. But when one of the chimps is found dead and the professor mysteriously disappears, Link becomes dangerously aggressive towards Jane. Now, the time for “monkey business” is over and the true terror is about to begin.
The Legend of Zelda
Videogame / 1986-02-21 / Japan / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Kōji Kondō
The Legend of Zelda is the first title in the Zelda series, it has marked the history of video games particularly for it's game mechanics and universe. The player controls Link and must make his way through the forests, graveyards, plains and deserts of the Otherworld to find the secret entrances to the eight dungeons and try to restore the broken Triforce. Among the game's mechanics, it was the first time we saw a continuous world that could be freely explored, power-ups that permanently enhanced the main character's abilities and a battery save feature that allowed players to keep their progress instead of having to start over. The gameplay balanced action sequences with discovery, secrets and exploration.