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
Essential music of 1986
Albums
Top Gun / Soundtrack
Honorable mention
a-ha - Scoundrel Days
Paul Simon - Graceland
The greatest songs of 1986
The Boy in the Bubble - Paul Simon
Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins
I’ve Been Losing You - a-ha
Mighty Wings - Cheap Trick
Mysteries of Love by Julee Cruise / Angelo Badalementi
One Vision - Queen
Playing with the Boys - Kenny Loggins
Purple Girl - The Chills
Take My Breath Away - Berlin
We’re Looking for the Whales - a-ha
1986 Playlists by Month
January
February
Mysteries of Love by Julee Cruise / Angelo Badalementi
(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
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
April
Graceland - Paul Simon
Soft Rains of April - a-ha
May
The Boy in the Bubble - Paul Simon
June
Mighty Wings - Cheap Trick
Hot Summer Nights - Miami Sound Machine
July
Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins
We’re Looking for the Whales - a-ha
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
I’ve Been Losing You - a-ha
October
We Love You - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Scoundrel Days - a-ha
November
Manhattan Skyline - a-ha
December
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