To make this list a movie had to be made in 1986.  Obviously many movies made in 1985 earned box office dollars in 1986.  On the other side many movies made in 1986 made money in 1986 and later.   This page will looks at over 200 movies made in 1986.  The movies are listed in two massive tables that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.

Our UMR Top 50 of 1986

Year	Movie (Year)	Rating	S
Year	Movie (Year)	Rating	S
1986	Platoon (1986) AA Best Picture Win
1986	Aliens (1986)
1986	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
1986	Ruthless People (1986)
1986	Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
1986	Back to School (1986)
1986	Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) AA Best Picture Nom
1986	The Color of Money (1986)
1986	Crocodile Dundee (1986)
1986	Stand By Me (1986)

1986 Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

• Sort 1986 Movies by movie titles and movie trailers
• Sort 1986 Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
• Sort 1986 Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
• Sort 1986 Movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
• Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each 1986 Movies received and how many Oscar® wins each 1986 Movies received.
• Sort 1986 Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR).  Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

 

R	Movie (Year)	UMR Co-Star Links			Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil)				UMR Score
R	Movie (Year)	UMR Co-Star Links	Actual B.O. Domestic (mil)	Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil)	Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil)	B.O. Rank by Year	Review	Oscar Nom / Win	UMR Score	S
1	Platoon (1986) AA Best Picture Win	Charlie Sheen & Directed by Oliver Stone	138.5	393.2	393.20	4	89	08 / 04	99.9
2	Aliens (1986)	Sigourney Weaver & Michael Biehn	141.0	400.1	400.10	3	94	07 / 02	99.6
4	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)	William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy	109.7	311.4	377.50	6	77	04 / 00	97.6
6	Ruthless People (1986)	Bette Midler & Danny DeVito	71.6	203.3	203.30	10	78	00 / 00	97.0
5	Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)	Charlie Sheen & Matthew Broderick	70.1	199.1	199.10	11	77	00 / 00	96.6
5	Back to School (1986)	Robert Downey Jr. & Rodney Dangerfield	91.3	259.0	259.00	7	75	00 / 00	96.5
6	Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) AA Best Picture Nom	Michael Caine & Wooy Allen	35.4	100.5	100.50	30	90	07 / 03	96.0
9	The Color of Money (1986)	Paul Newman & Tom Cruise	52.3	148.4	148.40	13	82	04 / 01	95.2
7	Crocodile Dundee (1986)	Paul Hogan	171.5	486.8	922.20	2	68	01 / 00	94.9
10	Stand By Me (1986)	John Cusack & Rob Reiner	52.3	148.4	148.40	14	85	01 / 00	94.8

Top earners in 1986 for Adjusted USA Box Office:

Name	Number of Movies	Total Adj World Wide (mil)	Total Adj USA (mil)
Tom Cruise	2	1,152.6	650.2
Charlie Sheen	4	625.5	625.5
Meg Ryan	2	1,060.9	558.5
Tim Robbins	2	1,111.9	548.1
Forest Whitaker	2	541.6	541.6
Kelly McGillis	1	1,004.2	501.8
Val Kilmer	1	1,004.2	501.8
Paul Hogan	1	922.2	486.8
Sigourney Weaver	2	403.3	403.3
Michael Biehn	1	400.1	400.1