Soul Man (1986)

Soul Man (1986)

[5] C. Thomas Howell (The Hitcher) headlines this politically incorrect comedy about a teen who overdoses on tanning pills to appear black, so he can win a full scholarship to Harvard law school. While hiding his identity from a love…
Dogs in Space (1986)

Dogs in Space (1986)

[7] Writer/director Richard Lowenstein takes us inside the lives of a Melbourne punk band called Dogs in Space, living in a run-down house full of misfits, pissing off their neighbors with their late-night partying, and doing hard drugs between gigs.…
In a Glass Cage (1986)

In a Glass Cage (1986)

[8] In this Spanish film from writer/director Agustín Villaronga, a Nazi child killer is put in an iron lung after a botched suicide attempt. His wife hires a young male nurse to take care of him, but the young man…
No Mercy (1986)

No Mercy (1986)

[5] Richard Gere plays a Chicago detective out for justice in New Orleans, where he hopes to find a woman, played by Kim Basinger, who witnessed his partner's murder. Turns out Kim has a sad story and needs some rescuing…
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

[8] After dealing with the death and resurrection of Spock in the previous two films, director Leonard Nimoy was given free reign with the fourth entry in the Star Trek franchise. Nimoy decided it was time for the series to…
The Best of Times (1986)

The Best of Times (1986)

[4] Robin Williams and Kurt Russell star in this alleged comedy about a loser (Williams) who decides to recreate the high school football game in which he dropped the ball and lost the game, sentencing his community to years and…
Quicksilver (1986)

Quicksilver (1986)

[2] Kevin Bacon stars in this ridiculously contrived and dull-as-dishwater drama about a stock market whiz who loses everything and decides to enter the allegedly interesting and exciting world of... bicycle delivery service. Quicksilver is and odd fucking movie that…
Flight of the Navigator (1986)

Flight of the Navigator (1986)

[5] This live-action Disney flick starts off interesting, with a 12-year old boy suddenly finding himself eight years in the future without having aged a day. Turns out he was the target of an alien abduction, and his abductor now…
Reform School Girls (1986)

Reform School Girls (1986)

[6] A young woman is sent to a reform school with an abusive warden and downwright evil supervisor. She tries her best to stay out of the way of her fellow inmates, including a muscle-bound hard-ass named Charlie (Wendy O.…
Thrashin’ (1986)

Thrashin’ (1986)

[2] Thrashin' is the quintessential bad '80s movie. There's an anemic plot involving two warring skateboarding gangs and a boy who falls in love with the sister of a rival gang member. It's a goofy Romeo and Juliet on tiny…