Movies Using the English Language and Released in 1986
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The list below includes all films using the English language, including movies using other languages as well.
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| Movie | Language(s) | Genre | Production
Budget | Worldwide
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| Top Gun |
English |
Action |
$15,000,000 |
$357,463,748 |
Play |
| Crocodile Dundee |
English |
Comedy |
$8,800,000 |
$328,203,506 |
|
| Aliens |
English |
Action |
$17,000,000 |
$183,291,893 |
|
| Platoon |
English,
Vietnamese |
Drama |
$6,000,000 |
$137,978,395 |
|
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home |
English |
Adventure |
$24,000,000 |
$133,000,000 |
|
| The Karate Kid, Part II |
English |
Action |
|
$115,103,979 |
|
| Back to School |
English |
Comedy |
|
$91,258,000 |
|
| The Golden Child |
English |
Action |
$12,000,000 |
$79,817,937 |
|
| Ruthless People |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$71,624,879 |
|
| Ferris Bueller’s Day Off |
English |
Comedy |
|
$70,178,260 |
|
| Down and Out in Beverly Hills |
English,
Spanish |
Comedy |
|
$62,134,225 |
|
| The Color of Money |
English |
Drama |
$10,000,000 |
$52,293,000 |
|
| Stand by Me |
English |
Drama |
$8,000,000 |
$52,288,650 |
|
| Legal Eagles |
English |
Comedy |
$40,000,000 |
$49,851,591 |
|
| Cobra |
English |
Action |
$25,000,000 |
$49,042,224 |
|
| An American Tail |
English |
Adventure |
|
$47,483,002 |
|
| Police Academy 3: Back in Training |
English |
Comedy |
|
$43,579,163 |
|
| Heartbreak Ridge |
English |
Action |
|
$42,724,017 |
|
| Poltergeist II: The Other Side |
English |
Horror |
|
$40,996,665 |
|
| Short Circuit |
English |
Comedy |
|
$40,697,761 |
|
| Pretty in Pink |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$40,476,156 |
|
| Hannah and Her Sisters |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$40,084,041 |
|
| Three Amigos |
English |
Comedy |
|
$39,246,734 |
|
| Little Shop of Horrors |
English |
Musical |
$30,000,000 |
$38,747,385 |
|
| About Last Night... |
English |
Comedy |
|
$38,702,310 |
|
| Running Scared |
English |
Comedy |
|
$38,500,726 |
|
| The Fly |
English |
Horror |
|
$37,585,694 |
|
| The Money Pit |
English |
Comedy |
|
$37,499,651 |
|
| Gung Ho |
English,
Japanese |
Comedy |
$18,000,000 |
$36,611,610 |
|
| Nothing in Common |
English |
Comedy |
|
$32,324,000 |
|
| Children of a Lesser God |
English |
Drama |
|
$31,853,080 |
|
| Wildcats |
English |
Comedy |
|
$26,285,544 |
|
| Jumpin' Jack Flash |
English |
Comedy |
|
$25,587,804 |
|
| Heartburn |
English |
Comedy |
|
$25,314,289 |
|
| Iron Eagle |
English |
Action |
|
$24,159,872 |
|
| The Great Mouse Detective |
English |
Adventure |
|
$23,605,534 |
|
| Legend |
English |
Adventure |
$25,000,000 |
$23,506,237 |
|
| Crimes of the Heart |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$22,905,000 |
|
| House |
English |
Horror |
|
$22,144,631 |
|
| Tough Guys |
English |
Comedy |
|
$21,458,229 |
|
| A Room with a View |
English |
Drama |
$3,000,000 |
$21,042,007 |
|
| The Mission |
English,
Guarani,
Latin |
Drama |
|
$20,796,024 |
|
| F/X |
English |
Action |
$10,000,000 |
$20,603,715 |
|
| Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives |
English |
Horror |
$3,000,000 |
$19,472,523 |
|
| Flight of the Navigator |
English |
Adventure |
|
$18,564,613 |
|
| Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling |
English |
Drama |
|
$18,034,150 |
|
| The Delta Force |
English |
Action |
|
$17,005,599 |
|
| Howard the Duck |
English |
Action |
$30,000,000 |
$16,295,774 |
|
| Armed and Dangerous |
English |
Comedy |
|
$15,945,534 |
|
| Youngblood |
English |
Drama |
|
$15,448,400 |
|
| One Crazy Summer |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$13,431,806 |
|
| Extremities |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$13,418,091 |
|
| Critters |
English |
Horror |
|
$13,167,232 |
|
| Labyrinth |
English |
Adventure |
|
$13,096,659 |
|
| April Fool's Day |
English |
Horror |
$5,000,000 |
$12,947,763 |
|
| Highlander |
English |
Action |
$16,000,000 |
$12,900,000 |
|
| Club Paradise |
English |
Comedy |
|
$12,308,521 |
|
| No Mercy |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$12,303,904 |
|
| Brighton Beach Memoirs |
English |
Comedy |
|
$11,957,943 |
|
| Firewalker |
English |
Adventure |
|
$11,834,302 |
|
| Big Trouble in Little China |
English |
Action |
$25,000,000 |
$11,208,967 |
|
| Deadly Friend |
English |
Horror |
|
$8,988,731 |
|
| Blue Velvet |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$8,663,300 |
|
| Manhunter |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$8,622,413 |
|
| Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation |
English |
Adventure |
|
$8,540,346 |
|
| Wise Guys |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$8,475,466 |
|
| Haunted Honeymoon |
English |
Comedy |
|
$8,033,397 |
|
| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 |
English |
Horror |
$4,700,000 |
$8,025,872 |
|
| The Best of Times |
English |
Comedy |
|
$7,790,931 |
|
| Maximum Overdrive |
English |
Horror |
|
$7,433,663 |
|
| The Boy Who Could Fly |
English |
Drama |
|
$7,177,431 |
|
| The Name of the Rose |
English |
|
|
$7,153,000 |
|
| Blue City |
English |
Action |
|
$6,947,000 |
|
| Black Moon Rising |
English |
Action |
|
$6,637,565 |
|
| A Fine Mess |
English |
Comedy |
|
$6,029,824 |
|
| Trick or Treat |
English |
Horror |
|
$6,000,000 |
|
| My Little Pony: The Movie |
English |
Adventure |
|
$5,958,456 |
|
| The Transformers: The Movie |
English |
Adventure |
|
$5,849,647 |
|
| Crossroads |
English |
Drama |
|
$5,839,031 |
|
| Mona Lisa |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$5,794,000 |
|
| Wisdom |
English |
|
|
$5,715,174 |
|
| 52 Pick-Up |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$5,186,646 |
|
| Out of Bounds |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$5,099,316 |
|
| The Boys Next Door |
English |
Drama |
|
$5,000,000 |
|
| Invaders from Mars |
English |
Horror |
$12,000,000 |
$4,984,663 |
|
| Band of the Hand |
English |
Action |
|
$4,865,912 |
|
| King Kong Lives |
English |
Adventure |
$10,000,000 |
$4,711,220 |
|
| Avenging Force |
English |
Action |
|
$4,679,650 |
|
| Eliminators |
English |
Action |
|
$4,601,256 |
|
| Fire with Fire |
English |
Drama |
|
$4,577,139 |
|
| Troll |
English |
Horror |
|
$4,542,346 |
|
| That's Life! |
English |
Comedy |
|
$4,079,895 |
|
| Power |
English |
Drama |
|
$3,800,000 |
|
| American Anthem |
English |
Drama |
$7,000,000 |
$3,571,624 |
|
| The Wraith |
English |
Action |
|
$3,500,000 |
|
| Born American |
English |
Action |
|
$3,401,376 |
|
| Head Office |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$3,393,807 |
|
| Bullies |
English |
Action |
|
$2,995,527 |
|
| The Men's Club |
English |
Drama |
|
$2,556,361 |
|
| True Stories |
English |
Musical |
|
$2,545,459 |
|
| Rad |
English |
Drama |
|
$2,523,882 |
|
| Desert Hearts |
English |
Drama |
|
$2,492,088 |
|
| ‘Round Midnight |
English |
Drama |
|
$2,391,211 |
|
| At Close Range |
English |
Drama |
|
$2,347,000 |
|
| Nomads |
English |
Horror |
|
$2,278,264 |
|
| Sid & Nancy |
English |
Drama |
|
$2,191,785 |
|
| Heathcliff: The Movie |
English |
Adventure |
|
$2,091,504 |
|
| Dangerously Close |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$2,026,765 |
|
| The Clan of the Cave Bear |
English |
Adventure |
$15,000,000 |
$1,953,732 |
|
| Deadtime Stories |
English |
Horror |
|
$1,752,982 |
|
| Link |
English |
Horror |
|
$1,720,450 |
|
| Solarbabies |
English |
|
|
$1,579,260 |
|
| Clockwise |
English |
Comedy |
|
$1,476,356 |
|
| Belizaire the Cajun |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,444,618 |
|
| Down by Law |
English,
Italian |
|
$1,100,000 |
$1,436,000 |
|
| GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords |
English |
Adventure |
|
$1,338,264 |
|
| 8 Million Ways to Die |
English,
Spanish |
Action |
$18,000,000 |
$1,305,114 |
|
| Half Moon Street |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,131,399 |
|
| From Beyond |
English |
Horror |
|
$1,070,053 |
|
| Jake Speed |
English,
French |
Adventure |
|
$1,058,048 |
|
| The Adventures of the American Rabbit |
English |
Adventure |
|
$1,023,042 |
|
| Absolute Beginners |
English |
Musical |
|
$930,211 |
|
| Native Son |
English |
Drama |
|
$929,770 |
|
| The Naked Cage |
English |
Action |
|
$897,589 |
|
| Defense of the Realm |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$750,000 |
|
| The Adventures of Mark Twain |
English |
Adventure |
|
$646,803 |
|
| Knights of the City |
English |
Action |
|
$601,451 |
|
| Nobody's Fool |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$563,568 |
|
| Water |
English |
Adventure |
|
$510,136 |
|
| Desert Bloom |
English |
Drama |
|
$343,127 |
|
| Dream Lover |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$316,809 |
|
| Every Time We Say Goodbye |
English |
Drama |
|
$278,623 |
|
| Lady Jane |
English |
Drama |
|
$277,646 |
|
| Willy/Milly |
English |
|
|
$277,405 |
|
| The Boy in Blue |
English |
Drama |
|
$275,000 |
|
| Radioactive Dreams |
English |
Adventure |
|
$210,212 |
|
| Let's Get Harry |
English |
Action |
|
$140,980 |
|
| Never too Young to Die |
English |
Adventure |
|
$129,508 |
|
| Weekend Warriors |
English |
Comedy |
|
$107,846 |
|
| Welcome to 18 |
English |
Comedy |
|
$97,446 |
|
| Jackals |
English |
Action |
|
$89,352 |
|
| Hardbodies 2 |
English |
|
|
$78,000 |
|
| The Girl in the Picture |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$76,350 |
|
| Low Blow |
English |
Action |
|
$63,860 |
|
| Miss Mary |
English,
French,
Spanish |
Drama |
|
$49,432 |
|
| Body Slam |
English |
Comedy |
|
$14,926 |
|
| The Frog Prince |
English |
Comedy |
|
$14,845 |
|
| My Beautiful Laundrette |
English |
Drama |
$400,000 |
$9,442 |
|
| Duet for One |
English |
Drama |
|
$9,000 |
|
| Malcolm |
English |
Comedy |
|
$7,064 |
|
| Bliss |
English |
Comedy |
|
$6,998 |
|
| Kamikaze Hearts |
English |
Drama |
|
$6,669 |
|
| Crimewave |
English |
Comedy |
|
$5,101 |
|
| Caravaggio |
English,
Italian |
Drama |
|
$3,151 |
|
| Arthur's Hallowed Ground |
English |
Comedy |
|
$1,726 |
|
| Fast Talking |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,488 |
|
| Eat the Peach |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Uphill all the Way |
English |
Western |
|
$0 |
|
| The Peanut Butter Solution |
English |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| The Toxic Avenger |
English |
Black Comedy |
$475,000 |
$0 |
|
| A Great Wall |
English,
Mandarin |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Star Crystal |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Flight of the Spruce Goose |
English,
Polish |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Rawhead Rex |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Sky Pirates |
English |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| Frog Dreaming |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Cactus |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Dogs in Space |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| The Ladies Club |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Echo Park |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Slaughter High |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Sharp Edges |
English |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| Vigil |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Windrider |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Revenge |
English |
Western |
|
$0 |
|
| Lamb |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| The Bedroom Window |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Omega Syndrome |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Shadow Play |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Eye of the Tiger |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Where the River Runs Black |
English |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| Fair Game |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
