Best 28 Adventure Movies Releases from 1986

Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring. Check out Aliens / IMDB / YouTube

A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy. Find out about Stand by Me / IMDB / YouTube

A rough-and-tumble trucker and his sidekick face off with an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown. Info on Big Trouble in Little China / IMDB / YouTube

Teenage Sarah journeys through a maze to save her baby brother from the Goblin King. Find out about Labyrinth / IMDB / YouTube

An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponents, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled Prize. Find out about Highlander / IMDB / YouTube

American reporter Sue Charlton travels to the Australian outback to meet eccentric poacher Mick Crocodile Dundee and invites him to New York City, where he comes face-to-face with the complexities of modern life. Can this bushman adapt? Get info on Crocodile Dundee / IMDB / YouTube

Daniel accompanies his mentor, Mr. Miyagi, to Miyagi's childhood home in Okinawa. Miyagi visits his dying father and confronts his old rival, while Daniel falls in love and inadvertently makes a new rival of his own. See more about The Karate Kid Part II / IMDB / YouTube

To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales. Look into Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home / IMDB / YouTube

A young man must stop the Lord of Darkness from destroying daylight and marrying the woman he loves. See more about Legend / IMDB / YouTube

Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal. Details on The Mission / IMDB / YouTube

A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child whom dark forces want to eliminate. Explore The Golden Child / IMDB / YouTube

While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must locate them while trying to survive in a new country. Check out An American Tail / IMDB / YouTube

Basil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, investigates the kidnapping of a toy maker and uncovers its link to his archenemy, Professor Ratigan. Learn about The Great Mouse Detective / IMDB / YouTube

In 1978, a boy travels eight years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship. Read about Flight of the Navigator / IMDB / YouTube

A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to Earth where he must stop an alien invasion with the help of a nerdy scientist and a struggling female rock singer. More about Howard the Duck / IMDB / YouTube

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons. See more about The Transformers: The Movie / IMDB / YouTube

Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a speeding train with no brakes and nobody driving. Look into Runaway Train / IMDB / YouTube

An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia. Get info on The Mosquito Coast / IMDB / YouTube

After a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force is sent in to resolve the crisis. Check out The Delta Force / IMDB / YouTube

The young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is accidentally launched into orbit. Find out about SpaceCamp / IMDB / YouTube

Ronja, the only child of robber chief Mattis must learn to survive the dangers of her local wilderness. In secret she also befriends Birk, the son of a rivaling robber Borka. More about Ronia: The Robber's Daughter / IMDB / YouTube

After Panacea and her fiancé Tragicomix are kidnapped by the romans and forced to enlist in the foreign legion, Asterix and Obelix join Julius Caesar's army to rescue them. Explore Asterix Versus Caesar / IMDB / YouTube

The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog. See more about Pirates / IMDB / YouTube

A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache hoard of gold. Read about Firewalker / IMDB / YouTube

Kong falls from the Twin Towers, and he appears to be alive, but his heart is failing, so it's replaced with an artificial one. All is well until he senses that there's a female Kong somewhere out there and escapes wreaking havoc. See more about King Kong Lives / IMDB / YouTube

A young Cro-Magnon woman is raised by Neanderthals. Details on The Clan of the Cave Bear / IMDB / YouTube

Shanghai, 1938: A missionary woman hires a fortune hunter to help her find 1100 lbs. opium lost, as wounded need the morphine. Adventure and romance follows. See more about Shanghai Surprise / IMDB / YouTube

Failed stock market whiz kid Jack Casey gets a job on a bike at San Francisco's Quicksilver Speed Delivery, where he befriends entrepreneur Hector Rodriguez and attractive fellow bicycler Terri, then finds an enemy in drug dealer Gypsy. Learn about Quicksilver / IMDB / YouTube