Top 25 Drama Movies Fan Favorites from 1986

The Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School is where the best of the best train to refine their elite flying skills. When hotshot fighter pilot Maverick is sent to the school, his reckless attitude and cocky demeanor put him at odds with the other pilots, especially the cool and collected Iceman. Look into Top Gun / IMDB / YouTube

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

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child. Look into Blue Velvet / IMDB / YouTube

A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong. Check out The Fly / IMDB / YouTube

An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey. See more about The Name of the Rose / 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. Check out The Karate Kid Part II / IMDB / YouTube

A tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. Explore The Color Purple / IMDB / YouTube

Fast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback. More about The Color of Money / IMDB / YouTube

A poor girl must choose between the affections of dating her childhood sweetheart or a rich but sensitive playboy. Explore Pretty in Pink / IMDB / YouTube

Three actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their onscreen bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing. More about Three Amigos! / IMDB / YouTube

Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly. Details on Hannah and Her Sisters / 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. Explore The Mission / 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. Read about An American Tail / IMDB / YouTube

Two men are framed and sent to jail, where they meet a murderer who helps them escape and leave the state. Check out Down by Law / IMDB / YouTube

Hard-nosed, hard-living Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude. Learn about Heartbreak Ridge / IMDB / YouTube

Lucy Honeychurch shares a brief romance with George Emerson in Florence. Yet as she tries to move on with her life and look for marriage elsewhere, can she truly forget the events of that summer? See more about A Room with a View / IMDB / YouTube

A New York art gallery curator starts a torrid love affair with a suave stranger who keeps pushing her boundaries. Find out about 9½ Weeks / IMDB / YouTube

Peggy Sue, on the verge of a divorce, faints at her 25th high school reunion, and wakes up to find herself back in 1960, leading her to try to spot and correct the mistakes that led to disappointments and an unhappy marriage. Find out about Peggy Sue Got Married / IMDB / YouTube

The relationship between Sid Vicious, bassist for British punk group Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen is portrayed. Find out about Sid and Nancy / IMDB / YouTube

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

At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return. Learn about The Sacrifice / IMDB / YouTube

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

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break. Get info on A Better Tomorrow / IMDB / YouTube

A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness. See more about Betty Blue / IMDB / YouTube

A burnt-out photojournalist becomes involved in a Central American revolution. Find out about Salvador / IMDB / YouTube