1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1986th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 986th year of the 2nd millennium, the 86th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1980s decade.
Theatrical releases
Feature films
- January 31 - The Best of Times
- March 26 - The Money Pit
- April 18 - Legend
- April 20 - Sweet Liberty (Cleveland International Film Festival)
- April 21 - Sweet Liberty (USA Film Festival)
- May - Psycho III (Seattle International Film Festival)
- May 14 - Sweet Liberty
- June 18 - Legal Eagles (limited)
- June 20 - Legal Eagles
- July 2 - Psycho III
- August 1 - Howard the Duck
- August 29 - Bullies
- September 12 - 'night, Mother (limited)
- September 17 - Positive I.D. (Boston Film Festival)
- October 3 - Playing for Keeps
- October 10 - Clockwise
- November 8 - An American Tail (Samuel Goldwyn Theater)
- November 21 - An American Tail
- November 28 - Positive I.D. (Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival)
- December 25 - Brighton Beach Memoirs
Shorts
Television
Home video releases
Character debuts
- November 8 - Fievel Mousekewitz, Tanya Mousekewitz, Mama Mousekewitz, Papa Mousekewitz, Tony Toponi, Bridget, Honest John, Gussie Mausheimer, Henri, Tiger, Warren T. Rat, Digit
People
Births
Deaths
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