Best award winning movies with evocative cinematography from 1986

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with evocative cinematography from 1986! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with evocative cinematography from 1986, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Mission (1986)

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.

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1986-09-24 | Adventure / Drama

Cast

Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons

Rating

rating icon 7.395
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #6 for
    critically acclaimed
  2. Ranked #73 for
    extraordinary
  3. Ranked #147 for
    tour de force

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2 Sword of Gideon (1986)

Chronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.

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1986-09-01 | Action / Drama

Cast

Steven Bauer, Michael York

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #81 for
    professional directing
  2. Ranked #122 for
    atmospheric cinematography
  3. Ranked #130 for
    with mercenaries

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3 La mitad del cielo (1986)

After the civil war, Rosa, a beautiful and hard worker woman falls in love with a sharpener who turns out to be a con man. When she becomes a widow, she emigrates to Madrid with her daughter beginning to work as a nurse in the home of Don Pedro, an influential food manager.

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1986-10-09 | Drama

Cast

Ángela Molina, Margarita Lozano

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #24 for
    juicy atmosphere
  2. Ranked #118 for
    misty
  3. Ranked #250 for
    juicy

Trailer

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4 Platoon (1986)

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

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1986-12-19 | Drama / War

Cast

Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe

Rating

rating icon 7.748
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #68 for
    Aerial Combat
  2. Ranked #81 for
    extraordinary
  3. Ranked #92 for
    remarkable

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5 A Room with a View (1986)

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?

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1986-03-07 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #11 for
    prissy
  2. Ranked #43 for
    sabbatical
  3. Ranked #44 for
    remarkable

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6 Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986)

Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing to forget the Alamo (as if anyone could), Houston led the military in Texas' rebellion against Mexico. G.D. Spradlin co-stars as President Andrew Jackson, with Michael Beck appearing as Jim Bowie, James Stephens as Stephen Austin, and Richard Yniguez as Mexican General Santa Anna. Lensed on location in the Lone Star state, this sweeping made-for-TV film originally occupied three hours' screen time on November 22, 1986. Its title at that time was Houston: The Legend of Texas. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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1986-11-22 | Western / Drama

Cast

Sam Elliott, Claudia Christian

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #58 for
    professional directing
  2. Ranked #114 for
    colorful cinematography
  3. Ranked #114 for
    westernized

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7 In a Glass Cage (1986)

Klaus, a Nazi doctor who used his position as a means to molest young boys, escapes to Spain after the war and returns to his depraved ways. Driven mad by his inability to control his pedophilic urges, Klaus tries to kill himself, but fails and ends up completely incapacitated in an iron lung. When a mysterious teenager named Angelo arrives at his home claiming to be a nurse, Klaus happily hires the boy as his new attendant – a decision he soon regrets.

Info

1986-12-31 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Günter Meisner, David Sust

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #112 for
    neon-drenched
  2. Ranked #143 for
    lurid
  3. Ranked #146 for
    most unsettling

Trailer

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8 Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

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1986-02-07 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey

Rating

rating icon 7.507
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #43 for
    with marital problems
  2. Ranked #119 for
    unfaithful partner
  3. Ranked #129 for
    smart and witty dialogue

Trailer

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9 The Sacrifice (1986)

Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.

Info

1986-05-09 | Drama

Cast

Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood

Rating

rating icon 7.701
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #56 for
    symmetry plots
  2. Ranked #85 for
    tour de force
  3. Ranked #86 for
    with epiphany moments

Trailer

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10 Blue Velvet (1986)

Clean-cut Jeffrey Beaumont realizes his hometown is not so normal when he discovers a human ear in a field, the investigation soon catapulting him toward a disturbed nightclub singer and a drug-addicted sadist.

Info

1986-09-19 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini

Rating

rating icon 7.624
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #63 for
    morally dubious
  2. Ranked #67 for
    showing underbelly
  3. Ranked #73 for
    lurid

Trailer

Blue Velvet trailer
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