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Old 03-20-02 | 07:24 PM
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Best Film of 1986 (ongoing survey)

I know we've got polls like this all the time around here, but I figure this one will be a little more comprehensive and perhaps even informative.

This thread will be for your pick for best film released during 1986 (think Oscar considerations for what's eligible). I'm not making it a poll because whether you like it or not, that would influence some people's choice.

Results will be posted in this thread, and all subsequent threads for each year, and they will be ongoing... so you can still vote here even weeks after other year's polls have begun.


Please start your post with your #1 film from 1986 (try to limit it to one - after all, that's the point - two at the most (I'll split the vote)), and yes, discussions are more than welcome!

Current Leader -- Aliens

All Years:
2001 -- (currently) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2000 -- Requiem For a Dream*
1999 -- Fight Club*
1998 -- Saving Private Ryan*
1997 -- L.A. Confidential*
1996 -- Fargo*
1995 -- (currently) Braveheart
1994 -- Pulp Fiction*
1993 -- Schindler's List*
1992 -- Unforgiven*
1991 -- Silence of the Lambs*
1990 -- Goodfellas*
1989 -- Do the Right Thing*
1988 -- Die Hard*
1987 -- Full Metal Jacket*
1986 -- (currently) Aliens
1985 -- Back to the Future*
1984 -- Ghostbusters*
1983 -- Return of the Jedi*
1982 -- (currently) E.T.
1981 -- Raiders of the Lost Ark*
1980 -- The Empire Strikes Back*
1979 -- Apocalypse Now*
1978 -- (currently) Halloween
1977 -- Star Wars*
1976 -- Taxi Driver*
1975 -- Jaws*
1974 -- The Godfather: Part II*
1973 -- (currently) The Exorcist
1972 -- The Godfather*
1971 -- A Clockwork Orange*
1970 -- Patton*
1969 -- (currently) Midnight Cowboy
1968 -- 2001: A Space Odyssey*
1967 -- The Graduate*
1966 -- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly*
1965 -- Dr. Zhivago*
1964 -- Dr. Strangelove*
1963 -- 8 1/2*
1962 -- Lawrence of Arabia*
1961 -- The Hustler*
1960 -- Psycho*
1959 -- North by Northwest*
1958 -- Vertigo*
1957

If you haven't voted on the previous years, feel free to go back and do so.

*Poll closed, winner declared.

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1) Aliens 9/10 <--- edited to add Aliens on 10/11/02
2) Platoon 9/10
3) Stand By Me 9/10
4) Betty Blue 9/10
5) Ferris Bueller's Day Off 8/10

(of course, I've only seen a total of 11 films from '86, so what do I know?)

For consideration:

Ebert:
1) Platoon
2) Round Midnight
3) Hannah and Her Sisters
4) Sid & Nancy
5) Lucas
6) Vagabond
7) Trouble in Mind
8) Down and Out in Beverly Hills
9) Peggy Sue Got Married
10) Hard Choices

Siskel:
1) Hannah and Her Sisters
2) Vagabond
3) A Room with a View
4) Mona Lisa
5) Peggy Sue Got Married
6) Blue Velvet
7) Platoon
8) Children of a Lesser God
9) Round Midnight
10) The Fly

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Old 03-20-02 | 07:33 PM
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Definitely Top Gun.

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Old 03-20-02 | 07:47 PM
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#1 blue velvet

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Old 03-20-02 | 08:57 PM
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1) FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF!
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"What about the farewell drugs?"

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Without a doubt, Big Trouble In Little China.

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Old 03-20-02 | 10:39 PM
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Anyone? Anyone?

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Is that a vote for Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
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1) FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF!
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HM's to Sid & Nancy and Platoon.
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1. Big Trouble in Little China
2. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
3. Aliens
4. Stand By Me
5. Top Gun
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Is that a vote for Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
Actually, I'm a cheap bastard, so it's a vote for Bueller unless Big Trouble in Little China gets some more votes. Then change my vote. Big Trouble in Little China is the best film of 1986, but I figured I'd be alone in that sentiment. Yeah, I know ... that's not a good way to vote.

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It's all about ALIENS!!
Old 03-21-02 | 01:19 PM
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My vote: Big Trouble in Little China
(with Lipstick on): "Jack Burton...ME!!"

Other favorites:
Ferris Bueller
Top Gun
Aliens
Stand by Me
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1. Aliens
2. Platoon
3. Blue Velvet
4. Stand by Me
5. Manhunter
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