1986 – Stream On Demand

Paul Newman and Tom Cruise in Martin Scorsese's 'The Color of Money'

Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Color of Money’ on Prime Video and Paramount+

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Paul Newman won an Oscar playing Fast Eddie Felson and young Tom Cruise is his pool player protege in this tale of pool hustling, regret, and redemption.

‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ – Daniel Day-Lewis begins on HBO Max

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Daniel Day-Lewis became an international star in this groundbreaking British film that also was the breakthrough for director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi.

‘Something Wild’ – a screwball road movie on Paramount+

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Jonathan Demme directs Jeff Daniels and Melanie Griffith in this cult classic comedy of a repressed businessman and an impish free spirit on wild road trip that takes a turn into darkness.

Kyle MacLachlan in David Lynch's "Blue Velvet"

David Lynch’s ‘Blue Velvet’ on HBO Max and free on Kanopy

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Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern star in this eerie, moody thriller of the evil underbelly of small town America and Dennis Hopper is unforgettable as the terrifying Frank Booth.

Last chance: ‘Stand by Me’ – a boy’s summer adventure on Netflix

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Wil Wheaton and River Phoenix star in this adaptation of Stephen King’s story of adolescent friendship from director Rob Reiner.

Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey and Dianne Wiest in Woody Allen's 'Hannah and her Sisters'

‘Hannah and Her Sisters’ on Amazon Prime

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Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, and Dianne Wiest are the sisters looking for love in Woody Allen’s sweetest romantic comedy.

Nola Darling and Tommy Redmond Hicks star in Spike Lee's debut feature

Spike Lee’s original ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ on Netflix

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“Please baby, please baby, please baby baby baby please!” Spike Lee exploded in the independent film world with his debut feature She’s Gotta Have It (1986), an inventive low budget romance with a strong-willed heroine. Tracy Camilla Johns is the confident and sexually independent Nola Darling, a young professional Brooklynite who is happy to sample […]

Tim Streeter and Doug Cooeyate star in the directorial debut of Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant’s ‘Mala Noche’ on Criterion Channel

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Mala Noche (1986), the feature debut of Gus Van Sant adapted from the autobiographical novel by Portland “street poet” Walt Curtis, is an intimate black and white tale of l’amour fou steeped in the culture of Portland, Oregon’s (now long gone) skid row. Walt (Tim Streeter), a counter jockey at a grimy liquor store in […]