Subgenre Sampler
Adventure: 482 Films to Buy & Rent
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell
- High–tech, tongue–in–cheek adventure in which Kurt Russell kicks butt in Chinatown.
Bridge to Nowhere (1986)
- Dir. Ian Mune
Feat. Bruno Lawrence
- Young backpackers go bush and find themselves in a conflict of survival with bad–egg Bruno Lawrence.
Labyrinth (1986)
- Dir. Jim Henson
Feat. David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly
- Jennifer Connelly goes in search of her baby brother, kidnapped by the Goblin King (David Bowie). An entourage of creatures from Jim Henson highlight…
Leading Edge, The (1986)
- Dir. Michael Firth
Feat. Billy T. James
- Adventure docu–drama that's little more than an excuse to show off some wonderful South Island scenery and awesome ski theatrics. Billy T.…
Mission, The (1986)
- Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Robert De Niro, Liam Neeson
- Jeremy Irons plays a Jesuit missionary in the jungles of 18th Century Brazil. Robert De Niro is his agressive adversary who gradually comes to seek…
Mosquito Coast, The (1986)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix
- A knock–out thriller about the woes of obsession with Harrison Ford as the idealistic inventor who drags his family into the thick of the South…
Nomads (1986)
- Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down
- Murky plot sees Pierce Brosnan discovering Indian spirits terrorising L.A.
Space Camp (1986)
- Dir. Harry Winer
Feat. Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott…
- Good natured 80's adolescent romp in which a group of young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is…
Stand by Me (1986)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman…
- Stephen King adaptation has its darker moments, as four boys journey across 50s rural Maine to see a dead body, but a genuine feeling for childhood…
Where the River Runs Black (1986)
- Dir. Christopher Cain
Feat. Charles Durning, Dana Delany
- Compassionate eco–drama about an Amazon–raised orphan who is assimilated into civilisation by a priest (Durning).