1986: Year in Review
Fritz Golden Superlatives

1. The Fly (dir: David Cronenberg)

2. Vagabond (dir: Agnès Varda; US Release Date)

3. Manhunter (dir: Michael Mann)

4. Aliens (dir: James Cameron)

5. Hannah and Her Sisters (dir: Woody Allen)

6. Sherman’s March (dir: Ross McElwee)

7. Platoon (dir: Oliver Stone)

8. Something Wild (dir: Jonathan Demme)

9. Shadows in Paradise (dir: Aki Kurasmäki)

10. The Green Ray (dir: Eric Rohmer)

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): Big Trouble in Little China (dir: John Carpenter), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (dir: John Hughes), Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (dir: John McNaughton), The Hitcher (dir: Robert Harmon), Legend (dir: Ridley Scott; Director's Cut), Mala Noche (dir: Gus Van Sant), Manon of the Spring (dir: Claude Berri), Mona Lisa (dir: Neil Jordan), A Room with a View (dir: James Ivory), Sid & Nancy (dir: Alex Cox), and True Stories (dir: David Byrne)

Best Film of the Year: The Fly
Director: David Cronenberg Producer: Stuart Cornfeld
US Distributor: 20th Century Fox

Best Director:
David Cronenberg, The Fly
2. Agnès Varda, Vagabond
3. Michael Mann, Manhunter
4. James Cameron, Aliens
5. Oliver Stone, Platoon

Best Actor:
Jeff Goldblum, The Fly
2. Bob Hoskins, Mona Lisa
3. Gary Oldman, Sid & Nancy
4. Dexter Gordon, 'Round Midnight
5. Michael Rooker, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Best Actress:
Marie Rivière, The Green Ray
2. Melanie Griffith, Something Wild
3. Sigourney Weaver, Aliens
4. Sandrine Bonnaire, Vagabond
5. Geena Davis, The Fly

Best Supporting Actor:
Daniel Day-Lewis, A Room with a View
2. Ray Liotta, Something Wild
3. Max von Sydow, Hannah and Her Sisters 
4. Dennis Hopper, Blue Velvet
5. Willem Dafoe, Platoon

Best Supporting Actress:
Barbara Hershey, Hannah and Her Sisters
2. Isabella Rossellini, Blue Velvet
3. Dianne Wiest, Hannah and Her Sisters
4. Annie Potts, Pretty in Pink
5. Emmanuelle Beart, Manon of the Spring

Best Original Screenplay:
Hannah and Her Sisters – Woody Allen
2. Platoon — Oliver Stone
3. Ferris Beuller's Day Off — John Hughes
4. Something Wild — Max E. Fry
5. Mona Lisa — Neil Jordan and David Leland

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Manon of the Spring – Claude Berri and Gerard Brach
2. A Room with a View — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
3. Mala Noche — Gus Van Sant
4. Jean de Florette – Claude Berri and Gerard Brach 
5. Manhunter – Michael Mann

Best Cinematography:
Manhunter – Dante Spinotti
2. Manon of the Spring — Bruno Nuytten
3. Legend — Alex Thomson
4. Blue Velvet — Frederick Elmes
5. 'Round Midnight — Bruno de Keyzer

Best Original Score:
The Fly – Howard Shore
2. 'Round Midnight — Herbie Hancock
3. The Mission — Ennio Morricone
4. Sid & Nancy – Dan Wool
5. Manhunter — Michael Rubini, Bruce Cohen and Rick Shaffer

Best Film Editing:
Aliens – Ray Lovejoy
2. Big Trouble in Little China — Steve Mirkovich, Mark Warner and Edward Warschilka
3. The Fly – Ronald Sanders
4. Platoon – Claire Simpson
5. Sherman’s March – Ross McElwee

Best Production Design:
Legend — Assheton Gorton and Ann Mollo
2. Labyrinth – Elliot Scott and Peter Howitt
3. Blue Velvet — Patricia Norris and Edward LeViseur
 4. Jean de Florette – Bernard Vezat, Olivier Coutagne, Francois Dariani and Francoise Dore
5. Manon of the Spring – Bernard Vezat, Olivier Coutagne, Francoise Dariani and Francoise Dore

Best Costume Design:
Legend — Charles Knode
2. A Room with a View — Jenny Beavan and John Bright
3. Manon of the Spring — Sylvia Gautrelet
4. Labyrinth — Ellis Flyte and Brian Froud
5. Peggy Sue Got Married — Theadora Van Runkle

Best Visual Effects
Aliens
2. The Fly
3. The Little Shop of Horrors

Best Sound
Aliens
2. Platoon
3. ‘Round Midnight

Best Makeup
The Fly
2. Clan of the Cave Bear
3. Sid and Nancy

Best Documentary Feature:
Ross McElwee, Sherman's March

Best Animated Feature:
Mamoru Oshii, Angel's Egg

Best Ensemble Cast: 
Hannah and Her Sisters

Orson Welles' Best First Feature:
David Byrne, True Stories

Best Ensemble Cast (dir: Woody Allen; in alphabetical order): Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Carrie Fisher, Barbara Hershey, Lloyd Nolan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Daniel Stern, Max von Sydow, Sam Waterston (pictured) and Dianne Wiest (pictured)

Best First Feature: David Byrne’s True Stories

RECAP

W I N S :

The Fly — 5,
Aliens — 3, Hannah and Her Sisters — 3, Legend (Director’s Cut) — 2, Angel’s Egg — 1, The Green Ray — 1, Manhunter — 1, Manon of the Spring — 1, A Room with a View — 1, Sherman’s March — 1, True Stories — 1

M U L T I P L E
N O M I N A T I O N S :

The Fly — 8,
Aliens — 6, Platoon — 6, Hannah and Her Sisters — 5, Manhunter — 5, Manon of Spring — 5, Blue Velvet — 4, ‘Round Midnight — 4, Something Wild — 4, Legend — 3, A Room with a View — 3, Sherman’s March — 3, Sid & Nancy — 3, Vagabond — 3, Ferris Beuller’s Day Off — 2, Jean de Florette — 2, Labyrinth (Director’s Cut) — 2, Mona Lisa — 2

the year-end project:
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Best of the Decade:
2010s, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s