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==Events==
* '''January''': MGM/UA Home Video and Capitol Records partnered to provide home video distribution.
* '''March''':
** MGM/UA Home Video inked a duplication deal with [[Hauppauge Video Manufacturing]], although a majority of MGM/UA's product continued to be duplicated by [[Vantiva Supply Chain Services|VCA/Technicolor]].
** VCA/Technicolor picked up duplication duties for The Best of Captain Kangaroo.
* '''March 25''': The acquisition of MGM by Ted Turner is complete and as a result, the home video unit briefly renamed to '''MGM Home Video''' and a new United Artists Corporation was formed.
* '''May''': Eastman Kodak licensed these titles, including ''Exploring Photography'' to AVG/SQN.
* '''May''':
** Eastman Kodak licensed these titles, including ''Exploring Photography'' to AVG/SQN.
** World Video Pictures was sold to television syndicator Western-World Television.
* '''July''':
** Heron Communications started the Hi-Tops Video label for children's releases.
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** Nelson Holdings International had bought out Embassy Home Entertainment for $85 million. In exchange, Nelson received financing for films distributed by Columbia Pictures.
** Thorn EMI/HBO Video was renamed to HBO/Cannon Video, after Thorn EMI sold its film business to The Cannon Group.
* '''August 26''': The resale of MGM from Ted Turner to United Artists has been completed, and the company soon reverts to the old '''MGM/UA Home Video''' moniker.
* '''September''':
** Empire Pictures and The CBS/Fox Company inked a seven-picture agreement.
** VCL Communications secures a distribution deal with Continental Video after stints with Media Home Entertainment, Video Gems and Karl-Lorimar Home Video.
** J2 Communications entered the home video market.
* '''October''':
** Nelson's purchase of Embassy Home Entertainment is completed.
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| ''Auntie'' || Simitar Entertainment || Simitar Entertainment || January 16, 1986 ||
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| ''Avenger X'' || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || January 3, 1986 ||
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| ''Backstage at the White House'' || Encore Video || Swire Magnetics || January 9, 1986 ||
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| ''Bitter Harvest'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || January 9, 1986 ||
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| ''The Black Marble'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || January 8, 1986 ||
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| ''The Brink's Job'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 9, 1986 ||
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| ''Miracle Moments in Sports'' || Encore Video || Swire Magnetics || January 9, 1986 ||
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| ''MorganMonster the PirateHunter'' || EmbassyWizard Home EntertainmentVideo || RCA/Columbia Pictures HomeSpectrum Video || January 83, 1986 ||
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| ''My Science Project'' || Touchstone Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications & Non-Theatrical Company || January 9, 1986 ||
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| ''Nursery Rhymes'' || Family Home Entertainment || International Video Entertainment || January 9, 1986 ||
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| ''Oasis of the Zombies'' || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || January 3, 1986 ||
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| ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || January 8, 1986 ||
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| ''La Strada'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || January 8, 1986 ||
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| ''Student Union'' || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || January 3, 1986 ||
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| ''The Stuff'' || New World Video || New World Video || January 16, 1986 ||
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| ''2010: The Year We Make Contact'' || MGM/UA Home Video || Capitol Records || February 4, 1986 ||
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| ''L'addition'' || New World Video || New World Video || February 13, 1986 ||
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| ''Aladdin and His Magic Lamp'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || February 3, 1986 ||
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| ''Balboa'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''The Baltimore Bullet'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 26, 1986 ||
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| ''Beastmaster'' || MGM/UA Home Video || Capitol Records || February 4, 1986 ||
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| ''Beauty and the Beast'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Best Friends'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''The Black Godfather'' || Magnum Entertainment || Magnum Entertainment || February 27, 1986 ||
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| ''The Black Marble'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Blazing Saddles'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''Brainwaves'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Burial Ground'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''The Catherine Wheel'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || February 26, 1986 ||
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| ''Children of the Corn'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Clash of the Titans'' || MGM/UA Home Video || Capitol Records || February 4, 1986 ||
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| ''The Clones'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || February 3, 1986 ||
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| ''The Corrupt Ones'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''The Cotton Club'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Cowboys of the Saturday Matinee'' || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || February 21, 1986 ||
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| ''The Day of the Dolphin'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''The Daydreamer'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Deadly Passion'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || February 3, 1986 ||
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| ''Death Curse of Tartu'' || Active Home Video || Active Home Video || February 6, 1986 ||
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| ''The Devonsville Terror'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Diner'' || MGM/UA Home Video || Capitol Records || February 4, 1986 ||
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| ''The Divorce of Lady X'' || Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Doin' Time'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 6, 1986 ||
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| ''Every Which Way But Loose'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''The Exterminator'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Fairytale Classics Vol. 3'' || Children's Video Library || Vestron Video || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''Fear No Evil'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Flesh and Blood'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''Futurekill'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''Hercules'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Here Comes the Grump Vol. 3'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''The Hills Have Eyes Part 2'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || February 26, 1986 ||
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| ''The Hurricane'' || Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''L'Incoronazione di Poppea'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || February 26, 1986 ||
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| ''Kiss of the Spider Woman'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 26, 1986 ||
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| ''Knight Without Armour'' || Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Life of Brian'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''Mister Roberts'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''Morgan the Pirate'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''My Favorite Year'' || MGM/UA Home Video || Capitol Records || February 4, 1986 ||
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| ''Night Shift'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''The Ninth Configuration'' || New World Video || New World Video || February 13, 1986 ||
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| ''Nomad Riders'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''Pee-Wee's Big Adventure'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 6, 1986 ||
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| ''Perfect Strangers'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Piranha II: The Spawning'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''The Plague Dogs'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 26, 1986 ||
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| ''Private Benjamin'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''Psychic Killer'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Rabbit Test'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 26, 1986 ||
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| ''The Raccoons' Buried Treasure'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Rainbow Brite: The Beginning of Rainbow Land'' || Children's Video Library || Vestron Video || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''Red Dawn'' || MGM/UA Home Video || Capitol Records || February 4, 1986 ||
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| ''Rembrandt'' || Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''The Return of the Jedi'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 25, 1986 ||
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| ''Risky Business'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Savage Attraction'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Screwballs'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''Ship of Fools'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 13, 1986 ||
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| ''Shoot'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Sidewinder One'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 26, 1986 ||
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| ''Silkwood'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Silverado'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 26, 1986 ||
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| ''Singleton's Pluck'' || New World Video || New World Video || February 13, 1986 ||
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| ''Slumber Party Massacre'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Sno-Line'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || February 3, 1986 ||
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| ''So Fine'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''The Soldier'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Special Effects'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Stand Alone'' || New World Video || New World Video || February 13, 1986 ||
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| ''The Stand-In'' || Magnum Entertainment || Magnum Entertainment || February 27, 1986 ||
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| ''Summer Rental'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || February 27, 1986 ||
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| ''Tales of Magic Vol. 1'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Tell Me That You Love Me'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || February 3, 1986 ||
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| ''Ten Little Indians'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 26, 1986 ||
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| ''They Got Me Covered'' || Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Timewalker'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 26, 1986 ||
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| ''Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Pack Up the Plantation Live!'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 27, 1986 ||
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| ''Torchlight'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Tuxedo Warrior'' || New World Video || New World Video || February 13, 1986 ||
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| ''The Undefeated'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 25, 1986 ||
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| ''War Kill'' || Active Home Video || Active Home Video || February 6, 1986 ||
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| ''Wavelength'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Weird Science'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 6, 1986 ||
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| ''When the Legends Die'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 25, 1986 ||
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| ''Winter Kills'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 12, 1986 ||
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| ''The Year of Living Dangerously'' || MGM/UA Home Video || Capitol Records || February 4, 1986 ||
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| ''Zelig'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 5, 1986 ||
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| ''The Zoo Gang'' || New World Video || New World Video || February 13, 1986 ||
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| ''Zulu'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || February 26, 1986 ||
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| ''Brain of Blood'' || Magnum Entertainment || Magnum Entertainment || May 15, 1986 ||
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| ''Breeders'' || Wizard Video || Lightning Video, L.P. || May 26, 1986 ||
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| ''Bronson Lee, Champion'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || May 26, 1986 ||
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| ''Title Shot'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || May 14, 1986 ||
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| ''To Live and Die in L.A.'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || May 14, 1986 ||
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| ''TNT Jackson'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || May 7, 1986 ||
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| ''To Live and Die in L.A.'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || May 14, 1986 ||
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| ''Torpedo Attack'' || Adventure Video || International Video Entertainment || May 15, 1986 ||
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| ''Away All Boats'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 10, 1986 ||
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| ''Arabella'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || July 23, 1986 ||
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| ''The Best of Times'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || July 1, 1986 ||
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| ''Carleton-Browne of the F.O.'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || July 2, 1986 ||
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| ''Carry On Cruising'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || July 223, 1986 ||
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| ''La cenerentola'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || July 23, 1986 ||
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| ''Confidentially Yours'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || July 15, 1986 ||
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| ''A Gumby Adventure: Doggone Gumby'' || Family Home Entertainment || International Video Entertainment || July 10, 1986 ||
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| ''The Hitcher'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || July 1623, 1986 ||
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| ''How the West Was Won'' || MGM/UA Home Video || Capitol Records || July 15, 1986 ||
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| ''Marciano'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || July 2, 1986 ||
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| ''Odd Jobs'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || July 1623, 1986 ||
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| ''The Oklahoma Kid'' || MGM/UA Home Video || Capitol Records || July 15, 1986 ||
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| ''Panther Squad'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || July 7, 1986 ||
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| ''Passport to Pimlico'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || July 23, 1986 ||
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| ''Playmates'' || ABC Video Enterprises || Vidmark Entertainment || July 10, 1986 ||
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| ''Tobruk'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 10, 1986 ||
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| ''The Tomb of Ligeia'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || July 1623, 1986 ||
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| ''Two English Girls'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || July 15, 1986 ||
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| ''Bad Guys'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || August 7, 1986 ||
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| ''The Big Bust Out'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || August 27, 1986 ||
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| ''Bombs Away!'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || August 20, 1986 ||
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| ''It's Called Murder, Baby'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || August 4, 1986 ||
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| ''Jazz in America: Dizzy Gillespie in Redondo Beach'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || August 27, 1986 ||
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| ''Jazz in America: Max Roach in Washington, D.C.'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || August 27, 1986 ||
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| ''The Jericho Mile'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || August 20, 1986 ||
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| ''Love by Appointment'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || August 20, 1986 ||
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| ''Magnum Live!'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || August 27, 1986 ||
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| ''Marbella'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || August 4, 1986 ||
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| ''Trouble in Mind'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || August 20, 1986 ||
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| ''Venom: Alive in '85'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || August 27, 1986 ||
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| ''Wil Cwac Cwac'' || Family Home Entertainment || International Video Entertainment || August 7, 1986 ||
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| ''Apache'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || September 18, 1986 ||
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| ''April Fool's Day'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || September 25, 1986 ||
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| ''Attica'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || September 24, 1986 ||
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| ''Aida'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || October 1, 1986 ||
* Part of HBO/Cannon's Play for Keeps promotion.
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| ''Alice in Wonderland'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''All of Me'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || October 1, 1986 ||
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| ''A Breed Apart'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || October 8, 1986 ||
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| ''Canine Commando'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''Code of Silence'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || October 1, 1986 ||
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| ''Courage of Black Beauty'' || The Video Late Show || International Video Entertainment || October 21, 1986 ||
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| ''The Crazies'' || Vista Home Video || Vista Home Video || October 29, 1986 ||
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| ''Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || October 23, 1986 ||
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| ''Death Valley Days Vol. 4'' || The Video Late Show || International Video Entertainment || October 21, 1986 ||
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| ''A Disney Christmas Gift'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''Disney Sing-Along Songs: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''The Dog Who Stopped the War'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || October 23, 1986 ||
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| ''Dumbo'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''The Ebony Tower'' || Vista Home Video || Vista Home Video || October 29, 1986 ||
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| ''Ernani'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || October 1, 1986 ||
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| ''The Invasion of Carol Enders'' || ThrillerVideo || International Video Entertainment || October 21, 1986 ||
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| ''Jiminy Cricket's Christmas'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''Joe Palooka'' || The Video Late Show || International Video Entertainment || October 21, 1986 ||
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| ''The Magician of Lublin'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || October 23, 1986 ||
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| ''Mary Poppins'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''Messiah'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || October 1, 1986 ||
* Part of HBO/Cannon's Play for Keeps promotion.
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| ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''Miss Annie Rooney'' || The Video Late Show || International Video Entertainment || October 21, 1986 ||
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| ''Night Stalker'' || ThrillerVideo || International Video Entertainment || October 21, 1986 ||
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| ''Old Yeller'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || October 1, 1986 ||
* Part of HBO/Cannon's Play for Keeps promotion.
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| ''Pete's Dragon'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''Phil Collins: Live at Perkins Palace'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || October 1, 1986 ||
* Part of HBO/Cannon's Play for Keeps promotion.
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| ''Pinocchio'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''Pollyanna'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''Pretty in Pink'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || October 1, 1986 ||
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| ''Richard Simmons and the Silver Foxes'' || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || October 31, 1986 ||
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| ''Robin Hood'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''Rock and Roll Call'' || The Video Late Show || International Video Entertainment || October 21, 1986 ||
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| ''Showbiz Goes to War'' || The Video Late Show || International Video Entertainment || October 21, 1986 ||
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| ''Sleeping Beauty'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''The Soul of R&B'' || The Video Late Show || International Video Entertainment || October 21, 1986 ||
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| ''Spare Parts'' || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || October 21, 1986 ||
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| ''Stigma'' || Vista Home Video || Vista Home Video || October 29, 1986 ||
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| ''Strange Tales/Ray Bradbury Theatre'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || October 8, 1986 ||
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| ''Street Girls'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || October 15, 1986 ||
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| ''The Sword in the Stone'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''Take Your Best Shot'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || October 21, 1986 ||
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| ''A Tale of Two Chipmunks'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''The Terminator'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || October 1, 1986 ||
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| ''Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round'' || The Video Late Show || International Video Entertainment || October 21, 1986 ||
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| ''Treasure Island'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''Twist and Shout'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || October 8, 1986 ||
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| ''The Unsinkable Donald Duck'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''A Walt Disney Christmas'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || October 14, 1986 ||
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| ''Woman Hunt'' || Charter Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || October 15, 1986 ||
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| ''The Animates'' || Family Home Entertainment || International Video Entertainment || November 4, 1986 ||
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| ''Bad Ronald'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || November 2518, 1986 ||
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| ''Bedroom Eyes'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || November 27, 1986 ||
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| ''Blast Off'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || November 19, 1986 ||
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| ''Box Office'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || November 2518, 1986 ||
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| ''Captain Blood'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || November 27, 1986 ||
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| ''The Charge of the Light Brigade'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || November 27, 1986 ||
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| ''Cobra'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || November 5, 1986 ||
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| ''The Dawn Patrol'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || November 27, 1986 ||
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| ''Dersu Uzala'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || Nelson Entertainment || November 5, 1986 ||
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| ''Dreamaniac'' || Wizard Video || Lightning Video, L.P. || November 1986 ||
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| ''Elizabeth the Queen'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || November 27, 1986 ||
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| ''The Gods Must Be Crazy'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || November 13, 1986 ||
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| ''Hail Mary'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || November 26, 1986 ||
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| ''The Headless Eyes'' || Wizard Video || Lightning Video, L.P. || November 1986 ||
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| ''Hot Rod'' || Charter Entertainment || Nelson Entertainment || November 12, 1986 ||
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| ''Legend'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || November 6, 1986 ||
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| ''Letter to Brezhnev'' || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || November 1421, 1986 ||
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| ''The Longshot'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || November 19, 1986 ||
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| ''The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice'' || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || November 11, 1986 ||
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| ''One Magic Christmas'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || November 18, 1986 ||
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| ''Orpheus'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || Nelson Entertainment || November 5, 1986 ||
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| ''Ripping Yarns'' || BBC Video || The CBS/Fox Company || November 27, 1986 ||
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| ''Roman Polanski's Pirates!'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || November 2518, 1986 ||
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| ''The Royal Wedding'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || November 19, 1986 ||
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| ''The Runaways'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || November 2518, 1986 ||
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| ''Saving Grace'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || Nelson Entertainment || November 5, 1986 ||
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| ''They Died with Their Boots On'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || November 27, 1986 ||
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| ''The Third Walker'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || November 2518, 1986 ||
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| ''The Transformers: The Secret of Omega Supreme'' || Family Home Entertainment || International Video Entertainment || November 4, 1986 ||
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| ''Vera Cruz'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || November 27, 1986 ||
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| ''Violets Are Blue...'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || November 26, 1986 ||
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| ''Where the Hot Wind Blows'' || Monterey Home Video || International Video Entertainment || November 4, 1986 ||
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| ''Alakazam the Great'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || December 10, 1986 ||
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| ''Apology'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || December 10, 1986 ||
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| ''Blue City'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || December 17, 1986 ||
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| ''The Boy in Blue'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || December 18, 1986 ||
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| ''Contract for Life'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || December 16, 1986 ||
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| ''Darktown Strutters'' || Charter Entertainment || Nelson Entertainment || December 10, 1986 ||
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| ''Dead End Drive-In'' || New World Video || New World Video || December 17, 1986 ||
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| ''Death on the Nile'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || December 10, 1986 ||
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| ''Death Ship'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || Nelson Entertainment || December 10, 1986 ||
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| ''Deep in Death Water'' || ThrillerVideo || International Video Entertainment || December 16, 1986 ||
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| ''Desert Hearts'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || December 17, 1986 ||
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| ''Diary of the Dead'' || Vista Home Video || Vista Home Video || December 17, 1986 ||
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| ''Dream Lover'' || MGM/UA Home Video || Capitol Records || December 16, 1986 ||
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| ''Echo Park'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || December 17, 1986 ||
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| ''Endless Night'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || December 10, 1986 ||
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| ''Evil Under the Sun'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || December 10, 1986 ||
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| ''From Here to Maternity'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || December 17, 1986 ||
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| ''Hanging on a Star'' || MGM/UA Home Video || Capitol Records || December 16, 1986 ||
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| ''The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || December 16, 1986 ||
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| ''I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill'' || ThrillerVideo || International Video Entertainment || December 16, 1986 ||
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| ''In the Steps of a Dead Man'' || ThrillerVideo || International Video Entertainment || December 16, 1986 ||
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| ''Joy of Talking'' || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || December 2, 1986 ||
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| ''Making Contact'' || New World Video || New World Video || December 17, 1986 ||
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| ''Maximum Overdrive'' || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || December 22, 1986 ||
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| ''The Manhattan Project'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || December 10, 1986 ||
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| ''Men of Bronze'' || Pacific Arts Video Records || MCA Distributing Corporation || December 18, 1986 ||
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| ''The Mirror Crack'd'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || December 10, 1986 ||
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| ''The Mystery of Picasso'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || December 17, 1986 ||
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| ''Nikki, Wild Dog of the North'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || December 16, 1986 ||
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| ''The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || December 16, 1986 ||
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| ''No. 1 of the Secret Service'' || MGM/UA Home Video || Capitol Records || December 16, 1986 ||
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| ''No Place to Run'' || ABC Video Enterprises || Vidmark Entertainment || December 2, 1986 ||
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| ''Parting Glances'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || December 18, 1986 ||
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| ''Reckless Disregard'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || December 17, 1986 ||
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| ''Revenge of the Stepford Wives'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || Nelson Entertainment || December 10, 1986 ||
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| ''Sammy, the Way-Out Seal'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || December 16, 1986 ||
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| ''Screamer'' || ThrillerVideo || International Video Entertainment || December 16, 1986 ||
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| ''Season of the Witch'' || Vista Home Video || Vista Home Video || December 17, 1986 ||
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| ''Secrets of the Titanic'' || National Geographic Video || Vestron Video || December 17, 1986 ||
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| ''Silvia'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || December 18, 1986 ||
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| ''The Ski Bum'' || Charter Entertainment || Nelson Entertainment || December 10, 1986 ||
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| ''Snowballing'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || December 18, 1986 ||
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| ''Tales of Beatrix Potter'' || HBO/Cannon Video || HBO/Cannon Video || December 10, 1986 ||
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| ''A Tiger Walks'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || December 16, 1986 ||
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| ''A Time for Miracles'' || Charter Entertainment || Nelson Entertainment || December 10, 1986 ||
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| ''A Time to Live'' || Vista Home Video || Vista Home Video || December 17, 1986 ||
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| ''Vendetta'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || December 17, 1986 ||
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| ''Vietnam: The Secret Agent'' || MPI Home Video || Capitol Records || December 18, 1986 ||
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| ''Vietnam: The War at Home'' || MPI Home Video || Capitol Records || December 18, 1986 ||
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| ''Vietnam: Time of the Locust'' || MPI Home Video || Capitol Records || December 18, 1986 ||
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| ''Willie Nelson: Greatest Hits Live'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || December 17, 1986 ||
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| ''The Wonders of Aladdin'' || Charter Entertainment || Nelson Entertainment || December 10, 1986 ||
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| ''Alien Predators'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1986 ||
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| ''Alien Women'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || 1986 ||
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| ''April Fool's Day'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || 1986 ||
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| ''The Ark of the Sun God'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1986 ||
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| ''Bloodstalkers'' || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || 1986 ||
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| ''Breeders'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Lightning Video, L.P. || 1986 ||
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| ''Callie & Son'' || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || Mid 1986 ||
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| ''Crawlspace'' || Lightning Video || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || 1986 ||
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| ''The Daydreamer'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || Embassy Home Entertainment || Embassy Home Entertainment || 1986 ||
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| ''Dreamaniac'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Lightning Video, L.P. || 1986 ||
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| ''The Elephant's Child'' || Rabbit Ears Productions<br>Random House Home Video || Random House || Random House || 1986 ||
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| ''Hamburger: The Motion Picture'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || 1986 ||
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| ''Headless EyesHoodlums'' || WizardThe Mirisch Video Company || WizardThe Mirisch Video Company || LightningThe Mirisch Video, L.P.Company || 1986 ||
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| ''The Hot Touch'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1986 ||
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| ''Manhunter'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1986 ||
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| ''Maximum Overdrive'' || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || 1986 ||
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| ''Monster Dog'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1986 ||
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| ''Space Zombies'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Lightning Video, L.P. || 1986 ||
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| ''Starchaster: The Legend of OninOrin'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || 1986 ||
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| ''The Steadfast Tin Soldier'' || Rabbit Ears Productions<br>Random House Home Video || Random House || Random House || 1986 ||
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| ''Vulcan: God of Fire'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1986 ||
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| ''War Victims'' || Video City Productions || Video City Productions || Video City Productions || 1986 ||
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| ''Weird Cartoons'' || Rhino Home Video || Rhino Records || Rhino Records || 1986 ||
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| ''What We Have Learned, Charlie Brown'' || Kartes Video Communications || Kartes Video Communications || Kartes Video Communications || 1986 ||
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| ''Zombie'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Lightning Video, L.P. || 1986 ||