1986 in home video

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1986 in home video:

Years in home video: 1983   1984   1985   1986   1987   1988   1989
Centuries: 19th century  ·  20th century  ·  21st century
Decades: 1950s   1960s   1970s   1980s   1990s   2000s   2010s
Years: 1983   1984   1985   1986   1987   1988   1989

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Film releases

The following titles were released on video on the following dates:

Contents

U.S./Canada
Release Date
Film TitleStudioNotes
January–March
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8The Ages of Humankind Walt Disney Home Video Betamax release
VHS release
The Blue Yonder
Disney's Greatest Lullabies, Volume One
Disney's Greatest Lullabies, Volume Two
The Fabulous Fleischer Folio Volume Four
Five Mile Creek Volume 11
Flights of Fancy
My Science Project Touchstone Home Video
Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Animal TalesWalt Disney Home Video
Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Fanciful Fables
Walt Disney Video-A-Longs: The Disney Classics
Walt Disney Video-A-Longs: Mickey's Discovery Series
Walt Disney Video-A-Longs: Winnie the Pooh
Zorro: Invitation to Death
20 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Warner Home Video Betamax release
VHS release
29 The Hugga Bunch Children's Video Library Betamax release
VHS release
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24 National Lampoon's European Vacation Warner Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Laserdisc release
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
25 Return of the Jedi CBS/Fox Video Betamax release
VHS release

Laserdisc release
CED release
Unknown One Little Indian Walt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Westward Ho The Wagons
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12 Robotman & Friends Children's Video LibraryBetamax release
VHS release
17 Follow That Bird Warner Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
24Banana MonsterForce VideoBetamax release
VHS release
The Goonies Warner Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Primal ImpulseForce VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Psychopath (1968)Betamax release
VHS release
White Slave Betamax release
VHS release
25 The Sword in the Stone (1963)Walt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Laserdisc release
29 Greyfriars Bobby Walt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Charley and the Angel Walt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
April–June
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30The Ike & Tina Turner Show Vestron Music Video Betamax release
VHS release
30 American Flyers Warner Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
The Journey of Natty Gann Walt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Krush Groove Warner Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Mixed Blood Media Home Entertainment Betamax release
VHS release
Return from Witch Mountain Walt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
M
A
Y
14 Challenge of the GoBots: The GoBotron Saga Vestron Video Betamax release
VHS release
My Little Pony: Escape from CatrinaChildren's Video LibraryBetamax release
VHS release
22 Back to the Future MCA Home Video Betamax release
VHS release
Laserdisc release
CED release
(The last MCA Home Video picture to be released on CED.)
28 The Absent-Minded Professor Walt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
(Colorized version.)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)Betamax release
VHS release
Laserdisc release
The Importance of Being DonaldBetamax release
VHS release
Mickey Knows BestBetamax release
VHS release
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day Betamax release
VHS release
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree Betamax release
VHS release
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too Betamax release
VHS release
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11 Dick Clark's Best of BandstandVestron Music VideoBetamax release
VHS release
16 Revolution (1985)Warner Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
25Gorilla National Geographic Video
Vestron Video
Betamax release
VHS release
The Incredible Human MachineNational Geographic Video
Vestron Video
Betamax release
VHS release
My Friend Liberty Karl-Lorimar Home Video Betamax release
VHS release
So Dear to My Heart Walt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Toby Tyler Walt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Yukon PassageNational Geographic Video
Vestron Video
Betamax release
VHS release
Unknown A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge Media Home EntertainmentBetamax release
VHS release
Whitney Houston: The #1 Video Hits MusicVision Betamax release
VHS release
July–September
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1 The Best of Times (1986) Embassy Home Entertainment Betamax release
VHS release
The Jewel of the Nile CBS/Fox VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Laserdisc release
CED release
(The last CED VideoDisc released for consumer use.)
2 The Return of the Living Dead Thorn EMI
HBO Video
Betamax release
VHS release
3 White Nights (1985) RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video Betamax release
VHS release
14 Spies Like Us Warner Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
16 The Adventures of the Scrabble People in A Pumpkin Full of Nonsense Children's Video LibraryBetamax release
VHS release
All-Star Swing Festival Vestron Music Video Betamax release
VHS release
Moon Pilot Walt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Treasure of Matecumbe
29Single Bars, Single WomenPrism EntertainmentBetamax release
VHS release
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5 The Flintstones: Little Big League Worldvision Home Video Betamax release
VHS release
Huckleberry Hound
Quick Draw McGraw
Top Cat's Loves and Fortunes
13 After Hours Warner Home VideoVHS release
Meat Loaf Live!Vestron Music VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Tales of Beatrix Potter Children's Video LibraryBetamax release
VHS release
19 King of the Grizzlies Walt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
The Light in the Forest
Off Beat (1986)Touchstone Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Savage Sam Walt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
26 Bloody Birthday Prism EntertainmentBetamax release
VHS release
Vultures
29 The Supernaturals Embassy Home EntertainmentBetamax release
VHS release
Unknown Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation RCA/Columbia Pictures Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
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10African WildlifeNational Geographic Video
Vestron Video
Betamax release
VHS release
Atocha: Quest for TreasureNational Geographic Video
Vestron Video
Betamax release
VHS release
Save the PandaNational Geographic Video
Vestron Video
Betamax release
VHS release
22 Funny Lady RCA/Columbia Pictures Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
The Jolson Story RCA/Columbia Pictures Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
23 Down and Out in Beverly Hills Touchstone Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
The Sex O'Clock NewsPrism EntertainmentBetamax release
VHS release
The World's Greatest Athlete Walt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
24 Centurions Children's Video LibraryBetamax release
VHS release
The Music Man (1962)Warner Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Rad Embassy Home EntertainmentBetamax release
VHS release
Wildcats Warner Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
October–December
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2 The Tomb (1986) Trans World Entertainment Betamax release
VHS release
10 Night of the Living Dead Hal Roach Studios Betamax release
VHS release
(Colorized version.)
14Canine CommandoWalt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
(Also released in a boxset with repackaged versions of the first 5 Classics releases.)
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-DahWalt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
(Also released in a boxset with repackaged versions of the first 4 Sing-Along Songs releases.)
Jiminy Cricket's ChristmasWalt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Sleeping Beauty (1959)Walt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Laserdisc release
(Also released in a boxset with repackaged versions of the first 5 Classics releases.)
(Close captioned by the Caption Center)
A Tale of Two ChipmunksWalt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
The Unsinkable Donald Duck with Huey, Dewey and LouieWalt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
16 The Money Pit MCA Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
21 Casper's First Christmas Worldvision Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Goober and the Ghost Chasers Worldvision Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Jonny Quest Worldvision Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Top Cat: 25th AnniversaryWorldvision Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
22 The Real Ghostbusters: Knock KnockRCA/Columbia Pictures Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
The Real Ghostbusters: Play Them Ragtime BoosRCA/Columbia Pictures Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
29The Best of Dan Aykroyd Warner Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Blood Link Embassy Home EntertainmentBetamax release
VHS release
Police Academy 3: Back in Training Warner Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
31 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Paramount Home Video Betamax release
VHS release
Laserdisc release
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4 Callanetics MCA Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
5 Under the Cherry Moon Warner Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
16 Stallone Cobra Warner Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
18 Ashanti, Land of No Mercy Trans World EntertainmentBetamax release
VHS release
The Fabulous Fleischer Folio Volume FiveWalt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Menace on the MountainWalt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
One Magic Christmas Walt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
19 Lionel Richie: The Making of Dancing on the Ceiling Karl-Lorimar Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
26DreamaniacWizard VideoBetamax release
VHS release
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10 Tammy Wynette in ConcertVestron Music VideoBetamax release
VHS release
16SnowballingPrism EntertainmentBetamax release
VHS release
A Tiger Walks Walt Disney Home VideoBetamax release
VHS release
17 Willie Nelson: Greatest Hits LiveVestron Music VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Wrinkles In Need of CuddlesChildren's Video LibraryBetamax release
VHS release
25 Star Wars CBS/FOX VideoBetamax release
VHS release
Japanese widescreen CAV Laserdisc release
(Debut of the 1985 home video mix, which adds C-3PO's tractor beam line to the Dolby Stereo mix)

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References

  1. 1 2 Bierbaum, Tom (February 6, 1990). "Mixed Reviews". Daily Variety . p. 78.