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1986 in home video:
The following titles were released on video on the following dates:
U.S./Canada Release Date | Film Title | Studio | Notes | ||
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January–March | |||||
J A N U A R Y | 8 | The 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 Tales | Walt 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 | ||
F E B R U A R Y | 24 | National Lampoon's European Vacation | Warner Home Video | Betamax 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 Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
Westward Ho The Wagons | |||||
M A R C H | 12 | Robotman & Friends | Children's Video Library | Betamax release VHS release | |
17 | Follow That Bird | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer | |||||
24 | Banana Monster | Force Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
The Goonies | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Primal Impulse | Force Video | Betamax 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 Video | Betamax release VHS release Laserdisc release | ||
29 | Greyfriars Bobby | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
Charley and the Angel | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
April–June | |||||
A P R I L | 30 | The Ike & Tina Turner Show | Vestron Music Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
30 | American Flyers | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
The Journey of Natty Gann | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Krush Groove | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Mixed Blood | Media Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Return from Witch Mountain | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax 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 Catrina | Children's Video Library | Betamax 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 Video | Betamax release VHS release (Colorized version.) | ||
Alice in Wonderland (1951) | Betamax release VHS release Laserdisc release | ||||
The Importance of Being Donald | Betamax release VHS release | ||||
Mickey Knows Best | Betamax 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 | ||||
J U N E | 11 | Dick Clark's Best of Bandstand | Vestron Music Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
16 | Revolution (1985) | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
25 | Gorilla | National Geographic Video Vestron Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
The Incredible Human Machine | National 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 Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Toby Tyler | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Yukon Passage | National Geographic Video Vestron Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Unknown | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | Media Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | ||
Whitney Houston: The #1 Video Hits | MusicVision | Betamax release VHS release | |||
July–September | |||||
J U L Y | 1 | The Best of Times (1986) | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |
The Jewel of the Nile | CBS/Fox Video | Betamax 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 Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
16 | The Adventures of the Scrabble People in A Pumpkin Full of Nonsense | Children's Video Library | Betamax release VHS release | ||
All-Star Swing Festival | Vestron Music Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Moon Pilot | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | |||||
Treasure of Matecumbe | |||||
29 | Single Bars, Single Women | Prism Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | ||
A U G U S T | 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 Video | VHS release | ||
Meat Loaf Live! | Vestron Music Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Tales of Beatrix Potter | Children's Video Library | Betamax release VHS release | |||
19 | King of the Grizzlies | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
The Light in the Forest | |||||
Off Beat (1986) | Touchstone Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Savage Sam | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
26 | Bloody Birthday | Prism Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | ||
Vultures | |||||
29 | The Supernaturals | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | ||
Unknown | Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
S E P T E M B E R | 10 | African Wildlife | National Geographic Video Vestron Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
Atocha: Quest for Treasure | National Geographic Video Vestron Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Save the Panda | National Geographic Video Vestron Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
22 | Funny Lady | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
The Jolson Story | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
23 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Touchstone Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
The Sex O'Clock News | Prism Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
The World's Greatest Athlete | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
24 | Centurions | Children's Video Library | Betamax release VHS release | ||
The Music Man (1962) | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Rad | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Wildcats | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
October–December | |||||
O C T O B E R | 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.) | ||
14 | Canine Commando | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax 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-Dah | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release (Also released in a boxset with repackaged versions of the first 4 Sing-Along Songs releases.) | |||
Jiminy Cricket's Christmas | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Sleeping Beauty (1959) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax 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 Chipmunks | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
The Unsinkable Donald Duck with Huey, Dewey and Louie | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
16 | The Money Pit | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
21 | Casper's First Christmas | Worldvision Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
Goober and the Ghost Chasers | Worldvision Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Jonny Quest | Worldvision Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Top Cat: 25th Anniversary | Worldvision Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
22 | The Real Ghostbusters: Knock Knock | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
The Real Ghostbusters: Play Them Ragtime Boos | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
29 | The Best of Dan Aykroyd | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
Blood Link | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Police Academy 3: Back in Training | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
31 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Laserdisc release | ||
N O V E M B E R | 4 | Callanetics | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
5 | Under the Cherry Moon | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
16 | Stallone Cobra | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
18 | Ashanti, Land of No Mercy | Trans World Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | ||
The Fabulous Fleischer Folio Volume Five | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Menace on the Mountain | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
One Magic Christmas | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
19 | Lionel Richie: The Making of Dancing on the Ceiling | Karl-Lorimar Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
26 | Dreamaniac | Wizard Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
D E C E M B E R | 10 | Tammy Wynette in Concert | Vestron Music Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
16 | Snowballing | Prism Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | ||
A Tiger Walks | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
17 | Willie Nelson: Greatest Hits Live | Vestron Music Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
Wrinkles In Need of Cuddles | Children's Video Library | Betamax release VHS release | |||
25 | Star Wars | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax 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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1984 in home video:
1983 in home video:
1982 in home video:
1981 in home video:
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