danger_zone.exe

Time capsule of the day

1986

Top Gun, Pee-wee's Playhouse, and a coast-to-coast handhold.

📦 Build your 1986 capsule

Fun FactNo. 01

Hands Across America

On May 25, 1986, millions of people held hands in a line across the country to fight hunger.

📷 Sam Cali · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

MovieNo. 02

Top Gun

Aviators, volleyball, and "I feel the need... the need for speed."

📷 Poster via TMDB

TV ShowNo. 03

Pee-wee's Playhouse

Premiered September 1986. Say the secret word and scream real loud.

📷 Poster via TMDB

GameNo. 04

Rampage

Giant monsters punching through skyscrapers, three players at once.

📷 Cover via IGDB

SnackNo. 05

Cool Ranch Doritos

Introduced in 1986. The blue bag that changed snack time.

📷 Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

FoodNo. 06

Avoid the Noid

Domino's red-suited villain who tried to ruin your pizza.

📷 Vepsnoid · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

ToyNo. 07

Lazer Tag

Infrared guns and sensor vests turned every backyard into an arena.

📷 Esther Moni · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

JokeNo. 08

Why don't fighter pilots ever get lost?

📷 U.S. Navy · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

how_i_grew_up.exe

Make it yours

Tell us how you grew up and every year gets extra picks from your scene, a music chart for you, and memories from people who grew up like you.

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top_of_1986.exe

Top of 1986

The most watched movies that year

Titles and posters from TMDB.

What everyone was into in 1986

💡 Hands Across America · 🎬 Top Gun · 📺 Pee-wee's Playhouse · 🎮 Rampage · 🍬 Cool Ranch Doritos · 🍕 Avoid the Noid · 🧸 Lazer Tag

🎵 Biggest songs of 1986

Play the top 100 →

That's What Friends Are For · Dionne and Friends (Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, Elton John and Stevie Wonder)
Say You, Say Me · Lionel Richie
I Miss You · Klymaxx
On My Own · Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald
Broken Wings · Mr. Mister
How Will I Know · Whitney Houston
Party All the Time · Eddie Murphy
Burning Heart · Survivor
Kyrie · Mr. Mister
Addicted to Love · Robert Palmer

Top movies of 1986

Aliens
Top Gun
Stand by Me
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Platoon
The Fly
Castle in the Sky
Blue Velvet
Big Trouble in Little China
The Name of the Rose
Highlander
Labyrinth
The Karate Kid Part II
Crocodile Dundee
Cobra
The Great Mouse Detective
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Little Shop of Horrors
Short Circuit
Manhunter

Top TV shows of 1986

Dragon Ball
Saint Seiya
ALF
SilverHawks
The Real Ghostbusters
Sledge Hammer!
Pingu
Yes, Prime Minister
Shaka Zulu
Matlock
Perfect Strangers
Choushinsei Flashman
Den of Wolves
Defenders of the Earth
Casualty
Ghostbusters
L.A. Law
Crime Story
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
Journey to the West