| 100% | DUNDEE | 6 | "Crocodile ___" (1986 movie) |
| 89% | TOPGUN | 6 | 1986 movie featuring Goose and Maverick |
| 86% | CRITTERS | 8 | 1986 movie about fuzzy creatures from space |
| 86% | OVERDRIVE | 9 | 1986 movie directed by Stephen King: Maximum __ |
| 83% | THECOLOROFMONEY | 15 | 1986 Newman/Cruise movie |
| 83% | SEIZETHEDAY | 11 | 1986 Robin Williams movie |
| 82% | TOPGUN | 6 | 1986 movie in which Tom Cruise played a maverick |
| 82% | LYLE | 4 | "___, ___ Crocodile" (2022 movie musical) |
| 80% | DUNDEE | 6 | Crocodile __, Australian movie with Paul Hogan |
| 79% | PLACID | 6 | Lake __, monster crocodile movie |
| 79% | CROCODILEDUNDEE | 15 | 1986 "fish out of water" movie |
| 79% | THECHERRYMOON | 13 | 1986 Prince movie, after 29-Down |
| 79% | THEFLY | 6 | 1986 horror movie starring Jeff Goldblum |
| 78% | TOPGUN | 6 | 1986 movie partly filmed at San Diego's Air Station Miramar |
| 77% | ICEMAN | 6 | Val Kilmer's callsign in 1986 movie Top Gun |
| 77% | ALIENS | 6 | 1986 space horror movie by James Cameron |
| 77% | TOPGUN | 6 | Highest-grossing movie of 1986 |
| 77% | TOP | 3 | Highest-grossing movie of 1986 |
| 75% | ALIENS | 6 | 1986 sci-fi movie starring Weaver as Ripley |
| 75% | PRETTYINPINK | 12 | 1986 Molly Ringwald movie written by John Hughes |
| 74% | DELTA | 5 | "The ___ Force," 1986 Chuck Norris movie |
| 74% | LYLE | 4 | Crocodile voiced by Shawn Mendes in a 2022 movie |
| 73% | PLATOON | 7 | 1986 Charlie Sheen/Willem Dafoe movie about wartime morality |
| 72% | THREEAMIGOS | 11 | 1986 movie about a group of actors who fight real-life banditos: 2 wds. |
| 71% | PLATOON | 7 | 1986 war movie that won the Oscar for Best Picture |
| 71% | PLATOON | 7 | 1986 war movie set in Vietnam that won four Oscars |
| 70% | LOWE | 4 | Actor Rob of the 1986 hockey movie "Youngblood" |
| 67% | PRETTYINPINK | 12 | 1986 movie, written by John Hughes, whose title refers to a colorful prom dress: 3 wds. |
| 67% | LYLE | 4 | Title crocodile voiced by Shawn Mendes in a 2022 movie |
| 66% | HYDIA | 5 | Volcano of Doom witch in 1986 My Little Pony movie |