| David Foil | The Advocate | 1986 | No |
| Bill O'Connor | Akron Beacon Journal | 1986 | No |
| Arizona Daily Star | | 1986 | No |
| Bob Thomas | Associated Press | 1986 | Yes |
| Scott Cain | Atlanta Journal Constitution | 1986 | No |
| Tim Brookes | Burlington Free Press | 1986 | No |
| Cahiers du Cinema | | 1986 | No |
| NBC | Campbell, Arch | 1986 | No |
| Joann Rhetts | Charlotte Observer | 1986 | No |
| Roger Ebert | Chicago Sun-Times | 1986 | Yes |
| Dave Kehr | Chicago Tribune | 1986 | Yes |
| Gene Siskel | Chicago Tribune | 1986 | Yes |
| David Elliott | Copley News Service | 1986 | Yes |
| Dudley Saunders | Courier Jounal | 1986 | No |
| Eleanor Ringel | Cox News Service | 1986 | No |
| WOR-TV | Crist, Judith | 1986 | No |
| WCBS-TV | Cunningham, Dennis | 1986 | No |
| Jerry Roberts | Daily Breeze | 1986 | No |
| Philip Wuntch | Dallas Morning News | 1986 | Yes |
| Steve Metsch | Decatur Herald and Review | 1986 | No |
| Gary Minich | Decatur Herald and Review | 1986 | No |
| Michael Healy | Denver Post | 1986 | No |
| Joan Bunke | Des Moines Register | 1986 | No |
| Milwaukee Sentinel | Dudek, Duane | 1986 | No |
| Richard Corliss | Film Comment | 1986 | Yes |
| Stephen Harvey | Film Comment | 1986 | No |
| Harlan Jacobson | Film Comment | 1986 | Yes |
| Lawrence O'Toole | Film Comment | 1986 | No |
| Elliott Stein | Film Comment | 1986 | Yes |
| Anne Thompson | Film Comment | 1986 | Yes |
| Robert DiMatteo | Fond Du Lac Commonwealth Reporter | 1986 | No |
| Candice Russell | Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel | 1986 | Yes |
| Steve Dollar | Gannett News Service | 1986 | Yes |
| Marshall Fine | Gannett News Service | 1986 | Yes |
| William Wolf | Gannett News Service | 1986 | No |
| WMCA Radio | Granger, Susan | 1986 | No |
| Derek Malcolm | The Guardian | 1986 | No |
| Malcolm Johnson | Hartford Courant | 1986 | No |
| Cathy Straight | Hattiesburg American | 1986 | No |
| David Mannweiler | Indianapolis News | 1986 | No |
| International Film Guide | | 1986 | No |
| David Swift | Jackson Hole News | 1986 | No |
| WABC Radio | Langfield, Joanna | 1986 | No |
| L. Kent Wogamott | Lincoln Journal Star | 1986 | No |
| WNBC TV | Lindstrom, Pia | 1986 | No |
| Shelia Benson | Los Angeles Times | 1986 | No |
| Patrick Goldestein | Los Angeles Times | 1986 | No |
| Kevin Thomas | Los Angeles Times | 1986 | Yes |
| Michael Wilmington | Los Angeles Times | 1986 | Yes |
| Sneak Previews | Lyons, Jeffrey | 1986 | No |
| John Futty | Mansield News-Journal | 1986 | No |
| Dick Fleming | Maryland Daily Times | 1986 | No |
| George Williams | McClatchy News Service | 1986 | No |
| Bill Cosford | Miami Herald | 1986 | No |
| Rick Harmon | Montgomery Advertiser | 1986 | No |
| Bruce Bailey | Montreal Gazette | 1986 | Yes |
| Albany Times Union | Moynihan, Martin | 1986 | No |
| Keith Roysdon | Muncie Evening Press | 1986 | No |
| National Board of Review | | 1986 | No |
| Kevin Lally | New Jersey Courier News | 1986 | Yes |
| Vincent Canby | New York Times | 1986 | Yes |
| Henry Edgar | Newport Daily Press | 1986 | No |
| Joseph Gelmis | Newsday | 1986 | Yes |
| Mike McGrady | Newsday | 1986 | Yes |
| Steve Millburg | Omaha World-Herald | 1986 | No |
| Orange County Register | | 1986 | No |
| Kathryn Buxton | Palm Beach Post | 1986 | No |
| Dan Craft | The Pantagraph | 1986 | No |
| Milwaukee Sentinel | Pantoga, Elfrieda | 1986 | No |
| Sharon Johnson | The Patriot News | 1986 | No |
| People Magazine | | 1986 | No |
| Dean Boyd | Pensacola News Journal | 1986 | No |
| Carrie Rickey | Philadelphia Inquirer | 1986 | Yes |
| Desmond Ryan | Philadelphia Inquirer | 1986 | Yes |
| George Anderson and Marylynn Uricchio | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 1986 | No |
| George Hatza | Reading Eagle | 1986 | No |
| Al Walentis | Reading Eagle | 1986 | No |
| Lou Lumenick | The Record - New Jersey | 1986 | Yes |
| Roy Proctor | Richmond Times Dispatch | 1986 | No |
| Edward Guthmann | San Francisco Chronicle | 1986 | Yes |
| Rick Chatenever | Santa Cruz Sentinel | 1986 | No |
| Robert Denerstein | Scripps Howard News Service | 1986 | No |
| William Arnold | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | 1986 | Yes |
| John Hartl | Seattle Times | 1986 | Yes |
| Bruce Miller | Sioux City Journal | 1986 | No |
| Steve Vineberg | Stanford Times | 1986 | Yes |
| Harper Barnes | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 1986 | Yes |
| Joe Pollack | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 1986 | Yes |
| Hal Lipper | St. Petersburg Times | 1986 | No |
| Mary Nolan | State Journal Register | 1986 | No |
| Paul Povse | State Journal Register | 1986 | Yes |
| Hal Lipper | Tampa Bay Times | 1986 | No |
| Richard Corliss | Time Magazine | 1986 | Yes |
| Toronto Globe & Mail | | 1986 | No |
| Ron Base | Toronto Star | 1986 | No |
| Vernon Scott | United Press International | 1986 | No |
| David Edelstein | Village Voice | 1986 | Yes |
| J Hoberman | Village Voice | 1986 | No |
| Andrew Sarris | Village Voice | 1986 | Yes |
| Paul Attanasio | Washington Post | 1986 | Yes |
| Tom Brown | Zanesvile Times Recporder | 1986 | No |