1985 Movies

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My Top Picks

  1. Back to the Future
  2. Cat's Eye
  3. Ran
  4. The Goonies
  5. Fright Night
  6. Rambo: First Blood Part II
  7. The Color Purple

Notable Mentions ("Surprise" Films)

  1. Brazil
  2. My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund)
  3. Return of the Living Dead
  4. Cocoon
  5. Demons (Dario Argento)

The Biggest Disappointments

  1. Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
  2. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
  3. Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A - The original was so ... original. They dropped the ball so badly in the sequel.
  4. Black Cauldron, The
  5. Breakfast Club, The - After years of hearing what a classic this was, I finally watched it... in 2020. I guess you had to see it in 1985.
  6. Rocky IV: Easily the most disappointing film in the entire series. It felt unfinished, like they realised that their steroids sub-plot might annoy the Russians, so they just deleted the second half of it.

All the films I saw from 1985 at the Cinema

  1. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
  2. A View to a Kill

All the films I've seen from 1985 on the Small Screen

  1. Back to the Future
  2. Black Cauldron, The
  3. Bliss
  4. Brazil
  5. Breakfast Club, The
  6. Brewster's Millions
  7. Cat's Eye
  8. Clockwise
  9. Cocoon
  10. Color Purple, The
  11. Come and See (Idi i smotri) - (U.S.S.R.)
  12. Commando
  13. Day of the Dead
  14. Demons (Dario Argento)
  15. Desperately Seeking Susan
  16. Don't Mess with my Sister
  17. Eleni
  18. Emerald Forest, The
  19. Enemy Mine
  20. Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
  21. Explorers
  22. Fletch
  23. Fright Night
  24. Ghoulies
  25. Girls Just Want to Have Fun
  26. Goonies, The
  27. Jewel of the Nile, The
  28. King Solomon's Mines
  29. Kiss of the Spider Woman
  30. Ladyhawke
  31. Legend
  32. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
  33. The Man with One Red Shoe
  34. My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund)
  35. National Lampoon's European Vacation
  36. Once Bitten
  37. Out of Africa
  38. Pale Rider
  39. Phenomena - (Italy)
  40. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
  41. Police Story (Ging chat goo si) - (Hong Kong)
  42. Porky's Revenge
  43. Rambo: First Blood Part II
  44. Ran
  45. Re-Animator, The
  46. Red Sonja
  47. Return of the Living Dead
  48. Rocky IV
  49. Runaway Train
  50. Santa Claus: The Movie - (UK/US)
  51. Silver Bullet
  52. Spies Like Us
  53. St. Elmo's Fire
  54. Teen Wolf
  55. To Live and Die in L.A.
  56. Transylvannia 6-5000
  57. Vampire Hunter D (Kyûketsuki hantâ D) - (Japan)
  58. Weird Science
  59. Witness
  60. Young Sherlock Holmes

What's left to see from 1985?

  1. 28 Up, a documentary film - (U.K.)
  2. Adieu Bonaparte - (France/Egypt)
  3. Adventures of Mark Twain, The
  4. After Hours
  5. Agnes of God *
  6. Alamo Bay
  7. Alice in Wonderland
  8. Alley Cat, The (Le Matou) - (Canada)
  9. American Flyers
  10. American Ninja
  11. Angry Harvest (Bittere Ernte) - (West Germany)
  12. Anne of Green Gables - (Canada)
  13. Arjun - (India)
  14. Assam Garden, The - (U.K.)
  15. Asterix Versus Caesar (Astérix et la surprise de César) - (France)
  16. Aviator, The
  17. Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
  18. Bad Medicine
  19. Better Off Dead
  20. Black Arrow
  21. Blue Yonder, The
  22. Boys Next Door, The
  23. Bride, The - (UK/US)
  24. Burmese Harp, The (Biruma no tategoto) - (Japan)
  25. Butterfly and Flowers (Peesua lae dokmai) - (Thailand)
  26. Calamari Union - (Finland)
  27. Came a Hot Friday - (New Zealand)
  28. Care Bears Movie, The - (Canada)
  29. Cavegirl
  30. Chicken with Vinegar (Poulet au Vinaigre) - (France)
  31. Chorus Line, A
  32. Clue
  33. Coca-Cola Kid, The
  34. Code of Silence
  35. Colonel Redl - (West Germany/Hungary/Austria)
  36. Compromising Positions
  37. Crime Wave - (Canada)
  38. Crimewave
  39. D.A.R.Y.L.
  40. Dance with a Stranger
  41. De IJssalon (The Ice-Cream Parlor) - (Netherlands)
  42. Death Wish 3
  43. Death in a French Garden (Péril en la demeure) - (France)
  44. Death of a Salesman
  45. Defence of the Realm - (U.K.)
  46. Desert Hearts
  47. Desperately Seeking Susan *
  48. Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
  49. Dissolved and Effused (Rozpuštěný a vypuštěný) - (Czechoslovakia)
  50. Dreamchild - (U.K.)
  51. Déjà Vu
  52. Eoudong (Courtesan) - (South Korea)
  53. Falcon and the Snowman, The
  54. Family Life (La Vie de Famille) - (France)
  55. Fandango
  56. Festa di laurea (Graduation Party) - (Italy)
  57. Fever Pitch
  58. Final Justice
  59. Fire Festival (Himatsuri) - (Japan)
  60. Flesh and Blood - (United States/Netherlands/Spain) *
  61. Fool for Love
  62. Fran - (Australia)
  63. Friday the 13th, Part V: A New Beginning
  64. Ghulami - (India)
  65. Give the Devil His Due (S čerty nejsou žerty) - (Czechoslovakia)
  66. Goodbye
  67. Gotcha!
  68. Grace Quigley
  69. Guest from the Future (Gostya iz budushchego) - (U.S.S.R.)
  70. Gymkata
  71. Hail Mary (Je vous salue, Marie) - (France)
  72. Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age - (Australia)
  73. Heaven Help Us
  74. Here Come the Littles - (United States/Canada/Japan/Luxembourg)
  75. Holcroft Covenant, The
  76. Home and the World, The (Ghare Baire) - (India)
  77. Hour of the Star (A Hora da Estrela) - (Brazil)
  78. How Poets are Losing Their Illusions (Jak básníci přicházejí o iluze) - (Czechoslovakia)
  79. Insignificance - (U.K.)
  80. Into the Night
  81. Invasion U.S.A.
  82. Jagged Edge
  83. Joshua Then and Now
  84. Journey of Natty Gann, The
  85. Just One of the Guys
  86. King David - (UK/US)
  87. Krush Groove
  88. La Gran Fiesta - (Puerto Rico)
  89. La vaquilla (The Heifer) - (Spain)
  90. Last Dragon, The
  91. Last Polka, The - (Canada)
  92. Latino
  93. Leave All Fair - (New Zealand/France)
  94. Legend of Billie Jean, The
  95. Legend of Suram Fortress, The - (Soviet Union)
  96. Letter to Brezhnev - (U.K.)
  97. Lifeforce
  98. Lonely Heart (Sabishinbou) - (Japan)
  99. Lost in America
  100. Lust in the Dust
  101. Man with One Red Shoe, The
  102. Manevri na petiya etazh (Maneuvers on the Fifth Floor) - (Bulgaria)
  103. Marie
  104. Mask
  105. Mask of Murder - (United States/Sweden)
  106. Mass Is Ended, The (La messa è finita) - (Italy)
  107. Maxie
  108. Mean Season, The
  109. Meri Jung - (India)
  110. Midnight Hour, The
  111. Mirch Masala (Spices) - (U.K./India)
  112. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters - (United States/Japan)
  113. Movers & Shakers
  114. Mr. Vampire (Goeng-si Sin-sang) - (Hong Kong)
  115. Murphy's Romance
  116. My Beautiful Laundrette - (U.K.)
  117. My Science Project
  118. My Sweet Little Village (Vesničko má středisková), directed by Jiří Menzel - (Czechoslovakia)
  119. No End (Bez końca) - (Poland)
  120. No Surrender - (U.K.)
  121. Nothing Left to Do But Cry (Non ci resta che piangere) - (Italy)
  122. Official Story, The (La historia oficial) - (Argentina)
  123. One Magic Christmas - (United States/Canada)
  124. Ordeal by Innocence
  125. Padre nuestro (Our Father) - (Spain)
  126. Pas în doi (Passo Doble) - (Romania)
  127. Peanut Butter Solution, The - (Canada)
  128. Pee-wee's Big Adventure
  129. Perfect
  130. Pizza Connection - (Italy)
  131. Plenty - (U.K.)
  132. Police - (France)
  133. Private Resort
  134. Prizzi's Honor
  135. Protector, The - (Hong Kong/United States)
  136. Purple Rose of Cairo, The
  137. Quiet Earth, The - (New Zealand) *
  138. Radioactive Dreams - (United States/Mexico)
  139. Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer - (United States/Japan)
  140. Real Genius
  141. Red Kiss (Rouge Baiser) - (France)
  142. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
  143. Rendez-vous - (France)
  144. Restless Natives - (U.K.)
  145. Return to Oz
  146. Revolution - (U.K.)
  147. Room with a View, A - (U.K.)
  148. Runner, The (Davandeh) - (Iran)
  149. Rustlers' Rhapsody
  150. Scorpio Nights - (Philippines)
  151. Secret Admirer
  152. Secret of the Sword, The
  153. Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird
  154. Shaker Run
  155. Sheedy
  156. Shoah - (France)
  157. Shooting Party, The - (U.K.)
  158. Silverado
  159. Simple Death, A (Prostaya smert) - (U.S.S.R.)
  160. Slugger's Wife, The
  161. Smooth Talk
  162. Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
  163. Stick
  164. Subway - (France)
  165. Summer Rental
  166. Supergrass, The - (U.K.)
  167. Sure Thing, The
  168. Sweet Dreams, a biopic of Patsy Cline
  169. Taipei Story (Qing mei zhu ma) - (Taiwan)
  170. Tampopo (Dandelion) - (Japan)
  171. Target
  172. Tea in the Harem (Le Thé au harem d'Archimède) - (France)
  173. That Was Then... This Is Now
  174. That's Dancing!
  175. Thirteen at Dinner
  176. Three Men and a Cradle (Trois hommes et un couffin) - (France)
  177. Time of the Hero, The (a.k.a. La ciudad y los perros) - (Peru)
  178. Time to Live and the Time to Die, The (Tong nian wang shi) - (Taiwan)
  179. Trancers
  180. Treasure Island (L'île au trésor) - (France/Chile)
  181. Trip to Bountiful, The
  182. Trouble in Mind
  183. Tuff Turf
  184. Turk 182!
  185. Turtle Diary - (U.K.)
  186. Twice in a Lifetime
  187. Two Lives of Mattia Pascal, The (Le due vite di Mattia Pascal) - (Italy)
  188. UFOria
  189. Unknown Soldier, The (Tuntematon sotilas) - (Finland)
  190. Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) - (France)
  191. Vampires in Havana (¡Vampiros en La Habana!) - (Cuba)
  192. Vision Quest
  193. Volunteers
  194. Walking the Edge
  195. Water - (U.K.)
  196. Wetherby - (U.K.)
  197. When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu) - (Yugoslavia)
  198. White Nights
  199. Wild Geese II - (U.K.)
  200. Woman and the Stranger, The (Die Frau und der Fremde) - (East Germany)
  201. Year of the Dragon
  202. Yes, Madam (Huang jia shi jie) - (Hong Kong)
  203. Zed & Two Noughts, A - (U.K.)