American films of 1985

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A list of American films released in 1985.
Out of Africa won the Academy Award for Best Picture but the highest grossing film by far was Back to the Future.















Contents

[edit] A

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1985
A. D. Stewart Cooper
Adventures of Mark Twain, The Will Vinton James Whitmore, Gary Krug, Chris Ritchie, Carol Edelman, John Morrison, Will Vinton, Gary Thompson Stop Motion (animated)
After Hours Martin Scorsese Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Linda Fiorentino Comedy thriller
Agnes of God Norman Jewison Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft, Meg Tilly
Alice in Wonderland Harry Harris Natalie Gregory, Red Buttons
American Flyers John Badham Kevin Costner, Rae Dawn Chong, Alexandra Paul, David Marshall Grant, Janice Rule
American Ninja Sam Firstenberg Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, John Fujioka, Judie Aronson Martial arts (action)
Angelic Conversation, The Derek Jarman Paul Reynolds, Phillip Williamson Arthouse drama
Anna Karenina Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Reeve
Anne of Green Gables Kevin Sullivan Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth, Patricia Hamilton, Marilyn Lightstone, Schuyler Grant, Jonathan Crombie Drama
Assam Garden, The Mary McMurray Deborah Kerr, Madhur Jaffrey, Alec McCowen, Zia Mohyeddin, Anton Lesser, Iain Cuthbertson Drama
Avenging Angel Robert Vincent O'Neill Betsy Russell, Ossie Davis, Rory Calhoun
Aviator, The George T. Miller Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Reeve Adventure

[edit] B

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend Bill L. Norton William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan, Julian Fellowes
Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson Science-Fiction Comedy Highest grossing film of 1985
Bad Medicine Harvey Miller Steve Guttenberg, Alan Arkin, Julie Hagerty, Curtis Armstrong, Robert Romanus Comedy
Bad Seed, The Mervyn LeRoy Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden Thriller
Bailoretto, la aventura de un rebelde Atilio Polverini, Sebastián Larreta Arturo Bonín, Luisina Brando, Camila Perissé Documentary/ historical drama
Barbarian Queen Hector Olivera Lana Clarkson
Below the Belt Jim Steele
Better Off Dead Savage Steve Holland John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Diane Franklin, Curtis Armstrong Teen cult black comedy
Big Snit, The Richard Condie Cartoon
Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire Alan Clarke Phil Daniels, Bruce Payne, Alun Armstrong, Don Henderson, Louise Gold Musical
Bits and Pieces Leland Thomas S.E. Zygmont, Suzanna Smith Horror drama
Black Arrow, The: A Tale of the Two Roses Adapted from a book: no article for the movie itself
Black Cauldron, The Ted Berman, Richard Rich Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan,, Freddie Jones, Nigel Hawthorne, John Hurt, John Byner Animated feature
Bliss Ray Lawrence Barry Otto
Blood Circus Santo V. Rigatuso Science-fiction (wrestling) Never officially released
Boycott Mohsen Makhmalbaf Majid Majidi
Boys Next Door, The Penelope Spheeris Charlie Sheen, Maxwell Caulfield Drama/ adventure
Brazil Terry Gilliam Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, Ian Holm dystopic black comedy
Breakfast Club, The John Hughes Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy Teen film
Brewster's Millions Walter Hill Richard Pryor, John Candy Comedy
The Bride Franc Roddam Sting, Jennifer Beals, Anthony Higgins, Clancy Brown
Bridge to Terabithia Eric Till Julian Coutts, Julie Beaulieu, Annette O'Toole, Tom Heaton
Bring on the Night Michael Apted Sting, Omar Hakim, Darryl Jones, Kenny Kirkl, Branford Marsalis Doocumentary
Burmese Harp, The Kon Ichikawa Rentaro Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Jun Hamamura

[edit] C

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Came a Hot Friday Ian Mune
Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks Donald Brittain
Canadian Conspiracy, The Robert Boyd
Canterville Ghost, The William F. Claxton
Care Bears Movie, The Arna Selznick
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Richard Brooks
Cat's Eye Lewis Teague Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Robert Hays Horror, Science Fiction
Chiranjeevi C.V. Rajendran
Chorus Line, A Richard Attenborough
Chronos Ron Fricke
City Limits Aaron Lipstadt
Clue Jonathan Lynn
Coca-Cola Kid, The Dušan Makavejev
Cocaine Wars Héctor Olivera With Argentina
Cocoon Ron Howard
Code of Silence Andrew Davis
Colonel Redl István Szabó
Color Purple, The Steven Spielberg Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery Drama
Come and See Elem Klimov
Commando Mark L. Lester
Compromising Positions Frank Perry
Counterattack! The Underground Space Choujin Yasuo Yamayoshi
Creator Ivan Passer
Creature William Malone
Crime Wave
El Crimen del Capitán Sánchez Vicente Aranda
Crimewave Sam Raimi

[edit] D

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
D.A.R.Y.L. Simon Wincer
Daemon Colin Finbow
Dagger of Kamui, The Shigeyuki Hayashi
Damul Prakash Jha
Dance with a Stranger Mike Newell
Dario Argento's World of Horror Michele Soavi
Day of the Dead George A. Romero
Deadly Intentions Noel Black
Deadly Intentions... Again? James Steven Sadwith
Death Wish 3 Michael Winner
Death of a Salesman Volker Schlöndorff
Def-Con 4 Paul Donovan
Defence of the Realm David Drury
Demoni Lamberto Bava
Desert Hearts Donna Deitch
Desperately Seeking Susan Susan Seidelman
Disciples of the 36th Chamber Lau Kar-leung
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti Maya Deren
Doctor Fischer of Geneva Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Does Humor Belong in Music?
Double Negative Sam Irvin
Dream is Alive, The Graeme Ferguson
Dreamchild Gavin Millar
Dungeonmaster, The David Allen, Charles Band, John Carl Buechler, Steven Ford, Peter Manoogian, Ted Nicolaou and Rosemarie Turko
Dutch Girls Giles Foster

[edit] E

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Early Frost, An John Erman
Electric Blue 28
Eleni Peter Yates
Emerald Forest, The John Boorman
Enemy Mine Wolfgang Petersen
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor Jim Wheat & Ken Wheat
Explorers Joe Dante

[edit] F

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Faasle Yash Chopra
Falcon and the Snowman, The John Schlesinger
Famille, La vie de Jacques Doillon
Fandango Kevin Reynolds
Fast Forward Sidney Poitier
Fever Pitch Richard Brooks
Flesh & Blood Paul Verhoeven
Fletch Michael Ritchie
Fool for Love Robert Altman
Fraternity Vacation James Frawley
Frau und der Fremde, Die Rainer Simon
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning Danny Steinmann
Fright Night Tom Holland
Future Voyeur Bobby Hollander

[edit] G

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Galaxy Invader, The Don Dohler
Get Out of My Room Cheech Marin
Ghulami J.P. Dutta
Girls Just Want to Have Fun Alan Metter
Good Father, The Mike Newell
Goodbye, New York
Goonies, The Richard Donner
Gotcha! Jeff Kanew
Gran Fiesta, La Marcos Zurinaga
Great Heep, The Clive A. Smith
Guest from the Future Pavel Arsenov
Guilty Conscience David Greene
Gymkata Robert Clouse

[edit] H

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Harem Arthur Joffe
Head Office Ken Finkleman
Heart of Dragon Sammo Hung & Fruit Chan
Heaven Help Us Michael Dinner
Heavenly Kid, The Cary Medoway
Here Come the Littles Bernard Deyriès
Hi-Tops Ernie Rettino & Debby Kerner Rettino
Hills Have Eyes Part II, The Wes Craven
Hinugot sa Langit Ishmael Bernal
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil Jim Goddard
Holcroft Covenant, The John Frankenheimer
Hot Moves Jim Sotos
Hour of Triumph! Seigi Choujin Takenori Kawada
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch Philippe Mora

[edit] I

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
I Was a Teenage TV Terrorist Stanford Singer
Idaya Kovil Mani Ratnam
Igor and the Lunatics Billy Parolini
Innocent, The John Mackenzie
Insignificance Nicolas Roeg
Into the Night John Landis
Invasion U.S.A. Joseph Zito

[edit] J

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Jagged Edge Richard Marquand
Jewel of the Nile, The Lewis Teague
Joey Roland Emmerich
Joshua Then and Now Ted Kotcheff
Journey Through Fairyland, A Masami Hata
Journey of Natty Gann, The Jeremy Paul Kagan
Just One of the Guys Lisa Gottlieb

[edit] K

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Khamosh Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Khawaja and Son
King David Bruce Beresford
King Solomon's Mines John Lee Thompson
Kiss of the Spider Woman Hector Babenco
Krush Groove Michael Schultz
Krysař Jiří Barta

[edit] L

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Ladyhawke Richard Donner
Last Dragon, The Michael Schultz
Last Polka, The John Blanchard
Le Temps des bouffons Pierre Falardeau
Legend Ridley Scott
Legend of Billie Jean, The Matthew Robbins
Letter to Brezhnev Chris Bernard
Lifeforce Tobe Hooper
Long, Hot Summer, The Martin Ritt
Loose Screws Rafal Zielinski
Lost in America Albert Brooks
Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon Seijun Suzuki & Shigetsugu Yoshida
Lust in the Dust Paul Bartel

[edit] M

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome George Miller & George Ogilvie
Mahaguru S.S.Ravichandra
Mala Noche Gus Van Sant
Malibu Express Andy Sidaris
Malice in Wonderland Gus Trikonis
Man Hunt Fabrizio De Angelis
Man with One Red Shoe, The Stan Dragoti
Manevri na petiya etazh Petar Vasilev
Mard Manmohan Desai
Marie Roger Donaldson
Mask Peter Bogdanovich
Mean Season, The Phillip Borsos
Meri Jung Subhash Ghai
Midnight Hour, The Jack Bender
Minder on the Orient Express Francis Megahy
Mirch Masala Ketan Mehta
Mischief Mel Damski
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Paul Schrader
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning Lance Hool
Morons from outer space Mike Hodges
Moving Violations Neal Israel
Mr. Vampire Ricky Lau
Murder with Mirrors
Murphy's Romance Martin Ritt
Mutilator, The Buddy Cooper
My American Cousin Sandy Wilson
My Beautiful Laundrette Stephen Frears
My Life as a Dog Lasse Hallström
My Lucky Stars Sammo Hung
My Science Project Jonathan R. Betuel
My Sweet Little Village Jiří Menzel

[edit] N

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Naan Sigappu Manithan S.A. Chandrasekhar
Nanas, Les Annick Lanoe
National Lampoon's European Vacation Amy Heckerling
Nervous Night John Jopson
Nightmare on Elm Street 2, A: Freddy's Revenge Jack Sholder
Ninja Champion Godfrey Ho
Nishan Surendra Mohan
No Surrender Peter Smith

[edit] O

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Official Story, The Luis Puenzo
Once Bitten Howard Storm
One Magic Christmas Phillip Borsos
One Night with Blue Note John Jopson
One Woman or Two Daniel Vigne
Orion's Belt Ola Solum
Orkly Kid, The Trent Harris
Out of Africa Sydney Pollack
Out of the Darkness Jud Taylor

[edit] P

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Pagal Nilavu Mani Ratnam
Pale Rider Clint Eastwood
Pee-wee's Big Adventure Tim Burton
Perfect Jamie Lee Curtis & John Travolta
Peter-No-Tail in Americat Jan Gissberg & Stig Lasseby
Phenomena Dario Argento
Phoenix-bot Phoenix King
Plenty (film) Fred Schepisi
Plenty (play) David Hare
Police Maurice Pialat
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Jerry Paris
Police Story Jackie Chan
Porky's Revenge James Komack
Private Resort George Bowers
Prizzi's Honor John Huston
Protector, The James Glickenhaus
Pulgasari Chong Gon Jo
Pumping Iron II: The Women George Butler
Purple Rose of Cairo, The Woody Allen

[edit] Q

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Quiet Earth, The Geoff Murphy
Quo Vadis Franco Rossi

[edit] R

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Radioactive Dreams Albert Pyun
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer Bernard Deyriès & Kimio Yabuki
Ram Teri Ganga Maili Raj Kapoor
Rambo: First Blood Part II George P. Cosmatos
Rappin' Joel Silberg
Re-Animator Stuart Gordon
Real Genius Martha Coolidge
Rebel Love Milton Bagby
Red Sonja Richard Fleischer
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Guy Hamilton
Rendez-vous André Téchiné
Restless Natives Michael Hoffman
Return of the Living Dead, The Dan O'Bannon
Return to Oz Walter Murch
Revolution Hugh Hudson
Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin' Michael Blum
Rockin' Road Trip William Olsen
Rocky IV Sylvester Stallone
Runaway Train Andrei Konchalovsky
Runner, The Amir Naderi
Rustlers' Rhapsody Hugh Wilson

[edit] S

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Saagar Ramesh Sippy
Saaheb Anil Ganguly
Santa Claus: The Movie Jeannot Szwarc
Savage Dawn Simon Nuchtern
Saving Grace Robert M. Young
Screamplay Rufus Butler Seder
Secret Admirer David Greenwalt
Secret of the Sword, The Ed Friedman, Lou Kachivas, Marsh Lamore, Bill Reed & Gwen Wetzler
Seduction: The Cruel Woman Elfi Mikesch
Seigi Choujin vs. Ancient Choujin Yasuo Yamayoshi
Sesame Street: Follow That Bird Ken Kwapis
Seven Minutes in Heaven Linda Feferman
Shoah Claude Lanzmann
Shocking Asia II: The Last Taboos Rolf Olsen
Shooting Party, The Alan Bridges
Silverado Lawrence Kasdan
Sindhu Bhairavi Kailasam Balachander
Smooth Talk Joyce Chopra
Soft and Hard Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marie Miéville
Sofya Kovalevskaya Ayan Shakhmaliyeva
Sons of Shiva Robert Gardner
Spies Like Us John Landis
St. Elmo's Fire Joel Schumacher
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin Steven Hahn
Steaming Joseph Losey
Stick Burt Reynolds
Stitches Rod Holcomb & Alan Smithee
Stone Pillow George Schaefer
Stoogemania Chuck Workman
Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins Laura Shepherd
Stuff, The Larry Cohen
Subway Luc Besson
Summer Rental Carl Reiner
Sure Thing, The Rob Reiner
Surviving
Swathi Muthyam Kasinadhuni Viswanath
Sweet Dreams Karel Reisz

[edit] T

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Tampopo Juzo Itami
Tarman
Target Arthur Penn
Teen Wolf Rod Daniel
That Was Then... This Is Now Christopher Cain
That's Dancing! Jack Haley Jr.
To Live and Die in L.A. William Friedkin
Tokyo-Ga Wim Wenders
Tomboy Herb Freed
Toxic Avenger, The Lloyd Kaufman & Michael Herz
Trancers Charles Band
Transylvania 6-5000 Rudy De Luca
Trikaal Shyam Benegal
Trip to Bountiful, The Peter Masterson
Trois hommes et un couffin Coline Serreau
Tuff Turf Fritz Kiersch
Turk 182 Bob Clark
Twice in a Lifetime Bud Yorkin
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars Sammo Hung

[edit] U

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Un Kannil Neer Vazhindal Balu Mahendra
Underworld George Pavlou
Une Femme ou Deux Daniel Vigne
Unknown Soldier, The Rauni Mollberg
Urusei Yatsura movies Mamoru Oshii
Uuno Epsanjassa Ere Kokkonen

[edit] V

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Vagabond Agnès Varda
¡Vampiros en La Habana! Juan Padrón
View to a Kill, A Roger Moore
Vijetha A. Kodandarami Reddy
Vision Quest Harold Becker
Volunteers Nicholas Meyer

[edit] W

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Wafadaar Dasari Narayana Rao
Warriors of the Apocalypse Bobby A. Suarez
Water Dick Clement
Weird Science John Hughes
When Father Was Away on Business Emir Kusturica
When Nature Calls Charles Kaufman
White Nights Taylor Hackford
Why Me? Kent Cheng
Witness Peter Weir

[edit] Y

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushū Takami Akai
Year of the Dragon Michael Cimino
Young Sherlock Holmes Barry Levinson

[edit] Z

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Zed & Two Noughts, A Peter Greenaway

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