Movie Releases by User Score

Ran 1.

Ran

December 20, 1985 | R
An adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, Ran considers the disastrous consequences of Lord Hidetora Ichimonji’s (Tatsuya Nakadai) decision to split his kingdom among his three sons.
Metascore:
97
User Score:
8.4
After Hours 2.

After Hours

September 13, 1985 | R
A Manhattan Yuppie's night out becomes a comic nightmare. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
90
User Score:
8.0
Back to the Future 3.

Back to the Future

July 3, 1985 | PG
Marty McFly goes back in time, in a DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett Brown, and must make sure his high-school-age parents get together, so he doesn't cease to exist.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
8.9
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 4.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

June 13, 1985 | PG
Warrior/pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
8.5
Brazil 5.

Brazil

December 18, 1985 | R
Brazil is a surrealistic nightmare vision of a "perfect" future where technology reigns supreme. Everyone is monitored by a secret government agency that forbids love to interfere with efficiency. When a daydreaming bureaucrat (Pryce) becomes unwittingly involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mystery woman, he becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions. [Universal Pictures]
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.5
Prizzi's Honor 6.

Prizzi's Honor

June 14, 1985 | R
A professional hitman and hitwoman fall in love.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
6.3
Blood Simple 7.

Blood Simple

January 18, 1985 | R
Deep in the heart of Texas, a sleazy bar owner suspects his wife of having an affair and hires a private detective to confirm his suspicions—only to have the crosshairs turned back on himself. [Janus Films]
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.0
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 8.

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

September 20, 1985 | R
A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.3
To Live and Die in L.A. 9.

To Live and Die in L.A.

November 1, 1985 | R
A bold Secret Service (William Petersen) agent straddles the line to bring down the counterfeiter (Willem DaFoe) who killed his partner.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.9
The Color Purple 10.

The Color Purple

December 18, 1985 | PG-13
In rural Georgia during the first half of the 20th century, Celie (Whoopi Goldberg) is married off to an abusive man (Danny Glover) after becoming pregnant by her own father. Based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
8.4
A Passage to India 11.

A Passage to India

February 1, 1985 | PG
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.0
Lost in America 12.

Lost in America

February 15, 1985 | R
A husband and wife in their 30s decide to quit their jobs, live as free spirits and cruise America in a Winnebago.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.2
The Sure Thing 13.

The Sure Thing

March 1, 1985 | PG-13
A college student (John Cusack) plans a cross-country trip to get laid, but ends up traveling with a young woman (Daphne Zuniga). They hate each other, so naturally...
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.1
Witness 14.

Witness

February 8, 1985 | R
Samuel Lap (Haas) a young Amish boy witnesses a murder while visiting Philadelphia with his mother Rachel (McGillis). Detective John Book (Ford) goes undercover in Amish country when he realizes the killer is a corrupt cop out to kill the only witness.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.2
The Killing Fields 15.

The Killing Fields

February 1, 1985 | R
A photographer is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody "Year Zero" cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million "undesirable" civilians.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.2
The Hit 16.

The Hit

March 8, 1985 | R
Ten years later, after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
The Purple Rose of Cairo 17.

The Purple Rose of Cairo

May 2, 1985 | PG
A Depression-era waitress spends every free moment she has at the cinema because the grand stories she finds there distract her from her pitiful life, but when a dashing character from one of the films becomes smitten with her and leaves his celluloid world, she finds herself in the middle of her own fantasy romance.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.4
Smooth Talk 18.

Smooth Talk

November 17, 1985 | PG-13
A free-spirited 15-year-old girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the Northern California suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and traumatic consequences.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
Re-Animator 19.

Re-Animator

October 18, 1985 | Unrated
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.5
Mask 20.

Mask

March 22, 1985 | PG-13
A teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.1
Real Genius 21.

Real Genius

August 7, 1985 | PG
Lazlo Olliefeld in steam tunnels. No purchase necessary, enter as often as you want. Teen geniuses deal with their abilities while developing a high-powered laser for a university project. When their professor intends to make unsavory use of their creation, they get even more creative.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.5
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 22.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

July 10, 1985 | PG-13
After his belongings are stolen, Max (Mel Gibson) strikes a deal with Aunty Entity (Tina Turner), the ruler of Bartertown. But when the deal goes bad, Max is bound and sent into the desert, only to find himself saved by a primitive group of children.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.2
Desperately Seeking Susan 23.

Desperately Seeking Susan

April 12, 1985 | PG-13
A bored suburban housewife, seeking escape from her life, suffers amnesia after an accident, wakes up, and is mistaken for a free-spirited New York City drifter named Susan.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.9
Cat's Eye 24.

Cat's Eye

April 12, 1985 | PG-13
A stray cat is the linking element of three tales of suspense and horror.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.2
Out of Africa 25.

Out of Africa

December 20, 1985 | PG
In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.0
The Company of Wolves 26.

The Company of Wolves

April 19, 1985 | R
A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
5.4
Fletch 27.

Fletch

May 31, 1985 | PG
Chevy Chase is at his best in this suspense-packed comedy thriller based on Gregory McDonald's best-seller. Irwin Fletch, a.k.a. Fletch (Chase), is an investigative reporter who's constantly changing his identity. While working on a drug expose, Fletch attracts the attention of a strange businessman (Tim Matheson) who wants to be killed so his wife will inherit more insurance. The wily Fletch senses a scam, and soon he's up to his byline in frame-ups, murder, police corruption and forbidden romance. It'll be the story of the year, if he can stay alive to meet his deadline. [Universal]
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.4
The Falcon and the Snowman 28.

The Falcon and the Snowman

February 8, 1985 | R
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.3
1984 29.

1984

March 22, 1985 | R
In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
6.0
The Journey of Natty Gann 30.

The Journey of Natty Gann

September 27, 1985 | PG
In the 1930s, a tomboy runs away from her guardian to join her single father who is 2,000 miles away, where he has found work.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
The Breakfast Club 31.

The Breakfast Club

February 15, 1985 | R
We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was that we did wrong. What we did WAS wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write this essay telling you who we think we are. What do you care? You see us as you want to see us...in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions. You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal. Correct? That's the way we saw each other at seven o'clock this morning... - The Breakfast Club
Metascore:
66
User Score:
8.5
The Return of the Living Dead 32.

The Return of the Living Dead

August 16, 1985 | R
When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.7
Compromising Positions 33.

Compromising Positions

August 30, 1985 | R
An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
Young Sherlock Holmes 34.

Young Sherlock Holmes

December 4, 1985 | PG-13
When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Rowe) decides to investigate.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.5
Sweet Dreams 35.

Sweet Dreams

October 11, 1985 | PG-13
The story of Patsy Cline (Jessica Lange), the velvet-voiced country music singer who died a tragic death at the height of her fame.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
Cocoon 36.

Cocoon

June 21, 1985 | PG-13
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigour.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.9
Heaven Help Us 37.

Heaven Help Us

February 8, 1985 | R
A new transfer student to St. Basil's Boys' Prep School tries to fit in while romantically pursuing a troubled young girl.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
tbd
Fool for Love 38.

Fool for Love

December 6, 1985 | R
May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
tbd
Ladyhawke 39.

Ladyhawke

April 12, 1985 | PG-13
The thief Gaston escapes dungeon of medieval Aquila thru the latrine. Soldiers are about to kill him when Navarre saves him. Navarre, traveling with his spirited hawk, plans to kill the bishop of Aquila with help from Gaston.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.1
Silverado 40.

Silverado

July 10, 1985 | PG-13
Get ready for some horse-ridin', gun-totin', whiskey-drinkin' fun! Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are. (Sony Pictures)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.8
The Goonies 41.

The Goonies

June 7, 1985 | TV-14
Following a mysterious treasure map into a spectacular underground realm of twisting passages, outrageous booby-traps and a long-lost pirate ship full of golden dubloons, the kids race to stay one step ahead of a family of bumbling bad guys... and a mild-mannered monster with a face only a mother could love. [Warner Bros.]
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.4
Fright Night 42.

Fright Night

August 2, 1985 | R
A teenager discovers that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire, so he turns to an actor in a television horror show for help dealing with the undead.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.2
Pale Rider 43.

Pale Rider

June 28, 1985 | R
A mysterious preacher (Clint Eastwood) protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
7.5
Jagged Edge 44.

Jagged Edge

October 4, 1985 | R
A wealthy woman is murdered in her beach house. The husband is allegedly knocked out first. He inherits all her inherited wealth. He has a female corporate lawyer, criminal prosecutor 4 years ago, represent him in court. Guilty?
Metascore:
60
User Score:
7.4
Day of the Dead 45.

Day of the Dead

July 19, 1985 | Unrated
A small group of military officers and scientists dwell in an underground bunker as the world above is overrun by zombies.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
7.0
Follow That Bird 46.

Follow That Bird

August 2, 1985 | G
Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
tbd
The Black Cauldron 47.

The Black Cauldron

July 24, 1985 | PG
Fantasy, magic, and fun are all brewed together in Disney's legendary adventure The Black Cauldron. Whoever releases the mysterious Black Cauldron's power will be invincible. The fearsome Horned King will do anything to possess it, but he is challenged by the most unlikely adversary: a young assistant pig keeper named Taran, who dreams of doing heroic deeds. With a motley team of the brave Princess Eilonwy, a minstrel named Fflewddur Fflam and Hen Wen, a remarkable pig who can predict the future, Taran embarks on a quest to stop the Black Cauldron's evil once and for all. Will he have the courage to succeed? [Disney] The story is based on "The Chronicles of Prydain," a series of books for young people by Lloyd Alexander that won critical and popular acclaim in the mid-1960's.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
5.8
Enemy Mine 48.

Enemy Mine

December 20, 1985 | PG-13
During a lengthy space war, the lives of two wounded enemies become dependent on their ability to forgive and to trust.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
6.9
The Coca-Cola Kid 49.

The Coca-Cola Kid

July 14, 1985 | R
An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. After "the Kid's" persistence is tested he's given a tour of the man's plant, and they begin talking of a joint venture. Things get more complicated when the Coca-Cola man begins falling in love with his temporary secretary, who seems to have connections to the valley.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
tbd
Twice in a Lifetime 50.

Twice in a Lifetime

November 8, 1985 | R
A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the very sexy barmaid and, to his surprise, he finds that she is also very attracted to him.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
tbd
Year of the Dragon 51.

Year of the Dragon

August 16, 1985 | R
A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
tbd
The Last Dragon 52.

The Last Dragon

March 22, 1985 | PG-13
In New York City, a young man searches for a Master to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the Glow.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
tbd
Explorers 53.

Explorers

July 12, 1985 | PG
Ben Crandall, an alien-obsessed kid, dreams one night of a circuit board. Drawing out the circuit, he and his friends Wolfgang and Darren set it up, and discover they have been given the basis for a starship. Setting off in the ThunderRoad, as they name their ship, they find the aliens Ben hopes they would find... but are they what they seem?
Metascore:
58
User Score:
6.7
Flesh+Blood 54.

Flesh+Blood

August 30, 1985 | Unrated
In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors--commoners.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
6.0
Girls Just Want to Have Fun 55.

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

April 12, 1985 | PG
Janey (Sarah Jessica Parker) is new in town and soon meets Lynne (Helen Hunt), who shares her passion for dancing in general and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new Dance TV regular couple, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that Janey's father doesn't approve of that kind of thing.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
tbd
Vision Quest 56.

Vision Quest

February 15, 1985 | R
A high school wrestler in Spokane, Washington (Matthew Modine) has trouble focusing on his training regimen when a beautiful young drifter (Linda Fiorentino) takes up temporary residence at his home.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
The Mean Season 57.

The Mean Season

February 15, 1985 | R
Malcolm Anderson is a reporter for a Miami newspaper. He's had enough of reporting the local murders and so promises his school teacher girlfriend (Christine), they'll move away soon. Before Malcolm can hand in his notice, the murderer from his latest article phones him. The murderer tells Malcolm that he's going to kill again. The phone calls and murders continue, soon Malcolm finds that he's not just reporting the story, he is the story.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
Volunteers 58.

Volunteers

August 16, 1985 | R
Lawrence is a rich kid with a bad accent and a large debt. After his father refuses to help him out, Lawrence escapes his angry debtors by jumping on a Peace Corp flight to Southeast Asia, where is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with American-As-Apple-Pie WSU Grad Tom Tuttle and the beautiful and down-to earth Beth Wexler. What they don't realize is that the bridge is coveted by the U.S. Army, a local Communist force, and a powerful drug lord. Together with the help of At Toon, the only English speaking native, they must fight off the three opposing forces and find out what is right for the villagers, as well as themselves.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
5.6
Mischief 59.

Mischief

February 8, 1985 | R
1956. Obsessed with the hottest girl in class (Kelly Preston), a gawky high school student (Doug McKeon) takes a crash course in teenage coolness from his motorcycle rebel neighbour, under the watchful eye of the eternal symbol of teenage rebellion: James Dean.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
8.0
Subway 60.

Subway

November 6, 1985 | R
On improvising a burglary at a shady tycoon's home, Fred takes refuge in the hip and surreal universe of the Paris Metro and encounters its assorted denizens, the tycoon's henchmen and his disenchanted young wife.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
tbd
Target 61.

Target

November 8, 1985 | R
When American Donna Lloyd is kidnapped during a trip to Europe, her son Chris and her husband Walter start searching for her.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
tbd
The Jewel of the Nile 62.

The Jewel of the Nile

December 11, 1985 | PG
When Joan Wilder is abducted while on a trip along the Nile, her boyfriend, Jack Colton, and friend Ralph rush to rescue her and retrieve a fabled jewel.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
6.7
Agnes of God 63.

Agnes of God

September 27, 1985 | PG-13
When a naive novice nun (Meg Tilly) is discovered with a dead newborn in her convent quarters, a court-appointed psychiatrist (Jane Fonda) investigates her case.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
tbd
Gymkata 64.

Gymkata

May 3, 1985 | R
An American gymnast (Kurt Thomas) travels to a foreign country to compete in a deadly game not won by anyone other than a native in more than 900 years.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
tbd
Commando 65.

Commando

October 4, 1985 | TV-MA
A retired elite Black Ops Commando launches a one man war against a group of South American criminals who have kidnapped his daughter.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
6.8
Better Off Dead... 66.

Better Off Dead...

October 11, 1985 | PG
High schooler Lane Meyer (John Cusack) loses his girlfriend Beth (Amanda Wyss) to the captain of the ski team, Roy Stalin (Aaron Dozier). His pal Charles (Curtis Armstrong), though, has a plan for Lane to win her back: he must ski the K12, the highest peak in the local mountain range.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
7.0
Lifeforce 67.

Lifeforce

June 21, 1985 | R
A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
7.3
American Flyers 68.

American Flyers

August 16, 1985 | PG-13
Sports physician Marcus persuades his unstable brother David to come with him and train for a bicycle race across the Rocky Mountains. Marcus doesn't tell David that he has a brain aneurysm which could render him paralyzed or dead at any given moment. While David powerfully heads for the victory, Marcus has to realize that the contest is now beyond his capabilities. / Features great views of the Rockies and an insight in the tactics of bicycle races.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
tbd
Pee-wee's Big Adventure 69.

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

August 9, 1985 | PG
When Pee Wee's beloved bike is stolen, he goes on a cross-country trip to the Alamo because a "physic" tells him it's there. On the way, he finds himself in one oddball encounter after another, from posing as an escaped convict's alibi girlfriend to dancing his way out of a biker brawl in a bar to riding in a big-rig with cackling Large Marge (one year after her death). With so much going on, Pee Wee's adventure could be a Hollywood movie.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
7.5
Rambo: First Blood Part II 70.

Rambo: First Blood Part II

May 22, 1985 | TV-14
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
7.5
National Lampoon's European Vacation 71.

National Lampoon's European Vacation

July 26, 1985 | PG-13
The Griswolds win a vacation tour across Europe where the usual havoc ensues.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
6.6
Secret Admirer 72.

Secret Admirer

June 14, 1985 | R
An anonymous love letter left in Michael's (C. Thomas Howell) locker on the last day of school wreaks havoc on his life and the lives of everyone who come in contact with it.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
tbd
Perfect 73.

Perfect

June 7, 1985 | R
A female aerobics instructor (Jamie Lee Curtis) meets a male reporter (John Travolta) doing a story for Rolling Stone Magazine on the body-building & health club industry in California, but it clearly isn't love at first sight.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
tbd
The River 74.

The River

January 11, 1985 | PG-13
A farming family battles severe storms, a bank is threatening to repossess their farm, and there are other hard times in a battle to save and hold on to their farm.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
tbd
White Nights 75.

White Nights

November 22, 1985 | PG-13
A Russian dancer (Baryshnikov) who defected finds himself back in Russia after a plane crash.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
7.8
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins 76.

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

October 11, 1985 | PG-13
An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the US President.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
tbd
Weird Science 77.

Weird Science

August 2, 1985 | PG-13
Two high school geeks attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
8.3
A Chorus Line 78.

A Chorus Line

December 9, 1985 | PG-13
Based on the Tony Award winning play which also won the Pulitzer Prize. Auditionees for a Broadway chorus line reveal their innermost thoughts and emotions in song and dance before a hard-boiled director. (MGM)
Metascore:
46
User Score:
6.8
The Legend of Billie Jean 79.

The Legend of Billie Jean

July 19, 1985 | R
A Texas teenager cuts her hair short and becomes an outlaw martyr with her brother and friends.
Metascore:
45
User Score:
7.3
Return to Oz 80.

Return to Oz

June 21, 1985 | PG
Dorothy finds herself back in the land of her dreams where she makes delightful new friends like Tik Tok, Jack Pumpkinhead, and the Gum, as well as dangerous new enemies, the creepy Wheelers, the head-hunting Princess Mombi, and the evil Nome King. With every twist in the yellow brick road, Dorothy's struggle to return home becomes more challenging and foreboding. And the future of Oz rests in her hands. Will Dorothy be able to restore its rightful heir to the throne of the Emerald City? (Disney)
Metascore:
42
User Score:
7.7
Clue 81.

Clue

December 13, 1985 | PG
Here is the murderously funny movie based on the world-famous Clue board game. And now, with this special videocassette version, you can see all three surprise endings! Was it Colonel Mustard in the study with a gun? Miss Scarlet in the billiard room with the rope? Or was it Wadsworth the butler? Meet all the notorious suspects and discover all their foul play things. You'll love their dastardly doings as the bodies and the laughs pile up before your eyes. [Paramount Pictures]
Metascore:
41
User Score:
8.1
Into the Night 82.

Into the Night

February 22, 1985 | TV-14
After discovering that his wife is cheating on him, an insomniac aerospace engineer accidentally meets, and tries to help a beautiful model on the run from some totally dangerous people.
Metascore:
41
User Score:
4.8
Rocky IV 83.

Rocky IV

November 27, 1985 | PG
Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago (Dolph Lundgren), a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. This time, Rocky's training regimen takes him to icy Siberia, where he prepares for a globally televised match in the heart of Moscow. But nothing can truly prepare him for what he's about to face - a powerfully charged fight to the finish, in which he must defend not only himself, but also the honor of his country! [MGM]
Metascore:
40
User Score:
6.9
A View to a Kill 84.

A View to a Kill

May 24, 1985 | PG
An investigation of a horse-racing scam leads 007 to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley.
Metascore:
40
User Score:
5.8
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 85.

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

March 29, 1985 | PG-13
When a new gang moves into town it's up to the screwball police team to stop them.
Metascore:
39
User Score:
6.9
Morons from Outer Space 86.

Morons from Outer Space

September 20, 1985 | PG-13
A trio of moronic aliens crash-land on Earth and become celebrities, while a fourth alien, who arrives separately, finds himself ignored.
Metascore:
39
User Score:
tbd
Summer Rental 87.

Summer Rental

August 9, 1985 | PG
An overworked air-traffic controller takes his family on a beach vacation but is soon beset by series of mishaps.
Metascore:
38
User Score:
7.3
Brewster's Millions 88.

Brewster's Millions

May 22, 1985 | PG
A minor league baseball player (Richard Pryor) has to spend thirty million dollars in thirty days, in order to inherit three hundred million dollars. However, he's not allowed to tell anyone about the deal.
Metascore:
37
User Score:
6.7
Tuff Turf 89.

Tuff Turf

January 11, 1985 | R
The new kid in school must battle a gang of street toughs after stealing the gang leader's girl.
Metascore:
37
User Score:
tbd
St. Elmo's Fire 90.

St. Elmo's Fire

June 28, 1985 | TV-14
The film that defined the "Brat Pack". A group of recent Georgetown grads in the Washington DC area struggles to get on with their lives and with each other.
Metascore:
35
User Score:
6.5
The Man with One Red Shoe 91.

The Man with One Red Shoe

July 19, 1985 | PG
Based on the French Comedy, "The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe." A man picked randomly out of a crowd is made the target of CIA surveillance and pursuit.
Metascore:
31
User Score:
4.5
Stick 92.

Stick

April 26, 1985 | R
Released from prison, Stick meets up with a friend and joins him on a job delivering a bag. His friend gets killed in the setup. Stick gets away and is ready to forget all and see his daughter, but they won't forget.
Metascore:
31
User Score:
tbd
The Bride 93.

The Bride

August 16, 1985 | PG-13
After years of research, the doctor (Sting) finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman (Jennifer Beals), who gets the name "Eva".
Metascore:
30
User Score:
tbd
Invasion U.S.A. 94.

Invasion U.S.A.

September 27, 1985 | TV-14
A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.
Metascore:
29
User Score:
8.0
The Slugger's Wife 95.

The Slugger's Wife

March 29, 1985 | PG-13
A major league star who is on the verge of breaking a record, meets a singer and they get married, but they have different goals, so they separate, jeopardizing his opportunity in sports and the possibility of making up with his wife.
Metascore:
29
User Score:
tbd
Silver Bullet 96.

Silver Bullet

October 11, 1985 | R
A werewolf terrorizes a small city where lives the paralytic Marty Coslaw (Corey Haim), his uncle (Gary Busey), and his sister (Megan Follows), the story's narrator.
Metascore:
26
User Score:
7.0
Fever Pitch 97.

Fever Pitch

November 22, 1985 | R
An investigative journalist gets hooked on the subject of his inquiry - professional gambling.
Metascore:
25
User Score:
tbd
Turk 182 98.

Turk 182

February 15, 1985 | PG-13
Jimmy Lynch (Timothy Hutton) is angry because his older brother, who was injured as a result of an off duty fire rescue, is denied benefits by the city.
Metascore:
23
User Score:
tbd
Spies Like Us 99.

Spies Like Us

December 6, 1985 | PG
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.
Metascore:
22
User Score:
7.1
Revolution 100.

Revolution

December 25, 1985 | PG
A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.
Metascore:
22
User Score:
tbd

Titles with fewer than 7 critic reviews are excluded.