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1.
Ran
December 20, 1985
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.
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After Hours
September 13, 1985
A Manhattan Yuppie's night out becomes a comic nightmare. (Warner Bros.)
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Back to the Future
July 3, 1985
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.
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
June 13, 1985
Warrior/pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
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Brazil
December 18, 1985
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]
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Prizzi's Honor
June 14, 1985
A professional hitman and hitwoman fall in love.
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Blood Simple
January 18, 1985
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]
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
September 20, 1985
A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.
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To Live and Die in L.A.
November 1, 1985
A bold Secret Service (William Petersen) agent straddles the line to bring down the counterfeiter (Willem DaFoe) who killed his partner.
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The Color Purple
December 18, 1985
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.
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A Passage to India
February 1, 1985
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.
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Lost in America
February 15, 1985
A husband and wife in their 30s decide to quit their jobs, live as free spirits and cruise America in a Winnebago.
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The Sure Thing
March 1, 1985
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...
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Witness
February 8, 1985
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.
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The Killing Fields
February 1, 1985
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.
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The Hit
March 8, 1985
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.
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The Purple Rose of Cairo
May 2, 1985
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.
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Smooth Talk
November 17, 1985
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.
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Re-Animator
October 18, 1985
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.
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20.
Mask
March 22, 1985
A teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
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Real Genius
August 7, 1985
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.
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
July 10, 1985
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.
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Desperately Seeking Susan
April 12, 1985
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.
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Cat's Eye
April 12, 1985
A stray cat is the linking element of three tales of suspense and horror.
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Out of Africa
December 20, 1985
In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.
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The Company of Wolves
April 19, 1985
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.
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Fletch
May 31, 1985
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]
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The Falcon and the Snowman
February 8, 1985
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
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1984
March 22, 1985
In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
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The Journey of Natty Gann
September 27, 1985
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.
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The Breakfast Club
February 15, 1985
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
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32.
The Return of the Living Dead
August 16, 1985
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.
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Compromising Positions
August 30, 1985
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.
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Young Sherlock Holmes
December 4, 1985
When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Rowe) decides to investigate.
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Sweet Dreams
October 11, 1985
The story of Patsy Cline (Jessica Lange), the velvet-voiced country music singer who died a tragic death at the height of her fame.
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Cocoon
June 21, 1985
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigour.
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37.
Heaven Help Us
February 8, 1985
A new transfer student to St. Basil's Boys' Prep School tries to fit in while romantically pursuing a troubled young girl.
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Fool for Love
December 6, 1985
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.
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Ladyhawke
April 12, 1985
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.
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Silverado
July 10, 1985
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)
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The Goonies
June 7, 1985
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.]
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Fright Night
August 2, 1985
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.
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Pale Rider
June 28, 1985
A mysterious preacher (Clint Eastwood) protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
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Jagged Edge
October 4, 1985
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?
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Day of the Dead
July 19, 1985
A small group of military officers and scientists dwell in an underground bunker as the world above is overrun by zombies.
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46.
Follow That Bird
August 2, 1985
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.
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The Black Cauldron
July 24, 1985
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.
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48.
Enemy Mine
December 20, 1985
During a lengthy space war, the lives of two wounded enemies become dependent on their ability to forgive and to trust.
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49.
The Coca-Cola Kid
July 14, 1985
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.
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Twice in a Lifetime
November 8, 1985
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.
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51.
Year of the Dragon
August 16, 1985
A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders.
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52.
The Last Dragon
March 22, 1985
In New York City, a young man searches for a Master to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the Glow.
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53.
Explorers
July 12, 1985
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?
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54.
Flesh+Blood
August 30, 1985
In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors--commoners.
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55.
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
April 12, 1985
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.
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56.
Vision Quest
February 15, 1985
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.
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The Mean Season
February 15, 1985
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.
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58.
Volunteers
August 16, 1985
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.
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59.
Mischief
February 8, 1985
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.
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60.
Subway
November 6, 1985
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.
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Target
November 8, 1985
When American Donna Lloyd is kidnapped during a trip to Europe, her son Chris and her husband Walter start searching for her.
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The Jewel of the Nile
December 11, 1985
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.
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Agnes of God
September 27, 1985
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.
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Gymkata
May 3, 1985
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.
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Commando
October 4, 1985
A retired elite Black Ops Commando launches a one man war against a group of South American criminals who have kidnapped his daughter.
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Better Off Dead...
October 11, 1985
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.
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Lifeforce
June 21, 1985
A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
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American Flyers
August 16, 1985
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.
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69.
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
August 9, 1985
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.
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Rambo: First Blood Part II
May 22, 1985
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.
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National Lampoon's European Vacation
July 26, 1985
The Griswolds win a vacation tour across Europe where the usual havoc ensues.
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Secret Admirer
June 14, 1985
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.
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Perfect
June 7, 1985
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.
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The River
January 11, 1985
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.
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White Nights
November 22, 1985
A Russian dancer (Baryshnikov) who defected finds himself back in Russia after a plane crash.
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76.
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
October 11, 1985
An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the US President.
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Weird Science
August 2, 1985
Two high school geeks attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that.
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78.
A Chorus Line
December 9, 1985
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)
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The Legend of Billie Jean
July 19, 1985
A Texas teenager cuts her hair short and becomes an outlaw martyr with her brother and friends.
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80.
Return to Oz
June 21, 1985
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)
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81.
Clue
December 13, 1985
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]
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82.
Into the Night
February 22, 1985
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.
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83.
Rocky IV
November 27, 1985
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]
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84.
A View to a Kill
May 24, 1985
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.
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85.
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
March 29, 1985
When a new gang moves into town it's up to the screwball police team to stop them.
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86.
Morons from Outer Space
September 20, 1985
A trio of moronic aliens crash-land on Earth and become celebrities, while a fourth alien, who arrives separately, finds himself ignored.
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Summer Rental
August 9, 1985
An overworked air-traffic controller takes his family on a beach vacation but is soon beset by series of mishaps.
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88.
Brewster's Millions
May 22, 1985
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.
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Tuff Turf
January 11, 1985
The new kid in school must battle a gang of street toughs after stealing the gang leader's girl.
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90.
St. Elmo's Fire
June 28, 1985
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.
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The Man with One Red Shoe
July 19, 1985
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.
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Stick
April 26, 1985
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.
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The Bride
August 16, 1985
After years of research, the doctor (Sting) finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman (Jennifer Beals), who gets the name "Eva".
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Invasion U.S.A.
September 27, 1985
A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.
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95.
The Slugger's Wife
March 29, 1985
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.
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Silver Bullet
October 11, 1985
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.
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Fever Pitch
November 22, 1985
An investigative journalist gets hooked on the subject of his inquiry - professional gambling.
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98.
Turk 182
February 15, 1985
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.
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99.
Spies Like Us
December 6, 1985
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.
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Revolution
December 25, 1985
A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.
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Titles with fewer than 7 critic reviews are excluded.