1985 In Film

The following is an overview of events in 1985 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

Events

• 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.
• The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out Of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.
• Bliss wins AFI Award for best Movie (Australia).
• June 5 - The Chicago Cubs play the Atlanta Braves in a baseball game at Wrigley Field. Excerpts from the broadcast later pin this date as the day featured in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Out of Africa - Universal

Best Director: Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa

Best Actor: William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman

Best Actress: Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful

Best Supporting Actor: Don Ameche - Cocoon

Best Supporting Actress: Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor

Best Foreign Language Film: The Official Story (La historia oficial), directed by Luis Puenzo, Argentina

Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement James Stewart

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: Out of Africa

Best Actor: Jon Voight - Runaway Train

Best Actress: Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: Prizzi's Honor

Best Actor: Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor

Best Actress: Kathleen Turner - Prizzi's Honor

Other

Best Director: John Huston - Prizzi's Honor

Best Foreign Language Film: The Official Story (La historia oficial), Argentina

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu), directed by Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), directed by Agnès Varda, France / U.K.

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Die Frau und der Fremde (The Woman and the Stranger), directed by Rainer Simon, East Germany

Wetherby, directed by David Hare, United Kingdom

Razzie Awards

Worst Picture: Rambo: First Blood Part II

Worst Director: Sylvester Stallone - Rocky IV

Worst Actor: Sylvester Stallone - Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV

Worst Actress: Linda Blair - Night Patrol, Savage Island and Savage Streets

Worst Supporting Actor: Rob Lowe - St. Elmo's Fire

Worst Supporting Actress: Brigitte Nielsen - Rocky IV

Worst New Star: Brigitte Nielsen - Red Sonja and Rocky IV

Notable films released in 1985

U.S.A. unless stated

#

• 28 Up, a documentary film - (U.K.)

A

• Adieu Bonaparte, directed by Youssef Chahine, starring Michel Piccoli - (France/Egypt)
• The Adventures of Mark Twain, starring James Whitmore
• After Hours, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Catherine O'Hara, Teri Garr
• Agnes of God, directed by Norman Jewison; starring Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft, Meg Tilly
• Alamo Bay, directed by Louis Malle, starring Ed Harris and Amy Madigan
• Alice in Wonderland, TV film, starring Natalie Gregory, Sid Caesar, Carol Channing, Sammy Davis, Jr., Telly Savalas, Ringo Starr
• American Flyers, starring Kevin Costner, David Marshall Grant, Rae Dawn Chong, Alexandra Paul
• American Ninja, starring Michael Dudikoff
• Angry Harvest (Bittere Ernte), starring Armin Mueller-Stahl - (West Germany)
• Anne of Green Gables, starring Megan Follows - (Canada)
• Arjun, starring Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia - (India)
• The Assam Garden, starring Deborah Kerr and Madhur Jaffrey - (U.K.)
• Asterix Versus Caesar (Astérix et la surprise de César) - (France)
• The Aviator, starring Christopher Reeve

B

• Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, starring Sean Young and William Katt
• Back to the Future, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson
• Bad Medicine, starring Steve Guttenberg and Julie Hagerty
• Better Off Dead, starring John Cusack
• Black Arrow, starring Oliver Reed and Fernando Rey
• The Black Cauldron
• Bliss - (Australia)
• The Boys Next Door, starring Maxwell Caulfield and Charlie Sheen
• Brazil, directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Jonathan Pryce and Robert De Niro - (U.K.)
• The Breakfast Club, directed by John Hughes, starring Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Gleason
• Brewster's Millions, starring Richard Pryor and John Candy
• The Bride, starring Sting and Jennifer Beals - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• The Burmese Harp (Biruma no tategoto), directed by Kon Ichikawa, a remake of Ichikawa's 1956 film - (Japan)
• Butterfly and Flowers (Peesua lae dokmai) - (Thailand)

C

• Calamari Union, directed by Aki Kaurismäki - (Finland)
• Came a Hot Friday - (New Zealand)
• Cat's Eye, an anthology film starring Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Kenneth McMillan, Robert Hays
• The Care Bears Movie, starring Mickey Rooney (voice) - (Canada)
• Chicken with Vinegar (Poulet au Vinaigre), directed by Claude Chabrol - (France)
• A Chorus Line, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Michael Douglas and Alyson Reed
• Clue, starring Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Michael McKean, Lesley Ann Warren, Christopher Lloyd, Madeline Kahn, Martin Mull, Colleen Camp
• The Coca-Cola Kid, starring Eric Roberts and Greta Scacchi
• Cocoon, directed by Ron Howard, starring Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy
• Code of Silence, directed by Andrew Davis, starring Chuck Norris and Molly Hagan
• Colonel Redl, directed by István Szabó, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer - (West Germany/Hungary/Austria)
• The Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Adolph Caesar, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey
• Come and See (Idi i smotri) - (U.S.S.R.)
• Commando, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano
• Compromising Positions, directed by Frank Perry, starring Susan Sarandon, Raúl Juliá, Judith Ivey, Joe Mantegna
• Crime Wave - (Canada)
• Crimewave, directed by Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell

D

• D.A.R.Y.L., starring Barret Oliver and Mary Beth Hurt
• Dance with a Stranger, directed by Mike Newell, starring Rupert Everett and Miranda Richardson - (U.K.)
• Death in a French Garden (Péril en la demeure) - (France)
• Death Wish 3, starring Charles Bronson
• Defence of the Realm, starring Gabriel Byrne and Greta Scacchi - (U.K.)
• Déjà Vu, directed by Anthony B. Richmond, starring Jaclyn Smith, Claire Bloom, Nigel Terry and Shelley Winters
• Desert Hearts, starring Patricia Charbonneau, Helen Shaver, Audra Lindley
• Desperately Seeking Susan, directed by Susan Seidelman, starring Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Laurie Metcalf
• Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, directed by Wayne Wang
• Dissolved and Effused (Rozpuštěný a vypuštěný) - (Czechoslovakia)
• Dreamchild, starring Ian Holm, Coral Browne, Peter Gallagher - (U.K.)

E

• Eleni, directed by Peter Yates, starring John Malkovich, Kate Nelligan, Glenne Headly
• The Emerald Forest, directed by John Boorman, starring Powers Boothe, Meg Foster, Charley Boorman - (U.K.)
• Enemy Mine, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett, Jr. - (West Germany/U.S.A.)
• Eoudong (Courtesan) - (South Korea)
• Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, starring Wilford Brimley and Warwick Davis
• Explorers, directed by Joe Dante, starring Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix

F

• The Falcon and the Snowman, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn
• Family Life (La Vie de Famille) - (France)
• Fandango, starring Kevin Costner
• Festa di laurea (Graduation Party) - (Italy)
• Fever Pitch, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Ryan O'Neal, Giancarlo Giannini, Chad Everett, Catherine Hicks
• Final Justice, starring Joe Don Baker
• Fire Festival (Himatsuri) - (Japan)
• Flesh and Blood, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh - (U.S.A./Netherlands/Spain)
• Fletch, starring Chevy Chase
• Fool for Love, directed by Robert Altman, starring Sam Shepard and Kim Basinger
• Fran - (Australia)
• Friday the 13th, Part V: A New Beginning, directed by Danny Steinmann, starring Melanie Kinnaman and John Shepherd
• Fright Night, starring William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall, Amanda Bearse

G

• Ghoulies
• Ghulami, starring Dharmendra and Naseeruddin Shah - (India)
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt
• Give the Devil His Due (S čerty nejsou žerty) - (Czechoslovakia)
• Goodbye, New York, starring Julie Hagerty
• The Goonies, directed by Richard Donner, starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Jonathan Ke Quan, Martha Plimpton
• Gotcha!, starring Anthony Edwards and Linda Fiorentino
• Grace Quigley, starring Katharine Hepburn and Nick Nolte
• La Gran Fiesta - (Puerto Rico)
• Guest from the Future (Gostya iz budushchego) - (U.S.S.R.)

H

• Hail Mary (Je vous salue, Marie), directed by Jean-Luc Godard - (France)
• Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age - (Australia)
• Heaven Help Us, starring Andrew McCarthy and Mary Stuart Masterson
• Here Come the Littles - (U.S.A./Canada/Japan/Luxembourg)
• The Holcroft Covenant, starring Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer
• The Home and the World (Ghare Baire), directed by Satyajit Ray - (India)
• Hour of the Star (A Hora da Estrela) - (Brazil)
• How Poets are Losing Their Illusions (Jak básníci přicházejí o iluze) - (Czechoslovakia)

I

• De IJssalon (The Ice-Cream Parlor) - (Netherlands)
• Insignificance, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Theresa Russell, Tony Curtis, Gary Busey - (U.K.)
• Into the Night, starring Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer
• Invasion U.S.A., starring Chuck Norris

J

• Jagged Edge, directed by Richard Marquand, starring Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Robert Loggia, Peter Coyote
• The Jewel of the Nile, directed by Lewis Teague, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito
• Joshua Then and Now, starring James Woods and Alan Arkin - (Canada)
• The Journey of Natty Gann, starring Meredith Salenger and John Cusack
• Just One of the Guys, starring Joyce Hyser

K

• Kaakki Sattai, starring Kamal Haasan and Madhavi - (India)
• King David, starring Richard Gere - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• King Solomon's Mines, starring Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone
• Kiss of the Spider Woman (O Beijo da Mulher Aranha), directed by Héctor Babenco, starring William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga - (Brazil/U.S.A.)
• Krush Groove, starring Blair Underwood, Run–D.M.C., Sheila E.

L

• Ladyhawke, starring Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rutger Hauer
• The Last Dragon, starring Taimak, Faith Prince
• The Last Polka, starring John Candy and Eugene Levy - (Canada)
• Latino, directed by Haskell Wexler
• Leave All Fair, starring John Gielgud and Jane Birkin (New Zealand/France)
• Legend, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• The Legend of Billie Jean, starring Helen Slater, Christian Slater
• The Legend of Suram Fortress, directed by Sergei Parajanov (Soviet Union)
• Letter to Brezhnev, starring Peter Firth and Alexandra Pigg - (U.K.)
• Lonely Heart (Sabishinbou) - (Japan)
• Lost in America, directed by and starring Albert Brooks, with Julie Hagerty
• Lust in the Dust, directed by Paul Bartel, starring Divine, Tab Hunter, Lainie Kazan

M

• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner - (Australia)
• The Man with One Red Shoe, starring Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, Lori Singer, Dabney Coleman
• Manevri na petiya etazh (Maneuvers on the Fifth Floor) - (Bulgaria)
• Marie, starring Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Fred Dalton Thompson
• Mask, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Eric Stoltz, Cher and Sam Elliott
• Mask of Murder, starring Rod Taylor and Valerie Perrine - (U.S.A./Sweden)
• The Mass Is Ended (La messa è finita), directed by and starring Nanni Moretti - (Italy)
• Le Matou (The Alley Cat) - (Canada)
• Maxie, starring Glenn Close, Mandy Patinkin, Ruth Gordon, Valerie Curtin
• The Mean Season, starring Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway and Richard Jordan
• Meri Jung, starring Anil Kapoor - (India)
• Mirch Masala (Spices), starring Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Om Puri - (U.K./India)
• Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Ken Ogata - (U.S.A./Japan)
• Movers & Shakers, directed by William Asher, starring Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Gilda Radner
• Mr. Vampire (Goeng-si Sin-sang) - (Hong Kong)
• Murphy's Romance, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim
• My Beautiful Laundrette, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Gordon Warnecke - (U.K.)
• My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund), directed by Lasse Hallström - (Sweden) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• My Science Project
• My Sweet Little Village (Vesničko má středisková), directed by Jiří Menzel - (Czechoslovakia)

N

• National Lampoon's European Vacation, starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
• No End (film), directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski - (Poland)
• No Surrender, starring Michael Angelis and Bernard Hill - (U.K.)
• Nothing Left to Do But Cry (Non ci resta che piangere), directed by and starring Roberto Benigni and Massimo Troisi - (Italy)

O

• The Official Story (La historia oficial) - (Argentina) - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• Once Bitten, starring Lauren Hutton and Jim Carrey (in his first major role)
• One Magic Christmas, starring Mary Steenburgen and Harry Dean Stanton - (U.S.A./Canada)
• Ordeal by Innocence, starring Donald Sutherland, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Plummer - (U.K.)
• Out of Africa, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards

P

• Padre nuestro (Our Father), starring Victoria Abril - (Spain)
• Pale Rider, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Michael Moriarty and Carrie Snodgress
• Pas în doi (Passo Doble) - (Romania)
• The Peanut Butter Solution - (Canada)
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure, directed by Tim Burton, starring Paul Reubens
• Perfect, directed by James Bridges, starring John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis
• Phenomena, directed by Dario Argento - (Italy)
• Pizza Connection, directed by Damiano Damiani - (Italy)
• Plenty, directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman, Ian McKellen, Sting - (U.K.)
• Police, starring Gérard Depardieu and Sophie Marceau - (France)
• Colleen Camp, Bubba Smith
• Police Story (Ging chat goo si), directed by and starring Jackie Chan - (Hong Kong)
• Private Resort, starring Johnny Depp, Rob Morrow, Andrew Dice Clay
• Prizzi's Honor, directed by John Huston, starring Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia - Golden Globe for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
• The Protector, starring Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello - (Hong Kong/U.S.A.)
• The Purple Rose of Cairo, directed by Woody Allen, starring Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello

Q

• The Quiet Earth - (New Zealand)

R

• Radioactive Dreams, starring Michael Dudikoff and Lisa Blount - (U.S.A./Mexico)
• Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer - (U.S.A./Japan)
• Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Julia Nickson
• Ran, directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Tatsuya Nakadai and Mieko Harada - (Japan)
• Re-Animator, starring Jeffrey Combs
• Real Genius, starring Val Kilmer
• Red Kiss (Rouge Baiser) - (France)
• Red Sonja, starring Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman
• Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, starring Fred Ward, Kate Mulgrew, Joel Grey
• Rendez-vous, starring Juliette Binoche and Jean-Louis Trintignant - (France)
• Restless Natives, directed by Michael Hoffman - (U.K.)
• The Return of the Living Dead, directed by Dan O'Bannon
• Return to Oz, starring Fairuza Balk, Piper Laurie, Jean Marsh
• Revolution, directed by Hugh Hudson, starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski - (U.K.)
• Rocky IV, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, with Talia Shire, Dolph Lundgren, Carl Weathers, Brigitte Nielsen, Burt Young
• A Room with a View, directed by James Ivory, starring Maggie Smith and Helena Bonham Carter - (U.K.)
• Runaway Train, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay
• The Runner (Davandeh) - (Iran)
• Rustlers' Rhapsody, directed by Hugh Wilson, starring Tom Berenger, Marilu Henner, Sela Ward, Andy Griffith, Patrick Wayne

S

• Santa Claus: The Movie, starring Dudley Moore - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Scorpio Nights - (Philippines)
• Secret Admirer, starring C. Thomas Howell, Lori Loughlin, Kelly Preston, Fred Ward
• The Secret of the Sword
• Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird
• Shoah - (France)
• The Shooting Party, starring James Mason and John Gielgud - (U.K.)
• Silver Bullet, starring Gary Busey, Corey Haim, Megan Follows, Everett McGill
• Silverado, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, Kevin Costner, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Dennehy, John Cleese, Rosanna Arquette
• A Simple Death (Prostaya smert) - (U.S.S.R.)
• The Slugger's Wife, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Michael O'Keefe and Rebecca De Mornay
• Smooth Talk, starring Laura Dern and Treat Williams
• Spies Like Us, starring Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase
• St. Elmo's Fire, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy
• Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
• George Segal
• Subway, directed by Luc Besson, starring Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert - (France)
• Summer Rental, directed by Carl Reiner, starring John Candy, Rip Torn, Richard Crenna
• The Supergrass, starring Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Robbie Coltrane - (U.K.)
• The Sure Thing, directed by Rob Reiner, starring John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Nicollette Sheridan
• Sweet Dreams, a biopic of Patsy Cline, starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris

T

• Taipei Story (Qing mei zhu ma) - (Taiwan)
• Tampopo (Dandelion) - (Japan)
• Target, starring Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon
• Tea in the Harem (Le Thé au harem d'Archimède) - (France)
• Teen Wolf, starring Michael J. Fox
• That Was Then... This Is Now, starring Emilio Estevez
• That's Dancing!, featuring Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Sammy Davis, Jr. and others
• Thirteen at Dinner, starring Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, Lee Horsley, Bill Nighy
• Three Men and a Cradle (Trois hommes et un couffin) - (France)
• The Time of the Hero (a.k.a. La ciudad y los perros) - (Peru)
• The Time to Live and the Time to Die (Tong nian wang shi) - (Taiwan)
• To Live and Die in L.A., directed by William Friedkin, starring William Petersen and Willem Dafoe
• Transylvania 6-5000, starring Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley, Jr., Joseph Bologna, Teresa Ganzel, Geena Davis
• Treasure Island (L'île au trésor) - (France/Chile)
• The Trip to Bountiful, starring Geraldine Page, John Heard, Rebecca De Mornay
• Trouble in Mind, directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Kris Kristofferson, Geneviève Bujold, Keith Carradine
• Tuff Turf, starring James Spader
• Turk 182!, starring Timothy Hutton, Robert Urich, Kim Cattrall
• Turtle Diary, starring Glenda Jackson and Ben Kingsley - (U.K.)
• Twice in a Lifetime, starring Gene Hackman, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Amy Madigan
• The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (Le due vite di Mattia Pascal), starring Marcello Mastroianni and Senta Berger - (Italy)

U-V

• UFOria, starring Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton, Cindy Williams
• The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) - (Finland)
• Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), directed by Agnès Varda - (France) - Golden Lion award
• Vampire Hunter D (Kyûketsuki hantâ D) - (Japan)
• Vampires in Havana (¡Vampiros en La Habana!) - (Cuba)
• La vaquilla (The Heifer), directed by Luis García Berlanga - (Spain)
• A View to a Kill, starring Roger Moore (as James Bond) with Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones - (U.K.)
• Vision Quest, starring Matthew Modine and Linda Fiorentino
• George Plimpton

W

• Water, starring Michael Caine, Billy Connolly, Valerie Perrine - (U.K.)
• Wetherby, directed by David Hare, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Ian Holm - (U.K.) - Golden Bear award
• Weird Science, directed by John Hughes, starring Kelly Le Brock, Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith
• Wild Geese II, starring Scott Glenn, Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier - (U.K.)
• When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu) - (Yugoslavia) - Palme d'Or award
• White Nights, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Helen Mirren
• Witness, directed by Peter Weir, starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas
• The Woman and the Stranger (Die Frau und der Fremde) - (East Germany) - Golden Bear award

XYZ

• Year of the Dragon, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Mickey Rourke and John Lone
• Yes, Madam (Huang jia shi jie), starring Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock - (Hong Kong)
• Young Sherlock Holmes, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Anthony Higgins
• A Zed & Two Noughts, directed by Peter Greenaway - (U.K.)

Wide-release films

January–March

• January 1985
  • January 8
    • The Mutilator
    • Rockin' Road Trip
  • January 11
    • Too Scared to Scream
  • January 17
    • Avenging Angel
    • Tuff Turf
  • January 19
    • The New Kids
    • That's Dancing!
  • January 27
    • The Falcon and the Snowman
    • Fandango
• February 1985
  • February 8
    • Heaven Help Us
    • Mischief
    • Witness
  • February 15
    • The Breakfast Club
    • Fast Forward
    • Into the Night
    • The Mean Season
    • Turk 182
    • Vision Quest
  • February 20 - Brazil (France; UK Feb. 22 1985; US Dec. 18 1985)
• March 1985
  • March 1
    • Certain Fury
    • The Purple Rose of Cairo
    • The Sure Thing
  • March 2
    • Ghoulies
    • Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
  • March 8 - Mask
  • March 15
    • Lost in America
    • Sylvester
  • March 22
    • Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
    • Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
    • The Last Dragon
    • The Secret of the Sword
  • March 29
    • Desperately Seeking Susan
    • King David
    • Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
    • The Slugger's Wife

April–June

• April 1985
  • April 3 - Alamo Bay
  • April 10 - Private Resort
  • April 12
    • Cat's Eye
    • Girls Just Want to Have Fun
    • Ladyhawke
  • April 25 - Crimewave (US)
  • April 26
    • Just One of the Guys
    • Stick
• May 1985
  • May 3
    • Code of Silence
    • Gotcha!
    • Gymkata
  • May 8 - Creature
  • May 10 - Rustlers' Rhapsody
  • May 17 - Ordeal by Innocence
  • May 22
    • Brewster's Millions
    • Rambo: First Blood Part II
    • A View to a Kill (San Francisco premiere; London premiere June 12, 1985)
  • May 31 - Fletch
• June 1985
  • June 7
    • The Goonies (US; UK Nov. 29 1985; Aus Dec. 12 1985; Japan Dec. 21 1985)
    • Perfect
  • June 13 - Prizzi's Honor
  • June 14 - Secret Admirer
  • June 21
    • Cocoon
    • Return to Oz (US; UK July 10, 1985)
  • June 26 - Pale Rider
  • June 28 - St. Elmo's Fire

July–September

• July 1985
  • July 3
    • Back to the Future
    • Red Sonja
  • July 10 - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
  • July 12
    • Explorers
    • Silverado
  • July 19
    • Day of the Dead
    • The Legend of Billie Jean
    • The Man with One Red Shoe
  • July 24 - The Black Cauldron
  • July 26
    • Kiss of the Spider Woman
    • National Lampoon's European Vacation
• August 1985
  • August 2
    • Fright Night
    • Follow That Bird
    • Weird Science
  • August 7 - Real Genius
  • August 9
    • My Science Project
    • Pee-wee's Big Adventure
    • Summer Rental
  • August 16
    • American Flyers
    • The Return of the Living Dead
    • Volunteers
    • Year of the Dragon
  • August 21 - Agnes of God
  • August 23
    • Better Off Dead
    • Ghostbusters (re-release)
    • Teen Wolf
  • August 30
    • American Ninja
    • Gremlins (re-release)
    • Compromising Positions
• September 1985
  • September 10
    • Plenty
    • Smooth Talk
  • September 13 - After Hours
  • September 17 - Maxie
  • September 27
    • Invasion U.S.A.
    • The Journey of Natty Gann

October–December

• October 1985
  • October 4
    • Commando
    • Jagged Edge
    • Sweet Dreams
  • October 11
    • Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
    • Silver Bullet
  • October 18 - Re-Animator
  • October 23 - Twice in a Lifetime
• November 1985
  • November 1
    • Death Wish 3
    • A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
    • To Live and Die in L.A.
  • November 8
    • Target
    • That Was Then... This Is Now
    • Transylvania 6-5000
  • November 15
    • Once Bitten
    • Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
  • November 22
    • Bad Medicine
    • Fever Pitch
    • King Solomon's Mines
    • One Magic Christmas
    • Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
    • White Nights
  • November 27
    • Rocky IV
    • Santa Claus: The Movie
• December 1985
  • December 4 - Young Sherlock Holmes
  • December 6
    • Runaway Train (limited; wide Jan. 17 1986)
    • Spies Like Us
  • December 11 - The Jewel of the Nile
  • December 13
    • A Chorus Line
    • Clue
    • Legend (UK; US April 18, 1986)
  • December 18
    • The Color Purple
    • Out of Africa
  • December 20 - Enemy Mine
  • December 25
    • Murphy's Romance (limited; wide January 1986)
    • Revolution
    • The Trip to Bountiful

Births

• January 3 - Nicole Beharie, actress
• February 7 - Tina Majorino, American actress
• March 13 - Emile Hirsch, American actor
• March 15
  • Eva Amurri, American actress
  • Kellan Lutz, American actor
• March 26
  • Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
  • Keira Knightley, British actress
• April 16 - Rhiana Griffith, actress
• April 17 - Rooney Mara, actress
• May 10 - Odette Annable, American actress
• May 28 - Carey Mulligan, English actress
• May 29 - Blake Foster, actor
• June 12 - Dave Franco, actor
• June 15 - Maxey Whitehead, voice actress
• June 24 - Kyle Searles, actor
• July 1 - Léa Seydoux, French actress
• July 2 - Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer
• July 18 - Chace Crawford, American actor
• July 21 - Vanessa Lengies, Canadian actress and singer
• August 9 - Anna Kendrick, American actress
• September 4 - Morgan Garrett, voice actress
• September 16 - Madeline Zima, American actress
• October 11 - Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
• November 2 - Josh Grelle, voice actor
• November 30 - Kaley Cuoco, American actress
• December 3 - Amanda Seyfried, American actress and singer
• December 5 - Frankie Muniz, American actor
• December 10 - Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer

Notable deaths

Film debuts

• Joan Allen - Compromising Positions
• Sean Astin - The Goonies
• Josh Brolin - The Goonies
• Tim Burton (director) - Pee Wee's Big Adventure
• Don Cheadle - Moving Violations
• Patrick Dempsey - Heaven Help Us
• Linda Fiorentino - Vision Quest
• Stephen Fry - The Good Father
• Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
• Ethan Hawke - Explorers
• Elias Koteas - One Magic Christmas
• LL Cool J - Krush Groove
• John Leguizamo - Mixed Blood
• Tom Lister, Jr. - Runaway Train
• Dolph Lundgren - A View to a Kill
• Madonna - Vision Quest
• Alyssa Milano -Commando
• Rob Morrow - Private Resort
• Viggo Mortensen - Witness
• Brigitte Nielsen - Red Sonja
• River Phoenix - Explorers
• Miranda Richardson - Dance with a Stranger
• Mia Sara - Legend
• Kyra Sedgwick - War and Love
• Christian Slater - The Legend of Billie Jean
• Yeardley Smith - Heaven Help Us
• Danny Trejo - Runaway Train
• Stanley Tucci - Prizzi's Honor
• Oprah Winfrey - The Color Purple
• Billy Zane - Back to the Future

See also

• List of American films of 1985
• List of British films of 1985
• List of French films of 1985
• List of German films of the 1980s
• List of Bollywood films of 1985
• List of Italian films of 1985
• List of Japanese films of 1985
• List of Swedish films of the 1980s

References