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Theme: Films of 1985

The Adventures of Hercules (1985)

2 January 20056 June 2019

Rating: ½

Greek Mythological Hero

Director: Luigi Cozzi
Actors: Lou Ferrigno, Milly Carlucci, Sonia Viviani, William Berger, …
Category: Fantasy

Airwolf (1985)

1 June 199921 June 2019

Rating: ★

Hi-Tech Helicopter

Director: Donald P. Bellisario
Actors: Jan-Michael Vincent, Belinda Bauer, David Hemmings, Ernest Borgnine, …
Category: Science Fiction

Angel’s Egg (1985)

22 January 202022 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Surreal Journey Across an Alien World

Director: Mamoru Oshii
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Asterix vs Caesar (1985)

31 July 199923 September 2019

Rating: ★

Animation/Comic-Book Character

Director: Paul Brizzi, Gaetan Brizzi
Actors: Jack Bearber, Bill Kearns, Allen Wenger, Gordon Heath
Category: Fantasy

Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985)

9 October 201823 April 2020

Rating: 0­

Island of Malevolent Doll Creatures

Director: Michael Stanley
Category: Horror

The Aurora Encounter (1985)

1 August 199929 September 2019

Rating: ★★

UFO Encounter in the Old West

Director: Jim McCullough Sr
Actors: Carol Bagdasarian, Jack Elam, Mindy Smith, Mickey Hays, …
Category: Science Fiction

Baby – Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)

4 August 199923 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Dinosaur Discovered

Director: B.W.L. Norton
Actors: William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan, Kyolo Mativo, …
Category: Science Fiction

Back to the Future (1985)

9 May 199924 October 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Time Travel

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Black Cauldron (1985)

1 September 200015 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Disney Animation/Sword and Sorcery

Director: Ted Berman, Richard Rich
Actors: Nigel Hawthorne, John Hurt, Phil Fondacaro, Freddie Jones
Category: Fantasy

The Blue Man (1985)

7 May 200019 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Astral Killer

Director: George Mihalka
Actors: Karen Black, John Novak, Vlasta Vrana, Tom Rack, …
Category: Horror

Brazil (1985)

1 August 20016 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dystopian Black Comedy

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Ian Holm, Kim Greist, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Bride (1985)

29 July 20067 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Frankenstein Film

Director: Franc Roddam
Actors: Sting, Jennifer Beals, Clancy Brown, David Rappaport, …
Category: Horror

Bridge Across Time (1985)

18 December 201914 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Jack the Ripper Resurrected in the Modern Day

Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Actors: David Hassehhoff, Clu Gulager, Lane Smith, Adrienne Barbeau
Category: Horror

Cat’s Eye (1985)

4 January 20006 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Stephen King Anthology

Director: Lewis Teague
Actors: Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Robert Hays, Alan King, …
Category: Horror

Cavegirl (1985)

22 November 20087 April 2020

Rating: ½

Nerd Time Travels Back to Prehistory Comedy

Director: David Oliver
Actors: Daniel Roebuck, Cindy Ann Thompson
Category: Science Fiction

Cocoon (1985)

26 April 200125 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Alien Visitors/Rejuvenated Geriatrics

Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Brian Dennehy, Don Ameche, Steve Guttenberg, Hume Cronyn, …
Category: Science Fiction

Creator (1985)

27 October 200120 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Cloning and the Meaning of Life

Director: Ivan Passer
Actors: Peter O'Toole, Vincent Spano, Mariel Hemingway, David Ogden Stiers, …
Category: Science Fiction

D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

8 February 200530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Android Boy

Director: Simon Wincer
Actors: Barret Oliver, Michael McKean, Mary Beth Hurt, Josef Sommer, …
Category: Science Fiction

Day of the Dead (1985)

9 March 20019 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Zombies

Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Lori Cardille, Joe Pilato, Richard Liberty, Howard Sherman, …
Category: Horror

Defcon-4 (1985)

13 October 200122 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Nuclear Holocaust and After

Director: Paul Donovan
Actors: Tim Choate, Lenore Zann, Maury Chaykin, Kate Lynch, …
Category: Science Fiction

Demons (1985)

29 August 200118 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Possessed Undead Take Over a Cinema

Director: Lamberto Bava
Actors: Natasha Hovey, Urbano Barberini, Karl Zinny, Fiore Argento, …
Category: Horror

The Doctor and the Devils (1985)

15 February 200118 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

19th Century Grave Robbers

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce, Stephen Rea, Julian Sands, …
Category: Horror

Dreamchild (1985)

27 February 200120 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Real-Life Alice in Wonderland Reminisces

Director: Gavin Millar
Actors: Coral Browne, Peter Gallagher, Ian Holm, Nicola Cowper, …
Category: Fantasy

Edge of Darkness (1985)

1 February 200830 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Nuclear Power/Environmental Thriller

Director: Martin Campbell
Actors: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Joanne Whalley, Charles Kay, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Emerald Forest (1985)

26 February 20076 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Amazon Rainforest Drama/Magical Realism

Director: John Boorman
Actors: Charley Boorman, Powers Boothe, Meg Foster
Category: Fantasy

Enemy Mine (1985)

23 September 20006 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Human-Alien Enemies Stranded on a Hostile Planet

Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr, Bumper Robinson, Brion James
Category: Science Fiction

Explorers (1985)

18 January 20015 November 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Teenagers Build Spaceship

Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, Dick Miller, …
Category: Science Fiction

Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985)

8 May 20015 June 2020

Rating: 0­

Slasher Film

Director: Danny Steinmann
Actors: Melanie Kinnaman, Anthony Barrile, Corey Parker, Miguel A. Nunez Jr
Category: Horror

Fright Night (1985)

28 January 200126 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Vampire Next Door Neighbour

Director: Tom Holland
Actors: William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall, Amanda Bearse, …
Category: Horror

Ghoulies (1985)

1 November 200229 May 2020

Rating: ½

Malevolent Satanic Creatures

Director: Luca Bercovici
Actors: Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Scott Thompson, …
Category: Horror

The Heavenly Kid (1985)

29 August 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★½

Teen Angel

Director: Cary Medoway
Actors: Lewis Smith, Jason Gedrick, Richard Mulligan, Jane Kaczmarek, …
Category: Fantasy

The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)

18 March 200318 March 2020

Rating: ★

Backroads Brutality

Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Janus Blythe, Michael Berryman, Willard Pugh, Colleen Riley, …
Category: Horror

The Howling II (1985)

18 March 200326 May 2020

Rating: ★

Werewolves

Director: Philippe Mora
Actors: Christopher Lee, Sybil Danning, Reb Brown, Annie McEnroe, …
Category: Horror

Identified Flying Object (1985)

3 May 201030 August 2018

Rating: ½

Cute Artificially-Intelligent Helicopter

Director: Ulli Lommel
Actors: Carey Shearer, Kim Cincaid, Marc Drotman, Paul Rugg, …
Category: Science Fiction

Igor and the Lunatics (1985)

25 September 202025 September 2020

Rating: ★

Crazed Cult Followers

Director: Billy Parolini
Category: Horror

Invasion U.S.A. (1985)

21 June 200626 November 2020

Rating: ★

Action/Communist Invasion of the USA

Director: Joseph Zito
Actors: Chuck Norris, Richard Lynch, Melissa Prophet, Eddie Jones, …
Category: Science Fiction

King Solomon’s Mines (1985)

8 June 20035 January 2021

Rating: 0­

Adventure Film

Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, John Rhys-Davies, Herbert Lom
Category: Fantasy

Ladyhawke (1985)

7 April 20013 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Mediaeval Fantasy/Lovers Under Animal Transformation Curse

Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern, …
Category: Fantasy

The Last Dragon (1985)

15 December 20078 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo Martial Arts/Disco Film

Director: Michael Schultz
Actors: Taimak, Vanity, Chris Murney, Julius J. Carry III, …
Category: Fantasy

Legend (1985)

27 April 200328 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Adult Fairytale

Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, …
Category: Fantasy

Lifeforce (1985)

25 May 20039 March 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Soul-Sucking Alien Vampires

Director: Tobe Hooper
Actors: Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Mathilda May, …
Category: Science Fiction

Light Blast (1985)

10 December 202010 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Action Film/Laser Weapon

Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Actors: Erik Estrada, Thomas Moore
Category: Science Fiction

The Lost Tribe (1985)

6 May 20031 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Disappearance

Director: John Laing
Actors: John Bach, Darren Takle, Emma Takle, Martyn Sanderson, …
Category: Horror

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

26 March 20073 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Post-Holocaust Action

Director: George Miller, George Ogilvie
Actors: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Helen Buday, Angelo Rossitto, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Magic Carpet (1985)

6 August 200013 August 2019

Rating: ★★½

Children’s Arabian Nights Fantasy

Director: Brita Wielopolska
Actors: David Bertelsen, Zuhal Ozdemir, Lars Junggreen, Zihini Kucumen, …
Category: Fantasy

The Mark of Cain (1985)

3 January 200130 August 2018

Rating: ½

Evil Twin Psycho-Thriller

Director: Bruce Pittman
Actors: Robin Ward, Wendy Crewson, Anthony Parr, August Schellenberg, …
Category: Horror

Maxie (1985)

8 July 200530 August 2018

Rating: ½

Possession by Flapper’s Ghost Comedy

Director: Paul Aaron
Actors: Glenn Close, Mandy Patinkin, Ruth Gordon, Barnard Hughes, …
Category: Fantasy

The Midnight Hour (1985)

8 April 200130 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Halloween Special

Director: Jack Bender
Actors: Lee Montgomery, Shari Belafonte-Harper, LeVar Burton, Jonna Lee, …
Category: Horror

Morons from Outer Space (1985)

2 February 200320 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Idiotic Alien Visitors/Genre Spoof

Director: Mike Hodges
Actors: Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones, Jimmy Nail, Dinsdale Landen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mr Vampire (1985)

12 November 200228 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Hong Kong Supernatural Comedy

Director: Ricky Lau
Actors: Lam Ching-Ying, Ricky Hui, Billy Lau, Siu-fung Wong, …
Category: Fantasy

Mr Wrong (1985)

6 December 200330 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Haunted Car/Stalker

Director: Gaylene Preston
Actors: Heather Bolton, David Letch, Perry Piercy, Margaret Umbers, …
Category: Horror

My Science Project (1985)

6 January 200630 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Teenagers Activate Time Vortex Device

Director: Jonathan R. Betuel
Actors: John Stockwell, Fisher Stevens, Dennis Hopper, Rafael Sbarge, …
Category: Science Fiction

The New Kids (1985)

2 December 200417 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Teenage Revenge and Brutality

Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Actors: James Spader, Lori Laughlin, Shannon Presby, Eddie Jones, …
Category: Horror

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part II: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

15 July 200221 June 2020

Rating: ★

Dream-Invading Boogey Man

Director: Jack Sholder
Actors: Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Clu Gulager, …
Category: Horror

Once Bitten (1985)

22 May 20016 August 2020

Rating: 0­

Vampire Comedy

Director: Howard Storm
Actors: Jim Carrey, Lauren Hutton, Cleavon Little, Richard Schaal
Category: Horror

The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)

5 January 200330 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Children’s Film

Director: Michael Rubbo
Actors: Matthew Mackay, Siluk Saysanasy, Michael Hogan, Alison Podbrey, …
Category: Fantasy

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)

24 December 200226 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Overgrown Adolescent’s Nonsense Adventures

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen, …
Category: Uncategorised

Phenomena (1985)

3 September 199915 May 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Giallo Thriller/Insect Telepathy

Director: Dario Argento
Actors: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi, Dalila DiLazzaro, …
Category: Horror

The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)

26 September 200131 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Character Steps Out of a Film

Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello
Category: Fantasy

The Quiet Earth (1985)

1 February 200118 May 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Last People on Earth

Director: Geoff Murphy
Actors: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Peter Smith
Category: Science Fiction

Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985)

5 April 199912 May 2019

Rating: ★

Animation/Magic Horse Saves the Universe

Director: Bernard DeVries, Kimio Yabuki
Actors: Bettina, David Mendenhall, Andre Strojka, Rhonda Aldrich, …
Category: Fantasy

Re-Animator (1985)

2 January 20013 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Resurrection of the Dead/Splatter Black Comedy/H.P. Lovecraft Adaptation

Director: Stuart Gordon
Actors: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale, …
Category: Horror

Real Genius (1985)

27 April 200020 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Hi-Tech University Hijinks

Director: Martha Coolidge
Actors: Gabe Jarret, Val Kilmer, Michelle Meyrink, William Atherton, …
Category: Science Fiction

Red Sonja (1985)

9 November 200523 September 2020

Rating: ★

Warrior Woman/Sword and Sorcery

Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ernie Reyes Jr, Paul Smith, …
Category: Fantasy

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

10 November 20034 June 2019

Rating: ★★★

Martial Arts Super-Spy

Director: Guy Hamilton
Actors: Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Kate Mulgrew, J.A. Preston, …
Category: Fantasy

Return of the Living Dead (1985)

6 December 200117 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Zombies/Black Comedy

Director: Dan O'Bannon
Actors: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Thom Mathews, Don Calfa, …
Category: Horror

Return to Oz (1985)

26 December 200011 July 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Wizard of Oz Sequel

Director: Walter Murch
Actors: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, …
Category: Fantasy

Santa Claus – The Movie (1985)

12 January 201415 October 2020

Rating: 0­

The Santa Claus Story

Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Actors: David Huddleston, Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, Christian Fitzpatrick, …
Category: Fantasy

The Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1985)

9 May 201130 August 2018

Rating: ½

Italian Muscleman Adventure

Director: Bruno Mattei
Actors: Lou Ferrigno, Sybil Danning, Carla Ferrigno, Brad Harris, …
Category: Fantasy

Shadey (1985)

12 February 200922 September 2018

Rating: 0­

Psychic Photography

Director: Philip Saville
Actors: Anthony Sher, Patrick MacNee, Leslie Ash, Katherine Helmond, …
Category: Fantasy

Silver Bullet (1985)

10 June 200226 February 2019

Rating: ★★★

Werewolf/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Daniel Attias
Actors: Corey Haim, Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Megan Follows
Category: Horror

Sky Bandits (1985)

3 February 200221 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Flyer Adventure/Alien Artefacts

Director: Colin Eggleston
Actors: John Hargreaves, Max Phipps, Bill Hunter
Category: Science Fiction

Slaughter High (1986)

1 March 200012 September 2019

Rating: 0­

Slasher Film

Director: George Dugdale, Mark Ezra, Peter Litten
Actors: Caroline Munro, Simon Scuddamore, Carmen Iannaccone, Kelly Baker, …
Category: Horror

Spacerage: Breakout on Prison Planet (1985)

15 September 201230 August 2018

Rating: ½

Interstellar Prison Escape

Director: Conrad E. Palmisano, Peter McCarthy
Actors: Michael Paré, Richard Farnsworth, John Laughlin, Lewis Van Bergen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Spies Like Us (1985)

20 August 20032 April 2019

Rating: ½

Spy Comedy

Director: John Landis
Actors: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Donna Dixon, Steve Forrest, …
Category: Science Fiction

Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)

2 February 20118 March 2020

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Space Opera

Director: Steven Hahn
Actors: Joe Colligan, Carmen Argenziano, Noelle North, Anthony Delongis, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Stuff (1985)

31 August 200017 August 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Possession by Sentient Fast Food

Director: Larry Cohen
Actors: Michael Moriarty, Paul Sorvino, Andrea Marcovicci, Scott Bloom, …
Category: Science Fiction

Teen Wolf (1985)

9 June 200311 April 2019

Rating: ★★

Teenage Werewolf Comedy

Director: Rod Daniel
Actors: Michael J. Fox, Susan Ursitti, Jerry Levine, Lorrie Griffin, …
Category: Fantasy

The Tomb (1985)

18 January 20035 January 2021

Rating: ★

Revived Mummy Queen

Director: Fred Olen Ray
Actors: Cameron Mitchell, Michelle Bauer, Sybil Danning, Richard Alan Hench, …
Category: Horror

Trancers (1985)

5 May 20039 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Time-Travelling Detective

Director: Charles Band
Actors: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Michael Stefani, Art La Fleur, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)

14 October 201230 August 2018

Rating: 0­

Famous Monster Bash/Comedy

Director: Rudy De Luca
Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley Jr, Joseph Bologna, Teresa Ganzel, …
Category: Horror

Uforia (1985)

27 January 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

UFO Religion

Director: John Binder
Actors: Fred Ward, Cindy Williams, Harry Dean Stanton, Robert Gray, …
Category: Science Fiction

Vampire Hunter D (1985)

5 May 201027 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Post-Holocaust Vampire Hunter

Director: Toyoo Ashida, Carl Macek
Category: Horror

A View to a Kill (1985)

15 July 20001 March 2020

Rating: ★★

James Bond Film

Director: John Glen
Actors: Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Grace Jones, Tanya Roberts, …
Category: Science Fiction

Weird Science (1985)

23 May 20036 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Two Geeks Create the Perfect Woman

Director: John Hughes
Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton, …
Category: Science Fiction

Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

2 September 200328 November 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Teenage Sherlock Holmes/Adventure Film

Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Nicholas Rowe, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Alan Cox, …
Category: Fantasy

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