1985 in film

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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.)

The top ten 1985 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1985^[1]
Rank	Title	Distributor	Production company	Domestic gross
1.	Back to the Future	Universal Studios / United International Pictures	Amblin Entertainment	$210,609,762
2.	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Tri-Star Pictures / Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment	Carolco Pictures / Anabasis Investments	$150,415,432
3.	Rocky IV	MGM/UA Entertainment Co. / United International Pictures	United Artists Pictures / Chartoff-Winkler Productions	$127,873,716
4.	The Color Purple	Warner Bros. Pictures / Columbia-Warner Distributors	Amblin Entertainment	$94,175,854
5.	Out Of Africa	Universal Studios / United International Pictures	Mirage Enterprises	$87,071,205
6.	Cocoon	20th Century Fox Film Corporation	Zanuck/Brown Productions / SLM Production Group	$85,313,124
7.	The Jewel of the Nile	20th Century Fox Film Corporation	SLM Production Group / Stone Group Pictures	$75,973,200
8.	Witness	Paramount Pictures / United International Pictures	Edward S. Feldman Productions	$68,706,993
9.	The Goonies	Warner Bros. Pictures / Columbia-Warner Distributors	Amblin Entertainment	$61,389,680
10.	Spies Like Us	Warner Bros. Pictures / Columbia-Warner Distributors	AAR Films	$60,088,980

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).

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 Istvan Szabo, 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.)
Day of the Dead, directed by George A. Romero - the final part of Romero's zombie trilogy
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
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 & Blood, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh - (U.S.A./Netherlands/Spain)
Flügel und Fesseln, directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms - (West Germany)
Fletch, starring Chevy Chase
Fool for Love, directed by Robert Altman, starring Sam Shepard and Kim Basinger
Fran - (Australia)
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)
In a Glass Cage (Tras el Cristal) - (Spain)
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
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
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 Halstrom - (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)
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, starring Steve Guttenberg, George Gaynes, 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
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
Stick, directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, with Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, 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

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
Volunteers, starring Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Tim Thomerson, 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 LeBrock, 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 and Two Noughts, directed by Peter Greenaway - (U.K.)

Wide-release films

January–March

January 1985
- January 1
  - The Mutilator
  - Rockin' Road Trip
- January 4
  - Too Scared to Scream
- January 11
  - Avenging Angel
  - Tuff Turf
- January 18
  - The New Kids
  - That's Dancing!
- January 25
  - 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
- March 29

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 - Rustler's 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
- 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
  - Teen Wolf
- August 30
  - American Ninja
  - 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
- 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 18 - Sidney Thomas, actor
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 Yustman, American actress
May 28 - Carey Mulligan, English actress
May 29 - Blake Foster, actor
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 16 - Madeline Zima, American actress
October 11 - Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
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

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession
January	5	Robert Surtees	78	USA	Cinematographer
	13	Carol Wayne	42	Mexico	Actress
	18	Wilfrid Brambell	72	UK	Actor, Soundtrack
	18	Reid Rondell	22	USA	Stuntman, Actor
	24	Joe Henrie	77	USA	Sound Effects Editor
	25	Paul J. Smith	78	USA	Composer, Orchestrator
February	?	Norman Henry	82	UK	Actor
	4	Fred Ryan	67	UK	Boom Operator
	6	Neil McCarthy	52	UK	Actor
	6	James Hadley Chase	78	Switzerland	Writer, Miscellaneous
	11	Henry Hathaway	86	USA	Director, Second Unit Director, Producer
	12	Nicholas Colasanto	61	USA	Actor
	16	Larry Ward	60	USA	Actor, Writer
	19	Dorothy Black	85	UK	Actress
	19	Bernard Freericks	86	USA	Sound
	20	Clarence Nash	80	USA	Actor, Soundtrack
	21	Louis Hayward	75	USA	Actor, Director, Producer
	27	J. Pat O'Malley	80	USA	Actor, Soundtrack
	27	David Huffman	39	USA	Actor, Producer
March	??	Richard Dawking	??	Morocco	Assistant art director
	??	Bryan Coates	63	UK	Production Manager
	3	Noel Purcell	84	Ireland	Actor
	5	Thomas Little	98	USA	Set Decorator
	8	Edward Andrews	70	USA	Actor
	9	Richard Holley	40	USA	Miscellaneous, Actor
	17	Alfred E. Spencer	67	USA	Set Decorator
	19	Anthony Nelson Keys	73	UK	Producer
	21	Michael Redgrave	77	UK	Actor, Writer, Soundtrack
	21	Michael Trubshawe	79	UK	Actor
April	14	Tito Novaro	66	Mexico	Actor
	16	Scott Brady	60	USA	Actor, Soundtrack
	21	John Welsh	70	UK	Actor, Production Manager
	23	Kent Smith	78	USA	Actor, Soundtrack
	23	Howard Beals	67	USA	Sound Effects Editing
	25	Richard Haydn	80	USA	Actor, Director, Writer
May	1	George Pravda	68	UK	Actor
	4	Harry Earles	83	USA	Actor, Soundtrack
	5	Mildred Dixon	74	USA	Actress
	7	Dawn Addams	54	UK	Actress
	9	Edmond O'Brien	69	USA	Actor, Director, Producer
	11	Chester Gould	84	USA	Writer, Actor
	13	Selma Diamond	64	USA	Actress, Writer
	14	Frank Westmore	62	??	Makeup Artist
	16	Margaret Hamilton	82	USA	Actress, Soundtrack
	17	Hugh Burden	72	UK	Actor, Writer
	22	Wolfgang Reitherman	75	USA	Animator, Director, Producer
	22	Gerald Case	80	UK	Actor
	25	Robert Nathan	91	USA	Writer, Actor, Soundtrack
	28	Bob Okazaki	83	USA	Actor
June	1	Richard Greene	66	UK	Actor, Miscellaneous, Producer
	1	James Burge	41	USA	Actor
	3	Sean Sullivan	63	Canada	Actor
	7	Gordon Rollings	59	UK	Actor
	9	Clifford Evans	73	UK	Actor, Producer, Writer
	10	George Chandler	86	USA	Actor, Soundtrack
	11	Norman Claridge	81	UK	Actor
	17	John Boulting	71	UK	Producer, Director, Writer
	24	Valentine Dyall	77	UK	Actor
	28	James Craig	73	USA	Actor, Soundtrack, Writer
July	1	Elsie Wagstaff	86	UK	Actress
	3	Nelson Leigh	80	USA	Actor
	7	Ewen Solon	67	UK	Actor
	8	Phil Foster	71	USA	Actor, Writer, Soundtrack
	8	Victor Rendina	68	USA	Actor
	9	Rafael Campos	49	USA	Actor
	10	Yvonne Caffin	81	UK	Costume Designer
	19	Richard C. Meyer	65	USA	Film Editing
	20	Estelle Evans	78	USA	Actress
	28	Grant Williams	53	USA	Actor
August	1
	2	Bob Holt	56	USA	Actor, Soundtrack
	2	Frank Faylen	79	USA	Actor, Soundtrack
	7	Grayson Hall	62	USA	Actress
	8	Louise Brooks	78	USA	Actress, Soundtrack
	8	Milton H. Greene	63	USA	Executive Producer
	12	Patrick Hines	55	USA	Actor
	13	Marion Martin	77	USA	Actress, Soundtrack
	14	Doris Dudley	68	USA	Actress
	14	Gale Sondergaard	86	USA	Actress
	18	Reg Lever	81	UK	Actor
	21	Maxwell Shaw	56	UK	Actress, Writer, Soundtrack
	28	Ruth Gordon	88	USA	Actor
	29	Evelyn Ankers	67	USA	Actress, Soundtrack
	29	Patrick Barr	77	UK	Actor
	30	Paul Bryar	75	USA	Actor
	30	Tom Howard	75	UK	Special Effects, Visual Effects
September	4	George O'Brien	86	USA	Actor, Soundtrack, Producer
	9	Robert Henderson	80	UK	Actor, Writer
	10	Alexa Kenin	23	USA	Actress
	14	Julian Beck	60	USA	Actor, First Assistant Director
	16	Art Scholl	53	USA	Stuntman, Air Pilot, Actor
	18	Harvey Parry	85	USA	Stuntman, Actor
	24	Paul Mann	71	USA	Actor, Soundtrack
	24	Robert M. Beche	79	USA	Production Manager
	25	Clark L. Paylow	66	USA	Production Manager, First Assistant Director
	27	Lloyd Nolan	83	USA	Actor, Soundtrack
	28	L.B. Abbott	77	USA	Special Effects, Visual Effects
	29	Arthur Krams	73	USA	Set Decorator
	30	Simone Signoret	64	France	Actress
	30	Floyd Crosby	85	USA	Cinematographer
October	2	Sidney Clute	69	USA	Actor
	2	George Savalas	60	USA	Actor, Soundtrack
	2	Rock Hudson	59	USA	Actor, Soundtrack
	6	Nelson Riddle	64	USA	Composer, Orchestrator
	10	Yul Brynner	65	USA	Actor, Director, Soundtrack
	10	Orson Welles	70	USA	Actor, Writer, Director
	16	Charles Stroud	78	USA	Actor, Soundtrack
	16	Franklin Milton	78	USA	Recording Supervisor
	25	Gary Holton	33	UK	Actor
	27	William Bramley	57	USA	Actor
	25	A.W. Lumkin	72	UK	Recording Director
	30	David Oxley	64	Spain	Actor
	30	Leslie K. O'Pace	76	USA	Actor
November	??	Eric Aylott	69	UK	Makeup Artist
	1	Phil Silvers	74	USA	Actor, Soundtrack
	12	Dimitar Panov	83	Bulgaria	Actor
	16	Donald Gantry	52	USA	Actor
	19	Jimmy Ritz	81	??	Actor, Writer
	19	Stepin Fetchit	83	USA	Actor, comedian
	26	Ransom M. Sherman	87	USA	Actor
December	3	Sam Gilman	70	USA	Actor, Writer
	5	Cliff Richardson	80	UK	Special Effects, Visual Effects
	7	Robert Graves	90	Spain	Writer, Producer
	8	Jack H. Skirball	89	USA	Producer
	12	Anne Baxter	62	USA	Actress, Soundtrack, Producer
	14	Bruce Weintraub	33	USA	Set Decorator
	17	Harry M. Leonard	85	USA	Sound Recordlist
	26	Margarete Schön	90	Germany	Actress, Director
	31	Ricky Nelson	45	USA	Actor, Soundtrack, Composer
	31	Sam Spiegel	84	UK	Producer

Film debuts

Joan Allen - Compromising Positions
Sean Astin - The Goonies
Josh Brolin - The Goonies
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

References

^ "1985 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

[1] "1985 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

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