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Good Movies of 1985


Back to the Future

Mad Max Thunderdome

Brazil

The Breakfast Club

Mask
Out of Africa
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Teen Wolf
The Trip to Bountiful
Weird Science
Cocoon
The Color Purple
Enemy Mine


New Movies 1985

 

Adventures of Mark Twain

After Hours

Agnes of God

American Ninja

The Annihilators

Avenging Angel

Bad Medicine

Better Off Dead

The Black Cauldron

The Boys Next Door

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

Cat's Eye

The Purple Rose of Cairo

A Chorus Line

Clue

The Coca-Cola Kid

Cocaine Wars

Code of Silence

Code of Vengeance

Come and See

Commando

Crazy Construction

Creature

Crimewave

Day of the Dead

Death Wish 3

Desperately Seeking Susan

The Devastator

Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

Explorers

Fandango

Final Justice

Fletch

Fran

Friday the 13th Part V

Fright Night

The Malibu Bikini Shop

Girls Want to Have Fun

The Goonies

Heaven Help Us

Here Come the Littles

Into the Night

Invasion U.S.A.

Jagged Edge

The Jewel of the Nile

King David

King Solomon's Mines

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Ladyhawke

Wild Geese II

Wheels Of Fire

Witness

Year of the Dragon

Young Sherlock Holmes

A View to a Kill

Vision Quest Water

 

The Last Dragon

Legend

Legend of Billie Jean

Lost In America

Man Hunt

Man with One Red Shoe

The Mean Season

Missing In Action 2

Murphy's Romance

My Beautiful Laundrette

My Life as a Dog

My Science Project

Naked Vengeance

European Vacation

Freddy's Revenge

Once Bitten

One Magic Christmas

Out of Control

Pale Rider

Phenomena

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

Porky's Revenge

Prizzi's Honor

The Protector

Radioactive Dreams

Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer

Rambo: Part II

Ran

Real Genius

Red Sonja

Remo William

Return of Living Dead

Return to Oz

Revolution

Rocky IV

Runaway Train
Santa Claus: The Movie

The Secret of the Sword

Silver Bullet

Silverado

The Slugger's Wife

Smooth Talk

St. Elmo's Fire

The Legend of Orin

Subway

The Sure Thing

Sweet Dreams

Target

That Was Then... This Is Now

That's Dancing!

To Live and Die in L.A.

 Transylvania 6-5000

Tuff Turf

Twice in a Lifetime

Vampire Hunter

 

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Entertainment News 1985


Spokeswoman for Rock Hudson confirmed he had AIDS

 

Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.

 

Academy Awards 1985


Picture: "OUT OF AFRICA", "The Color Purple", "Kiss of the Spider Woman", "Prizzi's Honor", "Witness"


Actor: WILLIAM HURT in "Kiss of the Spider Woman", Harrison Ford in "Witness", James Garner in "Murphy's Romance", Jack Nicholson in "Prizzi's Honor", Jon Voight in "Runaway Train"


Actress: GERALDINE PAGE in "The Trip to Bountiful", Anne Bancroft in "Agnes of God", Whoopi Goldberg in "The Color Purple", Jessica Lange in "Sweet Dreams", Meryl Streep in "Out of Africa"


Supporting Actor: DON AMECHE in "Cocoon", Klaus Maria Brandauer in "Out of Africa", William Hickey in "Prizzi's Honor", Robert Loggia in "Jagged Edge", Eric Roberts in "Runaway Train"


Supporting Actress: ANJELICA HUSTON in "Prizzi's Honor", Margaret Avery in "The Color Purple", Amy Madigan in "Twice in a Lifetime", Meg Tilly in "Agnes of God", Oprah Winfrey in "The Color Purple"


Director: SYDNEY POLLACK for "Out of Africa", Hecter Babenco for "Kiss of the Spider Woman", John Huston for "Prizzi's Honor", Akira Kurosawa for "Ran", Peter Weir for "Witness"

 

The Razzies 1985

 

WORST PICTURE: RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II


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-Stallone, ROCKY IV


WORST DIRECTOR: Sylvester Stallone, ROCKY IV

 

Top Box Office 1985


1. Back to the Future

2. Rambo: First Blood Part II

3. Rocky IV

4. The Color Purple

5. Out Of Africa

6. Cocoon

7. The Jewel of the Nile

8. Witness

9. Prizzi's Honor

10.A View to a Kill

 

 

 

  

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