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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 births and deaths.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)[]
The top ten 1985 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
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1 | Back to the Future | Universal | $210,609,762 |
2 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | TriStar / Carolco | $150,415,432 |
3 | Rocky IV | MGM | $127,873,716 |
4 | The Color Purple | Warner Bros. | $94,175,854 |
5 | Out of Africa | Universal | $87,071,205 |
6 | Cocoon | Fox | $76,113,124 |
7 | The Jewel of the Nile | $75,973,200 | |
8 | Witness | Paramount | $68,706,993 |
9 | The Goonies | Warner Bros. | $61,389,680 |
10 | Spies Like Us | $60,088,980 |
Context[]
The year was considered an unsuccessful one for film. Despite a record number of film releases, many films failed at the box office, and ticket sales were down 17% compared with 1984.[2][3] Industry executives believed the problem, in part, was a lack of original concepts.[4] Films about fantasy and magic failed, as audiences leaned towards science-fiction.[5][3] Janet Maslin said the fault for this lay partly with Steven Spielberg, who had created such a successful template with films like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Close Encounters of the Third Kind that many fantasy films had imitated them.[6] There was also a saturation of youth-oriented films targeted at those under 18. Executives were not fond of these films, but the financial rewards were too significant to ignore. The few films aimed at older audiences, like Cocoon, were surprise successes.[3][7] Only Back to the Future and Rambo: First Blood Part II were successful blockbusters, earning more than double the box office of Cocoon.[3] Films offering escapism and pro-America themes like Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV had also fared well.[7]
The glut of youth-targeted films like Return to Oz and The Black Cauldron, and science-fiction comedies like Weird Science, Real Genius, and My Science Project had resulted in a string of failures. Executives said that the films were all very similar and marketed in the same way, offering no variety for audiences.[3][5]
Events[]
- 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.
- December 3 – Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.
Awards[]
Category/Organization | 43rd Golden Globe Awards January 24, 1986 |
39th BAFTA Awards March 16, 1986 |
58th Academy Awards March 24, 1986 | |
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Drama | Musical or Comedy | |||
Best Film | Out of Africa | Prizzi's Honor | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Out of Africa |
Best Director | John Huston Prizzi's Honor |
N/A | Sydney Pollack Out of Africa | |
Best Actor | Jon Voight Runaway Train |
Jack Nicholson Prizzi's Honor |
William Hurt Kiss of the Spider Woman | |
Best Actress | Whoopi Goldberg The Color Purple |
Kathleen Turner Prizzi's Honor |
Peggy Ashcroft A Passage to India |
Geraldine Page The Trip to Bountiful |
Best Supporting Actor | Klaus Maria Brandauer Out of Africa |
Denholm Elliott Defence of the Realm |
Don Ameche Cocoon | |
Best Supporting Actress | Meg Tilly Agnes of God |
Rosanna Arquette Desperately Seeking Susan |
Anjelica Huston Prizzi's Honor | |
Best Screenplay, Adapted | Woody Allen The Purple Rose of Cairo |
Richard Condon and Janet Roach Prizzi's Honor |
Kurt Luedtke Out of Africa | |
Best Screenplay, Original | Woody Allen The Purple Rose of Cairo |
Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley and Pamela Wallace Witness | ||
Best Original Score | John Barry Out of Africa |
Maurice Jarre Witness |
John Barry Out of Africa | |
Best Original Song | "Say You, Say Me" White Nights |
N/A | "Say You, Say Me" White Nights | |
Best Foreign Language Film | The Official Story | Colonel Redl | The Official Story |
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
Notable films released in 1985[]
United States 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, Linda Fiorentino, John Heard, Verna Bloom, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong
- 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
- The Alley Cat (Le Matou) - (Canada)
- 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, Rosanna Arquette, Jack Warden
B[]
- Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, starring Sean Young, William Katt and Patrick McGoohan
- Back to the Future, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
- Bad Medicine, starring Steve Guttenberg, Julie Hagerty and Alan Arkin
- Better Off Dead, starring John Cusack
- Black Arrow, starring Oliver Reed and Fernando Rey
- The Black Cauldron, directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich, with the voices of Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Freddie Jones, Nigel Hawthorne, Phil Fondacaro and John Hurt
- Bliss - (Australia)
- The Blue Yonder
- 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 - (UK/US)
- 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)
- Cavegirl
- 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, Brian Dennehy, Steve Guttenberg, Barret Oliver, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Tahnee Welch
- 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, Vernon Wells, Dan Hedaya, Bill Duke, David Patrick Kelly, 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 Louise Lasser, Reed Birney, Paul L. Smith, Brion James, Sheree J. Wilson, Edward R. Pressman, Bruce Campbell
D[]
- D.A.R.Y.L., starring Barret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Josef Sommer and Colleen Camp
- 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, starring Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarlath Conroy and Richard Liberty - the final part of Romero's zombie trilogy
- Death in a French Garden (Péril en la demeure) - (France)
- Death of a Salesman, directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich - (made for TV)
- 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)
- Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam, starring Jim Varney
- Dreamchild, starring Ian Holm, Coral Browne, Peter Gallagher - (U.K.)
E[]
- Eleni, directed by Peter Yates, starring John Malkovich, Kate Nelligan, Linda Hunt, 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/United States)
- Eoudong (Courtesan) - (South Korea)
- Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, starring Wilford Brimley and Warwick Davis
- Explorers, directed by Joe Dante, starring Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix and Jason Presson
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 and Judd Nelson
- 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 - (United States/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, starring Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Scott Thompson
- 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, Kerri Green, 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.)
- Gymkata, starring Kurt Thomas, Tetchie Agbayani, Richard Norton
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 - (United States/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[]
- King David, starring Richard Gere - (UK/US)
- 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/United States)
- 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 - (UK/US)
- The Legend of Billie Jean, starring Helen Slater, Keith Gordon, Peter Coyote, Christian Slater, Yeardley Smith
- The Legend of Suram Fortress, directed by Sergei Parajanov (Soviet Union)
- Letter to Brezhnev, starring Peter Firth and Alexandra Pigg - (U.K.)
- Lifeforce, starring Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay and Patrick Stewart, directed by Tobe Hooper
- 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 - (United States/Sweden)
- The Mass Is Ended (La messa è finita), directed by and starring Nanni Moretti - (Italy)
- 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)
- The Midnight Hour
- 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 - (United States/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 (Bez końca), 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 - (United States/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, William Hickey - Golden Globe for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- The Protector, starring Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello - (Hong Kong/United States)
- 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 - (United States/Mexico)
- Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer - (United States/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, Gabe Jarret, William Atherton and Michelle Meyrink
- 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 - (UK/US)
- 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
- Shaker Run, starring Cliff Robertson, Leif Garrett, Lisa Harrow
- 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, Linda Hunt
- 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, Mare Winningham, Andie MacDowell, Martin Balsam, Jenny Wright, Joyce Van Patten
- 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, Viveca Lindfors, Anthony Edwards
- 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, Craig Sheffer
- 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
- Trancers
- 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, Lori Singer, 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, Ally Sheedy, Brian Dennehy
- The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (Le due vite di Mattia Pascal), starring Marcello Mastroianni and Senta Berger - (Italy)
U[]
- UFOria, starring Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton, Cindy Williams
- The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) - (Finland)
V[]
- 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[]
- Walking the Edge, starring Robert Forster and Nancy Kwan
- 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, Bill Paxton
- 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
Y[]
- 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
Z[]
- A Zed & Two Noughts, directed by Peter Greenaway - (U.K.)
1985 Wide-release films in the U.S.[]
January–March[]
Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
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J A N U A R Y |
8 | The Mutilator | Ocean King Releasing | Buddy Cooper, John S. Douglass (directors); Matt Mitler, Bill Hitchcock, Ruth Martinez, Connie Rogers, Morey Lampley, Frances Raines, Jack Chatham, Bennie Moore, Trace Cooper, Pamela Weddle Cooper | Slasher | Live action |
Rockin' Road Trip | Troma Entertainment | William Olsen (director); Leon Rippy, Martin Tucker, Pat Miller, Garth McLean, Katherine Harrison, Leland Gantt, Steve Boles, Margaret Currie | Comedy | Live action | ||
11 | Too Scared to Scream | The Movie Store | Tony Lo Bianco (director); Mike Connors, Anne Archer, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Ian McShane, Ruth Ford, John Heard, Carrie Nye, Maureen O'Sullivan, Murray Hamilton, Val Avery, Sully Boyar, Ken Norris, Chet Doherty, Karen Rushmore, Rony Clanton, Beeson Carroll, Victoria Bass, Dick Boccelli, Fred Ford, Ernesto Gasco, Adrienne Howard, Yvonne Talton Kersey, Gaetano Lisi, Harry Madsen, John Ring, | Independent, Slasher | Live Action | |
Walking the Edge | Empire Pictures | Norbert Meisel (director); Robert Forster, Nancy Kwan, Joe Spinell, A Martinez, James McIntire, Wayne Woodson, Luis Contreras, Russ Courtney, Doug Toby, Phil H. Fravel, Terrence Beasor, Bernard Erhard, James Fitzpatrick, Ivy Bethune, Jackie Giroux, Aarika Wells, Howard Honig, Frankie Hill, Jerry Jones, Leonard D'John, Peter Pan, Jamie V. Arias, Rosa M. Torres, Stan Kamber, Falling Idols | Crime, Action | Live action | ||
Water | Empire Pictures | Dick Clement (director/screenplay); Ian La Frenais, Bill Persky (screenplay); Michael Caine, Valerie Perrine, Brenda Vaccaro, Leonard Rossiter, Billy Connolly, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Ringo Starr | Comedy | Live action | ||
17 | Avenging Angel | New World Pictures | Robert Vincent O'Neil (director); Betsy Russell, Rory Calhoun, Susan Tyrrell, Ossie Davis, Steven M. Porter, Robert F. Lyons, Paul Lambert, Frank Doubleday, Barry Pearl, Ross Hagen | Action, Thriller | Live action | |
Tuff Turf | New World Pictures | Fritz Kiersch (director); Jette Rinck (screenplay); James Spader, Kim Richards, Paul Mones, Matt Clark, Claudette Nevins, Robert Downey, Olivia Barash, Catya Sassoon, Bill Beyers, Gene Pietragallo, Panchito Gomez, Michael Wyle, Herb Mitchell, Lou Fant, Donald Fullilove, Jered Barclay, Evonne Kezios, Cheryl Ann Clark, Matt Gavin, Chad McCann, Vivian Brown, Ceil Cabot, Donna Fuller, Rosa Sabina Rodriguez, Frank McCarthy, Art Evans, Jeffrey Dawson | Drama | Live action | ||
18 | Blood Simple | Circle Films / River Road Productions / Foxton Entertainment | Joel Coen (director/screenplay); Ethan Coen (screenplay); John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams, Holly Hunter, Barry Sonnenfeld | Neo-Noir, Crime | Live action | |
The New Kids | Columbia Pictures | Sean S. Cunningham (director); Shannon Presby, Lori Loughlin, James Spader, John Philbin, Eddie Jones, Eric Stoltz, Tom Atkins, David H. MacDonald, Vince Grant, Theron Montgomery, Lucy Martin, Paige Lyn Price, Court Miller, Jean De Baer, Robertson Carricart | Horror, Thriller | Live action | ||
That's Dancing! | MGM/UA Entertainment Company | Jack Haley Jr. (director/screenplay); Mikhail Baryshnikov, Ray Bolger, Sammy Davis Jr., Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli, Tommy Abbott, June Allyson, Ann-Margret, Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Jennifer Beals, Busby Berkeley, Eric Blore, Monte Blue, John Brascia, Lucille Bremer, James Cagney, Irene Cara, Leslie Caron, Gower Champion, Marge Champion, Cyd Charisse, Joan Crawford, Dan Dailey, Jacques d'Amboise, Doris Day, Gloria DeHaven, Isadora Duncan, Buddy Ebsen, Taina Elg, Eliot Feld, Margot Fonteyn, Loie Fuller, Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Virginia Gibson, Cary Grant, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton, Carol Haney, June Haver, Robert Helpmann, Judy Holliday, José Iturbi, Michael Jackson, Marine Jahan, Van Johnson, Ruby Keeler, Paula Kelly, Michael Kidd, Charles Laskey, Ruta Lee, Vivien Leigh, Bambi Linn, Peter Lorre, Susan Luckey, Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin, Léonide Massine, Matt Mattox, Joan McCracken, Ray McDonald, Ann Miller, James Mitchell, Ricardo Montalbán, Annabelle Moore, Tony Mordente, George Murphy, Gene Nelson, Julie Newmar, Rudolf Nureyev, Donald O'Connor, Anna Pavlova, Marc Platt, Dick Powell, Eleanor Powell, Jane Powell, Tommy Rall, Debbie Reynolds, Jeff Richards, Chita Rivera, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ginger Rogers, Mickey Rooney, Wini Shaw, Moira Shearer, Frank Sinatra, Red Skelton, Tucker Smith, James Stewart, Lyle Talbot, Russ Tamblyn, Lilyan Tashman, Robert Taylor, Anthony 'Scooter' Teague, Shirley Temple, Tamara Toumanova, John Travolta, Lana Turner, Bobby Van, Vera-Ellen, Ethel Waters, Bobby Watson, Esther Williams, David Winters, Vera Zorina, Vincent Price, Robert Banas | Compilation | Live action | ||
27 | The Falcon and the Snowman | Orion Pictures | John Schlesinger (director); Steven Zaillian (screenplay); Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Joyce Van Patten, Richard Dysart, Priscilla Pointer, Chris Makepeace, Dorian Harewood, Macon McCalman, Nicholas Pryor, Jerry Hardin, Lori Singer, David Suchet, Boris Leskin | Spy, Drama | Live action | |
Fandango | Warner Bros. / Amblin Entertainment | Kevin Reynolds (director/screenplay); Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson, Sam Robards, Chuck Bush, Brian Cesak, Suzy Amis, E.G. Daily, Glenne Headly, Marvin J. McIntyre, Stanley Grover, Jane A. Johnston | Comedy | Live action | ||
F E B R U A R Y |
8 | Heaven Help Us | TriStar Pictures | Michael Dinner (director); Charles Purpura (screenplay); Andrew McCarthy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kevin Dillon, Malcolm Danare, Kate Reid, Wallace Shawn, John Heard, Donald Sutherland, Jay Patterson, Patrick Dempsey, Stephen Geoffreys, Dana Barron, Yeardley Smith | Comedy, Drama | Live action |
Mischief | 20th Century Fox | Mel Damski (director); Noel Black (screenplay); Doug McKeon, Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelly Preston, Chris Nash, D.W. Brown, Jami Gertz, Margaret Blye, Graham Jarvis, Terry O'Quinn | Teen, Comedy | Live action | ||
Witness | Paramount Pictures | Peter Weir (director); Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubeš, Josef Sommer, Alexander Godunov, Danny Glover, Brent Jennings, Patti LuPone, Angus MacInnes, Viggo Mortensen, Frederick Rolf, Timothy Carhart, Richard Chaves, Robert Earl Jones, Sylvia Kauders, John Garson, Ed Crowley, Beverly May | Crime, Drama | Live action | ||
15 | The Breakfast Club | Universal Pictures | John Hughes (director/screenplay); Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, John Kapelos, Ron Dean | Teen, Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
Fast Forward | Columbia Pictures | Sidney Poitier (director); Timothy March, Richard Wesle (screenplay); John Scott Clough, Don Franklin, Gretchen Palmer, Karen Kopins, Irene Worth, Sam McMurray, Michael DeLorenzo, Doris Belack, David White, Constance Towers, Robert DoQui, Paul Ryan, Tamara Mark, Tracy Silver, Cindy McGee, Monique Cintron, Debra Varnado, Noel Conlon, Robin Bach, Phyllis Enrlich, Bobbie Jordan | Drama, Musical | Live action | ||
Into the Night | Universal Pictures | John Landis (director); Ron Koslow (screenplay); Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Richard Farnsworth, Irene Papas, Kathryn Harrold, Dan Aykroyd, Bruce McGill, David Bowie, Vera Miles, Clu Gulager, Stacey Pickren, Art Evans, John Hostetter, John Landis, Jack Arnold, Rick Baker, Paul Bartel, David Cronenberg, Jonathan Demme, Richard Franklin, Carl Gottlieb, Amy Heckerling, Jim Henson, Colin Higgins, Lawrence Kasdan, Jonathan Lynn, Paul Mazursky, Carl Perkins, Daniel Petrie, Dedee Pfeiffer, Waldo Salt, Don Siegel, Jake Steinfeld, Roger Vadim, "Blue" Lou Marini | Comedy, Thriller | Live action | ||
The Mean Season | Orion Pictures | Phillip Borsos (director); Leon Piedmont (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan, Richard Masur, Richard Bradford, Joe Pantoliano, Andy García, William Smith | Crime, Thriller | Live action | ||
Turk 182 | 20th Century Fox | Bob Clark (director); Denis Hamill, John Hamill, James Gregory Kingston (screenplay): Timothy Hutton, Robert Urich, Kim Cattrall, Robert Culp, Darren McGavin, Peter Boyle, Steven Keats, Paul Sorvino, James Tolkan, Thomas Quinn, Norman Parker, Dick O'Neill, Maury Chaykin, Richard Zobel, David Wohl | Action, Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
Vision Quest | Warner Bros. | Harold Becker (director); Darryl Ponicsan (screenplay); Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Schoeffling, Ronny Cox, Frank Jasper, Harold Sylvester, Daphne Zuniga, Charles Hallahan, J.C. Quinn, R.H. Thomson, Gary Kasper, Raphael Sbarge, Forest Whitaker, Roberts Blossom, James Gammon, Madonna, Ken Pelo, Jana Marie Hupp, Andrew Shue | Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
M A R C H |
1 | Certain Fury | New World Pictures | Stephen Gyllenhaal (director); Michael Jacobs (screenplay); Tatum O'Neal, Irene Cara, George Murdock, Moses Gunn, Peter Fonda, Nicholas Campbell, Campbell Lane, Frank C. Turner | Action, Drama | Live action |
Lust in the Dust | New World Pictures | Paul Bartel (director); Philip John Taylor (screenplay); Tab Hunter, Divine, Lainie Kazan, Cesar Romero, Geoffrey Lewis, Henry Silva, Courtney Gains, Gina Gallego, Nedra Volz, Woody Strode, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Noah Wyle | Western, Comedy | Live action | ||
A Private Function | HandMade Films | Malcolm Mowbray (director/screenplay); Alan Bennett (screenplay); Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths, Tony Haygarth, John Normington, Bill Paterson, Liz Smith, Alison Steadman, Jim Carter, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Davies, Reece Dinsdale | Comedy | Live action | ||
The Purple Rose of Cairo | Orion Pictures | Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Edward Herrmann, John Wood, Deborah Rush, Zoe Caldwell, Van Johnson, Karen Akers, Milo O'Shea, Dianne Wiest, Michael Tucker, Glenne Headly, George Martin, Loretta Tupper | Romance, Fantasy, Comedy | Live action | ||
The Sure Thing | Embassy Pictures | Rob Reiner (director); Steven L. Bloom, Jonathan Roberts (screenplay); John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Viveca Lindfors, Nicollette Sheridan, Anthony Edwards, Tim Robbins, Boyd Gaines, Lisa Jane Persky, Sarah Buxton, Fran Ryan, Larry Hankin | Adventure, Comedy, Romance | Live action | ||
2 | Ghoulies | Empire Pictures | Luca Bercovici (director/screenplay); Jefery Levy (screenplay); Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Scott Thomson, Mariska Hargitay, Jack Nance, Tamara De Treaux, Ralph Seymour, Keith Joe Dick, David Dayan, Victoria Catlin, Charene Cathleen, Peter Risch, Bobbie Bresee, Jamie Bronow, Brian Connolly, Annie Stocking, Craig Talmy | Horror, Comedy | Live action | |
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning | Cannon Films | Lance Hool (director); Arthur Silver, Larry Levinson, Steve Bing (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams, Bennett Ohta, Cosie Costa, Joe Michael Terry, Christopher Cary, John Wesley, David Chung, Professor Toru Tanaka, Sergio Kato | Action, Adventure | Live action | ||
8 | The Hit | Palace Pictures | Stephen Frears (director); Peter Prince (screenplay); John Hurt, Tim Roth, Laura del Sol, Terence Stamp, Bill Hunter, Fernando Rey, Lennie Peters, Willoughby Gray, Jim Broadbent | Road, Crime | Live action | |
Mask | Universal Pictures | Peter Bogdanovich (director); Anna Hamilton Phelan (screenplay); Cher, Sam Elliott, Eric Stoltz, Laura Dern, Estelle Getty, Richard Dysart, Micole Mercurio, Harry Carey, Jr., Dennis Burkley, Barry Tubb, Lawrence Monoson, Ben Piazza, L. Craig King, Alexandra Powers, Kelly Jo Minter, Todd Allen, Howard Hirdler, Les Dudek, Marsha Warfield | Biographical, Drama | Live action | ||
15 | Lost in America | Warner Bros. | Albert Brooks (director/screenplay); Monica Johnson (screenplay); Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Maggie Roswell, Michael Greene, Garry Marshall, Donald Gibb, Charles Boswell | Comedy | Live action | |
Sylvester | Columbia Pictures | Tim Hunter (director); Carol Sobieski (screenplay); Richard Farnsworth, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Schoeffling, Constance Towers, Arliss Howard, James Gammon, Peter Kowanko | Family, Drama | Live action | ||
22 | Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend | Touchstone Films / Silver Screen Partners II | Bill L. Norton (director); Clifford Green, Ellen Green (screenplay); William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan, Julian Fellowes, Kyalo Mativo, Hugh Quarshie, Olu Jacobs, Eddie Tagoe, Edward Hardwicke | Adventure, Fantasy | Live Action | |
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning | Paramount Pictures | Danny Steinmann (director/screenplay); Martin Kitrosser, David Cohen (screenplay); Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, Shavar Ross, Richard Young, Dick Wieand, Tiffany Helm, Juliette Cummins, Marco St. John, Jerry Pavlon, Carol Locatell, Debi Sue Voorhees, Vernon Washington, John Robert Dixon, Ron Sloan, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Jere Fields, Rebecca Wood, Bob DeSimone, Corey Parker, Anthony Barrile, William Caskey Swaim, Dominick Brascia, Mark Venturini, Richard Lineback, Ric Mangini, Corey Feldman, Tom Morga | Slasher | Live action | ||
The Last Dragon | TriStar Pictures | Michael Schultz (director); Louis Venosta (screenplay); Taimak, Julius J. Carry III, Chris Murney, Leo O'Brien, Faith Prince, Glen Eaton, Vanity, Jim Moody, Mike Starr, Ernie Reyes, Jr., Esther Marrow, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Chazz Palminteri, William H. Macy, Carl Anthony Payne II, Thomas Ikeda, Jamal Mason, B.J. Barie, London Reyes, Lisa Loving, Jeffrey Dawson | Martial arts, Comedy | Live action | ||
Porky's Revenge! | 20th Century Fox | James Komack (director); Ziggy Steinberg (screenplay); Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight, Tony Ganios, Mark Herrier, Kaki Hunter, Scott Colomby, Nancy Parsons, Chuck Mitchell, Eric Christmas, Kimberly Evenson, Bill Hindman, Nancy Hassinger, Rose McVeigh, Wendy Feign, Fred Buch, Ilse Earl, Ron Campbell, Mal Jones | Comedy | Live action | ||
The Secret of the Sword | Atlantic Releasing | Ed Friedman, Lou Kachivas, Marsh Lamore, Bill Reed, Gwen Wetzler (directors); Larry DiTillio, Bob Forward (screenplay); John Erwin, Melendy Britt, Alan Oppenheimer, Linda Gary, George DiCenzo, Erika Scheimer, Lou Scheimer | Adventure | Animation | ||
24 | The Care Bears Movie | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Arna Selznick (director); Peter Sauder (screenplay); Mickey Rooney, Jackie Burroughs, Georgia Engel, Sunny Besen Thrasher, Eva Almos, Patricia Black, Melleny Brown, Bobby Dermer, Jayne Eastwood, Anni Evans, Gloria Figura, Cree Summer Francks, Brian George, Janet Laine-Green, Luba Goy, Terri Hawkes, Dan Hennessey, Jim Henshaw, Hadley Kay, Marla Lukofsky, Pauline Rennie, Billie Mae Richards, Brent Titcomb, Harry Dean Stanton | Fantasy | Animation | |
29 | Desperately Seeking Susan | Orion Pictures | Susan Seidelman (director); Leora Barish (screenplay); Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum, Robert Joy, Laurie Metcalf, Anna Levine, Will Patton, Peter Maloney, Steven Wright, John Turturro, Anne Carlisle, José Angel Santana, Giancarlo Esposito, Richard Hell, Rockets Redglare, Annie Golden, Richard Edson, Ann Magnuson, John Lurie, Victor Argo, Shirley Stoler, Arto Lindsay, Kim Chan, Michael Badalucco, Carol Leifer, Eddy, David and Robert | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
King David | Paramount Pictures | Bruce Beresford (director); Andrew Birkin, James Costigan (screenplay); Richard Gere, Edward Woodward, Alice Krige, Denis Quilley, Niall Buggy, Cherie Lunghi, Hurd Hatfield, Jack Klaff, John Castle, Tim Woodward, David de Keyser, Simon Dutton, Jean-Marc Barr, George Eastman, Arthur Whybrow, Christopher Malcolm, Valentine Pelka, Gina Bellman, James Coombes, Jason Carter, Aïché Nana, Ishia Bennison, Marino Masé, Anton Alexander, Tomás Milián, John Barrard, John Gabriel, Lorenzo Piani, David Graham, John Hallam, Ian Sears, Ned Vukovic, James Lister, Genevieve Allenbury, Massimo Sarchielli, Jenny Lipman, Roberto Renna, Michael Müller, Mark Drewry, Nicholas van der Weide, Shimon Avidan, Peter Frye, David George, Nicola Di Gioia | Epic, Historical, Drama | Live action | ||
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | Warner Bros. | Jerry Paris (director); Barry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield (screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce Mahler, Colleen Camp, Art Metrano, Marion Ramsey, Howard Hesseman, George Gaynes, Peter Van Norden, Ed Herlihy, Lance Kinsey, George R. Robertson, Tim Kazurinsky, Arthur Batanides, Jackie Joseph, Andrew Paris, Jennifer Darling, Lucy Lee Flippin, Jason Hervey, Diana Bellamy, Rich Hall, Bobcat Goldthwait | Comedy | Live action | ||
The Slugger's Wife | Columbia Pictures | Hal Ashby (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay, Martin Ritt, Randy Quaid, Cleavant Derricks, Lisa Langlois, Loudon Wainwright III, Georgann Johnson, Lynn Whitfield, Danny Tucker | Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
31 | A.D. | NBC Productions / Telepictures Corporation | Stuart Cooper (director); Anthony Burgess (screenplay); Anthony Andrews, Colleen Dewhurst, Ava Gardner, David Hedison, John Houseman, Richard Kiley, James Mason, John McEnery, Ian McShane, Jennifer O'Neill, Millie Perkins, Denis Quilley, Fernando Rey, Richard Roundtree, Susan Sarandon, Ben Vereen, Tony Vogel, Jack Warden, Anthony Zerbe, Neil Dickson, Chris Humphreys, Amanda Pays, Philip Sayer, Diane Venora, Vincent Riotta, Rebecca Saire, Harold Kasket, Ralph Arliss, Mike Gwilym, Jonathan Hyde, Damien Thomas, Angela Morant, Paul Freeman, Andrea Prodan, Akosua Busia, Vernon Dobtcheff, Jane How, Martin Potter, Renato Scarpa, Stephen Finlay, David Haughton, John Steiner, Peter Blythe, Peter Howell, David Rintoul, Michael Wilding Jr., Tom Durham, Anthony Pedley, Davyd Harries, Bruce Winant, Derek Hoxby, Clive Arrindell, Gerrard McArthur, Jonathan Tafler, Richard Kane, Barrie Houghton, Maggie Wickman, Alan Downer, Colin Haigh, Roderick Horn, John Wheatley, Joss Buckley, David Sumner, Katia Thandoulaki, Eddie Grossman, Robert Wentz, Philip Anthony, Ned Vukovic | Drama, History | Live action |
April–June[]
Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
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A P R I L |
3 | Alamo Bay | TriStar Pictures | Louis Malle (director); Alice Arlen (screenplay); Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Ho Nguyen, Donald Moffat, William Frankfather, Bill Thurman, Truyen V. Tran, Rudy Young, Cynthia Carle, Martin LaSalle, Lucky Mosley | Drama | Live action |
10 | Private Resort | TriStar Pictures | George Bowers (director); Alan Wenkus, Gordon Mitchell, Ken Segall (screenplay); Rob Morrow, Johnny Depp, Emily Longstreth, Karyn O'Bryan, Andrew Dice Clay, Hector Elizondo, Dody Goodman, Leslie Easterbrook, Michael Bowen, Hilary Shepard Turner, Tony Azito, Jill Selkowitz | Adventure, Comedy | Live action | |
12 | Cat's Eye | MGM/UA Entertainment Co. | Lewis Teague (director); Stephen King (screenplay); Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Kenneth McMillan, Robert Hays, Candy Clark, James Naughton, James Rebhorn, Charles S. Dutton, Mike Starr, Mary D'Arcy | Horror, Thriller | Live action | |
Girls Just Want to Have Fun | New World Pictures | Alan Metter (director); Amy Spies (screenplay); Sarah Jessica Parker, Lee Montgomery, Morgan Woodward, Jonathan Silverman, Shannen Doherty, Helen Hunt, Ed Lauter, Holly Gagnier, Lee Arnone, Terry McGovern, Biff Yeager, Kristi Somers, Robin Antin, Stuart Fratkin, Gina Gershon, Bruce Goldstein, Scott Coffey, Hank Azaria, Cyndi Lauper, Robert Downey Jr., Margaret Howell, Wayne Bascomb | Romance, Comedy, Dance | Live action | ||
Ladyhawke | Warner Bros. | Richard Donner (director); Edward Khmara, Michael Thomas, Tom Mankiewicz, David Peoples (screenplay); Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern, John Wood, Ken Hutchison, Alfred Molina, Giancarlo Prete, Loris Loddi | Fantasy | Live action | ||
25 | Crimewave (US) | Columbia Pictures | Sam Raimi (director/screenplay); Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (screenplay); Louise Lasser, Paul L. Smith, Brion James, Sheree J. Wilson, Edward R. Pressman, Bruce Campbell, Reed Birney, Antonio Fargas, Richard Bright, Richard DeManicor, Emil Sitka, Wiley Harker, Robert Symonds, Frances McDormand, Ted Raimi, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Rob Tapert, Julie Harris | Comedy, Horror | Live action | |
26 | Just One of the Guys | Columbia Pictures | Lisa Gottlieb (director); Dennis Feldman, Jeff Franklin (screenplay); Joyce Hyser, Clayton Rohner, Billy Jacoby, Toni Hudson, William Zabka, Leigh McCloskey, Sherilyn Fenn, Arye Gross, Kenneth Tigar | Comedy | Live action | |
Stick | Universal Pictures | Burt Reynolds (director); Elmore Leonard, Joseph Stinson (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, George Segal, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Annie Potts, Jose Perez, Richard Lawson, Cástulo Guerra, Dar Robinson, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Sachi Parker, Alex Rocco, Thomas Rosales, Jr. | Crime | Live action | ||
M A Y |
3 | Code of Silence | Orion Pictures | Andrew Davis (director); Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack, Mike Gray (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen, Molly Hagan, Dennis Farina, Mike Genovese, Nathan Davis, Ralph Foody, Ron Dean, Joseph Kosala, Gene Barge, Ronnie Barron, John Mahoney | Action | Live action |
Gotcha! | Universal Pictures | Jeff Kanew (director); Dan Gordon (screenplay); Anthony Edwards, Linda Fiorentino, Nick Corri, Alex Rocco, Marla Adams, Klaus Löwitsch, Bata Kameni, Kari Lizer, David Wohl, Christie Claridge, Christopher Rydell, Brad Cowgill, Irene Olga López, Reggie Thompson | Action, Comedy | Live action | ||
Gymkata | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Robert Clouse (director); Charles Robert Carner (screenplay); Kurt Thomas, Tetchie Agbayani, Richard Norton, Conan Lee, Buck Kartalian, Tadashi Yamashita, Slobodan Dimitrijević, Edward Bell, John Berrett, Bob Schott, Eric Lawson, Sonny Barnes, Sharan Lea, Zlatko Pokupec, Ivo Kristof | Martial Arts | Live action | ||
8 | Creature | Trans World Entertainment | William Malone (director/screenplay); Alan Reed (screenplay); Stan Ivar, Wendy Schaal, Lyman Ward, Robert Jaffe, Diane Salinger, Klaus Kinski, Annette McCarthy, Marie Laurin | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action | |
10 | Rustlers' Rhapsody | Paramount Pictures | Hugh Wilson (director/screenplay); Tom Berenger, G.W. Bailey, Marilu Henner, Fernando Rey, Andy Griffith, Sela Ward, Brant Van Hoffman, Christopher Malcolm, Jim Carter, Patrick Wayne, Paul Maxwell, Billy J. Mitchell, John Orchard | Comedy, Western | Live action | |
17 | Goodbye, New York | Castle Hill Productions | Amos Kollek (director/screenplay); Julie Hagerty, Amos Kollek, Shmuel Shilo, Aviva Ger, Dudu Topaz, Jennifer Prichard, Christopher Goutman, Hanan Goldblatt, Mosko Alkalai, Joseph Kaplanian, Ron Rabinovich, Sophie Haber | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
Ordeal by Innocence | Cannon Films | Desmond Davis (director); Alexander Stuart (screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Plummer, Sarah Miles, Ian McShane, Diana Quick, Annette Crosbie, Michael Elphick, George Innes, Valerie Whittington, Phoebe Nicholls, Michael Maloney, Cassie Stuart, Anita Carey, Ron Pember, Kevin Stoney, Brian Glover | Mystery | Live action | ||
22 | Brewster's Millions | Paramount Pictures | Walter Hill (director); Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod (screenplay); Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, David White, Jerome Dempsey, Jerry Orbach, Pat Hingle, David Wohl, Tovah Feldshuh, Hume Cronyn, Joe Grifasi, Peter Jason, Rick Moranis | Comedy | Live action | |
Rambo: First Blood Part II | TriStar Pictures | George P. Cosmatos (director); Sylvester Stallone, James Cameron (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Steven Berkoff, Julia Nickson, Martin Kove, George Cheung, Andy Wood, William Ghent, Voyo Goric, Dana Lee, Steve Williams | Action | Live action | ||
A View to a Kill | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | John Glen (director); Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson (screenplay); Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee, Patrick Bauchau, David Yip, Willoughby Gray, Fiona Fullerton, Manning Redwood, Alison Doody, Robert Brown, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Geoffrey Keen, Walter Gotell, Papillon Soo Soo, Daniel Benzali, Mary Stavin, Bogdan Kominowski, Dolph Lundgren, Maud Adams, Jean Rougerie | Spy | Live action | ||
31 | Fletch | Universal Pictures | Michael Ritchie (director); Andrew Bergman (screenplay); Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Richard Libertini, Tim Matheson, M. Emmet Walsh, George Wendt, Kenneth Mars, Geena Davis, Bill Henderson, George Wyner, Larry "Flash" Jenkins, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chick Hearn, Ralph Seymour | Neo-Noir, Comedy, Thriller | Live action | |
J U N E |
7 | The Goonies | Warner Bros. / Amblin Entertainment | Richard Donner (director); Chris Columbus (screenplay); Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Jonathan Ke Huy Quan, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, John Matuszak, Anne Ramsey, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano, Mary Ellen Trainor, Keith Walker, Steve Antin, Lupe Ontiveros, Michael Paul Chan, Richard Donner, Nick McLean, Charles McDaniel, Paul Tuerpe | Adventure, Comedy | Live action |
Perfect | Columbia Pictures | James Bridges (director/screenplay); Aaron Latham (screenplay); John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jann Wenner, Marilu Henner, Laraine Newman, Anne De Salvo, Matthew Reed, Stefan Gierasch, Murphy Dunne, Kenneth Welsh, Robert Parr, Rosalind Ingledew, Chelsea Field, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Carly Simon, Lauren Hutton, Tom Schiller, Paul Kent, Paul Barresi, Alma Beltran, Kenny Griswold | Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
13 | Prizzi's Honor | 20th Century Fox | John Huston (director); Richard Condon, Janet Roach (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, John Randolph, William Hickey, Lee Richardson, Michael Lombard, C.C.H. Pounder, Lawrence Tierney, Dick O'Neill, Sully Boyar, Joseph Ruskin, Stanley Tucci, Ann Selepegno, Vic Polizos, Raymond Heller, Seth Allen, Dominic Barto, George Santopietro | Black Comedy, Crime | Live action | |
Warriors of the Wind | Toei Company | Hayao Miyazaki (director/screenplay); Sumi Shimamoto, Goro Naya, Yoji Matsuda, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Iemasa Kayumi, Ichiro Nagai, Miina Tominaga, Makoto Terada, Hisako Kyoda, Minoru Yada, Mahito Tsujimura, Kohei Miyauchi, Joji Yanami, Rihoko Yoshida, Tetsuo Mizutori, Hochu Otsuka, Bin Shimada, Takako Ota, Chika Sakamoto, Tarako, Masako Sugaya | Epic, Fantasy, Adventure | Animation | ||
14 | D.A.R.Y.L. | Paramount Pictures | Simon Wincer (director); David Ambrose, Allan Scott, Jeffrey Ellis (screenplay); Barret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Danny Corkill, Josef Sommer, David Wohl, Colleen Camp, Steve Ryan, Amy Linker, Kathryn Walker, Hardy Rawls, Jim Fitzpatrick | Sci-Fi | Live action | |
Secret Admirer | Orion Pictures | David Greenwalt (director/screenplay); Jim Kouf (screenplay); C. Thomas Howell, Kelly Preston, Lori Loughlin, Fred Ward, Dee Wallace Stone, Cliff DeYoung, Leigh Taylor-Young, Casey Siemaszko, Geoffrey Blake, Scott McGinnis, Corey Haim, Courtney Gains, Janet Carroll | Romance, Comedy | Live action | ||
The Stuff | New World Pictures | Larry Cohen (director/screenplay); Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris, Paul Sorvino, Scott Bloom, Danny Aiello, Patrick O'Neal, Alexander Scourby, Russell Nype, Gene O'Neill, Brian Bloom, Harry Bellaver, Rutanya Alda, David Rees Snell, Heidi Miller, John Newton, Brooke Adams, Laurene Landon, Tammy Grimes, Abe Vigoda, Clara Peller, Anthony Perkins, Jason Evers, Barbara Crampton, Jeffrey Combs, Eric Bogosian, Patrick Dempsey, Mira Sorvino, John Laughlin | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action | ||
21 | Cocoon | 20th Century Fox | Ron Howard (director); Tom Benedek (screenplay); Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Herta Ware, Tahnee Welch, Barret Oliver, Linda Harrison, Tyrone Power Jr., Clint Howard, Charles Lampkin, Rance Howard, Jim Fitzpatrick, Mike Nomad, Jorge Gil, James Ritz | Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
Return to Oz | Walt Disney Pictures | Walter Murch (director/screenplay); Gill Dennis (screenplay); Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, Matt Clark, Emma Ridley, Justin Case, Pons Maar, Sophie Ward, Fiona Victory, Bruce Boa, Denise Bryer, Sean Barrett, Brian Henson, Lyle Conway, Mak Wilson, Timothy D. Rose, Michael Sundin, Steve Norrington, Deep Roy, John Alexander, Rachael Ashton, Robbie Barnett, Ailsa Berk, Peter Elliott, Roger Ennals, Michele Hine, Mark Hopkins, Colin Skeaping, Ken Stevens, Philip Tan, Rob Thirtle, Beatrice Murch | Fantasy | Live action | ||
26 | Pale Rider | Warner Bros. | Clint Eastwood (director); Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Richard Dysart, Chris Penn, Sydney Penny, John Russell, Richard Kiel, Doug McGrath, Jeffrey Weissman, S.A. Griffin, Billy Drago, John Dennis Johnston, Charles Hallahan, Fran Ryan, Richard Hamilton, Terrence Evans, Chuck Lafont, Jack Radosta, Robert Winley, Jeffrey Josephson, Marvin J. McIntyre | Western | Live action | |
28 | St. Elmo's Fire | Columbia Pictures | Joel Schumacher (director/screenplay); Carl Kurlander (screenplay); Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Mare Winningham, Andrew McCarthy, Martin Balsam, Andie MacDowell, Joyce Van Patten, Jenny Wright, Blake Clark, Matthew Laurance, Gina Hecht, Anna Maria Horsford, Whip Hubley, Jim Turner, Mario Machado, Thom Bierdz | Drama, Romance | Live action |
July–September[]
Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
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J U L Y |
3 | Back to the Future | Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment | Robert Zemeckis (director/screenplay); Bob Gale (screenplay); Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, James Tolkan, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, George DiCenzo, Frances Lee McCain, Jeffrey Jay Cohen, Casey Siemaszko, Billy Zane, Harry Waters Jr., Donald Fullilove, Will Hare, Jason Hervey, Courtney Gains, Elsa Raven, Huey Lewis | Sci-Fi, Comedy | Live action |
Red Sonja | MGM/UA Entertainment Co. | Richard Fleischer (director); Clive Exton, George MacDonald Fraser (screenplay); Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman, Paul L. Smith, Ernie Reyes, Jr., Ronald Lacey, Pat Roach, Terry Richards, Janet Agren, Hans Meyer, Tutte Lemkow, Tad Horino, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Erik Holmey | Epic | Live action | ||
5 | The Lift | Tuschinski Film Distribution / Island Alive | Dick Maas (director/screenplay); Huub Stapel, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Josine van Dalsum | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action | |
10 | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | Warner Bros. | George Miller (director/screenplay); George Ogilvie (director); Terry Hayes (screenplay); Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence, Adam Cockburn, Frank Thring, Angelo Rossitto, Paul Larsson, Angry Anderson, Robert Grubb, Helen Buday, Edwin Hodgeman, George Spartels, Tom Jennings, Rod Zuanic | Action | Live action | |
12 | Explorers | Paramount Pictures | Joe Dante (director); Eric Luke (screenplay); Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, Amanda Peterson, Bobby Fite, Dana Ivey, Taliesin Jaffe, James Cromwell, Robert Picardo, Karen Mayo-Chandler, Dick Miller, Meshach Taylor, Mary Kay Place, Brooke Bundy, Leslie Rickert | Sci-Fi, Fantasy | Live action | |
Silverado | Columbia Pictures | Lawrence Kasdan (director/screenplay); Mark Kasdan (screenplay); Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Rosanna Arquette, John Cleese, Kevin Costner, Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, Linda Hunt, Joe Seneca, Ray Baker, Thomas Wilson Brown, Jeff Fahey, Lynn Whitfield, Amanda Wyss, Richard Jenkins, Brion James, James Gammon, Sheb Wooley, Earl Hindman, Pepe Serna | Western | Live action | ||
14 | The Coca-Cola Kid | Roadshow Film Distributors | Dušan Makavejev (director); Frank Moorhouse (screenplay); Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, Kris McQuade, Max Gillies, Tony Barry, Paul Chubb, David Slingsby, Tim Finn, Colleen Clifford, Rebecca Smart, Esben Storm, Steve Dodd, Ian Gilmour | Romance, Comedy | Live action | |
19 | Day of the Dead | United Film Distribution Company | George A. Romero (director/screenplay); Lori Cardille, Joseph Pilato, Terry Alexander, Jarlath Conroy, Richard Liberty, Anthony Dileo Jr., Sherman Howard, Gary Howard Klar, Ralph Marrero, John Amplas, Phillip G. Kellams, Taso Stavrakis, Gregory Nicotero, George A. Romero | Horror | Live action | |
Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam | GoodTimes Home Video | John R. Cherry III (director/screenplay); Jim Varney | Sci-Fi, Comedy | Live action | ||
The Legend of Billie Jean | TriStar Pictures | Matthew Robbins (director); Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal (screenplay); Helen Slater, Keith Gordon, Christian Slater, Peter Coyote, Richard Bradford, Martha Gehman, Yeardley Smith, Dean Stockwell, Barry Tubb | Drama | Live action | ||
The Man with One Red Shoe | 20th Century Fox | Stan Dragoti (director); Robert Klane (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Dabney Coleman, Lori Singer, Charles Durning, Carrie Fisher, Jim Belushi, Edward Herrmann, David Ogden Stiers, Tom Noonan, Gerrit Graham, David L. Lander, Art LaFleur, Irving Metzman | Comedy | Live action | ||
Wetherby | MGM/UA Classics | David Hare (director/screenplay); Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Judi Dench, Stuart Wilson, Tim McInnerny, Suzanna Hamilton, Tom Wilkinson, Marjorie Yates, Joely Richardson, Alan Rickman, Katy Behean, Robert Hines | Mystery, Drama | Live action | ||
26 | The Black Cauldron | Walt Disney Pictures | Ted Berman, Richard Rich (directors); Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, John Byner, Nigel Hawthorne, John Hurt, Phil Fondacaro, Freddie Jones, Arthur Malet, Billie Hayes, Peter Renaday, Wayne Allwine, Steve Hale, Phil Nibbelink, John Huston, Eda Reiss Merin, Adele Mails-Morey, James Almanzar, Jack Laing | Fantasy | Animation | |
The Heavenly Kid | Orion Pictures Corporation | Cary Medoway (director/screenplay); Martin Copeland (screenplay); Lewis Smith, Jason Gedrick, Jane Kaczmarek, Richard Mulligan, Mark Metcalf, Nancy Valen, Lynne Griffin, Christopher Greenbury | Romance, Comedy, Fantasy | Live action | ||
Kiss of the Spider Woman | Island Pictures | Héctor Babenco (director); Leonard Schrader (screenplay); William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sonia Braga, José Lewgoy, Milton Gonçalves, Míriam Pires, Nuno Leal Maia, Fernando Torres, Patricio Bisso, Herson Capri, Denise Dumont, Ana Maria Braga, Sergio Kato, Miguel Falabella, Antonio Petrin, Wilson Grey | Drama | Live action | ||
National Lampoon's European Vacation | Warner Bros. | Amy Heckerling (director); John Hughes, Robert Klane (screenplay); Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively, John Astin, Malcolm Danare, William Zabka, Gary Owens, Jeannette Charles, Mel Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Maureen Lipman, Paul McDowell, Ballard Berkeley, Eric Idle, Jacques Herlin, Willy Millowitsch, , Victor Lanoux, Moon Unit Zappa | Comedy | Live action | ||
A U G U S T |
2 | Fright Night | Columbia Pictures | Tom Holland (director/screenplay); Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall, Stephen Geoffreys, Jonathan Stark, Dorothy Fielding, Art J. Evans, Stewart Stern, Ernie Holmes, Nick Savage, Heidi Sorenson | Horror | Live action |
Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird | Warner Bros. /Sesame Workshop Formerly CTW /The Jim Henson Company Formerly Henson Associates | Ken Kwapis (director); Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss (screenplay); Caroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, Kathryn Mullen, Pam Arciero, Martin P. Robinson, Sally Kellerman, Laraine Newman, Brian Hohlfeld, Cathy Silvers, Eddie Deezen, Tim Gosley, Noel MacNeal, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, Linda Bove, Emilio Delgado, Sonia Manzano, Alaina Reed Hall, Loretta Long, Kermit Love, Joe Flaherty, Dave Thomas, Alyson Court, Waylon Jennings, Sandra Bernhard, Chevy Chase, John Candy, Paul Bartel | Musical, Comedy | Live action | ||
Weird Science | Universal Pictures | John Hughes (director/screenplay); Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Rusler, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson, Vernon Wells, Britt Leach, Ivor Barry, Pamela Gordon, Michael Berryman, John Kapelos, D'Mitch Davis, Jill Whitlow, Wally Ward, Renee Props | Teen, Sci-Fi, Comedy | Live action | ||
7 | Real Genius | TriStar Pictures | Martha Coolidge (director); Neal Israel, Pat Proft, Peter Torokvei (screenplay); Val Kilmer, Gabe Jarret, Michelle Meyrink, William Atherton, Robert Prescott, Jon Gries, Mark Kamiyama, Ed Lauter, Louis Giambalvo, Patti D'Arbanville, Severn Darden, Beau Billingslea, Joanne Baron, Sandy Martin, Dean Devlin, Yuji Okumoto, Deborah Foreman, Stacy Peralta | Sci-Fi, Comedy | Live action | |
9 | My Science Project | Touchstone Films | Jonathan R. Betuel (director/screenplay); John Stockwell, Danielle von Zerneck, Fisher Stevens, Raphael Sbarge, Richard Masur, Barry Corbin, Ann Wedgeworth, Dennis Hopper | Teen, Sci-Fi, Comedy | Live action | |
Pee-wee's Big Adventure | Warner Bros. | Tim Burton (director); Phil Hartman, Paul Reubens, Michael Varhol (screenplay); Paul Reubens, E.G. Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen, Alice Nunn, Phil Hartman, John Harris, Daryl Keith Roach, Carmen Filpi, Jan Hooks, Jason Hervey, Tony Bill, Lynne Marie Stewart, John Paragon, Cleve Hall, Tim Burton, Michael Varhol, Ed Herlihy, Cassandra Peterson, James Brolin, Morgan Fairchild, Twisted Sister, Milton Berle, John Moody, Ralph Seymour | Adventure, Comedy | Live action | ||
Pray for Death | Trans World Entertainment | Gordon Hessler (director); James Booth (screenplay); Sho Kosugi, Norman Burton, James Booth, Kane Kosugi, Donna K. Benz, Michael Constantine, Parley Baer, Robert Ito, Shane Kosugi, Matthew Faison | Martial Arts, Action | Live action | ||
Summer Rental | Paramount Pictures | Carl Reiner (director); Mark Reisman, Jeremy Stevens (screenplay); John Candy, Karen Austin, Kerri Green, Joey Lawrence, Aubrey Jene, Rip Torn, Richard Crenna, John Larroquette, Richard Herd, Lois Hamilton, Carmine Caridi, Frank McCarthy, Bob Wells, Dick Anthony Williams, Reni Santoni | Comedy | Live action | ||
14 | Key Exchange | 20th Century Fox | Barnet Kellman (director); Paul Kurta, Kevin Scott (screenplay); Brooke Adams, Ben Masters, Danny Aiello, Seth Allen, Kerry Armstrong, Sandra Beall, Annie Golden, Peter Brinkerhoff, Ian Calderon, Keith Charles, Roger Christiansen, John Cunningham, Ned Eisenberg, Terri Garber, Deborah Offner, Maggie Renzi, Tony Roberts, Bill Smitrovich, John Spencer, Daniel Stern, Holland Taylor, Dan Ziskie, Barnet Kellman, Mayor Edward I. Koch | Romance, Comedy | Live action | |
16 | American Flyers | Warner Bros. | John Badham (director); Steve Tesich (screenplay); Kevin Costner, Rae Dawn Chong, Alexandra Paul, David Grant, Janice Rule, Jennifer Grey, Robert Townsend, John Amos, Luca Bercovici | Sports, Drama | Live action | |
The Return of the Living Dead | Orion Pictures | Dan O'Bannon (director/screenplay); Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews, Beverly Randolph, John Philbin, Jewel Shepard, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Brian Peck, Linnea Quigley, Mark Venturini, Jonathan Terry, Cathleen Cordell, Allan Trautman, John Durbin, Drew Deighan, James Dalesandro, Terrence Houlihan, Jerome Coleman, Cherry Davis, David Bond | Comedy, Horror | Live action | ||
Volunteers | TriStar Pictures | Nicholas Meyer (director); Keith F. Critchlow, David Isaacs, Ken Levine (screenplay); Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Tim Thomerson, Gedde Watanabe, George Plimpton, Allan Arbus, Xander Berkeley, Ernest Harada | Comedy | Live action | ||
Year of the Dragon | MGM/UA Entertainment Company | Michael Cimino (director/screenplay); Oliver Stone (screenplay); Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane, Dennis Dun, Raymond J. Barry, Leonard Termo, Caroline Kava, Eddie Jones, Victor Wong, Tony Lip, Roza Ng | Neo-Noir, Crime, Thriller | Live action | ||
21 | Agnes of God | Columbia Pictures | Norman Jewison (director); John Pielmeier (screenplay); Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft, Meg Tilly, Anne Pitoniak, Winston Rekert, Gratien Gélinas, Gabriel Arcand, Françoise Faucher, Françoise Berd, Guy Hoffman, Jacques Tourangeau, Janine Fluet, Deborah Grover, Michele George, Samantha Langevin, Jacqueline Blais, Mimi D'Estée, Rita Tuckett, Lillian Graham, Norma Dell'Agnese, Muguette Moreau, Janice Bryan, Agnes Middleton | Neo-Noir, Drama, Mystery | Live action | |
23 | Better Off Dead | Warner Bros. | Savage Steve Holland (director/screenplay); John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Diane Franklin, Kim Darby, Curtis Armstrong, Amanda Wyss, Yuji Okumoto, Dan Schneider, Chuck Mitchell, Vincent Schiavelli, Taylor Negron, Rick Rosenthal, E.G. Daily, Aaron Dozier, Demian Slade, Scooter Stevens, Brian Imada, Laura Waterbury | Teen, Black Comedy | Live action | |
Godzilla 1985 | New World Pictures / Toho Pictures, Inc. | R.J. Kizer, Koji Hashimoto (directors); Shuichi Nagahara, Lisa Tomei (screenplay); Raymond Burr, Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Yosuke Natsuki, Keiju Kobayashi, Shin Takuma, Eitaro Ozawa, Hiroshi Koizumi, Mizuho Suzuki, Taketoshi Naito, Yoshifumi Tajima, Justin Gocke, Tony Plana, Lara Cody, Gregory Snegoff, Kenpachiro Satsuma | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi | Live action | ||
Teen Wolf | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | Rod Daniel (director); Jeph Loeb, Matthew Weisman (screenplay); Michael J. Fox, James Hampton, Susan Ursitti, Jerry Levine, Matt Adler, Lorie Griffin, Jim McKrell, Mark Arnold, Jay Tarses, Mark Holton, Scott Paulin, Doug Savant | Coming-of-Age, Romance, Fantasy, Comedy | Live action | ||
30 | American Ninja | Cannon Film Distributors | Sam Firstenberg (director); Paul De Mielche (screenplay); Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Judie Aronson, Guich Koock, John Fujioka, Don Stewart, John La Motta, Tadashi Yamashita, Phil Brock | Martial Arts, Action | Live action | |
Compromising Positions | Paramount Pictures | Frank Perry (director); Susan Isaacs (screenplay); Susan Sarandon, Raúl Juliá, Edward Herrmann, Judith Ivey, Mary Beth Hurt, Anne De Salvo, Josh Mostel, Deborah Rush, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen | Comedy, Drama, Mystery | Live action | ||
Flesh+Blood | Orion Pictures / Riverside Pictures / Impala Studios | Paul Verhoeven (director/screenplay); Gerard Soeteman (screenplay); Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Susan Tyrrell, Ronald Lacey, Jack Thompson, Fernando Hilbeck, Brion James, Bruno Kirby, Simon Andreu, John Dennis Johnston, Marina Saura, Kitty Courbois, Jake Wood, Nancy Cartwright, Héctor Alterio, Siobhan Hayes, Anne Lockhart, Blanca Marsillach, Jorge Bosso, Mario De Barros, Hans Veerman, Ida Bons, Jaime Segura, Bettina Brenner, Susan Beresford, Mònica Lucchetti | Romance, Historical, Adventure | Live action | ||
S E P T E M B E R |
10 | Plenty | 20th Century Fox | Fred Schepisi (director); David Hare (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman, John Gielgud, Sting, Ian McKellen, Sam Neill, Burt Kwouk, Pik-Sen Lim | Drama | Live action |
Smooth Talk | American Playhouse / Goldcrest Films | Joyce Chopra (director); Tom Cole (screenplay); Treat Williams, Laura Dern, Mary Kay Place, Elizabeth Berridge, Levon Helm, Geoff Hoyle, William Ragsdale, Michael French, Margaret Welsh, Sara Inglis, David Berridge, Mark McKay, Joy Carlin, Carl Mueller, Cab Covay | Drama | Live action | ||
13 | After Hours | Warner Bros. | Martin Scorsese (director); Joseph Minion (screenplay); Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, John Heard, Cheech Marin, Catherine O'Hara, Dick Miller, Will Patton, Bronson Pinchot, Rocco Sisto, Larry Block, Victor Argo, Clarence Felder, Martin Scorsese | Black Comedy | Live action | |
20 | Creator | Universal Pictures | Ivan Passer (director); Jeremy Leven (screenplay); Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano, Virginia Madsen, David Ogden Stiers, John Dehner, Karen Kopins, Kenneth Tigar, Elsa Raven, Rance Howard, Ellen Geer, Ian Wolfe, Byrne Piven, Jordan Charney, William H. Bassett, Jeff Corey, Michael McGrady, Eve McVeagh | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi | Live action | |
25 | Marie | MGM/UA Entertainment | Roger Donaldson (director); John Briley (screenplay); Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Morgan Freeman, Keith Szarabajka, Fred Dalton Thompson, Lisa Banes, Trey Wilson, John Cullum, Don Hood, Graham Beckel, Macon McCalman, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Vincent Irizarry, Clarence Felder, Lisa Foster, Leon Rippy, Timothy Carhart, Stephen Henderson, Jane Powell, Melissa Sue Anderson | Biography | Live action | |
27 | Invasion U.S.A. | Cannon Films | Joseph Zito (director); James Bruner, Chuck Norris (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Richard Lynch, Eddie Jones, Billy Drago, Jaime Sánchez, Dehl Berti, Martin Shakar, James Pax, Melissa Prophet, Alexander Zale, Alex Colon, Jon DeVries, James O'Sullivan, Stephen Markle, Shane McCamey | Action | Live action | |
The Journey of Natty Gann | Walt Disney Pictures | Jeremy Kagan (director); Jeanne Rosenberg (screenplay); Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Ray Wise, Lainie Kazan, Scatman Crothers, Barry Miller, Verna Bloom, John P. Finnegan, Garry Chalk, Frank C. Turner, Gabrielle Rose, Don S. Davis, Alek Diakun, Grant Heslov, Bruce M. Fischer, Zachary Ansley, Campbell Lane, Jed the Wolfdog, Matthew Faison, Jordan Pratt, Jack Rader, Max Trumpower | Adventure, Family | Live action | ||
Maxie | Orion Pictures | Paul Aaron (director); Patricia Resnick (screenplay); Glenn Close, Mandy Patinkin, Ruth Gordon, Barnard Hughes, Valerie Curtin, Michael Ensign, Harry Hamlin, Leeza Gibbons, Googy Gress, Lou Cutell, Michael Laskin, Nelson Welch | Fantasy, Comedy | Live action |
October–December[]
Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
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O C T O B E R |
4 | Commando | 20th Century Fox | Mark L. Lester (director); Steven E. de Souza (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano, Vernon Wells, James Olson, David Patrick Kelly, Bill Duke, Dan Hedaya, Drew Snyder, Michael Delano, Chelsea Field, Bill Paxton | Action | Live action |
Dreamchild | Thorn EMI | Gavin Millar (director); Dennis Potter (screenplay); Coral Browne, Peter Gallagher, Ian Holm, Jane Asher, Nicola Cowper, Caris Corfman, Amelia Shankley, Alan Bennett, Ken Campbell, Tony Haygarth, Fulton Mackay, Frank Middlemass, Julie Walters, Big Mick, Ron Mueck, Karen Prell, Michael Sundin, Steve Whitmire | Drama | Live action | ||
Jagged Edge | Columbia Pictures | Richard Marquand (director); Joe Eszterhas (screenplay); Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote, Robert Loggia, John Dehner, Karen Austin, Guy Boyd, Marshall Colt, Louis Giambalvo, Lance Henriksen, LeVar Burton, James Karen, Leigh Taylor-Young, William Allen Young, John Clark, Ben Hammer, Sanford Jensen, Diane Erickson, Maria Mayenzet | Neo-Noir, Thriller | Live action | ||
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Warner Bros. | Paul Schrader (director/screenplay); Leonard Schrader (screenplay); Ken Ogata, Kenji Sawada, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Yasosuke Bando, Masayuki Shionoya, Junkichi Orimoto, Hiroshi Mikami, Naoko Otani, Haruko Kato, Kōichi Satō, Hisako Manda, Chishū Ryū, Naomi Oki, Miki Takakura, Reisen Lee, Setsuko Karasuma, Sachiko Hidari, Tadanori Yokoo, Yasuaki Kurata, Hiroshi Katsuno, Jun Negami, Hiroki Ida, Naoya Makoto, Ryō Ikebe, Alan Mark Poul, Roy Scheider | Biography | Live action | ||
Sweet Dreams | TriStar Pictures | Karel Reisz (director); Robert Getchell (screenplay); Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth, David Clennon, James Staley, Gary Basaraba, John Goodman, P.J. Soles, Jerry Haynes, Boxcar Willie | Biography | Live action | ||
A Zed & Two Noughts | Artificial Eye / Channel Four Films | Peter Greenaway (director/screenplay); Andréa Ferréol, Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon, Frances Barber, Joss Ackland | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
6 | The Long Hot Summer | NBC / Leonard Hill Films / Long Hot Productions | Stuart Cooper (director); William Faulkner, Rita Mae Brown, Dennis Turner (screenplay); Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Judith Ivey, Cybill Shepherd, William Russ, Ava Gardner, Wings Hauser, Albert Hall, William Forsythe, James Gammon, Rance Howard, Alexandra Johnson, Stephen Davies, Charlotte Stanton | Romance, Drama | Live action | |
11 | Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | Orion Pictures | Guy Hamilton (director); Christopher Wood (screenplay); Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley, J.A. Preston, George Coe, Charles Cioffi, Kate Mulgrew, Michael Pataki, Reginald VelJohnson, Jon Polito, Gene LeBell, Sebastian Ligarde, Tom McBride, Suzanne Snyder, William Hickey, Patrick Kilpatrick | Action, Adventure | Live action | |
Silver Bullet | Paramount Pictures | Dan Attias (director); Stephen King (screenplay); Corey Haim, Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Megan Follows, Terry O'Quinn, Lawrence Tierney, Bill Smitrovich, Kent Broadhurst, David Hart, James Gammon, Tovah Feldshuh, Joe Wright, Robin Groves | Horror | Live action | ||
18 | The Holcroft Covenant | Universal Pictures | John Frankenheimer (director); Edward Anhalt, George Axelrod, John Hopkins (screenplay); Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer, Mario Adorf, Michael Lonsdale, Bernard Hepton, Shane Rimmer, Alexander Kerst, Richard Münch, Michael Wolf | Thriller | Live action | |
The Quiet Earth | Skouras Pictures | Geoff Murphy (director); Bill Baer, Bruno Lawrence, Sam Pillsbury (screenplay); Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Peter Smith | Sci-Fi | Live action | ||
Re-Animator | Empire International Pictures | Stuart Gordon (director); Brian Yuzna (screenplay); Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale, Robert Sampson, , Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Ian Patrick Williams, Gerry Black, Peter Kent, Craig Reed | Horror, Comedy | Live action | ||
Wild Geese II | / Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment | Peter Hunt (director); Reginald Rose (screenplay); Scott Glenn, Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier, Robert Freitag, Kenneth Haigh, Stratford Johns, Derek Thompson, Robert Webber | Action, Thriller | Live action | ||
20 | I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later | NBC / Sony Pictures Television / Columbia Pictures Television / Can't Sing Can't Dance Productions | William Asher (director); Irma Kalish (screenplay); Barbara Eden, Wayne Rogers, Bill Daily, Hayden Rorke, Mackenzie Astin, André De Shields, Dody Goodman, John Bennett Perry, Dori Brenner, Nicole Eggert, Michael Fairman | Fantasy, Comedy | Live action | |
23 | Twice in a Lifetime | Bud Yorkin Productions | Bud Yorkin (director); Colin Welland (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn, Amy Madigan, Ally Sheedy, Brian Dennehy, Stephen Lang, Darrell Larson | Drama | Live action | |
25 | Krush Groove | Warner Bros. | Michael Schultz (director); Ralph Farquhar (screenplay); Blair Underwood, Sheila E., Run-DMC, Jam Master Jay, The Fat Boys, Kurtis Blow, New Edition, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Russell Simmons, Richard Gant, LisaGay Hamilton, Rick Rubin, Nayobe, Vicky Ruane, Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde, Brian "B-Fine" George, Paul Anthony George, Chris Rock, Kara Vallow, Coati Mundi, Donnie Simpson | Musical, Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
N O V E M B E R |
1 | Death Wish 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | Michael Winner (director/screenplay); Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Deborah Raffin, Ed Lauter, Martin Balsam, Gavan O'Herlihy, Alex Winter, Marina Sirtis, Ricco Ross, Barbie Wilde, Manning Redwood | Action, Thriller | Live action |
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | New Line Cinema / Heron Communications / Smart Egg Pictures | Jack Sholder (director); David Chaskin (screenplay); Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler, Clu Gulager, Hope Lange, Christie Clark, Marshall Bell, Melinda O. Fee, Tom McFadden, Sydney Walsh, Lyman Ward, JoAnn Willette, Steve Eastin, Brian Wimmer, Kerry Remsen, Robert Shaye | Slasher | Live action | ||
To Live and Die in L.A. | MGM/UA Entertainment Co. | William Friedkin (director/screenplay); Gerald Petievich (screenplay); William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro, Darlanne Fluegel, Dean Stockwell, Steve James, Robert Downey Sr., Michael Greene, Jack Hoar, Christopher Allport, Valentin de Vargas, Dwier Brown, Jane Leeves, Dar Robinson, Thomas F. Duffy, Gary Cole, Gerald Petievich, Michael Chong, Jacqueline Giroux | Neo-Noir, Action, Thriller | Live action | ||
3 | North and South | ABC / David L. Wolper Productions / Warner Bros. Television | Richard T. Heffron (director); Douglas Heyes, John Jakes, Paul F. Edwards, Patricia Green, Kathleen A. Shelley (screenplay); Patrick Swayze, James Read, Lesley-Anne Down, Wendy Kilbourne, Kirstie Alley, Jean Simmons, Mitchell Ryan, Terri Garber, Genie Francis, David Ogden Stiers, David Carradine, Jonathan Frakes, Robert Mitchum, Hal Holbrook, Philip Casnoff, Lewis Smith, John Stockwell, Wendy Fulton, Morgan Fairchild, Inga Swenson, Jim Metzler, Tony Frank, David Harris, Erica Gimpel, Forest Whitaker, Andrew Stahl, Olivia Cole, Elizabeth Taylor, Georg Stanford Brown, John Anderson, Lee Bergere, Mark Moses, Robert Guillaume, Johnny Cash, Chris Douridas, James Rebhorn, Temi Epstein, Cary Guffey | Drama, History, Romance | Live action | |
8 | Bring On the Night | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Michael Apted (director/screenplay); Sting, Omar Hakim, Darryl Jones, Kenny Kirkland, Branford Marsalis, Dolette McDonald, Janice Pendarvis | Documentary | Live action | |
Target | Warner Bros. | Arthur Penn (director); Jose Luis Navarro, Don Petersen, Leonard B. Stern (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Matt Dillon, Gayle Hunnicutt, Josef Sommer, Guy Boyd, Viktoriya Fyodorova, Herbert Berghof, Richard Münch, Werner Pochath, Jany Holt, Ilona Grübel, James Selby, Ray Fry | Mystery, Thriller | Live action | ||
That Was Then... This Is Now | Paramount Pictures | Christopher Cain (director); Emilio Estevez (screenplay); Emilio Estevez, Craig Sheffer, Kim Delaney, Jill Schoelen, Larry B. Scott, Barbara Babcock, Morgan Freeman, Frank McCarthy, Ramon Estevez, Frank Howard, Diane Dorsey | Drama | Live action | ||
Transylvania 6-5000 | New World Pictures | Rudy De Luca (director/screenplay); Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley Jr., Joseph Bologna, Carol Kane, Jeffrey Jones, John Byner, Geena Davis, Michael Richards, Donald Gibb, Norman Fell, Teresa Ganzel, Rudy De Luca, Inge Appelt, Božidar Smiljanić | Horror, Comedy | Live action | ||
15 | My Beautiful Laundrette | Mainline Pictures / Orion Pictures / Working Title Films / Channel Four Films | Stephen Frears (director); Hanif Kureishi (screenplay); Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Shirley Anne Field | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
Once Bitten | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Howard Storm (director); Jonathan Roberts, David Hines, Jeffrey Hause (screenplay); Lauren Hutton, Jim Carrey, Karen Kopins, Cleavon Little, Richard Schaal, Peggy Pope, Megan Mullally, Joseph Brutsman, Stuart Charno, Carey More, Thomas Ballatore, Skip Lackey, Jeb Stuart Adams, Robin Klein, Glen Mauro, Gary Mauro | Teen, Comedy | Live action | ||
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer | Warner Bros. | Kimio Yabuki, Bernard Deyriès (directors); Jean Chalopin, Howard R. Cohen (screenplay); Bettina, Patrick Fraley, Peter Cullen, Robbie Lee, Andre Stojka, David Mendenhall, Les Tremayne, Mona Marshall, Jonathan Harris, Scott Menville, Charlie Adler, Rhonda Aldrich, Marissa Mendenhall, David Workman | Fantasy | Animation | ||
22 | Bad Medicine | 20th Century Fox | Harvey Miller (director/screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Alan Arkin, Julie Hagerty, Bill Macy, Curtis Armstrong, Julie Kavner, Joe Grifasi, Robert Romanus, Taylor Negron, Candi Milo, Gilbert Gottfried, Eileen Way, Allan Corduner, Tresa Hughes, José Canalejas, John Sterland | Comedy | Live action | |
Fever Pitch | MGM/UA Entertainment Co. | Richard Brooks (director/screenplay); Ryan O'Neal, Catherine Hicks, Giancarlo Giannini, Bridgette Andersen, Chad Everett, John Saxon, Hank Greenspun, William Smith, Keith Hefner, Patrick Cassidy, William Prince, Chad McQueen, Fred Robledo | Drama | Live action | ||
King Solomon's Mines | The Cannon Group | J. Lee Thompson (director); Gene Quintano, James R. Silke (screenplay); Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom, John Rhys-Davies, Ken Gampu, Shaike Ophir, June Buthelezi, Sam Williams, Mick Lesley, Vincent Van der Byl, Bob Greer, Oliver Tengende, Neville Thomas, Bishop McThuzen, Isiah Murert | Action, Adventure | Live action | ||
One Magic Christmas | Walt Disney Pictures | Phillip Borsos (director); Thomas Meehan (screenplay); Mary Steenburgen, Gary Basaraba, Harry Dean Stanton, Arthur Hill, Elisabeth Harnois, Michelle Meyrink, Elias Koteas, Wayne Robson, Jan Rubeš, Sarah Polley, Graham Jarvis, Robbie Magwood, Timothy Webber, Joy Thompson, John Friesen | Fantasy | Live action | ||
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin | Atlantic Releasing | Steven Hahn (director); Jeffrey Scott (screenplay); Joe Colligan, Carmen Argenziano, Anthony De Longis, Noelle North, Tyke Caravelli, Les Tremayne, Daryl Bartley, Tina Romanus, Thomas H. Watkins, Mickey Morton, John Moschitta, Jr., Ken Sansom, Mona Marshall, Herb Vigran, Cathy Cavadini, Marilyn Schreffler, Susan Silo | Fantasy | Animation | ||
White Nights | Columbia Pictures | Taylor Hackford (director); James Goldman, Eric Hughes (screenplay); Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren, Geraldine Page, Isabella Rossellini, John Glover, Stefan Gryff, William Hootkins, Shane Rimmer, Marc Sinden, Maryam d'Abo, Daniel Benzali | Drama | Live action | ||
24 | Mussolini: The Untold Story | NBC Productions | William A. Graham (director); Stirling Silliphant (screenplay); George C. Scott, David Suchet, Lee Grant, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Raúl Juliá, Tracy-Louise Ward, Virginia Madsen, Robert Downey Jr., Gabriel Byrne, Kenneth Colley, Gunnar Moller, Gina Bellman, Godfrey James, Michael Aldridge, George Coulouris, Vernon Dobtcheff, Constantine Gregory, Paul Herzberg, Wolf Kahler, Anne-Louise Lambert, Annabel Leventon, Philip Madoc, Tony Vogel, Milton Johns, Richard Kane, Michael MacKenzie, Stephen Marshall, Paul Kehagias, Spencer Chandler | Drama | Live action | |
27 | Rocky IV | MGM/UA Entertainment Company | Sylvester Stallone (director/screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Dolph Lundgren, Brigitte Nielsen, Tony Burton, Michael Pataki, Rocky Krakoff, LeRoy Neiman, Burgess Meredith, James Brown, Stu Nahan, Warner Wolf, R.J. Adams, Barry Tompkins, Al Bandiero, David Lloyd Austin | Sports, Drama | Live action | |
Santa Claus: The Movie | TriStar Pictures | Jeannot Szwarc (director); David Newman (screenplay); Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, David Huddleston, Judy Cornwell, Burgess Meredith, Jeffrey Kramer, Christian Fitzpatrick, Carrie Kei Heim, John Barrard, Anthony O'Donnell, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle, Tim Stern, Peter O'Farrell, Christopher Ryan, Keith Hayden, Shannon Spruill, Nigel Paterson | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | Live action | ||
D E C E M B E R |
4 | Young Sherlock Holmes | Paramount Pictures / Amblin Entertainment | Barry Levinson (director); Chris Columbus (screenplay); Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Anthony Higgins, Sophie Ward, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Freddie Jones, Nigel Stock, Brian Oulton, Susan Fleetwood, Earl Rhodes, Patrick Newell, Donald Eccles, Walter Sparrow, Nadim Sawalha, Roger Brierley, Vivienne Chandler, Lockwood West, John Scott Martin, Willoughby Goddard, Ralph Tabakin, Nancy Nevinson, Michael Hordern | Mystery, Adventure | Live action |
6 | Fool for Love | The Cannon Group, Inc. | Robert Altman (director); Sam Shepard (screenplay); Sam Shepard, Kim Basinger, Harry Dean Stanton, Randy Quaid | Drama | Live action | |
Runaway Train | The Cannon Group, Inc. | Andrei Konchalovsky (director); Djordje Milicevic, Paul Zindel, Edward Bunker (screenplay); Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, Kyle T. Heffner, John P. Ryan, T.K. Carter, Kenneth McMillan, Edward Bunker, John Bloom, Norton E. "Hank" Worden, Danny Trejo, Tiny Lister, Dennis Franz, Stacey Pickren, Walter Wyatt, Reid Cruickshanks, Dan Wray, Michael Lee Gogin | Action, Thriller | Live action | ||
Spies Like Us | Warner Bros. | John Landis (director); Dan Aykroyd, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel (screenplay); Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Donna Dixon, Bruce Davison, William Prince, Steve Forrest, Tom Hatten, Bernie Casey, Charles McKeown, Vanessa Angel, James Daughton, Jim Staahl, Frank Oz, Terry Gilliam, Ray Harryhausen, Derek Meddings, Joel Coen, Sam Raimi, Martin Brest, Costa-Gavras, Bob Hope, B.B. King, Michael Apted, Larry Cohen, Heidi Sorenson, Edwin Newman | Comedy | Live action | ||
9 | Alice in Wonderland | CBS / Sony Pictures Television / Columbia Pictures Television / Irwin Allen Productions | Harry Harris (director); Lewis Carroll, Paul Zindel (screenplay); Natalie Gregory, Red Buttons, Anthony Newley, Jayne Meadows, Carol Channing, Roddy McDowall, Ann Jillian, Pat Morita, Robert Morley, Sheila Allen, Sherman Hemsley, Donald O'Connor, Shelley Winters, Scott Baio, Sammy Davis Jr., Robert Axelrod, Martha Raye, Imogene Coca, Telly Savalas, Arte Johnson, Selma Archerd, George Savalas, Sid Caesar, Ringo Starr, Tom McLoughlin, Harvey Korman, Jack Warden, Sally Struthers, Donna Mills, Merv Griffin, Patrick Duffy, Steve Allen, George Gobel, Eydie Gormé, Steve Lawrence, Karl Malden, Louis Nye, Jonathan Winters, John Stamos, Ernest Borgnine, Beau Bridges, Don Matheson, Lloyd Bridges, Sharee Gregory, Charles Dougherty, Billy Braver, Ernie F. Orsatti, Scotch Byerley, Lana Beeson, Michael Chieffo, Jeffrey Winner, John Walter Davis, James Joseph Galante, Candance Savalas, Troy Jordan, Patrick Culliton, Laura Carlson, Kristi Lynes, Desiree Sbazo, Barbie Alison, Janie Walton, Dee Brantlinger | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical | Live action | |
11 | The Jewel of the Nile | 20th Century Fox | Lewis Teague (director); Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Spiros Focás, Avner Eisenberg, Hamid Fillali, Daniel Peacock, Holland Taylor, Guy Cuevas, The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Peter De Palma, Mark Daly Richards | Action, Adventure, Romance, Comedy | Live action | |
13 | A Chorus Line | Columbia Pictures | Richard Attenborough (director); Arnold Schulman (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Alyson Reed, Terrence Mann, Sharon Brown, Jan Gan Boyd, Gregg Burge, Tony Fields, Audrey Landers, Nicole Fosse, Vicki Frederick, Janet Jones, Matt West, Michael Blevins, Yamil Borges, Cameron English, Michelle Johnston, Pam Klinger, Charles McGowan, Justin Ross, Blane Savage | Drama, Musical | Live action | |
Clue | Paramount Pictures | Jonathan Lynn (director/screenplay); John Landis (screenplay); Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren, Colleen Camp, Lee Ving, Bill Henderson, Jane Wiedlin, Jeffrey Kramer, Kellye Nakahara, Howard Hesseman | Black Comedy, Mystery | Live action | ||
Legend | Universal Pictures | Ridley Scott (director); William Hjortsberg (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert, Kiran Shah, Robert Picardo, Peter O'Farrell, Annabelle Lanyon, Tina Martin | Epic, Fantasy, Adventure | Live action | ||
Trouble in Mind | Alive Films | Alan Rudolph (director/screenplay); Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Lori Singer, Geneviève Bujold, Joe Morton, Dirk Blocker, George Kirby, Divine, John Considine, Albert Hall, Gailard Sartain, Robert Gould | Neo-noir | Live action | ||
18 | Brazil | 20th Century Fox (International) / Universal Pictures (United States) | Terry Gilliam (director/screenplay); Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown (screenplay); Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Kim Greist, Jim Broadbent, Brian Miller, Sheila Reid, Simon Nash, Barbara Hicks, Kathryn Pogson, Bryan Pringle, Derrick O'Connor, Elizabeth Spender, Derek Deadman, Nigel Planer, Charles McKeown, Ray Cooper, Gorden Kaye, John Pierce Jones, Ann Way, Myrtle Devenish, Simon Jones, Bill Wallis, Don Henderson, Howard Lew Lewis, Oscar Quitak, Harold Innocent, John Grillo, Patrick Connor, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Jack Purvis, Andre Gregory, Terry Gilliam, Sue Hodge | Sci-Fi | Live action | |
The Color Purple | Warner Bros. | Steven Spielberg (director); Menno Meyjes (screenplay); Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Akosua Busia, Adolph Caesar, Willard Pugh, Rae Dawn Chong, Larry Fishburne, Carl Anderson, Grand L. Bush, Dana Ivey, Bennet Guillory, James Tillis, Leonard Jackson, Desreta Jackson, Táta Vega, Gayle King | Coming-of-Age, Period, Drama | Live action | ||
Out of Africa | Universal Pictures | Sydney Pollack (director); Kurt Luedtke (screenplay); Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Shane Rimmer, Michael Gough, Suzanna Hamilton, Rachel Kempson, Graham Crowden, Leslie Phillips, Annabel Maule, Donal McCann, Benny Young, Iman, Jon Seda, Malick Bowens, Joseph Thiaka, Stephen Kinyanjui | Epic, Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
20 | Enemy Mine | 20th Century Fox | Wolfgang Petersen (director); Edward Khmara (screenplay); Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett, Jr., Brion James, Richard Marcus, Carolyn McCormick, Bumper Robinson, Lance Kerwin, Herb Andress, Jim Mapp, Scott Kraft, Lou Michaels, Andy Geer, Henry Stolow, Danmar, Mandy Hausenberger | Sci-Fi, Drama | Live action | |
25 | Murphy's Romance | Columbia Pictures | Martin Ritt (director); Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch (screenplay); Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim, Dennis Burkley, Carole King, Georgann Johnson, Anna Levine, Charles Lane, Bruce French, John C. Becher, Dortha Duckworth, Michael Prokopuk, Billy Ray Sharkey, Michael Crabtree, Henry Slate | Romance, Comedy | Live action | |
Revolution | Warner Bros. | Hugh Hudson (director); Robert Dillon (screenplay); Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Dexter Fletcher, Sid Owen, Joan Plowright, Dave King, Steven Berkoff, John Wells, Annie Lennox, Richard O'Brien, Paul Brooke, Frank Windsor, Jesse Birdsall, Graham Greene, Robbie Coltrane | Historical, Drama | Live action | ||
The Trip to Bountiful | Island Pictures | Peter Masterson (director); Horton Foote (screenplay); Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford, Rebecca De Mornay, Kevin Cooney, Dave Tanner, Gil Glasgow, Mary Kay Mars, Norman Bennett, Harvey Lewis, Kirk Sisco, Wezz Tildon, Peggy Ann Byers, David Romo, Tony Torn, John Torn, Alexandra Masterson, Don Wyse | Drama | Live action | ||
27 | Joey | New World Pictures | Roland Emmerich (director/screenplay); Hans J. Haller, Thomas Lechner (screenplay); Joshua Morrell, Eva Kryll | Horror, Fantasy | Live action |
Births[]
- January 1 - Juliana Harkavy, American actress
- January 3 - Nicole Beharie, American actress
- January 10 - Alex Meraz, American actor and dancer
- January 11 – Aja Naomi King, American actress[8]
- January 13 - Ellen Wong, Canadian actress
- January 18 - , English Gentleman
- January 16 – Sidharth Malhotra, Indian actor[9]
- January 19 - Damien Chazelle, American film director[10]
- January 29 - Isabel Lucas, Australian actor and model
- February 7 - Tina Majorino, American actress
- February 14 - Jake Lacy, American actor
- March 1 - Michael Conner Humphreys, American actor
- March 13 - Emile Hirsch, American actor[11]
- March 15
- Eva Amurri, American actress
- Kellan Lutz, American actor
- March 23
- Maryana Spivak, Russian actress
- March 26
- Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
- Keira Knightley, English actress[12]
- March 27 – Ram Charan, Indian film actor[13]
- March 31 - Jessica Szohr, American actress
- April 10 - Christie Laing, Canadian actress
- April 16
- Rhiana Griffith, Australian actress
- Gregor Schmidinger, Austrian screenwriter and director
- April 17 - Rooney Mara, American actress
- April 20 - Billy Magnussen, American actor
- April 23 - Rachel Skarsten, Canadian actress
- April 27 - Sheila Vand, American actress
- April 30 - Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model[14]
- May 5 - Clark Duke, American actor, comedian and director
- May 9 - Chris Zylka, American actor and model
- May 10 - Odette Annable, American actress
- May 16 - Julia Voth, Canadian actress and model
- May 17 - Sophie McShera, English actress
- May 28 - Tao Okamoto, Japanese actress
- May 28 - Carey Mulligan, English actress[15]
- May 29 - Blake Foster, American actor
- May 30 - Sam Gifaldi, American actor
- June 2 - Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress
- June 7 - Adam Nagaitis, British actor
- June 9 – Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress and model[16]
- June 12
- Dave Franco, American actor
- Liisa Pulk, Estonian actress
- June 21 - Lana Del Rey, American singer and songwriter[17]
- June 22 - Douglas Smith (actor), Canadian 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
- July 22 - Blake Harrison, English actor, voice actor and dancer
- July 30 - Aml Ameen, British actor
- August 9 - Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer
- August 21 - Laura Haddock, English actress
- August 23 - Juss Haasma, Estonian actor
- September 2 - Yani Gellman, Canadian actor
- September 4 - Morgan Garrett, American voice actress
- September 10
- Monica Lopera, Colombian-American actress
- Elyse Levesque, Canadian actress
- September 16 - Madeline Zima, American actress
- September 22 - Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress
- September 24 - Jessica Lucas, Canadian actress and singer
- September 26 - Talulah Riley, English actress
- October 1 - Emerald Fennell, English screen actress and director
- October 11 - Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
- October 26 - Asin Thottumkal, Indian actress[18]
- October 28 - Troian Bellisario, American actress
- October 31 - Kether Donohue, American actress and singer
- November 2 - Josh Grelle, American voice actor
- November 7 - Lucas Neff, American actor
- November 10 - Giovonnie Samuels, American actress
- November 20 - Dan Byrd, American actor
- November 23 - Katie Crown, Canadian-American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer
- November 27 - Alison Pill, Canadian actress
- November 30
- Gia Crovatin, American actress and producer
- Kaley Cuoco, American actress
- December 3 - Amanda Seyfried, American actress and singer
- December 5 - Frankie Muniz, American actor
- December 6 - Max Kasch, American actor and musician
- December 10 - Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer
Deaths[]
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January | 5 | Robert Surtees | 78 | US | Cinematographer |
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5 | John Paxton | 73 | US | Screenwriter |
| |
11 | Edward Buzzell | 89 | US | Director |
| |
12 | Paul Luty | 52 | UK | Actor |
| |
13 | Carol Wayne | 42 | US | Actress |
| |
14 | Jetta Goudal | 93 | Netherlands | Actress |
| |
18 | Wilfrid Brambell | 72 | UK | Actor |
| |
25 | Paul J. Smith | 78 | US | Composer, Orchestrator |
| |
February | ||||||
4 | Fred Ryan | 67 | UK | Boom Operator | ||
6 | Neil McCarthy | 52 | UK | Actor |
| |
6 | James Hadley Chase | 78 | UK | Writer, Miscellaneous |
| |
10 | Wanda Tuchock | 86 | US | Screenwriter |
| |
11 | Henry Hathaway | 86 | US | Director, Producer |
| |
12 | Nicholas Colasanto | 61 | US | Actor |
| |
16 | Larry Ward | 60 | US | Actor, Writer |
| |
19 | Dorothy Black | 85 | South Africa | Actress | ||
20 | Clarence Nash | 80 | US | Actor |
| |
21 | Ina Claire | 91 | UK | Actress |
| |
21 | Louis Hayward | 75 | UK | Actor, Director, Producer |
| |
27 | J. Pat O'Malley | 80 | UK | Actor, Voice Actor |
| |
27 | David Huffman | 39 | US | Actor, Producer |
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March | ||||||
1 | Alfred Zeisler | 92 | US | Producer, Director |
| |
3 | Noel Purcell | 84 | Ireland | Actor |
| |
5 | Thomas Little | 98 | US | Set Decorator |
| |
8 | Edward Andrews | 70 | US | Actor |
| |
19 | Anthony Nelson Keys | 73 | UK | Producer |
| |
21 | Michael Redgrave | 77 | UK | Actor, Writer |
| |
21 | Michael Trubshawe | 79 | UK | Actor |
| |
April | ||||||
16 | Scott Brady | 60 | US | Actor |
| |
21 | John Welsh | 70 | UK | Actor, Production Manager |
| |
23 | Kent Smith | 78 | US | Actor |
| |
25 | Richard Haydn | 80 | UK | Actor |
| |
26 | Albert Maltz | 76 | US | Screenwriter |
| |
May | 1 | George Pravda | 68 | UK | Actor |
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4 | Harry Earles | 83 | US | Actor |
| |
5 | Mildred Dixon | 74 | US | Actress | ||
7 | Dawn Addams | 54 | UK | Actress |
| |
8 | Susan Morrow | 53 | US | Actress |
| |
8 | Dolph Sweet | 64 | US | Actor |
| |
9 | Edmond O'Brien | 69 | US | Actor |
| |
11 | Chester Gould | 84 | US | Writer, Cartoonist |
| |
13 | Selma Diamond | 64 | US | Actress, Writer |
| |
13 | Leatrice Joy | 91 | US | Actress | ||
14 | Frank Westmore | 62 | ?? | Makeup Artist |
| |
16 | Margaret Hamilton | 82 | US | Actress |
| |
17 | Hugh Burden | 72 | UK | Actor, Writer |
| |
22 | Wolfgang Reitherman | 75 | US | Animator, Director, Producer |
| |
22 | Gerald Case | 80 | UK | Actor |
| |
25 | Robert Nathan | 91 | US | Writer, Actor |
| |
26 | Harold Hecht | 77 | US | Producer |
| |
30 | Talbot Jennings | 90 | US | Screenwriter |
| |
June | 1 | Richard Greene | 66 | UK | Actor, Producer |
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7 | Gordon Rollings | 59 | UK | Actor |
| |
9 | Clifford Evans | 73 | UK | Actor, Writer |
| |
10 | George Chandler | 86 | US | Actor |
| |
17 | John Boulting | 71 | UK | Producer, Director |
| |
24 | Valentine Dyall | 77 | UK | Actor |
| |
28 | James Craig | 73 | US | Actor, Writer |
| |
July | 1 | Elsie Wagstaff | 86 | UK | Actress |
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3 | Nelson Leigh | 80 | US | Actor |
| |
7 | Ewen Solon | 67 | NZ | Actor |
| |
8 | Phil Foster | 71 | US | Actor |
| |
8 | Victor Rendina | 68 | US | Actor |
| |
17 | Margo | 68 | Mexico | Actress |
| |
18 | Louisa Ghijs | 83 | Belgium | Actress |
| |
20 | Estelle Evans | 78 | US | Actress |
| |
23 | Kay Kyser | 80 | US | Musician, Actor |
| |
23 | Mickey Shaughnessy | 64 | US | Actor |
| |
28 | Grant Williams | 53 | US | Actor |
| |
August | ||||||
2 | Bob Holt | 56 | US | Actor |
| |
2 | Frank Faylen | 79 | US | Actor |
| |
7 | Grayson Hall | 62 | US | Actress |
| |
8 | Louise Brooks | 78 | US | Actress |
| |
8 | Milton H. Greene | 63 | US | Producer |
| |
10 | Kenny Baker | 72 | US | Singer, Actor |
| |
12 | Patrick Hines | 55 | US | Actor |
| |
13 | Marion Martin | 77 | US | Actress |
| |
14 | Gale Sondergaard | 86 | US | Actress |
| |
15 | Lester Cole | 81 | US | Screenwriter |
| |
24 | Morrie Ryskind | 89 | US | Screenwriter |
| |
28 | Ruth Gordon | 88 | US | Actress, Writer |
| |
29 | Evelyn Ankers | 67 | US | Actress |
| |
29 | Patrick Barr | 77 | UK | Actor |
| |
30 | Tom Howard | 75 | UK | Special Effects |
| |
September | 4 | George O'Brien | 86 | US | Actor, Producer |
|
6 | Johnny Desmond | 65 | US | Actor, Singer |
| |
6 | Jane Frazee | 67 | US | Actress, Singer |
| |
10 | Alexa Kenin | 23 | US | Actress |
| |
14 | Julian Beck | 60 | US | Actor |
| |
16 | Art Scholl | 53 | US | Stuntman, Actor | ||
24 | Paul Mann | 71 | US | Actor |
| |
27 | Lloyd Nolan | 83 | US | Actor |
| |
28 | L. B. Abbott | 77 | US | Special Effects |
| |
29 | Arthur Krams | 73 | US | Set Decorator |
| |
30 | Simone Signoret | 64 | France | Actress |
| |
30 | Floyd Crosby | 85 | US | Cinematographer |
| |
October | 2 | George Savalas | 60 | US | Actor |
|
2 | Rock Hudson | 59 | US | Actor |
| |
6 | Nelson Riddle | 64 | US | Composer, Orchestrator |
| |
10 | Yul Brynner | 65 | US | Actor |
| |
10 | Orson Welles | 70 | US | Actor, Writer, Director |
| |
13 | Francesca Bertini | 93 | Italy | Actress |
| |
16 | Franklin Milton | 78 | US | Recording Supervisor |
| |
22 | Stefano Satta Flores | 48 | Italy | Actor |
| |
25 | Gary Holton | 33 | UK | Actor |
| |
30 | Kirby Grant | 73 | US | Actor |
| |
30 | David Oxley | 64 | Spain | Actor |
| |
November | 1 | Phil Silvers | 74 | US | Actor | |
12 | Dimitar Panov | 83 | Bulgaria | Actor |
| |
19 | Jimmy Ritz | 81 | US | Actor, Writer |
| |
19 | Stepin Fetchit | 83 | US | Actor |
| |
23 | Leslie Mitchell | 80 | UK | Newsreel Commentator | British Movietone News | |
December | 11 | Kathleen Ryan | 63 | Ireland | Actress |
|
12 | Anne Baxter | 62 | US | Actress |
| |
12 | Phil Karlson | 77 | US | Director |
| |
14 | Bruce Weintraub | 33 | US | Set Decorator |
| |
17 | Harry M. Leonard | 85 | US | Sound Recordist |
| |
23 | Gina Kaus | 92 | Austria | Screenwriter |
| |
26 | Margarete Schön | 90 | Germany | Actress, Director |
| |
28 | Renato Castellani | 72 | Italy | Director, Writer |
| |
31 | Ricky Nelson | 45 | US | Actor, Singer |
| |
31 | Sam Spiegel | 84 | UK | Producer |
|
Film debuts[]
- Joan Allen - Compromising Positions
- Sean Astin - The Goonies
- Fairuza Balk - Return to Oz
- Josh Brolin - The Goonies
- Tim Burton (director) - Pee Wee's Big Adventure
- Helena Bonham Carter - A Room with a View
- Steve Buscemi – The Way It Is
- Don Cheadle - Moving Violations
- Blake Clark - St. Elmo's Fire
- Patrick Dempsey - Heaven Help Us
- Linda Fiorentino - Vision Quest
- Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
- Ethan Hawke - Explorers
- John Hawkes - Future-Kill
- Richard Jenkins - Silverado
- Elias Koteas - One Magic Christmas
- LL Cool J - Krush Groove
- Stephen Lang - Twice in a Lifetime
- Hugh Laurie - Plenty
- Joey Lawrence - Summer Rental
- John Leguizamo - Mixed Blood
- Melissa Leo - Always
- Tom Lister, Jr. - Runaway Train
- Dolph Lundgren - A View to a Kill
- Madonna - Vision Quest
- Lesley Manville - Dance with a Stranger
- Alyssa Milano - Commando
- Rob Morrow - Private Resort
- Viggo Mortensen - Witness
- Brigitte Nielsen - Red Sonja
- Danny Nucci - Explorers
- River Phoenix - Explorers
- Keanu Reeves - One Step Away
- 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
- Blair Underwood - Krush Groove
- Thomas F. Wilson - Back to the Future
- Oprah Winfrey - The Color Purple
- Noah Wyle - Lust in the Dust
- 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
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