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| 1 |  | Back to the Future (1985) |  3.3440 93 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$17.77
| In a freak accident, Marty is taken to 1955, where he meets his parents as teenagers. His presence ...more about Back to the Future starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd |
| 2 |  | Return of the Living Dead, The (1985) |  3.2449 38 reviews | R | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$5.25
| Two medical supply warehouse workers unknowingly release a secret chemical rumored to re-animate ...more about Return of the Living Dead starring Clu Gulager and James Karen |
| 3 |  | After Hours (1985) | 3.1655 51 reviews | R | Adventure, Thriller, Comedy |
$8.68
| Paul meets Marcy at a coffee shop after work, and gets her phone number. He calls her, she asks him ...more about After Hours starring Griffin Dunne and Rosanna Arquette |
| 4 |  | Brazil (1985) | 3.0674 100 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Cult |
$8.89
| Sam lives in a world of technology, where the government takes extreme anti-terrorism measures. ...more about Brazil starring Jonathan Pryce and Robert De Niro |
| 5 |  | Color Purple, The (1985) | 3.0499 47 reviews | NA | Drama |
$12.18
| Chronicling the life of a young black girl during the turn of the century as she endures the ...more about Color Purple starring Danny Glover and Whoopi Goldberg |
| 6 |  | Better Off Dead... (1985) | 3.0464 37 reviews | PG | Romance, Comedy, Teen |
$7.18
| When Lane is dumped by his girlfriend for the high school hunk, Lane spends his days contemplating ...more about Better Off Dead... starring John Cusack and David Ogden Stiers |
| 7 |  | Legend (1985) | 3.0418 73 reviews | PG | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance |
$8.99
| "Darkness" seeks to entrap the world in eternal night by destroying the last of the unicorns. It is ...more about Legend starring Tom Cruise and Mia Sara |
| 8 |  | Purple Rose of Cairo, The (1985) | 3.0410 33 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Romance, Comedy |
$5.69
| Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey during the Depression and is searching for an escape from her ...more about Purple Rose of Cairo starring Mia Farrow and Jeff Daniels |
| 9 |  | Day of the Dead (1985) | 3.0363 124 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| Zombies have taken over the country and the few humans alive are forced to hide in underground ...more about Day of the Dead starring Lori Cardille and Terry Alexander |
| 10 |  | Black Cauldron, The (1985) | 3.0239 27 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Disney |
$10.98
| Centuries ago, in the land of Prydain, a young man named, Taran is given the task of protecting Hen ...more about Black Cauldron starring John Hurt and Freddie Jones |
| 11 |  | Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) | 3.0107 23 reviews | NA |
$10.00
| The love of Pee-wee Herman's life is his bicycle. When it is stolen, he is send on a wild cross ...more about Pee-wee's Big Adventure starring Elizabeth Daily and Mark Holton | |
| 12 |  | Breakfast Club, The (1985) | 3.0070 65 reviews | R | Drama, Teen |
$13.36
| Five diverse high school students are forced to spend an entire Saturday detention together. ...more about Breakfast Club starring Emilio Estevez and Anthony Michael Hall |
| 13 |  | Lost in America (1985) | 3.0040 23 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$9.99
| David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David ...more about Lost in America starring Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty |
| 14 |  | Fright Night (1985) | 2.9879 34 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Comedy |
$3.95
| A teenager obsessed with old horror movies is convinced his new neighbors are a vampire and his day ...more about Fright Night starring William Ragsdale and Amanda Bearse |
| 15 |  | Witness (1985) | 2.9852 23 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Romance |
$7.97
| Samuel Lap is a young Amish boy who witnesses a murder in Philadelphia while traveling with his ...more about Witness starring Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis |
| 16 |  | Sure Thing, The (1985) | 2.9716 39 reviews | NA | Adventure, Romance, Comedy, Teen |
$5.81
| Two college co-eds take a road trip together to California despite their obvious disgust for each ...more about Sure Thing starring John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga |
| 17 |  | Silverado (1985) | 2.9660 41 reviews | NA | Action, Western, Comedy |
$9.26
| A group of unlikely cowboys travel together to Silverado to overthrow a wicked rancher and a ...more about Silverado starring Kevin Kline and Scott Glenn |
| 18 |  | Goonies, The (1985) | 2.9599 51 reviews | PG | Adventure, Thriller, Comedy, Family |
$8.24
| A group of west coast kids facing their last days together before a development paves over their ...more about Goonies starring Sean Astin and Josh Brolin |
| 19 |  | Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) | 2.9489 23 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis, a homosexual, is ...more about Kiss of the Spider Woman starring William Hurt and Raul Julia |
| 20 |  | Ladyhawke (1985) | 2.9446 36 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance |
$9.48
| Philipe Gastone, a thief, escapes from the dungeon at Aquila, sparking a manhunt. He is nearly ...more about Ladyhawke starring Matthew Broderick and Rutger Hauer |
| 21 |  | Commando (1985) | 2.9443 29 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Comedy |
$7.65
| Colonel Matrix has retired and is living with his 10 year old daughter in the country. His Daughter ...more about Commando starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rae Dawn Chong |
| 22 |  | Return to Oz (1985) | 2.9386 15 reviews | PG | Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Disney |
$7.02
| Dorothy, back in Kansas, can't stop thinking about Oz, and even believes that her friends have sent ...more about Return to Oz starring Fairuza Balk and Nicol Williamson |
| 23 |  | Out of Africa (1985) | 2.9246 33 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Romance |
$5.26
| Follows the life of Karen Blixen, who establishes a plantation in Africa. Her life is Complicated ...more about Out of Africa starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford |
| 24 |  | Phenomena (1985) | 2.9241 54 reviews | NA | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery | N/A | Jennifer Corvino, the daughter of a famous actor, has had trouble with sleepwalking for some time. ...more about Phenomena starring Jennifer Connelly and Daria Nicolodi |
| 25 |  | Silver Bullet (1985) | 2.9131 18 reviews | NA | Adventure, Horror, Mystery |
$2.10
| The small town of Tarker's Mill was a place that was very peaceful, where nothing ever happened. ...more about Silver Bullet starring Gary Busey and Corey Haim |
| 26 |  | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) | 2.8972 19 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi |
$5.50
| Bartertown is a city on the edge of a desert that has managed to retain some technology if no ...more about Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner |
| 27 |  | Prizzi's Honor (1985) | 2.8854 25 reviews | NA |
$9.99
| The Prizzis are a powerful family of mobsters, as devoted to their code of honor as they are to ...more about Prizzi's Honor starring Kathleen Turner and Robert Loggia | |
| 28 |  | Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) | 2.8493 45 reviews | NA | Adventure, Mystery |
$6.34
| Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his ...more about Young Sherlock Holmes starring Nicholas Rowe and Alan Cox |
| 29 |  | Clue (1985) | 2.8196 37 reviews | NA | Crime, Mystery, Comedy |
$6.13
| This ain't no game! The popular game comes to life in this mystery-comedy movie with an all-star ...more about Clue starring Eileen Brennan and Tim Curry |
| 30 |  | Just One of the Guys (1985) | 2.8153 15 reviews | NA | Comedy, Teen |
$6.29
| Terry believes her teachers don't take her serious, just because she's a pretty girl. When she ...more about Just One of the Guys starring Joyce Hyser and Clayton Rohner |
| 31 |  | Cocoon (1985) | 2.8066 30 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$2.87
| A group of aliens return to earth to take back some cocoons of their people they left behind from ...more about Cocoon starring Don Ameche and Wilford Brimley |
| 32 |  | Journey of Natty Gann, The (1985) | 2.8055 15 reviews | PG | Adventure, Family, Disney |
$7.02
| Natty Gann (played by Meredith Salenger) is a twelve year old Depression era girl whose ...more about Journey of Natty Gann starring Meredith Salenger and John Cusack |
| 33 |  | My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) | 2.8041 28 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$8.99
| My Beautiful Laundrette is set within the Asian community in London, during the Thatcher years, and ...more about My Beautiful Laundrette starring Saeed Jaffrey and Roshan Seth |
| 34 |  | Quiet Earth, The (1985) | 2.7742 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$9.94
| A man wakes up to find himself literally alone in the world, and goes about trying to find other ...more about Quiet Earth starring Bruno Lawrence and Alison Routledge |
| 35 |  | Enemy Mine (1985) | 2.7636 35 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi |
$7.10
| A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he ...more about Enemy Mine starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr. |
| 36 |  | Explorers (1985) |  2.7472 26 reviews | PG | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Family |
$6.28
| Ben Crandall, an alien-obsessed kid, dreams one night of a circuit board. Drawing out the circuit, ...more about Explorers starring Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix |
| 37 |  | Lifeforce (1985) | 2.7411 31 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$9.72
| A space shuttle mission investigating Halley's Comet brings back a malevolent race of space ...more about Lifeforce starring Steve Railsback and Emma Jacobs |
| 38 |  | D.A.R.Y.L. (1985) | 2.7360 18 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Family |
$8.70
| A young boy is found wandering without any memory of who he is. A family takes him in and begin to ...more about D.A.R.Y.L. starring Mary Beth Hurt and Kathryn Walker |
| 39 |  | Stuff, The (1985) | 2.7329 29 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Comedy |
$6.06
| Weird yummy goo erupts from the earth and is discovered by a couple of miners. They taste it and ...more about Stuff starring Andrea Marcovicci and Paul Sorvino |
| 40 |  | Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) | 2.7244 23 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$9.99
| Bored Roberta spots a regular personal ad in the paper titled 'Desperately Seeking Susan'. She ...more about Desperately Seeking Susan starring Rosanna Arquette and Madonna (I) |
| 41 |  | Trancers (1985) | 2.6951 13 reviews | NA | Action, Sci-Fi |
$7.14
| Jack Deth is a kind of cop/bounty hunter in the bleak Los Angeles of the future. He's become ...more about Trancers starring Tim Thomerson and Helen Hunt |
| 42 |  | Bride, The (1985) | 2.6938 16 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance |
$7.03
| Sting is doctor Frankenstein in this remake of the old classic film "Bride of Frankenstein". After ...more about Bride starring Sting and Jennifer Beals |
| 43 |  | Jagged Edge (1985) | 2.6924 18 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Romance |
$3.95
| San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband ...more about Jagged Edge starring Glenn Close and Maria Mayenzet |
| 44 |  | View to a Kill, A (1985) | 2.6751 46 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$5.99
| A silicon chip is captured from the Soviets and found to be identical to a prototype British design ...more about View to a Kill starring Roger Moore and Christopher Walken |
| 45 |  | Weird Science (1985) | 2.6728 25 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Teen |
$9.26
| Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Thier ...more about Weird Science starring Anthony Michael Hall and Kelly LeBrock |
| 46 |  | Cat's Eye (1985) | 2.6711 25 reviews | NA |
$4.49
| A mysterious cat is the linking element in three horror stories by Stephen King. There's a tennis ...more about Cat's Eye starring Drew Barrymore and James Woods | |
| 47 |  | Jewel of the Nile, The (1985) | 2.6696 26 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Romance, Comedy |
$11.99
| This is the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" where Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but ...more about Jewel of the Nile starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner |
| 48 |  | Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) | 2.6549 54 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery |
$2.10
| ...more about Friday the 13th: A New Beginning starring Anthony Barrile and Suzanne Bateman |
| 49 |  | Fletch (1985) | 2.6480 22 reviews | NA | Crime, Mystery, Comedy |
$11.45
| Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, Los Angeles journalist, really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe, he ...more about Fletch starring Chevy Chase and Joe Don Baker |
| 50 |  | Brewster's Millions (1985) | 2.6454 28 reviews | NA |
$5.95
| Brewster is a minor league baseball player. Unknown to him, he had a (recently deceased) rich ...more about Brewster's Millions starring Richard Pryor and John Candy |
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