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Best Films of 1985

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People who added this item 24 Average listal rating (13 ratings) 6.1 IMDB Rating 6.4
Losing hair, growing hair... growing too much hair. This was a sort of a fantastical fun adventure of a movie when I was a child. I recently watched a trailer and can tell it is not one that holds up well.
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People who added this item 130 Average listal rating (71 ratings) 6.1 IMDB Rating 5.6
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People who added this item 320 Average listal rating (198 ratings) 6.8 IMDB Rating 6.6
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People who added this item 281 Average listal rating (194 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7
Real Genius (1985)
People who added this item 44 Average listal rating (22 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 7
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People who added this item 102 Average listal rating (49 ratings) 6.8 IMDB Rating 6.7
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People who added this item 77 Average listal rating (43 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 7
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People who added this item 1211 Average listal rating (821 ratings) 6.1 IMDB Rating 6.2
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People who added this item 400 Average listal rating (286 ratings) 6.2 IMDB Rating 6.4
Spies Like Us (1985)
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People who added this item 331 Average listal rating (230 ratings) 6.8 IMDB Rating 7.2
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People who added this item 44 Average listal rating (29 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 6.4
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People who added this item 133 Average listal rating (89 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 6.2
A musical about auditioning for a musical. I wouldn't quite call it one singular sensation, but it's all right.
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People who added this item 1254 Average listal rating (869 ratings) 6.2 IMDB Rating 6.5
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People who added this item 832 Average listal rating (539 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.1
People who added this item 122 Average listal rating (68 ratings) 6.6 IMDB Rating 6.5
Jagged Edge (1985)
People who added this item 8 Average listal rating (5 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.3
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People who added this item 743 Average listal rating (439 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.4
One of Disney's weaker efforts but still good fun.
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People who added this item 128 Average listal rating (89 ratings) 5.9 IMDB Rating 6.3
Summer Rental (1985)
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People who added this item 8 Average listal rating (5 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.3
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People who added this item 305 Average listal rating (154 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7.3
Hurt and Julia are a solid team in this risky film that works in the end.
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People who added this item 121 Average listal rating (85 ratings) 5.7 IMDB Rating 5.5
Volunteers (1985)


It's a little unclear what this movie wanted to be, which is maybe why it's lower in the ratings. With that said it's not all that bad, with odes to classics like "Bridge on the River Kwai" and "Lawrence of Arabia". Hanks plays the role well, like he always does.
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People who added this item 541 Average listal rating (373 ratings) 5.8 IMDB Rating 6.1
This sequel doesn't quite have the zeal of the first.
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People who added this item 782 Average listal rating (508 ratings) 5.6 IMDB Rating 6.1
Teen Wolf (1985)
No one has dunked a basketball with such authority since.
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People who added this item 149 Average listal rating (105 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 6.5



Director: Lisa Gottlieb
Her 1st Movie
My 1st movie watched from the director


This movie was just so far removed from reality, but somehow it's fun enough to keep it watchable. I just give most of that credit to the lead, Joyce Hyser, who surprisingly never took off as a movie actress. It is just very much a 'just go with it' kind of movie that is just filled with 80s teen movie tropes we all love but it's just a level down from the ones we all love.


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People who added this item 204 Average listal rating (130 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 7
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People who added this item 404 Average listal rating (239 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 6.4
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People who added this item 2 Average listal rating (1 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 5.6
Stripper (1985)



Director: Jerome Gary
His 1st Movie
My 1st movie watched from the director


I tend to like competition documentaries, getting the inside stories of a group of individuals with very different backgrounds but with the same goals. I also like diving into an industry or topic I know little about. I especially like watching the time capsule docs. So, this fits all of that which means I enjoyed it, even if it was far from polished and never really that compelling.


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People who added this item 1098 Average listal rating (604 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 8.2
Ran (1985)
Kirosawa's color epic has a slow pace with a bloated running time. While it's beautiful shot and performed and the story strong, it's in the middle of the great filmmaker's rated films.
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People who added this item 307 Average listal rating (171 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 6.7
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People who added this item 532 Average listal rating (360 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.3
Pale Rider (1985)
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People who added this item 1104 Average listal rating (734 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 6.6
Weird Science (1985)
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People who added this item 65 Average listal rating (21 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7.2
I'm not sure how to describe such a documentary. Somehow Ross McElwee makes mosquito bites, among other things, interesting. This is not actually a documentary directly about Sherman's March rather a man's modern day journey along the path of Sherman, occasionally bringing up Sherman's March.
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People who added this item 730 Average listal rating (496 ratings) 6.1 IMDB Rating 6.3


The first Bond movie I ever saw, something I still hold dear to my heart, haha
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People who added this item 1524 Average listal rating (802 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.7


Spielberg's most daring movie at this point in his career. Another epic and another fine display of staging and acting.
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People who added this item 334 Average listal rating (215 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 7.1
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People who added this item 1008 Average listal rating (657 ratings) 6.2 IMDB Rating 6.7
Cocoon (1985)
Classic actors acting much younger than they are in Ron Howard's fun film that unfortunately doesn't hold up real well.
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A different type of film for Woody Allen, but it still possesses the usual quark and wit.
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People who added this item 506 Average listal rating (367 ratings) 5.7 IMDB Rating 6.2
Filled with adventures the whole continent can love
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People who added this item 115 Average listal rating (77 ratings) 5.4 IMDB Rating 6.3
I watched this a ton as a kid, with the antics of Dudley Moore and what I thought was an 'accurate' portrayal of the history of of Claus.
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People who added this item 753 Average listal rating (429 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 7.2
Out of Africa (1985)
Redford and Streep hold it down in the dark continent.
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People who added this item 1444 Average listal rating (1022 ratings) 6.2 IMDB Rating 6.9
Rocky IV (1985)
And this is the first Rocky I ever saw, oddly enough, something I hold further from my heart but still perhaps my favorite because of it.
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People who added this item 241 Average listal rating (82 ratings) 8.5 IMDB Rating 8.7
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People who added this item 879 Average listal rating (609 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 7.4
Witness (1985)


Witness ford in his tamest movie to date. The Amish will do that to you.


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People who added this item 270 Average listal rating (206 ratings) 6.1 IMDB Rating 6.5



Director: Walter Hill
His 8th Movie
My 4th movie watched from the director


Yes, it's sloppy and full of potholes, but Pryor is undeniably funny and entertaining, as is Candy. Neither comic really gets to let loose, as the movie is strangely PG. It could have been better had it used the lead's R-Rated comedy to their fullest. I love the concept of this movie and there are some clever things put into it and it has a very classic 80s feel that I love.


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Location: Manhattan, NYC, NY, USA; Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
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People who added this item 1306 Average listal rating (928 ratings) 6.6 IMDB Rating 6.7
Commando (1985)


The opening sequence is as cheesy as it gets but the rest of the film is bad-ass and hilarious
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60 Films from 1985, the essential 80s year.


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This list was created by and in the opinion of Stephen H Koontz

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