Top Favorite Films of 1985

Directed by William Friedkin

Starring William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Gary Cole, Dean Stockwell, Darlanne Fluegel,John Turturro, Debra Feuer, Steve James, Robert Downey Sr., Jane Leeves, Michael Chong, Michael Greene, Christopher Allport, Michael Zand and Jack Hoar

Directed by Joel Schumacher

Starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Mare Winnigham, Judd Nelson, Martin Balsam, Andie MacDowell, Joyce Van Patten, Jenny Wright, Whip Hubley, Anne Marie Horsford, and Blake Clark

Directed by Richard Rich and Ted Berman

Featuring the voices of John Hurt, Grant Bardsley, John Byner, Susan Shredian, Brandon Call, Nigel Hawthorne, Arthur Malet, Freddie Jones, Lindsay Rich, John Huston, Wayne Allwine, Phil Fondacaro, Eda Reiss Marin, Phil Nibbelink, Adele Malis Morey and Billie Hayes

Directed by John Boorman

Starring Powers Boothe, Charley Boorman, Meg Foster, Yara Vaneau, William Rodriguez, Dira Paes, Estee Chandler, Eduardo Conde, Ariel Coelho, Gracindo Junior, Arthur Muhlenberg, Peter Markiner, Chico Terto, and Evandro Mesquita

Directed by Robert Zemeckis

Starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispan Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperer, Huey Lewis, George DiCenzo, Frances Lee McCain, James Tolkan, J.J. Cohen, Casey Siemasko, Norman Adlen, Billy Zane, Donald Fullilove, Will Hare, Maia Brewton, Courtney Gains, Harry Waters, Jr., George "Buck" Flower, Jason Marin, and Jason Harvey

Directed by Richard Donner

Starring Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Josh Brolin, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Cohen, Anne Ramsey, Kerri Green, Robert Davi, Martha Plimpton, Jonathan Ke Quan, John Matuszak, Lupe Ontiveros, Keith Walker, Michael Paul Chan, Steve Antin, Mary Ellen Trainor, Paul Truepe, Charles McDaniel, Elaine Cohen McMahon, Nick McLean, Curtis Hanson, and Bill Bradley

Directed by Matthew Robbins

Starring Helen Slater, Christian Slater, Yeardley Smith, Keith Gordon, Peter Coyote, Caroline Williams, Richard Bradford, Martha Gehman, Dean Stockwell, John M. Jackson, Barry Tubb, Mona Lee Gupta, and Charles Redd

Directed by Jeremy Kagan

Starring Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Ray Wise, Lainie Kazan, Scatman Crothers, Verna Bloom, Barry Miller, Bruce M. Fischer, Matthew Faison, Garry Chalk, Grant Heslov, Don S. Davis, and Gabrielle Rose

Directed by Richard Attenborough

Starring Michael Douglas, Rozann Dawson, Khandi Alexander, Michael Blevins, Alyson Reed, Yamil Borges, Jan Gan Boyd, Carol Baxter, Sharon Brown, Gregg Burge, Cameron English, Tony Fields, Nicole Fosse, Vicki Fredrick, Michelle Johnston, Janet Jones, Pam Klinger, Terrence Mann, Blane Savage, Charles McGowan, Matt West, Pat McNamasra, Alex Cole, Felix Montano, and Scott Plank

Directed by Bill L. Norton

Starring William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan, Julian Fellows, Hugh Quarshie, Julian Curry, Olu Jacobs, Kyalo Mativo, Edward Hardwicke, Susie Nottingham, and Eddie Tagoe

Directed by Danny Steinmann

Starring Corey Feldman, John Shepherd, Melanie Kinnaman, Shavar Ross, Richard Young, Tiffany Helm, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Marco St. John, Juliette Cummins, Carol Locatell, Vernon Washington, Corey Parker, Ron Sloan, Dick Weiand, Deborah Voorhees, Todd Bryant, and Tom Morga

Directed by Richard Donner

Starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, John Wood, Leo McKern, Ken Hutchinson, Alfred Molina, Giancarlo Prete, Paul Tuerpe, Loris Loddi, and Gregory Sneggoff

Directed by Jeannot Szwarc

Starring David Huddleston, Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, Burgess Meredith, Christian Fitzpatrick, Judy Cronwell, Jeffrey Kramer, Carrie Kei Haim, John Garrard, Anthony O'Donnell, Melvyn Harris, Don Estelle, Peter O'Farrell, Christopher Ryan, and John Hallam

Directed by Luca Bercovici

Starring Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Jack Nance,
Peter Risch, Tamara De Treaux, Scott Thomson, Ralph Seymour, Mariska Hargitay, Keith Joe Dick, David Dayan, Victoria Catlin, Charene Cathleen, and voices of Brian Connolly, Annie Stocking and Craig Talmy

Directed by Arna Selznick

Featuring voices of Mickey Rooney, Harry Dean Stanton, Carole King, Cree Summer, Jackie Burroughs, Luba Goy, Georgia Engel, Eve Almos, Sunny Bean Thrasher, Patrice Black, Jayne Eastwood, Brian George, Janet Leigh Green, Don Hennessey, Terri Hawkes, Jim Henshaw, Hadley Kay, Marla Lukofsky, Pauline Rennie, and Billie Mae Richards

Directed by Kimio Yabuki and Bernard Deyries

Featuring the voices of Bettina Bush, Pat Fraley, Peter Cullen, Robbie Lee, Andre Stojka, David Mendenhall, Rhonda Aldrich, Les Tremayne, Mona Marshall, Jonathan Harris, Marissa Mendenhall, Charles Adler, and David Workman

Directed by John Hughes

Starring Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, John Kapelos, Perry Crawford, Mary Christian, Ron Dean, Tim Gamble, Fran Gargano, and Mercedes Hall

Directed by Martha Coolridge

Starring Val Kilmer, Gabriel Jarret, Michelle Meyrink, William Atherton, Jon Gries, Patti D'Arbanville, Dean Devlin, Ed Lauter, Beau Billingslea, Charles Parks, Robert Prescott, Joe Dorsey and Deborah Foreman

Directed by Michael Ritchie

Starring Chevy Chase, Geena Davis, Dana Wheeler Nicholson, Joe Don Baker, Richard Libertini, Tim Matheson, M. Emmet Walsh, George Wendt, William Traynor, Kenneth Mars, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Alison La Placa, James Avery, William Sanderson, and Beau Starr

Directed by Lewis Teague

Starring James Woods, Drew Barrymore, Kenneth McMillan, Alan King, Candy Clark, James Naughton, Robert Hays, James Rebhorn, Patrica Kalember, Charles S. Dutton, Mike Starr, and voice of Frank Welker

Directed by Alan Metter

Starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Helen Hunt, Shannen Doherty, Richard Blade, Biff Yeager, Lee Montgomery, Kristi Somers, Ian Giatti, Morgan Woodward, Holly Gagnier, Ed Lauter, Jonathan Silverman, Terence McGovern, Mark Caso, Cynthia Mann, Robert Downey Jr., Gina Gershon, and Cyndi Lauper

Directed by Philip Borsos

Starring Mary Steenburgen, Gary Basaraba, Wayne Robson, Harry Dean Stanton, Jan Rubes, Elisa Koteas, Elizabeth Harnois, Arthur Hill, Robbie Ragwood, Michelle Meyrick, Sarsh Polley, Timothy Webber, Debra McGrath, Rita Tuckett, and Alf Humphreys

Directed by Guy Hamilton

Starring Fred Ward, Kate Mulgrew, Joel Grey, Wilfred Brimley, Reginald VelJohnson, Jon Polito, William Hickey, Jeff Alin, Michael Ryan, Micheal Pataki, Patrick Kilpatrick, George Coe, Charles Cioffi, and J.A. Preston

Directed by Kevin Sullivan

Starring Megan Fellows, Richard Farnsworth, Colleen Dewhurst, Jonathan Crombie, Zach Ward, Patricia Hamilton, Jackie Burroughs, Mag Ruffman, Charmion King, Rosemary Radcliffe, Schuyler Grant, Sean McCann, Jennifer Irwin, and Jayne Eastwood

Directed by Tom Holland

Starring William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall, Stephen Geoffreys, Amanda Bearse, Jonathan Stark, Dorothy Felding, Art Evans, Bob Corff, and Heidi Sorenson

Directed by Stuart Gordon

Starring Jeffrey Combs, David Gale, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, Robert Sampson, Gerry Black, Carolyn Purdy Gordon, Peter Kent, Al Berry, and James Ellis

Directed by Dan O'Bannon

Starring James Karen, Clu Gallagher, Jewel Shepard, Don Calfa, Thom Matthews, Beverly Rudolph, John Philbin, Miguel A Nunez Jr., Brian Peck, Linnea Quigley, Mark Venturini, Jonathan Terry and Alan Trautman

Directed by Susan Seidelman

Starring Roseanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum, Robert Joy, Laurie Metcalfe, Anna Levine, Will Patton, Peter Maloney, Steven Wright, John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Richard Hell, Richard Edson, Anne Magnuson, Victor Argo, Timothy Carhart, Michael Badalucco, Carol Leifer, John Lurie and Richard Portnow

Directed by Luc Besson

Starring Christopher Lambert, Jean Reno, Isabelle Adjani, Arthur Simms, Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru, Jean Hughes Anglade, Jean Bouise, Eric Serra, Jean Pierre Bacri, Jean Claude Lecas and Pierre Ange La Pogam

Directed by George A. Romero

Starring Sherman Howard, Lori Cardille, Joseph Pilato, Jarleth Conroy, Anthony Dileo Jr., Richard Liberty, Gary Howard Klar, John Amplas, Bruce Kirkpatrick, Greg Nicotero, and Don Brockett

Directed by John Landis

Starring Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, David Bowie, Dan Akyroyd, Carmen Argenzino, Michael Zand, John Landis, Bruce McGill, Stacy Pickrin, Hadj Sadjadi, Beruce Gramian, Richard Franklin, David Cronenberg, Jake Steinfeld, Dedee Pfeiffer, Colin Higgins, Rick Baker, Kathryn Harrod, Daniel Petrie, Paul Mazursky, Jim Henson, Jonathan Lynn, Paul Bartel, Carl Perkins, Don Siegel, Richard Farnsworth, Irene Pappas, Vera Mills, Jonathan Demme, Carl Gottlieb, Clu Gulager, Lawerence Kasdan, Amy Heckerling, Jack Arnold and Roger Vidam

Directed by John Glenn

Starring Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Patrick Bauchau, David Yip, Dolph Lungren, Patrick Manee, Fiona Fullerton, Manning Redwood, Alison Doody, Willoughby Gray, Robert Brown, Geoffrey Keen, Walter Gotell, Daniel Benzali, and Mary Salvin

Directed by Ron Howard

Starring Steve Guttenberg, Brian Dennehy, Wilfred Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Jack Gilford, Tahnee Welch, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Herta Ware, Barret Oliver, Don Ameche, Linda Harrison, Tyrone Power Jr., Mike Nomad, Rance Howard, and Clint Howard

Directed by John Schlesinger

Starring Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Joyce Van Patton, Dorian Harewood, Richard Dysart, Priscilla Pointer, Chris Makepeace, Jerry Hardin, Nicholas Pryor, David Suchet, Lori Singer, Jennifer Runyon, Vic Polizos, Michael Ironside, Bob Nelson, and Boris Leskin

Directed by Barry Levinson

Starring Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Susan Fleetwood, Brian Oulton, Patrick Newell, Donald Eccles, Earl Rhodes, Freddie Jones, Nigel Stock and Roger Ashton Griffiths

Directed by Peter Weir

Starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lucas Haas, Danny Glover, Josef Sommer, Jan Rubes, Alexander Godonov, Brent Jennings, Patti Lupone, Angus McInnes, Viggo Mortensen, Richard Chaves, and Timothy Carhart

Directed by Michael Shultz

Starring Taimak, Vanity, William H. Macy, Julius Carry, Faith Prince, Christopher Murney, Leo O'Brien, Mike Starr, Jim Moody, Glen Eaton, Ernie Reyes, Jr., Keisha Knight Pulliam, and Chazz Palminteri

Directed by Mark L. Lester

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alyssa Milano, Dan Hedaya, Rae Dawn Chong, David Patrick Kelly, Bill Duke, Vernon Wells, James Olson, Drew Synder, Bill Paxton, Bill Minor, Michael Adams and Chelsea Fields

Directed by Savage Steve Holland

Starring John Cusack, Curtis Armstrong, Kim Darby, David Ogden Stiers, Amanda Wyss, Diane Franklin, Demian Slade, Dan Schneider, Chuck Mitchell, Yuji Okumoto, Brian Imada, Vincent Schivavelli, Steven Williams, Taylor Negron, and Elizabeth Daily

Directed by David Greenwalt

Starring C. Thomas Howell, Lori Loughlin, Kelly Preston, Fred Ward, Dee Wallace, Cliff De Young, Casey Siemasko, Leigh Taylor Young, Geoffrey Blake, J.J. Cohen, Doug Savant, Courtney Gains and Corey Haim

Directed by Ridley Scott

Starring Tim Curry, Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, David Bennett, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hibbert, Peter O'Farrell, Kiran Shan, Annabelle Lanyon, Robert Picardo, Tina Martin, Ian Longmuir, Mike Crane and Liz Gilbert

Directed by Larry Cohen

Starring Michael Moriarty, Paul Sorvino, Andrea Marcovelli, Gerret Morris, Scott Bloom, Danny Aiello, Patrick O'Neal, Brian Bloom, Rutanya Alda, Adrianne Sachs, Brooke Adams, Laurene Landon, Tammy Grimes, Abe Vigoda, Clara Peller, Eric Bogosian, Patrick Dempsey, and Mira Sorvino

Directed by John Hughes

Starring Anthony Michael Hall, Bill Paxton, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell Smith, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson, Robert Downey Jr, Robert Rusler, Vernon Wells, Michael Barrymore, John Kapelos, Wallace Langham, Steve James, Doug MacHugh and Pamela Gordon

Directed by Jack Sholder

Starring Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler, Clu Gulager, Hope Lange, Marshall Bell, Melinda O. Fee, Tom McFadden, Sydney Walsh, Christine Clark, Brian Wimmer, Lyman Ward, Donna Bruce and Jonathan Hart

Directed by Steven Spielberg

Starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Willard E. Pugh, Akousa Busia, Deserta Jackson, Adolph Caeser, Rae Dawn Chong, Dana Ivey, Leonard Jackson, Bennett Guilory, Carl Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, Gayle King and Leon Rippy

Directed by Rob Reiner

Starring John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Nicholette Sheridan, Boyd Gaines, Tim Robbins, Lisa Jesn Persky, Viveca Lindfors, Sarah Buxton, Steve Pink, Larry Hankin, and Tracy Reiner

Directed by Martin Scorsee

Starring Griffin Dunne, Roseanne Arquette, Verna Bloom, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Linda Fiorentio, Teri Garr, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara, Dick Miller, Will Patton, Bronson Pinchot and Victor Argo

Directed by Walter Hill

Starring Richard Pryor, John Candy, Grand L. Bush, Rick Moranis, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, Jerry Orbach, Pat Hingle, Tovah Feldshuh, Humn Cronyn, Joe Grifasi, Peter Jason, David Wohl, Carmer Caridi, Milt Kogan, Yakov Smiroff, Conrad Janis, Reni Santori, Alan Autry, Archie Hahn, Lin Shaye and Matt Landers

Directed by Ken Kwapis

Starring Carroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Chevy Chase, Richard Hunt, Kathryn Mullen, Paul Bartel, Jerry Nelson, Sandra Bernhard, Kevin Clash, Waylon Jennings, Alyson Court, John Candy, Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty, Linda Bove, Emilio Delgado, Loretta Long, Sonia Mozano, Bob McGarth, Roscoe Orman, Martin P. Robinson, Alania Reed Hall and featuring voices of Laraine Newman, Eddie Deezen, Brian Hohlfeld, Sally Kellerman and Cathy Silvers

Directed by Joe Dante

Starring River Phoenix, Ethan Hawke, Bobby Fite, Amanda Peterson, Danny Nucci, Jason Presson, Dana Ivey, Robert Picardo, Brooke Bundy, Dick Miller, Mary Kay Place, Leslie Rickett, Meshach Taylor, and featuring voices of Frank Welker, Fred Newman, Brenda Balaski, Neil Ross, Marilyn Schreffler, Jean Kean, Neil Ross, and Bob Holt