Top Movies of 1985


The top movies of 1985 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

31. Bay Boy, The ( Bad Company )

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Daniel Petrie
Actors: Liv Ullmann, Kiefer Sutherland, Peter Donat, Alan Scarfe, Mathieu Carrière, Chris Wiggins

32. Explorers

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, James Cromwell, Jason Presson, Dana Ivey, Bobby Fite
Plot: Young kids are infatuated with aliens, develop technology to create a shield that can be controlled via computer programs - all with out the knowledge of their parents.

33. Return of the Living Dead

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dan O'Bannon
Actors: Clu Gulager, James Karen, John Philbin, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews, Beverly Randolph
Plot: Two dimwit employess at a medical supply warehouse find a barrel in the basement. After opening it, they release a deadly gas that starts a chain reaction that brings the dead to life and they're only after one thing: Brains.

34. Kiss of the Spider Woman

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hector Babenco
Actors: William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, José Lewgoy, Milton Gonçalves, Míriam Pires

35. To Live and Die in L.A.

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: William Friedkin
Actors: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Turturro, John Pankow, Dean Stockwell, Robert Downey Sr.
Plot: A pair of L.A. cops are on the trail of a master counterfeiter. When one of them is killed, his partner swears revenge, no matter the cost, and finds the law he once swore to uphold fall apart as he will do anything to avenge his partner.

36. Rocky IV

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Brigitte Nielsen, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers
Plot: Rocky Challenges the Soviet who killed his Friend Apollo Creed even though he appears out matched by a cheater.

37. Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Bernard Deyriès, Kimio Yabuki
Actors: Bettina Bush, Pat Fraley, Peter Cullen, Robbie Lee, Andre Stojka, Rhonda Aldrich

38. Jagged Edge

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Marquand
Actors: Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote, Lance Henriksen, James Karen, Robert Loggia

39. The New Kids

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Actors: Shannon Presby, Lori Loughlin, James Spader, John Philbin, Eric Stoltz, David H. MacDonald

40. The Falcon and the Snowman

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Schlesinger
Actors: Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Joyce Van Patten, Richard Dysart, Macon McCalman
Plot: The true story of how a whistle-blowing military contractor employee and his drug-dealing childhood friend became spies.

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