Movies by Release Date: 1985

Poster for the movie "A View to a Kill"

A View to a Kill (1985)

PG 131 min - Adventure, Action, Thriller - 24 May 1985
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A newly developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin.

Director:  John Glen

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A newly developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin.


Collections: John Glen

Tagline: Has James Bond finally met his match?

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Country:   France,   Iceland,   United Kingdom,   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  24 May 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $30,000,000
Revenue:  $152,427,960

Company Credits

Production Companies:  United Artists, Eon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 11 min
Poster for the movie "Back to the Future"

Back to the Future (1985)

PG 116 min - Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Family - 3 July 1985
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Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

Director:  Robert Zemeckis
Writers:  Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis

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Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.



Tagline: He's the only kid ever to get into trouble before he was born.

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Official Website:  http://www.bttfmovie.com/
Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  3 July 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $19,000,000
Revenue:  $381,109,762

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, U-Drive Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 56 min
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Brewster's Millions (1985)

PG 97 min - Comedy - 22 May 1985
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Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!

Director:  Walter Hill

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Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!


Tagline: An American excess story.

Genres: Comedy

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  22 May 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $20,000,000
Revenue:  $45,833,132

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Silver Pictures, Universal Pictures, Davis Entertainment, Lawrence Gordon Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 37 min
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

PG-13 107 min - Action, Adventure, Science Fiction - 29 June 1985
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Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.

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Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.



Tagline: Two men enter. One man leaves.

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Country:   Australia
Language:  English
Release Date:  29 June 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $10,000,000
Revenue:  $36,230,219

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Kennedy Miller Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 47 min
Poster for the movie "National Lampoon's European Vacation"

National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

PG-13 95 min - Adventure, Comedy, Romance - 25 July 1985
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The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.

Director:  Amy Heckerling

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The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.


Collections: Amy Heckerling

Tagline: For over two thousand years, Europe has survived many great disasters. Now for the real test. Chevy Chase & his family are coming from America!

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  25 July 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $17,000,000
Revenue:  $49,364,621

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Warner Bros. Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 35 min
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Return to Oz (1985)

PG 109 min - Adventure, Family, Fantasy - 21 June 1985
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Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.

Director:  Walter Murch

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Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.


Collections: Walter Murch

Tagline: An all-new adventure down the yellow brick road.

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Country:   United Kingdom,   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  21 June 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $25,000,000
Revenue:  $11,137,801

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Oz Productions Ltd., Silver Screen Partners II

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 49 min
Poster for the movie "Runaway Train"

Runaway Train (1985)

18 111 min - Action, Thriller, Drama, Adventure - 15 November 1985
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A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.

Director:  Andrei Konchalovsky

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A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.


Collections: Andrei Konchalovsky

Tagline: Desperate, and determined to survive.

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  15 November 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $9,000,000
Revenue:  $7,936,012

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Golan-Globus Productions, Northbrook Films, The Cannon Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 51 min
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The Goonies (1985)

12 114 min - Adventure, Comedy, Family - 7 June 1985
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A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of Pirate One-Eyed Willie.

Director:  Richard Donner

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A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of Pirate One-Eyed Willie.


Collections: Richard Donner

Tagline: Take the oath. Join the adventure.

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Family

Details

Country:   United States of America
Language:  English, Italian, Spanish, Cantonese
Release Date:  7 June 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $19,000,000
Revenue:  $61,389,680

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Amblin Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 54 min
Poster for the movie "The Jewel of the Nile"

The Jewel of the Nile (1985)

PG 106 min - Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance - 4 December 1985
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Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.

Director:  Lewis Teague

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Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.


Collections: Lewis Teague

Tagline: When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  Arabic, English
Release Date:  4 December 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $25,000,000
Revenue:  $96,773,200

Company Credits

Production Companies:  20th Century Fox, SLM Production Group, Stone Group Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 46 min