1985 in film
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[edit] Events
[edit] Top grossing films
- Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson
- Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone
- Rocky IV, starring Sylvester Stallone
- The Color Purple, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Adolph Caesar
- Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford
- Cocoon, starring Don Ameche, Jessica Tandy
- Witness, starring Harrison Ford, Danny Glover
- The Goonies, starring Sean Astin
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, starring Steve Guttenberg
- A View to a Kill from the James Bond series, starring Roger Moore, Tanya Roberts, and Christopher Walken.
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: Out of Africa - Universal
- Best Director: Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa
- Best Actor: William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Best Actress: Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful
- Best Supporting Actor: Don Ameche - Cocoon
- Best Supporting Actress: Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Official Story (La historia oficial), directed by Luis Puenzo, Argentina
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Out of Africa
- Best Actor: Jon Voight - Runaway Train
- Best Actress: Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Prizzi's Honor
- Best Actor: Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor
- Best Actress: Kathleen Turner - Prizzi's Honor
- Other
- Best Director: John Huston - Prizzi's Honor
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Official Story (La historia oficial), Argentina
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu), directed by Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), directed by Agnès Varda, France / U.K.
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Die Frau und der Fremde (The Woman And The Stranger), directed by Rainer Simon, East Germany
- Wetherby, directed by David Hare, United Kingdom
[edit] Films released in 1985
- The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf
- After Hours
- Back to the Future
- Bad Medicine
- Better Off Dead
- The Black Cauldron
- Brazil
- The Breakfast Club
- Cat's Eye
- The Care Bears Movie
- A Chorus Line
- The Coca-Cola Kid
- Cocoon
- The Color Purple
- Come and See
- Death Wish 3
- Desperately Seeking Susan
- Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
- Explorers
- Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun
- The Goonies
- Joshua Then and Now
- Insignificance
- Into the Night
- King David
- King Solomon's Mines
- Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Ladyhawke
- The Last Dragon
- The Legend of Billie Jean
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
- Man Hunt
- Mask
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
- The Official Story (La historia oficial) - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- One Magic Christmas
- Out of Africa - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
- My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- National Lampoon's European Vacation
- Phenomena
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
- Porky's Revenge
- Prizzi's Honor - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
- Rambo: First Blood Part II
- Ran
- Real Genius
- Return to Oz
- Rocky IV
- Runaway Train
- Silver Bullet
- Smooth Talk
- St. Elmo's Fire
- Subway
- Teen Wolf
- To Live and Die in L.A.
- The Trip to Bountiful
- 28 Up
- Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) - Golden Lion award
- A View to a Kill'
- Water
- Wetherby - Golden Bear award
- Weird Science
- Wild Geese II (Sir Laurence Olivier's final film role)
- When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu) - Palm d'Or award
- Witness
- The Woman And The Stranger (Die Frau und der Fremde) - Golden Bear award
[edit] Births
- March 26 - Keira Knightley, actress
- April 16 - Rhiana Griffith, actress
[edit] Deaths
- March 21 - Michael Redgrave, actor, father of actresses Vanessa Redgrave & Lynn Redgrave
- April 23 - Kent Smith, actor
- May 16 - Margaret Hamilton, actress, Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz
- August 8 - Louise Brooks, actress
- August 13 - Gale Sondergaard, actress
- August 28 - Ruth Gordon, actress / writer
- September 27 - Lloyd Nolan, actor
- October 2 - Rock Hudson, actor
- October 10 - Yul Brynner, actor
- October 10 - Orson Welles, actor / director
- December 12 - Anne Baxter, actress
