SethDLH

One of my favorite movies ever Return of the Living Dead. Re-animator, Day of the Dead and Argento's Phenomena up there on the list as well.

Heat

There were so many good movies from '85, but since I can only pick one I'm going to go with...

Back to the Future

Geofferson

Same here. Arguably, it is my favorite movie of the 80s period.

Heat

Nobody has picked "Out of Africa" as their favorite movie from 1985?

Academy Award Winners for 1985

Picture:
"OUT OF AFRICA", "The Color Purple", "Kiss of the Spider Woman", "Prizzi's Honor", "Witness"

Actor:
WILLIAM HURT in "Kiss of the Spider Woman", Harrison Ford in "Witness", James Garner in "Murphy's Romance", Jack Nicholson in "Prizzi's Honor", Jon Voight in "Runaway Train"

Actress:
GERALDINE PAGE in "The Trip to Bountiful", Anne Bancroft in "Agnes of God", Whoopi Goldberg in "The Color Purple", Jessica Lange in "Sweet Dreams", Meryl Streep in "Out of Africa"

Supporting Actor:
DON AMECHE in "Cocoon", Klaus Maria Brandauer in "Out of Africa", William Hickey in "Prizzi's Honor", Robert Loggia in "Jagged Edge", Eric Roberts in "Runaway Train"

Supporting Actress:
ANJELICA HUSTON in "Prizzi's Honor", Margaret Avery in "The Color Purple", Amy Madigan in "Twice in a Lifetime", Meg Tilly in "Agnes of God", Oprah Winfrey in "The Color Purple"

Director:
SYDNEY POLLACK for "Out of Africa", Hecter Babenco for "Kiss of the Spider Woman", John Huston for "Prizzi's Honor", Akira Kurosawa for "Ran", Peter Weir for "Witness"

jfoobar

Kind of a weak year, to be honest. The gun-to-my-head choice would probably be After Hours.

FRwL

I haven't seen Legend but is it as visually stunning as Alien/BR was?

wishbone

"Everybody wants some!"

Better Off Dead:  an offbeat yet charming romcom.

Ginwen

Brazil

Fist of Doom

I wouldn't quite put it up there with Blade Runner, but, yes, it is visually stunning.

wakwak007

has to be Brazil...

SterlingBen

Me and FlickChart are still collating

tommyp007

Bttf

FRwL

I need to see this, but imdb shows it's actually from 84 kinda like the Airport 75 fiasco.

Ash Ketchum

None of us are Academy voters.

printerati

La Historia Oficial (The Official Story), with Blood Simple a close second.

I could have sworn that Better Off Dead was pre-1985.

JOE29

Back to the Future

BrewCrew

Back to the Future is great but I have always been a fan of Brewster's Millions, Pryor and Candy made a good team.

jfoobar

Furthermore, if you consider all Best Picture winners from 1971-1990, I cannot think of another one that has faded into obscurity so substantially as Out of Africa. Ordinary People might be a distant second.

NoirFan

zekeburger1979

Back to the Future.

draven31

Because I also can not pick just one...My top 10

Fright Night
Clue
The Return of the Living Dead
Real Genius
Silver Bullet
Silverado
Weird Science
Back to the Future.
Ladyhawke
Legend
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Wow , I just realized that I have the trifecta of horror represented..
Vampires. Zombies and werewolves. With cowboys and geeks thrown in.


1985 was a very good year for movies.

RocShemp

I have a lot of favorites from that year but the first that popped in my head was Highlander so I'll go with that.

Daytripper

Oh, I do. And fantastic choices wendersfan! And what a great year.

Beyond that, my other favorites that year are (besides the obvious choices.....and sorry, can't pick just one):

"Pee-Wee's Big Adventure"
"Out of Africa"
"Sweet Dreams"
"Das Boot"
"Prizzi's Honor"
"Into the Night"
"Agnes of God"
"Runaway Train"
"Desperately Seeking Susan"
"The Quiet Earth"

FRwL

i believe thats from 86

RocShemp

You're right. I forgot that the movie takes place in '85 but was released in '86.