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.

101. Starchaser: The Legend of Orin

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Animation
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Steven Hahn
Actors: Anthony De Longis, Joe Colligan, Noelle North, Les Tremayne, Thomas H. Watkins, Tyke Caravelli
Plot: The film is set millennia in the future. On a distant planet named Trinia, human slaves have lived underground for many years and mine for crystals (which are used as starship fuel) for a " god " namedZygon and his robot minions. During another day of mining, Orin, the hero of the film, finds ajeweled sword embedded in the rocks. One of the slaves, the grandfather of Orin's girlfriend Elan, recognizes the sword and sacrifices his life in order to keep the sword a secret...

102. Secret Admirer

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Greenwalt
Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Kelly Preston, Lori Loughlin, Fred Ward, Dee Wallace, Leigh Taylor-Young
Plot: Michael is infatuated with the super-hot Deborah, but she doesn't know he's alive. On the last day of school, Michael receives an anonymous love letter. Hoping it's from Deborah, he enlists his best friend Toni to help him write her a letter back. The letters end up in the wrong hands, creating a funny, crazy mix up in the lives of those around him.

103. Young Sherlock Holmes

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Anthony Higgins, Susan Fleetwood

104. Warning Sign

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hal Barwood
Actors: Sam Waterston, Kathleen Quinlan, Yaphet Kotto, Jeffrey DeMunn, Richard Dysart, G.W. Bailey
Plot: One quiet day the residents of a small town in Utah are confronted with unspeakable horror when a secret government biological warfare facility springs a leak.

105. Vision Quest

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Harold Becker
Actors: Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Schoeffling, Ronny Cox, Daphne Zuniga, Forest Whitaker

106. Superstition

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James W. Roberson
Actors: James Houghton, Albert Salmi, Lynn Carlin, Larry Pennell, Jacquelyn Hyde, Robert Symonds
Plot: A witch put to death in 1692 swears vengeance on her persecutors and returns to the present day to punish their descendants.

107. Return to Oz

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Walter Murch
Actors: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, Matt Clark, Deep Roy

108. The Jewel of the Nile

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Lewis Teague
Actors: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Spiros Focás, Avner Eisenberg, Paul David Magid

109. Cannibal Holocaust

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Horror/Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Actors: Robert Kerman, Ricardo Fuentes, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen, Luca Barbareschi, Salvatore Basile
Plot: A professor goes to the Amazon to search for the four lost film makers. He discovers their film and finds out the truth to events leading to their deaths.

110. The Last Dragon

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Schultz
Actors: Taimak, Vanity, Christopher Murney, Julius Carry, Faith Prince, Mike Starr
Plot: Bruce Leroy is trying to find The Master. On his quest, he encounters some thugs who stop him from continuing his journey. Can he fight back?

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