Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1505 Films to Buy & Rent
Creator (1985)
- Dir. Ivan Passer
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano…
- A charmingly absurd sci–fi rom–com from the 1980's starring Peter O'Toole as a madcap scientist who applies his eccentric methodology to…
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
- Dir. Susan Seidelman
Feat. Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn…
- Rosanna Arquette and Madonna shine in this spunky and spirited New York comedy/murder mystery – up there with the best of John Hughes' popular…
Me and the Girls / Bon Voyage / Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (The Noel Coward Collection - Disc 6) (1985)
- Dir. Jack Gold, Gavin Millar
Feat. Tom Courtenay, Robert Glenister, Nigel Havers…
- – Me and the Girls (85') Touching drama centred on a terminally ill gay man reminiscing on his past life performing and managing a dance…
Mischief (1985)
- Dir. Mel Damski
Feat. Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelly Preston, Chris Nash…
- Nostalgic teen comedy set in 50's Ohio, where an introverted teen attempts to win the love of the school heart throb, while his extroverted friend…
Moonlighting (TV Series) (1985)
- Dir. Robert Butler
Feat. Bruce Willis, Cybill Shepherd
- The softly ironic, comedy–romance TV–series that made Bruce Willis a star, and almost revived Cybill Shepherd, set around a Private…
Police (1985)
- Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina
- Brilliantly idiosyncratic crime thriller co–written by French auteurs Maurice Pialat (who also directs) and Catherine Breillat (A MA SOEUR!),…
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston
- Jack Nicholson plays a Mafia hitman, embroiled in some ripely comic and sexy intrigues.
Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello
- Exceptional comic fantasy about a depression–era housewife (Mia Farrow) whose solace in the movies blossoms into a romance with a screen…
Room with a View, A (1985)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denholm Elliott
- One of the better Merchant–Ivorys, this light–toned adaptation of E. M. Forster's novel sets an array of well–to–do English…
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy…
- The definitive 'Brat Pack' movie – seven graduates find the big wide world and the urge to pair off has consequences on their friendship as a…