Subgenre Sampler
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An Indecent Obsession (1985)
- Dir. Les Marinos
Feat. Wendy Hughes, Bruno Lawrence, Gary Sweet…
- Set in a humid Asiatic mental hospital after the Japanese surrender in WW2, this moderately torrid psychodrama features a devout nun (Hughes) develop…
Anne of Green Gables (1985)
- Dir. Kevin Sullivan
Feat. Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst
- Megan Follows is perfect as the orphan who overcame a turbulent adolescence to triumph as a young woman. Timeless children's television…
ANZACS (TV Series) (1985)
- Dir. John Dixon, George Miller, Pino Amenta
Feat. Paul Hogan, Andrew Clarke, Jon Blake…
- An exemplary depiction of a group of ANZAC soldiers in WWI as they progress through the horrors of the war in Europe. Told mainly from the Australian…
At Close Range (1985)
- Dir. James Foley
Feat. Sean Penn, Christopher Walken
- Sean Penn plays a wayward youth who reunites with his gangland father (Christopher Walken) with violent consequences. Sordid yet solid drama.
Aviator, The (1985)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Christopher Reeve, Rosanna Arquette, Jack Warden…
- Earnest aviation drama about a 1920's mail pilot and a rich man's daughter who crash–land on a mountain full of hungry wolves. Based on the…
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
- Dir. Bill L. Norton
Feat. William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan
- Adventure fantasy film about a paleontologist and her husband who discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa, and try to protect them from a…
Back to the Future (1985)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson…
- A bona fide 80s classic, this original sci–fi comedy/adventure has a perfectly cast Michael J. Fox sent back to the '50s to have his mother…
Beiderbecke Affair, The (TV Series) (1985)
- Feat. James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Dudley Sutton
- Character–centric Brit TV series that was the first in the 'Beiderbecke Trilogy' following a couple of Leed's teachers ensconced in a…
Better Off Dead (1985)
- Dir. Savage Steve Holland
Feat. John Cusack, Amanda Wyss, Donald Ogden Stewart…
- Skewed version of the 80s teenage comedy which follows the plight of likeable John Cusack after he is dumped by his girlfriend. After many original…
Big Trouble (1985)
- Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Charles Durning…
- Cassavette's final film is far from a fitting finale to the iconoclast's career, but its not without its charms. Arkin plays a besieged insurance…