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Code of SilenceCode of Silence (1985)
Dir. Andrew Davis
Feat. Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Dennis Farina
One of action star Chuck Norris's best films is this non–martial arts vehicle in which he plays a streetwise plainclothes cop who takes down a…
Colonel RedlColonel Redl (1985)
Dir. Istvan Szabo
Feat. Klaus Maria Brandauer
Klaus Maria Brandauer offers another tour–de–force performance for the second in Szabo's WW2 trilogy (between MEPHISTO and HANUSSEN)…
Color Purple, TheColor Purple, The (The Colour Purple) (1985)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover
Striking interpretation of Alice Walker's novel about a black girl's life and hard times in the South, spanning forty years. Whoopi Goldberg's screen…
Come and SeeCome and See (1985) Aro Favourite
Dir. Elim Klimov
Feat. Aleksei Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Lauciavicius
Shattering film that chronicles the devastating effect the Nazi occupation had on Russian peasantry, focusing on one impoverished youth. The brutal…
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy DeanCome Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean (Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean) (1985) Recommended
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black
The repressed anxieties and memories of five women are triggered when they congregate to celebrate their childhood hero, James Dean. Stunningly…
Coming ThroughComing Through (1985)
Dir. Peter Barber-Fleming
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Helen Mirren, Alison Steadman
D.H. Lawrence's love affair with the married Frieda Von Richthofen is entwined with the life of a man in the present day who is obsessed with the…
CommandoCommando (1985) Recommended
Dir. Mark Lester
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya
When his daughter is kidnapped, retired marine "John Matrix" (Schwarzenegger) is forced to murder an entire army of other marines with his bare…
Crazy for YouCrazy for You (Vision Quest) (1985)
Dir. Harold Becker
Feat. Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino
A high school wrestler in Spokane, Washington has trouble focusing on his training regimen when a worldly drifter takes up temporary residence at his…
CreatorCreator (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…
CrimewaveCrimewave (1985) Aro Favourite
Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Louise Lasser, Brion James
Written by the Coen Brothers for the director of the EVIL DEAD movies, this curious crime picture is a brilliant mix of zany slapstick humour and…

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