Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
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…
Detective, The (1985)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Claude Brasseur, Nathalie Baye, Johnny Hallyday… - Late, vague genre piece mismatches big name French stars (Baye, Leaud, and a young Julie Delpy) and trench coat chic with Godard’s newfound…
Dreamchild (1985)- Dir. Gavin Millar
Feat. Coral Browne, Ian Holm, Peter Gallagher - The real–life Alice who inspired Lewis Carroll's stories, reflects upon her life and offers some insight into his eccentric and fantasiacal…
Dunera Boys, The (Mini-series) (1985)
- Dir. Ben Lewin
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Warren Mitchell, Julia Blake - WW2 set mini–series following a group of suspected Jewish spies sent from England to a POW camp in NSW, Australia. Nicely balanced historical…
Echo Park (1985)- Dir. Robert Dornhelm
Feat. Tom Hulce, Susan Dey, Cassandra Peterson - Drama structured around a series of vignettes, each exploring the hopes and dreams of characters living in the Echo Park area of central Los Angeles,…
Eleni (1985)- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. John Malkovich, Kate Nelligan, Linda Hunt - John Malkovich plays a U.S. reporter in Greece trying to find the long–lost truth about his mother's political execution.
Emerald Forest, The (1985)- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Powers Boothe, Meg Foster - Sumptuous Amazon adventure story concerns an one man's struggle to find his son, kidnapped ten years earlier and initiated into a primitive society.
Enemy Mine (1985)- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Louis Jr. Gossett, Brion James - Warmhearted Sci–Fi yarn with two space pilots on opposing sides in an intergalactic war crash landing on a desolate planet, and having to make…
Equalizer, The (TV Series) (1985-1989)- Feat. Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka
- Classic '80's show noted for its mix of espionage, crime drama, and the private eye genres rolled into a classy film noir package. Woodward excels…
Explorers, The (1985)- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix - Imaginative space adventure film also has enormous fun at the expense of American popular culture. Among the explorers are a very baby–faced…
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