Subgenre Sampler
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A Thousand Skies (1985)
- Dir. David Stevens
- Television mini–series about the life of rugged Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith, who pushed the bounds of aircraft performance in…
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1985)
- Dir. Peter H. Hunt
Feat. Jim Dale, Lillian Gish, Barnard Hughes…
- One of the best adapatations of the Mark Twain classic, this was produced as a 4–part PBS television series which included more or less the…
After Hours (1985)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom…
- Scorsese picked up Best Director award at Cannes for this brilliant, Kafka–esque black comedy about an ordinary guy's traumatic and bizarre…
Agnes of God (1985)
- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Jane Fonda, Meg Tilly, Anne Bancroft
- Jane Fonda investigates, in this intriguing murder–mystery set in a nunnery.
Alamo Bay (1985)
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Amy Madigan, Ed Harris
- Gulf–coast fisherman clash with Vietnamese boat–people. Ry Cooder soundtrack.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents… (1985)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Ned Beatty, John Huston, Steven Bauer…
- Four episodes from the TV–series, posthumously endorsed by Hitch, which replicate his blend of suspense, macabre humour and brutal…
All American High (All American High Revisited) (1985-2014)
- Dir. Keva Rosenfeld
- Excellent 'time–capsule' account of a year at an affluent American High School in Los Angeles, California in 1984.
The film's key character…
All in Good Faith (TV Series) (1985-1987)
- Feat. Richard Briers
- A vicar's life in his sleepy country parish has become rather too cozy. News of a vacancy in a demanding urban parish offers the Reverend Philip…
Always (Always...But Not Forever) (1985)
- Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Henry Jaglom, Patrice Townsend, Joanna Frank…
- One–man–movie–machine Henry Jaglom transforms his own divorce into one of his typically witty naturalistic comedies. The couple…
Amazing Stories (TV Series) (Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories) (1985)
- Fantasy/supernatural series created by Steven Spielberg in the spirit of the TWILIGHT ZONE, featuring self–contained stories of the macabre and…