Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Paul Ruebens - A stylised masterpiece in which Pee–Wee Herman embarks on a priceless search for his prized possession; a bicycle. A brilliant,…
Perfect (1985)
- Dir. James Bridges
Feat. John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis - John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis get physical in this under–rated slice of 80s sizzle: he plays a Rolling Stone journalist investigating the…
Pickwick Papers, The (Mini-series) (1985)- Feat. Nigel Stock, Clive Swift, Ray Brooks…
- BBC televison production stars Nigel Stock as the titular Mr Samuel Pickwick who – with his pals Nathaniel Winkle, Augustus Snodgrass, and…
Plenty (1985)- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Meryl Streep, John Gielgud, Sam Neill… - Meryl Streep plays a hero of WWII, who finds the rest of her life an anticlimax.
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!),…
Police Assassins (Yes Madam) (1985)- Dir. Corey Yuen
Feat. Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock, Tsui Hark - Cheesy but fun outing has two hard–as–nails policewomen Michelle Yeoh (in her first lead role) and Cynthia Rothrock turning in their…
Police Story (1985)- Dir. Jackie Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung - The incomparable Jackie Chan – a mix of Bruce Lee and Buster Keaton – is in prime form here, weaving his brand of sly Asian humour into a series…
Price, The (TV Mini-series) (1985)- Feat. Peter Barkworth, Harriet Walter, Aingeal Grehan
- UK miniseries building a chilling web of intrigue around a priviledged dilettante wife (Harriet Walter) who finds herself caught between IRA thugs…
Private Function, A (1985)- Dir. Malcolm Mowbray
Feat. Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott - Michael Palin and Maggie Smith star in Alan Bennett's savage satire of class hypocrisy. Set in post–WW2 Britain during food rationing, secret…
Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate (1985)- Dir. Kirby Dick
- The debut feature from bold documentarian Kirby Dick (SICK) is this fascinating and humane portrait of a sex surrogate Maureen Sullivan, who is…
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