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RanRan (1985) Recommended
Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai
The title translates to 'chaos'; it is Kurosawa's vast and bloody interpretation of Shakespeare's King Lear. Grandiose in every sense – a…
SubwaySubway (1985)
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Adjani
Fast paced action thriller set in the Paris underground. A cool rebel–hero (Christopher Lambert) teams up with Isabelle Adjani in stylish…
Three Men and a CradleThree Men and a Cradle (1985)
Dir. Coline Serreau
Feat. Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, Andre Dussollier
Hugely successful comedy that spawned the U.S. remake about three domesticated bachelors who grapple with the needs of an infant and an unsolicited…
VagabondVagabond (1985) Recommended
Dir. Agnes Varda
Feat. Sandrine Bonnaire
Award–winning drama that artfully presents poetic moments from young vagabond Sandrine Bonnaire’s last month alive, listlessly drifting…
Voyeur (Abel) (1985)
Dir. Alex Van Warmerdam
Feat. Alex Van Warmerdam, Henri Garcin, Olga Zuiderhoek
So many windows, so little time! An oddball sex farce in which the director himself plays a binocular–happy mummy's boy who falls in love with…
When Father Was Away on BusinessWhen Father Was Away on Business (1985) Recommended
Dir. Emir Kusturica
Feat. Moreno de Bartolli, Miki Manojlovic, Mira Furlan
A delightful dramedy of social upheaval, set during Yugoslavia’s Tito–Stalin conflict of the 1950s. Kusturica filters the tribulations of…
An Amorous Woman of Tang DynastyAn Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty (Tong chiu ho fong nui) (1984)
Dir. Eddie Ling-Ching Fong
Feat. Alex Man, Patricia Ha
Patricia Ha stars as the 'amorous woman' in this oddly liberal erotic drama from the Shaw Brothers stable, set around a woman's desire to experience…
And the Ship Sails OnAnd the Ship Sails On (1984)
Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti
An idyllic odyssey aboard an ocean liner, where celebrated guests who have gathered for the funeral voyage of a great opera star are introduced in…
Comperes, LesComperes, Les (1984)
Dir. Francis Veber
Feat. Pierre Richard, Gerard Depardieu
Pierre Richard and Gerard Depardieu star in this screwball film as two strangers enlisted to help a mutual ex–lover, both thinking they are the…
Eight Diagram Pole Fighter, TheEight Diagram Pole Fighter, The (1984)
Dir. Kar-leung Lau
Feat. Gordon Liu, Alexander Fu, Kara Hui
Hong Kong martial arts epic set circa the 10th century, with a Mongol army attempting to overthrow the influential Yang family, defenders of the Song…

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