Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics: 3551 Films to Rent
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
- Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Raul Julia, William Hurt
- Evocative drama posits a political activist and a gay window dresser in a South American prison cell, where fantasy becomes their only tool for…
Lost in America (1985)
- Dir. Albert Brooks
Feat. Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty
- Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty give up their stressful yuppie lifestyle to travel in a road–home across America, but things don't go quite to…
Mask (1985)
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Cher, Sam Elliott
- Highly watchable tearjerker skillfully steers a facially–deformed teenager through the trials of adolescence, dodging most of the cliches and…
Mischief (1985)
- Dir. Mel Damski
Feat. Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelly Preston, Chris Nash…
- Nostalgic teen comedy set in 50's Ohio, where an introverted teen attempts to win the love of the school heart throb, while his extroverted friend…
Morons From Outer Space (1985)
- Dir. Mike Hodges
Feat. Griff Rhys-Jones, Mel Smith, James B. Sikking…
- Tepid space comedy has four aliens crash land on a British motorway and are quickly captured by the authorities who quickly learn that maybe there…
Mussolini and I (1985)
- Dir. Alberto Negrin
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Anthony Hopkins, Susan Sarandon…
- The last days of Il Duce as embodied by Bob Hoskins in this strong Italian miniseries.
National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
- Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. Beverly D'Angelo, Chevy Chase, John Astin
- Second in National Lampoon's 'Vacation' series sees the Griswald family off to Europe for a round of slapstick shenanigans with the English, French,…
Once Bitten (1985)
- Dir. Howard Storm
Feat. Jim Carrey, Lauren Hutton, Cleavon Little
- A mature vampiress (Hutton) becomes a predator on an American high school scene, seeking the beauty–enhancing fluids of virgins. Tamely…
Out of Africa (1985)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
- Epic, elegant retelling of Karen Blixen's African memoirs. Winner of seven Oscars including Best Picture.
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…