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Big TroubleBig Trouble (1985)
Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Charles Durning
Cassavette's final film is far from a fitting finale to the iconoclast's career, but its not without its charms. Arkin plays a besieged insurance…
Billy Connolly - An Audience WithBilly Connolly - An Audience With (1985)
Dir. Alisdair MacMillan
Feat. Billy Connolly
Selected highlights of Connelly's legendary television appearance in 1985 in front of a studio audience. A leopard skin shirt, long hair and the…
Blott on the Landscape (TV Mini-Series)Blott on the Landscape (TV Mini-Series) (1985)
Feat. David Suchet, George Cole, Geraldine James
Cheeky, farcical BBC comedy is one of the better adaptations of Tom Sharpe's satirical works. David Suchet nails the defiant gardener Blott who,…
BrazilBrazil (1985) Aro Favourite
Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Ian Holm
Daydreaming bureaucrat Jonathan Pryce becomes unwittingly involved with an underground superhero and a mystery woman before falling victim to his own…
Breakfast Club, TheBreakfast Club, The (1985) Recommended
Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall
Five teenagers do detention together in this John Hughes classic.
Came a Hot FridayCame a Hot Friday (1985) Recommended
Dir. Ian Mune
Feat. Billy T. James
Billy T. James stars in this comic yarn about a pair of inept bookmakers whose greed leads them to losing (and trying to recoup) their…
Catholic BoysCatholic Boys (Heaven Help Us) (1985)
Dir. Michael Dinner
Feat. Mary Stuart Masterson, John Heard, Donald Sutherland
Slight, but engaging comedy set around a group of Roman Catholic schoolboys and their misadventures with the opposite sex.
ClueClue (1985)
Dir. Jonathan Lynn
Feat. Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn
Whodunnit comedy based on the well–known boardgame, with its characters undergoing the rounds of suspicion and questioning after a murder.…
Coca Cola Kid, TheCoca Cola Kid, The (1985)
Dir. Dusan Makavejev
Feat. Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr
Quirky Aussie comedy about a Coca Cola marketing guru (Roberts) who visits a small town in the Australian outback to try and sell his product, only…
CocoonCocoon (1985) Recommended
Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn
Delightful fantasy about a group of elderly folk who find the fountain of youth in a swimming pool that has been adopted by alien visitors. A special…

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