Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
Legend of Billie Jean, The (1985)
- Dir. Matthew Robbins
Feat. Helen Slater, Christian Slater, Keith Gordon…
- Under–rated 80's youth drama about a young woman and her pals who become media–hyped "legends" after an incident involving a gun and…
Letter to Brezhnev (1985)
- Dir. Chris Bernard
Feat. Alfred Molina, Peter Firth
- Beguiling fable about two Liver–birds who, in the face of a bleak environment and unemployment, befriend a pair of Russian sailors who change…
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…
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…
Moonlighting (TV Series) (1985)
- Dir. Robert Butler
Feat. Bruce Willis, Cybill Shepherd
- The softly ironic, comedy–romance TV–series that made Bruce Willis a star, and almost revived Cybill Shepherd, set around a Private…
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…
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985)
- Dir. Gavin Millar
Feat. Ian Holm, Judi Dench
- Based on Noel Coward's play about an English couple who lived on the South Pacific island of Cowrie, this telemovie is graced with top cast and…
Mr. Vampire (1985)
- Dir. Ricky Lau
Feat. Ching-Ying Lam, Siu-hou Chin, Ricky Hui…
- Influential kung–fu ghostbusting flick is a distinctively Eastern slant on the 'vampire' genre – less like caped Counts, more like…
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
- Dir. Jiri Menzel
Feat. Janos Ban, Marian Labuda, Rudolf Hrusinsky
- This good–natured charmer examines the comic, sad, quirky and downright ordinary affairs of village life, highlighted by the exploits of a pair…
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,…