Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5561 Films to Buy & Rent
Goonies, The (1985)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton
- Junior edition of 'Indiana Jones', from a Steven Speilberg story, has seven bored kids on the Oregon coast hunting for pirate booty after they…
Growing Pains (TV Series) (1985)
- Feat. Kirk Cameron, Alan Thicke, Joanna Kerns
- A template eighties sitcom of canned laughter, packaging the domestic squabbles of the Seaver clan to a memorable theme song. Kirk Cameron as the…
Grunt - the Wrestling Movie (1985)
- Dir. Allan Holzman
Feat. Steven Cepello, Marilyn Dodds Frank, Robert Glaudini
- A mid–1980s attempt to cash in on the WWF wrestling craze, with a SPINAL TAP–esque mockumentary about the wrestler 'Mad Dog Joe De…
Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1985)
- Feat. Leigh McCloskey
- Typical 80's teen sex comedy largely inspired by fast food jobs and the Hamburger University program of the McDonald's Corporation.
Home To Roost (TV Series) (1985)
- Feat. John Thaw, Reece Dinsdale
- John Thaw plays a middle aged happily divorced man living alone until his life is disrupted when his son,Reece Dinsdale, decides after seven years…
Into the Night (1985)
- Dir. John Landis
Feat. Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum, Dan Aykroyd…
- Good–natured chase flick with Pfeiffer as a mysterious woman pursued by hired assassins and secret police. Film buffs will delight in a…
Jewel of the Nile, The (1985)
- Dir. Lewis Teague
Feat. Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny De Vito
- Sequel to ROMANCING THE STONE again teams Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, this time for a rollicking adventure in the Middle East. Mostly…
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…