Subgenre Sampler
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Paul Ruebens - A stylised masterpiece in which Pee–Wee Herman embarks on a priceless search for his prized possession; a bicycle. A brilliant,…
Police Story (1985)- Dir. Jackie Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung - The incomparable Jackie Chan – a mix of Bruce Lee and Buster Keaton – is in prime form here, weaving his brand of sly Asian humour into a series…
Private Function, A (1985)- Dir. Malcolm Mowbray
Feat. Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott - Michael Palin and Maggie Smith star in Alan Bennett's savage satire of class hypocrisy. Set in post–WW2 Britain during food rationing, secret…
Prizzi's Honor (1985)- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston - Jack Nicholson plays a Mafia hitman, embroiled in some ripely comic and sexy intrigues.
Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello - Exceptional comic fantasy about a depression–era housewife (Mia Farrow) whose solace in the movies blossoms into a romance with a screen…
Raising Arizona (1985)- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter - Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter can't concieve a baby of their own, so they steal a quintuplet from a redneck tycoon. Highly original, off–beat…
Re-Animator (1985)- Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton - Essential splatter comedy takes gore levels to a (then) new extreme. Rebel science student Herbert West invents a serum that brings the dead back to…
Real Genius (1985)- Dir. Martha Coolidge
Feat. Val Kilmer, Gabe Jarret, Michelle Meyrink… - Kooky sci–fi comedy set on a Californian college campus, where a teenage genius develops a high powered chemical laser, but the CIA wants to…
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley… - Fred Ward plays a tough NYC cop whose death is faked and a new identity of "Remo Williams" is bestowed by a secret organization known as CURE who…
Restless Natives (1985)
- Dir. Michael Hoffman
Feat. Vincent Friell, Joe Mullaney, Ned Beatty… - Two Scottish friends become local folk heroes and tourist attractions when they start holding up tour buses with novelty items.
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