Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Desert Hearts (1985)
- Dir. Donna Deitch
Feat. Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau - '50s Nevada provides the backdrop for a freindship between two women that develops in a love affair. Provocative yet dignified drama is well served…
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
- Dir. Susan Seidelman
Feat. Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn… - Rosanna Arquette and Madonna shine in this spunky and spirited New York comedy/murder mystery – up there with the best of John Hughes' popular…
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)- Dir. Alan Metter
Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Helen Hunt, Lee Montgomery… - An early lead–role for Sarah Jessica Parker (SEX AND THE CITY) as a teenager frustrated from entering a dance–contest by her conservative…
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…
Plenty (1985)- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Meryl Streep, John Gielgud, Sam Neill… - Meryl Streep plays a hero of WWII, who finds the rest of her life an anticlimax.
Police Assassins (Yes Madam) (1985)- Dir. Corey Yuen
Feat. Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock, Tsui Hark - Cheesy but fun outing has two hard–as–nails policewomen Michelle Yeoh (in her first lead role) and Cynthia Rothrock turning in their…
Smooth Talk (1985)- Dir. Joyce Chopra
Feat. Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place… - Poignant yet sinister coming–of–age tale chronicles a young girl's sexual awakening and the attention she attracts from a mysterious…
Steaming (1985)- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Brenda Bruce… - A low–rent London bathhouse is the setting for six women’s weekly get–togethers, in this adaptation of Neil Dunn’s stageplay. Often…
Vagabond (1985)- Dir. Agnes Varda
Feat. Sandrine Bonnaire - Award–winning drama that artfully presents poetic moments from young vagabond Sandrine Bonnaire’s last month alive, listlessly drifting…
Ladies On the Rocks (1984)- Dir. Christian Thomsen
Feat. Gotha Anderson, Bruno Bjorn, Peter Boesen - Two women cabaret performers win the hearts of provincial audiences with their raucous brand of feminist humour. Ironically, their increasing…
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