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Ruthless PeopleRuthless People (1986) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams
Feat. Bette Midler, Danny De Vito
A genuine classic from the Zucker brothers and Touchstone pictures. The ingenious plot is laced with great gags, giving Bette Midler and Danny DeVito…
Something WildSomething Wild (1986) Recommended
Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels, Ray Liotta
The then–hip Melanie Griffith takes conservative Jeff Daniels on a crash course in carefree living and kinky sex. But the fun turns to terror…
Space CampSpace Camp (1986)
Dir. Harry Winer
Feat. Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott
Good natured 80's adolescent romp in which a group of young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is…
Three AmigosThree Amigos (1986)
Dir. John Landis
Feat. Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short
Cheesy comedy with Steve Martin and Chevy Chase lured to Mexico as gunslingers.
WildcatsWildcats (1986)
Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Goldie Hawn, James Keach, Swoosie Kurtz
Feel–good football flick with Goldie Hawn as the ambitious coach who takes on an unlikely team of misfits from an inner–Chicago school.
After HoursAfter Hours (1985) Aro Favourite
Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom
Scorsese picked up Best Director award at Cannes for this brilliant, Kafka–esque black comedy about an ordinary guy's traumatic and bizarre…
AlwaysAlways (Always...But Not Forever) (1985)
Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Henry Jaglom, Patrice Townsend, Joanna Frank
One–man–movie–machine Henry Jaglom transforms his own divorce into one of his typically witty naturalistic comedies. The couple…
Better Off DeadBetter Off Dead (1985)
Dir. Savage Steve Holland
Feat. John Cusack, Amanda Wyss, Donald Ogden Stewart
Skewed version of the 80s teenage comedy which follows the plight of likeable John Cusack after he is dumped by his girlfriend. After many original…
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…
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.

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