This page lists 27 films I saw in theaters in 1985. My movie database lists only films I see in theaters, not those I see on TV, videotape, DVD, or the internet. My culture page lists other cultural events.

I have kept movie date/title/director data consistently since 1982, with additional details since 2010. I also have some incomplete data from earlier years.

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1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
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Date Title Director Year Theater City
01/02/85 A Passage to India David Lean 1984
01/09/85 The Cotton Club Francis Coppola 1984
01/16/85 Amadeus Milos Forman 1984
01/23/85 A Sunday in the Country Bertrand Tavernier 1984
02/06/85 The Falcon and the Snowman John Schlesinger 1985
02/13/85 Witness Peter Weir 1985
02/26/85 Stranger than Paradise Jim Jarmusch 1984
03/06/85 The Breakfast Club John Hughes 1985
03/13/85 Ladies on the Rocks Christian Braad Thomson 1983
03/21/85 Protocol Herbert Ross 1984
03/27/85 Paris, Texas Wim Wenders 1984
04/03/85 Desperately Seeking Susan Susan Seidelman 1985
05/08/85 The Purple Rose of Cairo Woody Allen 1985
05/15/85 A Private Function Malcolm Mowbray 1984
05/22/85 Brewster's Millions Walter Hill 1985
06/15/85 Fletch Michael Ritchie 1985
06/19/85 Prizzi's Honor John Huston 1985
06/26/85 My First Wife Paul Cox 1984
07/09/85 St. Elmo's Fire Joel Schumacher 1985
07/17/85 Silverado Lawrence Kasdan 1985
08/16/85 Kiss of the Spider Woman Hector Babenco 1985
08/29/85 Cocoon Ron Howard 1985
09/04/85 Insignificance Nicholas Roeg 1985
09/13/85 Compromising Positions Frank Perry 1985
10/01/85 Agnes of God Norman Jewison 1985
10/17/85 Le Chevre Francis Veber 1981
10/24/85 Back to the Future Robert Zemekis 1985