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List of American films of 1985

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This is a list of American films released in 1985.

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The highest-grossing American films released in 1985, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:[1]

Highest-grossing films of 1985
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1 Back to the Future Universal $210,609,762
2 Rambo: First Blood Part II TriStar / Carolco $150,415,432
3 Rocky IV MGM $127,873,716
4 The Color Purple Warner Bros. $94,175,854
5 Out of Africa Universal $87,071,205
6 Cocoon 20th Century Fox $76,113,124
7 The Jewel of the Nile $75,973,200
8 Witness Paramount $68,706,993
9 The Goonies Warner Bros. $61,389,680
10 Spies Like Us $60,088,980

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Rockin' Road Trip Troma Entertainment William Olsen (director); Leon Rippy, Martin Tucker, Pat Miller, Garth McLean, Katherine Harrison, Leland Gantt, Steve Boles, Margaret Currie
9 The Plague Dogs Embassy Pictures / United Artists / Nepenthe Productions / Goldcrest Films Martin Rosen (director/screenplay); John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin, James Bolam, Nigel Hawthorne, Warren Mitchell, Bernard Hepton, Brian Stirner, Penelope Lee, Geoffrey Matthews, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, John Bennett, John Franklyn-Robbins, Bill Maynard, Malcolm Terris, Judy Geeson, Philip Locke, Brian Spink, Tony Church, Anthony Valentine, William Lucas, Dandy Nichols, Rosemary Leach, Patrick Stewart, Percy Edwards
11 Too Scared to Scream The Movie Store Tony Lo Bianco (director); Mike Connors, Anne Archer, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Ian McShane, Ruth Ford, John Heard, Carrie Nye, Maureen O'Sullivan, Murray Hamilton, Val Avery, Sully Boyar, Ken Norris, Chet Doherty, Karen Rushmore, Rony Clanton, Beeson Carroll, Victoria Bass, Dick Boccelli, Fred Ford, Ernesto Gasco, Adrienne Howard, Yvonne Talton Kersey, Gaetano Lisi, Harry Madsen, John Ring,
Walking the Edge Empire Pictures Norbert Meisel (director); Robert Forster, Nancy Kwan, Joe Spinell, A Martinez, James McIntire, Wayne Woodson, Luis Contreras, Russ Courtney, Doug Toby, Phil H. Fravel, Terrence Beasor, Bernard Erhard, James Fitzpatrick, Ivy Bethune, Jackie Giroux, Aarika Wells, Howard Honig, Frankie Hill, Jerry Jones, Leonard D'John, Peter Pan, Jamie V. Arias, Rosa M. Torres, Stan Kamber, Falling Idols
Water HandMade Films Dick Clement (director/screenplay); Ian La Frenais, Bill Persky (screenplay); Michael Caine, Valerie Perrine, Brenda Vaccaro, Leonard Rossiter, Billy Connolly, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
13 Gulag HBO Premiere Films / Lorimar Pictures / MFI Furniture Group Roger Young (director); Dan Gordon (screenplay); David Keith, Malcolm McDowell, David Suchet, Warren Clarke, John McEnery, Nancy Paul, Brian Pettifer, George Pravda, Eugene Lipinski, Shane Rimmer, Ray Jewers, Bogdan Kominowski
17 Avenging Angel New World Pictures Robert Vincent O'Neil (director); Betsy Russell, Rory Calhoun, Susan Tyrrell, Ossie Davis, Steven M. Porter, Robert F. Lyons, Paul Lambert, Frank Doubleday, Barry Pearl, Ross Hagen
Tuff Turf New World Pictures Fritz Kiersch (director); Jette Rinck (screenplay); James Spader, Kim Richards, Paul Mones, Matt Clark, Claudette Nevins, Robert Downey, Olivia Barash, Catya Sassoon, Bill Beyers, Gene Pietragallo, Panchito Gomez, Michael Wyle, Herb Mitchell, Lou Fant, Donald Fullilove, Jered Barclay, Evonne Kezios, Cheryl Ann Clark, Matt Gavin, Chad McCann, Vivian Brown, Ceil Cabot, Donna Fuller, Rosa Sabina Rodriguez, Frank McCarthy, Art Evans, Jeffrey Dawson
18 Blood Simple Circle Films / River Road Productions / Foxton Entertainment Joel Coen (director/screenplay); Ethan Coen (screenplay); John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams, Holly Hunter, Barry Sonnenfeld
The New Kids Columbia Pictures Sean S. Cunningham (director); Shannon Presby, Lori Loughlin, James Spader, John Philbin, Eddie Jones, Eric Stoltz, Tom Atkins, David H. MacDonald, Vince Grant, Theron Montgomery, Lucy Martin, Paige Lyn Price, Court Miller, Jean De Baer, Robertson Carricart
That's Dancing! MGM/UA Entertainment Company Jack Haley Jr. (director/screenplay); Mikhail Baryshnikov, Ray Bolger, Sammy Davis Jr., Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli, Tommy Abbott, June Allyson, Ann-Margret, Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Jennifer Beals, Busby Berkeley, Eric Blore, Monte Blue, John Brascia, Lucille Bremer, James Cagney, Irene Cara, Leslie Caron, Gower Champion, Marge Champion, Cyd Charisse, Joan Crawford, Dan Dailey, Jacques d'Amboise, Doris Day, Gloria DeHaven, Isadora Duncan, Buddy Ebsen, Taina Elg, Eliot Feld, Margot Fonteyn, Loie Fuller, Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Virginia Gibson, Cary Grant, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton, Carol Haney, June Haver, Robert Helpmann, Judy Holliday, José Iturbi, Michael Jackson, Marine Jahan, Van Johnson, Ruby Keeler, Paula Kelly, Michael Kidd, Charles Laskey, Ruta Lee, Vivien Leigh, Bambi Linn, Peter Lorre, Susan Luckey, Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin, Léonide Massine, Matt Mattox, Joan McCracken, Ray McDonald, Ann Miller, James Mitchell, Ricardo Montalbán, Annabelle Moore, Tony Mordente, George Murphy, Gene Nelson, Julie Newmar, Rudolf Nureyev, Donald O'Connor, Anna Pavlova, Marc Platt, Dick Powell, Eleanor Powell, Jane Powell, Tommy Rall, Debbie Reynolds, Jeff Richards, Chita Rivera, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ginger Rogers, Mickey Rooney, Wini Shaw, Moira Shearer, Frank Sinatra, Red Skelton, Tucker Smith, James Stewart, Lyle Talbot, Russ Tamblyn, Lilyan Tashman, Robert Taylor, Anthony 'Scooter' Teague, Shirley Temple, Tamara Toumanova, John Travolta, Lana Turner, Bobby Van, Vera-Ellen, Ethel Waters, Bobby Watson, Esther Williams, David Winters, Vera Zorina, Vincent Price, Robert Banas
27 The Falcon and the Snowman Orion Pictures John Schlesinger (director); Steven Zaillian (screenplay); Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Joyce Van Patten, Richard Dysart, Priscilla Pointer, Chris Makepeace, Dorian Harewood, Macon McCalman, Nicholas Pryor, Jerry Hardin, Lori Singer, David Suchet, Boris Leskin
Fandango Warner Bros. / Amblin Entertainment Kevin Reynolds (director/screenplay); Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson, Sam Robards, Chuck Bush, Brian Cesak, Suzy Amis, E.G. Daily, Glenne Headly, Marvin J. McIntyre, Stanley Grover, Jane A. Johnston
Maria's Lovers Cannon Films Andrei Konchalovsky (director/screenplay); Gérard Brach, Paul Zindel, Marjorie David (screenplay); Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Robert Mitchum, Keith Carradine, Anita Morris, Bud Cort, Vincent Spano, Karen Young, John Goodman, Tracy Nelson, Danton Stone, Elena Koreneva, Anna Thomson, Bill Smitrovich, Lela Ivev, Anton Sipos, Tania Harley, Gary Hileman, Ann Caulfield, Mary Hogan, Eddie Stenfeld, Nardi Novak, Frankie The Dog
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Heaven Help Us Tri-Star Pictures Michael Dinner (director); Charles Purpura (screenplay); Andrew McCarthy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kevin Dillon, Malcolm Danare, Kate Reid, Wallace Shawn, John Heard, Donald Sutherland, Jay Patterson, Patrick Dempsey, Stephen Geoffreys, Dana Barron, Yeardley Smith
Mischief 20th Century Fox Mel Damski (director); Noel Black (screenplay); Doug McKeon, Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelly Preston, Chris Nash, D.W. Brown, Jami Gertz, Margaret Blye, Graham Jarvis, Terry O'Quinn
Witness Paramount Pictures Peter Weir (director); Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubeš, Josef Sommer, Alexander Godunov, Danny Glover, Brent Jennings, Patti LuPone, Angus MacInnes, Viggo Mortensen, Frederick Rolf, Timothy Carhart, Richard Chaves, Robert Earl Jones, Sylvia Kauders, John Garson, Ed Crowley, Beverly May
15 The Breakfast Club Universal Pictures John Hughes (director/screenplay); Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, John Kapelos, Ron Dean
Fast Forward Columbia Pictures Sidney Poitier (director); Timothy March, Richard Wesle (screenplay); John Scott Clough, Don Franklin, Gretchen Palmer, Karen Kopins, Irene Worth, Sam McMurray, Michael DeLorenzo, Doris Belack, David White, Constance Towers, Robert DoQui, Paul Ryan, Tamara Mark, Tracy Silver, Cindy McGee, Monique Cintron, Debra Varnado, Noel Conlon, Robin Bach, Phyllis Enrlich, Bobbie Jordan
Into the Night Universal Pictures John Landis (director); Ron Koslow (screenplay); Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Richard Farnsworth, Irene Papas, Kathryn Harrold, Dan Aykroyd, Bruce McGill, David Bowie, Vera Miles, Clu Gulager, Stacey Pickren, Art Evans, John Hostetter, John Landis, Jack Arnold, Rick Baker, Paul Bartel, David Cronenberg, Jonathan Demme, Richard Franklin, Carl Gottlieb, Amy Heckerling, Jim Henson, Colin Higgins, Lawrence Kasdan, Jonathan Lynn, Paul Mazursky, Carl Perkins, Daniel Petrie, Dedee Pfeiffer, Waldo Salt, Don Siegel, Jake Steinfeld, Roger Vadim, "Blue" Lou Marini
The Mean Season Orion Pictures Phillip Borsos (director); Leon Piedmont (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan, Richard Masur, Richard Bradford, Joe Pantoliano, Andy García, William Smith
Turk 182 20th Century Fox Bob Clark (director); Denis Hamill, John Hamill, James Gregory Kingston (screenplay): Timothy Hutton, Robert Urich, Kim Cattrall, Robert Culp, Darren McGavin, Peter Boyle, Steven Keats, Paul Sorvino, James Tolkan, Thomas Quinn, Norman Parker, Dick O'Neill, Maury Chaykin, Richard Zobel, David Wohl
Vision Quest Warner Bros. Harold Becker (director); Darryl Ponicsan (screenplay); Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Schoeffling, Ronny Cox, Frank Jasper, Harold Sylvester, Daphne Zuniga, Charles Hallahan, J.C. Quinn, R.H. Thomson, Gary Kasper, Raphael Sbarge, Forest Whitaker, Roberts Blossom, James Gammon, Madonna, Ken Pelo, Jana Marie Hupp, Andrew Shue
24 Finnegan Begin Again HBO Premiere Films / Zenith Productions / Consolidated Productions / Jennie & Co. Joan Micklin Silver (director); Walter Lockwood (screenplay); Mary Tyler Moore, Robert Preston, Sam Waterston, Sylvia Sidney, David Huddleston, Bob Gunton, Giancarlo Esposito, Avery Brooks, Peter Friedman, Ron McLarty, Russell Horton, Jon DeVries, Rick Warner
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Certain Fury New World Pictures Stephen Gyllenhaal (director); Michael Jacobs (screenplay); Tatum O'Neal, Irene Cara, George Murdock, Moses Gunn, Peter Fonda, Nicholas Campbell, Campbell Lane, Frank C. Turner
Lust in the Dust New World Pictures Paul Bartel (director); Philip John Taylor (screenplay); Tab Hunter, Divine, Lainie Kazan, Cesar Romero, Geoffrey Lewis, Henry Silva, Courtney Gains, Gina Gallego, Nedra Volz, Woody Strode, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Noah Wyle
A Private Function HandMade Films Malcolm Mowbray (director/screenplay); Alan Bennett (screenplay); Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths, Tony Haygarth, John Normington, Bill Paterson, Liz Smith, Alison Steadman, Jim Carter, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Davies, Reece Dinsdale
The Purple Rose of Cairo Orion Pictures Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Edward Herrmann, John Wood, Deborah Rush, Zoe Caldwell, Van Johnson, Karen Akers, Milo O'Shea, Dianne Wiest, Michael Tucker, Glenne Headly, George Martin, Loretta Tupper, Maurice Brenner, Paul Herman, Mimi Weddell, Peter McRobbie, Camille Saviola, Juliana Donald, Helen Hanft, Crystal Field, Robert Trebor, John Rothman, Raymond Serra, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
The Sure Thing Embassy Pictures Rob Reiner (director); Steven L. Bloom, Jonathan Roberts (screenplay); John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Viveca Lindfors, Nicollette Sheridan, Anthony Edwards, Tim Robbins, Boyd Gaines, Lisa Jane Persky, Sarah Buxton, Fran Ryan, Larry Hankin
2 Ghoulies Empire Pictures Luca Bercovici (director/screenplay); Jefery Levy (screenplay); Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Scott Thomson, Mariska Hargitay, Jack Nance, Tamara De Treaux, Ralph Seymour, Keith Joe Dick, David Dayan, Victoria Catlin, Charene Cathleen, Peter Risch, Bobbie Bresee, Jamie Bronow, Brian Connolly, Annie Stocking, Craig Talmy
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning Cannon Films Lance Hool (director); Arthur Silver, Larry Levinson, Steve Bing (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams, Bennett Ohta, Cosie Costa, Joe Michael Terry, Christopher Cary, John Wesley, David Chung, Professor Toru Tanaka, Sergio Kato
8 The Hit Palace Pictures Stephen Frears (director); Peter Prince (screenplay); John Hurt, Tim Roth, Laura del Sol, Terence Stamp, Bill Hunter, Fernando Rey, Lennie Peters, Willoughby Gray, Jim Broadbent
Mask Universal Pictures Peter Bogdanovich (director); Anna Hamilton Phelan (screenplay); Cher, Sam Elliott, Eric Stoltz, Laura Dern, Estelle Getty, Richard Dysart, Micole Mercurio, Harry Carey, Jr., Dennis Burkley, Barry Tubb, Lawrence Monoson, Ben Piazza, L. Craig King, Alexandra Powers, Kelly Jo Minter, Todd Allen, Howard Hirdler, Les Dudek, Marsha Warfield
15 Lost in America Warner Bros. / The Geffen Film Company Albert Brooks (director/screenplay); Monica Johnson (screenplay); Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Maggie Roswell, Michael Greene, Garry Marshall, Donald Gibb, Charles Boswell
Sylvester Columbia Pictures Tim Hunter (director); Carol Sobieski (screenplay); Richard Farnsworth, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Schoeffling, Constance Towers, Arliss Howard, James Gammon, Peter Kowanko
22 Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend Touchstone Films / Silver Screen Partners II Bill L. Norton (director); Clifford Green, Ellen Green (screenplay); William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan, Julian Fellowes, Kyalo Mativo, Hugh Quarshie, Olu Jacobs, Eddie Tagoe, Edward Hardwicke
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning Paramount Pictures Danny Steinmann (director/screenplay); Martin Kitrosser, David Cohen (screenplay); Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, Shavar Ross, Richard Young, Dick Wieand, Tiffany Helm, Juliette Cummins, Marco St. John, Jerry Pavlon, Carol Locatell, Debi Sue Voorhees, Vernon Washington, John Robert Dixon, Ron Sloan, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Jere Fields, Rebecca Wood, Bob DeSimone, Corey Parker, Anthony Barrile, William Caskey Swaim, Dominick Brascia, Mark Venturini, Richard Lineback, Ric Mangini, Corey Feldman, Tom Morga
The Last Dragon Tri-Star Pictures Michael Schultz (director); Louis Venosta (screenplay); Taimak, Julius J. Carry III, Chris Murney, Leo O'Brien, Faith Prince, Glen Eaton, Vanity, Jim Moody, Mike Starr, Ernie Reyes, Jr., Esther Marrow, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Chazz Palminteri, William H. Macy, Carl Anthony Payne II, Thomas Ikeda, Jamal Mason, B.J. Barie, London Reyes, Lisa Loving, Jeffrey Dawson
Porky's Revenge! 20th Century Fox James Komack (director); Ziggy Steinberg (screenplay); Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight, Tony Ganios, Mark Herrier, Kaki Hunter, Scott Colomby, Nancy Parsons, Chuck Mitchell, Eric Christmas, Kimberly Evenson, Bill Hindman, Nancy Hassinger, Rose McVeigh, Wendy Feign, Fred Buch, Ilse Earl, Ron Campbell, Mal Jones
The Secret of the Sword Atlantic Releasing Ed Friedman, Lou Kachivas, Marsh Lamore, Bill Reed, Gwen Wetzler (directors); Larry DiTillio, Bob Forward (screenplay); John Erwin, Melendy Britt, Alan Oppenheimer, Linda Gary, George DiCenzo, Erika Scheimer, Lou Scheimer
24 The Care Bears Movie The Samuel Goldwyn Company Arna Selznick (director); Peter Sauder (screenplay); Mickey Rooney, Jackie Burroughs, Georgia Engel, Sunny Besen Thrasher, Eva Almos, Patricia Black, Melleny Brown, Bobby Dermer, Jayne Eastwood, Anni Evans, Gloria Figura, Cree Summer Francks, Brian George, Janet Laine-Green, Luba Goy, Terri Hawkes, Dan Hennessey, Jim Henshaw, Hadley Kay, Marla Lukofsky, Pauline Rennie, Billie Mae Richards, Brent Titcomb, Harry Dean Stanton
29 Desperately Seeking Susan Orion Pictures Susan Seidelman (director); Leora Barish (screenplay); Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum, Robert Joy, Laurie Metcalf, Anna Levine, Will Patton, Peter Maloney, Steven Wright, John Turturro, Anne Carlisle, José Angel Santana, Giancarlo Esposito, Richard Hell, Rockets Redglare, Annie Golden, Richard Edson, Ann Magnuson, John Lurie, Victor Argo, Shirley Stoler, Arto Lindsay, Kim Chan, Michael Badalucco, Carol Leifer, Harsh Nayyar Eddy, David and Robert
King David Paramount Pictures Bruce Beresford (director); Andrew Birkin, James Costigan (screenplay); Richard Gere, Edward Woodward, Alice Krige, Denis Quilley, Niall Buggy, Cherie Lunghi, Hurd Hatfield, Jack Klaff, John Castle, Tim Woodward, David de Keyser, Simon Dutton, Jean-Marc Barr, George Eastman, Arthur Whybrow, Christopher Malcolm, Valentine Pelka, Gina Bellman, James Coombes, Jason Carter, Aïché Nana, Ishia Bennison, Marino Masé, Anton Alexander, Tomás Milián, John Barrard, John Gabriel, Lorenzo Piani, David Graham, John Hallam, Ian Sears, Ned Vukovic, James Lister, Genevieve Allenbury, Massimo Sarchielli, Jenny Lipman, Roberto Renna, Michael Müller, Mark Drewry, Nicholas van der Weide, Shimon Avidan, Peter Frye, David George, Nicola Di Gioia
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Warner Bros. Jerry Paris (director); Barry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield (screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce Mahler, Colleen Camp, Art Metrano, Marion Ramsey, Howard Hesseman, George Gaynes, Peter Van Norden, Ed Herlihy, Lance Kinsey, George R. Robertson, Tim Kazurinsky, Arthur Batanides, Jackie Joseph, Andrew Paris, Jennifer Darling, Lucy Lee Flippin, Jason Hervey, Diana Bellamy, Rich Hall, Bobcat Goldthwait
The Slugger's Wife Columbia Pictures Hal Ashby (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay, Martin Ritt, Randy Quaid, Cleavant Derricks, Lisa Langlois, Loudon Wainwright III, Georgann Johnson, Lynn Whitfield, Danny Tucker
30 Forbidden HBO Premiere Films / Warner Bros. Television / Mark Forstater Productions / Anthea Films Anthony Page (director); Leonard Gross (teleplay); Jacqueline Bisset, Jürgen Prochnow, Irene Worth, Peter Vaughan, Avis Bunnage, Robert Dietl, Malcolm Kaye, Georg Tryphon, Annie Leon, Amanda Cannings, Osman Ragheb, Herta Schwarz, Gerhard Frey, Susanna Bonasewicz

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12 Cat's Eye MGM/UA Entertainment Co. Lewis Teague (director); Stephen King (screenplay); Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Kenneth McMillan, Robert Hays, Candy Clark, James Naughton, James Rebhorn, Charles S. Dutton, Mike Starr, Mary D'Arcy
Fraternity Vacation New World Pictures James Frawley (director); Lindsay Harrison (screenplay); Stephen Geoffreys, Sheree J. Wilson, Cameron Dye, Leigh McCloskey, Tim Robbins, Matt McCoy, Amanda Bearse, John Vernon, Nita Talbot, Barbara Crampton, Kathleen Kinmont, Max Wright, Julie Payne, Franklin Ajaye, Charles Rocket, Britt Ekland
Girls Just Want to Have Fun New World Pictures Alan Metter (director); Amy Spies (screenplay); Sarah Jessica Parker, Lee Montgomery, Morgan Woodward, Jonathan Silverman, Shannen Doherty, Helen Hunt, Ed Lauter, Holly Gagnier, Lee Arnone, Terry McGovern, Biff Yeager, Kristi Somers, Robin Antin, Stuart Fratkin, Gina Gershon, Bruce Goldstein, Scott Coffey, Hank Azaria, Cyndi Lauper, Robert Downey Jr., Margaret Howell, Wayne Bascomb
Ladyhawke Warner Bros. Richard Donner (director); Edward Khmara, Michael Thomas, Tom Mankiewicz, David Peoples (screenplay); Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern, John Wood, Ken Hutchison, Alfred Molina, Giancarlo Prete, Loris Loddi
19 The Company of Wolves Palace Pictures / ITC Entertainment Neil Jordan (director/screenplay); Angela Carter (screenplay); Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Sarah Patterson, Brian Glover, Graham Crowden, Kathryn Pogson, Stephen Rea, Georgia Slowe, Richard Morant, Danielle Dax, Jim Carter, Terence Stamp, Tusse Silberg, Micha Bergese, Susan Porrett, Shane Johnstone, Dawn Archibald
26 Just One of the Guys Columbia Pictures Lisa Gottlieb (director); Dennis Feldman, Jeff Franklin (screenplay); Joyce Hyser, Clayton Rohner, Billy Jacoby, Toni Hudson, William Zabka, Leigh McCloskey, Sherilyn Fenn, Arye Gross, Kenneth Tigar
Stick Universal Pictures Burt Reynolds (director); Elmore Leonard, Joseph Stinson (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, George Segal, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Annie Potts, Jose Perez, Richard Lawson, Cástulo Guerra, Dar Robinson, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Sachi Parker, Alex Rocco, Thomas Rosales, Jr.
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Gotcha! Universal Pictures Jeff Kanew (director); Dan Gordon (screenplay); Anthony Edwards, Linda Fiorentino, Nick Corri, Alex Rocco, Marla Adams, Klaus Löwitsch, Bata Kameni, Kari Lizer, David Wohl, Christie Claridge, Christopher Rydell, Brad Cowgill, Irene Olga López, Reggie Thompson
Gymkata Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Robert Clouse (director); Charles Robert Carner (screenplay); Kurt Thomas, Tetchie Agbayani, Richard Norton, Conan Lee, Buck Kartalian, Tadashi Yamashita, Slobodan Dimitrijević, Edward Bell, John Berrett, Bob Schott, Eric Lawson, Sonny Barnes, Sharan Lea, Zlatko Pokupec, Ivo Kristof
Movers & Shakers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer William Asher (director); Charles Grodin (screenplay); Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Vincent Gardenia, Tyne Daly, Bill Macy, Gilda Radner, Earl Boen, Michael Lerner, Joe Mantell, William Prince, Nita Talbot, Judah Katz, Peter Marc Jacobson, Sam Anderson, Frances Bay, Luana Anders, Eugene Dynarski, Philip Sterling, Steve Martin, Penny Marshall
Private Resort Tri-Star Pictures George Bowers (director); Alan Wenkus, Gordon Mitchell, Ken Segall (screenplay); Rob Morrow, Johnny Depp, Emily Longstreth, Karyn O'Bryan, Andrew Dice Clay, Hector Elizondo, Dody Goodman, Leslie Easterbrook, Michael Bowen, Hilary Shepard Turner, Tony Azito, Jill Selkowitz
8 Creature Trans World Entertainment William Malone (director/screenplay); Alan Reed (screenplay); Stan Ivar, Wendy Schaal, Lyman Ward, Robert Jaffe, Diane Salinger, Klaus Kinski, Annette McCarthy, Marie Laurin
10 Rustlers' Rhapsody Paramount Pictures Hugh Wilson (director/screenplay); Tom Berenger, G.W. Bailey, Marilu Henner, Fernando Rey, Andy Griffith, Sela Ward, Brant Van Hoffman, Christopher Malcolm, Jim Carter, Patrick Wayne, Paul Maxwell, Billy J. Mitchell, John Orchard
17 Goodbye, New York Castle Hill Productions Amos Kollek (director/screenplay); Julie Hagerty, Amos Kollek, Shmuel Shilo, Aviva Ger, Dudu Topaz, Jennifer Prichard, Christopher Goutman, Hanan Goldblatt, Mosko Alkalai, Joseph Kaplanian, Ron Rabinovich, Sophie Haber
Ordeal by Innocence Cannon Films Desmond Davis (director); Alexander Stuart (screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Plummer, Sarah Miles, Ian McShane, Diana Quick, Annette Crosbie, Michael Elphick, George Innes, Valerie Whittington, Phoebe Nicholls, Michael Maloney, Cassie Stuart, Anita Carey, Ron Pember, Kevin Stoney, Brian Glover
22 Brewster's Millions Universal Pictures Walter Hill (director); Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod (screenplay); Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, David White, Jerome Dempsey, Jerry Orbach, Pat Hingle, David Wohl, Tovah Feldshuh, Hume Cronyn, Joe Grifasi, Peter Jason, Rick Moranis
Rambo: First Blood Part II Tri-Star Pictures George P. Cosmatos (director); Sylvester Stallone, James Cameron (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Steven Berkoff, Julia Nickson, Martin Kove, George Cheung, Andy Wood, William Ghent, Voyo Goric, Dana Lee, Steve Williams
A View to a Kill Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer John Glen (director); Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson (screenplay); Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee, Patrick Bauchau, David Yip, Willoughby Gray, Fiona Fullerton, Manning Redwood, Alison Doody, Robert Brown, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Geoffrey Keen, Walter Gotell, Papillon Soo Soo, Daniel Benzali, Mary Stavin, Bogdan Kominowski, Dolph Lundgren, Maud Adams, Jean Rougerie
25 Here Come the Littles Atlantic Releasing / ABC Entertainment / DIC Enterprises, Inc. / TMS Entertainment Bernard Deyriès (director); Woody Kling (screenplay); Gregg Berger, Bettina Bush, Robert David Hall, Jimmy E. Keegan, Patricia Parris, Mona Marshall, Alvy Moore, Donavan Freberg, Hal Smith
31 Fletch Universal Pictures Michael Ritchie (director); Andrew Bergman (screenplay); Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Richard Libertini, Tim Matheson, M. Emmet Walsh, George Wendt, Kenneth Mars, Geena Davis, Bill Henderson, George Wyner, Larry "Flash" Jenkins, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chick Hearn, Ralph Seymour
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Perfect Columbia Pictures James Bridges (director/screenplay); Aaron Latham (screenplay); John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jann Wenner, Marilu Henner, Laraine Newman, Anne De Salvo, Matthew Reed, Stefan Gierasch, Murphy Dunne, Kenneth Welsh, Robert Parr, Rosalind Ingledew, Chelsea Field, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Carly Simon, Lauren Hutton, Tom Schiller, Paul Kent, Paul Barresi, Alma Beltran, Kenny Griswold
13 Prizzi's Honor 20th Century Fox John Huston (director); Richard Condon, Janet Roach (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, John Randolph, William Hickey, Lee Richardson, Michael Lombard, C.C.H. Pounder, Lawrence Tierney, Dick O'Neill, Sully Boyar, Joseph Ruskin, Stanley Tucci, Ann Selepegno, Vic Polizos, Raymond Heller, Seth Allen, Dominic Barto, George Santopietro
Warriors of the Wind Toei Company Hayao Miyazaki (director/screenplay); Susan Davis, Hal Smith, Cam Clarke
14 D.A.R.Y.L. Paramount Pictures Simon Wincer (director); David Ambrose, Allan Scott, Jeffrey Ellis (screenplay); Barret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Danny Corkill, Josef Sommer, David Wohl, Colleen Camp, Steve Ryan, Amy Linker, Kathryn Walker, Hardy Rawls, Jim Fitzpatrick
Secret Admirer Orion Pictures David Greenwalt (director/screenplay); Jim Kouf (screenplay); C. Thomas Howell, Kelly Preston, Lori Loughlin, Fred Ward, Dee Wallace Stone, Cliff DeYoung, Leigh Taylor-Young, Casey Siemaszko, Geoffrey Blake, Scott McGinnis, Corey Haim, Courtney Gains, Janet Carroll
The Stuff New World Pictures Larry Cohen (director/screenplay); Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris, Paul Sorvino, Scott Bloom, Danny Aiello, Patrick O'Neal, Alexander Scourby, Russell Nype, Gene O'Neill, Brian Bloom, Harry Bellaver, Rutanya Alda, David Rees Snell, Heidi Miller, John Newton, Brooke Adams, Laurene Landon, Tammy Grimes, Abe Vigoda, Clara Peller, Anthony Perkins, Jason Evers, Barbara Crampton, Jeffrey Combs, Eric Bogosian, Patrick Dempsey, Mira Sorvino, John Laughlin
21 Cocoon 20th Century Fox Ron Howard (director); Tom Benedek (screenplay); Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Herta Ware, Tahnee Welch, Barret Oliver, Linda Harrison, Tyrone Power Jr., Clint Howard, Charles Lampkin, Rance Howard, Jim Fitzpatrick, Mike Nomad, Jorge Gil, James Ritz
A Flash of Green International Spectrafilm Victor Nunez (director/screenplay); Ed Harris, Blair Brown, Richard Jordan, George Coe, Joan Goodfellow, Helen Stenborg, William Mooney, John Glover, Malcolm Gets, Jean De Baer, Isa Thomas, Bob Murch, Joan MacIntosh
Return to Oz Walt Disney Pictures Walter Murch (director/screenplay); Gill Dennis (screenplay); Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, Matt Clark, Emma Ridley, Justin Case, Pons Maar, Sophie Ward, Fiona Victory, Bruce Boa, Denise Bryer, Sean Barrett, Brian Henson, Lyle Conway, Mak Wilson, Timothy D. Rose, Michael Sundin, Steve Norrington, Deep Roy, John Alexander, Rachael Ashton, Robbie Barnett, Ailsa Berk, Peter Elliott, Roger Ennals, Michele Hine, Mark Hopkins, Colin Skeaping, Ken Stevens, Philip Tan, Rob Thirtle, Beatrice Murch
26 Pale Rider Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood (director); Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Richard Dysart, Chris Penn, Sydney Penny, John Russell, Richard Kiel, Doug McGrath, Jeffrey Weissman, S.A. Griffin, Billy Drago, John Dennis Johnston, Charles Hallahan, Fran Ryan, Richard Hamilton, Terrence Evans, Chuck Lafont, Jack Radosta, Robert Winley, Jeffrey Josephson, Marvin J. McIntyre
28 St. Elmo's Fire Columbia Pictures Joel Schumacher (director/screenplay); Carl Kurlander (screenplay); Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Mare Winningham, Andrew McCarthy, Martin Balsam, Andie MacDowell, Joyce Van Patten, Jenny Wright, Blake Clark, Matthew Laurance, Gina Hecht, Anna Maria Horsford, Whip Hubley, Jim Turner, Mario Machado, Thom Bierdz

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Red Sonja MGM/UA Entertainment Co. Richard Fleischer (director); Clive Exton, George MacDonald Fraser (screenplay); Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman, Paul L. Smith, Ernie Reyes, Jr., Ronald Lacey, Pat Roach, Terry Richards, Janet Agren, Hans Meyer, Tutte Lemkow, Tad Horino, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Erik Holmey
5 The Lift Tuschinski Film Distribution / Island Alive Dick Maas (director/screenplay); Huub Stapel, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Josine van Dalsum
10 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Warner Bros. George Miller (director/screenplay); George Ogilvie (director); Terry Hayes (screenplay); Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence, Adam Cockburn, Frank Thring, Angelo Rossitto, Paul Larsson, Angry Anderson, Robert Grubb, Helen Buday, Edwin Hodgeman, George Spartels, Tom Jennings, Rod Zuanic
Silverado Columbia Pictures Lawrence Kasdan (director/screenplay); Mark Kasdan (screenplay); Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Rosanna Arquette, John Cleese, Kevin Costner, Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, Linda Hunt, Joe Seneca, Ray Baker, Thomas Wilson Brown, Jeff Fahey, Lynn Whitfield, Amanda Wyss, Richard Jenkins, Brion James, James Gammon, Sheb Wooley, Earl Hindman, Pepe Serna
12 Explorers Paramount Pictures Joe Dante (director); Eric Luke (screenplay); Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, Amanda Peterson, Bobby Fite, Dana Ivey, Taliesin Jaffe, James Cromwell, Robert Picardo, Karen Mayo-Chandler, Dick Miller, Meshach Taylor, Mary Kay Place, Brooke Bundy, Leslie Rickert
14 The Coca-Cola Kid Roadshow Film Distributors Dušan Makavejev (director); Frank Moorhouse (screenplay); Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, Kris McQuade, Max Gillies, Tony Barry, Paul Chubb, David Slingsby, Tim Finn, Colleen Clifford, Rebecca Smart, Esben Storm, Steve Dodd, Ian Gilmour
19 Day of the Dead United Film Distribution Company George A. Romero (director/screenplay); Lori Cardille, Joseph Pilato, Terry Alexander, Jarlath Conroy, Richard Liberty, Anthony Dileo Jr., Sherman Howard, Gary Howard Klar, Ralph Marrero, John Amplas, Phillip G. Kellams, Taso Stavrakis, Gregory Nicotero, George A. Romero
Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam GoodTimes Home Video John R. Cherry III (director/screenplay); Jim Varney
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (re-release) Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment Steven Spielberg (director); Melissa Mathison (screenplay); Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, K.C. Martel, C. Thomas Howell, Sean Frye, Erika Eleniak, Pat Welsh, Anne Lockhart
The Legend of Billie Jean Tri-Star Pictures Matthew Robbins (director); Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal (screenplay); Helen Slater, Keith Gordon, Christian Slater, Peter Coyote, Richard Bradford, Martha Gehman, Yeardley Smith, Dean Stockwell, Barry Tubb
The Man with One Red Shoe 20th Century Fox Stan Dragoti (director); Robert Klane (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Dabney Coleman, Lori Singer, Charles Durning, Carrie Fisher, Jim Belushi, Edward Herrmann, David Ogden Stiers, Tom Noonan, Gerrit Graham, David L. Lander, Art LaFleur, Irving Metzman
Wetherby MGM/UA Classics David Hare (director/screenplay); Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Judi Dench, Stuart Wilson, Tim McInnerny, Suzanna Hamilton, Tom Wilkinson, Marjorie Yates, Joely Richardson, Alan Rickman, Katy Behean, Robert Hines
24 The Black Cauldron Walt Disney Pictures Ted Berman, Richard Rich (directors); Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, John Byner, Nigel Hawthorne, John Hurt, Phil Fondacaro, Freddie Jones, Arthur Malet, Billie Hayes, Peter Renaday, Wayne Allwine, Steve Hale, Phil Nibbelink, John Huston, Eda Reiss Merin, Adele Mails-Morey, James Almanzar, Jack Laing
26 The Heavenly Kid Orion Pictures Corporation Cary Medoway (director/screenplay); Martin Copeland (screenplay); Lewis Smith, Jason Gedrick, Jane Kaczmarek, Richard Mulligan, Mark Metcalf, Nancy Valen, Lynne Griffin, Christopher Greenbury
Kiss of the Spider Woman Island Pictures Héctor Babenco (director); Leonard Schrader (screenplay); William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sonia Braga, José Lewgoy, Milton Gonçalves, Míriam Pires, Nuno Leal Maia, Fernando Torres, Patricio Bisso, Herson Capri, Denise Dumont, Ana Maria Braga, Sergio Kato, Miguel Falabella, Antonio Petrin, Wilson Grey
National Lampoon's European Vacation Warner Bros. Amy Heckerling (director); John Hughes, Robert Klane (screenplay); Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively, John Astin, Malcolm Danare, William Zabka, Gary Owens, Jeannette Charles, Mel Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Maureen Lipman, Paul McDowell, Ballard Berkeley, Eric Idle, Jacques Herlin, Willy Millowitsch, Claudia Neidig, Victor Lanoux, Moon Unit Zappa
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Sesame Street: Follow That Bird Warner Bros. /Sesame Workshop Formerly CTW /The Jim Henson Company Formerly Henson Associates Ken Kwapis (director); Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss (screenplay); Caroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, Kathryn Mullen, Pam Arciero, Martin P. Robinson, Sally Kellerman, Laraine Newman, Brian Hohlfeld, Cathy Silvers, Eddie Deezen, Tim Gosley, Noel MacNeal, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, Linda Bove, Emilio Delgado, Sonia Manzano, Alaina Reed Hall, Loretta Long, Kermit Love, Joe Flaherty, Dave Thomas, Alyson Court, Waylon Jennings, Sandra Bernhard, Chevy Chase, John Candy, Paul Bartel
Weird Science Universal Pictures John Hughes (director/screenplay); Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Rusler, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson, Vernon Wells, Britt Leach, Ivor Barry, Pamela Gordon, Michael Berryman, John Kapelos, D'Mitch Davis, Jill Whitlow, Wally Ward, Renee Props
7 Real Genius Tri-Star Pictures Martha Coolidge (director); Neal Israel, Pat Proft, Peter Torokvei (screenplay); Val Kilmer, Gabe Jarret, Michelle Meyrink, William Atherton, Robert Prescott, Jon Gries, Mark Kamiyama, Ed Lauter, Louis Giambalvo, Patti D'Arbanville, Severn Darden, Beau Billingslea, Joanne Baron, Sandy Martin, Dean Devlin, Yuji Okumoto, Deborah Foreman, Stacy Peralta
9 Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart Orion Classics / CIM / Project A Partnership Wayne Wang (director); Terrel Seltzer (screenplay); Laureen Chew, Victor Wong, Cora Miao, Amy Hill, Joan Chen, Kim Chew, Ida F.O. Chung, John Nishio, Keith Choy, Elsa Cruz Pearson, Helen Chew, Jarrett Chew
My Science Project Touchstone Films Jonathan R. Betuel (director/screenplay); John Stockwell, Danielle von Zerneck, Fisher Stevens, Raphael Sbarge, Richard Masur, Barry Corbin, Ann Wedgeworth, Dennis Hopper
Pee-wee's Big Adventure Warner Bros. Tim Burton (director); Phil Hartman, Paul Reubens, Michael Varhol (screenplay); Paul Reubens, E.G. Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen, Alice Nunn, Phil Hartman, John Harris, Daryl Keith Roach, Carmen Filpi, Jan Hooks, Jason Hervey, Tony Bill, Lynne Marie Stewart, John Paragon, Cleve Hall, Tim Burton, Michael Varhol, Ed Herlihy, Cassandra Peterson, James Brolin, Morgan Fairchild, Twisted Sister, Milton Berle, John Moody, Ralph Seymour
Pray for Death Trans World Entertainment Gordon Hessler (director); James Booth (screenplay); Sho Kosugi, Norman Burton, James Booth, Kane Kosugi, Donna K. Benz, Michael Constantine, Parley Baer, Robert Ito, Shane Kosugi, Matthew Faison
Summer Rental Paramount Pictures Carl Reiner (director); Mark Reisman, Jeremy Stevens (screenplay); John Candy, Karen Austin, Kerri Green, Joey Lawrence, Aubrey Jene, Rip Torn, Richard Crenna, John Larroquette, Richard Herd, Lois Hamilton, Carmine Caridi, Frank McCarthy, Bob Wells, Dick Anthony Williams, Reni Santoni
14 Key Exchange 20th Century Fox Barnet Kellman (director); Paul Kurta, Kevin Scott (screenplay); Brooke Adams, Ben Masters, Danny Aiello, Seth Allen, Kerry Armstrong, Sandra Beall, Annie Golden, Peter Brinkerhoff, Ian Calderon, Keith Charles, Roger Christiansen, John Cunningham, Ned Eisenberg, Terri Garber, Deborah Offner, Maggie Renzi, Tony Roberts, Bill Smitrovich, John Spencer, Daniel Stern, Holland Taylor, Dan Ziskie, Barnet Kellman, Mayor Edward I. Koch
16 American Flyers Warner Bros. John Badham (director); Steve Tesich (screenplay); Kevin Costner, Rae Dawn Chong, Alexandra Paul, David Grant, Janice Rule, Jennifer Grey, Robert Townsend, John Amos, Luca Bercovici
The Bride Columbia Pictures Franc Roddam (director); Lloyd Fonvielle (screenplay); Sting, Jennifer Beals, Clancy Brown, Geraldine Page, David Rappaport, Anthony Higgins, Alexei Sayle, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Quentin Crisp, Cary Elwes, Phil Daniels, Timothy Spall, Ken Campbell, Guy Rolfe, Tony Haygarth, Janine Duvitski, John Sharp, Jack Birkett, Gerry Crampton
The Return of the Living Dead Orion Pictures Dan O'Bannon (director/screenplay); Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews, Beverly Randolph, John Philbin, Jewel Shepard, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Brian Peck, Linnea Quigley, Mark Venturini, Jonathan Terry, Cathleen Cordell, Allan Trautman, John Durbin, Drew Deighan, James Dalesandro, Terrence Houlihan, Jerome Coleman, Cherry Davis, David Bond
Volunteers Tri-Star Pictures Nicholas Meyer (director); Keith F. Critchlow, David Isaacs, Ken Levine (screenplay); Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Tim Thomerson, Gedde Watanabe, George Plimpton, Allan Arbus, Xander Berkeley, Ernest Harada
Year of the Dragon MGM/UA Entertainment Company Michael Cimino (director/screenplay); Oliver Stone (screenplay); Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane, Dennis Dun, Raymond J. Barry, Leonard Termo, Caroline Kava, Eddie Jones, Victor Wong, Tony Lip, Roza Ng
23 Better Off Dead Warner Bros. Savage Steve Holland (director/screenplay); John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Diane Franklin, Kim Darby, Curtis Armstrong, Amanda Wyss, Yuji Okumoto, Dan Schneider, Chuck Mitchell, Vincent Schiavelli, Taylor Negron, Rick Rosenthal, E.G. Daily, Aaron Dozier, Demian Slade, Scooter Stevens, Brian Imada, Laura Waterbury
Crossover Dreams New Yorker Films / Miramax Films Leon Ichaso (director/screenplay); Manuel Arce (screenplay); Rubén Blades, Joel Diamond, Elizabeth Peña, Deborra-Lee Furness, Frank Robles, Shawn Elliott, Tom Signorelli, Virgilio Martí, John Hammil
Godzilla 1985 New World Pictures / Toho Pictures, Inc. R.J. Kizer, Koji Hashimoto (directors); Shuichi Nagahara, Lisa Tomei (screenplay); Raymond Burr, Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Yosuke Natsuki, Keiju Kobayashi, Shin Takuma, Eitaro Ozawa, Hiroshi Koizumi, Mizuho Suzuki, Taketoshi Naito, Yoshifumi Tajima, Justin Gocke, Tony Plana, Lara Cody, Gregory Snegoff, Kenpachiro Satsuma
Teen Wolf Atlantic Releasing Corporation Rod Daniel (director); Jeph Loeb, Matthew Weisman (screenplay); Michael J. Fox, James Hampton, Susan Ursitti, Jerry Levine, Matt Adler, Lorie Griffin, Jim McKrell, Mark Arnold, Jay Tarses, Mark Holton, Scott Paulin, Doug Savant
30 American Ninja Cannon Film Distributors Sam Firstenberg (director); Paul De Mielche (screenplay); Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Judie Aronson, Guich Koock, John Fujioka, Don Stewart, John La Motta, Tadashi Yamashita, Phil Brock
Compromising Positions Paramount Pictures Frank Perry (director); Susan Isaacs (screenplay); Susan Sarandon, Raúl Juliá, Edward Herrmann, Judith Ivey, Mary Beth Hurt, Anne De Salvo, Josh Mostel, Deborah Rush, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen
Flesh+Blood Orion Pictures / Riverside Pictures / Impala Studios Paul Verhoeven (director/screenplay); Gerard Soeteman (screenplay); Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Susan Tyrrell, Ronald Lacey, Jack Thompson, Fernando Hilbeck, Brion James, Bruno Kirby, Simon Andreu, John Dennis Johnston, Marina Saura, Kitty Courbois, Jake Wood, Nancy Cartwright, Héctor Alterio, Siobhan Hayes, Anne Lockhart, Blanca Marsillach, Jorge Bosso, Mario De Barros, Hans Veerman, Ida Bons, Jaime Segura, Bettina Brenner, Susan Beresford, Mònica Lucchetti
Gremlins (re-release) Warner Bros. / Amblin Entertainment Joe Dante (director); Chris Columbus (screenplay); Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, Frances Lee McCain, Judge Reinhold, Dick Miller, Glynn Turman, Keye Luke, Scott Brady, Corey Feldman, Jonathan Banks, Edward Andrews, Jackie Joseph, Belinda Balaski, Harry Carey Jr., Nick Katt, Tracy Wells, John C. Becher, Joe Brooks, Howie Mandel, Frank Welker, Don Steele, Marvin Miller, Michael Winslow, Bob Bergen, Fred Newman, Peter Cullen, Bob Holt, Steven Spielberg, Jim McKrell, Tom Bergeron, Jerry Goldsmith, William Schallert, Chuck Jones, Kenneth Tobey, Richard Carlson, Kenny Davis, Gwen Willson, Arnie Moore, Mark Dodson, Michael Sheehan, Brad Kesten
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Smooth Talk American Playhouse / Goldcrest Films Joyce Chopra (director); Tom Cole (screenplay); Treat Williams, Laura Dern, Mary Kay Place, Elizabeth Berridge, Levon Helm, Geoff Hoyle, William Ragsdale, Michael French, Margaret Welsh, Sara Inglis, David Berridge, Mark McKay, Joy Carlin, Carl Mueller, Cab Covay
13 After Hours Warner Bros. / The Geffen Film Company Martin Scorsese (director); Joseph Minion (screenplay); Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, John Heard, Cheech Marin, Catherine O'Hara, Dick Miller, Will Patton, Bronson Pinchot, Rocco Sisto, Larry Block, Victor Argo, Clarence Felder, Martin Scorsese
15 Death of a Salesman CBS / Roxbury Productions / Punch Productions Volker Schlöndorff (director); Arthur Miller (screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich, Stephen Lang, Charles Durning, David S. Chandler, Louis Zorich, Kathryn Rossetter, Jon Polito, Linda Kozlowski, Anne McIntosh, Tom Signorelli, Karen Needle
20 Creator Universal Pictures Ivan Passer (director); Jeremy Leven (screenplay); Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano, Virginia Madsen, David Ogden Stiers, John Dehner, Karen Kopins, Kenneth Tigar, Elsa Raven, Rance Howard, Ellen Geer, Ian Wolfe, Byrne Piven, Jordan Charney, William H. Bassett, Jeff Corey, Michael McGrady, Eve McVeagh
25 Marie MGM/UA Entertainment Roger Donaldson (director); John Briley (screenplay); Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Morgan Freeman, Keith Szarabajka, Fred Dalton Thompson, Lisa Banes, Trey Wilson, John Cullum, Don Hood, Graham Beckel, Macon McCalman, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Vincent Irizarry, Clarence Felder, Lisa Foster, Leon Rippy, Timothy Carhart, Stephen Henderson, Jane Powell, Melissa Sue Anderson
27 Agnes of God Columbia Pictures Norman Jewison (director); John Pielmeier (screenplay); Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft, Meg Tilly, Anne Pitoniak, Winston Rekert, Gratien Gélinas, Gabriel Arcand, Françoise Faucher, Françoise Berd, Guy Hoffman, Jacques Tourangeau, Janine Fluet, Deborah Grover, Michele George, Samantha Langevin, Jacqueline Blais, Mimi D'Estée, Rita Tuckett, Lillian Graham, Norma Dell'Agnese, Muguette Moreau, Janice Bryan, Agnes Middleton
Invasion U.S.A. Cannon Films Joseph Zito (director); James Bruner, Chuck Norris (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Richard Lynch, Eddie Jones, Billy Drago, Jaime Sánchez, Dehl Berti, Martin Shakar, James Pax, Melissa Prophet, Alexander Zale, Alex Colon, Jon DeVries, James O'Sullivan, Stephen Markle, Shane McCamey
The Journey of Natty Gann Walt Disney Pictures Jeremy Kagan (director); Jeanne Rosenberg (screenplay); Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Ray Wise, Lainie Kazan, Scatman Crothers, Barry Miller, Verna Bloom, John P. Finnegan, Garry Chalk, Frank C. Turner, Gabrielle Rose, Don S. Davis, Alek Diakun, Grant Heslov, Bruce M. Fischer, Zachary Ansley, Campbell Lane, Jed the Wolfdog, Matthew Faison, Jordan Pratt, Jack Rader, Max Trumpower
Maxie Orion Pictures Paul Aaron (director); Patricia Resnick (screenplay); Glenn Close, Mandy Patinkin, Ruth Gordon, Barnard Hughes, Valerie Curtin, Michael Ensign, Harry Hamlin, Leeza Gibbons, Googy Gress, Lou Cutell, Michael Laskin, Nelson Welch

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Dreamchild Thorn EMI Gavin Millar (director); Dennis Potter (screenplay); Coral Browne, Peter Gallagher, Ian Holm, Jane Asher, Nicola Cowper, Caris Corfman, Amelia Shankley, Alan Bennett, Ken Campbell, Tony Haygarth, Fulton Mackay, Frank Middlemass, Julie Walters, Big Mick, Ron Mueck, Karen Prell, Michael Sundin, Steve Whitmire
Jagged Edge Columbia Pictures Richard Marquand (director); Joe Eszterhas (screenplay); Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote, Robert Loggia, John Dehner, Karen Austin, Guy Boyd, Marshall Colt, Louis Giambalvo, Lance Henriksen, LeVar Burton, James Karen, Leigh Taylor-Young, William Allen Young, John Clark, Ben Hammer, Sanford Jensen, Diane Erickson, Maria Mayenzet
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Warner Bros. Paul Schrader (director/screenplay); Leonard Schrader (screenplay); Ken Ogata, Kenji Sawada, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Yasosuke Bando, Masayuki Shionoya, Junkichi Orimoto, Hiroshi Mikami, Naoko Otani, Haruko Kato, Kōichi Satō, Hisako Manda, Chishū Ryū, Naomi Oki, Miki Takakura, Reisen Lee, Setsuko Karasuma, Sachiko Hidari, Tadanori Yokoo, Yasuaki Kurata, Hiroshi Katsuno, Jun Negami, Hiroki Ida, Naoya Makoto, Ryō Ikebe, Alan Mark Poul, Roy Scheider
Sweet Dreams Tri-Star Pictures Karel Reisz (director); Robert Getchell (screenplay); Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth, David Clennon, James Staley, Gary Basaraba, John Goodman, P.J. Soles, Jerry Haynes, Boxcar Willie
A Zed & Two Noughts Artificial Eye / Channel Four Films Peter Greenaway (director/screenplay); Andréa Ferréol, Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon, Frances Barber, Joss Ackland
11 Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Orion Pictures Guy Hamilton (director); Christopher Wood (screenplay); Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley, J.A. Preston, George Coe, Charles Cioffi, Kate Mulgrew, Michael Pataki, Reginald VelJohnson, Jon Polito, Gene LeBell, Sebastian Ligarde, Tom McBride, Suzanne Snyder, William Hickey, Patrick Kilpatrick
Silver Bullet Paramount Pictures Dan Attias (director); Stephen King (screenplay); Corey Haim, Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Megan Follows, Terry O'Quinn, Lawrence Tierney, Bill Smitrovich, Kent Broadhurst, David Hart, James Gammon, Tovah Feldshuh, Joe Wright, Robin Groves
18 The Holcroft Covenant Universal Pictures John Frankenheimer (director); Edward Anhalt, George Axelrod, John Hopkins (screenplay); Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer, Mario Adorf, Michael Lonsdale, Bernard Hepton, Shane Rimmer, Alexander Kerst, Richard Münch, Michael Wolf
The Quiet Earth Skouras Pictures Geoff Murphy (director); Bill Baer, Bruno Lawrence, Sam Pillsbury (screenplay); Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Peter Smith
Re-Animator Empire International Pictures Stuart Gordon (director); Brian Yuzna (screenplay); Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale, Robert Sampson, Al Berry, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Ian Patrick Williams, Gerry Black, Peter Kent, Craig Reed
Wild Geese II Frontier Films / Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment Peter Hunt (director); Reginald Rose (screenplay); Scott Glenn, Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier, Robert Freitag, Kenneth Haigh, Stratford Johns, Derek Thompson, Robert Webber
20 I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later NBC / Sony Pictures Television / Columbia Pictures Television / Can't Sing Can't Dance Productions William Asher (director); Irma Kalish (screenplay); Barbara Eden, Wayne Rogers, Bill Daily, Hayden Rorke, Mackenzie Astin, André De Shields, Dody Goodman, John Bennett Perry, Dori Brenner, Nicole Eggert, Michael Fairman
23 Twice in a Lifetime Bud Yorkin Productions Bud Yorkin (director); Colin Welland (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn, Amy Madigan, Ally Sheedy, Brian Dennehy, Stephen Lang, Darrell Larson
25 Krush Groove Warner Bros. Michael Schultz (director); Ralph Farquhar (screenplay); Blair Underwood, Sheila E., Run-DMC, Jam Master Jay, The Fat Boys, Kurtis Blow, New Edition, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Russell Simmons, Richard Gant, LisaGay Hamilton, Rick Rubin, Nayobe, Vicky Ruane, Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde, Brian "B-Fine" George, Paul Anthony George, Chris Rock, Kara Vallow, Coati Mundi, Donnie Simpson
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Eleni Warner Bros. / CBS Theatrical Films Peter Yates (director); Nicholas Gage, Steve Tesich (screenplay); Kate Nelligan, John Malkovich, Linda Hunt, Oliver Cotton, Ronald Pickup, Rosalie Crutchley, Glenne Headly, Dimitra Arliss, Steve Plytas, Peter Woodthorpe, Jon Rumney, Alison King, Leon Lissek, Stefan Gryff, Michael Zelniker, Keram Malicki-Sánchez, Vic Tablian, Aaron Schwartz, Theresa Tova, Lisa Jakub, Alfred Molina
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge New Line Cinema / Heron Communications / Smart Egg Pictures Jack Sholder (director); David Chaskin (screenplay); Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler, Clu Gulager, Hope Lange, Christie Clark, Marshall Bell, Melinda O. Fee, Tom McFadden, Sydney Walsh, Lyman Ward, JoAnn Willette, Steve Eastin, Brian Wimmer, Kerry Remsen, Robert Shaye
To Live and Die in L.A. MGM/UA Entertainment Co. William Friedkin (director/screenplay); Gerald Petievich (screenplay); William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro, Darlanne Fluegel, Dean Stockwell, Steve James, Robert Downey Sr., Michael Greene, Jack Hoar, Christopher Allport, Valentin de Vargas, Dwier Brown, Jane Leeves, Dar Robinson, Thomas F. Duffy, Gary Cole, Gerald Petievich, Michael Chong, Jacqueline Giroux
3 North and South ABC / David L. Wolper Productions / Warner Bros. Television Richard T. Heffron (director); Douglas Heyes, John Jakes, Paul F. Edwards, Patricia Green, Kathleen A. Shelley (screenplay); Patrick Swayze, James Read, Lesley-Anne Down, Wendy Kilbourne, Kirstie Alley, Jean Simmons, Mitchell Ryan, Terri Garber, Genie Francis, David Ogden Stiers, David Carradine, Jonathan Frakes, Robert Mitchum, Hal Holbrook, Philip Casnoff, Lewis Smith, John Stockwell, Wendy Fulton, Morgan Fairchild, Inga Swenson, Jim Metzler, Tony Frank, David Harris, Erica Gimpel, Forest Whitaker, Andrew Stahl, Olivia Cole, Elizabeth Taylor, Georg Stanford Brown, John Anderson, Lee Bergere, Mark Moses, Robert Guillaume, Johnny Cash, Chris Douridas, James Rebhorn, Temi Epstein, Cary Guffey
8 Bring On the Night The Samuel Goldwyn Company Michael Apted (director/screenplay); Sting, Omar Hakim, Darryl Jones, Kenny Kirkland, Branford Marsalis, Dolette McDonald, Janice Pendarvis
The Official Story Almi Pictures Luis Puenzo (director/screenplay); Aída Bortnik (screenplay); Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana, Guillermo Battaglia, Chela Ruiz, Patricio Contreras, Pablo Rago, María Luisa Robledo, Aníbal Morixe, Jorge Petraglia, Analía Castro, Daniel Lago, Augusto Larreta
Target Warner Bros. Arthur Penn (director); Jose Luis Navarro, Don Petersen, Leonard B. Stern (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Matt Dillon, Gayle Hunnicutt, Josef Sommer, Guy Boyd, Viktoriya Fyodorova, Herbert Berghof, Richard Münch, Werner Pochath, Jany Holt, Ilona Grübel, James Selby, Ray Fry
That Was Then... This Is Now Paramount Pictures Christopher Cain (director); Emilio Estevez (screenplay); Emilio Estevez, Craig Sheffer, Kim Delaney, Jill Schoelen, Larry B. Scott, Barbara Babcock, Morgan Freeman, Frank McCarthy, Ramon Estevez, Frank Howard, Diane Dorsey
Transylvania 6-5000 New World Pictures Rudy De Luca (director/screenplay); Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley Jr., Joseph Bologna, Carol Kane, Jeffrey Jones, John Byner, Geena Davis, Michael Richards, Donald Gibb, Norman Fell, Teresa Ganzel, Rudy De Luca, Inge Appelt, Božidar Smiljanić
15 Once Bitten The Samuel Goldwyn Company Howard Storm (director); Jonathan Roberts, David Hines, Jeffrey Hause (screenplay); Lauren Hutton, Jim Carrey, Karen Kopins, Cleavon Little, Richard Schaal, Peggy Pope, Megan Mullally, Joseph Brutsman, Stuart Charno, Carey More, Thomas Ballatore, Skip Lackey, Jeb Stuart Adams, Robin Klein, Glen Mauro, Gary Mauro
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer Warner Bros. Kimio Yabuki, Bernard Deyriès (directors); Jean Chalopin, Howard R. Cohen (screenplay); Bettina, Patrick Fraley, Peter Cullen, Robbie Lee, Andre Stojka, David Mendenhall, Les Tremayne, Mona Marshall, Jonathan Harris, Scott Menville, Charlie Adler, Rhonda Aldrich, Marissa Mendenhall, David Workman
22 Bad Medicine 20th Century Fox Harvey Miller (director/screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Alan Arkin, Julie Hagerty, Bill Macy, Curtis Armstrong, Julie Kavner, Joe Grifasi, Robert Romanus, Taylor Negron, Candi Milo, Gilbert Gottfried, Eileen Way, Allan Corduner, Tresa Hughes, José Canalejas, John Sterland
Fever Pitch MGM/UA Entertainment Co. Richard Brooks (director/screenplay); Ryan O'Neal, Catherine Hicks, Giancarlo Giannini, Bridgette Andersen, Chad Everett, John Saxon, Hank Greenspun, William Smith, Keith Hefner, Patrick Cassidy, William Prince, Chad McQueen, Fred Robledo
King Solomon's Mines The Cannon Group J. Lee Thompson (director); Gene Quintano, James R. Silke (screenplay); Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom, John Rhys-Davies, Ken Gampu, Shaike Ophir, June Buthelezi, Sam Williams, Mick Lesley, Vincent Van der Byl, Bob Greer, Oliver Tengende, Neville Thomas, Bishop McThuzen, Isiah Murert
One Magic Christmas Walt Disney Pictures Phillip Borsos (director); Thomas Meehan (screenplay); Mary Steenburgen, Gary Basaraba, Harry Dean Stanton, Arthur Hill, Elisabeth Harnois, Michelle Meyrink, Elias Koteas, Wayne Robson, Jan Rubeš, Sarah Polley, Graham Jarvis, Robbie Magwood, Timothy Webber, Joy Thompson, John Friesen
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin Atlantic Releasing Steven Hahn (director); Jeffrey Scott (screenplay); Joe Colligan, Carmen Argenziano, Anthony De Longis, Noelle North, Tyke Caravelli, Les Tremayne, Daryl Bartley, Tina Romanus, Thomas H. Watkins, Mickey Morton, John Moschitta, Jr., Ken Sansom, Mona Marshall, Herb Vigran, Cathy Cavadini, Marilyn Schreffler, Susan Silo
White Nights Columbia Pictures Taylor Hackford (director); James Goldman, Eric Hughes (screenplay); Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren, Geraldine Page, Isabella Rossellini, John Glover, Stefan Gryff, William Hootkins, Shane Rimmer, Marc Sinden, Maryam d'Abo, Daniel Benzali
24 Ewoks: The Battle for Endor ABC / Lucasfilm Ken Wheat, Jim Wheat (director/screenplay); Warwick Davis, Wilford Brimley, Carel Struycken, Siân Phillips, Paul Gleason, Eric Walker, Tony Cox, Johnny Weissmuller Jr., Matthew Roloff, Aubree Miller, Niki Botelho, Marianne Horine, Daniel Frishman, Pam Grizz, Roger Johnson, Michael Pritchard
27 Rocky IV MGM/UA Entertainment Company Sylvester Stallone (director/screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Dolph Lundgren, Brigitte Nielsen, Tony Burton, Michael Pataki, Rocky Krakoff, LeRoy Neiman, Burgess Meredith, James Brown, Stu Nahan, Warner Wolf, R.J. Adams, Barry Tompkins, Al Bandiero, David Lloyd Austin
Santa Claus: The Movie Tri-Star Pictures Jeannot Szwarc (director); David Newman (screenplay); Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, David Huddleston, Judy Cornwell, Burgess Meredith, Jeffrey Kramer, Christian Fitzpatrick, Carrie Kei Heim, John Barrard, Anthony O'Donnell, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle, Tim Stern, Peter O'Farrell, Christopher Ryan, Keith Hayden, Shannon Spruill, Nigel Paterson
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6 Fool for Love The Cannon Group, Inc. Robert Altman (director); Sam Shepard (screenplay); Sam Shepard, Kim Basinger, Harry Dean Stanton, Randy Quaid
Runaway Train The Cannon Group, Inc. Andrei Konchalovsky (director); Djordje Milicevic, Paul Zindel, Edward Bunker (screenplay); Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, Kyle T. Heffner, John P. Ryan, T.K. Carter, Kenneth McMillan, Edward Bunker, John Bloom, Norton E. "Hank" Worden, Danny Trejo, Tiny Lister, Dennis Franz, Stacey Pickren, Walter Wyatt, Reid Cruickshanks, Dan Wray, Michael Lee Gogin
Spies Like Us Warner Bros. John Landis (director); Dan Aykroyd, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel (screenplay); Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Donna Dixon, Bruce Davison, William Prince, Steve Forrest, Tom Hatten, Bernie Casey, Charles McKeown, Vanessa Angel, James Daughton, Jim Staahl, Frank Oz, Terry Gilliam, Ray Harryhausen, Derek Meddings, Joel Coen, Sam Raimi, Martin Brest, Costa-Gavras, Bob Hope, B.B. King, Michael Apted, Larry Cohen, Heidi Sorenson, Edwin Newman
11 The Jewel of the Nile 20th Century Fox Lewis Teague (director); Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Spiros Focás, Avner Eisenberg, Hamid Fillali, Daniel Peacock, Holland Taylor, Guy Cuevas, The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Peter De Palma, Mark Daly Richards
13 Clue Paramount Pictures Jonathan Lynn (director/screenplay); John Landis (screenplay); Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren, Colleen Camp, Lee Ving, Bill Henderson, Jane Wiedlin, Jeffrey Kramer, Kellye Nakahara, Howard Hesseman
Legend Universal Pictures Ridley Scott (director); William Hjortsberg (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert, Kiran Shah, Robert Picardo, Peter O'Farrell, Annabelle Lanyon, Tina Martin
Trouble in Mind Alive Films Alan Rudolph (director/screenplay); Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Lori Singer, Geneviève Bujold, Joe Morton, Dirk Blocker, George Kirby, Divine, John Considine, Albert Hall, Gailard Sartain, Robert Gould
18 Brazil 20th Century Fox (International) / Universal Pictures (United States) Terry Gilliam (director/screenplay); Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown (screenplay); Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Kim Greist, Jim Broadbent, Brian Miller, Sheila Reid, Simon Nash, Barbara Hicks, Kathryn Pogson, Bryan Pringle, Derrick O'Connor, Elizabeth Spender, Derek Deadman, Nigel Planer, Charles McKeown, Ray Cooper, Gorden Kaye, John Pierce Jones, Ann Way, Myrtle Devenish, Simon Jones, Bill Wallis, Don Henderson, Howard Lew Lewis, Oscar Quitak, Harold Innocent, John Grillo, Patrick Connor, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Jack Purvis, Andre Gregory, Terry Gilliam, Sue Hodge
The Color Purple Warner Bros. Steven Spielberg (director); Menno Meyjes (screenplay); Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Akosua Busia, Adolph Caesar, Willard Pugh, Rae Dawn Chong, Larry Fishburne, Carl Anderson, Grand L. Bush, Dana Ivey, Bennet Guillory, James Tillis, Leonard Jackson, Desreta Jackson, Táta Vega, Gayle King
Out of Africa Universal Pictures Sydney Pollack (director); Kurt Luedtke (screenplay); Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Shane Rimmer, Michael Gough, Suzanna Hamilton, Rachel Kempson, Graham Crowden, Leslie Phillips, Annabel Maule, Donal McCann, Benny Young, Iman, Jon Seda, Malick Bowens, Joseph Thiaka, Stephen Kinyanjui
20 A Chorus Line Columbia Pictures Richard Attenborough (director); Arnold Schulman (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Alyson Reed, Terrence Mann, Sharon Brown, Jan Gan Boyd, Gregg Burge, Tony Fields, Audrey Landers, Nicole Fosse, Vicki Frederick, Janet Jones, Matt West, Michael Blevins, Yamil Borges, Cameron English, Michelle Johnston, Pam Klinger, Charles McGowan, Justin Ross, Blane Savage
101 Dalmatians (re-issue) Walt Disney Pictures Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi (directors); Bill Peet (screenplay); Rod Taylor, Cate Bauer, Betty Lou Gerson, Ben Wright, Bill Lee, Lisa Davis, Martha Wentworth, Frederick Worlock, J. Pat O'Malley, Thurl Ravenscroft, David Frankham, Mimi Gibson, Barbara Beaird, Mickey Maga, Sandra Abbott, Mary Wickes, Tudor Owen, George Pelling, Queenie Leonard, Marjorie Bennett, Barbara Luddy, Rickie Sorensen, Tom Conway, Ramsay Hill, Paul Wexler, Basil Ruysdael, Paul Frees, Lucille Bliss, Junius Matthews
Enemy Mine 20th Century Fox Wolfgang Petersen (director); Edward Khmara (screenplay); Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James, Richard Marcus, Carolyn McCormick, Bumper Robinson, Lance Kerwin, Herb Andress, Jim Mapp, Scott Kraft, Lou Michaels, Andy Geer, Henry Stolow, Danmar, Mandy Hausenberger
Ran Orion Classics / Herald Ace / Nippon Herald Films / Greenwich Film Productions Akira Kurosawa (director/screenplay); Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide (screenplay); Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Peter, Hisashi Igawa, Mansai Nomura, Jun Tazaki, Hitoshi Ueki, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Masayuki Yui, Kazuo Kato
25 Murphy's Romance Columbia Pictures Martin Ritt (director); Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch (screenplay); Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim, Dennis Burkley, Carole King, Georgann Johnson, Anna Levine, Charles Lane, Bruce French, John C. Becher, Dortha Duckworth, Michael Prokopuk, Billy Ray Sharkey, Michael Crabtree, Henry Slate
Revolution Warner Bros. Hugh Hudson (director); Robert Dillon (screenplay); Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Dexter Fletcher, Sid Owen, Joan Plowright, Dave King, Steven Berkoff, John Wells, Annie Lennox, Richard O'Brien, Paul Brooke, Frank Windsor, Jesse Birdsall, Graham Greene, Robbie Coltrane
The Trip to Bountiful Island Pictures Peter Masterson (director); Horton Foote (screenplay); Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford, Rebecca De Mornay, Kevin Cooney, Dave Tanner, Gil Glasgow, Mary Kay Mars, Norman Bennett, Harvey Lewis, Kirk Sisco, Wezz Tildon, Peggy Ann Byers, David Romo, Tony Torn, John Torn, Alexandra Masterson, Don Wyse
27 Joey New World Pictures Roland Emmerich (director/screenplay); Hans J. Haller, Thomas Lechner (screenplay); Joshua Morrell, Eva Kryll

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  1. ^ "Domestic Box Office for 1985". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
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