1985 IN FILM

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1985

Births

Deaths

Events

★ 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.

Top grossing films

# ''Back to the Future'', starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson
# '', starring Sylvester Stallone
# ''Rocky IV'', starring Sylvester Stallone
# ''The Color Purple'', starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Adolph Caesar
# ''Out of Africa'', starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford
# ''Cocoon'', starring Don Ameche, Jessica Tandy
# ''Witness'', starring Harrison Ford, Danny Glover
# ''The Goonies'', starring Sean Astin
# '', starring Steve Guttenberg
# ''A View to a Kill'' from the James Bond series, starring Roger Moore, Tanya Roberts, and Christopher Walken.

Awards

'Academy Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''Out of Africa''' - Universal
:Best Director: 'Sydney Pollack' - ''Out of Africa''
:Best Actor: 'William Hurt' - ''Kiss of the Spider Woman''
:Best Actress: 'Geraldine Page' - ''The Trip to Bountiful''
:Best Supporting Actor: 'Don Ameche' - ''Cocoon''
:Best Supporting Actress: 'Anjelica Huston' - ''Prizzi's Honor''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''The Official Story''' (''La historia oficial''), directed by Luis Puenzo, Argentina
:Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement 'James Stewart'

'Golden Globe Awards:'
:'Drama:'
:Best Picture: '''Out of Africa'''
:Best Actor: 'Jon Voight' - ''Runaway Train''
:Best Actress: 'Whoopi Goldberg' - ''The Color Purple''
:'Musical or comedy:'
:Best Picture: '''Prizzi's Honor'''
:Best Actor: 'Jack Nicholson' - ''Prizzi's Honor''
:Best Actress: 'Kathleen Turner' - ''Prizzi's Honor''
:'Other'
:Best Director: 'John Huston' - ''Prizzi's Honor''
:Best Foreign Language Film: '''The Official Story''' (''La historia oficial''), Argentina
'Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):'
:'''When Father Was Away on Business''' (''Otac na službenom putu''), directed by Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia
'Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):'
:'''Vagabond''' (''Sans toit ni loi''), directed by Agnès Varda, France / U.K.
'Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):'
:'''Die Frau und der Fremde''' (''The Woman And The Stranger''), directed by Rainer Simon, East Germany
:'''Wetherby''', directed by David Hare, United Kingdom

Films released in 1985

★ ''The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf''

★ ''After Hours''

★ ''Back to the Future''

★ ''Bad Medicine''

★ ''Better Off Dead''

★ ''The Black Cauldron''

★ ''Brazil''

★ ''The Breakfast Club''

★ ''Cat's Eye''

★ ''The Care Bears Movie''

★ ''A Chorus Line''

★ ''Clue''

★ ''The Coca-Cola Kid''

★ ''Cocoon''

★ ''The Color Purple''

★ ''Come and See''

★ ''Day of the Dead''

★ ''Death Wish 3''

★ ''Desperately Seeking Susan''

★ ''

★ ''Explorers''

★ '' Fran ''

★ ''

★ ''Fright Night''

★ ''Girls Just Want to Have Fun''

★ ''The Goonies''

★ ''Joshua Then and Now''

★ ''Insignificance''

★ ''Into the Night''

★ ''King David''

★ ''King Solomon's Mines''

★ ''Kiss of the Spider Woman''

★ ''Ladyhawke''

★ ''The Last Dragon''

★ ''The Legend of Billie Jean''

★ ''Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome''

★ ''Man Hunt''

★ ''Mask''

★ ''

★ ''The Official Story'' (''La historia oficial'') - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

★ ''One Magic Christmas''

★ ''Out of Africa'' - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture

★ ''My Life as a Dog'' (''Mitt liv som hund'') - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

★ ''National Lampoon's European Vacation''

★ ''Phenomena''

★ ''

★ ''Porky's Revenge''

★ ''Prizzi's Honor'' - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)

★ ''Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer

★ ''

★ ''Ran''

★ ''Real Genius''

★ ''Return of the Living Dead''

★ ''Return to Oz''

★ ''Rocky IV''

★ ''Runaway Train''

★ ''Silver Bullet''

★ ''Smooth Talk''

★ ''SpaceBalls''

★ ''St. Elmo's Fire''

★ ''Subway''

★ ''Teen Wolf''

★ ''To Live and Die in L.A.''

★ ''The Trip to Bountiful''

★ ''28 Up''

★ ''Vagabond'' (''Sans toit ni loi'') - Golden Lion award

★ ''A View to a Kill'

★ ''Water''

★ ''Wetherby'' - Golden Bear award

★ ''Weird Science''

★ ''Wild Geese II'' (Sir Laurence Olivier's final film role)

★ ''When Father Was Away on Business'' (''Otac na službenom putu'') - Palm d'Or award

★ ''Witness''

★ ''The Woman And The Stranger'' (''Die Frau und der Fremde'') - Golden Bear award

Births

★ March 26 - Keira Knightley, actress

★ April 16 - Rhiana Griffith, actress

★ June 24 - Kyle Searles, actor

Deaths

★ March 21 - Michael Redgrave, actor, father of actresses Vanessa Redgrave & Lynn Redgrave

★ April 23 - Kent Smith, actor

★ May 16 - Margaret Hamilton, actress, Wicked Witch in ''The Wizard of Oz''

★ August 8 - Louise Brooks, actress

★ August 13 - Gale Sondergaard, actress

★ August 28 - Ruth Gordon, actress / writer

★ September 27 - Lloyd Nolan, actor

★ October 2 - Rock Hudson, actor

★ October 10 - Yul Brynner, actor

★ October 10 - Orson Welles, actor / director

★ December 12 - Anne Baxter, actress