Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1985

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <TABLE> <TR bgcolor="#000000"><TD><img src=strip85banner.jpg width=100%> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Top Ten Films of 1985: World Premieres</b></Font><br>  <a href=movies85us.html>Top Ten by U.S. Release Date</a> (<Font Size=-1><i>Updated</i></Font>) // <a href=persac85.html>My 1985 Oscar Ballot</a> (<Font Size=-1><i>Updated</i></Font>)<br> <Font Size=-1><br></Font> <Table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>1.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Shoah</Font></b></Font> Dir. Claude Lanzmann. Documentary about the memories of Holocaust survivors <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>2.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=favfilmspurprose.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">The Purple Rose of Cairo</a></b></Font> Dir. Woody Allen. With Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>3.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Ran</Font></b></Font> Dir. Akira Kurosawa. With Tatsuya Nakadai, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>4.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Lost in America</Font></b></Font> Dir. Albert Brooks. With Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Garry Marshall <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>5.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">A Time to Live and a Time to Die</Font></b></Font> Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien. With Shufen Xin, Mei-Feng <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>6.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=kisspidw.html style="text-decoration:none">Kiss of the Spider Woman</a></b></Font> Dir. Hector Babenco. With William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>7.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Back to the Future</Font></b></Font> Dir. Robert Zemeckis. With Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>8.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=favfilmsmask.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Mask</a></b></Font> Dir. Peter Bogdanovich. With Eric Stoltz, Cher, Sam Elliott, Laura Dern <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>9.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=foolflov.html style="text-decoration:none">Fool for Love</a></b></Font> Dir. Robert Altman. With Kim Basinger, Sam Shepard, Harry Dean Stanton <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>10.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">The Official Story</Font></b></Font> Dir. Luis Puenzo. With Norma Aleandro, H&#233ctor Alterio <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> </Table> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Reviews from 1985</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1> <Font Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <b>= Full-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#0099CC">&#169</Font> <b> = Capsule-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font> <b>&nbsp= Blog/Favorites Review</b> (New Window) </Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=afterhrs.html style="text-decoration:none">After Hours</a></b></Font> Dir. Martin Scorsese. With Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=favfilmsbkclub.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">The Breakfast Club</a></b></Font> Dir. John Hughes. With Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=facwomen.html style="text-decoration:none">Faces of Women</a></b></Font> Dir. D&#233sir&#233 &#201car&#233. With Albertine N'guessan, Kouado Brou, Eug&#233nie Ciss&#233-Roland <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=foolflov.html style="text-decoration:none">Fool for Love</a></b></Font> Dir. Robert Altman. With Kim Basinger, Sam Shepard, Harry Dead Stanton <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=kisspidw.html style="text-decoration:none">Kiss of the Spider Woman</a></b></Font> Dir. Hector Babenco. With William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=favfilmsmask.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Mask</a></b></Font> Dir. Peter Bogdanovich. With Eric Stoltz, Cher, Sam Elliott, Laura Dern <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=prizzis.html style="text-decoration:none">Prizzi's Honor</a></b></Font> Dir. John Huston. With Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, William Hickey <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=favfilmspurprose.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">The Purple Rose of Cairo</a></b></Font> Dir. Woody Allen. With Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+1><b>More Grades from 1985</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a href=colrpurp.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>The Color Purple</b></a></Font> Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Sweet Dreams</b></Font> Dir. Karel Reisz. With Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgworth, John Goodman <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Trip to Bountiful</b></Font> Dir. Peter Masterson. With Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+1><b>Also from 1985</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Fair</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Brazil</b></Font> Dir. Terry Gilliam. With Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Robert De Niro<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Runaway Train</b></Font> Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky. With Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca de Mornay<br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Feh</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Better Off Dead</b></Font> Dir. Savage Steve Holland. With John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Cocoon</b></Font> Dir. Ron Howard. With Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Don Ameche, Steve Guttenberg<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Commando</b></Font> Dir. Mark L. Lester. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Out of Africa</b></Font> Dir. Sydney Pollack. With Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Tampopo</b></Font> Dir. Juzo Itami. With Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Witness</b></Font> Dir. Peter Weir. With Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Danny Glover<br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Flotsam</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Agnes of God</b></Font> Dir. Norman Jewison. With Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft, Meg Tilly<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Clue</b></Font> Dir. Jonathan Lynn. With Tim Curry, Lesley Ann Warren, Martin Mull, Madeline Kahn<br> <hr> <Font Face=Garamond> <table cellpadding=12><tr> <td>Trackbacks:</td> <td><strong><a href=movies85home.html target="_top">Permalink</a></strong></td> <td><strong><a href=movies85.html target="_top">1985</a></strong></td> <td><strong><a href=movarchs.html target="_top">Home</a></strong></td> <td><strong><a href="http://blog.nicksflickpicks.com" target="_new">Blog</a></strong></td> <td><strong><a href=email.html target="_top">E-Mail</a></strong></td> </tr></table> </Font> </center> </body>