1985 in film

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

Events

• June 5 – The Chicago Cubs play the Atlanta Braves in a baseball game at Wrigley Field. Excerpts from the broadcast later pin this date as the day featured in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
• December 3 – Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.

  Awards

Notable films released in 1985

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• 28 Up, a documentary film -

  A

• Adieu Bonaparte, directed by Youssef Chahine, starring Michel Piccoli -
• The Adventures of Mark Twain, starring James Whitmore
• After Hours, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Catherine O'Hara, Teri Garr, Linda Fiorentino, John Heard, Verna Bloom, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong
• Agnes of God, directed by Norman Jewison; starring Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft, Meg Tilly
• Alamo Bay, directed by Louis Malle, starring Ed Harris and Amy Madigan
• Alice in Wonderland, TV film, starring Natalie Gregory, Sid Caesar, Carol Channing, Sammy Davis, Jr., Telly Savalas, Ringo Starr
• The Alley Cat -
• American Flyers, starring Kevin Costner, David Marshall Grant, Rae Dawn Chong, Alexandra Paul
• American Ninja, starring Michael Dudikoff
• Angry Harvest, starring Armin Mueller-Stahl -
• Anne of Green Gables, starring Megan Follows -
• Arjun, starring Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia -
• The Assam Garden, starring Deborah Kerr and Madhur Jaffrey -
• Asterix Versus Caesar -
• The Aviator, starring Christopher Reeve, Rosanna Arquette, Jack Warden

  B

• , starring Sean Young, William Katt and Patrick McGoohan
• Back to the Future, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
• Bad Medicine, starring Steve Guttenberg, Julie Hagerty and Alan Arkin
• Better Off Dead, starring John Cusack
• Black Arrow, starring Oliver Reed and Fernando Rey
• The Black Cauldron, directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich, with the voices of Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Freddie Jones, Nigel Hawthorne, Phil Fondacaro and John Hurt
• Bliss -
• The Blue Yonder
• The Boys Next Door, starring Maxwell Caulfield and Charlie Sheen
• Brazil, directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Jonathan Pryce and Robert De Niro -
• The Breakfast Club, directed by John Hughes, starring Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Gleason
• Brewster's Millions, starring Richard Pryor and John Candy
• The Bride, starring Sting and Jennifer Beals -
• The Burmese Harp, directed by Kon Ichikawa, a remake of Ichikawa's 1956 film -
• Butterfly and Flowers -

  C

• Calamari Union, directed by Aki Kaurismäki -
• Came a Hot Friday -
• Cat's Eye, an anthology film starring Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Kenneth McMillan, Robert Hays
• The Care Bears Movie, starring Mickey Rooney -
• Cavegirl
• Chicken with Vinegar, directed by Claude Chabrol -
• A Chorus Line, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Michael Douglas and Alyson Reed
• Clue, starring Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Michael McKean, Lesley Ann Warren, Christopher Lloyd, Madeline Kahn, Martin Mull, Colleen Camp
• The Coca-Cola Kid, starring Eric Roberts and Greta Scacchi
• Cocoon, directed by Ron Howard, starring Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Steve Guttenberg, Barret Oliver, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Tahnee Welch
• Code of Silence, directed by Andrew Davis, starring Chuck Norris and Molly Hagan
• Colonel Redl, directed by István Szabó, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer -
• The Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Adolph Caesar, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey
• Come and See -
• Commando, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Vernon Wells, Dan Hedaya, Bill Duke, David Patrick Kelly, Alyssa Milano
• Compromising Positions, directed by Frank Perry, starring Susan Sarandon, Raúl Juliá, Judith Ivey, Joe Mantegna
• Crime Wave -
• Crimewave, directed by Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell

  D

• D.A.R.Y.L., starring Barret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Josef Sommer and Colleen Camp
• Dance with a Stranger, directed by Mike Newell, starring Rupert Everett and Miranda Richardson -
• Day of the Dead, directed by George A. Romero - the final part of Romero's zombie trilogy
• Death in a French Garden -
• Death of a Salesman, directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich -
• Death Wish 3, starring Charles Bronson
• Defence of the Realm, starring Gabriel Byrne and Greta Scacchi -
• Déjà Vu, directed by Anthony B. Richmond, starring Jaclyn Smith, Claire Bloom, Nigel Terry and Shelley Winters
• Desert Hearts, starring Patricia Charbonneau, Helen Shaver, Audra Lindley
• Desperately Seeking Susan, directed by Susan Seidelman, starring Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Laurie Metcalf
• , directed by Wayne Wang
• Dissolved and Effused -
• Dreamchild, starring Ian Holm, Coral Browne, Peter Gallagher -

  E

• Eleni, directed by Peter Yates, starring John Malkovich, Kate Nelligan, Linda Hunt, Glenne Headly
• The Emerald Forest, directed by John Boorman, starring Powers Boothe, Meg Foster, Charley Boorman -
• Enemy Mine, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett, Jr. -
• Eoudong -
• , starring Wilford Brimley and Warwick Davis
• Explorers, directed by Joe Dante, starring Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix and Jason Presson

  F

• The Falcon and the Snowman, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn
• Family Life -
• Fandango, starring Kevin Costner and Judd Nelson
• Festa di laurea -
• Fever Pitch, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Ryan O'Neal, Giancarlo Giannini, Chad Everett, Catherine Hicks
• Final Justice, starring Joe Don Baker
• Fire Festival -
• Flesh and Blood, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh -
• Fletch, starring Chevy Chase
• Fool for Love, directed by Robert Altman, starring Sam Shepard and Kim Basinger
• Fran -
• , directed by Danny Steinmann, starring Melanie Kinnaman and John Shepherd
• Fright Night, starring William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall, Amanda Bearse

  G

• Ghoulies, starring Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Scott Thompson
• Ghulami, starring Dharmendra and Naseeruddin Shah -
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt
• Give the Devil His Due -
• Goodbye, New York, starring Julie Hagerty
• The Goonies, directed by Richard Donner, starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Jonathan Ke Quan, Martha Plimpton
• Gotcha!, starring Anthony Edwards and Linda Fiorentino
• Grace Quigley, starring Katharine Hepburn and Nick Nolte
• La Gran Fiesta -
• Guest from the Future -
• Gymkata, starring Kurt Thomas, Tetchie Agbayani, Richard Norton

  H

• Hail Mary, directed by Jean-Luc Godard -
• -
• Heaven Help Us, starring Andrew McCarthy and Mary Stuart Masterson
• Here Come the Littles -
• The Holcroft Covenant, starring Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer
• The Home and the World, directed by Satyajit Ray -
• Hour of the Star -
• How Poets are Losing Their Illusions -

  I

• De IJssalon -
• Insignificance, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Theresa Russell, Tony Curtis, Gary Busey -
• Into the Night, starring Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer
• Invasion U.S.A., starring Chuck Norris

  J

• Jagged Edge, directed by Richard Marquand, starring Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Robert Loggia, Peter Coyote
• The Jewel of the Nile, directed by Lewis Teague, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito
• Joshua Then and Now, starring James Woods and Alan Arkin -
• The Journey of Natty Gann, starring Meredith Salenger and John Cusack
• Just One of the Guys, starring Joyce Hyser

  K

• King David, starring Richard Gere -
• King Solomon's Mines, starring Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone
• Kiss of the Spider Woman, directed by Héctor Babenco, starring William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga -
• Krush Groove, starring Blair Underwood, Run–D.M.C., Sheila E.

  L

• Ladyhawke, starring Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rutger Hauer
• The Last Dragon, starring Taimak, Faith Prince
• The Last Polka, starring John Candy and Eugene Levy -
• Latino, directed by Haskell Wexler
• Leave All Fair, starring John Gielgud and Jane Birkin
• Legend, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry -
• The Legend of Billie Jean, starring Helen Slater, Keith Gordon, Peter Coyote, Christian Slater, Yeardley Smith
• The Legend of Suram Fortress, directed by Sergei Parajanov
• Letter to Brezhnev, starring Peter Firth and Alexandra Pigg -
• Lifeforce, starring Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay and Patrick Stewart, directed by Tobe Hooper
• Lonely Heart -
• Lost in America, directed by and starring Albert Brooks, with Julie Hagerty
• Lust in the Dust, directed by Paul Bartel, starring Divine, Tab Hunter, Lainie Kazan

  M

• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner -
• The Man with One Red Shoe, starring Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, Lori Singer, Dabney Coleman
• Manevri na petiya etazh -
• Marie, starring Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Fred Dalton Thompson
• Mask, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Eric Stoltz, Cher and Sam Elliott
• Mask of Murder, starring Rod Taylor and Valerie Perrine -
• The Mass Is Ended, directed by and starring Nanni Moretti -
• Maxie, starring Glenn Close, Mandy Patinkin, Ruth Gordon, Valerie Curtin
• The Mean Season, starring Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway and Richard Jordan
• Meri Jung, starring Anil Kapoor -
• The Midnight Hour
• Mirch Masala, starring Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Om Puri -
• , directed by Paul Schrader, starring Ken Ogata -
• Movers & Shakers, directed by William Asher, starring Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Gilda Radner
• Mr. Vampire -
• Murphy's Romance, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim
• My Beautiful Laundrette, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Gordon Warnecke -
• My Life as a Dog, directed by Lasse Hallström - - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• My Science Project
• My Sweet Little Village, directed by Jiří Menzel -

  N

• National Lampoon's European Vacation, starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo
• No End, directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski -
• No Surrender, starring Michael Angelis and Bernard Hill -
• Nothing Left to Do But Cry, directed by and starring Roberto Benigni and Massimo Troisi -

  O

• The Official Story - - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• Once Bitten, starring Lauren Hutton and Jim Carrey
• One Magic Christmas, starring Mary Steenburgen and Harry Dean Stanton -
• Ordeal by Innocence, starring Donald Sutherland, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Plummer -
• Out of Africa, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer - Academy and Golden Globe Awards

  P

• Padre nuestro, starring Victoria Abril -
• Pale Rider, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Michael Moriarty and Carrie Snodgress
• Pas în doi -
• The Peanut Butter Solution -
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure, directed by Tim Burton, starring Paul Reubens
• Perfect, directed by James Bridges, starring John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis
• Phenomena, directed by Dario Argento -
• Pizza Connection, directed by Damiano Damiani -
• Plenty, directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman, Ian McKellen, Sting -
• Police, starring Gérard Depardieu and Sophie Marceau -
• , starring Steve Guttenberg, George Gaynes, Colleen Camp, Bubba Smith
• Police Story, directed by and starring Jackie Chan -
• Private Resort, starring Johnny Depp, Rob Morrow, Andrew Dice Clay
• Prizzi's Honor, directed by John Huston, starring Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, William Hickey - Golden Globe for Best Picture
• The Protector, starring Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello -
• The Purple Rose of Cairo, directed by Woody Allen, starring Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello

  Q

• The Quiet Earth -

  R

• Radioactive Dreams, starring Michael Dudikoff and Lisa Blount -
• Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer -
• ', starring Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Julia Nickson
• Ran, directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Tatsuya Nakadai and Mieko Harada -
• Re-Animator, starring Jeffrey Combs
• Real Genius, starring Val Kilmer, Gabe Jarret, William Atherton and Michelle Meyrink
• Red Kiss -
• Red Sonja, starring Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman
• ', starring Fred Ward, Kate Mulgrew, Joel Grey
• Rendez-vous, starring Juliette Binoche and Jean-Louis Trintignant -
• Restless Natives, directed by Michael Hoffman -
• The Return of the Living Dead, directed by Dan O'Bannon
• Return to Oz, starring Fairuza Balk, Piper Laurie, Jean Marsh
• Revolution, directed by Hugh Hudson, starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski -
• Rocky IV, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, with Talia Shire, Dolph Lundgren, Carl Weathers, Brigitte Nielsen, Burt Young
• A Room with a View, directed by James Ivory, starring Maggie Smith and Helena Bonham Carter -
• Runaway Train, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay
• The Runner -
• Rustlers' Rhapsody'', directed by Hugh Wilson, starring Tom Berenger, Marilu Henner, Sela Ward, Andy Griffith, Patrick Wayne

  S

• ', starring Dudley Moore -
• Scorpio Nights -
• Secret Admirer, starring C. Thomas Howell, Lori Loughlin, Kelly Preston, Fred Ward
• The Secret of the Sword
• Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird
• Shaker Run, starring Cliff Robertson, Leif Garrett, Lisa Harrow
• Shoah -
• The Shooting Party, starring James Mason and John Gielgud -
• Silver Bullet, starring Gary Busey, Corey Haim, Megan Follows, Everett McGill
• Silverado, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, Kevin Costner, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Dennehy, John Cleese, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Hunt
• A Simple Death -
• The Slugger's Wife, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Michael O'Keefe and Rebecca De Mornay
• Smooth Talk, starring Laura Dern and Treat Williams
• Spies Like Us, starring Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase
• St. Elmo's Fire, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham, Andie MacDowell, Martin Balsam, Jenny Wright, Joyce Van Patten
• '
• Stick, directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, with Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, George Segal
• Subway, directed by Luc Besson, starring Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert -
• Summer Rental, directed by Carl Reiner, starring John Candy, Rip Torn, Richard Crenna
• The Supergrass, starring Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Robbie Coltrane -
• The Sure Thing, directed by Rob Reiner, starring John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Nicollette Sheridan, Viveca Lindfors, Anthony Edwards
• Sweet Dreams, a biopic of Patsy Cline, starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris

  T

• Taipei Story -
• Tampopo -
• Target, starring Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon
• Tea in the Harem -
• Teen Wolf, starring Michael J. Fox
• That Was Then... This Is Now, starring Emilio Estevez, Craig Sheffer
• That's Dancing!, featuring Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Sammy Davis, Jr. and others
• Thirteen at Dinner, starring Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, Lee Horsley, Bill Nighy
• Three Men and a Cradle -
• The Time of the Hero -
• The Time to Live and the Time to Die -
• To Live and Die in L.A., directed by William Friedkin, starring William Petersen and Willem Dafoe
• Trancers
• Transylvania 6-5000, starring Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley, Jr., Joseph Bologna, Teresa Ganzel, Geena Davis
• Treasure Island -
• The Trip to Bountiful, starring Geraldine Page, John Heard, Rebecca De Mornay
• Trouble in Mind, directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Kris Kristofferson, Lori Singer, Geneviève Bujold, Keith Carradine
• Tuff Turf, starring James Spader
• Turk 182!, starring Timothy Hutton, Robert Urich, Kim Cattrall
• Turtle Diary, starring Glenda Jackson and Ben Kingsley -
• Twice in a Lifetime, starring Gene Hackman, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Amy Madigan, Ally Sheedy, Brian Dennehy
• The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Senta Berger -

  U-V

• UFOria, starring Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton, Cindy Williams
• The Unknown Soldier -
• Vagabond, directed by Agnès Varda - - Golden Lion award
• Vampire Hunter D -
• Vampires in Havana -
• La vaquilla, directed by Luis García Berlanga -
• A View to a Kill, starring Roger Moore with Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones -
• Vision Quest, starring Matthew Modine and Linda Fiorentino
• Volunteers, starring Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Tim Thomerson, George Plimpton

  W

• Walking the Edge, starring Robert Forster and Nancy Kwan
• Water, starring Michael Caine, Billy Connolly, Valerie Perrine -
• Wetherby, directed by David Hare, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Ian Holm - - Golden Bear award
• Weird Science, directed by John Hughes, starring Kelly Le Brock, Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton
• Wild Geese II, starring Scott Glenn, Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier -
• When Father Was Away on Business - - Palme d'Or award
• White Nights, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Helen Mirren
• Witness, directed by Peter Weir, starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas
• The Woman and the Stranger - - Golden Bear award

  XYZ

• Year of the Dragon, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Mickey Rourke and John Lone
• Yes, Madam, starring Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock -
• Young Sherlock Holmes, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Anthony Higgins
• A Zed & Two Noughts, directed by Peter Greenaway -

  Wide-release films

January–March

• January 1985
• *January 8
• **The Mutilator
• **Rockin' Road Trip
• *January 11
• **Too Scared to Scream
• **Walking the Edge
• *January 17
• **Avenging Angel
• **Tuff Turf
• *January 18
• **The New Kids
• **That's Dancing!
• *January 27
• **The Falcon and the Snowman
• **Fandango
• February 1985
• *February 8
• **Heaven Help Us
• **Mischief
• **Witness
• *February 15
• **The Breakfast Club
• **Fast Forward
• **Into the Night
• **The Mean Season
• **Turk 182
• **Vision Quest
• *February 20
• **Brazil
• March 1985
• *March 1
• **Certain Fury
• **Lust in the Dust
• **The Purple Rose of Cairo
• **The Sure Thing
• *March 2
• **Ghoulies
• **'
• *March 8
• **Mask
• *March 15
• **Lost in America
• **Sylvester
• *March 22
• **'
• **'
• **The Last Dragon
• **Porky's Revenge!
• **The Secret of the Sword
• *March 24
• **The Care Bears Movie
• *March 29
• **Desperately Seeking Susan
• **King David
• **'
• **Robbery Under Arms
• **The Slugger's Wife

  April–June

• April 1985
• *April 3
• **Alamo Bay
• *April 10
• **Private Resort
• *April 12
• **Cat's Eye
• **Girls Just Want to Have Fun
• **Ladyhawke
• *April 25
• **Crimewave
• *April 26
• **Just One of the Guys
• **Stick
• May 1985
• *May 3
• **Code of Silence
• **Gotcha!
• **Gymkata
• *May 8
• **Creature
• *May 10
• **Rustlers' Rhapsody
• *May 17
• **Ordeal by Innocence
• *May 22
• **Brewster's Millions
• **
• **A View to a Kill
• *May 31
• **Fletch
• June 1985
• *June 7
• **The Goonies
• **Perfect
• *June 13
• **Prizzi's Honor
• **Warriors of the Wind
• *June 14
• **Secret Admirer
• **The Stuff
• *June 21
• **Cocoon
• **Return to Oz
• *June 26
• **Pale Rider
• *June 28
• **St. Elmo's Fire

  July–September

• July 1985
• *July 3
• **Back to the Future
• **Red Sonja
• *July 5
• **The Lift
• *July 10
• **Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
• *July 12
• **Explorers
• **Silverado
• *July 19
• **Day of the Dead
• **The Legend of Billie Jean
• **The Man with One Red Shoe
• *July 24
• **The Black Cauldron
• *July 26
• **The Heavenly Kid
• **Kiss of the Spider Woman
• **National Lampoon's European Vacation
• August 1985
• *August 2
• **Fright Night
• **Follow That Bird
• **Weird Science
• *August 7
• **Real Genius
• *August 9
• **My Science Project
• **Pee-wee's Big Adventure
• **Summer Rental
• **Pray for Death
• *August 16
• **American Flyers
• **The Return of the Living Dead
• **Volunteers
• **Year of the Dragon
• *August 21
• **Agnes of God
• *August 23
• **Better Off Dead
• **Godzilla 1985
• **Teen Wolf
• *August 30
• **American Ninja
• **Compromising Positions
• September 1985
• *September 10
• **Plenty
• **Smooth Talk
• *September 13
• **After Hours
• *September 27
• **Invasion U.S.A.
• **The Journey of Natty Gann
• **Maxie

  October–December

• October 1985
• *October 4
• **Commando
• **Jagged Edge
• **Sweet Dreams
• *October 11
• **'
• **Silver Bullet
• *October 18
• **Re-Animator
• *October 23
• **Twice in a Lifetime
• November 1985
• *November 1
• **Death Wish 3
• **'
• **To Live and Die in L.A.
• *November 8
• **Target
• **That Was Then... This Is Now
• **Transylvania 6-5000
• *November 15
• **Once Bitten
• **Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
• *November 22
• **Bad Medicine
• **Fever Pitch
• **King Solomon's Mines
• **One Magic Christmas
• **'
• **White Nights
• *November 27
• **Rocky IV
• **'
• December 1985
• *December 4
• **Young Sherlock Holmes
• *December 6
• **Fool for Love
• **Runaway Train
• **Spies Like Us
• *December 11
• **The Jewel of the Nile
• *December 13
• **A Chorus Line
• **Clue
• **Legend
• *December 18
• **The Color Purple
• **Out of Africa
• *December 20
• **Enemy Mine
• *December 25
• **Murphy's Romance
• **Revolution
• **The Trip to Bountiful
• *December 27
• **Joey

  Births

• January 3 - Nicole Beharie, American actress
• January 19 - Damien Chazelle, American film director
• February 7 - Tina Majorino, American actress
• March 13 - Emile Hirsch, American actor
• March 15
• *Eva Amurri, American actress
• *Kellan Lutz, American actor
• March 26
• *Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
• *Keira Knightley, English actress
• April 16 - Rhiana Griffith, Australian actress
• April 17 - Rooney Mara, American actress
• April 23 - Rachel Skarsten, Canadian actress
• April 27 - Sheila Vand, American actress
• April 30 - Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model
• May 10 - Odette Annable, American actress
• May 28 - Tao Okamoto, Japanese actress
• May 28 - Carey Mulligan, English actress
• May 29 - Blake Foster, American actor
• May 30 - Sam Gifaldi, American actor
• June 2 - Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress
• June 12
• * Dave Franco, American actor
• * Liisa Pulk, Estonian actress
• June 15 - Maxey Whitehead, American voice actress
• June 21 - Lana Del Rey, American singer and songwriter
• July 1 - Léa Seydoux, French actress
• July 2 - Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer
• July 18 - Chace Crawford, American actor
• July 21 - Vanessa Lengies, Canadian actress and singer
• August 9 - Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer
• August 23 - Juss Haasma, Estonian actor
• September 4 - Morgan Garrett, American voice actress
• September 10 - Elyse Levesque, Canadian actress
• September 16 - Madeline Zima, American actress
• September 22 - Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress
• September 24 - Jessica Lucas, Canadian actress and singer
• October 11 - Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
• October 28 - Troian Bellisario, American actress
• October 31 - Kether Donohue, American actress and singer
• November 2 - Josh Grelle, American voice actor
• November 10 - Giovonnie Samuels, American actress
• November 20 - Dan Byrd, American actor
• November 30 - Kaley Cuoco, American actress
• December 3 - Amanda Seyfried, American actress and singer
• December 5 - Frankie Muniz, American actor
• December 10 - Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer

  Notable deaths

Film debuts

• Joan Allen - Compromising Positions
• Sean Astin - The Goonies
• Fairuza Balk - Return to Oz
• Josh Brolin - The Goonies
• Tim Burton - Pee Wee's Big Adventure
• Helena Bonham Carter - A Room with a View
• Don Cheadle - Moving Violations
• Patrick Dempsey - Heaven Help Us
• Linda Fiorentino - Vision Quest
• Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
• Ethan Hawke - Explorers
• John Hawkes - Future-Kill
• Richard Jenkins - Silverado
• Elias Koteas - One Magic Christmas
• LL Cool J - Krush Groove
• Stephen Lang - Twice in a Lifetime
• Hugh Laurie - Plenty
• Joey Lawrence - Summer Rental
• John Leguizamo - Mixed Blood
• Melissa Leo - Always
• Tom Lister, Jr. - Runaway Train
• Dolph Lundgren - A View to a Kill
• Madonna - Vision Quest
• Lesley Manville - Dance with a Stranger
• Alyssa Milano - Commando
• Rob Morrow - Private Resort
• Viggo Mortensen - Witness
• Brigitte Nielsen - Red Sonja
• River Phoenix - Explorers
• Keanu Reeves - One Step Away
• Miranda Richardson - Dance with a Stranger
• Mia Sara - Legend
• Kyra Sedgwick - War and Love
• Christian Slater - The Legend of Billie Jean
• Yeardley Smith - Heaven Help Us
• Danny Trejo - Runaway Train
• Stanley Tucci - Prizzi's Honor
• Blair Underwood - Krush Groove
• Thomas F. Wilson - Back to the Future
• Oprah Winfrey - The Color Purple
• Noah Wyle - Lust in the Dust
• Billy Zane - Back to the Future