Best Movies/TV shows of 1985

100 titles that travel well across time — a personal watchlist for best movies/tv shows of 1985.

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1 Back to the Future(1985)
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | USA | English
2 Ran(1985)
Movie | Action, Drama | Japan, France | Japanese
3 Idi i smotriaka Come and See(1985)
Movie | Drama, Thriller | Russia | Belarusian, Russian
4 Das Boot(1985)
TV | Drama, War | Germany, France | German, French
5 Tanpopoaka Tampopo(1985)
Movie | Comedy | Japan | Japanese
6 Brazil(1985)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | UK, USA | English
7 The Breakfast Club(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
8 Mitt liv som hundaka My Life as a Dog(1985)
Movie | Drama, Comedy | Sweden | Swedish
9 Shoah(1985)
Movie | Documentary, History | France | German, Hebrew
10 Zugurt Agaaka The Broken Landlord(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Turkey | Turkish
11 The Golden Girls(1985)
TV | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
12 The Color Purple(1985)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
13 Witness(1985)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, German
14 The Goonies(1985)
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | USA | English, Spanish
15 Ging chaat goo siaka Police Story(1985)
Movie | Action, Comedy | Hong Kong | Cantonese
16 After Hours(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | USA | English
17 La historia oficialaka The Official Story(1985)
Movie | Drama, History | Argentina | Spanish, English
18 Sans toit ni loiaka Vagabond(1985)
Movie | Drama | France, UK | French, Arabic
19 Anne of Green Gables(1985)
TV | Drama, Family | Canada, Germany | English
20 MacGyver(1985)
TV | Action, Adventure | USA, Canada | English
21 The Purple Rose of Cairo(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Fantasy | USA | English
22 Otac na sluzbenom putuaka When Father Was Away on Business(1985)
Movie | Drama | Yugoslavia | Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian
23 Kiss of the Spider Woman(1985)
Movie | Drama | Brazil, USA | English, French
24 Robotech(1985)
TV | Animation, Action | Japan, USA | English
25 A Room with a View(1985)
Movie | Drama, Romance | UK, USA | English, Italian
26 Moonlighting(1985)
TV | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
27 Yaathra(1985)
Movie | Drama, Romance | India | Malayalam
28 Clue(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | USA | English, French
29 Esperando la carrozaaka Waiting for the Hearse(1985)
Movie | Comedy | Argentina | Spanish
30 Vikram Aur Betaal(1985)
TV | Fantasy | India | Hindi
31 Pale Rider(1985)
Movie | Drama, Western | USA | English
32 Out of Africa(1985)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, Swahili
33 The Return of the Living Dead(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Horror | USA | English
34 The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour(1985)
TV | Animation, Family | USA | English
35 Thundercats(1985)
TV | Animation, Action | USA, South Korea | English
36 Meri Jung(1985)
Movie | Action, Drama | India | Hindi
37 Arjun(1985)
Movie | Action, Crime | India | Hindi
38 Bettada Hoovu(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Kannada
39 Re-Animator(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Horror | USA | English, German
40 Rocky IV(1985)
Movie | Drama, Sport | USA | English, Russian
41 Boeing Boeing(1985)
Movie | Comedy | India | Malayalam
42 To Live and Die in L.A.(1985)
Movie | Action, Crime | USA | English, Arabic
43 Fright Night(1985)
Movie | Horror | USA | English
44 Lyubov i golubiaka Love and Doves(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Russia | Russian
45 Muthal Mariyathai(1985)
Movie | Drama | India | Tamil
46 MASK(1985)
TV | Animation, Action | France, USA | English, German
47 Commando(1985)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA | English, Spanish
48 Kyuketsuki hanta Daka Vampire Hunter D(1985)
Movie | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese
49 North and Southaka North & South: Book 1, North & South(1985)
TV | Drama, History | USA | English
50 Ghulami(1985)
Movie | Action, Drama | India | Hindi
51 Irakal(1985)
Movie | Drama | India | Malayalam
52 Rambo: First Blood Part II(1985)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA, Mexico | English, Vietnamese
53 Day of the Dead(1985)
Movie | Horror, Thriller | USA | English
54 Pee-wee's Big Adventure(1985)
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | USA | English, French
55 Aan Paavam(1985)
Movie | Comedy | India | Tamil
56 Accident(1985)
Movie | Crime, Drama | India | Kannada
57 Mask(1985)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English
58 Vesnicko ma strediskovaaka My Sweet Little Village(1985)
Movie | Comedy | Czech | Czech
59 The Twilight Zone(1985)
TV | Drama, Fantasy | UK, Canada | English
60 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome(1985)
Movie | Action, Adventure | Australia | English
61 Phenomena(1985)
Movie | Crime, Horror | Italy | English, Italian
62 Saaheb(1985)
Movie | Drama | India | Hindi
63 Saagar(1985)
Movie | Drama, Romance | India | Hindi
64 Fletch(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | USA | English
65 Better Off Dead...aka Better Off Dead(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
66 Cocoon(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
67 Weird Science(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
68 Padikkathavan(1985)
Movie | Drama | India | Tamil
69 Edadugula Bandham(1985)
Movie | Drama | India | Telugu
70 Demoniaka Demons(1985)
Movie | Horror | Italy | Italian
71 Adventures of the Gummi Bears(1985)
TV | Animation, Adventure | USA, Japan | English
72 Karamchand(1985)
TV | Comedy, Mystery | India | Hindi
73 Dhum Dhadaka(1985)
Movie | Comedy | India | Marathi
74 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters(1985)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA, Japan | Japanese, English
75 Mard(1985)
Movie | Action, Comedy | India | Hindi
76 Anveshana(1985)
Movie | Mystery, Thriller | India | Telugu
77 Silverado(1985)
Movie | Action, Drama | USA | English
78 Runaway Train(1985)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA | English
79 Ladyhawke(1985)
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | USA, Italy | English
80 Qing mei zhu maaka Taipei Story(1985)
Movie | Drama | Taiwan | Min Nan, Mandarin
81 A View to a Kill(1985)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, USA | English, French
82 Flesh+Blood(1985)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | Netherlands, Spain | English, Latin
83 Ram Teri Ganga Maili(1985)
Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
84 Pagal Nilavu(1985)
Movie | Crime, Drama | India | Tamil
85 Subway(1985)
Movie | Thriller | France | French
86 Bez koncaaka No End(1985)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Poland | Polish, English
87 Prizzi's Honor(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | USA | English, Italian
88 Vijetha(1985)
Movie | Drama, Family | India | Telugu
89 Sindhu Bhairavi(1985)
Movie | Drama | India | Tamil, Telugu
90 Real Genius(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
91 Enemy Mine(1985)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, Germany | English
92 Ciplak Vatandasaka The Naked Citizen(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Turkey | Turkish
93 Legend(1985)
Movie | Adventure, Fantasy | UK, USA | English, Italian
94 Aghaat(1985)
Movie | Drama, Crime | India | Hindi
95 El-Kaifaka The High(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Egypt | Arabic
96 Asterix et la surprise de Cesaraka Asterix Versus Caesar(1985)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | France | French
97 National Lampoon's European Vacation(1985)
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | USA | English, Italian
98 Aram + Aram = Kinnaram(1985)
Movie | Comedy | India | Malayalam
99 The Sure Thing(1985)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
100 Growing Pains(1985)
TV | Comedy, Family | USA | English

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