To make this list a movie had to be made in 1985. Obviously many movies made in 1984 earned box office dollars in 1985. On the other side many movies made in 1985 made money in 1986 and later. This page will looks at over 180 movies made in 1985. The movies are listed in two massive tables that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.
Our UMR Top 50 of 1985
1985 Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort 1985 Movies by movie titles and movie trailers
- Sort 1985 Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
- Sort 1985 Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort 1985 Movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each 1985 Movies received and how many Oscar® wins each 1985 Movies received.
- Sort 1985 Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR). Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Top earners in 1985 for Adjusted USA Box Office:
Quigley’s 1985 Top Stars List
1. Sylvester Stallone
2. Eddie Murpy
3. Clint Eastwood
4. Michael J. Fox
5. Chevy Chase
6. Arnold Schwarzenegger
7. Chuck Norris
8. Harrison Ford
9. Michael Douglas
10. Meryl Streep
11. Robert Redford
12. Sally Field
13. Kathleen Turner
14. Dan Aykroyd
15. Bill Murray
16. Jack Nicholson
17. Jessica Lange
18. Goldie Hawn
19. Charles Bronson
20. Cher
21. Mel Gibson
22. Pee-Wee Herman
23. Burt Reynolds
24. Sissy Spacek
25. Tom Cruise
Demons
Highly rated Italian horror film
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089013
Roger Ebert gave 25 1985 movies 4 stars, his highest rating.
28 UP
AFTER HOURS
BIRDY
BLOOD SIMPLE
COLOR PURPLE
DANCE WITH A STRANGER
FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN
HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
LUCAS
MAX MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME
MISHIMA
OFFICIAL STORY
OUT OF AFRICA
PALE RIDER
PRIZZI’S HONOR
PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO
RAN
ROOM WITH A VIEW
RUNAWAY TRAIN
STREETWISE
TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.
TROUBLE IN MIND
UFORIA
WETHERBY
WITNESS
Hey Dan….nice addition to these yearly pages. I have seen 17 of his 4 star movies. FAvorites would include Blood Simple, After Hours, Prizzi’s Honor, Ran, Witness, To Live and Die in L.A. and the first half of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. I have seen Ran three times. The first time it blew me away, the second time I was not impressed (must have been in a bad mood) and the third time I thought it was awesome…maybe I should not watch it a 4th time…lol. Lucas might be the biggest surprise to make this list. Thanks for sharing this information.
I.ve never seen Russian Ark or Ran.
Hey Dan. The concept (entire movie in one take) of Russian Ark is amazing. The way they pulled off the concept was amazing. The camera constantly moves through the Winter Palace of the Russian State Hermitage Museum while the actors act around the moving camera. Room after room after room, 4,500 talented people in front and behind the camera walk a tightrope of almost 100 minutes of non-stop movement. The biggest downfall is the subject…..Russian history. Not for me, a subject that I know about or am very interested in hearing about. I guess they should make an American Ark, or a Canada Ark, or a Belfast Ark, or a England Ark or a……