Top 10 Films of 1985...

[CallaghanFilms]

Ah, 1985...

We lost one of the greatest of all filmmakers when Orson Welles was reunited with that Rosebud in the sky - "New Coke" is introduced...I ask you, WTF were they thinking?! - Sinatra's epic "New York, New York" becomes the official city anthem for the Big Apple (about bloody time!)

Please try to do a top 10 in order (hard as it may be) with an optional two or three "honorable mentions".

The Callaghan Best Films of 1985 List:

01 Back to the Future
02 Silverado
03 The Goonies
04 Legend
05 Witness
06 The Color Purple
07 Cocoon
08 Pale Rider
09 Young Sherlock Holmes
10 Enemy Mine

Honorable Mentions:

-Clue

-Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

-Rocky IV


Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: Out of Africa
Shoulda Won: Back to the Future *Not even nominated

Best Director
Who Won: Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa)
Shoulda Won: Lawrence Kasdan (Silverado) *Not even nominated

Best Actor
Who Won: William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
Shoulda Won: Harrison Ford (Witness)

Best Actress
Who Won: Geraldine Page (The Trip to Bountiful)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Don Ameche (Cocoon)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Anjelica Huston (Prizzi’s Honor)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Cinematography
Who Won: David Watkin (Out of Africa)
Shoulda Won: John Seale (Witness)

Best Score
Who Won: John Barry (Out of Africa)
Shoulda Won: Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future) *Not even nominated

Forgot Which Films Came Out That Year?
Have No Fear - The IMDB Is Here...
http://us.imdb.com/List?year=1985&&...ing=7;Most popular titles;1986 by total votes

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The Oscar Nods & Winners...
http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/1986

 

[Zak Forsman]

glad to have you back CF! list coming momentarily...

01 A Time to Live, A Time to Die (hou)
02 After Hours (scorsese)
03 Witness (weir)
04 Ran (kurosawa)
05 Brazil (gilliam)
06 The Goonies (donner)
07 Pee Wee's Big Adventure (burton)
08 Pale Rider (eastwood)
09 My Life as a Dog (hallstrom)
10 Back to the Future (zemekis)

 

[ExtremeSleuth]

01 Back to the Future
02 Silverado
03 The Goonies
04 The Breakfast Club
05 The Color Purple
06 Witness
07 Cocoon
08 Out of Africa
09 Young Sherlock Holmes
10 Enemy Mine

Honorable Mentions:

-Clue

-Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

-Fletch

Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: Out of Africa
Shoulda Won: The Color Purple

Best Director
Who Won: Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa)
Shoulda Won: Lawrence Kasdan (Silverado) *Not even nominated

Best Actor
Who Won: William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
Shoulda Won: Harrison Ford (Witness)

Best Actress
Who Won: Geraldine Page (The Trip to Bountiful)
Shoulda Won: Meryl Streep (Out of Africa)

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Don Ameche (Cocoon)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Anjelica Huston (Prizzi’s Honor)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Cinematography
Who Won: David Watkin (Out of Africa)
Shoulda Won: John Seale (Witness)

Best Score
Who Won: John Barry (Out of Africa)
Shoulda Won: Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future) *Not even nominated

 

[Jeremy Ordan]

Jeremy’s Top 19 Films of 1985 Complete with Why!



Witness – A movie about Amish people, hell yeah
The Goonies – Great adventure movie that had all the magic and mystery I needed
Back to the Future – Wasn’t that the Republican kid from Family Ties?
Rocky IV – Rocky beats up on a Russian, but who doesn’t love a Rocky film?
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure – The stars at night, are big and bright…
Clue – This is still funny ****
The Color Purple – They should give one of these women a talk show
St. Elmo’s Fire – Why do I confuse this song with Chariots of Fire?
Rambo: 1st Blood II – It’s over Rocky… Nothing is ova! And don’t call me Rocky!
Brazil – I didn’t get this for 20 years, but it’s good, if you’re into that sort of stuff
Cocoon – Old people acting young, my Grandparents liked it
Explorers – They quote the Maltese Falcon, ‘nuff said… plus it was cool
Enemy Mine – Slappy from Iron Eagle is an ugly alien who screws himself
Day of the Dead – This movie has dead people making more dead people
Re-Animator – This movie is spooky weird
Fright Night – This movie is spooky weird scary, and has balls, big freaking balls
Return of the Living Dead – Who says that the dead can’t dance?
Toxic Avenger – It was made for less money than is in my couch, c’monnnnnn…

Oscars:
Who cares… Ben Affleck has an Oscar.

-Jeremy

 

[Blaine]

01. Witness
02. Just One of the Guys
03. Back To the Future
04. To Live and Die In L.A.
05. Cocoon
06. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
07. The Jewel of the Nile
08. Pale Rider
09. Once Bitten
10. Enemy Mine