28 Up, a documentary film - (U.K.)

Adieu Bonaparte, directed by Youssef Chahine, starring Michel Piccoli - (France/Egypt)

The Adventures of Mark Twain, starring James Whitmore

After Hours, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Catherine O'Hara, Teri Garr

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 (Le Matou) - (Canada)

American Flyers, starring Kevin Costner, David Marshall Grant, Rae Dawn Chong, Alexandra Paul

American Ninja, starring Michael Dudikoff

Angry Harvest (Bittere Ernte), starring Armin Mueller-Stahl - (West Germany)

Anne of Green Gables, starring Megan Follows - (Canada)

Arjun, starring Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia - (India)

The Assam Garden, starring Deborah Kerr and Madhur Jaffrey - (U.K.)

Asterix Versus Caesar (Astérix et la surprise de César) - (France)

The Aviator, starring Christopher Reeve

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, starring Sean Young and William Katt

Back to the Future, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson

Bad Medicine, starring Steve Guttenberg and Julie Hagerty

Better Off Dead, starring John Cusack

Black Arrow, starring Oliver Reed and Fernando Rey

The Black Cauldron

Bliss - (Australia)

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 - (U.K.)

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 - (U.K./U.S.A.)

The Burmese Harp (Biruma no tategoto), directed by Kon Ichikawa, a remake of Ichikawa's 1956 film - (Japan)

Butterfly and Flowers (Peesua lae dokmai) - (Thailand)

Calamari Union, directed by Aki Kaurismäki - (Finland)

Came a Hot Friday - (New Zealand)

Cat's Eye, an anthology film starring Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Kenneth McMillan, Robert Hays

The Care Bears Movie, starring Mickey Rooney (voice) - (Canada)

Cavegirl

Cemetery of Terror

Chicken with Vinegar (Poulet au Vinaigre), directed by Claude Chabrol - (France)

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, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy

Code of Silence, directed by Andrew Davis, starring Chuck Norris and Molly Hagan

Colonel Redl, directed by István Szabó, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer - (West Germany/Hungary/Austria)

The Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Adolph Caesar, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey

Come and See (Idi i smotri) - (U.S.S.R.)

Commando, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano

Compromising Positions, directed by Frank Perry, starring Susan Sarandon, Raúl Juliá, Judith Ivey, Joe Mantegna

Crime Wave - (Canada)

Crimewave, directed by Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell

D.A.R.Y.L., starring Barret Oliver and Mary Beth Hurt

Dance with a Stranger, directed by Mike Newell, starring Rupert Everett and Miranda Richardson - (U.K.)

Day of the Dead, directed by George A. Romero - the final part of Romero's zombie trilogy

Death in a French Garden (Péril en la demeure) - (France)

Death Wish 3, starring Charles Bronson

Defence of the Realm, starring Gabriel Byrne and Greta Scacchi - (U.K.)

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

Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, directed by Wayne Wang

Dissolved and Effused (Rozpuštěný a vypuštěný) - (Czechoslovakia)

Dreamchild, starring Ian Holm, Coral Browne, Peter Gallagher - (U.K.)

Eleni, directed by Peter Yates, starring John Malkovich, Kate Nelligan, Glenne Headly

The Emerald Forest, directed by John Boorman, starring Powers Boothe, Meg Foster, Charley Boorman - (U.K.)

Enemy Mine, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett, Jr. - (West Germany/U.S.A.)

Eoudong (Courtesan) - (South Korea)

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, starring Wilford Brimley and Warwick Davis

Explorers, directed by Joe Dante, starring Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix

The Falcon and the Snowman, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn

Family Life (La Vie de Famille) - (France)

Fandango, starring Kevin Costner

Festa di laurea (Graduation Party) - (Italy)

Fever Pitch, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Ryan O'Neal, Giancarlo Giannini, Chad Everett, Catherine Hicks

Final Justice, starring Joe Don Baker

Fire Festival (Himatsuri) - (Japan)

Flesh and Blood, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh - (U.S.A./Netherlands/Spain)

Fletch, starring Chevy Chase

Fool for Love, directed by Robert Altman, starring Sam Shepard and Kim Basinger

Fran - (Australia)

Friday the 13th, Part V: A New Beginning, directed by Danny Steinmann, starring Melanie Kinnaman and John Shepherd

Fright Night, starring William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall, Amanda Bearse

Ghoulies

Ghulami, starring Dharmendra and Naseeruddin Shah - (India)

Girls Just Want to Have Fun, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt

Give the Devil His Due (S čerty nejsou žerty) - (Czechoslovakia)

Goodbye, New York, starring Julie Hagerty

The Goonies, directed by Richard Donner, starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Jonathan Ke Quan, Martha Plimpton

Gotcha!, starring Anthony Edwards and Linda Fiorentino

Grace Quigley, starring Katharine Hepburn and Nick Nolte

La Gran Fiesta - (Puerto Rico)

Guest from the Future (Gostya iz budushchego) - (U.S.S.R.)

Hail Mary (Je vous salue, Marie), directed by Jean-Luc Godard - (France)

Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age - (Australia)

Heaven Help Us, starring Andrew McCarthy and Mary Stuart Masterson

Here Come the Littles - (U.S.A./Canada/Japan/Luxembourg)

The Holcroft Covenant, starring Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer

The Home and the World (Ghare Baire), directed by Satyajit Ray - (India)

Hour of the Star (A Hora da Estrela) - (Brazil)

How Poets are Losing Their Illusions (Jak básníci přicházejí o iluze) - (Czechoslovakia)

De IJssalon (The Ice-Cream Parlor) - (Netherlands)

Insignificance, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Theresa Russell, Tony Curtis, Gary Busey - (U.K.)

Into the Night, starring Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer

Invasion U.S.A., starring Chuck Norris

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 - (Canada)

The Journey of Natty Gann, starring Meredith Salenger and John Cusack

Just One of the Guys, starring Joyce Hyser

Kaakki Sattai, starring Kamal Haasan and Madhavi - (India)

King David, starring Richard Gere - (U.K./U.S.A.)

King Solomon's Mines, starring Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone

Kiss of the Spider Woman (O Beijo da Mulher Aranha), directed by Héctor Babenco, starring William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga - (Brazil/U.S.A.)

Krush Groove, starring Blair Underwood, Run–D.M.C., Sheila E.

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 - (Canada)

Latino, directed by Haskell Wexler

Leave All Fair, starring John Gielgud and Jane Birkin (New Zealand/France)

Legend, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry - (U.K./U.S.A.)

The Legend of Billie Jean, starring Helen Slater, Christian Slater

The Legend of Suram Fortress, directed by Sergei Parajanov (Soviet Union)

Letter to Brezhnev, starring Peter Firth and Alexandra Pigg - (U.K.)

Lonely Heart (Sabishinbou) - (Japan)

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

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner - (Australia)

The Man with One Red Shoe, starring Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, Lori Singer, Dabney Coleman

Manevri na petiya etazh (Maneuvers on the Fifth Floor) - (Bulgaria)

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 - (U.S.A./Sweden)

The Mass Is Ended (La messa è finita), directed by and starring Nanni Moretti - (Italy)

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 - (India)

The Midnight Hour

Mirch Masala (Spices), starring Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Om Puri - (U.K./India)

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Ken Ogata - (U.S.A./Japan)

Movers & Shakers, directed by William Asher, starring Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Gilda Radner

Mr. Vampire (Goeng-si Sin-sang) - (Hong Kong)

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 - (U.K.)

My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund), directed by Lasse Hallström - (Sweden) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

My Science Project

My Sweet Little Village (Vesničko má středisková), directed by Jiří Menzel - (Czechoslovakia)

National Lampoon's European Vacation, starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

No End (Bez końca), directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski - (Poland)

No Surrender, starring Michael Angelis and Bernard Hill - (U.K.)

Nothing Left to Do But Cry (Non ci resta che piangere), directed by and starring Roberto Benigni and Massimo Troisi - (Italy)

The Official Story (La historia oficial) - (Argentina) - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

Once Bitten, starring Lauren Hutton and Jim Carrey (in his first major role)

One Magic Christmas, starring Mary Steenburgen and Harry Dean Stanton - (U.S.A./Canada)

Ordeal by Innocence, starring Donald Sutherland, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Plummer - (U.K.)

Out of Africa, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards

Padre nuestro (Our Father), starring Victoria Abril - (Spain)

Pale Rider, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Michael Moriarty and Carrie Snodgress

Pas în doi (Passo Doble) - (Romania)

The Peanut Butter Solution - (Canada)

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 - (Italy)

Pizza Connection, directed by Damiano Damiani - (Italy)

Plenty, directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman, Ian McKellen, Sting - (U.K.)

Police, starring Gérard Depardieu and Sophie Marceau - (France)

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, starring Steve Guttenberg, George Gaynes, Colleen Camp, Bubba Smith

Police Story (Ging chat goo si), directed by and starring Jackie Chan - (Hong Kong)

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 - Golden Globe for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)

The Protector, starring Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello - (Hong Kong/U.S.A.)

The Purple Rose of Cairo, directed by Woody Allen, starring Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello

The Quiet Earth - (New Zealand)

Radioactive Dreams, starring Michael Dudikoff and Lisa Blount - (U.S.A./Mexico)

Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer - (U.S.A./Japan)

Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Julia Nickson

Ran, directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Tatsuya Nakadai and Mieko Harada - (Japan)

Re-Animator, starring Jeffrey Combs

Real Genius, starring Val Kilmer

Red Kiss (Rouge Baiser) - (France)

Red Sonja, starring Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, starring Fred Ward, Kate Mulgrew, Joel Grey

Rendez-vous, starring Juliette Binoche and Jean-Louis Trintignant - (France)

Restless Natives, directed by Michael Hoffman - (U.K.)

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 - (U.K.)

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 - (U.K.)

Runaway Train, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay

The Runner (Davandeh) - (Iran)

Rustlers' Rhapsody, directed by Hugh Wilson, starring Tom Berenger, Marilu Henner, Sela Ward, Andy Griffith, Patrick Wayne

Santa Claus: The Movie, starring Dudley Moore - (U.K./U.S.A.)

Scorpio Nights - (Philippines)

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 - (France)

The Shooting Party, starring James Mason and John Gielgud - (U.K.)

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

A Simple Death (Prostaya smert) - (U.S.S.R.)

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

Starchaser: The Legend of Orin

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 - (France)

Summer Rental, directed by Carl Reiner, starring John Candy, Rip Torn, Richard Crenna

The Supergrass, starring Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Robbie Coltrane - (U.K.)

The Sure Thing, directed by Rob Reiner, starring John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Nicollette Sheridan

Sweet Dreams, a biopic of Patsy Cline, starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris

Taipei Story (Qing mei zhu ma) - (Taiwan)

Tampopo (Dandelion) - (Japan)

Target, starring Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon

Tea in the Harem (Le Thé au harem d'Archimède) - (France)

Teen Wolf, starring Michael J. Fox

That Was Then... This Is Now, starring Emilio Estevez

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 (Trois hommes et un couffin) - (France)

The Time of the Hero (a.k.a. La ciudad y los perros) - (Peru)

The Time to Live and the Time to Die (Tong nian wang shi) - (Taiwan)

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 (L'île au trésor) - (France/Chile)

The Trip to Bountiful, starring Geraldine Page, John Heard, Rebecca De Mornay

Trouble in Mind, directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Kris Kristofferson, 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 - (U.K.)

Twice in a Lifetime, starring Gene Hackman, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Amy Madigan

The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (Le due vite di Mattia Pascal), starring Marcello Mastroianni and Senta Berger - (Italy)

UFOria, starring Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton, Cindy Williams

The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) - (Finland)

Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), directed by Agnès Varda - (France) - Golden Lion award

Vampire Hunter D (Kyûketsuki hantâ D) - (Japan)

Vampires in Havana (¡Vampiros en La Habana!) - (Cuba)

La vaquilla (The Heifer), directed by Luis García Berlanga - (Spain)

A View to a Kill, starring Roger Moore (as James Bond) with Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones - (U.K.)

Vision Quest, starring Matthew Modine and Linda Fiorentino

Volunteers, starring Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Tim Thomerson, George Plimpton

Water, starring Michael Caine, Billy Connolly, Valerie Perrine - (U.K.)

Wetherby, directed by David Hare, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Ian Holm - (U.K.) - Golden Bear award

Weird Science, directed by John Hughes, starring Kelly Le Brock, Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith

Wild Geese II, starring Scott Glenn, Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier - (U.K.)

When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu) - (Yugoslavia) - 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 (Die Frau und der Fremde) - (East Germany) - Golden Bear award

Year of the Dragon, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Mickey Rourke and John Lone

Yes, Madam (Huang jia shi jie), starring Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock - (Hong Kong)

Young Sherlock Holmes, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Anthony Higgins

A Zed & Two Noughts, directed by Peter Greenaway - (U.K.)

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1985 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: