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The Adventures of Mark Twain
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985) on 1 march 1985
, 1h26
Directed by Will Vinton
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors James Whitmore, Dal McKennon, Will Vinton, Craig Bartlett
Rating71% 3.593653.593653.593653.593653.59365
After having a bout of one-upmanship, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, and Becky Thatcher sneak aboard an airship piloted by Mark Twain in an attempt to become famous aeronauts. Upon discovery, they find that Mark Twain intends to pilot the airship to meet Halley's Comet. Worried that this goal will end in their deaths, the trio learn to fly the ship while conspiring to sabotage the voyage.
Latino
Latino (1985) on 28 february 1985
, 1h45
Directed by Haskell Wexler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Documentary
Actors Robert Beltran, Annette Charles, Tony Plana
Rating58% 2.9035252.9035252.9035252.9035252.903525
Set in the context of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and their battle with the U.S. backed Contra rebels. Eddie Guerrero (Robert Beltran) is a Vietnam vet sent to help U.S. Special Forces train Contra rebels. Eddie falls for a local girl, Marlena (Annette Charles). However, when her father is killed by the Contras things change.
Lust in the Dust
Lust in the Dust (1985) on 1 march 1985
, 1h24
Directed by Paul Bartel
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western, Spaghetti Western
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Divine, Lainie Kazan, Tab Hunter, Cesar Romero, Geoffrey Lewis, Henry Silva
Rating59% 2.9503952.9503952.9503952.9503952.950395
Dance-hall girl Rosie Velez (Divine), lost in the desert, is helped to safety by gunman Abel Wood (Tab Hunter). In the town of Chili Verde, at the saloon of Marguerita Ventura (Lainie Kazan), word of a treasure in gold brings Abel into conflict with outlaw Hard Case Williams (Geoffrey Lewis) and his gang.
Malibu Express
Malibu Express (1985) on 1 march 1985
, 1h45
Directed by Andy Sidaris
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Darby Hinton, Sybil Danning, Art Metrano, Robyn Hilton, Regis Philbin, Robert Darnell
Rating48% 2.406672.406672.406672.406672.40667
Espionage threatens the security of American Computer Technology and a skirt-chasing private investigator is coerced by the Feds to root out the spies among the rich, over-sexed socialites unknowingly supporting them.
The Aviator
The Aviator (1985) on 1 march 1985
, 1h36
Directed by George Trumbull Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Christopher Reeve, Rosanna Arquette, Jack Warden, Sam Wanamaker, Marcia Strassman, Tyne Daly
Rating55% 2.7541852.7541852.7541852.7541852.754185
Edgar Anscombe (Christopher Reeve) is an instructor at a US Army Air Corps flying school in 1918. While he is teaching a young pilot, the aircraft crashes during a landing attempt and bursts into flames. The student is killed, though Edgar survives.
A Private Function
A Private Function (1984) on 1 march 1985
, 1h30
Directed by Malcolm Mowbray
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths, John Normington, Tony Haygarth
Rating64% 3.2478253.2478253.2478253.2478253.247825
In a small Northern English town in 1947 the citizens endure continuing food rationing. Some local businessmen want to hold a party to celebrate the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip and illegally decide to raise a pig for that occasion. However, the pig gets stolen by Gilbert Chilvers (Michael Palin), who was encouraged to do so by his wife Joyce (Maggie Smith). Meanwhile a food inspector is determined to stop activities circumventing the food rationing.
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985) on 1 march 1985
, 1h36
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Adventure
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams, Sergio Kato, Mischa Hausserman
Rating53% 2.657292.657292.657292.657292.65729
Ten years before freeing American POWs from a brutal General, Colonel James Braddock (Chuck Norris) was held in a North Vietnamese POW camp run by sadistic Colonel Yin (Soon-Teck Oh), who forces the POWs to grow opium for a French drug runner named François (Pierre Issot), and tries to get Braddock to admit to and sign a long list of war crimes. During his team's time in captivity, they are relentlessly subjected to various forms of humiliating torture, and Braddock being told that his wife has left him and has remarried. One of Braddock's comrades starts to suffer with malaria, and is injected with what they are told to be antibiotics. They later find out that he was in fact injected with a lethal dose of opium instead. Braddock must escape and rescue his fellow prisoners from Yin.
Certain Fury
Certain Fury (1985) on 1 march 1985
, 1h27
Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Tatum O'Neal, Irene Cara, Nicholas Campbell, George Murdock, Moses Gunn, Peter Fonda
Rating53% 2.657792.657792.657792.657792.65779
Scarlett (Tatum O'Neal) is a hardened street kid who supports herself with prostitution and drug dealing. Facing charges for killing a client, Scarlett is brought to court. At court, she briefly encounters Tracy Freeman (Irene Cara). Tracy, a doctor's daughter, has been arrested for drug possession and resisting arrest. Tracy admits to using racial slurs against the white officer who arrested her, implying that he also used racial slurs toward her.
A Bunny's Tale
A Bunny's Tale (1985) on 25 february 1985
, 1h44
Directed by Karen Arthur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Kirstie Alley, Cotter Smith, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Joanna Kerns, Lisa Pelikan, Delta Burke
Rating58% 2.9012.9012.9012.9012.901
Engaged by a magazine to write an investigative article on publisher Hugh Hefner's nightclub chain, Ms. Steinem (Kirstie Alley) poses as a young girl named "Marie" and enters the Bunny training program at the New York Playboy Club. Outfitted with phony ears, fuzzy tail and revealing costume, Gloria learns the proper method of serving drinks (the "bunny dip") and how to fend off customers who ignore Hefner's "look but don't touch" policy. She also concludes that being a sex object, even a chaste one, is depressingly demeaning—an "awakening".
The Sure Thing
The Sure Thing (1985) on 1 march 1985
, 1h40
Directed by Rob Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Viveca Lindfors, Nicollette Sheridan, Anthony Edwards, Tim Robbins
Rating69% 3.4967753.4967753.4967753.4967753.496775
High school senior Walter Gibson (John Cusack) and his best friend Lance (Anthony Edwards) are celebrating the fact they are moving on to college, but all Walter can do is lament the fact that he has lost his touch with women. Lance heads to UCLA while Walter moves on to college in New England. The two keep in touch by writing letters, but Walter's luck has not changed. His attempt to get close to Alison Bradbury (Daphne Zuniga) from his English class by tricking her into tutoring him only results in his angering and alienating her. Eventually he receives a phone call from Lance telling him to come to California for Christmas break because he has set him up with the beautiful girl (Nicollette Sheridan), assuring him she is a Sure Thing.