Temporal Top Ten – 1985

Number of movies seen from this year – 131
Number of movies reviewed – 129 (including 19 Encore Reviews)

This year was a very influential year for me in my moviewatching.  I was 11 and some of the movies on this list are high among my all-time favorites.

My #1 , #2 and #3 are all movies that I saw in the theater and had a profound impact on me because they all dealt with teenagers and their perspectives on the world.

This year’s list also features my favorite Bond film (yea, guilty pleasure) (#6).

Only 2 of the 5 Best Picture nominees made my list (#7 and #10) (barely for one of them)

I’m not the biggest fan of The Color Purple and Kiss of the Spider Women.  Prizzi’s Honor just barely missed my cutoff here (probably would been #11 or #12)

Rounding off the list are two comedies (#8 and #9), a Western with an All-Star cast (#5) and a miniseries depicting the life and actions of a true hero (#4)

Update 1 Sep 2016 – For the first time, I have actually dropped a film from my Temporal Top Ten – upon rewatching Wallenberg, I decided that it was good, but not good enough to be listed here.  I have subsequently moved all of the entries from 5-10 up a spot and added Ladyhawke in the #10 spot

Update 4 Sep 2017 – Shoah made my #4 spot pushing all others down one slot

Update 1 Aug 2021 – 16 Days of Glory made my #4 spot pushing all others down one slot

My Top Ten

Honorable Mention – Ladyhawke

Honorable Mention – Out of Africa

10. Fletch

9. Better Off Dead…

8. Witness

7. A View To A Kill

6. Silverado

5. Shoah

4. 16 Days of Glory

3. The Goonies

2. The Breakfast Club

1. Back to the Future

Here’s a complete list of movies that I’ve seen from 1985

 

1. 16 Days of Glory
2. The Adventures of Mark Twain
3. After Hours
4. Agnes of God
5. Amazing Stories: The Mission
6. American Flyers
7. American Ninja
8. Anne of Green Gables
9. Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
10. Back to the Future  Encore Review Encore Review 2 Encore Review 3 Encore Review 4 5 6
11. Bad Medicine
12. Better Off Dead….    Encore Review
13. The Black Cauldron
14. Boys Next Door, The
15. The Breakfast Club  Encore Review  Encore Review 2   Encore Review 3
16. Breaking All the Rules
17. Brewster’s Millions    Encore Review
18. Cat’s Eye
19. A Chorus Line
20. Clue  Encore Review
21. The Coca-Cola Kid
22. Cocoon
23. Code of Silence
24. The Color Purple
25. Commando
26. Compromising Positions
27. D.A.R.Y.L.
28. Day of the Dead
29. Death of a Salesman
30. Desert Hearts
31. Desperately Seeking Susan
32. Dirty Dozen, The: Next Mission
33. The Emerald Forest
34. Enemy Mine
35. Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
36. Explorers
37. The Falcon and the Snowman
38. Fandango
39. Fletch  Encore Review
40. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
41. Fright Night
42. Girls Just Want to Have Fun
43. The Goonies  Encore Review Encore Review 2  Encore Review 3
44. Gotcha!
45. Gymkata
46. Heaven Help Us
47. Heavenly Kid, The
48. Hostage Flight
49. House
50. Into the Night
51. Invasion U.S.A.
52. Jagged Edge
53. Jewel of the Nile, The
54. Joshua Then and Now
55. The Journey of Natty Gann
56. Just One of the Guys
57. King Solomon’s Mines
58. Kiss of the Spider Woman
59. Ladyhawke
60. Legend
61. Legend of Billie Jean, The
62. Lost in America
63. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
64. The Man with One Red Shoe
65. Mask
66. Mischief
67. Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
68. Murphy’s Romance
69. My Life as a Dog
70. My Science Project
71. National Lampoon’s European Vacation
72. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
73. Once Bitten
74. One Magic Christmas
75. Out of Africa
76. Pale Rider
77. Park is Mine, The
78. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
79. Perfect
80. Phenomena
81. Poison Ivy
82. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
83. Police Story
84. Porky’s Revenge
85. Private Resort
86. Prizzi’s Honor
87. The Purple Rose of Cairo
88. Rambo: First Blood Part II
89. Ran
90. Real Genius
91. Re-Animator
92. Red Sonja
93. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
94. Rocky IV
95. A Room With A View
96. Runaway Train
97. Santa Claus: The Movie
98. Secret Admirer
99. Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird
100. Shoah
101. Silver Bullet
102. Silverado
103. The Slugger’s Wife
104. Spies Like Us
105. St. Elmo’s Fire   Encore Review
106. Stick
107. Stitches
108. Summer Rental
109. Sweet Dreams
110. The Sure Thing
111. Target
112. Teen Wolf
113. That Was Then… This Is Now
114. To Live and Die in L.A.
115. Transylvania 6-5000
116. The Trip to Bountiful
117. Tuff Turf
118. Turk 182!
119. Twice in a Lifetime
120. Vagabond
121. A View to a Kill          Encore Review
122. Vision Quest
123. Volunteers
124. Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story
125. Warning Sign
126. Weird Science   Encore Review
127. White Nights
128. Wild Geese II
129. Witness
130. Year of the Dragon
131. Young Sherlock Holmes