Temporal Top Ten – 1985

Number of movies seen from this year – 140
Number of movies reviewed – 172 (including 36 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. Amazing Stories: Santa ’85
7. American Flyers
8. American Ninja
9. Anne of Green Gables
10. Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
11. Back to the Future  Encore Review Encore Review 2 Encore Review 3 Encore Review 4 5 6 7  8 9
12. Bad Medicine
13. Better Off Dead….    Encore Review    Encore Review 2
14. The Big Snit
15. The Black Cauldron
16. Boys Next Door, The
17. The Breakfast Club  Encore Review  Encore Review 2   Encore Review 3
18. Breaking All the Rules
19. Brewster’s Millions    Encore Review
20. Cat’s Eye
21. A Chorus Line
22. Clue  Encore Review  Encore Review 2
23. The Coca-Cola Kid
24. Cocoon
25. Code of Silence
26. The Color Purple
27. Commando  Encore Review
28. Compleat Al, The
29. Compromising Positions
30. D.A.R.Y.L.
31. Day of the Dead
32. Death of a Salesman
33. Desert Hearts
34. Desperately Seeking Susan
35. Dirty Dozen, The: Next Mission
36. The Emerald Forest
37. Enemy Mine
38. Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
39. Explorers
40. The Falcon and the Snowman
41. Family Ties: Vacation
42. Fandango
43. Fletch  Encore Review
44. Follow That Bird
45. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
46. Fright Night
47. Girls Just Want to Have Fun
48. The Goonies  Encore Review Encore Review 2  Encore Review 3  Encore Review 4 Encore Review 5
49. Gotcha!
50. Gymkata
51. Heaven Help Us
52. Heavenly Kid, The
53. Hostage Flight
54. House
55. Into the Night
56. Into Thin Air
57. Invasion U.S.A.
58. Jagged Edge
59. Jewel of the Nile, The
60. Joshua Then and Now
61. The Journey of Natty Gann
62. Just One of the Guys
63. King Solomon’s Mines
64. Kiss of the Spider Woman
65. Ladyhawke
66. Legend
67. Legend of Billie Jean, The
68. Life & Adventures of Santa Claus, The
69. Lifeforce
70. Lost in America
71. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
72. The Man with One Red Shoe
73. Mask
74. Mischief
75. Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
76. Moving Violations
77. Murphy’s Romance
78. My Life as a Dog
79. My Science Project
80. National Lampoon’s European Vacation   Encore Review
81. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
82. Once Bitten
83. One Magic Christmas
84. Out of Africa
85. Pale Rider
86. Park is Mine, The
87. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure   Encore Review
88. Perfect
89. Phenomena
90. Poison Ivy
91. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
92. Police Story
93. Porky’s Revenge
94. Private Resort
95. Prizzi’s Honor
96. The Purple Rose of Cairo
97. Rambo: First Blood Part II
98. Ran
99. Real Genius   Encore Review
100. Re-Animator
101. Red Sonja
102. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
103. Rocky IV   Encore Review    Encore Review 2
104. A Room With A View
105. Runaway Train
106. Santa Claus: The Movie
107. Secret Admirer
108. Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird
109. Shoah
110. Silver Bullet
111. Silverado   Encore Review  Encore Review 2
112. The Slugger’s Wife
113. Spies Like Us
114. St. Elmo’s Fire   Encore Review
115. Stick
116. Stitches
117. Summer Rental
118. Sweet Dreams
119. The Sure Thing
120. Target
121. Teen Wolf
122. That Was Then… This Is Now
123. To Live and Die in L.A.   Encore Review
124. Transylvania 6-5000
125. The Trip to Bountiful
126. Tuff Turf
127. Turk 182!
128. Twice in a Lifetime
129. Vagabond
130. A View to a Kill          Encore Review   Encore Review 2
131. Vision Quest
132. Volunteers
133. Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story
134. Warning Sign
135. Weird Science   Encore Review
136. White Nights
137. Wild Geese II
138. Witness   Encore Review
139. Year of the Dragon
140. Young Sherlock Holmes