Movies released in 1985| . K., A | Chris Marker |
| 9 Deaths of the Ninja | Emmett Alston |
| Adventures of Hercules, The | Luigi Cozzi |
| Adventures of Mark Twain, The | Will Vinton |
| After Hours | Martin Scorsese |
| Alice in Wonderland | Harry Harris |
| American Commandos | Bobby A. Suarez |
| American Flyers | John Badham |
| American Ninja | Sam Firstenberg |
| Angel's Egg | Mamoru Oshii |
| Annihilators, The | Charles E. Sellier Jr. |
| Appointment with Fear | Alan Smithee, Ramsey Thomas |
| Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme | Sergei Parajanov |
| Attack of the Beast Creatures | Michael Stanley |
| Avenging Angel | Robert Vincent O'Neill |
| Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend | Bill L. Norton |
| Back to the Future | Robert Zemeckis |
| Bad Seed, The | Paul Wendkos |
| Badge of the Assassin | Mel Damski |
| Barbarian Queen | Héctor Olivera |
| Beer | Patrick Kelly |
| Better Off Dead... | Savage Steve Holland |
| Between the Darkness and the Dawn | Peter Levin |
| Billy Ze Kick | Gérard Mordillat |
| Black Cauldron, The | Ted Berman, Richard Rich |
| Black Terrorist | Neil Hetherington |
| Blood Tracks | Mats Helge |
| Bloodstream | Michael J. Murphy |
| Brazil | Terry Gilliam |
| Breakfast Club, The | John Hughes |
| Breaking All the Rules | James Orr |
| Breakout From Oppression | Yang Chia-Yun |
| Brewster's Millions | Walter Hill |
| Bride, The | Franc Roddam |
| Brutal Storm | Kadir Akgün |
| Cat's Eye | Lewis Teague |
| Cemetery of Terror | Rubén Galindo Jr. |
| Certain Fury | Stephen Gyllenhaal |
| Chorus Line, A | Richard Attenborough |
| Clash of the Warlords | Willy Milan |
| Clue | Jonathan Lynn |
| Coca-Cola Kid, The | Dušan Makavejev |
| Cocaine Wars | Héctor Olivera |
| Cocoon | Ron Howard |
| Code of Silence | Andrew Davis |
| Codename: Robotech | Robert V. Barron |
| Color Purple, The | Steven Spielberg |
| Come and See | Elem Klimov |
| Commando | Mark L. Lester |
| Commando Leopard | Antonio Margheriti |
| Creature | William Malone |
| Crime Wave | John Paizs |
| D.A.R.Y.L. | Simon Wincer |
| Dancing Eurynome | Gábor Bódy |
| Dark Power, The | Phil Smoot |
| Day of the Dead | George A. Romero |
| Death Warmed Up | David Blyth |
| Death Wish 3 | Michael Winner |
| Demon Within | Masayoshi Sukita |
| Demons | Lamberto Bava |
| Desert Hearts | Donna Deitch |
| Desperately Seeking Susan | Susan Seidelman |
| Diamond Pyramid | András Rajnai |
| Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart | Wayne Wang |
| Dirty Dozen: Next Mission, The | Andrew V. McLaglen |
| Disciples Of Shaolin | Hua Shan |
| Disciples of the 36th Chamber | Liu Chia-Liang |
| Emerald Forest, The | John Boorman |
| Enemy Mine | Wolfgang Petersen |
| Evils of the Night | Mardi Rustam |
| Ewoks: The Battle for Endor | Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat |
| Exciting Dragon | Chiu Chung-Hing |
| Explorers | Joe Dante |
| Fandango | Kevin Reynolds |
| Fast Forward | Sidney Poitier |
| Flesh + Blood | Paul Verhoeven |
| Flesh and Bullets | Carlos Tobalina |
| Fletch | Michael Ritchie |
| Flying Devils | Anders Refn |
| Formula for a Murder | Alberto De Martino |
| Fortress | Arch Nicholson |
| Fraternity Vacation | James Frawley |
| Friday the 13th: A New Beginning | Danny Steinmann |
| Fright Night | Tom Holland |
| Future-Kill | Ronald W. Moore |
| Galaxy Invader, The | Don Dohler |
| Ghoulies | Luca Bercovici |
| Girls Just Want to Have Fun | Alan Metter |
| Godzilla 1985 | R.J. Kizer, Koji Hashimoto |
| Goonies, The | Richard Donner |
| GoShogun: The Time Étranger | Kunihiko Yuyama |
| Grunt! The Wrestling Movie | Allan Holzman |
| Gymkata | Robert Clouse |
| Halloween Safety (Second Edition) | |
| Hard Rock Zombies | Krishna Shah |
| He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special | Bill Reed, Ernie Schmidt |
| Heart of Dragon | Sammo Hung |
| Hell Squad | Kenneth Hartford |
| Hills Have Eyes Part II, The | Wes Craven |
| Holcroft Covenant, The | John Frankenheimer |
| Hong Kong Godfather | Johnny Wang Lung-Wei |
| Horror House on Highway Five | Richard Casey |
| Hot Chili | William Sachs |
| Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch | Philippe Mora |
| Interface | Andy Anderson |
| Into the Night | John Landis |
| Invasion U.S.A. | Joseph Zito |
| Jac Mac & Rad Boy Go! | Wesley Archer |
| Jewel of the Nile, The | Lewis Teague |
| Journey of Natty Gann, The | Jeremy Kagan |
| Journey of the Doomed | Cha Chuen-Yee |
| Junior | Jim Hanley |
| Just One of the Guys | Lisa Gottlieb |
| King Solomon's Mines | J. Lee Thompson |
| Kiss of the Spider Woman | Hector Babenco |
| Krush Groove | Michael Schultz |
| Ladyhawke | Richard Donner |
| Last Dragon, The | Michael Schultz |
| Legend | Ridley Scott |
| Legend of Billie Jean, The | Matthew Robbins |
| Legend of Suram Fortress, The | Sergei Parajanov |
| Legend of the Stardust Brothers, The | Makoto Tezuka |
| Lifeforce | Tobe Hooper |
| Loose Screws | Rafal Zielinski |
| Los Angeles Streetfighter | Woo-sang Park |
| Love Circles | Gérard Kikoïne |
| Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon | Shigetsugu Yoshida, Seijun Suzuki |
| Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | George Miller, George Ogilvie |
| Making Contact | Roland Emmerich |
| Malibu Express | Andy Sidaris |
| Man with One Red Shoe, The | Stan Dragoti |
| Mask | Peter Bogdanovich |
| Massacre in Dinosaur Valley | Michele Massimo Tarantini |
| Megazone 23 | Noboru Ishiguro |
| Midnight Hour, The | Jack Bender |
| Mischief | Mel Damski |
| Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Paul Schrader |
| Mr. Vampire | Ricky Lau |
| Murderlust | Donald M. Jones |
| Mutilator, The | Buddy Cooper |
| My Beautiful Laundrette | Stephen Frears |
| My Lucky Stars | Sammo Hung |
| Nail Gun Massacre, The | Bill Leslie, Terry Lofton |
| Naked Vengeance | Cirio H. Santiago |
| National Lampoon's European Vacation | Amy Heckerling |
| New Kids, The | Sean S. Cunningham |
| Night on the Galactic Railroad | Gisaburō Sugii |
| Night Train to Terror | Gregg C. Tallas, Tom McGowan, John Carr, Phillip Marshak, Jay Schlossberg-Cohen |
| Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge, A | Jack Sholder |
| Ninja Terminator | Godfrey Ho |
| Nothing Underneath | Carlo Vanzina |
| Oracle, The | Roberta Findlay |
| Park Is Mine, The | Steven Hilliard Stern |
| Passing, The | John Huckert |
| Peanut Butter Solution, The | Michael Rubbo |
| Pee-wee's Big Adventure | Tim Burton |
| Phenomena | Dario Argento |
| Pleasure, The | Joe D'Amato |
| Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | Jerry Paris |
| Police Story | Jackie Chan |
| Pray for Death | Gordon Hessler |
| Prizzi's Honor | John Huston |
| Protector, The | James Glickenhaus |
| Psycho Girls | Jerry Ciccoritti |
| Pulgasari | Shin Sang-ok |
| Purple Rose of Cairo, The | Woody Allen |
| Quiet Earth, The | Geoff Murphy |
| Rambo: First Blood Part II | George P. Cosmatos |
| Ran | Akira Kurosawa |
| Rappin' | Joel Silberg |
| Re-Animator | Stuart Gordon |
| Real Genius | Martha Coolidge |
| Red Heat | Robert Collector |
| Red Sonja | Richard Fleischer |
| Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | Guy Hamilton |
| Return of the Living Dead, The | Dan O'Bannon |
| Return to Oz | Walter Murch |
| Rocky IV | Sylvester Stallone |
| Runaway Train | Andrei Konchalovsky |
| Santa Claus: The Movie | Jeannot Szwarc |
| Screamplay | Rufus Butler Seder |
| Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird | Ken Kwapis |
| Silver Bullet | Daniel Attias |
| Sky High | Nico Mastorakis |
| Space Rage | Conrad E. Palmisano |
| Spies Like Us | John Landis |
| St. Elmo's Fire | Joel Schumacher |
| Starchaser: The Legend of Orin | Steven Hahn |
| Static | Mark Romanek |
| Stick | Burt Reynolds |
| Strangeness, The | Melanie Anne Phillips |
| Streetwalkin' | Joan Freeman |
| Stuff, The | Larry Cohen |
| Summer Rental | Carl Reiner |
| Sword of Heaven | Byron Meyers |
| Taipei Story | Edward Yang |
| Tampopo | Juzo Itami |
| Teen Wolf | Rod Daniel |
| Tenement | Roberta Findlay |
| Terror in the Swamp | Joe Catalanotto, Martin Folse |
| Terry 100 Channels | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| This Unnameable Little Broom | Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay, Keith Griffiths |
| Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except | Josh Becker |
| Thunder Cat Woman | Wen-Hsiung Lai |
| To Live and Die in L.A. | William Friedkin |
| Tokyo-Ga | Wim Wenders |
| Tomboy | Herb Freed |
| Tower, The | Jim Makichuk |
| Transylvania 6-5000 | Rudy De Luca |
| Treasure of the Amazon | René Cardona Jr. |
| Tuff Turf | Fritz Kiersch |
| Turk 182! | Bob Clark |
| Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars | Sammo Hung |
| Vampire Hunter D | Toyoo Ashida |
| Vampires in Havana | Juan Padrón |
| View to a Kill, A | John Glen |
| Vision Quest | Harold Becker |
| Volunteers | Nicholas Meyer |
| Walking the Edge | Norbert Meisel |
| War Of The God Monsters | Kim Jeong-Yong |
| Weird Science | John Hughes |
| Wheels of Fire | Cirio H. Santiago |
| Wizards of the Lost Kingdom | Héctor Olivera |
| Year of the Dragon | Michael Cimino |
| Yes, Madam! | Corey Yuen |
| Young Sherlock Holmes | Barry Levinson |
| Young Vagabond, The | Lau Shut-Yue |
| Zone Troopers | Danny Bilson |