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1985 independent films
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The list 1985 independent films includes
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, La historia oficial, Teen Wolf, Malibu Express and Fright Night.
The list consists of 68 members.
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The Breakfast Club
1985 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film by John Hughes
Overview: The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American indie teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. It stars Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson ...
Release date: 7 February 1985Genre: Drama, ComedyDirector: John HughesCast: Jonathan Chapin, Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, John Kapelos, Judd NelsonProducer: Gil Friesen, John HughesWriter: John HughesFive high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
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Malibu Express
1985 film by Andy Sidaris
Overview: Malibu Express is a 1985 American action film starring Darby Hinton, Sybil Danning, Lori Sutton, and Art Metrano. It was directed, written, and produced by Andy Sidaris and is the first installment in ...
Release date: 1 March 1985Genre: Action, Mystery, Crime, ComedyDirector: Andy SidarisCast: Darby Hinton, Sybil Danning, Art Metrano, Shelley Taylor Morgan, Brett Baxter Clark, Niki DantineProducer: Anatoly Arutunoff, Bob PerkisWriter: Andy SidarisA womanizing private detective is assigned the task of investigating who is behind the hi-tech computer technology leaks to the Russians. 0
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
1985 Australian post-apocalyptic action adventure film
Overview: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, commonly known as Mad Max 3, is a 1985 Australian post-apocalyptic dystopian action film directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie and written by Terry Hayes and Miller ...
Release date: 10 July 1985Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, AdventureDirector: George Miller, George OgilvieProducer: Steve Amezdroz, Marcus D'ArcyWriter: Terry Hayes, George MillerAfter being exiled from the most advanced town in post apocalyptic Australia, a drifter travels with a group of abandoned children to rebel against the ... 0
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La historia oficial
1985 film
Overview: The Official Story (Spanish: La historia oficial) is a 1985 Argentine historical drama film directed by Luis Puenzo and written by Puenzo and Aída Bortnik. It stars Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna ...Genre: Drama, HistoryDirector: Luis PuenzoCast: Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana, Guillermo Battaglia, Chela RuízProducer: Aída Bortnik, Luis PuenzoAlicia Marnet de Ibáñez is a high school history professor and a well-to-do housewife in Buenos Aires... 0
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Teen Wolf
1985 American fantasy comedy film
Overview: Teen Wolf is a 1985 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Rod Daniel and written by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman. Michael J. Fox stars as the title character, a high school student whose ordinary ...
Release date: 23 August 1985Genre: Comedy, FantasyDirector: Rod DanielProducer: Thomas Coleman, Mark LevinsonWriter: Jeph Loeb, Matthew WeismanAn ordinary high school student discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree when he finds himself turning into a werewolf. 0
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1985 film by Alan Metter
Overview: Girls Just Want to Have Fun is a 1985 American romantic comedy dance film directed by Alan Metter and distributed by New World Pictures. It was written by Amy Spies and stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Lee ...
Release date: 12 April 1985Genre: Comedy, Music, RomanceDirector: Alan MetterCast: Biff Yeager, Kristi Somers, Richard Blade, Ian Michael Giatti, Shannen Doherty, Sarah Jessica ParkerProducer: Stuart Cornfeld, Robert F. LyonsWriter: Amy SpiesJaney is new in town and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general and "Dance TV" in particular. 0
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Fright Night
1985 American horror film written and directed by Tom Holland
Overview: Fright Night is a 1985 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Tom Holland, in his directorial debut. The film follows teenager Charley Brewster (played by William Ragsdale), who discovers ...
Release date: 2 August 1985Genre: Comedy, Horror, ThrillerDirector: Tom HollandCast: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall, Stephen Geoffreys, Jonathan StarkProducer: Jerry A. Baerwitz, Herb JaffeWriter: Tom HollandA teenager discovers that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire, so he turns to an actor in a television horror show for help dealing with the ... 0
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Desperately Seeking Susan
1985 film by Susan Seidelman
Overview: Desperately Seeking Susan is a 1985 American comedy-drama film directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Rosanna Arquette, Aidan Quinn and Madonna. Set in New York City, the plot involves the interaction ...
Genre: Comedy, Romance, DramaDirector: Susan SeidelmanProducer: Michael Peyser, Sarah PillsburyWriter: Leora BarishA bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for ... 0
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Desert Hearts
1985 film by Donna Deitch
Overview: Desert Hearts is a 1985 American romantic drama film directed by Donna Deitch. The screenplay, written by Natalie Cooper, is an adaptation of the 1964 lesbian novel Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule. Set ...
Release date: 5 September 1985Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Donna DeitchProducer: Donna Deitch, Carol JefferiesWriter: Jane Rule, Natalie CooperWhile waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed professor of literature is unexpectedly seduced by a carefree, spirited young lesbian. 0
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
1985 film by Jack Sholder
Overview: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (stylized on-screen as A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 2: Freddy's Revenge) is a 1985 American supernatural slasher film directed by Jack Sholder and written ...Release date: 1 November 1985Genre: Horror, Mystery, ThrillerDirector: Jack SholderProducer: Stephen Diener, Stanley DudelsonWriter: David Chaskin, Wes CravenA teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in ... 0
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To Live and Die in L.A.
1985 film by William Friedkin
Overview: To Live and Die in L.A. is a 1985 American neo-noir action thriller film directed and co-written by William Friedkin. It is based on the 1984 novel of the same name by former U.S. Secret Service agent ...
Release date: 1 November 1985Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, ThrillerDirector: William FriedkinProducer: Irving H. Levin, Samuel SchulmanWriter: Gerald Petievich, William FriedkinA fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner. 0
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The Return of the Living Dead
1985 film by Dan O'Bannon
Overview: The Return of the Living Dead is a 1985 American comedy horror film written and directed by Dan O'Bannon (in his directorial debut) from a story by Rudy Ricci, John Russo, and Russell Streiner, and starring ...
Release date: 15 May 1985Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: Dan O'BannonWriter: Rudy Ricci, John A. RussoWhen two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies ... 0
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The Heavenly Kid
1985 American film
Overview: The Heavenly Kid is a 1985 American romantic comedy fantasy film directed by Cary Medoway and starring Lewis Smith, Jason Gedrick, Jane Kaczmarek and Richard Mulligan.Release date: 26 July 1985Genre: Comedy, RomanceDirector: Cary MedowayProducer: Stephen G. Cheikes, Mort EngelbergWriter: Cary Medoway, Martin CopelandWhen Bobby dies in a car accident he is not allowed to enter heaven but has to stay in one of the lower... 0
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The Emerald Forest
1985 film by John Boorman
Overview: The Emerald Forest is a 1985 British adventure drama film set in the Brazilian rainforest, directed by John Boorman, written by Rospo Pallenberg, and starring Powers Boothe, Meg Foster, and Charley Boorman ...
Release date: 1 May 1985Genre: Action, Adventure, DramaDirector: John BoormanProducer: John Boorman, Michael DryhurstWriter: Rospo Pallenberg, Leonard GreenwoodAfter the son of engineer Bill Markham is abducted by an aboriginal tribe on the edge of the rain forest, the engineer spends the next 10 years searching ... 0
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The Care Bears Movie
1985 animated feature film, based on the Care Bears toy line
Overview: The Care Bears Movie is a 1985 animated musical fantasy film directed by Arna Selznick from a screenplay by Peter Sauder. It was the second feature film from the Canadian animation studio Nelvana after ...Release date: 23 March 1985Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, FantasyDirector: Arna SelznickCast: Mickey Rooney, Jackie Burroughs, Georgia Engel, Sunny Besen Thrasher, Eva Almos, Patricia BlackProducer: Peter Sauder, John BohachThe Care Bears live in a country high in the clouds, where they have a lot of fun together. But they also do care for the human children on Earth... 0
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Smooth Talk
1985 film by Joyce Chopra
Overview: Smooth Talk is a 1985 film directed by Joyce Chopra, loosely based on Joyce Carol Oates' short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" (1966), which was in turn inspired by the Tucson murders ...
Release date: 10 September 1985Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Joyce ChopraProducer: Lindsay Law, Timothy MarxWriter: Joyce Carol Oates, Tom ColeA free-spirited 15-year-old girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the Northern California suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and ... 0
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Runaway Train
1985 film by Andrei Konchalovsky
Overview: Runaway Train is a 1985 American action thriller film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay and John P. Ryan. The screenplay by Đorđe Miličević, Paul ...
Release date: 15 November 1985Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, ThrillerDirector: Andrey KonchalovskiyProducer: Richard Garcia, Yoram GlobusWriter: Akira Kurosawa, Djordje MilicevicTwo escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a speeding train with no brakes and nobody driving. 0
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Re-Animator
1985 American horror film by Stuart Gordon
Overview: Re-Animator (also known as H. P. Lovecraft's Re-Animator) is a 1985 American science fiction comedy horror film loosely based on the 1922 H. P. Lovecraft serial novelette "Herbert West–Reanimator". Directed ...Release date: 18 October 1985Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-FiDirector: Stuart GordonProducer: Michael Avery, Bruce William CurtisWriter: H.P. Lovecraft, Dennis PaoliAfter an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the r ... 0
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Once Bitten
1985 film by Howard Storm
Overview: Once Bitten is a 1985 American teen horror comedy film, starring Lauren Hutton, Jim Carrey, and Karen Kopins. Carrey has his first major lead role playing Mark Kendall, an innocent and naive high school ...
Release date: 15 November 1985Genre: Horror, ComedyDirector: Howard StormProducer: Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Frank HildebrandWriter: Dimitri Villard, David HinesA vampire Countess needs to drink the blood of a virgin in order to keep her eternal beauty. It seems that all is hopeless, until she bumps into Mark Kendall ... 0
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My Beautiful Laundrette
1985 film by Stephen Frears
Overview: My Beautiful Laundrette is a 1985 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears from a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi. The film was one of the first films released by Working Title Films ...
Release date: 7 September 1985Genre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Stephen FrearsCast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Richard Graham, Winston Graham, Dudley Thomas, Derrick Branche, Garry CooperProducer: Tim Bevan, Sarah RadclyffeWriter: Hanif KureishiAn ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat. 0
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