A choreographer who believes that he was reincarnated also believes that his present wife possesses the soul of his wife in his previous life, a ballerina.

Flesh+Blood

1985

English

6.7

♡ 25

Paul Verhoeven Director

Jennifer Jason Leigh as Agnes

Kitty Courbois as Anna

Rutger Hauer as Martin

Bruno Kirby as Orbec

A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.

American Flyers

1985

English

6.5

♡ 14

70%

John Badham Director

David Marshall Grant as David

Robert Townsend as Jerome

Jennifer Grey as Leslie

Kevin Costner as Marcus Sommers

When Dr. Marcus Sommers realizes that he and his troubled, estranged brother David may be prone a fatal brain disease that runs in their family, he decides to make peace with his sibling, and invites him on a trip to the Rockies. There, the brothers bond over their shared enthusiasm for cycling and decide to enter a grueling bike race through the mountains. However, Marcus' health soon begins to fail, and David must compete without his brother at his side.

Sugar Baby

6.6

Percy Adlon Director

Christiane Blumhoff as

Meret Burger as Girl in the Train

Marianne Sägebrecht as Marianne

Paul Würges as Self - Leader of his Combo

A plump Munich mortuary worker tracks down and seduces a married subway conductor.

Secret Admirer

1985

English

6.5

♡ 15

33%

David Greenwalt Director

Fred Ward as Lou Fimple

C. Thomas Howell as Michael Ryan

Janet Carroll as Toni's Mother

Ken Lerner as Waiter

An anonymous love letter left in Michael Ryan's locker on the last day of school wreaks havoc on his life and the lives of everyone who comes in contact with it.

The Coca-Cola Kid

1985

English

5.9

♡ 2

47%

Dusan Makavejev Director

Eric Roberts as Becker

Adam Bowen as Flight Steward

Steve Dodd as Mr. Joe

Greta Scacchi as Terri

An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. After "the Kid's" persistence is tested he's given a tour of the man's plant, and they begin talking of a joint venture. Things get more complicated when the Coca-Cola man begins falling in love with his temporary secretary, who seems to have connections to the valley.

Bad Medicine

1985

English

4.7

♡ 3

27%

Action

Comedy

Harvey Miller Director

Joe Grifasi as Gómez

Candi Milo as María Morales

Taylor Negron as Pepe the Cab Driver

Gilbert Gottfried as Tony Sandoval

Jeff Marx wants to study medicine and become a physician. However, his grades are far from enough to get him into an American medical school. But then he gets a chance to study medicine abroad in a small Latin American dictatorship governed by the dictator Ramon Madera who has a big interest in how the medical students behave.

L'été prochain

1985

French

5.6

♡ 3

Action

Drama

woman director

Nadine Trintignant Director

Fanny Ardant as Dina

Philippe Noiret as Edouard

Claudia Cardinale as Jeanne

Judith Godrèche as Nickie

Edouard is patriarch of a large family: his second wife, Jeanne, has just had a baby and finally had enough of his philandering. As the marriage between them unravels, Edouard's daughters experience their own emotional shock waves. Dina, in a relationship with playwright Paul, wants more from her daily life, while Sidone is married to a fellow musician but is terrified of performing in public. Fast-forward seven years: Edouard is gravely ill, and the family shares their issues, hopes and fears.

Santa Claus

1985

English

6.3

♡ 18

22%

Jeannot Szwarc Director

John Lithgow as B.Z.

John Hallam as Grizzard

Dudley Moore as Patch

Aimée Delamain as Storyteller

In ancient times, a man named Claus, who delivers toys in his small village, fulfils his destiny to become Santa Claus after meeting an expert toy-making elf, Patch, in the North Pole. In the present day, Santa Claus has become overwhelmed by his workload, and the disgruntled Patch flees the workshop to New York City. There, Patch unknowingly threatens the fate of Christmas by taking a job at a failing toy company run by a scheming businessman.

A Chorus Line

1985

English

6.2

♡ 5

48%

Richard Attenborough Director

Alyson Reed as Cassie

Leslie Stevens as Dancer

Scott Plank as Dancer

Michael Douglas as Zach

A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach. She is desperate enough for work to humble herself and audition for him; whether he's willing to let professionalism overcome his personal feelings about their past remains to be seen.

Fandango

1985

English

6.7

♡ 20

70%

Kevin Reynolds Director

Kevin Costner as Gardner Barnes

Pepe Serna as Gas Station Mechanic

Sam Robards as Kenneth Waggener

Marvin J. McIntyre as Truman Sparks

In 1971, five college buddies from the University of Texas embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.

The Mass Is Ended

1985

Italian

7.2

♡ 5

Action

Comedy

Drama

Nanni Moretti Director

Nanni Moretti as Don Giulio

Pietro De Vico as Frate / Friar

Mariella Valentini as Ragazza in confessione

Marco Messeri as Saverio

The young priest Father Giulio returns to Rome, his hometown, after a long pilgrimage. Don Giulio hopes to live peacefully with his family and his friends, but discovers that many of them are depressed or frustrated, and some suicidal.

Yes, Madam!

1985

Cn

6.7

♡ 24

100%

Corey Yuen Director

Fruit Chan as Goh

Michelle Yeoh as Inspector Ng

Richard Ng as Old Master's Roommate

David Graham as (voice)

Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport, with a hidden microfilm, wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking women cops—one Chinese, one British—are on the case.

American Masters Arthur Miller: Private Conversations

7.2

Christian Blackwood Director

John Malkovich as Self / Biff

Stephen Lang as Self - Happy

Arthur Miller as Self - The Playwright

Dustin Hoffman as Self / Willy Loman

Playwright Arthur Miller, director Volker Schlöndorff and actor Dustin Hoffman are seen creating the Roxbury Productions and Punch Productions teleplay Death of a Salesman (1985).

Flower and Snake: Sketch of Hell

1985

Japanese

4.9

♡ 18

Shôgorô Nishimura Director

Mari Somei as Akemi

Sei Hiraizumi as Atsushi Tsuyama

Kaori Asô as Shizuko Tôyama

Kenji Kodama as Yoshitaka Tôyama

The daughter of a wealthy family rebels when her father remarries and she becomes a leader of a girl gang. She hatches a plot to use her stepmother to get a large sum of money by pretending to be kidnapped. But the tables are turned when gangsters intervene and capture them both. They are subjected to various humiliations and sexual perversions.

Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate

1985

English

6.5

♡ 4

78%

Action

Documentary

Kirby Dick Director

Maureen Sullivan as Self

Kirby Dick as Self - Interviewer

Catherine E. Coulson as Self - Interviewer

Jorga Caye as Visitor

A documentary following a sex surrogate and two of her clients.

Kuei-mei, a Woman

1985

Chinese

7.3

♡ 1

Drama

husband wife relationship

Yi Chang Director

Hsiang-Ping Hu as

Wen-Ying as

Elten Ting as (as Ye-tien Ting)

Li-Chun Lee as Kuei-Mei's husband

Arriving in Taiwan in the 1950s, Kuei-mei makes a disadvantageous marriage to a widower with three unruly kids and a bad gambling habit. Beautifully portrayed by celebrated actress Yang, she weathers pregnancies, her husband's infidelity, her daughter's resentment, a stint as servant in Japan, divorce, and illness while struggling to keep the family restaurant business afloat.

White Nights

1985

English

6.7

♡ 17

46%

Taylor Hackford Director

William Hootkins as Chuck Malarek

Isabella Rossellini as Darya Greenwood

Helen Mirren as Galina Ivanova

John Glover as Wynn Scott

After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.