Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Not Yet Seen in 1985

1919 – Huge Brody

Alamo Bay – Louis Malle

American Flyers – John Badham

American Ninja – Sam Firstenberg

The Angelic Coversation – Derek Jarman

Angry Harvest – Agnieszka Holland

Arjun – Rahul Rawail

The Assam Garden – Mary McMurray

Avenging Angel – Robert Vincent O’Niell

The Aviator – George T. Miller

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend – Bill L. Norton

Black Arrow – John Hough

The Black Cauldron – Ted Berman / Richard Rush

Bliss – Ray Lawrence

The Boys Next Door – Penelope Spheeris

Brewster’s Millions – Walter Hill

Burke & Wills – Graeme Clifford

Butterfly and Flowers (Peesua lae dokmai) – Euthana Mukdasnit

The Care Bears Movie – Arna Selznic

Certain Fury – Stephen Gyllenhaal

Cocaine Wars – Hector Olivera

Code of Silence – Andrew Davis

Colonel Redl – Istvan Szabo

Come and Sea (Idi I smotri) – Elem Klimov

Commando – Mark L. Lester

Compromising Positions – Frank Perry

Creature – William Malone

Crime Wave – John Paizs

Crimewave – Sam Raimi

D.A.R.Y.;. – Simon Wincer

Dance with a Stranger – Mike Newell

Death in a French Garden (Peril en la demeure) - Michel Deville

Death Wish 3 – Michael Winner

Defence of the Realm – David Drury

Déjà vu – Anthony B. Richmond

Die Frau und der Fremde – Rainer Simon

Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart – Wayne Wang

The Doctor and the Devils – Freddie Frances

Eleni – Peter Yates

Family Life (La Vie de Famille) – Jacquest Doillon

Feaver Pitch – Richard Brooks

Final Justice – Greydon Clark

Fire Festival – Mitsuo Yangimachi

Flesh and Blood – Paul Verhoeven

Fran – Glenda Hambly

Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning – Danny Steinmann

Ghulami – J.P. Dutta

Girls Just Want to Have Fun – Alan Metter

Gray Sunset – Shunya Ito

Goodbye, New York -

The Good Father – Mike Newell

Grace Quigley – Anthony Harvey

Guest from the Future – Pavel Arsenov

Guilty Conscience –

Gymkata – Robert Vlouse

Hail Mary – Jean-Luc Godard

Harem – Arthur Joffe

Heavenly Pursuits – Charles Gormley

The Holcroft Covenant – John Frankenheimer

The Home and the World – Satyajit Ray

Hour of the Star – Suzana Amaral

Howling II: Stirba – Werewolf Bitch – Philippe Mora

Invation U.S.A. – Joseph Zito

King David – Bruce Beresford

The Last Dragon – Michael Schultz

Letter to Brezhnev – Chris Bernard

Lonely Heart – Nobuhiko Obayashi

The Long, Hot Summer – Stuart Cooper TV movie

Man Hunt – Fabrizo De Angelis

Manervi na petiya etazh (Maneuvers on the Fifth Floor) – Petar B. Vasilev

Marie – Roger Donaldson

Mask of Murder – Arne Mattsson

The Mass Is Ended – Nanni Moretti

Maxie – Paul Aaron

Mirch Masala – Ketan Mehta

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters – Paul Schrader

Missing in Action 2: The Beginning – Lance Hool

Morons from Outer Space – Mike Hodges

Mover’s and Shakers – William Asher

Mr. Love – Roy Battersby

Mr. Vampire – Ricky Lau

Murder Elite – Claude Whatham

My Science Project – Jonathan R. Betuel

My Sweet Little Village – Jifi Menzel

Les Nanas – Annick Lanoe

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge – Jack Sholder

Nine Deaths of the Ninja -

The Offical Story – Luis Puenzo

One Magic Christmas – Phillip Borsos

Ordeal by Innocence – Desmond Davis

The Peanut Butter Solution – Michael Rubbo

Plenty – Fred Schepisi

Police – Marice Pialat

Police Story – Jackie Chan

Private Resort – George Bowers

The Protector – James Glickenhaus

Red Kiss – Vera Belmont

Red Sonja – Richard Fleischer

Rendez-vous – Andre Techine

Restless Natives – Michael Hoffman

Revolution – Huge Hudson

Rocky IV – Sylvester Stallone

Scorpio Nights – Peque Gallaga

Secret Admirer – David Greenwalt

The Shooting Party – Alan Bridges

The Slugger’s Wife – Hal Ashby

Les Specialistes – Patrice Leconte

Steaming – Joseph Losey

Stick – Burt Reynolds

Subway – Luc Besson

The Supergrass – Peter Richardson

Sweet Dreams – Karel Reisz

Target – Arthur Penn

That’s Dancing! – Jack Haley Jr.

Time After Time – Bob Ellis

Tomboy – Herb Freed

The Trip to Bountiful – Peter Masterson

The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal – Mario Monicelli

Turk 182 – Bob Clark

Turtle Diary – John Irvin

Twice in a Lifetime – Bud Yorkin

The Unknown Soldier – Rauni Molliberg

Underworld – George Pavlou

Vagabond – Anes Varda

Vampire Hunter D – Toyoo Ashida

La vaquilla (The Heifer) – Luis Garcia Berlanga

When Father was Away on Business – Emir Kusturica

Wild Geese II – Peter R. Hunt

Wetherby – David Hare

The Woman and the Stranger (Die Frau und der Fremde) – Rainer Simon

Year of the Dragon – Michael Cimino