it was the high time for teen movies and
adventure flicks that remain classics to
this day welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 movies of 1985 for this list
we’ve looked at the lasting cult status
of some of the biggest hits of the year
in question as well as the films that
were loved by critics and audiences
these days that is something to be
commended and reward some hold up nicely
over time others maybe not so much
either way
sit back and enjoy this blast from the
past
number 10 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
starring Mel Gibson in his prime this
Australian movie is the third
installment of the Mad Max franchise oh
you’ll be mek troubled former main force
patrol officer Mad Max is roaming the
desert after nuclear activity has
destroyed nearly all of civilization
soon he finds himself at the mercy of
barter town’s evil ruler played by the
timeless Tina Turner the
action-adventure flick was a success
with audiences and critics alike though
its box office returns were a bit less
than the previous two films you you
thirty years later director George
Miller returned to the universe of Mad
Max in one of the most anticipated
movies of 2015 with Mad Max fury road
and Tom Hardy in the title role
number nine pee-wee’s big adventure
matter baby
morning miss bread breakfast if you
weren’t born in the 80s then we should
tell you that the pee-wee Herman show
was a successful stage show that was
initially for adults but was later
developed into a beloved children’s TV
series my good friend peewee hi Mario
before the television program Warner
Brothers decided to make a
feature-length film based on Paul
Reubens character and hired Tim Burton
to direct what would ultimately be his
feature-length film debut Warner
Brothers thinks your story would make a
fantastic movie my story a movie
pee-wee’s big adventure became such a
hit that it spawned a sequel earned cult
status and led to the studio re hiring
Burton to make more movies for them in
the late 80s let’s go don’t you want to
see the rest of the movie I don’t have
to see it daddy and lift
number 8 commando
our next entry stars Arnold
Schwarzenegger as an X Delta Force
operative who discovers all the other
members of his unit have been murdered
and that his daughter has been kidnapped
your daughter’s safe whether she stays
that way is up to you turns out that an
ex South American dictator wants him to
execute a political assassination in
exchange for his daughter’s life so the
colonel launches a one-man mission
against the mercenaries I’ll be back
Bennet needless to say the movie is full
of testosterone and explosions which
explains what grossed over 200 million
dollars the cult classic was also
praised for its tongue-in-cheek humor
remember Sally when I promised to kill
you last
that’s what major yeah I lied
number seven cocoon already this science
fiction film by director Ron Howard
tells the story of a group of senior
citizens who find themselves
accidentally rejuvenated after they swim
in the pool neighboring their retirement
home Wow
little do they know that their neighbors
are peaceful aliens from aunt aria that
have come to collect their fellow
antarians that have been left cocooned
at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean
thousands of years ago
we’re antarians we come from a planet
called anterior yeah that’s why I pretty
much figured rather unique for its
mixture of science fiction and
sentimental comedy cocoon was a critics
darling that won two Oscars one for best
visual effects and one for Best
Supporting Actor by Don Ameche I’m too
old for that kind of thing ah age isn’t
everything no no it was also a
box-office smash and spawned a sequel
three years later everybody up you have
no right to be here you are trespassing
here
number six after hours
different rules apply when it gets us
late you know what I mean this light
good after hours perhaps one of the
lesser seen Martin Scorsese classics the
next movie on our list is a black comedy
set in the streets of you guessed it
New York where you going going home I’m
walking home now when regular guy Paul
meets a pretty girl in a cafe he has no
idea that he’s about to have the worst
night of his life they’re all trying to
kill me I mean I just wanted to leave
you know my apartment maybe meet a nice
girl and now I’ve got to die for it you
know what ensues from their meeting is a
series of very unfortunate events that
eventually brings things full circle
although lighter in spirit the cult film
is undeniably Scorsese full of dark
humor and a tribute to the city that
doesn’t sleep even after hours I’m gonna
be trouble with people up there they
want to kill me
there’s no another way out of here no is
there another way out of here Oh number
five The Goonies come on
our next entry was adapted by Chris
Columbus from a story by Steven
Spielberg and although the latter didn’t
direct the film it has all the
components of a Spielberg adventure
movie don’t say that never say that
Goonies never say die when a group of
boys decides to try saving their homes
from foreclosure they accidentally
unearth an old treasure map that leads
them on an adventure to find the booty
covered remains of one-eyed Willy a
pirate from the 17th century
sure
that’s why they call you wanted really
the movie is a quotable cult-classic
first you guys do the truffle shuffle it
spawned a series of video games and
there have been talks of a possible
sequel since 2007
number four the color purple based on
the Pulitzer prize-winning novel of the
same name this period piece was the most
talked about drama in 1985
oh my life I had to fight I had to fight
my daddy I had to fight my uncles I had
to fight my brothers girl child ain’t
safe in a family man sir
directed by Steven Spielberg it follows
the trials and tribulations of a young
african-american girl living in the
early 20th century however it’s not only
about the difficulties of being
african-american in the United States at
the time but also about being a woman
you cut me a knot kid the film received
11 Academy Award nominations and
although it didn’t win any it remains
one of the most important movies of the
year I think it pisses god off if you
walk by the color purple in a field and
don’t notice it number 3 Brazil
this undeniable sci-fi classic comes
from none other than director Terry
Gilliam whose dystopian vision of a
bureaucratic future still resonates with
cinephiles today Sam it’s time for you
to grow up and accept responsibility
your poor father would be appalled at
your lack of promotion
starring Jonathan Pryce as a sick of his
job government employee the film follows
him as he tries to correct an error that
killed the wrong man and in turn makes
Sam Lowry and enemy of the state Jack
Anderson please help me the film stands
out among other science fiction movies
from 1985 for its social commentary in
addition to being an example of weird
and even psychedelic like filmmaking
Brazil was also rightly nominated for
two Oscars for Original Screenplay and
best art direction and unsurprisingly
became a cult flick all I can say is
don’t fall at the last fence the
finishing person site see the paddock do
cooperate you give your mother good luck
keep your eye on the ball gotta go can’t
keep the old ones waiting number 2 The
Breakfast Club totally 1985 was a big
year for director John Hughes whose teen
movies could be funny and sad in subtle
ways but still resonate with audiences
today are you through no I’m doing
society a favor so that’s another one
right now I’ve got you for the rest of
your natural-born life if you don’t
watch your step you want another one yes
you got it you got another one right
there that’s another one pal when five
high school students meet in detention
they appear as stereotypes to each other
and to the audience
there’s the jock the pretty girl the
weird one the nerd and so on but as the
day progresses they begin to pour their
hearts out to each other in both
hilarious and heartbreaking ways Andrew
you’ve got to be number one
I won’t tolerate any losers in this
family your intensity is for shit when
when when although few critics took the
film seriously at the time the
coming-of-age flick has grown into a
classic and is one from an era when teen
movies had substance Sincerely Yours The
Breakfast Club
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions right
now the country is not in such great
shape what do you mean we’re in the
middle of a depression everybody’s very
poor don’t you know what the Nazis did
to people Jews Marxists Catholics
homosexuals of course I know what do you
take me for an even dumber drug than I
am
get used to the cement honey this is our
house forever this is it
we found ourselves boy did we find
ourselves in the middle of nowhere with
nothing this is a real you know what it
is it’s st. Elmo’s fire
number 1 back to the future when this
baby hits 88 miles per hour you’re gonna
see some serious shit starring Michael J
Fox in his most iconic role our number
one pick is a movie that successfully
mixed all the genres that were popular
in 1985 precisely whoa this is heavy
there’s action there’s comedy adventure
and sci-fi there are even some pretty
good sound effects for which the film
actually won an Oscar the quintessential
1985 teen Marty McFly is sent 30 years
back in time and he has to make sure his
parents meet so that he can ensure his
own existence oh I hope you don’t mind
but George asked if he could take me
home right good good ray and feeling
about you two critically and
commercially successful Back to the
Future was the year’s biggest flick and
went on to grow into a successful
franchise
well we’re going we don’t need roads do
you agree with our list truth truth no
what’s your favorite movie from 1985 are
you sure you want to find out for more
entertaining top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
adventure flicks that remain classics to
this day welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 movies of 1985 for this list
we’ve looked at the lasting cult status
of some of the biggest hits of the year
in question as well as the films that
were loved by critics and audiences
these days that is something to be
commended and reward some hold up nicely
over time others maybe not so much
either way
sit back and enjoy this blast from the
past
number 10 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
starring Mel Gibson in his prime this
Australian movie is the third
installment of the Mad Max franchise oh
you’ll be mek troubled former main force
patrol officer Mad Max is roaming the
desert after nuclear activity has
destroyed nearly all of civilization
soon he finds himself at the mercy of
barter town’s evil ruler played by the
timeless Tina Turner the
action-adventure flick was a success
with audiences and critics alike though
its box office returns were a bit less
than the previous two films you you
thirty years later director George
Miller returned to the universe of Mad
Max in one of the most anticipated
movies of 2015 with Mad Max fury road
and Tom Hardy in the title role
number nine pee-wee’s big adventure
matter baby
morning miss bread breakfast if you
weren’t born in the 80s then we should
tell you that the pee-wee Herman show
was a successful stage show that was
initially for adults but was later
developed into a beloved children’s TV
series my good friend peewee hi Mario
before the television program Warner
Brothers decided to make a
feature-length film based on Paul
Reubens character and hired Tim Burton
to direct what would ultimately be his
feature-length film debut Warner
Brothers thinks your story would make a
fantastic movie my story a movie
pee-wee’s big adventure became such a
hit that it spawned a sequel earned cult
status and led to the studio re hiring
Burton to make more movies for them in
the late 80s let’s go don’t you want to
see the rest of the movie I don’t have
to see it daddy and lift
number 8 commando
our next entry stars Arnold
Schwarzenegger as an X Delta Force
operative who discovers all the other
members of his unit have been murdered
and that his daughter has been kidnapped
your daughter’s safe whether she stays
that way is up to you turns out that an
ex South American dictator wants him to
execute a political assassination in
exchange for his daughter’s life so the
colonel launches a one-man mission
against the mercenaries I’ll be back
Bennet needless to say the movie is full
of testosterone and explosions which
explains what grossed over 200 million
dollars the cult classic was also
praised for its tongue-in-cheek humor
remember Sally when I promised to kill
you last
that’s what major yeah I lied
number seven cocoon already this science
fiction film by director Ron Howard
tells the story of a group of senior
citizens who find themselves
accidentally rejuvenated after they swim
in the pool neighboring their retirement
home Wow
little do they know that their neighbors
are peaceful aliens from aunt aria that
have come to collect their fellow
antarians that have been left cocooned
at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean
thousands of years ago
we’re antarians we come from a planet
called anterior yeah that’s why I pretty
much figured rather unique for its
mixture of science fiction and
sentimental comedy cocoon was a critics
darling that won two Oscars one for best
visual effects and one for Best
Supporting Actor by Don Ameche I’m too
old for that kind of thing ah age isn’t
everything no no it was also a
box-office smash and spawned a sequel
three years later everybody up you have
no right to be here you are trespassing
here
number six after hours
different rules apply when it gets us
late you know what I mean this light
good after hours perhaps one of the
lesser seen Martin Scorsese classics the
next movie on our list is a black comedy
set in the streets of you guessed it
New York where you going going home I’m
walking home now when regular guy Paul
meets a pretty girl in a cafe he has no
idea that he’s about to have the worst
night of his life they’re all trying to
kill me I mean I just wanted to leave
you know my apartment maybe meet a nice
girl and now I’ve got to die for it you
know what ensues from their meeting is a
series of very unfortunate events that
eventually brings things full circle
although lighter in spirit the cult film
is undeniably Scorsese full of dark
humor and a tribute to the city that
doesn’t sleep even after hours I’m gonna
be trouble with people up there they
want to kill me
there’s no another way out of here no is
there another way out of here Oh number
five The Goonies come on
our next entry was adapted by Chris
Columbus from a story by Steven
Spielberg and although the latter didn’t
direct the film it has all the
components of a Spielberg adventure
movie don’t say that never say that
Goonies never say die when a group of
boys decides to try saving their homes
from foreclosure they accidentally
unearth an old treasure map that leads
them on an adventure to find the booty
covered remains of one-eyed Willy a
pirate from the 17th century
sure
that’s why they call you wanted really
the movie is a quotable cult-classic
first you guys do the truffle shuffle it
spawned a series of video games and
there have been talks of a possible
sequel since 2007
number four the color purple based on
the Pulitzer prize-winning novel of the
same name this period piece was the most
talked about drama in 1985
oh my life I had to fight I had to fight
my daddy I had to fight my uncles I had
to fight my brothers girl child ain’t
safe in a family man sir
directed by Steven Spielberg it follows
the trials and tribulations of a young
african-american girl living in the
early 20th century however it’s not only
about the difficulties of being
african-american in the United States at
the time but also about being a woman
you cut me a knot kid the film received
11 Academy Award nominations and
although it didn’t win any it remains
one of the most important movies of the
year I think it pisses god off if you
walk by the color purple in a field and
don’t notice it number 3 Brazil
this undeniable sci-fi classic comes
from none other than director Terry
Gilliam whose dystopian vision of a
bureaucratic future still resonates with
cinephiles today Sam it’s time for you
to grow up and accept responsibility
your poor father would be appalled at
your lack of promotion
starring Jonathan Pryce as a sick of his
job government employee the film follows
him as he tries to correct an error that
killed the wrong man and in turn makes
Sam Lowry and enemy of the state Jack
Anderson please help me the film stands
out among other science fiction movies
from 1985 for its social commentary in
addition to being an example of weird
and even psychedelic like filmmaking
Brazil was also rightly nominated for
two Oscars for Original Screenplay and
best art direction and unsurprisingly
became a cult flick all I can say is
don’t fall at the last fence the
finishing person site see the paddock do
cooperate you give your mother good luck
keep your eye on the ball gotta go can’t
keep the old ones waiting number 2 The
Breakfast Club totally 1985 was a big
year for director John Hughes whose teen
movies could be funny and sad in subtle
ways but still resonate with audiences
today are you through no I’m doing
society a favor so that’s another one
right now I’ve got you for the rest of
your natural-born life if you don’t
watch your step you want another one yes
you got it you got another one right
there that’s another one pal when five
high school students meet in detention
they appear as stereotypes to each other
and to the audience
there’s the jock the pretty girl the
weird one the nerd and so on but as the
day progresses they begin to pour their
hearts out to each other in both
hilarious and heartbreaking ways Andrew
you’ve got to be number one
I won’t tolerate any losers in this
family your intensity is for shit when
when when although few critics took the
film seriously at the time the
coming-of-age flick has grown into a
classic and is one from an era when teen
movies had substance Sincerely Yours The
Breakfast Club
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions right
now the country is not in such great
shape what do you mean we’re in the
middle of a depression everybody’s very
poor don’t you know what the Nazis did
to people Jews Marxists Catholics
homosexuals of course I know what do you
take me for an even dumber drug than I
am
get used to the cement honey this is our
house forever this is it
we found ourselves boy did we find
ourselves in the middle of nowhere with
nothing this is a real you know what it
is it’s st. Elmo’s fire
number 1 back to the future when this
baby hits 88 miles per hour you’re gonna
see some serious shit starring Michael J
Fox in his most iconic role our number
one pick is a movie that successfully
mixed all the genres that were popular
in 1985 precisely whoa this is heavy
there’s action there’s comedy adventure
and sci-fi there are even some pretty
good sound effects for which the film
actually won an Oscar the quintessential
1985 teen Marty McFly is sent 30 years
back in time and he has to make sure his
parents meet so that he can ensure his
own existence oh I hope you don’t mind
but George asked if he could take me
home right good good ray and feeling
about you two critically and
commercially successful Back to the
Future was the year’s biggest flick and
went on to grow into a successful
franchise
well we’re going we don’t need roads do
you agree with our list truth truth no
what’s your favorite movie from 1985 are
you sure you want to find out for more
entertaining top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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