Mishima (1985), Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985), Tampopo (1985), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985), Salyut 7 (2017), Kyûketsuki hantâ D (1985), Desert Hearts (1985) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best 1985 movies.
Storyline: A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese author Yukio Mishima. Three of the segments parallel events in Mishima's life with his novels (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoko's House, and Runaway Horses), while the fourth depicts the actual events of the 25th Nov. 1970, "The Last Day".—Nick Lopez <ntlopez@fas.harvard.edu>
Plot Keywords: biography, drama, art, japan, writer, literature, director ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Biography of clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw, one of the principal figures of the big band/jazz era of the late 1930s and 1940s. He discusses his constant need to seek new challenges, which led to numerous retirements and career changes including his foray into writing, which had long been his primary intention. He speaks about his difficulty in reconciling his fans' popular expectations with his personal, more esoteric musical ambitions. His many years of retreat from public life are also discussed, as well as his notorious series of unsuccessful marriages.—scgary66
Plot Keywords: documentary, music, biography, jazz, 20th century, musician, composer ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro, who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect noodle soup restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food, to an old woman who terrorizes a shopkeeper by compulsively squeezing his wares.
Plot Keywords: comedy, food, culture, humor, romance, drama, social satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis, a trans individual, is found guilty of immoral behavior and Valentin is a political prisoner. To escape reality Luis invents romantic movies, while Valentin tries to keep his mind on the situation he's in. During the time they spend together, the two men come to understand and respect one another.
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, homosexual, prison, political, drama film, novel adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Based on elements from the stories of Mark Twain, this feature-length Claymation fantasy follows the adventures of Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn as they stowaway aboard the interplanetary balloon of Mark Twain. Twain, disgusted with the human race, is intent upon finding Halley's Comet and crashing into it, achieving his "destiny." It's up to Tom, Becky, and Huck to convince him that his judgment is wrong and that he still has much to offer humanity that might make a difference. Their efforts aren't just charitable; if they fail, they will share Twain's fate. Along the way, they use a magical time portal to get a detailed overview of the Twain philosophy, observing the "historical" events that inspired his works.—Doug Ferrar <DAFerrar@ix.netcom.com>
Plot Keywords: animation, adventure, fantasy, classic, usa, literary adaptation, children ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The year is 1985. The unmanned Soviet space station Salyut 7, which is in low Earth orbit, suddenly stops responding to commands from the Control Center. If the space station - the pride of Soviet space engineering - falls from the sky, not only will it damage the image of the country, it could also be a disaster bringing untold casualties. To investigate the failure and prevent the catastrophe, people must be sent to the station. Yet no one in history has ever attempted to dock an uncontrolled vehicle in space. To this day, this mission is considered to be the most technically challenging in the history of space exploration.—CTB.ru
Plot Keywords: space, astronaut, soviet union, rescue mission, true story, cold war, heroism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her, and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.
Plot Keywords: vampire, hunter, science fiction, horror, action, dark, fantasy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: It is 1950s Nevada, and Professor Vivian Bell arrives to get a quickie divorce. She's unsatisfied with her marriage, and feels out of place at the ranch she stays on, she finds herself increasingly drawn to Cay Rivers, an open and self-assured lesbian, and the ranchowner's daughter. The emotions released by their developing intimacy, and Vivian's insecurities about her feelings towards Cay, are played out against a backdrop of rocky landscapes and country and western songs.—Neil Lewis <njl@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: romance, lesbian, drama, american, female director, independent film, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Mild mannered, middle-aged Donald Lovelace, a public gardener in Southport, has just passed, he survived by his wife of twenty-eight years, Doris Lovelace, and their adult daughter, Maggie Capstick. Doris is surprised to see a gaggle of women hanging back that she doesn't know at the graveside service. Donald's recent past is then told in flashback, a secret part of it a life of opening himself up sexually to other women whenever the opportunity arose. He and Doris never married for love, but rather in an effort to prove to themselves and to the world that they were "normal". As such, their marriage was a passionateless one, both physically and emotionally. As Donald approached age fifty, a relatively new situation in his life made him want to experience true love for the first time, which led to this disparate group of women entering it in one facet or another. Only his aged friend Theo, who often hung out with him while he did his work in the park, knew Donald's goal and the extent of his secret life. The question becomes if Donald was able to find that true love he so desired before his passing.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, urban, emotion, marriage, life, modern ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In a palace of Paris. Two detectives are investigating a two-year-old murder. Emile and Francoise Chenal are putting pressure on Jim Fox Warner, a boxing manager, who owes them a huge amount of money. But Jim also owes money to the Mafia, and it seems the boxing match he is counting on to bail out will not be sufficient...—Yepok
Plot Keywords: detective, mystery, crime, investigation, murder, police, deduction ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Cooper, the deputy director of the CIA, wants to be the director. So, he tries to make it appear that the director is corrupt so that he will resign or be removed. The director appears before a committee and asks for some time to prepare his defense. The director goes home and asks his man Brown to join him. He then shows Brown that Cooper is bugging him. That's when he decides to turn the tables on Cooper by feeding him some false information. And that information is that there's a man, who might be able to clear him of the charges against him, will be arriving at the airport, so he tells Brown to meet him. The Director tells Brown to just pick someone who is arriving at the airport thus making Cooper believe that he is the man who can help the director. Brown picks Richard cause he is wearing mismatched shoes, one of them being red. So Cooper sets up surveillance on Richard and sends his femme fatale, Maddy to come on to him and find out what he knows. While Maddy is playing, ...
Plot Keywords: comedy, spy, usa, tom hanks, remake, french film, action comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter will little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap Patricia, the base colonel's daughter, who happens to be along for the ride. Joe rescues Patricia and gets her safely back to the base, but everyone else in the platoon is killed, leading his superiors to conclude that Joe is guilty of cowardice, collaboration or simple incompetence. At the same time, the rebel leader vows revenge against the serviceman who disrupted his plans, and sends an army of ninjas to assassinate him and bring back Patricia. If he wants to survive and save the girl, Joe's going to have to draw on every last ounce of his training.
Plot Keywords: action, adventure, martial arts, american, war, military, hero ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Carrie Watts (Geraldine Page) may be old, but she suffers no shortage of spirit. When her carping daughter-in-law (Carlin Glynn) and overprotective son (John Heard) forbid her to travel alone from Houston to her childhood home in Bountiful, she strikes out anyway. Learning that trains no longer stop there, she takes a bus instead and en route meets a young woman (Rebecca De Mornay) with whom she shares both secrets and memories. Little does she know that her family has alerted the police.
Plot Keywords: drama, family, american, rural, elderly, nostalgia, journey ...
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