1985 in film

See also: 1984 in film, other events of 1985, 1986 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Academy Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Other Movies Released

Events

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson
2. , starring Sylvester Stallone
3. Rocky IV, starring Sylvester Stallone
4. The Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg
5. Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford
6. Cocoon, directed by Ron Howard
7. Witness, starring Harrison Ford
8. The Goonies, starring Sean Astin
9. , starring Steve Guttenberg
10. A View to a Kill from the James Bond series

• Best Picture: Out of Africa - Universal
• Best Actor: William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Best Actress: Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful

Deaths

• March 21 - Michael Redgrave, actor, father of actresses Vanessa Redgrave & Lynn Redgrave
• May 16 - Margaret Hamilton, actress, Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz
• August 8 - Louise Brooks, actress
• August 13 - Gale Sondergaard, actress
• August 28 - Ruth Gordon, actress / writer
• September 27 - Lloyd Nolan, actor
• October 2 - Rock Hudson, actor
• October 10 - Yul Brynner, actor
• October 10 - Orson Welles, actor / director
• December 12 - Anne Baxter, actress

• A Chorus Line
• Brazil
• Cat's Eye
• Mask
• Real Genius
• The Black Cauldron