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Subgenre Sampler
Raising Arizona (1985)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter - Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter can't concieve a baby of their own, so they steal a quintuplet from a redneck tycoon. Highly original, off–beat…
Rambo 2 (1985)- Dir. George Pan Cosmatos
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier - Iconic actioner in which traumatised commando John Rambo (Stallone) returns to Vietnam to rescue imprisoned G.I.s. Simplistic and violent, but a key…
Ran (1985)
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai - The title translates to 'chaos'; it is Kurosawa's vast and bloody interpretation of Shakespeare's King Lear. Grandiose in every sense – a…
Ray Bradbury Theater, The (TV Series) (1985-1992)- An HBO–originated fantasy anthology series entirely scripted by the eponymous (and prolific) author, based on his short stories and novels. A…
Re-Animator (1985)- Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton - Essential splatter comedy takes gore levels to a (then) new extreme. Rebel science student Herbert West invents a serum that brings the dead back to…
Real Genius (1985)- Dir. Martha Coolidge
Feat. Val Kilmer, Gabe Jarret, Michelle Meyrink… - Kooky sci–fi comedy set on a Californian college campus, where a teenage genius develops a high powered chemical laser, but the CIA wants to…
Red Sonja (1985)- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brigitte Nielsen, Sandahl Bergman… - Unremarkable except for its silliness, this excursion into CONAN territory pits uber–bimbo Nielsen against various diehard villains.…
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley… - Fred Ward plays a tough NYC cop whose death is faked and a new identity of "Remo Williams" is bestowed by a secret organization known as CURE who…
Restless Natives (1985)- Dir. Michael Hoffman
Feat. Vincent Friell, Joe Mullaney, Ned Beatty… - Two Scottish friends become local folk heroes and tourist attractions when they start holding up tour buses with novelty items.
Return of the Living Dead, The (1985)- Dir. Dan O'Bannon
Feat. Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa - Pretty–good parody of Romero's Living Dead films, though not quite the same as the real thing. Great thrash–metal soundtrack, though.
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