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Subgenre Sampler

 
PlentyPlenty (1985)
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Meryl Streep, John Gielgud, Sam Neill
Meryl Streep plays a hero of WWII, who finds the rest of her life an anticlimax.
Price, The (TV Mini-series)Price, The (TV Mini-series) (1985)
Feat. Peter Barkworth, Harriet Walter, Aingeal Grehan
UK miniseries building a chilling web of intrigue around a priviledged dilettante wife (Harriet Walter) who finds herself caught between IRA thugs…
Private Function, APrivate Function, A (1985)
Dir. Malcolm Mowbray
Feat. Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott
Michael Palin and Maggie Smith star in Alan Bennett's savage satire of class hypocrisy. Set in post–WW2 Britain during food rationing, secret…
Prizzi's HonorPrizzi's Honor (1985)
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston
Jack Nicholson plays a Mafia hitman, embroiled in some ripely comic and sexy intrigues.
Purple Rose of CairoPurple Rose of Cairo (1985) Aro Favourite
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello
Exceptional comic fantasy about a depression–era housewife (Mia Farrow) whose solace in the movies blossoms into a romance with a screen…
Raising ArizonaRaising Arizona (1985) Aro Favourite
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…
St. Elmo's FireSt. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy
The definitive 'Brat Pack' movie – seven graduates find the big wide world and the urge to pair off has consequences on their friendship as a…
Summer LoversSummer Lovers (1985)
Dir. Randal Kleiser
Feat. Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah, Valerie Quennessen
Daffy drama set on a Greek isle with Gallagher and Hannah as a holidaying couple, trouble ensues when Gallagher meets a sexy archaeologist.
Sure Thing, The (1985)
Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Tim Robbins
Early John Cusack film puts an agreeable spin on the plot of IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, where he and female–nemesis Daphne Zuniga uncomfortably…
Sweet DreamsSweet Dreams (1985)
Dir. Carol Rice
Feat. Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth
Sterling biopic of country singer Patsy Cline.

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