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Subgenre Sampler
Spies Like Us (1985)- Dir. John Landis
Feat. Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd - Sending up the spy–caper genre, this piece of Chevy Chase–Dan Aykroyd fluff is amusing enough. Filled with numerous cameos by film…
St. 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 Rental (1985)- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. John Candy, Richard Crenna, Kerri Green… - A half–decent, though critically–panned, comic vehicle for John Candy in which the big man plays an overworked air–traffic…
Supergrass, The (1985)- Dir. Peter Richardson
Feat. Adrian Edmondson, Robbie Coltrane, Jennifer Saunders… - A clever, understated comedy from the Comic Strip team with Adrian Edmondson as an ordinary bloke mistaken for a major–league drug dealer.
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…
Teen Wolf / Teen Wolf Too (1985-1986)- Dir. Rod Daniel, Christopher Leitch
Feat. Michael J. Fox, Jason Bateman - In TEEN WOLF, Fox plays a high–school student who discovers he has lycanthropic tendencies. The sequel TEEN WOLF TOO continues the story in…
Three Men and a Cradle (1985)- Dir. Coline Serreau
Feat. Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, Andre Dussollier - Hugely successful comedy that spawned the U.S. remake about three domesticated bachelors who grapple with the needs of an infant and an unsolicited…
Toxic Avenger, The (1985)
- Dir. Michael Herz, Sam Weil
Feat. Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Prichard - A nerd becomes super–powered after falling into a vat of radioactive waste, and proceeds to clean up crime in one of the most notorious yet…
Troll (1985)- Dir. John Buechler, Drago Floyd
Feat. Michael Moriarty, Sonny Bono, Shelley Hack… - Barrel–scrapingly hilarious, this GREMLINS knock–off sees a hairy troll turning an apartment block into a "garden of ancient evil", by…
Volunteers (1985)- Feat. Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson…
- Broad eighties comedy stars a fresh–faced Hanks as a upper class snob who joins the peace corps in Thailand in order to escape his gambling…
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