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Subgenre Sampler
Flesh and Blood (1985)- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh - Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh are mercenary soldier and captive who fall in love amid rampant flesh and blood–letting in medieval…
Mussolini - The Untold Story (1985)- Dir. William A. Graham
Feat. George C. Scott, Gabriel Byrne, Robert Downey Jnr.… - Based on the memoirs of his eldest son this memorable mini–series begins with Mussolini's rise to power in 1922 and follows his political and…
Mussolini and I (1985)- Dir. Alberto Negrin
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Anthony Hopkins, Susan Sarandon… - The last days of Il Duce as embodied by Bob Hoskins in this strong Italian miniseries.
North and South (TV Series) (1985)- Dir. Richard T. Heffron
Feat. Patrick Swayze, James Read, Kirstie Alley… - Heavyweight Civil War tome starring Patrick Swayze and James Read as young men caught up in the winds of American revolution, conflict and…
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…
Revolution (1985)- Dir. Hugh Hudson
Feat. Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski… - Disastrous epic with Pacino almost committing career suicide as a fur trapper caught in the upheaval of the American Revolution. Some handsome…
Sacred Hearts (1985)- Dir. Barbara Rennie
Feat. Anna Massey - Earnest drama set in a repressive convent (run by Anna Massey) during the Blitz.
Shoah (1985)
- Dir. Claude Lanzmann
- Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary on the Holocaust – 10 years in the making – is everything Resnais' 'Night and Fog' isn't; rough,…
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985)- Dir. Lamont Johnson
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Alice Krige, Kenneth Colley… - The true story of Hungarian diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who risked his own life manufacturing protective passports for thousands of Jews in exile…
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