1985

Film Decades: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Each review will be linked to the title below.

(*seen originally in theaters)

(**seen rereleased in theaters)

  • 28 Up – documentary – (U.K.)
  • Adieu Bonaparte, directed by Youssef Chahine, starring Michel Piccoli – (France/Egypt)
  • The Adventures of Mark Twain, starring James Whitmore
  • After Hours – directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Catherine O’Hara, Teri Garr, Linda Fiorentino, John Heard, Verna Bloom, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong
  • Agnes of God – directed by Norman Jewison, starring Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft, Meg Tilly
  • Alamo Bay, directed by Louis Malle, starring Ed Harris and Amy Madigan
  • Alice in Wonderland – starring Natalie Gregory, Sid Caesar, Carol Channing, Sammy Davis, Jr., Telly Savalas, Ringo Starr – TV movie
  • The Alley Cat (Le Matou) – (Canada)
  • American Flyers, starring Kevin Costner, David Marshall Grant, Rae Dawn Chong, Alexandra Paul
  • American Ninja, starring Michael Dudikoff
  • Angry Harvest (Bittere Ernte), starring Armin Mueller-Stahl – (West Germany)
  • Anne of Green Gables, starring Megan Follows – (Canada)
  • Arjun, starring Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia – (India)
  • The Assam Garden, starring Deborah Kerr and Madhur Jaffrey – (U.K.)
  • Asterix Versus Caesar (Astérix et la surprise de César) – (France)
  • The Aviator, starring Christopher Reeve, Rosanna Arquette, Jack Warden
  • Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, starring Sean Young, William Katt and Patrick McGoohan
  • Back to the Future** – directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
  • Bad Medicine, starring Steve Guttenberg, Julie Hagerty and Alan Arkin
  • Better Off Dead, starring John Cusack
  • Black Arrow, starring Oliver Reed and Fernando Rey
  • The Black Cauldron – directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich, with the voices of Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Freddie Jones, Nigel Hawthorne, Phil Fondacaro, & John Hurt
  • Bliss – (Australia)
  • The Blue Yonder
  • The Boys Next Door, starring Maxwell Caulfield and Charlie Sheen
  • Brazil – directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Michael Palin, Bob Hoskins, Ian Holm, Jim Broadbent – UK
  • The Breakfast Club – directed by John Hughes, starring Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Gleason
  • Brewster’s Millions – starring Richard Pryor and John Candy
  • The Bride, starring Sting and Jennifer Beals – (UK/US)
  • The Burmese Harp (Biruma no tategoto), directed by Kon Ichikawa, a remake of Ichikawa’s 1956 film – (Japan)
  • Butterfly and Flowers (Peesua lae dokmai) – (Thailand)
  • Calamari Union, directed by Aki Kaurismäki – (Finland)
  • Came a Hot Friday – (New Zealand)
  • Cat’s Eye, an anthology film starring Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Kenneth McMillan, Robert Hays
  • The Care Bears Movie, starring Mickey Rooney (voice) – (Canada)
  • Cavegirl
  • Cemetery of Terror
  • Chicken with Vinegar (Poulet au Vinaigre), directed by Claude Chabrol – (France)
  • A Chorus Line, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Michael Douglas and Alyson Reed
  • Clue** – starring Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Michael McKean, Lesley Ann Warren, Christopher Lloyd, Madeline Kahn, Martin Mull, Colleen Camp
  • The Coca-Cola Kid, starring Eric Roberts and Greta Scacchi
  • Cocoon – directed by Ron Howard, starring Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Steve Guttenberg, Barret Oliver, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Tahnee Welch
  • Code of Silence, directed by Andrew Davis, starring Chuck Norris and Molly Hagan
  • Colonel Red, directed by István Szabó, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer – (West Germany/Hungary/Austria)
  • The Color Purple – directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Adolph Caesar, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey
  • Come and See (Idi i smotri) – (U.S.S.R.)
  • Commando, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Vernon Wells, Dan Hedaya, Bill Duke, David Patrick Kelly, Alyssa Milano
  • Compromising Positions – directed by Frank Perry, starring Susan Sarandon, Raúl Juliá, Judith Ivey, Edward Herrmann, Mary Beth Hurt, Joe Mantegna, Deborah Rush, Anne De Salvo, & Josh Mostel
  • Crime Wave – (Canada)
  • Crimewave – directed by Sam Raimi, co-written by Raimi and Joel & Ethan Coen, starring Louise Lasser, Paul L. Smith, Brion James, Sheree J. Wilson, Edward R. Pressman, Bruce Campbell, & Reed Birney
  • D.A.R.Y.L. – starring Barret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Josef Sommer and Colleen Camp
  • Dance with a Stranger, directed by Mike Newell, starring Rupert Everett and Miranda Richardson – (U.K.)
  • Day of the Dead – directed by George A. Romero
  • Death in a French Garden (Péril en la demeure) – (France)
  • Death of a Salesman, directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich – TV movie
  • Death Wish 3, starring Charles Bronson
  • Defence of the Realm, starring Gabriel Byrne and Greta Scacchi – (U.K.)
  • Déjà Vu, directed by Anthony B. Richmond, starring Jaclyn Smith, Claire Bloom, Nigel Terry and Shelley Winters
  • Desert Hearts, starring Patricia Charbonneau, Helen Shaver, Audra Lindley
  • Desperately Seeking Susan – directed by Susan Seidelman, starring Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Laurie Metcalf, John Turturro
  • Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, directed by Wayne Wang
  • Dissolved and Effused (Rozpuštěný a vypuštěný) – (Czechoslovakia)
  • Dreamchild – starring Ian Holm, Coral Browne, Peter Gallagher – (U.K.)
  • Eleni, directed by Peter Yates, starring John Malkovich, Kate Nelligan, Linda Hunt, Glenne Headly
  • The Emerald Forest – directed by John Boorman, starring Powers Boothe, Meg Foster, Charley Boorman – (U.K.)
  • Enemy Mine, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett, Jr. – (West Germany/United States)
  • Eoudong (Courtesan) – (South Korea)
  • Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, starring Wilford Brimley and Warwick Davis – TV movie
  • Explorers – directed by Joe Dante, starring Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix and Jason Presson
  • The Falcon and the Snowman, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn
  • Family Life (La Vie de Famille) – (France)
  • Fandango, starring Kevin Costner and Judd Nelson
  • Festa di laurea (Graduation Party) – (Italy)
  • Fever Pitch, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Ryan O’Neal, Giancarlo Giannini, Chad Everett, Catherine Hicks
  • Final Justice, starring Joe Don Baker
  • Fire Festival (Himatsuri) – (Japan)
  • Flesh and Blood, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh – (United States/Netherlands/Spain)
  • Fletch – Directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Geena Davis and Joe Don Baker
  • Fool for Love – directed by Robert Altman, starring Sam Shepard and Kim Basinger
  • Fran – (Australia)
  • Friday the 13th, Part V: A New Beginning, directed by Danny Steinmann, starring Melanie Kinnaman and John Shepherd
  • Fright Night, starring William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall, Amanda Bearse
  • Ghoulies, starring Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Scott Thompson
  • Ghulami, starring Dharmendra and Naseeruddin Shah – (India)
  • Girls Just Want to Have Fun, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt
  • Give the Devil His Due (S čerty nejsou žerty) – (Czechoslovakia)
  • Goodbye, New York, starring Julie Hagerty
  • The Goonies** – directed by Richard Donner, starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Jonathan Ke Quan, Martha Plimpton
  • Gotcha!, starring Anthony Edwards and Linda Fiorentino
  • Grace Quigley – starring Katharine Hepburn and Nick Nolte
  • lLa Gran Fiesta – (Puerto Rico)
  • Guest from the Future (Gostya iz budushchego) – (U.S.S.R.)
  • Gymkata, starring Kurt Thomas, Tetchie Agbayani, Richard Norton
  • Hail Mary (Je vous salue, Marie) – directed by Jean-Luc Godard – (France)
  • Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age – (Australia)
  • Heaven Help Us, starring Andrew McCarthy and Mary Stuart Masterson
  • Here Come the Littles – (United States/Canada/Japan/Luxembourg)
  • The Holcroft Covenant – starring Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer
  • The Home and the World (Ghare Baire), directed by Satyajit Ray – (India)
  • Hour of the Star (A Hora da Estrela) – (Brazil)
  • How Poets are Losing Their Illusions (Jak básníci přicházejí o iluze) – (Czechoslovakia)
  • De IJssalon (The Ice-Cream Parlor) – (Netherlands)
  • Insignificance, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Theresa Russell, Tony Curtis, Gary Busey – (U.K.)
  • Into the Night – directed by John Landis, starring Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dan Aykroyd, with cameos by Jack Arnold, Rick Baker, Paul Bartel, David Cronenberg, Jonathan Demme, Richard Franklin, Carl Gottlieb, Amy Heckerling, Jim Henson, Colin Higgins, Lawrence Kasdan, Jonathan Lynn, Paul Mazursky, Don Siegel
  • Invasion U.S.A., starring Chuck Norris
  • Jagged Edge, directed by Richard Marquand, starring Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Robert Loggia, Peter Coyote
  • The Jewel of the Nile, directed by Lewis Teague, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito
  • Joshua Then and Now, starring James Woods and Alan Arkin – (Canada)
  • The Journey of Natty Gann, starring Meredith Salenger and John Cusack
  • Just One of the Guys, starring Joyce Hyser
  • King David, starring Richard Gere – (UK/US)
  • King Solomon’s Mines, starring Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (O Beijo da Mulher Aranha) – directed by Héctor Babenco, starring William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga – (Brazil/United States)
  • Krush Groove, starring Blair Underwood, Run–D.M.C., Sheila E.
  • Ladyhawke – directed by Richard Donner, starring Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rutger Hauer
  • The Last Dragon, starring Taimak, Faith Prince
  • The Last Polka, starring John Candy and Eugene Levy – (Canada)
  • Latino, directed by Haskell Wexler
  • Leave All Fair, starring John Gielgud and Jane Birkin (New Zealand/France)
  • Legend – directed by Ridley Scott, starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry – (UK/US)
  • The Legend of Billie Jean, starring Helen Slater, Keith Gordon, Peter Coyote, Christian Slater, Yeardley Smith
  • The Legend of Suram Fortress, directed by Sergei Parajanov (Soviet Union)
  • Letter to Brezhnev, starring Peter Firth and Alexandra Pigg – (U.K.)
  • Lifeforce – directed by Tobe Hooper, starring Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay and Patrick Stewart
  • Lonely Heart (Sabishinbou) – (Japan)
  • Lost in America, directed by and starring Albert Brooks, with Julie Hagerty
  • Lust in the Dust – directed by Paul Bartel, starring Tab Hunter, Divine, Cesar Romero, & Lainie Kazan
  • Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome – directed by George Miller & George Ogilvie, starring Mel Gibson & Tina Turner – (Australia)
  • The Man with One Red Shoe, starring Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, Lori Singer, Dabney Coleman
  • Manevri na petiya etazh (Maneuvers on the Fifth Floor) – (Bulgaria)
  • Marie, starring Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Fred Dalton Thompson
  • Mask – directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Eric Stoltz, Cher and Sam Elliott
  • Mask of Murder, starring Rod Taylor and Valerie Perrine – (United States/Sweden)
  • The Mass Is Ended (La messa è finita), directed by and starring Nanni Moretti – (Italy)
  • Maxie, starring Glenn Close, Mandy Patinkin, Ruth Gordon, Valerie Curtin
  • The Mean Season, starring Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway and Richard Jordan
  • Meri Jung, starring Anil Kapoor – (India)
  • The Midnight Hour
  • Mirch Masala (Spices), starring Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Om Puri – (U.K./India)
  • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Ken Ogata – (United States/Japan)
  • Movers & Shakers, directed by William Asher, starring Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Gilda Radner
  • Mr. Vampire (Goeng-si Sin-sang) – (Hong Kong)
  • Murphy’s Romance, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim
  • My Beautiful Laundrette – directed by Stephen Frears, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Gordon Warnecke – (U.K.)
  • My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund), directed by Lasse Hallström – (Sweden) – Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
  • My Science Project
  • My Sweet Little Village (Vesničko má středisková), directed by Jiří Menzel – (Czechoslovakia)
  • National Lampoon’s European Vacation – directed by Amy Heckerling, starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively, Victor Lanoux, & Eric Idle
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
  • No End (Bez końca), directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski – (Poland)
  • No Surrender, starring Michael Angelis and Bernard Hill – (U.K.)
  • The Official Story (La historia oficial) – (Argentina) – Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
  • Once Bitten, starring Lauren Hutton and Jim Carrey (in his first major role)
  • One Magic Christmas, starring Mary Steenburgen and Harry Dean Stanton – (United States/Canada)
  • Ordeal by Innocence, starring Donald Sutherland, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Plummer – (U.K.)
  • Out of Africa, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer – Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards
  • Padre nuestro (Our Father), starring Victoria Abril – (Spain)
  • Pale Rider – directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Michael Moriarty and Carrie Snodgress
  • Parking – directed by Jacques Demy, starring Francis Huster, Laurent Malet, & Jean Marais – France
  • Pas în doi (Passo Doble) – (Romania)
  • The Peanut Butter Solution – (Canada)
  • Pee-wee’s Big Adventure – directed by Tim Burton, starring Paul Reubens
  • Perfect, directed by James Bridges, starring John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis
  • Phenomena, directed by Dario Argento – (Italy)
  • Pizza Connection, directed by Damiano Damiani – (Italy)
  • Plenty, directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman, Ian McKellen, Sting – (U.K.)
  • Police, starring Gérard Depardieu and Sophie Marceau – (France)
  • Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, starring Steve Guttenberg, George Gaynes, Colleen Camp, Bubba Smith
  • Police Story (Ging chat goo si), directed by and starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)
  • Private Resort – directed by George Bowers, starring Johnny Depp, Rob Morrow, Andrew Dice Clay
  • Prizzi’s Honor, directed by John Huston, starring Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, William Hickey – Golden Globe for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
  • The Protector, starring Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello – (Hong Kong/United States)
  • The Purple Rose of Cairo – directed by Woody Allen, starring Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello
  • The Quiet Earth – (New Zealand)
  • Radioactive Dreams, starring Michael Dudikoff and Lisa Blount – (United States/Mexico)
  • Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer – (United States/Japan)
  • Rambo: First Blood Part II – directed by George P. Cosmatos, starring Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Julia Nickson
  • Ran – directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Tatsuya Nakadai and Mieko Harada – (Japan)
  • Re-Animator – directed by Stuart Gordon, starring Jeffrey Combs
  • Real Genius, starring Val Kilmer, Gabe Jarret, William Atherton and Michelle Meyrink
  • Red Kiss (Rouge Baiser) – (France)
  • Red Sonja, starring Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman
  • Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, starring Fred Ward, Kate Mulgrew, Joel Grey
  • Rendez-vous, starring Juliette Binoche and Jean-Louis Trintignant – (France)
  • Restless Natives, directed by Michael Hoffman – (U.K.)
  • The Return of the Living Dead, directed by Dan O’Bannon
  • Return to Oz, starring Fairuza Balk, Piper Laurie, Jean Marsh
  • Revolution – directed by Hugh Hudson, starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski – (U.K.)
  • Rocky IV – directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, with Talia Shire, Dolph Lundgren, Carl Weathers, Brigitte Nielsen, Burt Young
  • A Room with a View – directed by James Ivory, starring Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench and Simon Callow – (U.K.)
  • Runaway Train, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay
  • The Runner (Davandeh) – (Iran)
  • Rustlers’ Rhapsody, directed by Hugh Wilson, starring Tom Berenger, Marilu Henner, Sela Ward, Andy Griffith, Patrick Wayne
  • Santa Claus: The Movie, starring David Huddleston, Dudley Moore, John Lithgow – (UK/US)
  • Scorpio Nights – (Philippines)
  • Secret Admirer, starring C. Thomas Howell, Lori Loughlin, Kelly Preston, Fred Ward
  • The Secret of the Sword
  • Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird
  • Shaker Run, starring Cliff Robertson, Leif Garrett, Lisa Harrow
  • Shoah – documentary – (France)
  • The Shooting Party, starring James Mason and John Gielgud – (U.K.)
  • Silver Bullet, starring Gary Busey, Corey Haim, Megan Follows, Everett McGill
  • Silverado – directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, Kevin Costner, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Dennehy, John Cleese, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Hunt
  • A Simple Death (Prostaya smert) – (U.S.S.R.)
  • The Slugger’s Wife, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Michael O’Keefe and Rebecca De Mornay
  • Smooth Talk, starring Laura Dern and Treat Williams
  • Spies Like Us – directed by John Landis, starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, and Donna Dixon
  • St. Elmo’s Fire – directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham, Andie MacDowell, Martin Balsam, Jenny Wright, Joyce Van Patten
  • Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
  • Stick – directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, with Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, George Segal
  • Subway, directed by Luc Besson, starring Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert – (France)
  • Summer Rental – directed by Carl Reiner, starring John Candy, Rip Torn, Richard Crenna
  • The Supergrass, starring Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Robbie Coltrane – (U.K.)
  • The Sure Thing – directed by Rob Reiner, starring John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Nicollette Sheridan, Viveca Lindfors, Anthony Edwards
  • Sweet Dreams, a biopic of Patsy Cline, starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris
  • Taipei Story (Qing mei zhu ma) – (Taiwan)
  • Tampopo (Dandelion) – (Japan)
  • Target, starring Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon
  • Tea in the Harem (Le Thé au harem d’Archimède) – (France)
  • Teen Wolf, starring Michael J. Fox
  • That Was Then… This Is Now, starring Emilio Estevez, Craig Sheffer
  • That’s Dancing! – featuring Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Sammy Davis, Jr. and others
  • Thirteen at Dinner, starring Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, Lee Horsley, Bill Nighy
  • Three Men and a Cradle (Trois hommes et un couffin) – (France)
  • The Time of the Hero (a.k.a. La ciudad y los perros) – (Peru)
  • The Time to Live and the Time to Die (Tong nian wang shi) – (Taiwan)
  • To Live and Die in L.A., directed by William Friedkin, starring William Petersen and Willem Dafoe
  • Trancers
  • Transylvania 6-5000, starring Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley, Jr., Joseph Bologna, Teresa Ganzel, Geena Davis
  • Treasure Island (L’île au trésor) – (France/Chile)
  • The Trip to Bountiful, starring Geraldine Page, John Heard, Rebecca De Mornay
  • Trouble in Mind – directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Lori Singer, Geneviève Bujold, Joe Morton, Dirk Blocker, George Kirby, & Divine
  • Tuff Turf, starring James Spader
  • Turk 182!, starring Timothy Hutton, Robert Urich, Kim Cattrall
  • Turtle Diary, starring Glenda Jackson and Ben Kingsley – (U.K.)
  • Twice in a Lifetime, starring Gene Hackman, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Amy Madigan, Ally Sheedy, Brian Dennehy
  • The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (Le due vite di Mattia Pascal), starring Marcello Mastroianni and Senta Berger – (Italy)
  • UFOria, starring Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton, Cindy Williams
  • The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) – (Finland)
  • Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) – directed by Agnès Varda – (France) – Golden Lion award
  • Vampire Hunter D (Kyûketsuki hantâ D) – (Japan)
  • Vampires in Havana (¡Vampiros en La Habana!) – (Cuba)
  • La vaquilla (The Heifer), directed by Luis García Berlanga – (Spain)
  • A View to a Kill – starring Roger Moore (as James Bond) with Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones – (U.K.)
  • Vision Quest, starring Matthew Modine and Linda Fiorentino
  • Volunteers – starring Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Tim Thomerson, George Plimpton
  • Walking the Edge, starring Robert Forster and Nancy Kwan
  • Water – starring Michael Caine, Billy Connolly, Valerie Perrine – (U.K.)
  • Wetherby – directed by David Hare, starring Vanessa Redgrave, & Ian Holm – (U.K.) – Golden Bear award
  • Weird Science – directed by John Hughes, starring Kelly Le Brock, Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton, Robert Downey Jr.
  • Wild Geese II, starring Scott Glenn, Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier – (U.K.)
  • When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu) – (Yugoslavia) – Palme d’Or award
  • White Nights, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Helen Mirren
  • Witness, directed by Peter Weir, starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas
  • The Woman and the Stranger (Die Frau und der Fremde) – (East Germany) – Golden Bear award
  • Year of the Dragon – directed by Michael Cimino, starring Mickey Rourke and John Lone
  • Yes, Madam (Huang jia shi jie), starring Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock – (Hong Kong)
  • Young Sherlock Holmes, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Anthony Higgins
  • A Zed & Two Noughts, directed by Peter Greenaway – (U.K.)