41. The Journey of Natty Gann
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Actors: Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Lainie Kazan, Scatman Crothers, Ray Wise, Verna Bloom
Plot: Natty, a twelve year old girl and her father are on their own during the Depression. When Natty's father has to leave her while he looks for work in another state, Natty runs away from her guardian to follow her father. While she travels west, she rescues a wolf who becomes her travel companion. When the train she was on derails, Natty's father is informed that she is dead. Out of despair, her father volunteers for the most dangerous position at his work. Can Natty survive the dangers of life on the road and get to her father in time?
42. The Sure Thing
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rob Reiner
Actors: John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Anthony Edwards, Tim Robbins, Nicollette Sheridan, Boyd Gaines
Plot: Inexperienced main character is promised a "sure thing" with a hot blonde in California. Meanwhile, he is traveling with an average brunette to get there until his feelings change.
43. The Mean Season
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Phillip Borsos
Actors: Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan, Richard Masur, Joe Pantoliano, Andy Garcia
Plot: A reporter in Miami is fed up with writing about local murders and promises his girlfriend they will move away. But before he leaves, he begins receiving calls from a man claiming to be the latest murdered he has been reporting on. He promises to kill more and call again. As the murders and calls both keep coming, the reporter realizes he's in far deeper than ever before.
44. The Black Cauldron
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ted Berman, Richard Rich
Actors: Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Freddie Jones, Nigel Hawthorne, Arthur Malet, John Byner
Plot: A swords-and-sorcery epic set in an ancient land, where young pig keeper Taran dreams of becoming a warrior and the evil Horned King is trying to obtain the Black Cauldron to raise an army of the dead. With the help of strong-willed Princess Eilonwy, Taran encounters mystical beings as he sets out to find the Cauldron before the dreaded Horned King can get his hands on it.
45. Rambo: First Blood Part 2
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Steven Berkoff, Martin Kove, George Cheung
Plot: Rambo is needed to take pictures of a POW camp, so that the POW's can eventually be rescued. But, he ends up trying to rescue them himself.
46. The Quiet Earth
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Geoff Murphy
Actors: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith, Anzac Wallace, Norman Fletcher, Tom Hyde
Plot: Zac Hobson awakens to find himself alone in the world. Seeking other survivors, as well as the truth to what happened, he comes across scant few people - all of whom seem to have their own agenda, even as he questions if a government research project he worked on is responsible for this outcome.
47. St. Elmo's Fire
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joel Schumacher
Actors: Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Andrew McCarthy, Andie MacDowell, Judd Nelson
Plot: A group college grads reunite to hang out and continue their friendship when that doesn't work out because they are all more different than they thought but still friends.
48. Cocoon
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg
Plot: A group of seniors are reinvigorated after swimming in a pool inhabited by visiting aliens.
49. Seven Minutes in Heaven
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Linda Feferman
Actors: Jennifer Connelly, Byron Thames, Maddie Corman, Spalding Gray, Lauren Holly, Polly Draper
50. Eleni
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Yates
Actors: Kate Nelligan, John Malkovich, Linda Hunt, Glenne Headly, Oliver Cotton, Ronald Pickup
