1985
Top 10 of the year
The ten highest-voted films and series that premiered in 1985, via TMDB discover rankings.
Movies
- 1
Film
Back to the Future
- “Where we're going, we don't need roads”
- “Are you telling me that you built a time machine out of a DeLorean.”
- “Why don't you make like a tree and get out of here.”
★ 8.3 · 21,823 votes
- 2
Film
The Breakfast Club
- “Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal.”
- “The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock.”
- “They only met once, but it changed their lives forever.”
★ 7.7 · 8,544 votes
- 3
Film
The Goonies
- “However, on their quest to find the treasure, they run into a family of recently escaped criminals, determined to capture the kids and reach the treasure first.”
- “They call themselves "The Goonies." The secret caves. The old lighthouse. The lost map. The treacherous traps. The hidden adventure. And Sloth… Join the adventure.”
- “Young teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure in hopes of saving their homes from demolition.”
★ 7.5 · 6,231 votes
- 4
Film
Rocky IV
- “He's facing the ultimate challenge. And fighting for his life.”
- “Yeah, to you, it's Thanksgiving; to me, it's Thursday.”
- “Yo, Adrian!!.”
★ 7.1 · 4,811 votes
- 5
Film
Rambo: First Blood Part II
- “John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.”
- “John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission…”
- “No man, no law, no war can stop him.”
★ 6.7 · 4,315 votes
- 6
Film
Brazil
- “Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.”
- “It's only a state of mind.”
- “Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel.”
★ 7.7 · 3,698 votes
- 7
Film
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
- “I am the scales of justice, conductor of the choir of death!”
- “Oh what a day. What a lovely day!”
- “Witness me!”
★ 6.2 · 3,267 votes
- 8
Film
Commando
- “John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped.”
- “Somewhere, somehow, someone's going to pay.”
- “To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army.”
★ 6.7 · 3,133 votes
- 9
Film
Return
- “I am a Jedi, like my father before me.”
- “I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”
- “It’s a trap!”
★ 6.1 · 2,701 votes
- 10
Film
The Return of the Living Dead
- “They're back from the grave and ready to party!”
- “When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.”
- “When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas…”
★ 7.2 · 2,286 votes
TV shows
- 1
TV
ThunderCats
- “All but one of their escape ships was destroyed.”
- “The inhabitants of the planet Thundera evacuate just before it is destroyed.”
- “They were pursued by a band of mutants.”
★ 8.2 · 1,089 votes
- 2
TV
MacGyver
- “but he's a hero with a difference.”
- “He's everyone's favorite action hero...”
- “His mind is the ultimate weapon.”
★ 7.7 · 920 votes
- 3
TV
Moonlighting
- “After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency.”
- “Detectives with a heart”
- “Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.”
★ 7.5 · 394 votes
- 4
TV
The Golden Girls
- “Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.”
- “Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake.”
- “Meet four outrageous women who know when it comes to a good laugh, there's nothing like experience!”
★ 7.6 · 388 votes
- 5
TV
Robotech
- “Robotech is an 85-episode adaptation of three different anime television series made between 1982-1984 in Japan; the adaptation was aired in 1985.”
- “With this technology, Earth developed giant robotic machines or mecha to fight three successive extraterrestrial invasions.”
- “Within the combined and edited story, Robotechnology refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship that crashed on a South Pacific island.”
★ 8.6 · 372 votes
- 6
TV
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
- “Join the world’s sweetest heroes for high adventure in a mystical land of giants and wizards, ogres and dragons, and wondrous creatures both good and evil.”
- “Join the world’s sweetest heroes for high adventure in a mystical land of giants…”
- “Meet Gruffi, Zummi, Cubbi, Grammi, Tummi, Sunni, and all the legendary Gummis as they laugh, play, foil dastardly plots, and fight for what's right.”
★ 7.4 · 265 votes
- 7
TV
Dennis the Menace
- “and a mischievous personality, Dennis the Menace, gets into numerous scrapes and adventures with…”
- “The young blond boy with a cowlick and a mischievous personality, Dennis the Menace, gets into numerous scrapes and adventures with his dog Ruff and his friends Joey, Margaret, Gina, Tommy, PeeBee and Jay.”
- “The young blond boy with a cowlick and a mischievous personality, Dennis the Menace,…”
★ 6.6 · 261 votes
- 8
TV
The Twilight Zone
- “Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end.”
- “Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.”
- “This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series.”
★ 7.7 · 249 votes
- 9
TV
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
- “Shaggy and Scooby-Doo and friends must return 13 ghosts which they inadvertently released to a magical chest.”
- “Shaggy and Scooby-Doo and friends must return 13 ghosts which they inadvertently released to…”
- “Together with Daphne and Scrappy-Doo, along with newcomer Flim-Flam, they travel the world facing the ghosts that must be returned to the chest.”
★ 7.9 · 237 votes
- 10
TV
Amazing Stories
- “A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.”
- “A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and…”
- “and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg…”
★ 7.5 · 228 votes