Best award winning movies with a refreshing take from 1985

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a refreshing take from 1985! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a refreshing take from 1985, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Ran (1985)

With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.

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1985-06-01 | Action / Drama

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao

Rating

rating icon 8.071
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #42 for
    backstabbing
  2. Ranked #65 for
    with mercenaries
  3. Ranked #104 for
    implacable

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Ran trailer
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2 Out of Africa (1985)

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.

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1985-12-20 | History / Romance

Cast

Robert Redford, Meryl Streep

Rating

rating icon 7.176
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #25 for
    deservedly won awards
  2. Ranked #31 for
    remarkable
  3. Ranked #46 for
    sad

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3 The Bride (1985)

Doctor Frankenstein creates a mate for his monster, a woman called Eva, who promptly rejects the male creature. In turn, the doctor becomes obsessed with Eva, and tries to make her a perfect victorian woman.

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1985-08-16 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Sting, Jennifer Beals

Rating

rating icon 5.333
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1327 for
    the Leprechaun's choice
  2. Ranked #1593 for
    gastronomic
  3. Ranked #1695 for
    Slasher Film

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4 Back to the Future (1985)

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

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1985-07-03 | Adventure / Comedy

Cast

Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd

Rating

rating icon 8.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #68 for
    multiverse
  2. Ranked #70 for
    time-loop
  3. Ranked #104 for
    punching bag

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5 Fright Night (1985)

Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.

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1985-08-02 | Comedy / Horror

Cast

Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #58 for
    Slasher Film
  2. Ranked #216 for
    like Clue
  3. Ranked #222 for
    smooth talker

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6 My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

A Pakistani Briton renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.

Info

1985-11-16 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Gordon Warnecke, Daniel Day-Lewis

Rating

rating icon 6.736
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #66 for
    with bangers
  2. Ranked #69 for
    neon-drenched
  3. Ranked #97 for
    plain

Trailer

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7 Prizzi's Honor (1985)

Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US. When he sees Irene Walker, it's love at first sight. But he soon finds that she, too, is a killer for hire. Charley can overlook his suspicions, but he can't turn off his heart. And the couple must remember that even if they love each other, the Prizzis love only money.

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1985-06-14 | Romance / Comedy

Cast

Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner

Rating

rating icon 6.376
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #24 for
    like Scarface
  2. Ranked #65 for
    seriocomedy
  3. Ranked #79 for
    Multigenre

Trailer

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8 Pale Rider (1985)

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.

Info

1985-06-28 | Western / Drama

Cast

Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty

Rating

rating icon 7.154
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #23 for
    gun-for-hire
  2. Ranked #33 for
    Spaghetti Western
  3. Ranked #58 for
    horse opera

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9 The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

When foreman Frank shows new employee Freddy a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, the two klutzes accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into flesh-eating zombies. As the epidemic spreads throughout the town, and the creatures satisfy their hunger in gory and outlandish ways, Frank and Freddy fight to survive with the help of their boss and a mysterious mortician.

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1985-04-25 | Horror / Comedy

Cast

Clu Gulager, James Karen

Rating

rating icon 7.153
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #852 for
    with bangers
  2. Ranked #900 for
    paying homage
  3. Ranked #1113 for
    neon-drenched

Trailer

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10 Blood Simple (1985)

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

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1985-01-18 | Crime / Drama

Cast

John Getz, Frances McDormand

Rating

rating icon 7.248
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #20 for
    scuzzy
  2. Ranked #55 for
    Multigenre
  3. Ranked #63 for
    neo-noir

Trailer

Blood Simple trailer
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