Top 26 Drama Movies Releases from 1985

Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought. Read about The Breakfast Club / IMDB / YouTube

Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-six, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. Read about Rocky IV / IMDB / YouTube

A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams. See more about Brazil / IMDB / YouTube

In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him. Info on Ran / IMDB / YouTube

After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II. Info on Come and See / IMDB / YouTube

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. Info on Blood Simple / IMDB / YouTube

While protecting an Amish boy - who is the sole witness to a brutal murder - and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life is threatened. Find out about Witness / IMDB / YouTube

In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter. Explore Out of Africa / IMDB / YouTube

Ordinary word processor Paul Hackett experiences the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit Marcy, a Soho resident that he met that evening at a coffee shop. Look into After Hours / IMDB / YouTube

In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose work is re-writing history, tries to rebel. He meets a kindred spirit named Julia and they fall into a love affair. Details on 1984 / IMDB / YouTube

As the world is overrun by zombies, a group of scientists and military personnel sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida must decide on how they should deal with the undead horde. Learn about Day of the Dead / IMDB / YouTube

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor. Check out Cocoon / IMDB / YouTube

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land. Explore Pale Rider / IMDB / YouTube

A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during Pol Pot's bloody Year Zero cleansing campaign. Read about The Killing Fields / IMDB / YouTube

The thief Gaston escapes the dungeon of medieval Aquila through the latrine. Soldiers are about to kill him when Navarre saves him. Navarre, traveling with his spirited hawk, plans to kill the bishop of Aquila with help from Gaston. More about Ladyhawke / IMDB / YouTube

During a long space war, the lives of two wounded enemies become dependent on their ability to forgive and to trust. Check out Enemy Mine / IMDB / YouTube

A band of misfit friends come together to right the injustices which exist in a small town. More about Silverado / IMDB / YouTube

A group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood. More about St. Elmo's Fire / IMDB / YouTube

A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner. Learn about To Live and Die in L.A. / IMDB / YouTube

A teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances. Details on Mask / IMDB / YouTube

A stray cat is the linking element of three tales of suspense and horror. See more about Cat's Eye / IMDB / YouTube

Two professional assassins fall in love. Read about Prizzi's Honor / IMDB / YouTube

A scientist awakens to find himself alone in the world. In a desperate attempt to search for others, he finds only two who have their own agenda. Info on The Quiet Earth / IMDB / YouTube

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself. Look into Desperately Seeking Susan / IMDB / YouTube

Walter Gibson is a university freshman going through a dry spell. His old buddy arranges a sure thing for him in California. Gibson and his classmate Allison then take a long road trip out to Cali, and both foil each other's plans. Check out The Sure Thing / IMDB / YouTube

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator. Details on A Passage to India / IMDB / YouTube