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Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
The legend of Santa Claus is put in jeopardy when an unscrupulous toy manufacturer attempts to take over Christmas. /// The story of where Santa Claus came from and his attempts to save Christmas after his elf gets mixed up with an evil toy tycoon.
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1985
11/27/1985
PG
Film
107 minutes
A
Genre:
Adventure
Family
Fantasy
Director(s):
Jeannot Szwarc
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Dudley Moore / Patch
John Lithgow / B.Z.
David Huddleston / Santa Claus
Burgess Meredith / Ancient Elf
Judy Cornwell / Anya Claus
Jeffrey Kramer / Towzer
Christian Fitzpatrick / Joe
Carrie Kei Heim / Cornelia
John Barrard / Dooley
Anthony O'Donnell / Puffy



Tagline: This year he REALLY IS coming to town.
AKA: Santa Claus (1985)
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Christmas Present (1985)
Version of Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901)
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1985
12/19/1985
Approved
Film
70 minutes
A
Genre:
Comedy
Drama
Family
Director(s):
Tony Bicât
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Peter Chelsom / Nigel Playfayre
Bill Fraser / Sir Percy Hammond - Banker
Danny Wooder / Viv
Clive Parker / Gos
Karen Meagher / Anne
Mark Harvey / Stickey
Lesley Manville / Judy Tall
Richard Ireson / Ned
Janet Steel / Mary
Nadim Sawalha / Joseph



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Rocky IV (1985)
Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. /// Rocky challenges Drago to an unsanctioned 15-round fight in the Soviet Union on Christmas Day / Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. After Drago kills Apollo Creed in the ring, Rocky avenges him and defends the honor of the United States by fighting Drago on Christmas Day in Siberia.
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1985
11/27/1985
PG
Film
91 minutes
B
Genre:
Drama
Sport
Director(s):
Sylvester Stallone
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

00:36:00 December 25th, Christmas
00:37:50 reporter Christmas
00:52:51 Chipmunk Song
01:04:15 Merry Christmas and welcome from Moscow
01:06:45 Christmas tree and kids "that's my dad"
Cast:

Sylvester Stallone / Rocky Balboa
Talia Shire / Adrian
Burt Young / Paulie
Carl Weathers / Apollo Creed
Brigitte Nielsen / Ludmilla
Tony Burton / Duke
Michael Pataki / Nicoli Koloff
Dolph Lundgren / Ivan Drago
Stu Nahan / Commentator #1
R.J. Adams / Sports Announcer



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The Sure Thing (1985)
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.
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1985
03/01/1985
PG-13
Film
95 minutes
C
Genre:
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Director(s):
Rob Reiner
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

John Cusack / Walter 'Gib' Gibson
Daphne Zuniga / Alison Bradbury
Anthony Edwards / Lance
Boyd Gaines / Jason
Tim Robbins / Gary Cooper
Lisa Jane Persky / Mary Ann Webster
Viveca Lindfors / Professor Taub
Nicollette Sheridan / The Sure Thing
Marcia Christie / Julie
Robert Anthony Marcucci / Bobby



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I to ce proci (1985)
Wonderful war stories about Isidor Katanic, officer who spent his working life as a calligrapher writing to various documents. Resignation living at home, living with rampant wife and her son from a previous marriage, sloth. Very soon retire and go to the river. On the bank of the Sava river meets an old friend, a former captain in love with the river. Accepting new way of life, isidor becomes a different man. But it comes terrifying wartime.Yugoslavia was occupied, the terror begins. Isidor is witnessed changes and in him growing need to resist the atrocities of the invaders. He refuses to flee with his family from Belgrade, it becomes illegal brave, little hero of invisible front.
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1985
04/15/1985
Approved
Film
97 minutes
C
Genre:
Drama
War
Director(s):
Nenad Dizdarevic
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Fabijan Sovagovic / Isidor Katanic-Zeko
Olivera Markovic / Margita Katanic
Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic / Kapetan Mika
Branko Vidakovic / Sinisa
Bogdan Diklic / Mihajlo 'Misel'
Milan Puzic / Pasenog Janko
Nada Kasapic / Marija
Dusan Janicijevic / Milan
Branko Cvejic / Janko Djordjevic 'Karlo'
Radmila Zivkovic / Sluzavka



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Ping an ye (1985)
A family guy cop (Melvin Wong) goes deep into a case and gets involved with a deranged killer. His partner and friend (Philip Chan) along with a new protégé Porky (Pat Ha) take over the case and look for his missing partner (who's "enjoying" the twisted company of the killer. Can Inspector Chan and Porky find Melvin before he becomes the latest victim of the psychotic killer?
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1985
04/17/1985
Approved
Film
93 minutes
C
Genre:
Crime
Horror
Mystery
Director(s):
Philip Chan
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Melvin Wong / James Wong
Patricia Ha / Porky
Philip Chan / Steve Chan
Terry Hu / Jessica
Deborah Sims / Kiki
Siu-Fung Wong / Bobby
Melvin Wong / James Wong
Stuart Ong / Ho Tak
Dick Wei / Allan Lee
Philip Chan / Steve Chan



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Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1985)
A portrait of a Nazi officer, the commander of a concentration camp, touches on the contradictory sides of his personality - on the one hand, a caring, nurturing family man, on the other, a ruthless Nazi, applying a policy of extermination without restraint. It is this man, who takes on 13-year-old Emilka, a Czech girl destined for "re-education"; through her eyes, we then see the imposed family, the complex formation of relationships with a man who tries to treat her kindly. The little girl goes through a painful discovery of true reality. During her stay in Germany, she tries not to forget her real home and believes that she will meet her mother once more in her life and return.
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1985
05/01/1985
Approved
Film
95 minutes
C
Genre:
Drama
War
Director(s):
Antonín Moskalyk
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Miroslava Soucková / Emilka Fejfarová
Oleg Tabakov / Otto Kukuck
Alicja Jachiewicz / Frída Kukuck
Vilém Besser / Nemecký rídící ucitel
Míla Myslíková / Frau Kramer
Jolanta Grusznic / Wanda
Rafal Wieczynski / Stasek
Pavel Trávnícek / Krumey
Zdenek Martínek / Nemecký doktor
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Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam (1985)
Dr. Otto grows a hand out of the top of his head and tries to destroy the world.
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1985
07/19/1985
PG
Film
97 minutes
C
Genre:
Comedy
Sci-Fi
Director(s):
John R. Cherry III
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Jim Varney / Dr. Otto /  Rudd Hardtact /  Laughin' Jack /  Guy Dandy / Auntie Nelda /  Ernest P. Worrell
Glenn Petach / Otto's Head Hand
Myke R. Mueller / Lance
Jackie Welch / Doris
Daniel Butler / Slave Willie /  Aide #1 - Kegler
Esther Huston / Tina
Tina Goetze / Rhonda Sue
Jennifer Wood / Monique
David Landon / Bank Pres. Rutherford
Mac Bennett / V.P. #1



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Vagabond (1985)
A young woman's body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.
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1985
08/30/1985
Not Rated
Film
105 minutes
C
Genre:
Drama
Director(s):
Agnès Varda
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Sandrine Bonnaire / Mona sans toit ni loi
Setti Ramdane / Le marocain qui la trouve
Francis Balchère / Un gendarme
Jean-Louis Perletti / Un autre
Urbain Causse / Un paysan interrogé
Christophe Alcazar / Un autre, brûleur de fossé
Dominique Durand / Le premier motard
Joël Fosse / L'autre, Paulo, amant de Yolande
Patrick Schmit / Le camionneur
Daniel Bos / Le démolisseur



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Burning Flowers (1985)
The film is about the teenager Hermann (Hølmebakk) who develops a relationship with the middle-aged Rosa (Fjeldstad).
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Video Type:
1985
09/12/1985
Approved
Film
84 minutes
C
Genre:
Drama
Romance
Director(s):
Eva Dahr
Eva Isaksen
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Torstein Hølmebakk / Hermann
Lise Fjeldstad / Rosa
Karoline Waal / Unni
Jan Petter Berglund / Willy
Nina Myhrvold / Britt
Anne Marit Jacobsen / Mother
Bjørn Sothberg / Father
Per Christensen / Florist
Elisabeth Riseng / Ekspeditrisen
Anne Stray / Ekpeditrisen



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Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.
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1985
09/27/1985
R
Film
107 minutes
C
Genre:
Action
Thriller
Director(s):
Joseph Zito
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

00:36:40 Christmas scene on street, Hark the Herald music
00:38:19 Star on tree, girl in house
00:39:40 blowing up houses
00:41:15 Christmas decorations outside Community Center
00:44:58 Christmas lights in town, Chuck drive by
Cast:

Chuck Norris / Matt Hunter
Richard Lynch / Rostov
Melissa Prophet / McGuire
Alexander Zale / Nikko
Alex Colon / Tomas
Eddie Jones / Cassidy
Jon DeVries / Johnston
James O'Sullivan / Harper
Billy Drago / Mickey
Jaime Sánchez / Castillo 



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A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Twin zoologists lose their wives in a car accident and become obsessed with decomposing animals.
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1985
10/04/1985
Not Rated
Film
115 minutes
C
Genre:
Comedy
Drama
Director(s):
Peter Greenaway
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Andréa Ferréol / Alba Bewick
Brian Deacon / Oswald Deuce
Eric Deacon / Oliver Deuce
Frances Barber / Venus de Milo
Joss Ackland / Van Hoyten
Jim Davidson / Joshua Plate
Agnès Brulet / Beta Bewick
Guusje van Tilborgh / Caterina Bolnes
Gerard Thoolen / Van Meegeren
Ken Campbell / Stephen Pipe



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Better Off Dead... (1985)
After his girlfriend ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts bring him only more agony and embarrassment. Filled with the wildest teen nightmares.
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Video Type:
1985
10/11/1985
PG
Film
97 minutes
C
Genre:
Comedy
Romance
Director(s):
Savage Steve Holland
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

00:35:50 Stiers adding bow and ribbon to garage door
00:36:02 Cusack Hey, it's Christmas!
00:36:10 No we didn't open our presents yet
00:36:20 a giant teddy bear bigger than you
00:36:39 I gotta go, the Christmas Tree's on fire
Cast:

John Cusack / Lane Meyer
David Ogden Stiers / Al Meyer
Kim Darby / Jenny Meyer
Demian Slade / Johnny Gasparini
Scooter Stevens / Badger Meyer
Diane Franklin / Monique Junot
Laura Waterbury / Mrs. Smith
Dan Schneider / Ricky Smith
Yuji Okumoto / Yee Sook Ree
Brian Imada / Chen Ree



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South Bronx Heroes (1985)
A young man just released from prison and living with his sister crosses paths with two children, also brother and sister, who are on the run from their child pornographer foster parents.
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1985
10/15/1985
R
Film
85 minutes
C
Genre:
Action
Drama
Mystery
Director(s):
William Szarka
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Brendan Ward / Paul
Melissa Esposito / Michelle
Mario Van Peebles / Tony
Megan Van Peebles / Christy
Martin Zurla / Mr. Bennett
Barry Lynch / O'Connell
Jordan Abeles / Scott
Dan Lauria / FBI Agent
Bo Rucker / FBI Agent
Claude Vincent / Paul's Father



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Burke & Wills (1985)
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
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1985
10/31/1985
PG-13
Film
140 minutes
C
Genre:
Adventure
Drama
History
Director(s):
Graeme Clifford
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Jack Thompson / Robert O'Hara Burke
Nigel Havers / William John Wills
Greta Scacchi / Julia Matthews
Matthew Fargher / John King
Ralph Cotterill / Charley Gray
Drew Forsythe / Brahe
Chris Haywood / Tom McDonagh
Monroe Reimers / Dost Mahomet
Ron Blanchard / Bill Patton
Barry Hill / George Landells



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To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
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1985
11/01/1985
R
Film
116 minutes
C
Genre:
Action
Crime
Drama
Director(s):
William Friedkin
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Jane Leeves / Dancer /  Serena
Cherise Bates / Dancer
Willem Dafoe / Eric Masters
Michael Higgins / Dancer
Chris Latanzi / Dancer
Shaun Earl / Dancer
William Petersen / Richard Chance
John Pankow / John Vukovich
Debra Feuer / Bianca Torres
John Turturro / Carl Cody



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Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.
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1985
12/04/1985
PG-13
Film
109 minutes
C
Genre:
Adventure
Fantasy
Mystery
Director(s):
Barry Levinson
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

01:40:52 Dec 25 on newspaper
01:41:00 wreath hanging in school
01:42:30 are you coming back after the holiday
01:42:50 Watson Merry Christmas Holmes
Cast:

Nicholas Rowe / Sherlock Holmes
Alan Cox / John Watson
Sophie Ward / Elizabeth Hardy
Anthony Higgins / Professor Rathe
Susan Fleetwood / Mrs. Dribb
Freddie Jones / Chester Cragwitch
Nigel Stock / Rupert T. Waxflatter
Roger Ashton-Griffiths / Det. Sgt. Lestrade
Earl Rhodes / Dudley
Brian Oulton / Master Snelgrove



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The Color Purple (1985)
A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades.
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Video Type:
1985
12/16/1985
PG-13
Film
154 minutes
C
Genre:
Drama
Director(s):
Steven Spielberg
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Danny Glover / Albert
Whoopi Goldberg / Celie Johnson
Margaret Avery / Shug Avery
Oprah Winfrey / Sofia
Willard E. Pugh / Harpo Johnson
Akosua Busia / Nettie Harris
Desreta Jackson / Young Celie Harris
Adolph Caesar / Old Mister Johnson
Rae Dawn Chong / Squeak
Dana Ivey / Miss Millie



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Brazil (1985)
A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
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1985
12/18/1985
R
Film
132 minutes
C
Genre:
Drama
Sci-Fi
Director(s):
Terry Gilliam
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

00:03:53 Family reading A Christmas Carol
00:05:02 haven't got a chimney
00:13:05 Christmas tree in Ministry of Information
00:15:38 Christmas tree in office
00:18:40 Christmas in restaurant (?)
Cast:

Jonathan Pryce / Sam Lowry
Robert De Niro / Harry Tuttle
Katherine Helmond / Mrs. Ida Lowry
Ian Holm / Mr. Kurtzmann
Bob Hoskins / Spoor
Michael Palin / Jack Lint
Ian Richardson / Mr. Warrenn
Peter Vaughan / Mr. Helpmann
Kim Greist / Jill Layton
Jim Broadbent / Dr. Jaffe



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