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1985 in film

The following is an overview of events in 1985 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1985 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Context

The year was considered an unsuccessful one for film. Despite a record number of film releases, many films failed at the box office, and ticket sales were down 17% compared with 1984. Industry executives believed the problem, in part, was a lack of original concepts. Films about fantasy and magic failed, as audiences leaned towards science-fiction. Janet Maslin said the fault for this lay partly with Steven Spielberg, who had created such a successful template with films like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Close Encounters of the Third Kind that many fantasy films had imitated them. There was also a saturation of youth-oriented films targeted at those under 18. Executives were not fond of these films, but the financial rewards were too significant to ignore. The few films aimed at older audiences, like Cocoon, were surprise successes. Only Back to the Future and Rambo: First Blood Part II were successful blockbusters, earning more than double the box office of Cocoon. Films offering escapism and pro-America themes like Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV had also fared well.

The glut of youth-targeted films like Return to Oz and The Black Cauldron, and science-fiction comedies like Weird Science, Real Genius, and My Science Project had resulted in a string of failures. Executives said that the films were all very similar and marketed in the same way, offering no variety for audiences.

Events

June 5 – The Chicago Cubs play the Atlanta Braves in a baseball game at Wrigley Field. Excerpts from the broadcast later pin this date as the day featured in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
December 3 – Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.

Awards

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu), directed by Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), directed by Agnès Varda, France / U.K.

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Die Frau und der Fremde (The Woman and the Stranger), directed by Rainer Simon, East Germany

Wetherby, directed by David Hare, United Kingdom

1985 films

By country/region

List of American films of 1985
List of Argentine films of 1985
List of Australian films of 1985
List of Bangladeshi films of 1985
List of British films of 1985
List of Canadian films of 1985
List of French films of 1985
List of Hong Kong films of 1985
List of Indian films of 1985
- List of Hindi films of 1985
- List of Kannada films of 1985
- List of Malayalam films of 1985
- List of Marathi films of 1985
- List of Tamil films of 1985
- List of Telugu films of 1985
List of Japanese films of 1985
List of Mexican films of 1985
List of Pakistani films of 1985
List of South Korean films of 1985
List of Soviet films of 1985
List of Spanish films of 1985

By genre/medium

List of action films of 1985
List of animated feature films of 1985
List of avant-garde films of 1985
List of comedy films of 1985
List of drama films of 1985
List of horror films of 1985
List of science fiction films of 1985
List of thriller films of 1985
List of western films of 1985

Births

January 1 - Juliana Harkavy, American actress
January 2 - Carla Juri, Swiss actress
January 3
- Nicole Beharie, American actress
- Leah Gibson, Canadian actress
January 5 - Michael Cuccione, Canadian child actor, singer and dancer (died 2001)
January 9 - James Acaster, English comedian and actor
January 10 - Alex Meraz, American actor and dancer
January 11 – Aja Naomi King, American actress
January 12 - Issa Rae, American actress, writer and producer
January 13 - Ellen Wong, Canadian actress
January 16 – Sidharth Malhotra, Indian actor
January 19 - Damien Chazelle, American film director
January 23 - Doutzen Kroes, Dutch actress and model
January 25
- Claudia Kim, South Korean actress and model
- Hartley Sawyer, American actor
- Michael Trevino, American actor
January 26 - Edwin Hodge, American actor
January 28 - Tom Hopper, British actor
January 29 - Isabel Lucas, Australian actress and model
February 2 - Romain Cogitore, French film director
February 5 - Paige Howard, American actress
February 6 - Crystal Reed, American actress
February 7
- Tina Majorino, American actress
- Deborah Ann Woll, American actress and model
February 9
- David Gallagher, American actor and singer
- Rachel Melvin, American actress
February 14 - Jake Lacy, American actor
February 15 - Natalie Morales, American actress and director
February 17 - Anne Curtis, Filipino-Australian actress, model, television host
February 19
- Haylie Duff, American actress and singer
- Arielle Kebbel, American actress and model
- Tatanka Means, Native American activist, actor
March 1 - Michael Conner Humphreys, American actor
March 3 - Nathalie Kelley, Australian actress
March 5 - Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
March 9 - Jolyon Coy, English actor and writer
March 10 - Cooper Andrews, American actor
March 13 - Emile Hirsch, American actor
March 15
- Eva Amurri, American actress
- Kellan Lutz, American actor
March 18 - Bianca King, Filipino-British former actress and model
March 21 - Sonequa Martin-Green, American actress and producer
March 22 - Katie Stuart, Canadian actress and stunt performer
March 23 - Maryana Spivak, Russian actress
March 24 - Jeremy James Kissner, American actor
March 26
- Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
- Keira Knightley, English actress
- Francesca Marie Smith, American actress and writer
March 27 – Ram Charan, Indian film actor
March 31 - Jessica Szohr, American actress
April 1 - Josh Zuckerman, American actor
April 7 - Ariela Massotti, Brazilian actress
April 9
- Annie Funke, American actress
- Tomohisa Yamashita, Japanese singer, actor and television host
April 10
- Barkhad Abdi, Somali-American actor and director
- Christie Laing, Canadian actress
April 12 - Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese former singer and actress
April 16
- Rhiana Griffith, Australian actress
- Benjamin Rojas, Argentine actor and singer
- Gregor Schmidinger, Austrian screenwriter and director
April 17
- Rooney Mara, American actress
- Luke Mitchell, Australian actor and model
- Maiken Pius, Estonian actress
April 20 - Billy Magnussen, American actor
April 22 - Kristin Fairlie, Canadian actress
April 23 - Rachel Skarsten, Canadian actress
April 27 - Sheila Vand, American actress
April 30 - Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model
May 3 - Meagan Tandy, American actress and model
May 5
- Clark Duke, American actor, comedian and director
- Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
May 6 - Jamie Winstone, English actress, daughter of actor Ray Winstone
May 9 - Chris Zylka, American actor and model
May 10 - Odette Annable, American actress
May 11
- Aimee Horne, Australian actress, singer and voice-over artist
- Jadyn Wong, Canadian actress
May 14
- Lina Esco, American actress, producer and director
- Sally Martin, New Zealand actress
May 15 - Tathagata Mukherjee, Indian actor
May 16
- Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
- Andrew Keenan-Bolger, American actor
- Julia Voth, Canadian actress and model
May 17 - Sophie McShera, English actress
May 22
- Tao Okamoto, Japanese actress and model
- Chris Salvatore, American actor, singer-songwriter, and model
May 25
- Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer, actress and television host
- Lauren Frost, American actress and singer
May 28 - Carey Mulligan, English actress
May 29
- Blake Foster, American actor
- Yukihiro Takiguchi, Japanese actor, singer and model (died 2019)
May 30 - Sam Gifaldi, American actor
May 31 - Zoraida Gómez, Mexican actress
June 2 - Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress
June 4 - Bar Refaeli, Israeli model, television host and actress
June 7 - Adam Nagaitis, British actor
June 9 – Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress and model
June 10 - Andrew Lees, Australian actor
June 12
- Dave Franco, American actor
- Liisa Pulk, Estonian actress
June 16 - Débora Nascimento, Brazilian actress and model
June 18
- Sorel Carradine, American actress
- Alex Hirsch, American voice actor, animator, writer, storyboard artist and producer
June 21 - Lana Del Rey, American singer and songwriter
June 22 - Douglas Smith, Canadian actor
June 27 - Martin Sensmeier, American actor and model
June 28 - Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly, American actress
June 30
- Lasarus Ratuere, Australian actor
- Hugh Sheridan, Australian actor, musician and television presenter
July 1 - Léa Seydoux, French actress
July 2
- Nelson Franklin, American actor
- Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer
July 5
- François Arnaud, Canadian actor
- Stephanie McIntosh, Australian actress and singer
July 6 - Ranveer Singh, Indian actor
July 7 - Seo Woo, South Korean actress
July 11 - Nitya Vidyasagar, Indian-American actress
July 14
- Lee Kwang-soo, South Korean actor, entertainer and model
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge, English actress and writer
July 15
- Tomer Capone, Israeli actor
- Pedro Carvalho, Portuguese actor
- Agniya Kuznetsova, Russian actress
- Crowd Lu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
- Ecstasia Sanders, American-Canadian actress
July 16
- Yōko Hikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Hiroyuki Onoue, Japanese actor
- Rosa Salazar, Canadian-American actress
- Cha Ye-ryun, South Korean actress
July 17 - Caitlin Van Zandt, American actor
July 18
- Chace Crawford, American actor
- James Norton, English actor
July 20 - John Francis Daley, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter and musician
July 21 - Vanessa Lengies, Canadian actress and singer
July 22 - Blake Harrison, English actor, voice actor and dancer
July 25
- James Lafferty, American actor, director and producer
- Shantel VanSanten, American model and actress
July 27
- Aljin Abella, Australian actor of Filipino descent
- Lou Taylor, American actor
July 28 - Jon Michael Hill, American actor
July 30 - Aml Ameen, British actor
August 1 - Henry Lloyd-Hughes, English actor
August 2 - Georgina Haig, Australian actress
August 9 - Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer
August 10 - Jared Nathan, American actor (died 2006)
August 11 - Jacqueline Fernandez, Sri Lankan actress
August 12 - África Zavala, Mexican actress
August 15 - Emily Kinney, American actress, singer and songwriter
August 16
- Arden Cho, American actress, singer and model
- Cristin Milioti, American actress and singer
August 17 - Yū Aoi, Japanese actress
August 18 - Desiree Casado, former actress
August 21 - Laura Haddock, English actress
August 23 - Juss Haasma, Estonian actor
August 27 - Kayla Ewell, American actress
September 2 - Yani Gellman, Canadian actor
September 4 - Morgan Garrett, American voice actress
September 6 - Lauren Lapkus, American actress and comedian
September 10
- Monica Lopera, Colombian-American actress
- Elyse Levesque, Canadian actress
September 16
- Max Minghella, English actor and filmmaker
- Madeline Zima, American actress
September 21 - Robert Hoffman, American actor
September 22 - Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress
September 23 - Hasan Minhaj, American actor and stand-up comedian
September 24 - Jessica Lucas, Canadian actress and singer
September 25 - Eréndira Ibarra, Mexican actress
September 26 - Talulah Riley, English actress
September 27 - Grace Helbig, American actress, comedian and YouTuber
September 30 - Ben Lewis, Canadian actor and writer
October 1 - Emerald Fennell, English screen actress and director
October 5 - Carolina Bartczak, Canadian-Polish actress
October 6 - Ida Engvoll, Swedish actress
October 8 - Max Crumm, American actor and singer
October 10 - Aaron Himelstein, American actor
October 11 - Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
October 17 - Max Irons, English-Irish actor and model
October 24 - Tim Pocock, Australian actor
October 25 - John Robinson, American actor
October 26
- Qi Wei, Chinese actress
- Asin Thottumkal, Indian actress
October 28 - Troian Bellisario, American actress
October 31 - Kether Donohue, American actress and singer
November 2 - Josh Grelle, American voice actor
November 5 - Annet Mahendru, American actress
November 7 - Lucas Neff, American actor
November 10 - Giovonnie Samuels, American actress
November 15 - Thue Ersted Rasmussen, Danish actor
November 20 - Dan Byrd, American actor
November 21 - Ronny Chieng, Malaysian comedian and actor
November 23 - Katie Crown, Canadian-American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer
November 26 - Arturo Castro, Guatemalan actor
November 27 - Alison Pill, Canadian actress
November 30
- Gia Crovatin, American actress and producer
- Kaley Cuoco, American actress
- Daniel Ings, English actor
- Chrissy Teigen, American actress, model and television personality
December 1 - Janelle Monáe, American singer, rapper and actress
December 3 - Amanda Seyfried, American actress and singer
December 5 - Frankie Muniz, American actor
December 6 - Max Kasch, American actor and musician
December 10 - Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer
December 13 - Rachel Hendrix, American actress
December 25 - Perdita Weeks, Welsh actress