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The Jewel of the Nile (1985)

PG 106 min - Adventure, Action, Comedy, Romance - 1 August 1985
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Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course, he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.

Director:  Lewis Teague

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Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course, he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.


Collections: Lewis Teague

Tagline: They're back again...and romancing a brand new stone.

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  Arabic, English
Release Date:  1 August 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $25,000,000
Revenue:  $96,800,000

Company Credits

Production Companies:  SLM Production Group, Stone Group Pictures, 20th Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 46 min
Poster for the movie "The Breakfast Club"

The Breakfast Club (1985)

R 98 min - Comedy, Drama - 15 February 1985
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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. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

Director:  John Hughes
Writers:  John Hughes

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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. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.


Collections: John Hughes

Tagline: They only met once, but it changed their lives forever.

Genres: Comedy, Drama

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  15 February 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $1,000,000
Revenue:  $51,525,171

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Universal Pictures, A&M Films, Channel Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 38 min
Poster for the movie "Spies Like Us"

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Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.


Collections: John Landis

Tagline: With spies like these, who needs enemies?

Genres: Comedy, Adventure

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Country:   United States of America,   United Kingdom
Language:  English, Russian
Release Date:  6 December 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $22,000,000
Revenue:  $60,088,980

Company Credits

Production Companies:  AAR Films, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 42 min
Poster for the movie "National Lampoon's European Vacation"

National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

PG-13 95 min - Adventure, Comedy, Romance - 25 July 1985
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The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.

Director:  Amy Heckerling

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The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.


Collections: Amy Heckerling

Tagline: For over two thousand years, Europe has survived many great disasters. Now for the real test. Chevy Chase & his family are coming from America!

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  25 July 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $17,000,000
Revenue:  $49,400,000

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Warner Bros. Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 35 min
Poster for the movie "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"

Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)

PG 87 min - Comedy, Family, Music, Romance - 12 April 1985
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Janey is new in town, and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general, and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new Dance TV regular couple, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that Janey's father doesn't approve of that kind of thing.

Director:  Alan Metter
Writers:  Amy Spies

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Janey is new in town, and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general, and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new Dance TV regular couple, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that Janey's father doesn't approve of that kind of thing.


Collections: Alan Metter

Tagline: Getting into trouble is easy but getting out of it is all the fun!

Genres: Comedy, Family, Music, Romance

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  12 April 1985

Box Office

Company Credits

Production Companies:  New World Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 27 min
Poster for the movie "Fletch"

Fletch (1985)

PG 98 min - Comedy, Crime, Mystery - 31 May 1985
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When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.

Director:  Michael Ritchie

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When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.


Collections: Michael Ritchie

Tagline: Meet the only guy who changes his identity more often than his underwear.

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  31 May 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $8,000,000
Revenue:  $59,612,888

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 38 min
Poster for the movie "Desperately Seeking Susan"

Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)

PG-13 104 min - Drama, Comedy, Crime - 29 March 1985
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Roberta is a bored suburban housewife who is fascinated with a woman, Susan, she only knows about by reading messages to and from her in the personals section of the newspaper. This fascination reaches a peak when an ad with the headline "Desperately Seeking Susan" proposes a rendezvous. Roberta goes too, and in a series of events involving amnesia and mistaken identity, steps into Susan's life.

Director:  Susan Seidelman
Writers:  Leora Barish

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Roberta is a bored suburban housewife who is fascinated with a woman, Susan, she only knows about by reading messages to and from her in the personals section of the newspaper. This fascination reaches a peak when an ad with the headline "Desperately Seeking Susan" proposes a rendezvous. Roberta goes too, and in a series of events involving amnesia and mistaken identity, steps into Susan's life.


Collections: Susan Seidelman

Tagline: Roberta is desperate to be Susan. Susan is wanted by the mob. The mob finds Roberta instead...

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Crime

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  29 March 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $5,000,000
Revenue:  $27,400,000

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Orion Pictures, Sanford/Pillsbury Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 44 min
Poster for the movie "Better Off Dead..."

Better Off Dead... (1985)

PG-13 97 min - Comedy, Romance - 23 August 1985
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High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.

Director:  Savage Steve Holland
Writers:  Savage Steve Holland

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High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.


Collections: Savage Steve Holland

Tagline: Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops.

Genres: Comedy, Romance

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English, Hungarian
Release Date:  23 August 1985

Box Office

Revenue:  $10,297,601

Company Credits

Production Companies:  A&M Films, Warner Bros. Pictures, CBS Theatrical Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 37 min
Poster for the movie "A View to a Kill"

A View to a Kill (1985)

PG 131 min - Adventure, Action, Thriller - 24 May 1985
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A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin who forms a plan to destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake in the San Francisco Bay.

Director:  John Glen

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A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin who forms a plan to destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake in the San Francisco Bay.


Collections: John Glen

Tagline: Has James Bond finally met his match?

Details

Country:   United Kingdom,   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  24 May 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $30,000,000
Revenue:  $152,427,960

Company Credits

Production Companies:  EON Productions, United Artists, Danjaq

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 11 min
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