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 deaths.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1985 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

 * 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.
 * The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out Of Africa, while the highest-grossing film was Back to the Future.
 * Bliss wins AFI Award for best Movie (Australia).
 * 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.

Awards
Academy Awards:


 * Best Picture: Out of Africa - Universal
 * Best Director: Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa
 * Best Actor: William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman
 * Best Actress: Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful
 * Best Supporting Actor: Don Ameche - Cocoon
 * Best Supporting Actress: Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor
 * Best Foreign Language Film: The Official Story (La historia oficial), directed by Luis Puenzo, Argentina
 * Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement James Stewart

Golden Globe Awards:


 * Drama:
 * Best Picture: Out of Africa
 * Best Actor: Jon Voight - Runaway Train
 * Best Actress: Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple


 * Musical or comedy:
 * Best Picture: Prizzi's Honor
 * Best Actor: Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor
 * Best Actress: Kathleen Turner - Prizzi's Honor


 * Other
 * Best Director: John Huston - Prizzi's Honor
 * Best Foreign Language Film: The Official Story (La historia oficial), Argentina

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

Razzie Awards
 * Worst Picture: Rambo: First Blood Part II
 * Worst Director: Sylvester Stallone - Rocky IV
 * Worst Actor: Sylvester Stallone - Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV
 * Worst Actress: Linda Blair - Night Patrol, Savage Island and Savage Streets
 * Worst Supporting Actor: Rob Lowe - St. Elmo's Fire
 * Worst Supporting Actress: Brigitte Nielsen - Rocky IV
 * Worst New Star: Brigitte Nielsen - Red Sonja and Rocky IV

Births

 * January 3 - Nicole Beharie, American actress
 * February 7 - Tina Majorino, American actress
 * March 13 - Emile Hirsch, American actor
 * March 15
 * Eva Amurri, American actress
 * Kellan Lutz, American actor
 * March 26
 * Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
 * Keira Knightley, English actress
 * April 16 - Rhiana Griffith, Australian actress
 * April 17 - Rooney Mara, American actress
 * April 27 - Sheila Vand, American actress
 * May 10 - Odette Annable, American actress
 * May 28 - Tao Okamoto, Japanese actress
 * May 28 - Carey Mulligan, English actress
 * May 29 - Blake Foster, American actor
 * June 12 - Dave Franco, American actor
 * June 15 - Maxey Whitehead, American voice actress
 * July 1 - Léa Seydoux, French actress
 * July 2 - Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer
 * July 18 - Chace Crawford, American actor
 * July 21 - Vanessa Lengies, Canadian actress and singer
 * August 9 - Anna Kendrick, American actress
 * August 23 - Juss Haasma, Estonian actor
 * September 4 - Morgan Garrett, American voice actress
 * September 16 - Madeline Zima, American actress
 * October 11 - Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
 * November 2 - Josh Grelle, American voice actor
 * November 30 - Kaley Cuoco, American actress
 * December 3 - Amanda Seyfried, American actress and singer
 * December 5 - Frankie Muniz, American actor
 * December 10 - Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer

Film debuts

 * Joan Allen - Compromising Positions
 * Sean Astin - The Goonies
 * Josh Brolin - The Goonies
 * Tim Burton (director) - Pee Wee's Big Adventure
 * Don Cheadle - Moving Violations
 * Patrick Dempsey - Heaven Help Us
 * Linda Fiorentino - Vision Quest
 * Stephen Fry - The Good Father
 * Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
 * Ethan Hawke - Explorers
 * Elias Koteas - One Magic Christmas
 * LL Cool J - Krush Groove
 * John Leguizamo - Mixed Blood
 * Tom Lister, Jr. - Runaway Train
 * Dolph Lundgren - A View to a Kill
 * Madonna - Vision Quest
 * Alyssa Milano -Commando
 * Rob Morrow - Private Resort
 * Viggo Mortensen - Witness
 * Brigitte Nielsen - Red Sonja
 * River Phoenix - Explorers
 * Miranda Richardson - Dance with a Stranger
 * Mia Sara - Legend
 * Kyra Sedgwick - War and Love
 * Christian Slater - The Legend of Billie Jean
 * Yeardley Smith - Heaven Help Us
 * Danny Trejo - Runaway Train
 * Stanley Tucci - Prizzi's Honor
 * Thomas F. Wilson - Back to the Future
 * Oprah Winfrey - The Color Purple
 * Billy Zane - Back to the Future