01 A Depression-era woman's life is transformed when a movie character steps off the screen and into reality.
8 Best Movies of 1985
By Vlad Zakh · June 28, 2026
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A look back at 1985, one of cinema’s most memorable years, ranking the films that have best stood the test of time. In Back to the Future (1985): A teenager accidentally travels back to 1955 and must ensure his future parents fall in love. Equally memorable is The Color Purple (1985): A Black woman in the early 20th-century South endures decades of hardship before finding strength and family.
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02 A mild-mannered office worker's night out in downtown Manhattan spirals into a surreal, escalating nightmare.
03 A group of kids embarks on a treasure hunt through underground caverns to save their homes from foreclosure.
04 A low-level bureaucrat in a dystopian, paperwork-obsessed society escapes into elaborate fantasies.
05 Five high schoolers from different social cliques bond during a single day of Saturday detention.
06 A Black woman in the early 20th-century South endures decades of hardship before finding strength and family.
07 An aging warlord's decision to divide his kingdom among his sons ignites a catastrophic war.
08 A teenager accidentally travels back to 1955 and must ensure his future parents fall in love.
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