Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
1985 |
1919 | Hugh Brody | Paul Scofield | | Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival |
The Angelic Conversation | Derek Jarman | Paul Reynolds, Phillip Williamson | Arthouse | Shakespeare's sonnets are read by Judi Dench |
The Assam Garden | Mary McMurray | Deborah Kerr, Madhur Jaffrey, Alec McCowen | Drama | |
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire | Alan Clarke | Phil Daniels, Bruce Payne | Musical | |
Brazil | Terry Gilliam | Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist | Fantasy | |
The Bride | Franc Roddam | Sting, Jennifer Beals | Horror | |
Dance with a Stranger | Mike Newell | Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett | Crime | |
D.A.R.Y.L. | Simon Wincer | Barret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt | Sci Fi | |
Defence of the Realm | David Drury | Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi | Thriller | |
The Doctor and the Devils | Freddie Francis | Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce | Horror | |
Dreamchild | Gavin Millar | Coral Browne, Ian Holm | Comedy/Drama | |
The Emerald Forest | John Boorman | Charley Boorman, Powers Boothe | Drama | |
The Girl In The Picture | Cary Parker | John Gordon Sinclair, Gregor Fisher | Comedy/Romance | |
The Good Father | Mike Newell | Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent | Drama | |
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch | Philippe Mora | Christopher Lee, Annie McEnroe | Horror | |
Insignificance | Nicolas Roeg | Michael Emil, Theresa Russell | Drama | Entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival |
King David | Bruce Beresford | Richard Gere, Edward Woodward, Alice Krige, Denis Quilley | Biblical epic | |
Legend | Ridley Scott | Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry | Fantasy | |
Letter to Brezhnev | Chris Bernard | Peter Firth, Tracy Lea, | Romance/Drama | |
Lifeforce | Tobe Hooper | Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth | Sci-fi | |
Morons from Outer Space | Mike Hodges | Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith | Sci Fi/Comedy | |
Mr. Love | Roy Battersby | Barry Jackson, Maurice Denham | Comedy | |
My Beautiful Laundrette | Stephen Frears | Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth | Drama | |
Murder Elite | Claude Whatham | Ali MacGraw, Billie Whitelaw | Thriller | |
No Surrender | Peter Smith | Michael Angelis, Avis Bunnage | Comedy | |
Not Quite Paradise | Lewis Gilbert | Joanna Pacuła, Sam Robards | Romance | |
Ordeal by Innocence | Desmond Davis | Donald Sutherland, Faye Dunaway | Mystery | |
Plenty | Fred Schepisi | Meryl Streep, Charles Dance | Drama | |
Restless Natives | Michael Hoffman | Vincent Friell, Joe Mullaney | Comedy | |
Revolution | Hugh Hudson | Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski | Drama | |
A Room with a View | James Ivory | Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands | Drama | |
Seacoal | Amber Film Team | Ray Stubbs, Amber Styles, Sammy Johnson | Docudrama | |
The Shooting Party | Alan Bridges | James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin | Drama | Entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival |
Steaming | Joseph Losey | Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Diana Dors | Drama | Screened at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival |
The Supergrass | Peter Richardson | Peter Richardson, Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Keith Allen, Nigel Planer, Dawn French, Ronald Allen, Daniel Peacock, Robbie Coltrane, Alexei Sayle | Comedy/Crime | |
Turtle Diary | John Irvin | Glenda Jackson, Ben Kingsley | Comedy/Drama | |
Underworld | George Pavlou | Denholm Elliott, Miranda Richardson | Horror | |
A View to a Kill | John Glen | Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Grace Jones | Spy/Action | |
Water | Dick Clement | Michael Caine, Valerie Perrine, Billy Connolly | Comedy | |
Wetherby | David Hare | Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Tom Wilkinson | Drama | Won the Golden Bear at Berlin |
Wild Geese II | Peter Hunt | Scott Glenn, Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier | Action/Drama | |
A Zed & Two Noughts | Peter Greenaway | Andréa Ferréol, Brian Deacon, Joss Ackland | Drama | |