Movies Using the English Language and Released in 1985
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The list below includes all films using the English language, including movies using other languages as well.
Note: Since we are still actively researching languages, we consider this chart to be in beta mode.
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| Movie | Language(s) | Genre | Production
Budget | Worldwide
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| Back to the Future |
English |
Adventure |
$19,000,000 |
$388,386,822 |
|
| Rambo: First Blood Part II |
English |
Action |
$44,000,000 |
$300,400,000 |
|
| Rocky IV |
English,
Russian |
Drama |
|
$300,373,716 |
|
| Out of Africa |
English |
Drama |
$28,000,000 |
$258,210,860 |
|
| A View to a Kill |
English |
Action |
$30,000,000 |
$152,627,960 |
|
| The Color Purple |
English |
Drama |
$15,000,000 |
$94,029,472 |
|
| Cocoon |
English |
Comedy |
|
$76,257,348 |
|
| The Dream is Alive |
English |
Documentary |
|
$70,000,000 |
|
| Witness |
English |
Drama |
$12,000,000 |
$65,532,576 |
|
| The Goonies |
English |
Adventure |
|
$63,806,145 |
|
| Spies Like Us |
English |
Comedy |
|
$60,083,467 |
|
| Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment |
English |
Comedy |
|
$55,337,042 |
|
| National Lampoon's European Vacation |
English |
Comedy |
|
$49,400,000 |
|
| Fletch |
English |
Comedy |
|
$46,700,000 |
|
| The Breakfast Club |
English |
Comedy |
|
$45,905,126 |
|
| Brewster's Millions |
English |
Comedy |
|
$45,800,000 |
|
| Mask |
English |
Drama |
|
$42,417,782 |
|
| White Nights |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$42,160,849 |
|
| Pee Wee's Big Adventure |
English |
Adventure |
$7,000,000 |
$40,940,662 |
|
| Commando |
English |
Action |
$10,000,000 |
$35,078,913 |
|
| Day of the Dead |
English |
Horror |
$3,500,000 |
$34,004,262 |
|
| Teen Wolf |
English |
Comedy |
|
$33,086,611 |
|
| The Last Dragon |
English |
Action |
$10,000,000 |
$33,000,750 |
|
| Desperately Seeking Susan |
English |
Comedy |
|
$27,400,522 |
|
| Agnes of God |
English |
Drama |
|
$25,627,836 |
|
| Fright Night |
English |
Horror |
|
$24,922,237 |
|
| The Emerald Forest |
English,
Portuguese |
Drama |
|
$24,468,550 |
|
| The Care Bears Movie |
English |
Adventure |
|
$22,934,000 |
|
| Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning |
English |
Horror |
$2,200,000 |
$21,930,418 |
|
| The Black Cauldron |
English |
Adventure |
|
$21,288,692 |
|
| A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge |
English |
Horror |
$3,000,000 |
$21,163,999 |
|
| Code of Silence |
English |
Action |
|
$20,345,361 |
|
| Young Sherlock Holmes |
English |
Adventure |
$18,000,000 |
$19,739,000 |
|
| Ladyhawke |
English |
Action |
$20,000,000 |
$18,400,000 |
|
| The Sure Thing |
English |
Comedy |
|
$18,136,000 |
|
| Invasion U.S.A. |
English |
Action |
$10,000,000 |
$17,536,256 |
|
| To Live and Die in L.A. |
Arabic,
English,
Spanish |
Action |
|
$17,307,302 |
|
| The Falcon and the Snowman |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$17,130,087 |
|
| Weird Science |
English |
Comedy |
|
$16,316,258 |
|
| Death Wish 3 |
English |
Action |
|
$16,116,878 |
|
| Kiss of the Spider Woman |
English |
Drama |
|
$14,582,182 |
|
| Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins |
English |
Adventure |
|
$14,393,902 |
|
| Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend |
English,
French |
Adventure |
|
$14,276,095 |
|
| The Return of the Living Dead |
English |
Horror |
$4,000,000 |
$14,238,828 |
|
| A Chorus Line |
English |
Musical |
|
$14,202,899 |
|
| Tomboy |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$14,100,000 |
|
| Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird |
English |
Adventure |
|
$13,961,370 |
|
| Clue |
English |
Comedy |
|
$13,377,261 |
|
| Real Genius |
English |
Comedy |
|
$12,952,019 |
|
| Perfect |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$12,918,858 |
|
| Enemy Mine |
English |
Adventure |
|
$12,303,411 |
|
| Lifeforce |
English |
Horror |
$25,000,000 |
$11,603,545 |
|
| Just One of the Guys |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$11,377,655 |
|
| Silver Bullet |
English |
Horror |
$7,000,000 |
$10,803,211 |
|
| Missing in Action 2: The Beginning |
English |
Action |
|
$10,755,447 |
|
| After Hours |
English |
Black Comedy |
$4,500,000 |
$10,624,393 |
|
| Compromising Positions |
English |
Comedy |
|
$10,600,000 |
|
| Moving Violations |
English |
Comedy |
|
$10,600,000 |
|
| American Ninja |
English |
Action |
|
$10,499,000 |
|
| Better Off Dead... |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$10,297,601 |
|
| Brazil |
English |
Black Comedy |
$15,000,000 |
$9,934,484 |
|
| Explorers |
English |
Adventure |
|
$9,873,000 |
|
| The Journey of Natty Gann |
English |
Adventure |
|
$9,468,512 |
|
| Tuff Turf |
English |
Drama |
|
$9,369,329 |
|
| Sweet Dreams |
English |
Drama |
|
$9,100,000 |
|
| Cat's Eye |
English |
Horror |
|
$9,000,114 |
|
| Gotcha |
English |
Action |
|
$8,823,269 |
|
| The Man With One Red Shoe |
English |
Comedy |
|
$8,645,411 |
|
| That Was Then… This is Now |
English |
Drama |
|
$8,630,068 |
|
| Runaway Train |
English |
Action |
|
$7,936,012 |
|
| The Trip to Bountiful |
English |
Drama |
|
$7,466,662 |
|
| Transylvania 6-5000 |
English |
Comedy |
|
$7,200,000 |
|
| Red Sonja |
English |
Action |
$17,900,000 |
$6,908,640 |
|
| D.A.R.Y.L. |
English |
Drama |
|
$6,561,653 |
|
| Kaze no Tani no Naushika |
English,
Japanese |
Adventure |
|
$6,429,471 |
|
| Girls Just Want to Have Fun |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$6,326,051 |
|
| Heaven Help Us |
English |
Comedy |
|
$6,070,794 |
|
| Avenging Angel |
English |
Action |
|
$5,622,787 |
|
| Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer |
English |
Adventure |
|
$4,889,971 |
|
| Creator |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$4,571,788 |
|
| The Company of Wolves |
English |
Horror |
|
$4,389,334 |
|
| The Mean Season |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$4,349,446 |
|
| My Science Project |
English |
Comedy |
|
$4,100,000 |
|
| The Heavenly Kid |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$3,852,271 |
|
| The Bride |
English |
Horror |
|
$3,600,000 |
|
| Fraternity Vacation |
English |
Comedy |
|
$3,333,306 |
|
| Gymkata |
English |
Action |
|
$3,249,442 |
|
| The Legend of Billie Jean |
English |
Drama |
|
$3,100,000 |
|
| Hot Moves |
English |
Comedy |
|
$2,732,684 |
|
| Blood Simple |
English,
Spanish |
Thriller/Suspense |
$1,500,000 |
$2,730,877 |
|
| Fast Forward |
English |
Musical |
|
$2,650,866 |
|
| Bad Medicine |
English |
Comedy |
|
$2,549,195 |
|
| Gojira |
English,
Japanese,
Russian |
Action |
|
$2,443,200 |
|
| Re-Animator |
English,
German |
Horror |
|
$2,023,000 |
|
| Warning Sign |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,918,117 |
|
| Bring on the Night |
English |
Documentary |
|
$1,675,689 |
|
| Heavenly Bodies |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,567,386 |
|
| American Flyers |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,420,355 |
|
| Certain Fury |
English |
Action |
|
$1,381,091 |
|
| The Hit |
English,
Spanish |
Comedy |
|
$876,775 |
|
| Dance With a Stranger |
English |
Drama |
|
$842,221 |
|
| Fool For Love |
English |
Drama |
|
$836,156 |
|
| Fever Pitch |
English |
Drama |
|
$610,333 |
|
| Code Name: Emerald |
English |
Action |
|
$515,029 |
|
| Alamo Bay |
English |
Drama |
|
$380,970 |
|
| Private Resort |
English |
Comedy |
|
$331,816 |
|
| Eleni |
English |
Drama |
|
$305,102 |
|
| The Aviator |
English |
Adventure |
|
$287,195 |
|
| Maccheroni |
English,
Italian |
Drama |
|
$235,383 |
|
| Def-Con 4 |
English |
Action |
$1,300,000 |
$210,904 |
|
| The New Kids |
English |
Horror |
|
$199,108 |
|
| The Quiet Earth |
English |
Drama |
|
$154,225 |
|
| The Doctor and the Devils |
English |
Drama |
|
$147,070 |
|
| Always |
English |
Drama |
|
$146,499 |
|
| Flesh & Blood |
English |
Action |
|
$100,000 |
|
| Fandango |
English |
Comedy |
|
$86,134 |
|
| La historia oficial |
English,
Spanish |
Drama |
|
$51,437 |
|
| Dreamchild |
English |
Drama |
|
$38,493 |
|
| Shoah |
English,
French,
German,
Hebrew,
Polish,
Yiddish |
Documentary |
|
$20,175 |
|
| Before Stonewall |
English |
Documentary |
|
$18,724 |
|
| Smooth Talk |
English |
Drama |
|
$16,785 |
|
| Came a Hot Friday |
English |
Drama |
|
$9,789 |
|
| James Joyce's Women |
English |
Drama |
|
$8,103 |
|
| Variety |
English |
Drama |
|
$7,041 |
|
| The Bay Boy |
English |
Drama |
|
$3,665 |
|
| Tokyo-Ga |
English,
German,
Japanese |
Documentary |
|
$249 |
|
| Treasure Island |
English |
Adventure |
|
$226 |
|
| Wild Geese 2 |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Escape From the Bronx |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Streetwalkin' |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Walking the Edge |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Bombs Away |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Seventeen |
English |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| Kyûketsuki hantâ D |
English,
Japanese |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| The Stuff |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Hellhole |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Steaming |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Document of the Dead |
English |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| Too Scared to Scream |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Meantime |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| The Adventures of Hercules II |
English,
Italian |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| Malibu Express |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Superstition |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Death Warmed Up |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Détectíve |
English,
French,
Italian |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Grace Quigley |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Déjà Vu |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Stand Alone |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Grunt: The Wrestling Movie |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Self Defense |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Silip |
English,
Tagalog |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Killzone |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Ghoulies |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Underworld |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| A Zed & Two Noughts |
English,
French |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
