Thriller Movies of 1985
Into the Night
Filled with enough cameos to keep film buffs entertained, this otherwise routine ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
Guilty Conscience
Richard A. Levinson and William Link took the "fantasy murder" concept popularized in the classic Preston Sturges film Unfaithfully Yours (1948) one fatal step further in Guilty Conscience. Criminal attorney Arthur Jamison ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
Jagged Edge
In this hit thriller, a prosecuting attorney-turned-defense lawyer falls in love with a rich, charming client who's been accused of murdering his wife ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
White Nights
The fancy footwork and star appeal of Gregory Hines as Raymond, an exiled American, and the powerful grace of Mikhail ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
Cat's Eye
Cat's Eye is an uneven, tepid trilogy of stories written by Stephen King connected by a cat which appears at the beginning of each story. The ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
Defense of the Realm
This fast-paced thriller examines the amorality of a nation's secret services and the responsibility of journalistic investigations in an ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
The Holcroft Covenant
Director John Frankenheimer and writers Edward Anhalt and George Axelrod ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
Subway
Coming in on the heels of his internationally acclaimed first film, Le Dernier Combat, 26-year-old ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
Warning Sign
In yet another ostensible thriller about deadly germs wreaking havoc on human life and psyches, this is a frenetic, uneven story about germs going berserk in a sealed-off lab, giving rise to ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
The Lightship
Before entering this story of a battle between the ostensible forces of good over evil, viewers should know that a lightship is a floating lighthouse, anchored in dangerous waters to warn ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
Witness
In Peter Weir's thriller Witness, Samuel (Lukas Haas), a young Amish ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
The Mean Season
Canadian actor/director Philip Borsos made a couple of interesting films before an untimely death in his early forties, including The Grey Fox ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
To Live and Die in L.A.
William Friedkin's crime thriller, based on a book by U.S. Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich, concerns an ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
A Killing Affair
When reviled labor boss Pink Gresham (Bill Smitrovich) is found murdered, his wife Maggie (Kathy Baker) is visited by Baston Morris ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
Blitz
In a complex story of automotive intrigue, oil barons, corporate finance, and international villainy, the inventor of an environmentally friendly car powered by energy cells becomes the target of killers. ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
The New Kids
Abby (Lori Loughlin) and her brother, Loren (Shannon Presby), seem to have it all: good looks, lots of friends, and a great relationship with their loving mom and their heroic, discipline-minded military dad. When their folks are killed in a car ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
La Gabbia
An international co-production with dialogue in both Italian and English, this erotic thriller from writer Lucio Fulci and director Giuseppe Patroni-Griffi stars Tony Musante as ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
Special Effects
Unlike other films by this title, the subject matter of Larry Cohen's murder mystery is a dastardly film director whose last movie plummeted at the box office in spite of flashy special effects. He ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
Codename Icarus
Originally produced for British television, a math prodigy ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
Death in the Shadows
The protagonist of Death in the Shadows is a young woman seeking to discover the motive behind her mother's murder after finding out that ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
Shadows Run Black
In this exploitational slice-n-dicer masquerading as a police thriller, a college coed can do nothing while all her friends are being murdered by mysterious man wielding a meat ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
Blue Murder
Blue Murder picks up steam when a homicide detective teams with a crime reporter. The ... [ Thriller movie - 1985 ]
