Best Movies of 1985 by Director
621
10
Woody Allen
Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Irving Metzman
Fantasy / Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2776
79
Suzana Amaral
Marcelia Cartaxo, José Dumont, Tamara Taxman
Comedy
Brazil
Portuguese
1884
30
Michael Apted
Bruce Balden, Jacqueline Bassett, Symon Basterfield
Documentary / Biography
UK
English
2350
47
Richard Attenborough
Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Alyson Reed, Cameron English
Musical / Drama / Comedy
USA
English
741
14
Hector Babenco
William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, José Lewgoy, Milton Gonçalves
Drama
Brazil / USA
English
2712
72
Harold Becker
Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Schoeffling, Ronny Cox
Drama / Romance / Sports
USA
English
2712
72
Ted Berman, Richard Rich
Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Freddie Jones, Nigel Hawthorne, Arthur Malet
Animation / Adventure / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Action
USA
English
2628
61
Chris Bernard
Alfred Molina, Peter Firth, Tracy Marshak-Nash, Alexandra Pigg, Margi Clarke
Comedy / Drama / Romance / History
UK
English
2646
64
Luc Besson
Isabelle Adjani, Christopher Lambert, Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru
Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Comedy
France
French
2694
70
John Binder
Cindy Williams, Harry Dean Stanton, Fred Ward, Beverly Hope Atkinson
Comedy / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2755
75
Christian Blackwood
Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich, Stephen Lang, Charles Durning
Documentary
USA
English
2064
32
Peter Bogdanovich
Cher, Sam Elliott, Eric Stoltz, Estelle Getty, Richard A. Dysart, Laura Dern
Biography / Drama
USA
English
2332
45
John Boorman
Powers Boothe, Meg Foster, Yara Vaneau, William Rodriguez, Estee Chandler
Action / Adventure / Drama
UK
English
1838
28
Alan Bridges
James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, John Gielgud
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2719
73
Donald Brittain
Sean McCann, R.H. Thomson, Maury Chaykin, Donald Brittain, Peter Boretski
Drama / Biography / Crime / Gangster
Canada
English
1638
25
Albert Brooks
Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Sylvia Farrel, Tina Kincaid
Comedy
USA
English
2507
53
Ken Burns
Huey Long, David McCullough, Russell Long
Documentary / History / Biography
USA
English
2628
61
Tim Burton
Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen
Adventure / Comedy / Family
USA
English
2712
72
George Butler
Bev Francis, Rachel McLish, Lori Bowen, Carla Dunlap, George Plimpton
Documentary / Sports / Biography / Drama / Cult
USA
English
2591
58
Claude Chabrol
Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Jean Topart, Lucas Belvaux
Crime / Romance / Comedy / Mystery / Detective / Post-Noir
France
French
2657
66
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Kwok-Hung Lam, Bill Tung, Yuen Chor
Action / Comedy / Thriller / Crime / Detective / Gangster
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2626
60
Joyce Chopra
Treat Williams, Laura Dern, Mary Kay Place, Margaret Welsh
Drama / Romance
UK / USA
English
2712
72
Martha Coolidge
Val Kilmer, Gabriel Jarret, Michelle Meyrink, William Atherton, Jon Gries
Comedy / Cult
USA
English
2628
61
George P. Cosmatos
Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Steven Berkoff
Action / Thriller / Adventure / War / Cult / Comic
USA
English
2712
72
Andrew Davis
Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen, Mike Genovese, Nathan Davis, Ralph Foody
Action / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2173
36
Richard Donner
Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton
Adventure / Comedy / Family
USA
English
2628
61
Richard Donner
Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern, John Wood
Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
USA / Italy
English
2284
43
Doris Dörrie
Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrike Kriener
Comedy
West Germany
German
2591
58
David Drury
Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen, Fulton Mackay
Thriller
UK
English
2209
38
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn
Western
USA
English
2719
73
John Erman
Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Sylvia Sidney, Aidan Quinn, D.W. Moffett
Drama
USA
English
2591
58
Giles Foster
Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, Patrick Ryecart, Freddie Jones, Jonathan Coy
Drama
UK
English
992
17
Stephen Frears
Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke
Drama / Romance
UK
English
2555
54
William Friedkin
William L. Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2771
78
Aleksey German
Andrei Boltnev, Andrey Mironov, Nina Ruslanova, Aleksey Zharkov, Aleksandr Filippen
Drama / Period Film / Crime / Detective
Soviet Union
Russian
573
8
Terry Gilliam
Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Comedy / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Cult
UK
English
2628
61
John Glen
Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Spy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
2635
62
Jean-Luc Godard
Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Philippe Lacoste, Manon Andersen
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Religion
France / Switzerland / UK
French
2214
39
Stuart Gordon
Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale
Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Cult
USA
English
NR
-
Jack Haley Jr.
Liza Minnelli, Shirley Temple, Gene Kelly, Mikhail Baryshnikov, John Travolta
Documentary / Musical
USA
English
699
12
Lasse Hallström
Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Lidén
Drama / Comedy / Family
Sweden
Swedish
2587
57
Marion Hänsel
Jane Birkin, Trevor Howard, John Matshikiza, Nadine Uwampa
Drama
Belgium / France
English
2065
33
David Hare
Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Judi Dench, Stuart Wilson, Tim McInnerny
Drama / Mystery
UK
English
2606
59
Agnieszka Holland
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Wojciech Pszoniak
Drama / War
West Germany
German
2657
66
Savage Steve Holland
John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby, Demian Slade, Scooter Stevens
Comedy / Romance / Cult
USA
English
2628
61
Tom Holland
Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall, Stephen Geoffreys
Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
1680
26
Hsiao-hsien Hou
T'ien Feng, Mei Fang, T'ang Ju-yun, Yu An-Shun, Hsiao Ai
Drama
Taiwan
Mandarin
1854
29
Ron Howard
Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy
Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Drama
USA
English
1338
22
John Hughes
Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald
Comedy / Drama / Cult
USA
English
480
6
John Huston
Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Crime / Gangster
USA
English
2712
72
John Irvin
Glenda Jackson, Ben Kingsley, Richard Johnson, Michael Gambon
Drama / Romance / Comedy
UK / USA
English
746
15
Juzo Itami
Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Kôji Yakusho
Comedy
Japan
Japanese
324
4
James Ivory
Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Denholm Elliott
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2266
42
Norman Jewison
Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft, Meg Tilly, Anne Pitoniak, Winston Rekert
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Religion
USA
English
2776
79
Teguh Karya
Alex Komang, Rina Hassim, Sylvia Widiantono, Ray Sahetapy
Drama
Indonesia
Indonesian
2259
41
Lawrence Kasdan
Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, Marvin J. McIntyre
Action / Comedy / Western
USA
English
2766
77
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Grazyna Szapolowska, Maria Pakulnis, Aleksander Bardini
Drama / Fantasy
Poland
Polish
2576
56
Rick King
Gary McCleery, John Seitz, John Sayles, John Snyder, Martin Donovan
Crime / Drama
USA
English
256
3
Elem Klimov
Aleksei Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Lauciavicius
Drama / War
Soviet Union
Russian
2119
34
Andrei Konchalovsky
Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, Kyle T. Heffner
Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
USA / Israel
English
43
1
Akira Kurosawa
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada
Drama / War / Epic / History / Period Film
Japan / France
Japanese
1153
18
Emir Kusturica
Emir Kusturica, Moreno D'E Bartolli
Drama / Comedy
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
2628
61
John Landis
Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, Donna Dixon, Bruce Davison, Bernie Casey
Adventure / Comedy / Spy / Action
USA
English
121
2
Claude Lanzmann
Claude Lanzmann, Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik, Motke Zaidl
Documentary / War / History
France
English
2628
61
Barry Levinson
Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Susan Fleetwood
Adventure / Fantasy / Mystery / Thriller / Action / Detective / Drama
USA
English
2697
71
László Lugossy
György Cserhalmi, Grazyna Szapolowska, Jirí Adamíra, Boguslaw Linda
Drama / History
Hungary
Hungarian
2628
61
Jonathan Lynn
Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Thriller
USA
English
2449
52
Richard Marquand
Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Robert Loggia, Peter Coyote, Leigh Taylor-Young
Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Romance / Drama
USA
English
1463
23
Peter Masterson
Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford
Drama
USA
English
2414
50
Jirí Menzel
János Bán, Marián Labuda
Comedy / Drama
Czechoslovakia
Czech
2645
63
Gavin Millar
Coral Browne, Ian Holm, Peter Gallagher, Nicola Cowper
Fantasy / Drama / Biography
UK
English
2697
71
Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti, Ferruccio De Ceresa, Marco Messeri, Enrica Maria Modugno
Comedy / Drama / Religion
Italy
Italian
2311
44
Geoff Murphy
Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith, Anzac Wallace, Norman Fletcher
Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery
New Zealand
English
1333
21
Mike Newell
Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm, Stratford Johns
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Biography
UK
English
2712
72
Mike Newell
Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Harriet Walter, Frances Viner, Simon Callow
Drama
UK
English
2712
72
Rob Nilsson
Bruce Dern, Pam Grier, Bill Bailey, Jim Haynie, John Marley, Marty Liquori
Drama / Sports
USA
English
2040
31
George Ogilvie, George Miller
Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Angelo Rossitto, Helen Buday
Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Cult
Australia / USA
English
2765
76
John Paizs
Eva Kovacs, John Paizs, Darrell Baran, Jeffrey Owen Madden, Tea Andrea Tanner
Adventure / Comedy / Action / Crime
Canada
English
2628
61
Wolfgang Petersen
Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James, Richard Marcus, Carolyn McCormick
Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
USA / West Germany / UK
English
696
11
Sydney Pollack
Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
Drama / Romance / Epic / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
2751
74
Yvonne Rainer
Jacquie Raynal, William Joseph Raymond, Larry Loonin
Experimental / Drama
USA
English
2284
43
Satyajit Ray, Dulal Dutt
Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Swatilekha Chatterjee
Drama / Romance / Period Film
India
Bengali
2150
35
Rob Reiner
John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Anthony Edwards, Boyd Gaines, Tim Robbins
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2444
51
Michael Ritchie
Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Richard Libertini, Tim Matheson
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Thriller
USA
English
2591
58
Nicolas Roeg
Michael Emil, Theresa Russell, Tony Curtis, Gary Busey, Will Sampson
Drama / Comedy
UK
English
2381
49
George A. Romero
Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarlath Conroy
Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2562
55
Alan Rudolph
Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Lori Singer
Crime / Drama / Post-Noir / Romance
USA
English
2751
74
Raoul Ruiz
Aurélie Chazelle
Family / Drama
France / Portugal
French
2344
46
Fred Schepisi
Meryl Streep, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman, John Gielgud, Sting, Ian McKellen
Drama
UK / USA
English
2215
40
John Schlesinger
Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, David Suchet, Lori Singer
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
1483
24
Paul Schrader
Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda
Drama / Biography
USA
Japanese
2360
48
Joel Schumacher
Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson
Drama / Romance
USA
English
1315
20
Martin Scorsese
Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong
Comedy / Thriller
USA
English
1300
19
Susan Seidelman
Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum, Robert Joy
Comedy / Romance / Drama / Adventure / History
USA
English
2192
37
Coline Serreau
Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, André Dussollier
Comedy
France
French
2690
69
Rainer Simon
Joachim Lätsch, Peter Zimmermann, Kathrin Waligura, Christine Schorn
Drama / History / War / Romance
East Germany
German
2719
73
Peter Smith
Bernard Hill, Joanne Whalley, Elvis Costello, Linus Roache, Michael Angelis
Comedy
UK / Canada
English
2688
68
Fernando E. Solanas
Marie Laforêt, Philippe Léotard, Miguel Ángel Solá
Drama / Musical
Argentina / France
Spanish
721
13
Steven Spielberg
Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
NR
-
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Brigitte Nielsen
Action / Drama / Sports
USA
English
1798
27
István Szabó
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Christian Blech
Drama / Period Film / War / Spy
Hungary / Austria / West Germany
Hungarian
2751
74
Béla Tarr
Hédi Temessy, Erika Bodnár, Miklós Székely B.
Drama
Hungary
Hungarian
2635
62
Gus Van Sant
Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate, Ray Monge, Sam Downey, Robert Lee Pitchlynn
Drama / Romance
USA
English
594
9
Agnès Varda
Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane, Francis Balchère
Drama
France / UK
French
2646
64
Wayne Wang
Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong, Ida F.O. Chung, Cora Miao
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
501
7
Peter Weir
Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2719
73
Sandy Wilson
Margaret Langrick, John Wildman, Richard Donat, Jane Mortifee, T.J. Scott
Biography / Drama / Comedy / Period Film
Canada
English
2687
67
Edward Yang
Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Wu Nien-Chen, Mei Fang, Tsai Chin, Su-Yun Ko
Drama / Romance
Taiwan
Taiwanese
2712
72
Bud Yorkin
Gene Hackman, Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn, Amy Madigan, Ally Sheedy, Stephen Lang
Drama / Romance
USA
English
444
5
Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Family
USA
English
