Best award winning movies with meaty role from 1985
Check out today’s highest ranked movies with meaty role from 1985! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with meaty role from 1985, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Out of Africa (1985)
Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.
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- 1985-12-20 | History / Romance
Cast
- Robert Redford, Meryl Streep
Rating
7.176
2 Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US. When he sees Irene Walker, it's love at first sight. But he soon finds that she, too, is a killer for hire. Charley can overlook his suspicions, but he can't turn off his heart. And the couple must remember that even if they love each other, the Prizzis love only money.
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- 1985-06-14 | Romance / Comedy
Cast
- Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner
Rating
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6.376
3 The Color Purple (1985)
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.
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- 1985-12-18 | Drama / History
Cast
- Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover
Rating
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7.753
4 Witness (1985)
A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit, and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.
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- 1985-02-08 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis
Rating
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7.099
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5 Back to the Future (1985)
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
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- 1985-07-03 | Adventure / Comedy
Cast
- Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
Rating
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8.3
6 The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.
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- 1985-03-01 | Fantasy / Comedy
Cast
- Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels
Rating
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7.388
7 Ran (1985)
With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.
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- 1985-06-01 | Action / Drama
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao
Rating
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8.071
8 The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish – just once before she dies – is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."
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- 1985-12-20 | Drama
Cast
- Geraldine Page, John Heard
Rating
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7.3
9 Death of a Salesman (1985)
A salesman faces a crisis as he's about to lose his job, struggles with bills, and feels disrespected by his sons, who haven't lived up to their potential. He reflects on where things went wrong and how to fix his family.
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- 1985-08-16 | Drama / TV Movie
Cast
- Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid
Rating
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6.933
10 Ladyhawke (1985)
Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.
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- 1985-03-27 | Adventure / Comedy
Cast
- Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer
Rating
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7.0
