GMD Social Poll: Top Ten Films of 1985

[TageRyche]

I got tagged to join in on this thread so I went through the link in the first post. I stopped after the first 500 movies.

I'm amazed how many movies came out that year that I saw and loved. Still think fondly of most of them to this day.

I mean Gymkata? How can you not love that one or The Journey of Natty Gann? So many great memories.

But my favorites would line up like this:

1. The Legend of Billie Jean
2. The Breakfast Club
3. Tuff Turf
4. Enemy Mine
5. Witness
6. Rocky IV
7. Rambo First Blood Part II
8. D.A.R.Y.L.
9. The Goonies
10. Young Sherlock Holmes

But look at the other films I loved then: Back to the Future, Better Off Dead, Real Genius, Fletch, Mask, Turk 182!, Teen Wolf, Vision Quest, Murphy's Romance (I loved it, my mom LOVED it!), Once Bitten, The Heavenly Kid, Silverado, The Black Cauldron, Explorers, Weird Science and Cocoon.

 

[Allfader]

I'm pretty sure there were a lot of movies released that year, but I'll go with these ones:

Ran
Vampire Hunter D
Back to the Future
Phenomena
La ciudad y los perros
ReAnimator
Mad Max - Beyond Thunderdome
Vagabond
Teen Wolf
Eleni

Bonus:
Legend
Rocky IV
Commando

 

[CiG]

That's 12, please number from 1 to 10 or pick 10 only and leave them unranked if you like.

 

[Allfader]

That's 12, please number from 1 to 10 or pick 10 only and leave them unranked if you like.

Edited.

Rocky IV is pretty shitty in terms of story, but the car sequence where Rocky leaves his home at night was really well done.

Commando is also dumb fun.

 

[Bourbon]

Loving all the Death Wish 3 mentions, it almost made my list.

 

[CiG]

Might have to bump Death Wish 3 up in my list.

 

[Bourbon]

The more I think about it, the more I feel like Death Wish 3 deserves to be on my list versus Witness.

First time doing a ranking game here, do ya'll prefer to edit original list or post a new one?

 

[CiG]

Up to you dude. I just bumped Death Wish 3 to 8th.

Edit: Finally watched After Hours, which was awesome but for me not top 10 worthy. Will hopefully watch Brazil before this ends.

 

[Onder]

Ok I watched a coulple already. Ran was amazing, so visually captivating, a masterpiece. Watched Commando as well, simple but enjoyable, won't probably make the list tho.

I'm not going to binge Shoah.

We started with Phenomena yesterday but wife fell asleep.

 

[CiG]

Results are tallied, no changes will be counted from here on out.

 

[CiG]

.:TIED FOR 9th PLACE: 31 POINTS:.​

Rocky IV directed by Sylvester Stallone



Voted for by:
@TechnicalBarbarity (1st place)
@Slammed (3rd place)
@Krigloch the Furious (5th place)
@TageRyche (6th place)
@dwellerINTHEdark (10th place)
@RadicalThrasher (10th place)

Spoiler

IMDB
Main cast:

Sylvester Stallone


Talia Shire


Dolph Lundgren


Burt Young

Rambo: First Blood Part II directed by George P. Cosmatos



Voted for by:
@RadicalThrasher (3rd place)
@Krigloch the Furious (4th place)
@Slammed (5th place)
@TechnicalBarbarity (5th place)
@TageRyche (7th place)

Spoiler

IMDB
Main cast:

Sylvester Stallone


Richard Crenna


Julia Nickson


Charles Napier

 

[Slammed]

The pic for Rocky looks cool.
I've still got an original Rambo poster from the opening weekend, along with a Blade Runner from 82

 

[CiG]

8th) Brazil directed by Terry Gilliam



Voted for by:
@Bloopy (1st place)
@zabu of nΩd (1st place)
@Einherjar86 (2nd place)
@challenge_everything (3rd place)

Spoiler

IMDB
Main cast:

Jonathan Pryce


Katherine Helmond


Kim Greist


Robert De Niro


Ian Holm


Bob Hoskins


Michael Palin

TOTAL POINTS: 37

 

[CiG]

.:TIED FOR 6th PLACE: 38 POINTS:.
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Clue directed by Jonathan Lynn



Voted for by:
@zerostatic (1st place)
@dwellerINTHEdark (2nd place)
@Anom@nder Rake (6th place)
@Bourbon (6th place)
@challenge_everything (7th place)
@Einherjar86 (7th place)
@Oblivious Maximus (10th place)

Spoiler

IMDB
Main cast:

Tim Curry


Lesley Ann Warren


Madeline Kahn


Christopher Lloyd


Michael McKean


Eileen Brennan

Day of the Dead directed by George A. Romero



Voted for by:
@Anom@nder Rake (1st place)
@Bourbon (2nd place)
@CiG (2nd place)
@Krow (4th place)
@Oblivious Maximus (8th place)

Spoiler

IMDB
Main cast:

Lori Cardille


Joseph Pilato

 

[CiG]

5th) Come and See directed by Elem Klimov



Voted for by:
@Bourbon (1st place)
@challenge_everything (1st place)
@Anom@nder Rake (2nd place)
@Bloopy (3rd place)
@Oblivious Maximus (5th place)

Spoiler

IMDB
Main cast:

Aleksey Kravchenko


Olga Mironova


Liubomiras Laucevičius


Vladas Bagdonas

TOTAL POINTS: 43

 

[CiG]

4th) Ran directed by Akira Kurosawa



Voted for by:
@CiG (1st place)
@Slayed Necros (1st place)
@Bourbon (3rd place)
@challenge_everything (4th place)
@Anom@nder Rake (7th place)
@Allfader (unranked)

Spoiler

IMDB
Main cast:

Tatsuya Nakadai


Akira Terao


Jinpachi Nezu


Daisuke Ryu


Mieko Harada

TOTAL POINTS: 44.5

 

[CiG]

3rd) Commando directed by Mark L. Lester



Voted for by:
@Krigloch the Furious (3rd place)
@Krow (3rd place)
@TechnicalBarbarity (3rd place)
@zabu of nΩd (3rd place)
@zerostatic (3rd place)
@RadicalThrasher (5th place)
@Bourbon (8th place)
@CiG (9th place)

Spoiler

IMDB
Main cast:

Arnold Schwarzenegger


Vernon Wells


Alyssa Milano


Rae Dawn Chong


Dan Hedaya


Bill Duke


David Patrick Kelly

TOTAL POINTS: 51

 

[CiG]

2nd) Back to the Future directed by Robert Zemeckis



Voted for by:
@dwellerINTHEdark (1st place)
@Krigloch the Furious (1st place)
@Slammed (1st place)
@zabu of nΩd (2nd place)
@zerostatic (5th place)
@challenge_everything (6th place)
@Bourbon (7th place)
@Bloopy (9th place)
@Anom@nder Rake (10th place)
@Allfader (unranked)

Spoiler

IMDB
Main cast:

Michael J. Fox


Christopher Lloyd


Lee Thompson


Thomas F. Wilson


Crispin Glover

TOTAL POINTS: 62.5

 

[CiG]

1st) Re-Animator directed by Stuart Gordon



Voted for by:
@Krow (1st place)
@Bloopy (2nd place)
@Einherjar86 (3rd place)
@Slayed Necros (3rd place)
@Anom@nder Rake (4th place)
@Bourbon (4th place)
@CiG (4th place)
@dwellerINTHEdark (7th place)
@RadicalThrasher (7th place)
@challenge_everything (8th place)
@Oblivious Maximus (9th place)
@Allfader (unranked)

Spoiler

IMDB
Main cast:

Jeffrey Combs


Bruce Abbott


Barbara Crampton


David Gale

TOTAL POINTS: 74.5

 

[CiG]

Simplified results:

1. Re-Animator
2. Back to the Future
3. Commando
4. Ran
5. Come and See
=6. Day of the Dead
=6. Clue
8. Brazil
=9. Rambo: First Blood Part II
=9. Rocky IV