GMD Social Poll: Top Ten Films of 1985

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.
 
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
 
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That's 12, please number from 1 to 10 or pick 10 only and leave them unranked if you like.
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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.
 
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Loving all the Death Wish 3 mentions, it almost made my list.

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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?
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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Rocky IV
directed by Sylvester Stallone

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

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Main cast:

Sylvester Stallone
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Talia Shire
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Dolph Lundgren
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Burt Young
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Rambo: First Blood Part II directed by George P. Cosmatos

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

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Main cast:

Sylvester Stallone
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Richard Crenna
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Julia Nickson
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Charles Napier
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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
 
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Clue directed by Jonathan Lynn

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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)

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Main cast:

Tim Curry
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Lesley Ann Warren
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Madeline Kahn
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Christopher Lloyd
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Michael McKean
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Eileen Brennan
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Day of the Dead directed by George A. Romero

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

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Main cast:

Lori Cardille
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Joseph Pilato
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