1985

A Chorus Line: love and memory, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge: the safety of home and family, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

A View to a Kill: freedom and courage, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

After Hours: our relationship with technology, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

American Ninja: family and courage, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

A time machine, a restless teenager and a very particular set of family problems.

Better Off Dead: family, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

A man who daydreams his way out of paperwork—and into trouble.

Richard Pryor has thirty days to spend $30 million without keeping anything to show for it — and somehow spending a fortune turns out to be much harder than it sounds.

Cat's Eye: family and fear, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Old men, alien cocoons and a very convincing dip in the pool — friendship and second chances, with Ron Howard steering the canoe.

Code of Silence: family and mortality and lifespan, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

A retired commando, his kidnapped daughter and a short, very noisy principle: family first.

A bunker drama with zombies, a scientist who won a festival, and a soldier who won't listen.

Death Wish 3: authority and fear, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Demons: freedom and friendship, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Desperately Seeking Susan: authority and loss, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Enemy Mine: humanity and mortality and lifespan, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Explorers: our relationship with technology and family, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Fletch: greed and authority, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning: family and loss, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

A suburban boy, a suave neighbour and a late‑night horror show — Fright Night makes vampire panic feel uncomfortably domestic.

Girls Just Want to Have Fun: family and friendship, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Gotcha!: freedom, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Invasion U.S.A.: fear and authority, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Just One of the Guys: growing up, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

King Solomon's Mines: freedom and courage, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Kiss of the Spider Woman: authority and love, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Ladyhawke: courage and freedom, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Legend: parents protecting their children and courage, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Lifeforce: mortality and freedom, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

A gladiator ring, a methane economy and one reluctant road warrior — Mad Max still knows how to make survival feel personal.

Mask: family and friendship, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

My Beautiful Laundrette: family and friendship, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

National Lampoon's European Vacation: family and loss, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Before Jim Carrey became one of the biggest comedy stars on the planet, he was being chased around Los Angeles by a centuries-old vampire looking for a very particular kind of blood.

Out of Africa: love and greed, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

A pale horse, a stranger and a town asked to stand or sell — Eastwood's late-Western handshake with Shane.

Phenomena: family and the safety of home, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment: freedom and courage, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Police Story: freedom and authority, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Rambo: First Blood Part II: courage and freedom, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

A medical-school madman, a glowing green reagent and enough stage blood to cause moral indigestion.

Real Genius: the safety of home and family, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Red Sonja: freedom and courage, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Rocky IV: courage and mortality and lifespan, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Runaway Train: freedom and mortality, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Silver Bullet: loss and family, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Four strangers ride into town. One of them makes you care.

Spies Like Us: fear and freedom, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

St. Elmo's Fire: family and friendship, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Summer Rental: family and the safety of home, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

A teenage werewolf, a basketball court and a lesson about who you really want cheering for you.

Five teenagers. One Saturday. A surprisingly savage, oddly tender interrogation of who we're told to be.

Sisterhood, survival and a voice that refuses to be erased.

A scrappy band of kids, a busted attic map and Mikey’s stubborn heart — that’s The Goonies in a nutshell.

The Jewel of the Nile: parents protecting their children and heroism, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

The Last Dragon: courage and power, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Revisiting The Man with One Red Shoe and the reasons it still deserves to be watched.

The Protector: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Brains, bad decisions and Burt — a punky, gory little time-bomb.

The Stuff: corporate power and mortality, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

The Sure Thing: friendship, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Obsession, counterfeit identities and a freeway chase that won't behave.

Fast talk, bad luck and a very literal wish come true — with consequences.

A grizzled cop, an Amish farm and a culture clash that refuses to be polite.

Young Sherlock Holmes: mortality and mortality and lifespan, and why this 1985 movie still matters.