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Best Picture of the Year
- Ran
1st Runner-Up - Out of Africa
2nd Runner-Up - The Color Purple
3rd Runner-Up - To Live and Die in L.A.
4th Runner-Up - Lost in America
5th Runner-Up - Prizzi's Honor
6th Runner-Up - After Hours
7th Runner-Up - Sweet Dreams
8th Runner-Up - Wintness
9th Runner-Up - The Shooting Party
10th Runner-Up - Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Top Ten of the Year 1985
- RAN
- OUT OF AFRICA
- THE COLOR PURPLE
- TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.
- LOST IN AMERICA
- THE SHOOTING PARTY
- PRIZZI'S HONOR
- AFTER HOURS
- SWEET DREAMS
- WITNESS

Best Director of the Year
- Akira Kurosawa (Ran)
1st Runner-Up - Steven Spielberg (Out of Africa)
2nd Runner-Up - William Friedkin (To Live and Die in L.A.)
3rd Runner-Up - Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa)
4th Runner-Up - Albert Brooks (Lost in America)
5th Runner-Up - John Houston (Prizzi's Honor)
6th Runner-Up - Martin Scorsese (After Hours)
7th Runner-Up - Karel Reisz (Sweet Dreams)
8th Runner-Up - Peter Weir (Witness)
9th Runner-Up - Alan Bridges (The Shooting Party)
10th Runner-Up - Tim Burton (Pee-wee's Big Adventure)

Best Actor of the Year
- Albert Brooks (Lost in America)
1st Runner-Up - William Petersen (To Live and Die in L.A.)
2nd Runner-Up - Jack Nicholson (Prizzi's Honor)
3rd Runner-Up - Tatsuya Nakadai (Ran)
4th Runner-Up - Danny Glover (The Color Purple)
5th Runner-Up - Griffin Dunne (After Hours)
6th Runner-Up - James Mason (The Shooting Party)
7th Runner-Up - Jeff Bridges (Jagged Edge)
8th Runner-Up - Paul Reubens (Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
9th Runner-Up - Eric Stoltz (Mask)
10th Runner-Up - Ed Harris (Sweet Dreams)

Best Actress of the Year
- Whoopi Goldberg (The Color Purple)
1st Runner-Up - Meryl Streep (Out of Africa)
2nd Runner-Up - Jessica Lange (Sweet Dreams)
3rd Runner-Up - Glenn Close (Jagged Edge)
4th Runner-Up - Mieko Harada (Ran)
5th Runner-Up - Kathleen Turner (Prizzi's Honor / The Jewel of the Nile)

Best Supporting Actor of the Year
- Willem Dafoe (To Live and Die in L.A.)
1st Runner-Up - Klaus Maria Brandauer (Out of Africa)
2nd Runner-Up - John Gielgud (The Shooting Party)
3rd Runner-Up - Christopher Walken (A View to a Kill)
4th Runner-Up - John Lone (Year of the Dragon)
5th Runner-Up - William Hickey (Prizzi's Honor)

Best Supporting Actress of the Year
- Oprah Winfrey (The Color Purple)
1st Runner-Up - Anjelica Huston (Prizzi's Honor)
2nd Runner-Up - Margaret Avery (The Color Purple)
3rd Runner-Up - Ann Wedgeworth (Sweet Dreams)

Best Film Editing of the Year
- Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
1st Runner-Up - To Live and Die in L.A. (Bud S. Smith / M. Scott Smith)
2nd Runner-Up - The Color Purple (Michael Kahn)
3rd Runner-Up - Out of Africa (Pembroke Herring / Sheldon Kahn / Fredric Steinkamp / William Steinkamp)
4th Runner-Up - Prizzi's Honor (Rudi Fehr / Kaja Fehr)
5th Runner-Up - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Richard Francis-Bruce)

Best Cinematography of the Year
- Ran (Asakazu Nakai / Takao Saito / Masaharu Ueda)
1st Runner-Up - Out of Africa (David Watkin)
2nd Runner-Up - The Color Purple (Allen Daviau)
3rd Runner-Up - Witness (John Seale)
4th Runner-Up - To Live and Die in L.A. (Robert Weiner)
5th Runner-Up - The Shooting Party (Fred Tammes)

Best Motion Picture Screenplay
- Ran (Akira Kurosawa / Hideo Oguni / Masato Ide)
1st Runner-Up - Prizzi's Honor (Richard Condon / Janet Roach)
2nd Runner-Up - Out of Africa (Kurt Luedtke)
3rd Runner-Up - To Live and Die in L.A. (William Friedkin / Gerald Petievich)
4th Runner-Up - Jagged Edge (Joe Eszterhas)
5th Runner-Up - The Shooting Party (Julian Bond)

Best Art Direction / Set Decoration of the Year
- Ran (Shinobu Muraki / Yoshiro Muraki)
1st Runner-Up - Out of Africa (Stephen Grimes / Josie MacAvin)
2nd Runner-Up - The Color Purple (J. Michael Riva / Linda DeScenna)
3rd Runner-Up - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Graham Walker / Anni Browning / Martin O'Neill)
4th Runner-Up - Pee-wee's Big Adventure (David L. Snyder / Thomas L. Roysden / James E. Tocci)
5th Runner-Up - Sweet Dreams (Albert Brenner / David M. Haber / Garrett Lewis / Nancy Stearn / Frances W. Wells)

Best Costume Design of the Year
- Ran (Emi Wada)
1st Runner-Up - Out of Africa (Milena Canonero)
2nd Runner-Up - Prizzi's Honor (Donfeld)
3rd Runner-Up - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Norma Moriceau)
4th Runner-Up - The Shooting Party (Tom Rand)
5th Runner-Up - The Color Purple (Aggie Guerard Rodgers)

Best Motion Picture Score of the Year
- Out of Africa (John Barry)
1st Runner-Up - Ran (Toru Takemitsu)
2nd Runner-Up - Witness (Maurice Jarre)
3rd Runner-Up - The Color Purple (Quincy Jones)

Best Makeup
- Mask (Michael Westmore / Zoltan Elek)

1985 Film Grades:
Masterpiece
A+ (1)
*****
Ran

Excellent
A (3)
****3/4
-
****1/2
Out of Africa
The Color Purple
****1/3
To Live and Die in L.A.

Very Good
A- (2)
***3/4
Lost in America
***1/2
Prizzi's Honor

Good
B+ (4)
***1/3
After Hours
Sweet Dreams
Witness
The Shooting Party
B (5)
***
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Jagged Edge
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Back to the Future
The Breakfast Club

Fair
B- (3)
**3/4 - **1/2
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Mask
The Jewel of the Nile

Satisfactory
C+ (3)
**1/3
The Man with One Red Shoe
The Goonies
Rocky IV

Unsatisfactory
C (1)
**
A View to a Kill

Poor
C- (1)
*3/4
Year of the Dragon

Very Poor
D+ (1)
*1/2
Revolution

Terrible
D (1)
*1/3
Santa Claus : The Movie

Horrible
D- (1)
*
Friday the 13th, Part V : A New Beginning

Unwatchable
F (0)
No Stars

Total Number of Films Seen - 26

U.S. Box Office Grosses :
Back to the Future - $210,609,762
Rocky IV - $127,873,716
The Color Purple - $94,175,854
Out of Africa - $88,081,296
Witness - $68,706,993
The Jewel of the Nile - $65,600,000
The Goonies - $61,389,680
Fletch - $50,650,276
A View to a Kill - $50,304,757
Mask - $48,245,400
The Breakfast Club - $45,895,806
Pee Wee's Big Adventure - $40,940,682
Jagged Edge - $40,491,165
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - $36,230,219
Prizzi's Honor - $26,657,534
Santa Claus : The Movie - $23,717,291
The Care Bears Movie - $22,934,622
Friday the 13th Part V : A New Beginning - $21,930,418
Year of the Dragon - $18,707,466
Lost in America - $10,179,000
The Purple Rose of Cairo - $4,162,532
The Man with One Red Shoe - $8,645,411
After Hours - $10,609,321
Sweet Dreams - $9,085,049
To Live and Die in L.A. - $17,307,019
Revolution - $133,256
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