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The Trip to Bountiful

The Trip to Bountiful

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Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 7.4

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 –...

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Clue

Clue

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, th...

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Better Off Dead...

Better Off Dead...

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 7.1

High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric famil...

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Fright Night

Fright Night

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 7

Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.

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Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

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Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 7

The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possess...

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Heaven Help Us

Heaven Help Us

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Sixteen-year-old Michael Dunn arrives at St. Basil's Catholic Boys School in Brooklyn circa 1965. There, he befriends all of the misfits in his class as they collide with the repressive faculty and di...

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Fandango

Fandango

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.

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Return to Oz

Return to Oz

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Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.

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The Frog Prince

The Frog Prince

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 6.7

A young British girl journeys to Paris to go to college, and is determined to find the man of her dreams and fall madly in love. However, things don't work out quite the way she planned.

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Just One of the Guys

Just One of the Guys

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 6.5

When Terry Griffith loses her high school's writing competition, she's convinced that it's because she's a girl. So Terry decides to change high schools and pose as a boy to prove her point. Her broth...

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