You can sum up 1985 as the year when Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris and the legendary veteran Charles Bronson earned higher body counts than Prince. On the subject of 80s action heroes, let it be known that Sylvester Stallone did more for world peace than any stoner hippie, glorified philosopher or corporate sponsored politician by ending the Cold War with one of the greatest movie speeches of all time.
Blindspots & Incomplete Viewings:
The Coca-Cola Kid (Dušan Makavejev); Come and See (Elem Klimov); Confessions of a Serial Killer (Mark Blair); Crimewave (Sam Raimi); Into the Night (John Landis); The Last Dragon (Michael Shultz); Legend (Ridley Scott); Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Paul Schrader); Pale Rider (Clint Eastwood); Runaway Train (Andrei Konchalovsky); Teen Wolf (Rod Daniel); Typhoon Club (Shinji Sōmai)
1985 was a treasure trove for perfect musical montages and needledrops gracing various films. A personal fave is the scene from William Friedkin's To Live and Die in L.A. when Willem Dafoe makes counterfeit bills and Wang Chung's City of the Angels plays.