Music Movies
Copacabana (1985)
In 1948, aspiring songwriter Tony works as a bar pianist; he meets aspiring star Lola, and is immediately smitten. At Manhattan’s Copacabana lounge, they both start finding fame. However, fate…
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985)
Cocky cockney snooker player Billy Kid accepts the challenge of a grudge match from Maxwell Randall (the Green Baize Vampire), six times world champion; the loser will never play professional…
Sting – Bring on the Night (1985)
Bring on the Night is a 1985 documentary film, that focuses on the jazz-inspired project and band led by the British musician Sting during the early stages of his solo…
Krush Groove (1985)
Russell Walker is a young, successful manager of rap performers, handling acts for the Krush Groove label, including Run-DMC and The Fat Boys. When Run-D.M.C. has a hit record and…
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got (1985)
This in-depth examination of the life and career of clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw cuts between archival footage, location shots, and an interview with Shaw himself. Berman illustrates the tumultuous,…
Iron Maiden: Live After Death (1985)
Filmed and recorded towards the tail end of ‘The World Slavery Tour’ over a record breaking four sold out nights at Los Angeles’ 13,200 capacity Long Beach Arena. Featuring tracks…
Sweet Dreams (1985)
The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.
Get Out of My Room (1985)
Get Out of My Room, was a mockumentary in the style of This Is Spinal Tap, written and directed by Cheech Marin. In the film, he and Tommy Chong are…
Hard Rock Zombies (1985)
A hard rock band travels to the tiny and remote town of Grand Guignol to perform. Peopled by hicks, rubes, werewolves, murderous dwarves, sex perverts, and Hitler, the town is…
The Compleat Al (1985)
The Compleat Al (a title parody/homage of the 1982 documentary ‘The Compleat Beatles’) is a mockumentary about the life of “Weird Al” Yankovic, the Grammy® award-winning master of musical parody…
Follow That Bird (1985)
Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy, Big…
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)
A shady music mogul brings together two wannabe stars—punk rock rebel Kan and new-wave crooner Shingo—and transforms them into the Stardust Brothers, a girl-friendly, silver-jumpsuited, synth-pop sensation. Along with their…
Rappin’ (1985)
An ex-con and break-dancer helps save a neighborhood from a greedy developer while trying to win a rap contest.
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
Janey is new in town, and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general, and “Dance TV” in particular. When a competition is announced to find a…
Delivery Boys (1985)
A gang of boys under the Brooklyn Bridge are united by their common interest in break dancing. Some work as pizza delivery boys, hence they call themselves the “Delivery Boys”….
The Last Dragon (1985)
A young man searches for the “master” to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts…
Megazone 23 (1985)
A young biker stumbles onto a prototype motorcycle with a hidden function that has a link to the true nature of his world.
Fast Forward (1985)
Eight young people from Ohio who are dancers, come to New York, to compete in a major talent competition. But when they get there, they learn that they have to…
Rockin’ Road Trip (1985)
Martin meets Samantha, the sister of Nicole who is the leader of a band called “Chery Suicide”. While Martin and Samantha are beginning a relationship, Nicole is trying to get…
Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
The dance crew from “Breakin’” bands together to save a community center from a greedy developer bent on building a shopping center in its place.
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
When the mastertape of McCartney’s latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his recording company to the lowlife Mr….
Stop Making Sense (1984)
A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album “Speaking in Tongues.” The band takes the stage one by one and…
Songwriter (1984)
Doc Jenkins may be one of country music’s most beloved stars, but his private life is a wreck. He’s split up with his longtime partner, Blackie Buck, a country outlaw…
Rocktober Blood (1984)
A crazed rock singer returns from the dead to murder members of his former band.
Body Rock (1984)
A disco owner lures a New York breakdancer away from his rapping and dancing friends.
Amadeus (1984)
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Tosca’s Kiss (1984)
Memoirs of the Italian Opera by the singers and musicians of the Casa Verdi, Milan, the world’s first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in…
Purple Rain (1984)
A victim of his own anger, the Kid is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to…
Electric Dreams (1984)
Miles buys himself a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing thoughts and emotions after having champagne spilled on it. Things start getting out of hand when both Miles and Edgar, the…
Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984)
Two girls rediscover their love for playing rock, find a drummer and begin practicing. When one of their mothers intervenes, they run away from home and are forced to fend…
Dire Straits: Alchemy Live 1983 (1984)
Alchemy is a double live album originally released in 1984 with an accompanying VHS, now released on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time. Recorded on 23rd July 1983 at…
Breakin’ (1984)
A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.
It’s Flashbeagle Charlie Brown (1984)
The story begins at a big football game where Snoopy wins a game from Peppermint Patty’s team. That night, Snoopy gets out a radio, learns some 80’s dance moves, and…
Suburbia (1984)
When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other…
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
“This Is Spinal Tap” shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups…