# List of British films of 1985

A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1985 (see 1985 in film):

## 1985

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1985 |||||||
| 1919 | Hugh Brody | Paul Scofield | | Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival |
| The Angelic Conversation | Derek Jarman | Paul Reynolds, Phillip Williamson | Arthouse | Shakespeare's sonnets read by Judi Dench |
| The Assam Garden | Mary McMurray | Deborah Kerr, Madhur Jaffrey, Alec McCowen | Drama | |
| Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire | Alan Clarke | Phil Daniels, Bruce Payne | Musical | |
| Brazil | Terry Gilliam | Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist | Fantasy | |
| The Bride | Franc Roddam | Sting, Jennifer Beals | Horror | |
| A Crime of Honour | John Goldschmidt | David Suchet, Maria Schneider | Drama | a.k.a. A Song for Europe |
| Dance with a Stranger | Mike Newell | Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett | Crime | |
| D.A.R.Y.L. | Simon Wincer | Barret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt | Sci-fi | |
| Defence of the Realm | David Drury | Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi | Thriller | |
| Déjà Vu | Anthony B.Richmond | Jaclyn Smith, Claire Bloom, Nigel Terry, Shelley Winters | | |
| The Doctor and the Devils | Freddie Francis | Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce | Horror | |
| Dreamchild | Gavin Millar | Coral Browne, Ian Holm | Comedy/drama | |
| The Emerald Forest | John Boorman | Charley Boorman, Powers Boothe | Drama | |
| The Girl in the Picture | Cary Parker | John Gordon Sinclair, Gregor Fisher | Comedy/romance | |
| The Good Father | Mike Newell | Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent | Drama | |
| Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch | Philippe Mora | Christopher Lee, Annie McEnroe | Horror | |
| Insignificance | Nicolas Roeg | Michael Emil, Theresa Russell | Drama | Entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival |
| King David | Bruce Beresford | Richard Gere, Edward Woodward, Alice Krige, Denis Quilley | Biblical epic | |
| Legend | Ridley Scott | Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert | epic dark fantasy adventure | Co-production with the US |
| Letter to Brezhnev | Chris Bernard | Peter Firth, Tracy Lea | Romance/drama | |
| Lifeforce | Tobe Hooper | Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth | Sci-fi | |
| Morons from Outer Space | Mike Hodges | Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith | Sci-fi/comedy | |
| Mr. Love | Roy Battersby | Barry Jackson, Maurice Denham | Comedy | |
| Murder Elite | Claude Whatham | Ali MacGraw, Billie Whitelaw | Thriller | |
| My Beautiful Laundrette | Stephen Frears | Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth | Drama | |
| No Surrender | Peter Smith | Michael Angelis, Avis Bunnage | Comedy | |
| Not Quite Paradise | Lewis Gilbert | Joanna Pacuła, Sam Robards | Romance | |
| Ordeal by Innocence | Desmond Davis | Donald Sutherland, Faye Dunaway | Mystery | |
| Plenty | Fred Schepisi | Meryl Streep, Charles Dance | Drama | |
| Restless Natives | Michael Hoffman | Vincent Friell, Joe Mullaney | Comedy | |
| Revolution | Hugh Hudson | Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski | Drama | |
| A Room with a View | James Ivory | Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands | Drama | |
| Seacoal | Amber Film Team | Ray Stubbs, Amber Styles, Sammy Johnson | Docudrama | |
| The Shooting Party | Alan Bridges | James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin | Drama | Entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Steaming | Joseph Losey | Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Diana Dors | Drama | Screened at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Supergrass | Peter Richardson | Peter Richardson, Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Keith Allen, Nigel Planer, Dawn French, Ronald Allen, Daniel Peacock, Robbie Coltrane, Alexei Sayle | Comedy/crime | |
| Turtle Diary | John Irvin | Glenda Jackson, Ben Kingsley | Comedy/drama | |
| Underworld | George Pavlou | Denholm Elliott, Miranda Richardson | Horror | |
| A View to a Kill | John Glen | Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Grace Jones | Spy/action | |
| Water | Dick Clement | Michael Caine, Valerie Perrine, Billy Connolly | Comedy | |
| Wetherby | David Hare | Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Tom Wilkinson | Drama | Won the Golden Bear at Berlin |
| Wild Geese II | Peter Hunt | Scott Glenn, Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier | Action/drama | |
| A Zed & Two Noughts | Peter Greenaway | Andréa Ferréol, Brian Deacon, Joss Ackland | Drama | |