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==Events==
* '''January''':
* '''January''': Vestron Video launched the Lightning Video subsidiary. As a result, the VidAmerica label was shifted to Lightning.
** Vestron Video launched the Lightning Video subsidiary. As a result, the VidAmerica label was shifted to Lightning.
** Distributor Program Hunters was renamed to World Video Pictures.
* '''February''':
** Capitol Records reenters video distribution with a deal with Sony Video Software.
** RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video started the MusicVision label for music releases.
** The CBS/Fox Children's Video label was renamed to Playhouse Video, and begins distributing titles from The Muppets.
* '''March''': Video Corporation of America was merged with Technicolor's owner FGSA, and begin operating as VCA/Technicolor.
* '''March''': Video Corporation of America was merged with Technicolor's owner FGSA, and began operating as VCA/Technicolor.
* '''April''': Capitol Records and Continental Video enter into a distribution pact.
* '''April''':
** Capitol Records and Continental Video enter into a distribution pact.
** Simitar Entertainment is formed from the ashes of K-Tel Video's US operations.
* '''May''':
** Family Home Entertainment ended its distribution agreement with MGM/UA Home Video, noticing a 8% to 10% shortfall. International Video Entertainment took over distribution of its titles.
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** Capitol Records enters into a deal with Prism Entertainment to distribute its Silver Screen Edition and Marvel Comics lines.
** Sony Video Software Operations was reorganized as an independent company under the name of Sony Video Software Company.
* '''October''': The BBC had secured a North American home video distribution deal with CBS/Fox Video.
* '''December''':
** Random House Home Video partnered with SesameChildren's Television Workshop to launch the '''My Sesame Street Home Video''' labelline.
** National Geographic teamed up with Vestron Video to launch the '''National Geographic Video''' label.
* Empire International reactivated the Force Video label, with Lightning Video as distributor.
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''.38 Special: Wild Eyed and Live!'' || A&M Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''All of Me'' || Thorn EMI Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Attack of the 50 Foot Woman'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1985 ||
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| ''Auditions'' || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || January 4, 1985 ||
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| ''The Battle of the Last Panzer'' || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || January 4, 1985 ||
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| ''Beany and Cecil Vol. 6'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Best Defense'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Campus Corpse'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || January 16, 1985 ||
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| ''Catch a Rising Star's 10th Anniversary'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Danger Mouse Vol. 2'' || Thames Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Duran Duran: Sing Blue Silver'' || Thorn EMI Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Emmanuelle Black and White'' || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || January 4, 1985 ||
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| ''The Errand Boy'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || January 14, 1985 ||
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| ''The Evil That Men Do'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Exterminators of the Year 3000'' || Thorn EMI Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Group'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1985 ||
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| ''Heat of Desire'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Helter Skelter'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 28, 1985 ||
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| ''I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || January 16, 1985 ||
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| ''The Incredible Journey of Dr. Meg Laurel'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown/Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown'' || Snoopy's Home Video Library || Media Home Entertainment || January 28, 1985 ||
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| ''Madama Butterfly'' || Thorn EMI Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Making of 2 A.M.: Paradise Cafe'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Marathon'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || January 14, 1985 ||
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| ''Meatballs Part II'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Meeting of Minds Vol. 1'' || Buena Vista Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || January 28, 1985 ||
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| ''Pacific Inferno'' || VCL Communications || Media Home Entertainment || January 28, 1985 ||
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| ''A Pain in the Arse'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Patsy'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || January 14, 1985 ||
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| ''Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen'' || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || January 4, 1985 ||
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| ''The Plumber'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || January 28, 1985 ||
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| ''Reflections in a Golden Eye'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || January 1985 ||
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| ''Rubik, the Amazing Cube Vol. 1'' || FamilyRCA/Columbia Pictures Home EntertainmentVideo || MGMRCA/UAColumbia Pictures Home Video || January 149, 1985 ||
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| ''Sextette'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || January 28, 1985 ||
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| ''The Woman in Red'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || January 16, 1985 ||
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| ''The Wrong Box'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''You and Me, Kid Vol. 2'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || January 28, 1985 ||
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| ''You Were Never Lovelier'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || January 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Adventures in Paradise'' || Monterey Home Video || International Video Entertainment || April 11, 1985 ||
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| ''Alexander Nevsky'' || Video Film Classics || Kartes Video Communications || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || April 11, 1985 ||
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| ''The Best of 60 Minutes Vol. 2'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || April 22, 1985 ||
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| ''The Best of Upstairs, Downstairs Vol. 14'' || Thorn EMI Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || April 10, 1985 ||
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| ''The Birth of a Nation'' || Video Film Classics || Kartes Video Communications || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Blind Date'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || April 1, 1985 ||
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| ''The Blue Angel'' || Video Film Classics || Kartes Video Communications || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''La bohème'' || Thorn EMI Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || April 10, 1985 ||
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| ''Chattanooga Choo Choo'' || Thorn EMI Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || April 10, 1985 ||
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| ''Comfort and Joy'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || April 11, 1985 ||
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| ''The Corsican Brothers'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || April 1, 1985 ||
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| ''Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Grand Illusion'' || Video Film Classics || Kartes Video Communications || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Gulag'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''He Kills Night After Night After Night'' || Monterey Home Video || International Video Entertainment || April 11, 1985 ||
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| ''Hellfighters'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || April 11, 1985 ||
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| ''The House That Bled to Death'' || ThrillerVideo || International Video Entertainment || April 11, 1985 ||
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| ''The Last Day of the War'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || April 11, 1985 ||
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| ''The Last Laugh'' || Video Film Classics || Kartes Video Communications || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Last Summer'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || April 22, 1985 ||
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| ''Night of the Living Dead'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Nosferatu'' || Video Film Classics || Kartes Video Communications || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Of Human Bondage'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Original Keystone Comedies Vol. 1'' || Video Film Classics || Kartes Video Communications || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Original Keystone Comedies Vol. 2'' || Video Film Classics || Kartes Video Communications || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Original Keystone Comedies Vol. 3'' || Video Film Classics || Kartes Video Communications || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Original Keystone Comedies Vol. 4'' || Video Film Classics || Kartes Video Communications || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Original Keystone Comedies Vol. 5'' || Video Film Classics || Kartes Video Communications || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Original Keystone Comedies Vol. 6'' || Video Film Classics || Kartes Video Communications || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Original Keystone Comedies Vol. 7'' || Video Film Classics || Kartes Video Communications || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Original Keystone Comedies Vol. 8'' || Video Film Classics || Kartes Video Communications || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Outlaw'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Prince of Central Park'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || April 11, 1985 ||
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| ''Privates on Parade'' || Thorn EMI Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || April 10, 1985 ||
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| ''Ready, Steady, Go! Vol. 2'' || Thorn EMI Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || April 10, 1985 ||
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| ''The Reivers'' || Key Video || The CBS/Fox Company || April 22, 1985 ||
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| ''The Rules of the Game'' || Video Film Classics || Kartes Video Communications || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Santa Fe Trail'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Sin of Harold Diddlebock'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Southerner'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''A Star Is Born'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''The Stone Boy'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || April 22, 1985 ||
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| ''The Stranger'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Supergirl'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || April 11, 1985 ||
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| ''The Terminator'' || Thorn EMI Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || April 10, 1985 ||
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| ''The Terror'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Things to Come'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Till the Clouds Roll By'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Triumph of the Will'' || Video Film Classics || Kartes Video Communications || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Under the Volcano'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || April 11, 1985 ||
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| ''An Unsuitable Job for a Woman'' || Monterey Home Video || International Video Entertainment || April 11, 1985 ||
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| ''W.C. Fields Comedy Cavalcade'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''White Zombie'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || April 9, 1985 ||
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| ''Windy City'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || April 22, 1985 ||
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| ''Benny Hill's Video Follies'' || Thames Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || May 15, 1985 ||
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| ''The Best of Sex and Violence'' || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || May 3, 1985 ||
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| ''The Boogey Man'' || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || May 3, 1985 ||
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| ''Bruce Is Loose/The Fierce One'' || Best Film and Video Corporation || Best Film and Video Corporation || May 13, 1985 ||
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| ''Door to Door'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || May 16, 1985 ||
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| ''The Doors: Dance on Fire'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || May 2, 1985 ||
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| ''The Driver'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || May 20, 1985 ||
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| ''Dune'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || May 16, 1985 ||
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| ''Emmanuelle Around the World'' || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || May 3, 1985 ||
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| ''Every Which Way But Loose'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || May 13, 1985 ||
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| ''First Blood'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || May 15, 1985 ||
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| ''Fist of Fear, Touch of Death'' || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || May 3, 1985 ||
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| ''The French Connection II'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || May 20, 1985 ||
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| ''The Glitter Dome'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || May 15, 1985 ||
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| ''The Harrad Experiment'' || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || May 3, 1985 ||
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| ''He Who Walks Alone'' || VCL Communications || Media Home Entertainment || May 16, 1985 ||
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| ''The Man Who Knew Too Much'' || Spotlite Video || Republic Pictures Home Video || May 13, 1985 ||
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| ''The Miss Nude America Contest'' || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || May 3, 1985 ||
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| ''Missing in Action'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || May 13, 1985 ||
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| ''Outlaw Blues'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || May 13, 1985 ||
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| ''Penitentiary'' || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || May 3, 1985 ||
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| ''Penny Serenade'' || Spotlite Video || Republic Pictures Home Video || May 13, 1985 ||
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| ''Skullduggery'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || May 16, 1985 ||
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| ''The Sky's the Limit'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || May 16, 1985 ||
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| ''Skyline'' || Pacific Arts Video Records || MCA Distributing Corporation || May 30, 1985 ||
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| ''The Wind in the Willows'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || May 15, 1985 ||
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| ''Zombies 2'' || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || May 3, 1985 ||
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| ''Anchors Aweigh'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || June 22, 1985 ||
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| ''Annie'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || June 15, 1985 ||
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| ''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || June 25, 1985 ||
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| ''The Band Wagon'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || June 1, 1985 ||
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| ''Barry Gibb: Now Voyager'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 6, 1985 ||
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| ''Bells Are Ringing'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || June 1, 1985 ||
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| ''The Big Sky'' || RKO Home Video || RKO Home Video || June 27, 1985 ||
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| ''Birdy'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || June 5, 1985 ||
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| ''Blood Couple'' || Video Gems || Video Gems || June 24, 1985 ||
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| ''Blue Fin'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || Embassy Home Entertainment || June 13, 1985 ||
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| ''Blue Thunder'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || June 15, 1985 ||
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| ''Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || June 22, 1985 ||
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| ''Chick Corea and Gary Burton: Live in Tokyo'' || Pacific Arts Video Records || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 27, 1985 ||
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| ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || June 15, 1985 ||
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| ''Crisis at Central High'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || June 12, 1985 ||
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| ''The Kirlian Witness'' || Magnum Entertainment || Magnum Entertainment || June 17, 1985 ||
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| ''Kramer vs. Kramer'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || June 15, 1985 ||
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| ''Laboratory'' || United Home Video || United Entertainment || June 20, 1985 ||
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| ''Magnificent Obsession'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 27, 1985 ||
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| ''Micki and Maude'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || June 5, 1985 ||
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| ''A Minor Miracle'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || Embassy Home Entertainment || June 17, 1985 ||
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| ''Singin' in the Rain'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || June 1, 1985 ||
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| ''A Slave of Love'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || June 5, 1985 ||
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| ''Starman'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || June 5, 1985 ||
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| ''Station West'' || RKO Home Video || RKO Home Video || June 27, 1985 ||
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| ''Strike Up the Band'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || June 22, 1985 ||
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| ''Stripes'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || June 15, 1985 ||
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| ''Sweet William'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || June 25, 1985 ||
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| ''Their Only Chance'' || Simitar Entertainment || Simitar Entertainment || June 27, 1985 ||
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| ''The Three Stooges: Loco Boy Makes Good'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || June 5, 1985 ||
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| ''Till the Clouds Roll By'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || June 1, 1985 ||
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| ''Timefighters'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || Embassy Home Entertainment || June 17, 1985 ||
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| ''Tootsie'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || June 15, 1985 ||
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| ''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye'' || Family Home Entertainment || International Video Entertainment || June 20, 1985 ||
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| ''The Vikings'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || June 22, 1985 ||
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| ''The Watermelon Man'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || June 5, 1985 ||
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| ''We Are the World: The Video Event'' || MusicVision || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || June 19, 1985 ||
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''9 Deaths of the Ninja'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || September 5, 1985 ||
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| ''1918'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || September 4, 1985 ||
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| ''Amadeus'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || September 18, 1985 ||
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| ''The Amazing Spider-Man: The Origin of Spider-Man'' || Prism Entertainment || Capitol Records || September 17, 1985 ||
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| ''The Ambush Murders'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || September 5, 1985 ||
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| ''Antarctica'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || September 4, 1985 ||
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| ''Beach Blanket Bingo'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || September 18, 1985 ||
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| ''The Bellboy'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || September 5, 1985 ||
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| ''Beyond Obsession'' || Video Corporation of America || Lightning Video L.P. || September 11, 1985 ||
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| ''The Blue Knight'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || September 5, 1985 ||
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| ''Braingames Vol. 1'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || September 18, 1985 ||
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| ''El Cid'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || September 11, 1985 ||
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| ''Cinderfella'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || September 5, 1985 ||
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| ''The Compleat Al'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || September 4, 1985 ||
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| ''Detroit 9000'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || September 18, 1985 ||
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| ''The Disappearance of Aimee'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || September 5, 1985 ||
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| ''Don Rickles: Buy This Tape, You Hockey Puck'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || September 11, 1985 ||
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| ''Emanuelle in America'' || Video Corporation of America || Lightning Video L.P. || September 11, 1985 ||
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| ''Emanuelle in Bangkok'' || Video Corporation of America || Lightning Video L.P. || September 11, 1985 ||
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| ''Emanuelle the Queen'' || Video Corporation of America || Lightning Video L.P. || September 11, 1985 ||
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| ''Gas-s-s-s'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || September 11, 1985 ||
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| ''Goodbye Cruel World'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || September 11, 1985 ||
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| ''Hatchet for a Honeymoon'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || September 5, 1985 ||
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| ''The House on Skull Mountain'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || September 4, 1985 ||
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| ''Huckleberry Finn'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || September 11, 1985 ||
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| ''Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || September 4, 1985 ||
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| ''It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'' || Snoopy's Home Video Library || Media Home Entertainment || September 5, 1985 ||
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| ''Jerry Lewis Live'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || September 5, 1985 ||
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| ''The Legend of Hell House'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || September 4, 1985 ||
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| ''Polyester'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || September 18, 1985 ||
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| ''Porky's Revenge'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || September 4, 1985 ||
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| ''Ready, Steady, Go! Vol. 3'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || September 18, 1985 ||
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| ''Samson et Dalila'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || September 18, 1985 ||
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| ''Scared to Death'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || September 5, 1985 ||
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| ''The Scarlet and the Black'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || September 4, 1985 ||
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| ''Superstition'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || September 11, 1985 ||
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| ''Survival Spanish'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || September 5, 1985 ||
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| ''Swan Lake'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || September 18, 1985 ||
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| ''The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal'' || U.S.A. Home Video || International Video Entertainment || September 5, 1985 ||
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| ''Twins of Evil'' || Video Corporation of America || Lightning Video L.P. || September 11, 1985 ||
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| ''Walking Tall: The Final Chapter'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || September 11, 1985 ||
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| ''Breeders' Cup 1984'' || U.S.A. Sports Video || International Video Entertainment || October 3, 1985 ||
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| ''Camila'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || October 8, 1985 ||
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| ''Carols for Christmas'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || October 23, 1985 ||
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| ''Amy Grant: Age to Age'' || A&M Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || November 20, 1985 ||
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| ''Amy Grant: Find a Way'' || A&M Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || November 20, 1985 ||
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| ''And Now My Love'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || November 5, 1985 ||
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| ''Babes in Toyland'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || November 5, 1985 ||
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| ''The Grass Is Greener'' || Republic Pictures Home Video || Republic Pictures Home Video || November 27, 1985 ||
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| ''Hellhole'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || November 20, 1985 ||
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| ''Herbie Goes Bananas'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || November 5, 1985 ||
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| ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' || Republic Pictures Home Video || Republic Pictures Home Video || November 27, 1985 ||
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| ''It Came Upon the Midnight Clear'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || November 20, 1985 ||
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| ''Just One of the Guys'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || November 20, 1985 ||
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| ''The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || November 4, 1985 ||
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| ''Mad Bull'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || November 20, 1985 ||
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| ''Man and Boy'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || November 20, 1985 ||
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| ''The Man from Deep River'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || November 12, 1985 ||
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| ''Old Yeller'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || November 5, 1985 ||
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| ''Oliver!'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || November 20, 1985 ||
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| ''Operation Petticoat'' || Republic Pictures Home Video || Republic Pictures Home Video || November 27, 1985 ||
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| ''The Outlaw Josey Wales'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || November 4, 1985 ||
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| ''Perfect'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || November 20, 1985 ||
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| ''Pete's Dragon'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || November 5, 1985 ||
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| ''The Shooting Party'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || November 20, 1985 ||
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| ''Stop Making Sense'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || November 13, 1985 ||
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| ''Supertramp: Brother Where You Bound'' || A&M Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || November 20, 1985 ||
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| ''Swiss Family Robinson'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || November 5, 1985 ||
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| ''That Touch of Mink'' || Republic Pictures Home Video || Republic Pictures Home Video || November 27, 1985 ||
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| ''The Three Stooges: Three Little Pigskins'' || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || November 20, 1985 ||
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| ''Tom Horn'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || November 4, 1985 ||
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| ''The Verdi Requiem'' || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || Thorn EMI/HBO Video || November 20, 1985 ||
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| ''A View to a Kill'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || November 7, 1985 ||
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| ''Viva Max!'' || Republic Pictures Home Video || Republic Pictures Home Video || November 27, 1985 ||
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| ''Explorers'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || December 11, 1985 ||
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| ''Farewell My Lovely'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || December 17, 1985 ||
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| ''The Fifth Day of Peace'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || December 10, 1985 ||
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| ''The Streets of L.A.'' || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || December 11, 1985 ||
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| ''The Tamarind Seed'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || December 17, 1985 ||
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| ''Tanya's Island'' || Simitar Entertainment || Simitar Entertainment || December 26, 1985 ||
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| ''Americathon'' || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || 1985 ||
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| ''Avenger X'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || 1985 ||
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| ''Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend'' || Touchstone Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || 1985 ||
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| ''Beasts'' || A.N.E. Home Video || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || H2 1985 ||
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| ''The Best of Sex and Violence'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || 1985 ||
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| ''Bigfoot and Wildboy'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || Embassy Home Entertainment || Embassy Home Entertainment || 1985 ||
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| ''Bloody Moon'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1985 ||
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| ''The Boogey Man'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || 1985 ||
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| ''The Boss'' || Lauren Home Video || Lauren Communications, Inc. || Lauren Communications, Inc. || 1985 ||
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| ''Call It Murder'' || Hollywood Movie Greats || California Video Distributors || California Video Distributors || 1985 ||
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| ''Caliber 9'' || Lauren Home Video || Lauren Communications, Inc. || Lauren Communications, Inc. || 1985 ||
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| ''Duel of Champions'' || Force Video || Force Video || Lightning Video, L.P. || 1985 ||
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| ''Dune'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || 1985 ||
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| ''The Dungeonmaster'' || Lightning Video || Lightning Video || Vestron Video || 1985 ||
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| ''Emmanuelle Around the World'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || 1985 ||
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| ''Emmanuelle Black and White'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || 1985 ||
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| ''Empire of the Ants'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || Embassy Home Entertainment || Embassy Home Entertainment || 1985 ||
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| ''The Great Love Experiment'' || Scholastic-Lorimar Home Video || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || Karl-Lorimar Home Video || 1985 ||
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| ''The Harrad Experiment'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || 1985 ||
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| ''Helltrain'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || 1985 ||
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| ''Midnight Madness'' || Buena Vista Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || 1985 ||
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| ''The Miss Nude America Contest'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || 1985 ||
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| ''Monster Hunter'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || 1985 ||
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| ''The Muppets Take Manhattan'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1985 ||
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| ''Orgy of the Dead'' || Rhino Home Video || Rhino Records || Rhino Records || 1985 ||
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| ''Penitentiary'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || 1985 ||
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| ''Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || 1985 ||
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| ''Pirates of the Seven Seas'' || Force Video || Force Video || Lightning Video, L.P. || 1985 ||
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| ''Straw Dogs'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1985 ||
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| ''Student Union'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Spectrum Video || 1985 ||
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| ''Tennessee's Partner'' || Buena Vista Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || 1985 ||
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| ''The Velveteen Rabbit'' || Rabbit Ears Productions<br>Random House Home Video || Random House || Random House || 1985 ||
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| ''A View to a Kill'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1985 ||
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| ''Village of the Giants'' || Embassy Home Entertainment || Embassy Home Entertainment || Embassy Home Entertainment || 1985 ||