1985 in home video

Home video and politics

• September 1 - The Video Recordings Act 1984 in the UK comes into effect.

Movie releases

The following movies were released on video on the following dates:

• Amadeus
• Bachelor Party
• Beverly Hills Cop
• Cat's Eye (directed by Lewis Teague)
• Damnation Alley
• French Connection II
• Ghost Busters
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun
• Gone With the Wind
• Gremlins - November 1985
• House on Haunted Hill (1958, Vincent Price)
• The Karate Kid
• A Man for All Seasons
• The Muppets Take Manhattan
• A Nightmare on Elm Street
• Oliver!
• Pinocchio - July 13, 1985
• Planet of the Apes' pentaolgy
• Porky's Revenge
• Race with the Devil October 17
• Splash
• The Stuff