1985 in home video

September

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

October

October 19 - The first Blockbuster Video store opens.

Movie releases

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

2010 - June 1985

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension - February 1985

Amadeus - September 1985

American Graffiti - Unknown date

The Attic - Unknown date-October

Bachelor Party - February 1985

Baby Secret of The Lost Legend - December 3, 1985

Beverly Hills Cop - October 1985

Birdy - June 1985

The Breakfast Club - September 19, 1985

The Care Bears Movie - July 10, 1985

Cat's Eye (directed by Lewis Teague) - Unknown date-October

C.H.U.D. - February 1985

A Christmas Story - December 1985

City Heat - May 1985

Cloak & Dagger - January 1985

Country (1984 film) - April 23, 1985

The Cotton Club - April 1985

Damnation Alley - Unknown date

D.A.R.Y.L. - December 1985

Dune - May 1985

Electric Dreams - April 1985

Explorers - December 1985

Falling in Love - May 1985

The Flamingo Kid - June 1985

French Connection II - Unknown date

Ghostbusters - October 31, 1985

Girls Just Want to Have Fun -November

Gone With the Wind - March 1, 1985

Gremlins - November 25, 1985

House on Haunted Hill (1958, Vincent Price) - Unknown date- October

Irreconcilable Differences - April 1985

The Karate Kid - May 15, 1985

Lawrence of Arabia - Unknown date

A Man for All Seasons - Unknown date

Micki and Maude - June 1985

Missing in Action - May 1985

The Muppets Take Manhattan - January 1985

A Nightmare on Elm Street - June 25, 1985

Oliver! - Unknown date

Once Upon a Time in America - February 1985

Pinocchio - July 16, 1985

Places in the Heart - May 1985

Planet of the Apes original film series - Unknown date

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment - Unknown date

The Pope of Greenwich Village - April 1985

Porky's Revenge - Unknown date

Race with the Devil - October

The Razor's Edge - March 1985

Red Dawn - February 1985

Return to Oz -November 19, 1985

Revenge of the Nerds - March 1985

Rhinestone - January 1985

Rustlers' Rhapsody - Unknown date

Sleepaway Camp - March 1985

The Slugger's Wife - October 1985

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - February 1985

Starman - June 1985

The Stuff - Unknown date

Supergirl - April 1985

Surf II - January 1985

Teachers - May 1985

The Terminator - April 1985

Terror in the Aisles - June 1985

Tightrope - January 1985

The Vanishing Prairie -December 3, 1985

A View to a Kill - November 1985

Vision Quest - September 1985

The Wild Life - April 1985

Witness - October 1985

The Woman in Red - February 1985

The Little Train English Harmony Gold Dub - Unknown date