1985 in home video:
Industry milestones[]
September[]
- September 1 - The Video Recordings Act 1984 in the United Kingdom comes into effect.
October[]
- October 19 - The first Blockbuster Video store opens.
Movie releases[]
| U.S./Canada Release Date |
Title | Studio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 20 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release |
| February 23 | The Smurfs Take Manhattan | CBS/Fox Video | Betamax release VHS release |
| March 1 | Gone with the Wind | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release |
| April 24 | The Cotton Club | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release |
| May 15 | The Karate Kid | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release |
| May 22 | The Beach Boys: An American Band | Vestron Video | Betamax release VHS release |
| May | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release |
| June 19 | The Flamingo Kid | Vestron Video | Betamax release VHS release |
| July 7 | Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Playhouse Video | Betamax release VHS release |
| Beneath the Planet of the Apes | Playhouse Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | Playhouse Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Playhouse Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Planet of the Apes | Playhouse Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| July 10 | The Care Bears Movie | Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment Vestron Video |
Betamax release VHS release |
| The Falcon and the Snowman | Vestron Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| July 16 | Pinocchio | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release |
| July 26 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment Embassy Home Entertainment |
Betamax release VHS release (Part of Goldwyn's "Classic Collection" series.) |
| Dodsworth | |||
| The Little Foxes | |||
| The Princess and the Pirate | |||
| Stella Dallas | |||
| The Westerner | |||
| Wuthering Heights | |||
| August 28 | The Sure Thing | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release |
| September | He-Man & She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword | Magic Window | Betamax release VHS release |
| September 5 | Noel's Fantastic Trip | Magic Window | Betamax release VHS release |
| October 23 | Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend | Touchstone Pictures | Betamax release VHS release |
| The Barefoot Executive | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Cat's Eye | Key Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Curse of Frankenstein | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Horror of Dracula | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| House on Haunted Hill | Key Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Inferno | Key Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Mummy | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Mummy | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Nesting | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Night School | Key Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Now You See Him, Now You Don't | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Race with the Devil | Key Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Those Calloways | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Three Lives of Thomasina | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| October 30 | Beverly Hills Cop | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release |
| October 31 | Ghostbusters | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release |
| November 5 | Babes in Toyland | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release (Released as part of Disney's "Making Your Dreams Come True" promotion, this title could be brought for $9.95 with the additional purchase of a Disney cassette priced at $29.95.) |
| Darby O'Gill and the Little People | |||
| Dumbo | |||
| Mary Poppins | |||
| Old Yeller | |||
| Swiss Family Robinson | |||
| November 6 | Tron | Walt Disney Home Video | VHS release |
| November 13 | The Emerald Forest | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release |
| November 19 | The Bears and I | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release |
| Charlie the Lonesome Cougar | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Cosmic Eye | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Gremlins | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Legend of Lobo | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Nine Deaths of the Ninja | Media Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Secrets of Life | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Vanishing Prairie | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| White Wilderness | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| December 10 | Return to Oz | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release |
| Unknown | The Story of Heidi | Pacific Arts | Betamax release VHS release |
| Warriors of the Wind | New World Pictures | Betamax release VHS release |
TV Show releases[]
| U.S./Canada Release Date |
Title | Studio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | Rainbow Brite: Peril in the Pits | Children's Video Library | Betamax release VHS release Season 1 Episode 1 |
| February 14 | It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown | Media Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release TV Special Part of "Snoopy's Home Video Library". |
| Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown | Media Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release TV Special Part of "Snoopy's Home Video Library". | |
| February 20 | Star Trek: Charlie X | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Season 1 Episode 2 |
| Star Trek: Dagger of the Mind | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Season 1 Episode 9 | |
| Star Trek: The Enemy Within | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Season 1 Episode 5 | |
| Star Trek: The Man Trap | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Season 1 Episode 1 | |
| Star Trek: The Menagerie, Parts I and II | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Season 1 Episodes 11 & 12 | |
| Star Trek: Miri | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Season 1 Episode 8 | |
| Star Trek: Mudd's Women | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Season 1 Episode 6 | |
| Star Trek: The Naked Time | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Season 1 Episode 4 | |
| Star Trek: What Are Little Girls Made Of? | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Season 1 Episode 7 | |
| Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Season 1 Episode 3 | |
| February | The Fabulous Fleischer Folio: Volume One | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release |
| April | SuperTed III: The Adventures Continue | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release |
| May 8 | Rainbow Brite: The Mighty Monstromurk Menace Part 1 | Children's Video Library | Betamax release VHS release Season 1 Episode 2 |
| Rainbow Brite: The Mighty Monstromurk Menace Part 2 | Children's Video Library | Betamax release VHS release Season 1 Episode 3 | |
| May 21 | The Disney Dream Factory: 1933-1938 | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Part of Disney's "Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Edition II" series. |
| Donald's Bee Pictures | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Part of Disney's "Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Edition II" series. | |
| From Pluto with Love | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Part of Disney's "Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Edition II" series. | |
| How the Best Was Won: 1933-1960 | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Part of Disney's "Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Edition II" series. | |
| Life with Mickey! | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Part of Disney's "Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Edition II" series. | |
| An Officer and a Duck | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Part of Disney's "Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Edition II" series. | |
| The World According to Goofy | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Part of Disney's "Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Edition II" series. | |
| May 22 | A Gumby Celebration | Family Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release |
| May | She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown | Media Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release TV Special Part of "Snoopy's Home Video Library". |
| It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown | Media Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release TV Special Part of "Snoopy's Home Video Library". | |
| September | It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown | Media Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release TV Special Part of "Snoopy's Home Video Library". |
| It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown | Media Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release TV Special Part of "Snoopy's Home Video Library". | |
| What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown | Media Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release TV Special Part of "Snoopy's Home Video Library". | |
| October 7 | Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Part of the "Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection". |
| Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues... | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Part of the "Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection". | |
| Porky Pig's Screwball Comedies | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Part of the "Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection". | |
| Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote: The Classic Chase | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Part of the "Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection". | |
| A Salute to Chuck Jones | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Part of the "Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection". | |
| A Salute to Friz Freleng | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Part of the "Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection". | |
| A Salute to Mel Blanc | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Part of the "Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection". | |
| Speedy Gonzales' Fast Funnies | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Part of the "Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection". | |
| Sylvester and Tweety's Crazy Capers | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Part of the "Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection". | |
| October 15 | Wee Sing Together | Price Stern Sloan | VHS release The first ever "Wee Sing" home video. |
| October | SuperTed IV: New Intergalactic Adventures | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release |
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