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1985 in home video

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1985 in home video:

Years in home video: 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years: 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988

Industry milestones[edit]

September[edit]

October[edit]

Movie releases[edit]

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 Muppets 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 CBS/FOX 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 Samual 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 Samual Goldwyn Home Entertainment
Embassy Home Entertainment
Betamax release
VHS release (Part of Goldwyn's "Classic Collection" series.)
Dodsworth Samual Goldwyn Home Entertainment
Embassy Home Entertainment
Betamax release
VHS release (Part of Goldwyn's "Classic Collection" series.)
The Little Foxes Samual Goldwyn Home Entertainment
Embassy Home Entertainment
Betamax release
VHS release (Part of Goldwyn's "Classic Collection" series.)
The Princess and the Pirate Samual Goldwyn Home Entertainment
Embassy Home Entertainment
Betamax release
VHS release (Part of Goldwyn's "Classic Collection" series.)
Stella Dallas Samual Goldwyn Home Entertainment
Embassy Home Entertainment
Betamax release
VHS release (Part of Goldwyn's "Classic Collection" series.)
The Westerners Samual Goldwyn Home Entertainment
Embassy Home Entertainment
Betamax release
VHS release (Part of Goldwyn's "Classic Collection" series.)
Wuthering Heights Samual Goldwyn Home Entertainment
Embassy Home Entertainment
Betamax release
VHS release (Part of Goldwyn's "Classic Collection" series.)
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 30 Beverly Hills Cop Paramount Home Video Betamax release
VHS release
October 31 Ghostbusters RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video 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
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 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.)
Dumbo 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.)
Mary Poppins 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.)
Old Yeller 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.)
Swiss Family Robinson 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.)
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[edit]

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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