The Legend of Billie Jean

July. 19,1985 PG-13

Rating：

6.6

Genre：

Drama Action Comedy

Keywords：

Texas Chase Female Protagonist

Rent / Buy

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Average Texas teen, Billie Jean Davy, is caught up in an odd fight for justice. She is usually followed and harrased around by local boys, who, one day, decide to trash her brother's scooter for fun. The boys' father refuses to pay them back the price of the scooter. The fight for "fair is fair" takes the teens around the state and produces an unlikely hero.

Helen Slater as Billie Jean Davy

Christian Slater as Binx Davy

Yeardley Smith as Putter

Martha Gehman as Ophelia

Peter Coyote as Lt. Larry Ringwald

Dean Stockwell as Muldaur

Barry Tubb as Hubie Pyatt

Richard Bradford as Pyatt

Mona Lee Fultz as Donna Davy

Keith Gordon as Lloyd Muldaur

Similar titles

Paramount+

The Battle of Shaker Heights

A quirky teen with a penchant for war reenactments, Kelly Ernswiler obsesses over military tactics with his buddy Bart. The school bully is one of Kelly's regular headaches, and he also has to deal with a frustrating situation at home, where his father is a recovering drug addict. Kelly's life gets even more complicated when he falls for Tabby, Bart's pretty and soon-to-be-wed older sister.

Watch on

The Battle of Shaker Heights 2003

Prime Video

Don't Tell Her It's Me

Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely. Therefore, his caring sister tries to set him up with suitable woman. But to do so, she must turn him into an irresistible man. When he falls in love with Emily, Gus takes the identity of a mysterious biker from New Zealand.

Watch on

Don't Tell Her It's Me 1990

HULU

Hurricane Bianca

A teacher from New York moves to a small town in Texas, gets fired for being gay, and returns disguised in drag to get revenge on the people who were nasty to him.

Watch on

Hurricane Bianca 2016

She Cried Murder

Fashion model Sarah Cornell, from the front car of a subway, witnesses a man pushing a woman onto the tracks to her death. Hoping to dispel the presumption that the woman committed suicide, Sarah contacts the police. But when they arrive to take her statement, she recognizes one of the detectives as the killer. Can she get anyone to believe her before she becomes his next victim?

See Detail

She Cried Murder 1973

Starz

All the Pretty Horses

The year is 1949. A young Texan named John Grady finds himself without a home after his mother sells the ranch where he has spent his entire life. Lured south of the border by the romance of cowboy life and the promise of a fresh start, Cole and his pal embark on an adventure that will test their resilience, define their maturity, and change their lives forever.

Watch on

All the Pretty Horses 2000

Prime Video

Like Mike

Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One stormy night, they go to get the shoes when Calvin and the shoes are struck by lightning. Calvin now has unbelievable basketball powers and has the chance to play for the NBA.

Watch on

Like Mike 2002

The Border

A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.

See Detail

The Border 1982

Darklight

Captured by a secret society known as the Faith and mentally controlled with a powerful spell, ancient demoness Lilith now lives as a young woman with no memory of her agless past. However, the terrifying plague unleashed by a rampaging monster, the Demonicos, forces one human to recruit her mystical power known as the Darklight to fight this terrifying beast...

See Detail

Darklight 2004

Lymelife

A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 15, is at the point in his life when he finds out that the most important people around him, his father, his mother, and his brother, are not exactly who he thought they were. They are flawed and they are human.

See Detail

Lymelife 2008

Honeysuckle Rose

Buck Bonham is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving, the daughter of one of his longtime musical sidekick.

See Detail

Honeysuckle Rose 1980

Louise is not very popular at her highschool. Then she learns that she's descended from the witches of Salem and has inherited their powers. At first she uses them to get back at the girls and teachers who teased her and to win the heart of the handsome footballer's captain. But soon she has doubts if it's right to 'cheat' her way to popularity.

Watch on

Teen Witch 1989

Prime Video

C.H.U.D.

A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photojournalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, band together to try and determine what the creatures are and how to stop them.

Watch on

C.H.U.D. 1984

Just One of the Guys

When Terry Griffith loses her high school's writing competition, she's convinced that it's because she's a girl. So Terry decides to change high schools and pose as a boy to prove her point. Her brother, Buddy, helps her pass as a guy so well that she is soon making friends with the boys at school, including the attractive Rick, who becomes her new best friend. But her gender-swapping makes things difficult when she falls in love with him.

See Detail

Just One of the Guys 1985

Netflix

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

In a life full of triumph and failure, "National Lampoon" co-founder Doug Kenney built a comedy empire, molding pop culture in the 1970s.

Watch on

A Futile and Stupid Gesture 2018

Paramount+

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, is a school teacher and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a lethal, top-secret agent.

Watch on

The Long Kiss Goodnight 1996

Prime Video

Masters of the Universe

The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won after seizing Grayskull and the surrounding city using a cosmic key developed by the locksmith Gwildor. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner and he begins to drain her life-force as he waits for the moon of Eternia to align with the Great Eye of the Universe that will bestow god-like power upon him.

Watch on

Masters of the Universe 1987

Starz

The Money Pit

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.

Watch on

The Money Pit 1986

Reviews

SpuffyWeb

1985/07/19

Sadly Over-hyped

... more

Listonixio

1985/07/20

Fresh and Exciting

... more

Tobias Burrows

1985/07/21

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

... more

Guillelmina

1985/07/22

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

... more

juanmuscle

1985/07/23

The Most important thing I learnt from the incredible tale of Billie Jean - cool red scooters are very, very, very inspirational! Especially in 1985! Secondly, if your scooter gets trashed by a bunch of unduly ruffians and unwieldy scallywags in the greater Texas expanse in the ripping 80's, and if you just happen to have a sister named Billie Jean, your in luck! Cause 80's producers will make the coolest style over content movie ever! Thirdly, a puerile Christian Slater really really really loves red scooters! and Vermont! Fourthly, in the 80's if you are a very cute blond rebelgirl on the lamb, you can go into underground dank where-houses anywhere in the greater USA expanse and meet up with tons of your fav fans, how VERY! And if you are on the lamb and a member of your seditious gang is Billie Jean, cute lil' bebe gingers can be a great asset! And if you are on the lamb and need help, don't worry if you are like Billie on any street in any state, across the country, there is someone just like you who savors your plight and is always, always ready to save you! God Bless Billie forever!

... more

gwnightscream

1985/07/24

Helen Slater, Keith Gordon, Christian Slater and Peter Coyote star in this 1985 drama. Slater (Supergirl) plays Texas teen, Billie Jean Davy who tries to help her brother, Binx (C. Slater) get his scooter fixed. She tries to get the money that's owed for the damages, but becomes a fugitive falsely accused of robbery and a media icon. Gordon (Christine) plays Lloyd, a rich boy Billie Jean finds romance with and Coyote (E.T.) plays cop, Ringwald who tries to find and help her. I grew up watching this and always liked it. Helen & the cast are good in it, I like Craig Sefan's score as well as Pat Benatar's theme song, "Invincible." I recommend this good 80's flick.

... more

crystalart

1985/07/25

Keith Gordon, Helen Slater. Christian Slater...young and beautiful.This is a well done film that gives these young actors and actresses a chance to get started.Cult status is assured from the first viewing.Once again, Keith Gordon does a wonderful job.When Helen Slater appears as "Joan of Arc", it's an almost magical moment.Enjoy "The Legend..." on whatever level it works for you.You will also enjoy Keith Gordon in "All That Jazz", "Static", and other unusual films.Here's Harry Dean Stanton again (remember "Christine"?) These folks work well together.

... more

insomniac_rod

1985/07/26

I haven't seen this movie in probably 15 years but the memories are fond and I must say that as a young boy I had a blast with it.This is the typical movie that will make you feel powerful when it comes about friendship, adventures, and most of all, revelry.Billie Jean's gang was likable and that helps a lot because you actually care for the party and feel worried for them. Also, the correct selection of actors was great. Yeardley Smith, Christian Slater and his sister carry the movie completely on their back.The situations are very emotional, fun, entertaining, and most of all, interesting.Keep in mind that the movie is based on a very popular character on American culture.I caught it on HBO and I hope to watch it soon.

... more