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1980's films I have seen

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  • Danny Elfman, Jan Stuart Schwartz, and Susan Tyrrell in Forbidden Zone (1980)

    1. Forbidden Zone

    19801h 14mR64Metascore
    6.5 (5.8K)
    The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.
    DirectorRichard ElfmanStarsGene CunninghamMarie-Pascale ElfmanVirginia Rose
  • Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

    2. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    19802h 4mPG82Metascore
    8.7 (1.5M)
    After the Empire overpowers the Rebel Alliance, Luke Skywalker begins training with Jedi Master Yoda, while Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett pursue his friends across the galaxy.
    DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie Fisher
  • The Shining (1980)

    3. The Shining

    19802h 26mR68Metascore
    8.4 (1.2M)
    A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny Lloyd
  • Airplane! (1980)

    4. Airplane!

    19801h 28mPG78Metascore
    7.7 (277K)
    After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.
    DirectorsJim AbrahamsDavid ZuckerJerry ZuckerStarsRobert HaysJulie HagertyLeslie Nielsen
  • The Lathe of Heaven (1980)

    5. The Lathe of Heaven

    19801h 45mTV Movie
    7.1 (2.9K)
    In a highly controlled and overpopulated society, a man who has terrifying dreams that affect reality is assigned a psychiatrist who takes advantage of the situation.
    DirectorsFred BarzykDavid R. LoxtonStarsBruce DavisonPeyton E. ParkNiki Flacks
  • Tomisaburô Wakayama and Akihiro Tomikawa in Shogun Assassin (1980)

    6. Shogun Assassin

    19801h 25mR
    7.3 (12K)
    When the wife of the Shogun's Decapitator is murdered and he is ordered to commit suicide by the paranoid Shogun, he and his four-year-old son escape and become assassins for hire, embarking on a journey of blood and violent death.
    DirectorsRobert HoustonKenji MisumiStarsTomisaburô WakayamaKayo MatsuoMinoru Ôki
  • William Hurt in Altered States (1980)

    7. Altered States

    19801h 42mR58Metascore
    6.9 (41K)
    A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.
    DirectorKen RussellStarsWilliam HurtBlair BrownBob Balaban
  • John Hurt in The Elephant Man (1980)

    8. The Elephant Man

    19802h 4mPG78Metascore
    8.2 (275K)
    A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsAnthony HopkinsJohn HurtAnne Bancroft
  • The Music of Erich Zann (1980)

    9. The Music of Erich Zann

    198017mShort
    6.4 (221)
    This story revolves around a student of metaphysics, Charles Dexter Ward who befriends Erich Zann an aging violinist who lives on the floor above him. Charles is fascinated and then drawn to Zann's sinister yet wonderful music that he hears late at night drifting down from above. He, of course, discovers more then he bargains for when he peers at what beckons beyond that strange curtained window in Zann's room.
    DirectorJohn StrysikStarsRobert RothmanRobert AlexanderDarryl Warren
  • Sue Allen, Don Messick, Hal Smith, Wayne Morton, and Ken Lundie in Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano (1980)

    10. Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano

    198030mTV-GTV Movie
    6.7 (284)
    A young man wishes he could get away and his wish is granted in a globetrotting, song-singing way.
    DirectorGerard BaldwinStarsKen LundieJoe RaposoWayne Morton
  • Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980)

    11. Cheech and Chong's Next Movie

    19801h 39mR66Metascore
    6.0 (16K)
    Cheech and Chong live in a decrepit old house and drive their neighbour crazy with their loud music, weed smoking and general anarchy and slacker view on life. Then Chong meets Cheech's Texan cousin Red and things kick up a notch.
    DirectorTommy ChongStarsCheech MarinTommy ChongEvelyn Guerrero
  • Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)

    12. Return to the 36th Chamber

    19801h 39mR
    6.9 (4.4K)
    After failing to help his friends at the local dyeing mill who're getting bullied by Manchurians, a lowly street hustler sneaks into the Shaolin Temple, and is willing to do anything to learn kung fu and help his friends.
    DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsChia-Hui LiuLung-Wei WangHou Hsiao
  • Brian Blessed, Max von Sydow, and Sam J. Jones in Flash Gordon (1980)

    13. Flash Gordon

    19801h 51mPG58Metascore
    6.5 (64K)
    A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
    DirectorMike HodgesStarsSam J. JonesMelody AndersonMax von Sydow
  • Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu (1980)

    14. Xanadu

    19801h 36mPG31Metascore
    5.4 (16K)
    A struggling artist living in Los Angeles meets a girl who may hold the key to his happiness.
    DirectorRobert GreenwaldStarsOlivia Newton-JohnGene KellyMichael Beck
  • The Octagon (1980)

    15. The Octagon

    19801h 43mR48Metascore
    5.1 (6.6K)
    A martial artist must defeat a plan by ninjas to create a worldwide training camp for terrorists.
    DirectorEric KarsonStarsChuck NorrisKaren CarlsonLee Van Cleef
  • Kevin Bacon, Adrienne King, Ari Lehman, Robbi Morgan, Betsy Palmer, and Jeannine Taylor in Friday the 13th (1980)

    16. Friday the 13th

    19801h 35mR22Metascore
    6.4 (168K)
    A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.
    DirectorSean S. CunninghamStarsBetsy PalmerAdrienne KingJeannine Taylor
  • Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, and Ted Knight in Caddyshack (1980)

    17. Caddyshack

    19801h 38mR48Metascore
    7.2 (132K)
    An exclusive golf course has to deal with a flatulent new member and a destructive dancing gopher.
    DirectorHarold RamisStarsChevy ChaseRodney DangerfieldBill Murray
  • The Changeling (1980)

    18. The Changeling

    19801h 47mR70Metascore
    7.1 (43K)
    After experiencing tragic personal losses, a music professor rents a Seattle mansion, haunted by a slain boy.
    DirectorPeter MedakStarsGeorge C. ScottTrish Van DevereMelvyn Douglas
  • Bill Murray in Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)

    19. Where the Buffalo Roam

    19801h 39mR
    6.5 (13K)
    Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
    DirectorArt LinsonStarsPeter BoyleBill MurrayBruno Kirby
  • The Fog (1980)

    20. The Fog

    19801h 29mR55Metascore
    6.8 (88K)
    Local legend tells of a ship lured on to the rocks of Antonio Bay being enveloped by a supernatural cloud as it sank; the myth says that when this mysterious fog returns, the victims will rise up from the depths seeking vengeance.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsAdrienne BarbeauJamie Lee CurtisJanet Leigh
  • Inferno (1980)

    21. Inferno

    19801h 46mR69Metascore
    6.5 (25K)
    An American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book.
    DirectorDario ArgentoStarsLeigh McCloskeyIrene MiracleEleonora Giorgi
  • John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in The Blues Brothers (1980)

    22. The Blues Brothers

    19802h 13mR60Metascore
    7.9 (224K)
    Jake Blues rejoins his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
    DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydCab Calloway
  • Robert De Niro in Raging Bull (1980)

    23. Raging Bull

    19802h 9mR90Metascore
    8.1 (398K)
    The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe Pesci
  • Clint Eastwood in Any Which Way You Can (1980)

    24. Any Which Way You Can

    19801h 56mPG51Metascore
    6.1 (22K)
    A trucker turned prize fighter, his brother and their pet orangutan have a series of misadventures involving the mob, corrupt cops, motorcycle gangs and pretty dames.
    DirectorBuddy Van HornStarsClint EastwoodSondra LockeGeoffrey Lewis
  • The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

    25. The Watcher in the Woods

    19801h 24mPG52Metascore
    6.1 (7.6K)
    When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.
    DirectorsJohn HoughVincent McEveetyStarsBette DavisLynn-Holly JohnsonKyle Richards

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