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  • Timothy Hutton, Donald Sutherland, and Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People (1980)

    1. Ordinary People

    19802h 4mR86Metascore
    7.7 (59K)
    The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father and the guilt-ridden younger son.
    DirectorRobert RedfordStarsDonald SutherlandMary Tyler MooreJudd Hirsch
  • Dressed to Kill (1980)

    2. Dressed to Kill

    19801h 44mR74Metascore
    7.1 (53K)
    A mysterious blonde woman kills one of the patients of a psychiatrist and then goes after the high-class hooker who witnessed the murder.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsMichael CaineAngie DickinsonNancy Allen
  • Al Pacino in Cruising (1980)

    3. Cruising

    19801h 42mR43Metascore
    6.5 (30K)
    A police officer goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsAl PacinoPaul SorvinoKaren Allen
  • Robert De Niro in Raging Bull (1980)

    4. Raging Bull

    19802h 9mR90Metascore
    8.1 (397K)
    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
  • Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, and Lily Tomlin in 9 to 5 (1980)

    5. 9 to 5

    19801h 49mPG58Metascore
    6.9 (42K)
    Employees Violet, Judy, and Dora Lee of sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot Franklin Hart Junior find a way to turn the tables on him. Dolly Parton's film debut was later a short-lived TV sitcom and a Broadway musical.
    DirectorColin HigginsStarsJane FondaLily TomlinDolly Parton
  • Ellen Burstyn in Resurrection (1980)

    6. Resurrection

    19801h 43mPG
    7.1 (3.6K)
    A woman enters the afterlife briefly after a car crash that kills her husband. But she survives - and finds herself possessing strange powers.
    DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsEllen BurstynSam ShepardRichard Farnsworth
  • Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

    7. Cannibal Holocaust

    19801h 35mUnrated22Metascore
    5.8 (65K)
    An anthropologist ventures into the Amazon rainforest on a rescue mission, where he recovers footage shot by a film crew documenting their disastrous encounters with local cannibal tribes.
    DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsRobert KermanFrancesca CiardiPerry Pirkanen
  • Playing for Time (1980)

    8. Playing for Time

    19802h 30mTV Movie
    7.3 (3K)
    Female prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp (Auschwitz) are spared from death in return for performing music for their captors.
    DirectorsDaniel MannJoseph SargentStarsVanessa RedgraveJane AlexanderMaud Adams
  • The Shining (1980)

    9. 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
  • Betty Faria, Fábio Jr., José Wilker, and Zaira Zambelli in Bye Bye Brazil (1980)

    10. Bye Bye Brazil

    19801h 50mR
    7.4 (2.2K)
    The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along. The Gypsy Lord shrugs, and the accordionist and his pregnant wife, Dasdô, join the troupe. Television is their enemy as they go from the coast deep into the Amazon. Salomé lets the accordion player sleep with her once, with Dasdô's knowledge. He's moon-struck. Then, after Dasdô's baby is born and financial disaster hits the troupe, and the accordionist must choose between seeing his wife a prostitute and leaving the caravan.
    DirectorCarlos DieguesStarsJosé WilkerBetty FariaFábio Jr.
  • John Hurt in The Elephant Man (1980)

    11. The Elephant Man

    19802h 4mPG78Metascore
    8.2 (274K)
    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
  • Airplane! (1980)

    12. Airplane!

    19801h 28mPG78Metascore
    7.7 (275K)
    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 Seven Kittens (1980)

    13. The Seven Kittens

    19801h 49m
    5.8 (615)
    Noronha, a low-class civil servant and his wife Gorda have four elder daughters. Silene, the youngest, is expelled from boarding school for killing a cat and newborns.
    DirectorNeville D'AlmeidaStarsAntônio FagundesAna Maria MagalhãesLima Duarte
  • 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)

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

    19802h 4mPG82Metascore
    8.7 (1.4M)
    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
  • Kevin Bacon, Adrienne King, Ari Lehman, Robbi Morgan, Betsy Palmer, and Jeannine Taylor in Friday the 13th (1980)

    15. Friday the 13th

    19801h 35mR22Metascore
    6.4 (167K)
    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
  • Fernanda Montenegro and Gianfrancesco Guarnieri in They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981)

    16. They Don't Wear Black Tie

    19812h
    8.2 (2.1K)
    Union leader's son doesn't want to engage in a strike, because his wife is pregnant, thus disregarding his father's tradition of political activism.
    DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsGianfrancesco GuarnieriFernanda MontenegroCarlos Alberto Riccelli
  • The Wave (1981)

    17. The Wave

    198146mTV-GTV Movie
    7.1 (3.5K)
    An experiment in an American High School where students learn how easy it is to be seduced by the same social forces which led to the horrors of Nazi Germany. Based on a true story.
    DirectorAlexander GrasshoffStarsBruce DavisonLori LethinJohn Putch
  • Gallipoli (1981)

    18. Gallipoli

    19811h 50mPG65Metascore
    7.4 (43K)
    Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.
    DirectorPeter WeirStarsMel GibsonMark LeeBill Kerr
  • John Travolta, Nancy Allen, Dennis Franz, John Lithgow, and Barbara Sigel in Blow Out (1981)

    19. Blow Out

    19811h 48mR86Metascore
    7.4 (70K)
    A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsJohn TravoltaNancy AllenJohn Lithgow
  • Pixote (1980)

    20. Pixote

    19802h 8mTV-MA
    7.9 (10K)
    The life of a boy on the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution, and drugs.
    DirectorHector BabencoStarsFernando Ramos da SilvaJorge JuliãoGilberto Moura
  • Griffin Dunne and David Naughton in An American Werewolf in London (1981)

    21. An American Werewolf in London

    19811h 37mR55Metascore
    7.5 (129K)
    American college students David Kessler and Jack Goodman on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists. Jack dies. David recovers in a hospital, where he has nightmares.
    DirectorJohn LandisStarsDavid NaughtonJenny AgutterJoe Belcher
  • Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Wolf Kahler, Ronald Lacey, and Terry Richards in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

    22. Raiders of the Lost Ark

    19811h 55mPG86Metascore
    8.4 (1.1M)
    In 1936, archaeologist Indiana Jones is tasked by Army Intelligence to help locate a legendary ancient power, the Ark of Covenant, before the Nazis get it first.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul Freeman
  • The Road Warrior (1981)

    23. The Road Warrior

    19811h 36mR77Metascore
    7.6 (208K)
    In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community get rid of a horde of bandits.
    DirectorGeorge MillerStarsMel GibsonBruce SpenceMichael Preston
  • Das Boot (1981)

    24. Das Boot

    19812h 29m85Metascore
    8.4 (280K)
    A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
    DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsJürgen ProchnowHerbert GrönemeyerKlaus Wennemann
  • My Bloody Valentine (1981)

    25. My Bloody Valentine

    19811h 30mR46Metascore
    6.3 (27K)
    A decades-old folk tale surrounding a deranged murderer killing those who celebrate Valentine's Day turns out to be true to legend when a group defies the killer's order and people start turning up dead.
    DirectorGeorge MihalkaStarsPaul KelmanLori HallierNeil Affleck

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