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A list of American films released in 1980.
Ordinary People won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The highest-grossing film of 1980 was The Empire Strikes Back.
Box office[edit]
The highest-grossing American films released in 1980, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:[1]
Highest-grossing films of 1980
Rank |
Title |
Distributor |
Domestic gross
|
1
|
The Empire Strikes Back
|
20th Century Fox
|
$209,398,025
|
2
|
9 to 5
|
$103,290,500
|
3
|
Stir Crazy
|
Columbia
|
$101,300,000
|
4
|
Airplane!
|
Paramount
|
$83,453,539
|
5
|
Any Which Way You Can
|
Warner Bros.
|
$70,687,344
|
6
|
Private Benjamin
|
$69,847,348
|
7
|
Coal Miner's Daughter
|
Universal
|
$67,182,787
|
8
|
Smokey and the Bandit II
|
$66,132,626
|
9
|
The Blue Lagoon
|
Columbia
|
$58,853,106
|
10
|
The Blues Brothers
|
Universal
|
$57,229,890
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Airplane! |
Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker |
Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
Comedy |
|
Alex and the Doberman Gang |
Byron Ross Chudnow |
Jack Stauffer, Taurean Blacque, Cindy Acker |
Action, Comedy, Family |
Made-for-TV, 3rd sequel to The Doberman Gang
|
Alien Dead |
Fred Olen Ray |
Buster Crabbe |
Science Fiction, Horror |
|
Alligator |
Lewis Teague |
Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Henry Silva, Michael V. Gazzo, Dean Jagger, Bart Braverman |
Horror |
|
Altered States |
Ken Russell |
William Hurt, Blair Brown |
Science Fiction, Body Horror |
written by Paddy Chayefsky
|
Amber Waves |
Joseph Sargent |
Dennis Weaver, Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Fran Brill, Mare Winningham |
Drama |
Made-for-TV
|
American Gigolo |
Paul Schrader |
Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Héctor Elizondo |
Drama |
|
Animalympics |
Steven Lisberger |
Billy Crystal |
Animated |
|
Any Which Way You Can |
Buddy Van Horn |
Clint Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis, Sondra Locke, Ruth Gordon, William Smith |
Action, Comedy |
Every Which Way but Loose sequel
|
The Apple |
Menahem Golan |
Catherine Mary Stewart |
Science Fiction, Musical, Comedy |
The Cannon Group
|
Atlantic City |
Louis Malle |
Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon |
Crime |
5 Oscar nominations; Remake of 1944 film
|
The Attic |
George Edwards |
Carrie Snodgress, Ray Milland |
Psychological Horror |
|
The Awakening |
Mike Newell |
Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Stephanie Zimbalist |
Horror |
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
The Baltimore Bullet |
Robert Ellis Miller |
James Coburn, Omar Sharif, Ronee Blakley |
Comedy |
Avco Embassy
|
Battle Beyond the Stars |
Jimmy Murakami |
Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, John Saxon, Sam Jaffe, Darlanne Fluegel, George Peppard, John Saxon |
Space Opera |
|
Below the Belt |
Robert Fowler |
Regina Baff, John C. Becher, Mildred Burke (as herself), Firesign Theatre |
Comedy, Drama |
Based on Rosalyn Drexler novel; actor Herb Voland's last film
|
Beyond Evil |
Herb Freed |
John Saxon, Lynda Day George |
Supernatural Horror |
|
The Big Brawl |
Robert Clouse |
Jackie Chan |
Action |
Chan's first U.S.-based film
|
The Big Red One |
Samuel Fuller |
Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine |
War |
|
The Black Marble |
Harold Becker |
Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, Harry Dean Stanton |
Crime, Comedy |
Avco Embassy
|
The Blue Lagoon |
Randal Kleiser |
Christopher Atkins, Brooke Shields |
Adventure |
Razzie award for Shields
|
The Blues Brothers |
John Landis |
Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Kathleen Freeman, Steve Lawrence, John Candy |
Musical, Action, Comedy |
Based on characters introduced on Saturday Night Live
|
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) |
Phil Roman, Bill Melendez |
Arrin Skelley, Daniel Anderson, Patricia Patts, Casey Carlson, Annalisa Bortolin, Laura Planting |
Animation |
Paramount
|
The Boogeyman |
Ulli Lommel |
Ron James, Suzanna Love, John Carradine |
Supernatural, Slasher |
|
Borderline |
Jerrold Freedman |
Charles Bronson, Ed Harris, Michael Lerner, Wilford Brimley |
Action, Crime, Drama |
ITC
|
Bronco Billy |
Clint Eastwood |
Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers |
Comedy, Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Brubaker |
Stuart Rosenberg |
Robert Redford, Jane Alexander, Yaphet Kotto |
Prison, Drama |
Fox; screenplay Oscar-nominated
|
Caboblanco |
J. Lee Thompson |
Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Dominique Sanda |
Action, Drama |
|
Caddyshack |
Harold Ramis |
Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Cindy Morgan |
Sports, Comedy |
first film directed by Ramis
|
Cannibal Apocalypse |
Antonio Margheriti |
John Saxon, Elizabeth Turner |
Action, Horror |
|
Can't Stop the Music |
Nancy Walker |
Valerie Perrine, Caitlyn Jenner (credited as Bruce Jenner),[a] Steve Guttenberg, Village People |
Musical, Comedy |
first Razzie award winner
|
Cardiac Arrest |
Murray Mintz |
Garry Goodrow |
Thriller |
|
Carny |
Robert Kaylor |
Gary Busey, Jodie Foster, Robbie Robertson |
Drama |
United Artists
|
A Change of Seasons |
Stephen Frears |
Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek |
Romance |
Fox
|
The Changeling |
Peter Medak |
George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere |
Supernatural Horror |
Genie Award Best Canadian Film
|
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie |
Tommy Chong |
Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, Paul Reubens, Evelyn Guerrero |
Comedy |
sequel to Up in Smoke
|
The Children |
Max Kalmanowicz |
Martin Shakar, Gil Rogers, Gale Garnett |
Horror |
|
Christmas Evil |
Lewis Jackson |
Brandon Maggart |
Slasher |
|
Circle of Two |
Jules Dassin |
Richard Burton, Tatum O'Neal |
Drama |
Dassin's final film
|
Coal Miner's Daughter |
Michael Apted |
Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm |
Biography |
story of Loretta Lynn; Oscar for Spacek, 7 nominations
|
Coast to Coast |
Joseph Sargent |
Robert Blake, Dyan Cannon |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
The Competition |
Joel Oliansky |
Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick |
Drama |
2 Oscar nominations
|
Condominium |
Sidney Hayers |
Barbara Eden, Dan Haggerty, Steve Forrest |
Disaster |
two-part, four-hour TV film
|
Cruising |
William Friedkin |
Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen |
Crime, Thriller |
3 Razzie nominations
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Death Ship |
Alvin Rakoff |
Richard Crenna, George Kennedy, Nick Mancuso |
Horror |
|
Death Watch |
Bertrand Tavernier |
Harvey Keitel, Romy Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton |
Science Fiction |
filmed in Scotland
|
Defiance |
John Flynn |
Art Carney, Jan-Michael Vincent, Danny Aiello, Theresa Saldana |
Neo-Noir, Action, Crime |
produced by Jerry Bruckheimer
|
Delusion |
Alan Beattie |
Patricia Pearcy, David Hayward |
Mystery |
|
Demented |
Arthur Jeffreys |
Sallee Young, Harry Reems, Deborah Alter |
Horror |
|
Die Laughing |
Jeff Werner |
Robby Benson, Charles Durning, Elsa Lanchester |
Comedy |
Orion
|
Dinosaur |
Will Vinton |
Michele Mariana |
Animation Short |
Will Vinton Productions
|
Divine Madness! |
Michael Ritchie |
Bette Midler |
Documentary |
Midler in concert
|
The Dogs of War |
John Irvin |
Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely |
War |
Based on novel by Frederick Forsyth
|
Don't Answer the Phone |
Robert Hammer |
James Westmoreland, Denise Galik, Nicholas Worth |
Psychological Horror |
Crown International Pictures
|
Don't Go in the House |
Joseph Ellison |
Dan Grimaldi |
Psychological Horror |
|
Double Negative |
George Bloomfield |
Michael Sarrazin, Anthony Perkins, John Candy, Michael Ironside, Howard Duff, Susan Clark |
Thriller |
|
Dressed to Kill |
Brian De Palma |
Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Dennis Franz |
Erotic, Psychological, Thriller |
Saturn Award for Dickinson; 3 Razzie nominations
|
The Earthling |
Peter Collinson |
William Holden, Rick Schroder |
Adventure |
Australia; Collinson's last film
|
The Elephant Man |
David Lynch |
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft |
Biography, Drama |
8 Oscar nominations; story of Joseph Merrick
|
The Exterminator |
James Glickenhaus |
Robert Ginty, Samantha Eggar, Steve James, Christopher George |
Vigilante, Action, Thriller |
Avco Embassy
|
Fade to Black |
Vernon Zimmerman |
Dennis Christopher, Linda Kerridge, James Luisi |
Psychological Horror |
Golden Globe, Saturn Award nominee
|
Fame |
Alan Parker |
Irene Cara, Debbie Allen, Maureen Teefy |
Musical, Drama |
6 Oscar nominations
|
Fatso |
Anne Bancroft |
Dom DeLuise, Anne Bancroft, Candice Azzara |
Comedy, Drama |
also written by Bancroft
|
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu |
Piers Haggard |
Peter Sellers, Sid Caesar, Helen Mirren |
Comedy |
final film for Sellers
|
The Final Countdown |
Don Taylor |
Kirk Douglas, Katharine Ross, Martin Sheen |
Science Fiction, War |
final film directed by Taylor
|
The First Deadly Sin |
Brian G. Hutton |
Frank Sinatra, Faye Dunaway, David Dukes, Brenda Vaccaro, James Whitmore |
Crime, Thriller |
Based on Lawrence Sanders novel
|
First Family |
Buck Henry |
Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn, Gilda Radner, Richard Benjamin, Fred Willard |
Comedy |
also written by Henry
|
Flash Gordon |
Mike Hodges |
Timothy Dalton, Sam J. Jones, Max von Sydow, Melody Anderson |
Space Opera |
Based on film serial
|
The Fog |
John Carpenter |
Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, Hal Holbrook |
Supernatural Horror |
Embassy; Remake of 2005 film
|
Foolin' Around |
Richard T. Heffron |
Gary Busey, Annette O'Toole, Cloris Leachman, William H. Macy, Tony Randall, Eddie Albert |
Romance |
|
The Formula |
John G. Avildsen |
George C. Scott, Marlon Brando |
Mystery, Thriller |
from Steve Shagan novel; 4 Razzie nominations
|
Foxes |
Adrian Lyne |
Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, Randy Quaid |
Drama |
PolyGram
|
Friday the 13th |
Sean S. Cunningham |
Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Kevin Bacon |
Slasher |
led to 11 sequels
|
Galaxina |
William Sachs |
Dorothy Stratten |
Science Fiction |
|
Gilda Live |
Mike Nichols |
Gilda Radner |
Concert film |
Warner Bros.
|
Gloria |
John Cassavetes |
Gena Rowlands |
Neo-Noir, Crime, Thriller |
Columbia; Remake of 1999 film
|
The Gods Must Be Crazy |
Jamie Uys |
N!xau Toma, Sandra Prinsloo, Marius Weyers |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
The Gong Show Movie |
Chuck Barris |
Chuck Barris |
Comedy |
Based on TV game show
|
Gorp |
Joseph Ruben |
Dennis Quaid, Michael Lembeck, Rosanna Arquette |
Comedy |
A.I.P.
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Hangar 18 |
James L. Conway |
Gary Collins, Darren McGavin, Robert Vaughn |
Science Fiction, Action |
MST3K
|
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood |
Alan Roberts |
Martine Beswick, Chris Lemmon, Phil Silvers |
Sex Comedy |
3rd Xaviera Hollander film
|
He Knows You're Alone |
Armand Mastroianni |
Don Scardino, Paul Gleason, Tom Hanks, Caitlin O'Heaney |
Slasher |
|
Health |
Robert Altman |
Carol Burnett, James Garner, Glenda Jackson, Lauren Bacall, Dick Cavett |
Comedy |
Altman's 15th film
|
Heart Beat |
John Byrum |
Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, John Heard |
Romance |
Orion
|
Heaven's Gate |
Michael Cimino |
Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, John Hurt, Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, Mickey Rourke |
Western |
5 Razzie nominations; wide release in 1981
|
Herbie Goes Bananas |
Vincent McEveety |
Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman |
Comedy |
3rd sequel to The Love Bug
|
Hero at Large |
Martin Davidson |
Anne Archer, John Ritter |
Comedy |
MGM
|
Hide in Plain Sight |
James Caan |
James Caan, Danny Aiello |
Drama |
MGM
|
The Hollywood Knights |
Floyd Mutrux |
Tony Danza, Fran Drescher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Wuhl, Stuart Pankin |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Home Movies |
Brian DePalma |
Kirk Douglas, Nancy Allen, Vincent Gardenia |
Comedy |
|
Honeysuckle Rose |
Jerry Schatzberg |
Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon, Amy Irving |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Hopscotch |
Ronald Neame |
Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Ned Beatty, Sam Waterston |
Spy, Comedy, Mystery |
Embassy; Based on Brian Garfield novel
|
How to Beat the High Co$t of Living |
Robert Scheerer |
Jane Curtin, Susan Saint James, Jessica Lange, Richard Benjamin |
Crime, Comedy |
MGM
|
Humanoids from the Deep |
Barbara Peters |
Doug McClure, Vic Morrow, Ann Turkel |
Science Fiction, Horror |
New World
|
The Hunter |
Buzz Kulik |
Steve McQueen, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson, Eli Wallach |
Thriller |
McQueen's final film
|
The Idolmaker |
Taylor Hackford |
Ray Sharkey, Peter Gallagher, Joe Pantoliano |
Drama |
1st film for Gallagher, Pantoliano
|
Image of the Beast |
Donald W. Thompson |
William Wellman, Jr. |
Thriller |
|
In God We Tru$t |
Marty Feldman |
Peter Boyle, Andy Kaufman, Richard Pryor |
Comedy |
produced, co-written by Feldman
|
Inside Moves |
Richard Donner |
David Morse, John Savage, Diana Scarwid, Harold Russell |
Drama |
ITC; Oscar nomination for Scarwid
|
The Island |
Michael Ritchie |
Michael Caine, David Warner |
Action, Adventure, Thriller |
from Peter Benchley novel
|
It's My Turn |
Claudia Weill |
Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, Charles Grodin, Beverly Garland |
Romantic Comedy |
Columbia
|
Jane Austen in Manhattan |
James Ivory |
Anne Baxter, Robert Powell |
Romance |
|
The Jazz Singer |
Richard Fleischer |
Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier, Lucie Arnaz |
Musical, Drama |
remake of 1927 film; 5 Razzie nominations
|
Just Tell Me What You Want |
Sidney Lumet |
Alan King, Ali MacGraw, Peter Weller, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn, Dina Merrill |
Romantic Comedy |
Loy's final film
|
The Kidnapping of the President |
George Mendeluk |
Ava Gardner, Van Johnson, William Shatner |
Political Thriller |
from Charles Templeton novel
|
Kill or Be Killed |
Ivan Hall |
Charlotte Michelle, James Ryan |
Martial Arts |
|
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark |
Charles Jarrott |
Elliott Gould, Genevieve Bujold, Ricky Schroder, Vincent Gardenia, Tammy Lauren, John Fujioka |
Adventure, Family |
Disney
|
The Last Married Couple in America |
Gil Cates |
George Segal, Natalie Wood, Richard Benjamin, Dom DeLuise |
Comedy |
Wood's penultimate film
|
The Lathe of Heaven |
David Loxton, Fred Barzyk |
Kevin Conway, Bruce Davison |
Science Fiction |
PBS film
|
The Legend of Alfred Packer |
James W. Roberson |
Patrick Day |
Western |
|
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter |
Connie Field |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
Documentary |
|
Little Darlings |
Ronald F. Maxwell |
Tatum O'Neal, Kristy McNichol, Armand Assante, Cynthia Nixon, Matt Dillon |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
The Little Dragons |
Tony Bill |
Charles Lane, Chris Petersen, Joe Spinell, Pat Petersen, Sharon Clark, Ann Sothern |
Action, Adventure, Martial Arts |
also known as Karate Kids U.S.A or simply Karate Kids
|
Little Miss Marker |
Walter Bernstein |
Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart, Kenneth McMillan, Lee Grant, Brian Dennehy, Nedra Volz, Sara Stimson |
Comedy, Drama |
Based on 1934 film
|
The Long Riders |
Walter Hill |
David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Christopher Guest, Robert Carradine, Randy Quaid, Dennis Quaid, Stacy Keach, James Keach, Nicholas Guest |
Western |
stars 4 sets of brothers
|
Loose Shoes |
Ira Miller |
Bill Murray, Royce D. Applegate, Ed Lauter |
Comedy |
|
Loving Couples |
Jack Smight |
Shirley MacLaine, James Coburn, Susan Sarandon, Stephen Collins |
Romance |
20th Century Fox
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Mad Max |
George Miller |
Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Steve Bisley, Jonathan Hardy, Tim Burns, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Roger Ward |
Dystopian, Action |
Warner Bros.
|
The Magician of Lublin |
Mike Newell |
Alan Arkin, Valerie Perrine, Louise Fletcher |
Drama |
Based on The Magician of Lublin by Isaac Bashevis Singer
|
The Man with Bogart's Face |
Robert Day |
Robert Sacchi, Victor Buono, Misty Rowe |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Maniac! |
William Lustig |
Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro |
Psychological, Slasher |
|
Melvin and Howard |
Jonathan Demme |
Jason Robards, Paul LeMat, Mary Steenburgen |
Biography, Comedy |
Oscar for Steenburgen
|
Middle Age Crazy |
John Trent |
Bruce Dern, Ann-Margret |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Midnight Madness |
Michael Nankin, David Wechter |
Michael J. Fox, David Naughton |
Comedy |
Disney
|
The Mirror Crack'd |
Guy Hamilton |
Angela Lansbury, Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, Tony Curtis, Kim Novak |
Mystery |
from Agatha Christie story
|
The Monster Club |
Roy Ward Baker |
Vincent Price |
Comedy |
ITC Entertainment
|
Motel Hell |
Kevin Connor |
Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Wolfman Jack |
Horror |
|
Mother's Day |
Charles Kaufman |
Nancy Hendrickson, Deborah Luce, Beatrice Pons |
Slasher |
Troma Entertainment
|
The Mountain Men |
Richard Lang |
Charlton Heston, Brian Keith |
Adventure, Western |
Columbia
|
My Bodyguard |
Tony Bill |
Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon |
Drama |
first film directed by Bill
|
New Year's Evil |
Emmett Alston |
Roz Kelly, Kip Niven, Grant Cramer |
Slasher |
|
Night of the Demon |
James C. Wasson |
Joy Allen, Bob Collings |
Horror |
|
Night of the Juggler |
Robert Butler |
James Brolin, Cliff Gorman |
Neo-Noir, Action, Crime, Thriller |
|
Nightkill |
Ted Post |
Robert Mitchum, Jaclyn Smith, James Franciscus |
Psychological Thriller |
|
Nijinsky |
Herbert Ross |
Alan Bates, George de la Peña, Leslie Browne |
Biography |
story of Vaslav Nijinsky
|
Nine to Five |
Colin Higgins |
Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Dabney Coleman, Elizabeth Wilson, Sterling Hayden |
Comedy |
became TV series, Broadway show; screen debut of Dolly Parton, hit song for Parton
|
The Ninth Configuration |
William Peter Blatty |
Stacy Keach, Jason Miller, Ed Flanders |
Drama |
Based on Blatty's novel
|
Nothing Personal |
George Bloomfield |
Suzanne Somers, Donald Sutherland |
Comedy |
A.I.P.
|
The Nude Bomb |
Clive Donner |
Don Adams, Rhonda Fleming |
Spy, Comedy, Mystery |
Based on Get Smart
|
The Octagon |
Eric Karson |
Chuck Norris, Karen Carlson, Lee Van Cleef |
Martial Arts, Action |
ACR
|
Oh, God! Book II |
Gilbert Cates |
George Burns, Suzanne Pleshette, David Birney |
Comedy |
sequel to Oh, God!
|
Oh Heavenly Dog |
Joe Camp |
Chevy Chase, Jane Seymour, Omar Sharif |
Comedy |
featuring Benji
|
OHMS |
Dick Lowry |
Ralph Waite, David Birney, Cameron Mitchell, Talia Balsam, Dixie Carter, Leslie Nielsen |
Drama |
Made-for-TV
|
One Trick Pony |
Robert M. Young |
Paul Simon, Rip Torn, Blair Brown, Joan Hackett |
Musical, Drama |
written by Simon
|
Ordinary People |
Robert Redford |
Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch, Elizabeth McGovern |
Drama |
Based on novel by Judith Guest; Oscars for Hutton, Best Picture, Director, Screenplay
|
Out of the Blue |
Dennis Hopper |
Dennis Hopper |
Drama |
Discovery Films
|
Permanent Vacation |
Jim Jarmusch |
Richard Boes, Ruth Bolton, Sara Driver |
Drama |
|
The Pilot |
Cliff Robertson |
Cliff Robertson, Diane Baker |
Action, Drama |
Summit Films
|
Popeye |
Robert Altman |
Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Paul Dooley |
Musical, Comedy |
Paramount and Disney; Based on E. C. Segar character
|
Pray TV |
Rick Friedberg |
Rosemary Alexander, Dabney Coleman |
Comedy |
|
Private Benjamin |
Howard Zieff |
Goldie Hawn, Armand Assante, Eileen Brennan, Albert Brooks |
Comedy |
3 Oscar nominations; became TV series
|
The Private Eyes |
Lang Elliott |
Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Trisha Noble |
Comedy |
TriStar
|
Prom Night |
Paul Lynch |
Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen |
Slasher |
followed by 3 sequels
|
The Psychotronic Man |
Jack M. Sell |
Peter Spelson |
Sci-Fi |
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Raging Bull |
Martin Scorsese |
Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty |
Biography, Sports, Drama |
story of Jake LaMotta; Oscar for De Niro, 8 nominations
|
Raise the Titanic |
Jerry Jameson |
Jason Robards, Alec Guinness, Anne Archer |
Adventure |
from Clive Cussler novel
|
Resurrection |
Daniel Petrie |
Ellen Burstyn, Richard Farnsworth, Sam Shepard, Eva Le Gallienne |
Drama |
2 Oscar nominations
|
The Return of the King |
Jules Bass |
Orson Bean, John Huston, Roddy McDowall |
Animation |
from J. R. R. Tolkien story
|
Return of the Secaucus Seven |
John Sayles |
Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, David Strathairn |
Drama |
Libra Films
|
Roadie |
Alan Rudolph |
Art Carney, Meat Loaf |
Musical, Comedy |
United Artists
|
Rockshow |
|
Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Wings |
Documentary, Musical |
Miramax
|
Rough Cut |
Don Siegel |
Burt Reynolds, David Niven, Lesley-Anne Down |
Crime, Comedy |
Siegel's next-to-last film
|
Running Scared |
Paul Glickler |
Judge Reinhold, Ken Wahl |
Action, Adventure |
|
Saturn 3 |
Stanley Donen |
Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett, Harvey Keitel |
Science Fiction |
Martin Amis script
|
Scared to Death |
William Malone |
John Stinson |
Science Fiction, Horror |
|
Schizoid |
David Paulsen |
Klaus Kinski, Marianna Hill, Craig Wasson, Richard Herd, Christopher Lloyd |
Slasher |
|
Scruples |
Alan J. Levi |
Lindsay Wagner, Marie-France Pisier, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Barry Bostwick, Kim Cattrall, Nick Mancuso, Connie Stevens, Gene Tierney |
Drama |
TV mini-series; Based on a novel by Judith Krantz
|
The Sea Wolves |
Andrew V. McLaglen |
Roger Moore, Gregory Peck |
Action, War |
Based on James Leasor book
|
Seems Like Old Times |
Jay Sandrich |
Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Charles Grodin |
Comedy |
Neil Simon script
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Serial |
Bill Persky |
Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Christopher Lee |
Comedy |
from Cyra McFadden novel
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S*H*E |
Robert M. Lewis |
Omar Sharif, Anita Ekberg, Cornelia Sharpe |
Spy |
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The Shining |
Stanley Kubrick |
Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd, Anne Jackson, Barry Nelson |
Horror |
from Stephen King novel; 4 Saturn Award nominations
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Shogun Assassin |
Robert Houston |
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Jidaigeki |
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Silent Scream |
Denny Harris |
Cameron Mitchell, Yvonne De Carlo |
Slasher |
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Simon |
Marshall Brickman |
Alan Arkin, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton |
Comedy |
Orion
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A Small Circle of Friends |
Rob Cohen |
Karen Allen, Brad Davis |
Drama |
United Artists
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Smokey and the Bandit II |
Hal Needham |
Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, David Huddleston, Jerry Reed, Dom DeLuise |
Action, Comedy |
Smokey and the Bandit sequel
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Somewhere in Time |
Jeannot Szwarc |
Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer |
Fantasy, Romance |
from Richard Matheson novel; 3 Saturn Awards
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Stardust Memories |
Woody Allen |
Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper |
Comedy, Drama |
filmed in black-and-white
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The Empire Strikes Back |
Irvin Kershner |
Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams, Alec Guinness |
Space Opera |
sequel to Star Wars; top-grossing 1980 film in U.S.; 3 Oscar nominations
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Stir Crazy |
Sidney Poitier |
Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder |
Comedy |
Columbia
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The Stunt Man |
Richard Rush |
Barbara Hershey, Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback |
Action, Comedy, Drama |
3 Oscar nominations
|
Sunday Lovers |
Bryan Forbes |
Roger Moore, Lino Ventura, Gene Wilder, Lynn Redgrave |
Comedy |
4 stories
|
Super Fuzz |
Sergio Corbucci |
Terence Hill, Ernest Borgnine, Marc Lawrence, Joanne Dru |
Superhero, Comedy |
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Superman II |
Richard Lester |
Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Clifton James, Valerie Perrine, Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas, Jack O'Halloran |
Superhero |
sequel to Superman
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Title
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Director
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Cast
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Genre
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Note
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Tell Me a Riddle |
Lee Grant |
Melvyn Douglas, Lila Kedrova, Brooke Adams |
Drama |
Based on Tillie Olsen stories
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Terror on Tour |
Don Edmonds |
Rick Styles, Chip Greenman, Rich Pemberton |
Crime, Horror, Music |
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Terror Train |
Roger Spottiswoode |
Jamie Lee Curtis, David Copperfield, Ben Johnson, Vanity, Hart Bochner, Derek MacKinnon |
Slasher |
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Those Lips, Those Eyes |
Michael Pressman |
Frank Langella, Glynnis O'Connor, Tom Hulce |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
Times Square |
Allan Moyle |
Tim Curry, Trini Alvarado |
Drama, Musical |
EMI Films
|
To All A Goodnight |
David Hess |
Jennifer Runyon, Forrest Swanson |
Slasher |
|
Tom Horn |
William Wiard |
Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth |
Biography, Western |
McQueen's next-to-last film
|
The Unseen |
Danny Steinmann |
Stephen Furst, Barbara Bach |
Slasher |
|
Up the Academy |
Robert Downey, Sr. |
Ralph Macchio, Barbara Bach |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
Urban Cowboy |
James Bridges |
John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn |
Drama |
Based on Aaron Latham story
|
Used Cars |
Robert Zemeckis |
Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham |
Comedy |
Warden in two roles
|
The Watcher in the Woods |
John Hough, Vincent McEveety |
Bette Davis, Carroll Baker |
Fantasy, Thriller |
Walt Disney Productions
|
When Time Ran Out |
James Goldstone |
Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, James Franciscus, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Barbara Carrera, Burgess Meredith |
Disaster |
the last feature film produced by Irwin Allen
|
Where the Buffalo Roam |
Art Linson |
Bill Murray, Peter Boyle, Bruno Kirby |
Comedy |
Universal; Based on Hunter S. Thompson; Remake of 1938 film
|
Wholly Moses! |
Gary Weis |
Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman, Jack Gilford |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Why Would I Lie? |
Larry Peerce |
Treat Williams, Lisa Eichhorn |
Comedy, Drama |
MGM
|
Willie & Phil |
Paul Mazursky |
Margot Kidder, Michael Ontkean, Ray Sharkey |
Comedy, Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Windows |
Gordon Willis |
Joseph Cortese, Talia Shire, Elizabeth Ashley |
Psychological Thriller |
5 Razzie nominations
|
Witches' Brew |
Richard Shorr |
Teri Garr, Richard Benjamin, Lana Turner |
Comedy, Horror |
Turner's final film
|
Without Warning |
Greydon Clark |
Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Cameron Mitchell, Neville Brand, Tarah Nutter, Christopher S. Nelson, Kevin Peter Hall, Ralph Meeker, Sue Ane Langdon, Darby Hinton, David Caruso, Larry Storch |
Sci-Fi, Horror |
Filmways Pictures
|
Xanadu |
Robert Greenwald |
Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, Gene Kelly |
Musical, Fantasy |
Kelly's final film; 6 Razzie nominations
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