Best Movies of 1980
Most watched in 1980
The Shining1980 · ★ 8.2 · 2h 24m
The Empire Strikes Back1980 · ★ 8.4 · 2h 4m
Airplane!1980 · ★ 7.3 · 1h 28m
Raging Bull1980 · ★ 7.9 · 2h 9m
The Blues Brothers1980 · ★ 7.7 · 2h 13m
The Elephant Man1980 · ★ 8.1 · 2h 4m
#1 The Empire Strikes Back (1980) · ★ 8.4 · 18,538 votes · 2h 4m · action, adventure, science-fictionThe epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined th…
#2 The Shining (1980) · ★ 8.2 · 19,368 votes · 2h 24m · thriller, horrorJack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter.…
#3 The Elephant Man (1980) · ★ 8.1 · 4,063 votes · 2h 4m · drama, historyA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intellig…
#4 Raging Bull (1980) · ★ 7.9 · 4,905 votes · 2h 9m · drama, historyThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.…
#5 Kagemusha (1980) · ★ 7.8 · 772 votes · 3h 0m · action, drama, historyAkira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When…
#6 The Blues Brothers (1980) · ★ 7.7 · 4,692 votes · 2h 13m · action, comedy, crimeJake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.…
#7 Somewhere in Time (1980) · ★ 7.5 · 691 votes · 1h 43m · fantasy, romance, dramaYoung writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns t…
#8 Ordinary People (1980) · ★ 7.4 · 719 votes · 2h 4m · dramaBeth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He…
#9 Airplane! (1980) · ★ 7.3 · 5,289 votes · 1h 28m · comedyAn ex-fighter pilot is forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.…
#10 The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) · ★ 7.3 · 1,374 votes · 1h 49m · action, comedyA Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.…
#11 The Last Metro (1980) · ★ 7.2 · 536 votes · 2h 11m · romance, drama, warIn occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.…
#12 The Taming of the Scoundrel (1980) · ★ 7.2 · 531 votes · 1h 44m · comedyA rich farmer is well known for being very unkind. He's misanthropic, misogynous and cantankerous. Until he meets by chance a gorgeous girl...…
#13 Brubaker (1980) · ★ 7.1 · 531 votes · 2h 11m · drama, crimeThe new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.…
#14 Dressed to Kill (1980) · ★ 7.0 · 1,169 votes · 1h 45m · thriller, horror, mysteryAfter witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the…
#15 The Changeling (1980) · ★ 7.0 · 750 votes · 1h 47m · horrorAfter a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has been uninhabited for man…
#16 Nine to Five (1980) · ★ 6.9 · 555 votes · 1h 50m · comedyThree female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.…
#17 Superman II (1980) · ★ 6.8 · 2,624 votes · 2h 7m · action, adventure, science-fictionThree Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and stop them.…
#18 The Fog (1980) · ★ 6.7 · 1,816 votes · 1h 30m · thriller, horror, mysteryStrange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark sec…
#19 Altered States (1980) · ★ 6.7 · 805 votes · 1h 43m · thriller, horror, science-fictionA research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores t…
#20 Fantozzi Against the Wind (1980) · ★ 6.7 · 562 votes · 1h 33m · comedyThe third film in the saga of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio.…
#21 Caddyshack (1980) · ★ 6.6 · 1,361 votes · 1h 38m · comedyAt an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber y…
#22 The Party (1980) · ★ 6.6 · 1,233 votes · 1h 50m · comedy, romance, dramaA thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.…
#23 Inferno (1980) · ★ 6.6 · 694 votes · 1h 47m · thriller, horrorA young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.…
#24 The Final Countdown (1980) · ★ 6.6 · 676 votes · 1h 43m · action, science-fiction, warDuring routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before th…
#25 Cruising (1980) · ★ 6.6 · 656 votes · 1h 42m · thriller, crime, mysteryWhen New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, rookie cop Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try an…
#26 Friday the 13th (1980) · ★ 6.4 · 3,476 votes · 1h 35m · horrorCamp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.…
#27 Fame (1980) · ★ 6.4 · 534 votes · 2h 14m · drama, musicA chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.…
#28 Maniac (1980) · ★ 6.4 · 513 votes · 1h 28m · horrorA psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, kills and mutilates young women and local models on the streets of New York City.…
#29 Cannibal Holocaust (1980) · ★ 6.3 · 1,937 votes · 1h 36m · horrorA New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area'…
#30 Flash Gordon (1980) · ★ 6.3 · 1,131 votes · 1h 51m · action, comedy, adventureA football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.…
#31 American Gigolo (1980) · ★ 6.2 · 753 votes · 1h 57m · drama, crime, mysteryJulian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. O…
#32 The Blue Lagoon (1980) · ★ 6.1 · 2,097 votes · 1h 44m · adventure, romance, dramaTwo small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their ow…
#33 Prom Night (1980) · ★ 5.7 · 510 votes · 1h 33m · thriller, horror, mysteryAt a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years prior.…
#34 Popeye (1980) · ★ 5.6 · 735 votes · 1h 54m · action, comedy, adventurePopeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl hous…