Top Movies of 1980


The top movies of 1980 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

91. Prom Night

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Lynch
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens, Anne-Marie Martin, Antoinette Bower, Michael Tough
Plot: Six years ago a group of friends caused a horrible accident and vowed
never to speak of it to anyone. Now, on their prom night, someone knows
their secret and wants revenge.

92. Every Man for Himself ( Sauve qui peut (la vie) )

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie Baye, Roland Amstutz, Cécile Tanner, Anna Baldaccini
Plot: An examination of modern sexuality between the three main characters as they interact in various way.

93. The Return of the King

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Actors: Orson Bean, Roddy McDowall, John Huston, William Conrad, Theodore Bikel, Casey Kasem
Plot: The 1980 animated version of J.R.R. Tolkien's Return of the King, which sees Frodo and Samwise in the heart of Mordor attempting to destroy the one ring, whle avoiding its corruption. Meanwhile Gandalf, Merry, Pippin and a host of men defend the city of Minas Tirith from a great army of orcs, trolls and Sauron's flying terrors, the Nazgul.

94. Little Darlings

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ronald F. Maxwell
Actors: Tatum O'Neal, Kristy McNichol, Armand Assante, Matt Dillon, Margaret Blye, Nicolas Coster

95. The Boogeyman

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ulli Lommel
Actors: Suzanna Love, Ron James, John Carradine, Nicholas Love, Raymond Boyden, Felicite Morgan
Plot: As children, Lacey and Willy killed their mom's abusive boyfriend. Years later, Lacey accidentally frees the dead man's spirit from an old mirror, and it goes on a murderous rampage.

96. Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tommy Chong
Actors: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Evelyn Guerrero, Sy Kramer, Rikki Marin, Paul Reubens
Plot: As Cheech goes after a beautiful social worker, Chong is asked to
entertain Cheech's marijuana-growing cousin.

98. Gorp

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joseph Ruben
Actors: Michael Lembeck, Dennis Quaid, Philip Casnoff, Fran Drescher, David Huddleston, Rosanna Arquette
Plot: Two college students spend their summers working as senior waiters at Camp Oskemo.

99. The Attic

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: George Edwards
Actors: Carrie Snodgress, Ray Milland, Ruth Cox, Rosemary Murphy, Frances Bay, Fern Barry

100. My Brilliant Career

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Actors: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Max Cullen, Aileen Britton

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