51. Half a Loaf of Kung Fu ( Dian zhi gong fu gan chian chan )
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chi-Hwa Chen
Actors: Jackie Chan, Kang Chin, Chung-erh Lung, James Tien, Wen Tai Li, Ching Lan Chin
52. Urban Cowboy
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: James Bridges
Actors: John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, Barry Corbin, Madolyn Smith Osborne, James Gammon
Plot: Urban Cowboy is a 1980 American romantic drama film about the love-hate relationship between cowboy Bud Davis (John Travolta) and cowgirl Sissy (Debra Winger). The movie captured the late 1970s/early 1980s popularity of country music with John Travolta starring after Grease and Saturday Night Fever.
53. The Tempest
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Derek Jarman
Actors: Peter Bull, Heathcote Williams, David Meyer, Neil Cunningham, Toyah Willcox, Karl Johnson
54. Motel Hell
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons, Nina Axelrod, Wolfman Jack, Elaine Joyce
Plot: Farmer/Motel operator Vincent Smith had some very special ingredients at his roadside stand - namely the many people he kidnaps to give an extra kick to Farmer Vincent fritters.
55. The Mirror Crack'd
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Guy Hamilton
Actors: Angela Lansbury, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, Geraldine Chaplin, Edward Fox
56. American Gigolo
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Schrader
Actors: Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Nina Van Pallandt, Bill Duke, Brian Davies
Plot: Follows the life of Julian, an L.A. male escort who has a mostly older
female clientele. After one of his customers is murdered, he becomes a
suspect while reluctant to provide details to a determined detective. He
also strikes up a relationship with a local politician's wife that goes
beyond the business.
57. Resurrection
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Daniel Petrie
Actors: Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth, Roberts Blossom, Clifford David, Lois Smith
Plot: Ellen Burstyn barely survives a car accident and, as a result of her (brief clinical) "death," develops the power of healing.
58. The Final Countdown
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Don Taylor
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal, Charles Durning
Plot: The Captain (Douglas) of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Nimitz, with a government civilian "efficiency expert" (Sheen) aboard, sails out of Pearl Harbor in what seems like a normal deployment to the Pacific. When a storm unlike any storm they have ever seen before engulfs them, the crew is knocked unconscious. When they awake, they slowly realize that the storm has transported them back in time to the day before the infamous Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Knowing that their ship has the aircraft, weaponry and technology 40 years more superior than the advancing Japanese fleet, the crew struggles with the ethical question: Should we stop the attack and change history forever?
59. AC/DC: Let There Be Rock
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Eric Dionysius, Eric Mistler
Actors: Ronald Belford Scott, Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Phil Rudd, Cliff Williams
60. Any Which Way You Can
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Buddy Van Horn
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith, Harry Guardino, Ruth Gordon
