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.

141. Rockers

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ted Bafaloukos
Actors: Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace, Richard 'Dirty Harry' Hall, Monica Craig, Marjorie Norman, Jacob Miller, Gregory Isaacs

142. The Island

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Ritchie
Actors: Michael Caine, David Warner, Angela Punch McGregor, Frank Middlemass, Don Henderson, Dudley Sutton
Plot: A group of modern-day pirates terrorize the Caribbean. A reporter, along with his son, goes there to uncover the story behind the men - they come across the group and the raiders decide to induct them into their ranks.

143. You Better Watch Out ( Christmas Evil )

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lewis Jackson
Actors: Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull, Andy Fenwick, Brian Neville, Gus Salud
Plot: Because of a boyhood trauma during Christmas, a man remains slightly obsessed with the holiday for the rest of his life, becoming a toy maker and keeping track of which children are naughty and nice.After learning of his company's corporate greed he snaps and goes on a killing spree dressed as Santa.

144. The Octagon

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Eric Karson
Actors: Chuck Norris, Karen Carlson, Lee Van Cleef, Art Hindle, Carol Bagdasarian, Tadashi Yamashita
Plot: A martial artists finds himself up against a group of ninjas who look to create a worldwide training camp for terrorists.

145. The Exterminator

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Glickenhaus
Actors: Samantha Eggar, Christopher George, Robert Ginty, Steve James, Tony DiBenedetto, Dick Boccelli

146. My American Uncle ( Mon oncle d'Amérique )

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alain Resnais
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud, Pierre Arditi, Gérard Darrieu

147. Bloody Kids

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stephen Frears
Actors: Derrick O'Connor, Gary Holton, Richard Thomas, Peter Clark, Gwyneth Strong, Caroline Embling

148. The Trials of Alger Hiss

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Lowenthal
Actors: Alger Hiss

149. Visitor, The ( Stridulum )

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Giulio Paradisi
Actors: Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, Lance Henriksen, John Huston, Shelley Winters, Joanne Nail
Plot: The soul of a young girl is the key to the future of the universe - both
good and evil with fight across the reaches of space to get her power.

150. Nijinsky

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Herbert Ross
Actors: Alan Bates, George De La Pena , Ronald Pickup, Jeremy Irons, Leslie Browne, Alan Badel
Plot: Ballets Russes, 1910, Vaslav Nijinsky is the young, talented lead dancer
and aspiring choreographer - Sergei Diaghilev, the controlling manager -
both men share a passion for the stage and a hidden desire, then young
ballerina Romola de Pulsky comes along and attempts to sway the
increasingly unstable Nijinsky away from Diaghilev.

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