61. The Final Countdown
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 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?
62. 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
63. 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
64. 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.
65. 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.
66. 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
67. Gideon's Trumpet
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert E. Collins
Actors: Henry Fonda, José Ferrer, John Houseman, Fay Wray, Sam Jaffe, Dean Jagger
Plot: A poor Florida convict, jailed for a crime he didn't commit, fights his conviction and takes his case all the way to the Supreme Court. Based on a true story.
68. Inferno
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dario Argento
Actors: Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi, Sacha Pitoëff, Alida Valli
69. To All a Goodnight
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Hess
Actors: Jennifer Runyon, Forrest Swanson, Linda Gentile, William Lauer, Judith Bridges, Katherine Herrington
Plot: A mad and masquerading Santa stalks girls at a finishing school.
70. Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matthew Mallinson
Actors: Bruce Lee, Fred Williamson, Ron Van Clief, Bill Louie, Aaron Banks, Ron Harvey
