Top Movies of 1980


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81. Invisible Adversaries ( Unsichtbare Gegner )

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Valie Export
Actors: Susanne Widl, Peter Weibel, Josef Plavec, Monica Helfer-Friedrich, Helke Sander, Dominick Dusek

82. Forbidden Zone

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Elfman
Actors: Hervé Villechaize, Susan Tyrrell, Marie-Pascale Elfman, Gisele Lindley, Danny Elfman

83. Humanoids from the Deep

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Barbara Peters
Actors: Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow, Cindy Weintraub, Anthony Pena, Denise Galik
Plot: A genetic engineering accident causes mutated salmon to transform into
hideous fish-people intent on killing any man and mating with any female
they can find!

84. Fade to Black

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Vernon Zimmerman
Actors: Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford, Linda Kerridge, Mickey Rourke, Norman Burton

85. Penitentiary

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jamaa Fanaka
Actors: Leon Isaac Kennedy, Thommy Pollard, Hazel Spears, Donovan Womack, Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman, Gloria Delaney

86. Melvin and Howard

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jonathan Demme
Actors: Jason Robards, Paul Le Mat, Elizabeth Cheshire, Mary Steenburgen, Chip Taylor, Melvin E. Dummar
Plot: The story of hard luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will
naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.

87. Third Generation, The ( Dritte Generation, Die )

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Actors: Harry Baer, Hark Bohm, Margit Carstensen, Eddie Constantine, Udo Kier, Jürgen Draeger

88. Emmanuelle Goes to Cannes

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean-Marie Pallardy
Actors: Olinka Hardiman, Gabriel Pontello, Zeta Whitehouse, Paola Farrow, Glynis Whitman, Giuseppe Curia

89. Macabre ( Macabro )

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lamberto Bava
Actors: Bernice Stegers, Stanko Molnar, Veronica Zinny, Roberto Posse, Ferdinando Orlandi, Fernando Pannullo

90. 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.

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