31. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fred Schepisi
Actors: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch McGregor , Steve Dodds
Plot: The true story of a part aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.
32. Brubaker
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Actors: Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton, David Keith, Morgan Freeman
Plot: A new warden at a southern prison poses as an inmate and sees first hand the corruption and scams that are plaguing his new post. Revealing himself, he sets in motion a broad range of reforms, pitting him against local politicians and businesses who have been benefiting from the corrupt system.
33. The Ninth Configuration
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: William Peter Blatty
Actors: Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller, Ed Flanders, Robert Loggia, Neville Brand
34. Tess
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin, Rosemary Martin, Carolyn Pickles
Plot: In Victorian England, a simple farmer is told his family may be descended from the illustrious d'Urberville - and sends his daughter to another family named d'Uberville living nearby to confirm these claims. Tess arrives at the manor of Alec d'Urberville - whose title and coat of arms he has shamelessly bought. But though wooed and seduced, her true love may lie with another, Angel Claire.
35. The Big Red One
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Samuel Fuller
Actors: Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco, Kelly Ward, Stéphane Audran
Plot: Follows sergeant and his inner circle during WWII, as a sea of faceless men die while under their command.
36. The Fog
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, George 'Buck' Flower, Hal Holbrook
Plot: The town of Antonio Bay is preparing to celebrate 100 years, but a secret from the past comes back in the form of an eerie fog and ghosts within seeking revenge.
37. Used Cars
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham, Joe Flaherty, Michael McKean, Deborah Harmon
Plot: Used-car salesman Rudy Russo needs money to run for State Senate. His boss, Luke, loans him the cash, but then falls victim to an "accident" orchestrated by his brother Roy, who runs the car lot across the street and is scheming to take over Luke's shop. After Luke disappears, it's all-out war between the competing car shops, as Rudy and his friends fight to keep Roy from taking Luke's property.
38. Altered States
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ken Russell
Actors: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Drew Barrymore, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid, Thaao Penghlis
Plot: A scientist begins to experiment with the literal functions of evolution. Has he achieved the secret of the theory and can he maintain what he's discovered?
39. Shogun
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jerry London
Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Shimada, Frankie Sakai, Alan Badel, Damien Thomas
Plot: The epic mini series follows Captain John Blackthorne, an Englishman whose ship is wrecked off the Japanese coast in the 17th century. He soon finds himself caught between warring factions of Lords Toranaga and Ishido - both who vie for the title of Shogun and the absolute power that it brings.
40. The Silent Scream
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Denny Harris
Actors: Rebecca Balding, Cameron Mitchell, Avery Schreiber, Barbara Steele, Steve Doubet, Yvonne De Carlo
