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.

121. The Mountain Men

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Western
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Lang
Actors: Charlton Heston, Brian Keith, Victoria Racimo, Stephen Macht, Seymour Cassel, Cal Bellini
Plot: Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp, two aging beaver trappers in the high Rockies, find their lives on the line when they encounter Running Moon, a beautiful Blackfoot runaway.Though Tyler wants no part of her, she takes him as her own--which angers her true mate, Heavy Eagle, the powerful local Blackfoot.

122. Demented

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Arthur Jeffreys
Actors: Sallee Young, Harry Reems, Deborah Alter, Kathryn Clayton, Bryan Charles, Edward Talbot 'Chip' Matthews

123. Bloodeaters ( Toxic Zombies )

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Charles McCrann
Actors: Charles McCrann, Beverly Shapiro, Dennis Helfend, Kevin Hanlon, Judith M. Brown, Pat Kellis

124. Alligator

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lewis Teague
Actors: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo, Dean Jagger, Sydney Lassick, Henry Silva
Plot: Twelve years ago, a pet alligator was set free in the Chicago sewers,
where it fed on the bodies of dogs used in genetic experiments. Now, the
mutated reptile is on a feeding spree.

125. Toward the Terra... aka To Terra... ( Terra e... )

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hideo Onchi
Actors: Masaya Oki, Junichi Inoue, Hidekatsu Shibata, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Yasuo Hisamatsu, Yoku Shioya
Plot: In a distant future, two childhood friends rise to become leaders on opposing sides of an intergalactic war.

126. Our Hitler: A Film from Germany ( Hitler - ein Film aus Deutschland )

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Actors: André Heller, Harry Baer, Heinz Schubert, Peter Kern, Hellmut Lange, Rainer von Artenfels

127. Little Miss Marker

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Walter Bernstein
Actors: Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart, Brian Dennehy, Lee Grant

128. Hide in Plain Sight

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: James Caan
Actors: James Caan, Jill Eikenberry, Robert Viharo, Joe Grifasi, Danny Aiello, Josef Sommer
Plot: Based on a true story about a man who discovers that his ex-wife has disappeared along with their children.

129. Heaven's Gate

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Cimino
Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, Jeff Bridges
Plot: Sweeping western epic depicting life in 1890s Wyoming as a marshal deals with encroaching wealthy cattle interests intent on displacing, and murdering, local immigrant farmers, over use of the land. He also deals with a hired gun who is in love with the same woman as him. Ideals about the great American dream will be shattered as both stories come to a head.

130. Eagle's Wing

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Anthony Harvey
Actors: Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Harvey Keitel, Stéphane Audran, John Castle, Caroline Langrishe

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