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. 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.

142. 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.

143. 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.

144. 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

145. 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

146. 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

147. The Godsend

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Actors: Malcolm Stoddard, Cyd Hayman, Angela Pleasence, Patrick Barr, Wilhelmina Green, Joanne Boorman

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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