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.
