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.

51. Stardust Memories

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper, Marie-Christine Barrault, Tony Roberts, Daniel Stern

52. The Final Countdown

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Don Taylor
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal, Charles Durning
Plot: The Captain (Douglas) of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Nimitz, with a government civilian "efficiency expert" (Sheen) aboard, sails out of Pearl Harbor in what seems like a normal deployment to the Pacific. When a storm unlike any storm they have ever seen before engulfs them, the crew is knocked unconscious. When they awake, they slowly realize that the storm has transported them back in time to the day before the infamous Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Knowing that their ship has the aircraft, weaponry and technology 40 years more superior than the advancing Japanese fleet, the crew struggles with the ethical question: Should we stop the attack and change history forever?

53. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Henning Schellerup
Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Paul Sand, Meg Foster, Laura Campbell, Dick Butkus, Michael Ruud
Plot: A new schoolmaster tests his nerves with the local legend of a headless horseman, all the while romancing with the local beauty. A fresh, witty look at the classic Washington Irving's tale.

54. Seems Like Old Times

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jay Sandrich
Actors: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Charles Grodin, Robert Guillaume, Harold Gould, George Grizzard

55. Half a Loaf of Kung Fu ( Dian zhi gong fu gan chian chan )

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chi-Hwa Chen
Actors: Jackie Chan, Kang Chin, Chung-erh Lung, James Tien, Wen Tai Li, Ching Lan Chin

56. Shogun's Ninja ( Ninja bugeicho momochi sandayu )

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
Actors: Sonny Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Etsuko Shihomi, Tetsurô Tanba, Isao Natsuyagi, Asao Koike

57. Hopscotch

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ronald Neame
Actors: Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty, Herbert Lom, David Matthau
Plot: In this comedy-thriller, a disgruntled CIA agent becomes a target when he decides to settle some scores by writing his memoirs.

58. 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

59. The Stunt Man

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Rush
Actors: Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Allen Garfield, Alex Rocco, Sharon Farrell
Plot: A fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man,
takes the job as a way to hide out, and falls for the leading lady.

60. Christ Stopped at Eboli ( Cristo si è fermato a Eboli )

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Francesco Rosi
Actors: Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, Lea Massari, Irene Papas, François Simon

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