1980
Movies worth watching from the year 1980
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- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsRomy SchneiderHarvey KeitelHarry Dean StantonIn a future where dying of illness is very rare, terminally ill Katherine Mortenhoe becomes a celebrity and Roddy, a man with camera implants in his brain, secretly records her for a morbid TV show called Death Watch.
- DirectorFerdinando BaldiStarsSilvia DionisioWerner PochathZora KerovaThree thugs commandeer a few cars on a moving train and spread terror among the passengers.
- DirectorGabrielle BeaumontStarsMalcolm StoddardCyd HaymanAngela PleasenceWhen a strange woman has her baby at the Marlowe's house, then disappears, Kate Marlowe is forced to keep the baby, Bonnie. She loves the child, but when her own children are systematically killed, suspicion turns to Bonnie.
- DirectorJerry ParisStarsSusan BlakelyPatrick O'NealJohn RubinsteinThe day after his final exams, Joyce learns from her husband Donald that he just used her to pay and clean for him during his studies. Now he's leaving her for her best friend Glenna, with who he slept the last one and a half years. Instead of resigning to her fate, Joyce decides to start a career as an estate agent - and she's good at it...
- DirectorChuck WorkmanStarsStuart WhitmanRobert VaughnWoody StrodeAdventurer gets caught up in a plot to kill Fidel Castro.
- DirectorMarvin J. ChomskyJeff LiebermanStarsRobert VaughnRobert PeraultDavid SelbyManhattan surgeon Franken rebuilds the broken body of a John Doe patient with spare parts.
- DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsSuzanne PleshetteTony RobertsArte JohnsonA wife and mother tries to cope with her husband's emotional problems while trying to balance her new job as an assistant director on a local children's TV show and caring for her family.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsAli MacGrawAlan KingMyrna LoyA married, egotistical, middle-aged head of a corporate empire man and his mistress and protegee, who wants a more serious commitment and ends up dating a younger man, are in a casual love/hate relationship and engage in a battle of wits.
- DirectorGordon WillisStarsTalia ShireJoe CorteseElizabeth AshleyA weird woman admires and spies on her shy mousy neighbor with a telescope.
- DirectorRichard MichaelsStarsBarry BostwickMaureen AndermanLee ChamberlinA Father struggles to keep his family on track and take care of the kids after his wife leaves.
- DirectorWaris HusseinStarsColleen DewhurstDana ElcarJoe MortonA psychologist takes an interest in a boy accused of murder.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsCharles BronsonJason RobardsDominique SandaIn 1948, an assortment of shady characters are searching for Nazi loot, sunken off the coast of Peru.
- DirectorRobert ButlerSidney J. FurieStarsJames BrolinCliff GormanRichard S. CastellanoA tough, New York City ex-cop relentlessly searches for his kidnapped teenage daughter whom is held by a twisted psycho after mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy businessman.
- DirectorRuss MayberryStarsJack AlbertsonDeborah BaltzellMelinda DillonA photographer who specializes in weddings and who, according to others, has the perfect marriage. However, he and his wife are at a crossroad and have decided to separate. While he and his wife bicker and she prepares to leave, he reminisces about people whom he has photographed who have had unusual relationships. A couple has married, gotten divorced, married again, divorced again and have run into each other again. A young couple who have just gotten married after living together, which the bride prefers. And an aging comic who wants to marry a young girl over the objections of his son.
- DirectorDavid HessStarsJennifer RunyonForrest SwonsenLinda GentileBeautiful prep-school students face yuletide horror when a killer in a Santa Claus suit stalks their campus.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsAdrienne BarbeauJamie Lee CurtisJanet LeighLocal legend tells of a ship lured on to the rocks of Antonio Bay being enveloped by a supernatural cloud as it sank; the myth says that when this mysterious fog returns, the victims will rise up from the depths seeking vengeance
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsRichard GereLauren HuttonHector ElizondoA Los Angeles escort is accused of a murder which he did not commit.
- DirectorJames W. RobersonStarsPatrick DrayRonald HainesJim DratfieldBased on a true story of Colorado's only convicted killer/cannibal Alfred Packer.
- DirectorJerrold FreedmanStarsScott BaioLance KerwinEd LauterA popular high-school hockey player hides the fact that he is an alcoholic.
- DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsRobert KermanFrancesca CiardiPerry PirkanenDuring a rescue mission into the Amazon rainforest, a professor stumbles across lost film shot by a missing documentary crew.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsAl PacinoPaul SorvinoKaren AllenA police officer goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.
- DirectorMichael NankinDavid WechterStarsDavid NaughtonDebra ClingerJoel KenneyLeon picks college students to participate in his all night scavenger hunt. Five teams receive clues to solve leading them to the next clue site hidden in the city.
- DirectorMartin DavidsonStarsJohn RitterAnne ArcherBert ConvyA struggling actor buying milk stops a robbery while wearing a superhero uniform, promoting a movie. The unknown hero decides to try again. Can he impress his cute neighbor?
- DirectorGilbert CatesStarsGeorge SegalNatalie WoodRichard BenjaminMari and Jeff Thompson start to doubt their own marriage when every couple they know separate.
- DirectorLee PhilipsStarsKevin DobsonSharon GlessRaymond SerraAttractive socialite (Gless) falls for a construction worker with a gambling problem.