Cannes Film Festival 1980 (in competition)
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1. All That Jazz (1979)
R | 123 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid career of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.
Director: Bob Fosse | Stars: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer
Votes: 35,365 | Gross: $37.82M
Palme d'Or Winner (Joint)
2. Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980)
PG | 162 min | Drama, History, War
A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu
Votes: 38,157
Palme d'Or Winner (Joint)
3. My American Uncle (1980)
PG | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The intersecting stories of three people who face difficult choices in life-changing situations are used to illustrate the theories espoused by Henri Laborit about human behavior and the relationship between the self and society.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud
Votes: 6,847
Grand Prix Winner
4. The Constant Factor (1980)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
A young man is facing death of his mother. A petty corruption at his job leads to him being framed and robbed of his only desire to climb mountains in Himalayas, as his father did and where he died.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Tadeusz Bradecki, Zofia Mrozowska, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska, Cezary Morawski
Votes: 1,149
Jury Prize Winner
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Joint with Stalker)
5. A Leap in the Dark (1980)
120 min | Drama, Romance
Mauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a boy, and is now affected by psychic problems and suicide fantasies. She seems to recover from ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Anouk Aimée, Michele Placido, Gisella Burinato
Votes: 518
Best Actor: Michel Piccoli
Best Actress: Anouk Aimée
6. Breaker Morant (1980)
PG | 107 min | Drama, History, War
Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown
Votes: 14,419 | Gross: $7.14M
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Thompson
7. Poseban tretman (1980)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Dr. Ilic works in the hospital for compulsory treatment of alcoholics. By conducting his own "special treatment" through physical exercises, apple eating, the healing effects of listening ... See full summary »
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Ljuba Tadic, Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic, Dusica Zegarac, Milena Dravic
Votes: 814
Best Supporting Actress: Milena Dravić (Joint)
8. La terrazza (1980)
150 min | Comedy, Drama
During a dinner in a Roman terrace, the lives and experiences of multiple characters intertwine.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marcello Mastroianni
Votes: 1,832
Best Supporting Actress: Carla Gravina (Joint)
Best Screenplay: Ettore Scola, Agenore Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli
9. Histoire d'Adrien (1980)
95 min | Drama
In the Périgord, at the beginning of the century, Adrien, illegitimate child, is adopted by his grandmother. When the First World War ended, he becomes a railway man, and takes part in the strikes of 1920.
Director: Jean-Pierre Denis | Stars: Bernard Sautereau, Serge Dominique, Pierre Dienade, Marcelle Dessalles
Votes: 25
Caméra d'Or
10. Being There (1979)
PG | 130 min | Comedy, Drama
After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.
Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden
Votes: 77,622 | Gross: $30.18M
11. The Big Red One (1980)
R | 113 min | Drama, War
A hardened sergeant and the four core members of his infantry unit try to survive World War II as they move from battle to battle throughout Europe.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco
Votes: 21,383
12. Bye Bye Brazil (1980)
R | 110 min | Drama
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Diegues | Stars: José Wilker, Betty Faria, Fábio Jr., Zaira Zambelli
Votes: 1,949
13. Dedicatoria (1980)
97 min | Drama, Romance
Juan, a journalist, has always with him a tape recorder in which he records the interviews he does without judging them, an assessment that he leaves to his boss and friend, Paco. While he ... See full summary »
Director: Jaime Chávarri | Stars: José Luis Gómez, Amparo Muñoz, Patricia Adriani, Luis Politti
Votes: 62
14. And Quiet Rolls the Dawn (1979)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
The daughter of an economically middle-class family fails to return home one night.
Director: Mrinal Sen | Stars: Satya Bannerjee, Gita Sen, Mamata Shankar, Sreela Majumdar
Votes: 241
15. Fantastica (1980)
110 min | Drama, Musical
In this oddball mix of music and drama, an actress (Carole Laure) in a traveling musical revue is involved with the show's director until she meets and falls for an aging ecological ... See full summary »
Director: Gilles Carle | Stars: Carole Laure, Lewis Furey, Serge Reggiani, Claudine Auger
Votes: 136
16. Jaguar (1979)
100 min | Crime, Drama
He has battled with the screen's heavies, starred opposite its most desirable beauties, lived through the full range of human emotions. Now he is ready for the big time. Phillip Salvador takes the big role in "Jaguar."
Director: Lino Brocka | Stars: Phillip Salvador, Amy Austria, Johnny Delgado, Anita Linda
Votes: 112
17. Kaltgestellt (1980)
88 min | Thriller
In the late 1970s the German secret service fights against RAF terrorism and searches for constitutional enemies in the public service. A liberal teacher named Brasch "Helmut Griem" takes on V-man Körner "Martin Benrath" and loses his job.
Director: Bernhard Sinkel | Stars: Helmut Griem, Martin Benrath, Ángela Molina, Friedhelm Ptok
Votes: 37
18. B.C. Rock (1980)
R | 84 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Adult animated comedy with rock music soundtrack portraying a far-fetched explanation of the Dawn of Man.
Director: Picha | Stars: Richard Darbois, Georges Aminel, Roger Carel, Jacques Ferrière
Votes: 698
19. The Long Riders (1980)
R | 100 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Dennis Quaid, Keith Carradine
Votes: 12,890 | Gross: $23.00M
20. Loulou (1980)
TV-14 | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A bored wife leaves her husband for an unemployed, petty criminal.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu, Guy Marchand, Humbert Balsan
Votes: 3,700
21. The Heiresses (1980)
105 min | Drama, Romance, War
1936. Sylvia a rich but sterile woman, marries Akos but needs an heir to inherit her father's money. She bribes Irene a Jewish girl to have a child by her husband.
Director: Márta Mészáros | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Lili Monori, Jan Nowicki, Zita Perczel
Votes: 405
22. Out of the Blue (1980)
R | 94 min | Drama
A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.
Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Linda Manz, Dennis Hopper, Sharon Farrell, Don Gordon
Votes: 3,973
23. Every Man for Himself (1980)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
An examination of sexual relationships, in which three protagonists interact in different combinations.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie Baye, Roland Amstutz
Votes: 3,943
24. A Week's Vacation (1980)
R | 102 min | Drama
Laurence, French teacher at a Lyon secondary school, simply can't take any more. Her doctor prescribes a week off. Whilst her partner Pierre has no idea how to help her, she decides to get ... See full summary »
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Gérard Lanvin, Flore Fitzgerald, Michel Galabru
Votes: 731
25. Le risque de vivre (1980)
85 min | Documentary
Director: Gérald Calderon | Stars: André Langaney, Michael Lonsdale
Technical Grand Prize (shown out of competition)
26. Stalker (1979)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko
Votes: 144,667 | Gross: $0.23M
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Joint) (shown out of competition)
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