Most Popular Feature Films Released In 1980
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The Shining
(1980) A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. Dir: Stanley Kubrick With: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd Drama | Horror | Mystery |
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
(1980) As Luke trains with Master Yoda to become a Jedi, his friends evade the Imperial fleet under the command of Darth Vader who is obsessed with turning Skywalker to the Dark Side. Dir: Irvin Kershner With: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi |
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The Blues Brothers
(1980) Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and brother Elwood were raised. Dir: John Landis With: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway Comedy | Music | Musical |
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Airplane!
(1980) An airplane crew takes ill. Surely the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly. But don't call him Shirley. Dir: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker With: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen Comedy | Romance |
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Caddyshack
(1980) An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher. Dir: Harold Ramis With: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray Comedy | Sport |
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Raging Bull
(1980) An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it. Dir: Martin Scorsese With: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci Biography | Drama | Sport |
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The Blue Lagoon
(1980) A boy and girl are shipwrecked on an uninhabited tropical island. With no adults to guide them the two make a simple life together unaware that sexual maturity will eventually intervene. Dir: Randal Kleiser With: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern Adventure | Drama | Romance |
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The Elephant Man
(1980) A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity. Dir: David Lynch With: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft Biography | Drama | History |
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Cannibal Holocaust
(1980) A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes. Dir: Ruggero Deodato With: Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen Adventure | Drama | Horror |
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Friday the 13th
(1980) Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to re-open a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning. Dir: Sean S. Cunningham With: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor Horror | Mystery | Thriller |










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