1980 in film

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• 9 to 5, directed by Colin Higgins, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman

A

• The Agency, starring Robert Mitchum, Lee Majors, Valerie Perrine – (Canada)
• Airplane!, starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• Alien Dead, directed by Fred Olen Ray, starring Buster Crabbe
• Alligator, directed by Lewis Teague, starring Robert Forster, Robin Riker, and Michael Gazzo
• Altered States, directed by Ken Russell, starring William Hurt and Blair Brown
• American Gigolo, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton and Héctor Elizondo
• Antropophagus, directed by Joe D'Amato, starring George Eastman, Tisa Farrow, Zora Kerova, Saverio Vallone, and Serena Grandi (Italy)
• Any Which Way You Can, directed by Buddy Van Horn, starring Clint Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith, Barry Corbin, Ruth Gordon
• Arrebato (Rapture), directed by Ivan Zulueta, starring Eusebio Poncela, and Cecilia Roth (Spain)
• Atlantic City, directed by Louis Malle, starring Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon – (Canada/France) – Golden Lion winner
• The Awakening, starring Charlton Heston, Susannah York and Stephanie Zimbalist – (U.K.)

B

• Babylon, starring Brinsley Forde – (U.K.)
• A Bad Son (un mauvais fils), directed by Claude Sautet – (France)
• Bad Timing, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel – (U.K.)
• The Baltimore Bullet, starring James Coburn
• Berlin Alexanderplatz, a TV mini-series directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Gunther Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa – (West Germany)
• The Big Brawl, starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong/U.S.A.)
• The Big Red One, directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine
• Bizalom (Confidence), directed by István Szabó – (Hungary)
• The Black Marble, directed by Harold Becker, starring Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, Harry Dean Stanton
• The Blood of Hussain, directed by Jamil Dehlavi – (Pakistan)
• The Blue Lagoon, starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins
• The Blues Brothers, directed by John Landis, starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway, Carrie Fisher, John Candy, Henry Gibson
• Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)
• Breaker Morant, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Edward Woodward – (Australia)
• Bronco Billy, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Sam Bottoms, Scatman Crothers
• Brubaker, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Robert Redford, David Keith, Jane Alexander, Yaphet Kotto

C

• Caboblanco, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Dominique Sanda
• Caddyshack, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Cindy Morgan, Bill Murray
• The Candidate (Der Kandidat), directed by Volker Schlöndorff – (West Germany)
• Cannibal Holocaust, directed by Ruggero Deodato, starring Robert Kerman – (Italy)
• Can't Stop the Music, directed by Nancy Walker, starring Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Village People
• Carny, starring Jodie Foster and Gary Busey
• Chann Pardesi, starring Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Om Puri – (India)
• A Change of Seasons, starring Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek
• The Changeling, starring George C. Scott – (Canada)
• Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
• Children's Island (Barnens ö) – (Sweden)
• La Cicala (The Cicada), starring Anthony Franciosa and Virna Lisi – (Italy)
• City of Women (La città delle donne), directed by Federico Fellini, starring Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
• The Club, starring Jack Thompson – (Australia)
• Coal Miner's Daughter, starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones
• The Competition, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick, Sam Wanamaker
• The Constant Factor (Constans) – (Poland)
• The Crime of Cuenca (El crimen de Cuenca) – (Spain)
• Cruising, directed by William Friedkin, starring Al Pacino
• Cutting It Short (Postřižiny), directed by Jiří Menzel – (Czechoslovakia)

D

• Dadar Kirti (Deeds of My Elder Brother) – (India)
• Death Watch (La Mort en direct), directed by Bertrand Tavernier, starring Romy Schneider and Harvey Keitel – (France)
• Delusion directed by Alan Beattie, starring Patricia Pearcy and Joseph Cotten
• Die Laughing, starring Robby Benson and Bud Cort
• The Dogs of War, starring Christopher Walken – (U.S.A./U.K.)
• Dostana (Friendship), starring Amitabh Bachchan – (India)
• Dressed to Kill, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Michael Caine, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Angie Dickinson

E

• Elisita – (Spain)
• The Elephant Man, directed by David Lynch, starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins – (U.S.A./U.K.)
• Encounters of the Spooky Kind (Gui da gui), directed by and starring Sammo Hung – (Hong Kong)
• Every Man for Himself (Sauve qui peut (la vie)), directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jacques Dutronc and Isabelle Huppert – (France)
• The Exterminator, starring Robert Ginty and Samantha Eggar

F

• Fade to Black, starring Dennis Christopher
• The Falls, directed by Peter Greenaway – (U.K.)
• Fame, directed by Alan Parker, starring Irene Cara
• Fatso, directed by and starring Anne Bancroft, with Dom DeLuise
• The Final Countdown, starring Kirk Douglas, Katharine Ross, Martin Sheen
• The First Deadly Sin, starring Frank Sinatra, David Dukes, Martin Gabel, Brenda Vaccaro, Faye Dunaway
• First Family, directed by Buck Henry, starring Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn, Gilda Radner
• Flash Gordon, directed by Mike Hodges, starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Chaim Topol – (U.S.A./U.K.)
• The Fog, directed by John Carpenter, starring Adrienne Barbeau and Jamie Lee Curtis
• Foolin' Around, starring Gary Busey, Annette O'Toole, Eddie Albert, Cloris Leachman
• The Formula, starring George C. Scott and Marlon Brando
• Foxes, directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Jodie Foster, Cherie Currie, Scott Baio and Adam Faith
• Friday the 13th, directed by Sean S. Cunningham, starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King and Harry Crosby

G

• The Gamekeeper, directed by Ken Loach – (U.K.)
• Gamera: Super Monster (Uchu Kaijū Gamera) – (Japan)
• Germany, Pale Mother (Deutschland bleiche Mutter), starring Eva Mattes – (West Germany)
• Gilda Live, starring Gilda Radner, Father Guido Sarducci
• Gloria, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands – Golden Lion winner
• The Gods Must Be Crazy, directed by Jamie Uys, starring N!xau, Sandra Prinsloo and Marius Weyers – (South Africa)
• Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras) – (Canada)
• The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, a mockumentary directed by Julien Temple, featuring The Sex Pistols and Malcolm McLaren – (U.K.)

H

• Hangar 18, starring Darren McGavin and Robert Vaughn
• Health, a.k.a. H.E.A.L.T.H., directed by Robert Altman, starring Carol Burnett, Lauren Bacall, Glenda Jackson, James Garner
• Heart Beat, starring Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, John Heard
• He Knows You're Alone, starring Don Scardino and Caitlin O'Heaney
• Heaven's Gate, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Jeff Bridges
• Herbie Goes Bananas, directed by Vincent McEveety, starring Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman and Charles Martin Smith
• Hero at Large, starring John Ritter and Anne Archer
• Hey Babe!, starring Yasmine Bleeth and Buddy Hackett – (Canada)
• Hirak Rajar Deshe (Kingdom of Diamonds), directed by Satyajit Ray – (India)
• The Hit (Trhák) – (Czechoslovakia)
• Home Movies, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Kirk Douglas, Vincent Gardenia, Gerrit Graham, Nancy Allen
• Hopscotch, directed by Ronald Neame, starring Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson
• How to Beat the High Cost of Living, starring Susan Saint James, Jessica Lange, Jane Curtin, Dabney Coleman, Richard Benjamin
• Humanoids from the Deep, starring Vic Morrow, Doug McClure, Ann Turkel
• The Hunter, starring Steve McQueen (in his final film), Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson, Eli Wallach

I

• The Idolmaker, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Ray Sharkey and Peter Gallagher
• Inferno, directed by Dario Argento – (Italy)
• Inside Moves, directed by Richard Donner, starring John Savage, David Morse, Diana Scarwid
• The Island, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Michael Caine
• It's My Turn, directed by Claudia Weill, starring Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, Charles Grodin

JK

• The Jazz Singer, starring Neil Diamond, Lucie Arnaz, Laurence Olivier
• Just Tell Me What You Want, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Ali MacGraw, Alan King, Peter Weller, Myrna Loy
• Karz (In Debt), starring Rishi Kapoor – (India)
• Kagemusha, directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara – (Japan) – Palme d'Or winner
• Khubsoorat, starring Ashok Kumar and Rekha – (India)
• Klondike Fever, starring Jeff East, Rod Steiger, Angie Dickinson, Gordon Pinsent – (Canada)

L

• Ladies' Choice (Dami Kanyat), directed by Ivan Andonov, starring Stefan Danailov – (Bulgaria)
• The Last Flight of Noah's Ark, starring Elliott Gould, Geneviève Bujold, Ricky Schroder
• The Last Married Couple in America, starring Natalie Wood, George Segal, Valerie Harper, Richard Benjamin
• The Last Metro (Le dernier metro), directed by François Truffaut, starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu – (France)
• The Last Witness (Choehuui jeungin) – (South Korea)
• The Lathe of Heaven, starring Bruce Davison
• Legend of Tianyun Mountain (Tiān yún shān chuán qí) – (China)
• The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter, a documentary film
• Little Darlings, starring Tatum O'Neal and Kristy McNichol
• Little Miss Marker, starring Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart
• The Long Good Friday, directed by John Mackenzie, starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren – (U.K.)
• The Long Riders, directed by Walter Hill, starring the Keach brothers, Carradine brothers and Quaid brothers
• Loulou, starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu – (France)
• Loving Couples, directed by Jack Smight, starring Shirley MacLaine, James Coburn, Stephen Collins, Susan Sarandon

M

• The Magician of Lublin, starring Alan Arkin, Valerie Perrine, Louise Fletcher
• The Man with Bogart's Face, starring Robert Sacchi, Misty Rowe, Victor Buono, Yvonne De Carlo, Herbert Lom
• Manila by Night – (Philippines)
• McVicar, directed by Tom Clegg, starring Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith, Cheryl Campbell – (U.K.)
• Melvin and Howard, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen
• Midnight Madness
• The Mirror Crack'd, directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson – (U.K.)
• Mon oncle d'Amérique, directed by Alain Resnais, starring Gérard Depardieu – (France) – Cannes Special Jury Prize
• Motel Hell, starring Rory Calhoun
• Mother's Day, starring Nancy Hendrickson
• The Mountain Men, starring Charlton Heston and Brian Keith
• My Bodyguard, directed by Tony Bill, starring Matt Dillon, Adam Baldwin, Chris Makepeace, Martin Mull

N

• The Nest (El Nido) – (Spain)
• Nightkill, starring Robert Mitchum
• Nijinsky, starring George de la Peña and Alan Bates
• The Ninth Configuration, directed by William Peter Blatty, starring Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller

O

• O Megalexandros (Alexander the Great), directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos – (Greece)
• Oh, God! Book II, starring George Burns
• One Trick Pony, written by and starring Paul Simon, with Blair Brown, Joan Hackett, Rip Torn
• The Orchestra Conductor (Dyrygent), directed by Andrzej Wajda, starring John Gielgud – (Poland)
• Ordinary People, directed by Robert Redford, starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch, Elizabeth McGovern
• Out of the Blue, directed by and starring Dennis Hopper, with Linda Manz, Raymond Burr – (Canada)

PQ

• Pepi, Luci, Bom, directed by Pedro Almodóvar – (Spain)
• Palermo or Wolfsburg – (West Germany) – Golden Bear winner
• Permanent Vacation, directed by Jim Jarmusch
• The Pilot, directed by and starring Cliff Robertson, with Diane Baker and Gordon MacRae
• Playing for Time, directed by Daniel Mann, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Jane Alexander
• Popeye, directed by Robert Altman, starring Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall
• Pray TV, starring Dabney Coleman
• Private Benjamin, directed by Howard Zieff, starring Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Harry Dean Stanton
• The Private Eyes, starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts
• Prom Night, starring Leslie Nielsen and Jamie Lee Curtis
• Qurbani (Sacrifice), directed by and starring Feroz Khan – (India)

R

• Raging Bull, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty
• Resurrection, starring Ellen Burstyn and Eva Le Gallienne
• The Return of the King, animated film, voices of Orson Bean, John Huston, William Conrad
• Return of the Secaucus 7, directed by John Sayles
• El Retorno del Hombre Lobo (Return of the Werewolf) – (Spain)
• Roadie, directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Meat Loaf and Kaki Hunter
• Le Roi et l'oiseau (The King and the Mocking Bird), animated film – (France)
• Rockshow, concert film featuring Paul McCartney and Wings – (U.K.)
• Rough Cut, directed by Don Siegel, starring Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven
• Rude Boy, a rockumentary featuring The Clash – (U.K.)

S

• Sällskapsresan (The Charter Trip), directed by and starring Lasse Åberg – (Sweden)
• The Sea Wolves, starring Gregory Peck, David Niven, Roger Moore – (U.K./U.S.A./Switzerland)
• See You in the Next War (enja u sledećem ratu) – (Yugoslavia)
• Seems Like Old Times, starring Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase
• Serial, starring Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Christopher Lee, Bill Macy, Sally Kellerman, Tom Smothers
• The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
• Simon, starring Alan Arkin
• A Small Circle of Friends, starring Brad Davis and Karen Allen
• Smokey and the Bandit II, directed by Hal Needham, starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed and Dom DeLuise
• Solo Sunny – (East Germany)
• Somewhere in Time, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour
• Special Treatment (Poseban tretman) – (Yugoslavia)
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, directed by Irvin Kershner, starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher
• Stardust Memories, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Charlotte Rampling and Jessica Harper
• Stir Crazy, directed by Sidney Poitier, starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder
• The Stunt Man, directed by Richard Rush, starring Peter O'Toole, Barbara Hershey, Steve Railsback
• Sunday Lovers, starring Gene Wilder, Roger Moore, Lino Ventura
• Superman II, starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp

T

• Terror Train
• La terrazza (The Terrace), starring Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi – (Italy)
• That Sinking Feeling, directed by Bill Forsyth, starring John Gordon Sinclair – (U.K.)
• ’’ The Shining’’, directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the book by Stephen King of the same name.
• Those Lips, Those Eyes, starring Frank Langella, Glynnis O'Connor, Tom Hulce
• Times Square, directed by Allen Moyle, starring Robin Johnson, Trini Alvarado, Tim Curry
• To Love the Damned (Maledetti vi amerò) – (Italy)
• Tom Horn, starring Steve McQueen, Richard Farnsworth, Linda Evans
• Tribute, starring Jack Lemmon – (Canada)
• Twelve Months (Sekai Meisaku Douwa Mori wa Ikiteiru / Dvenadtsat mesyatsev) – (Japan/U.S.S.R.)

UV

• The Unseen, starring Barbara Bach and Stephen Furst
• Up the Academy, directed by Robert Downey Sr.
• Urban Cowboy, directed by James Bridges, starring John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, Madolyn Smith, Barry Corbin
• Used Cars, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Kurt Russell, Deborah Harmon, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham
• Virus (Fukkatsu no hi), starring Sonny Chiba and Glenn Ford – (Japan)
• Le Voyage en douce, starring Dominique Sanda and Geraldine Chaplin – (France)

W

• Waiter, Scarper! (Vrchní, prchni!) – (Czechoslovakia)
• The Watcher in the Woods, starring Bette Davis – (U.K./U.S.A.)
• When Time Ran Out, starring Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Burgess Meredith, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons
• Where the Buffalo Roam, directed by Art Linson, starring Bill Murray
• Wholly Moses!, starring Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman, Paul Sand, Dom DeLuise
• Who's Singin' Over There? (Ko to tamo peva) – (Yugoslavia)
• Why Would I Lie?, starring Treat Williams, Lisa Eichhorn, Valerie Curtin
• Willie & Phil, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Michael Ontkean
• Windows, starring Talia Shire and Elizabeth Ashley
• Witches' Brew, starring Teri Garr and Richard Benjamin

X

• Xanadu, starring Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, Gene Kelly

Y

• The Young Master (Shi di chu ma), directed by and starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)
• Yūgure made – (Japan)

Z

• Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), directed by Seijun Suzuki – (Japan)

January–March

• January 1980
  • January 18
    • Just Tell Me What You Want
    • Windows
  • January 30
    • To All a Goodnight
• February 1980
  • February 1
    • Fatso
  • February 8
    • American Gigolo
    • The Fog
    • Midnight Madness
  • February 15
    • Caligula
    • Cruising
  • February 29
    • Don't Answer the Phone
    • Foxes
    • The Ninth Configuration
• March 1980
  • March 7
    • Coal Miner's Daughter
    • Lady and the Tramp (re-release)
  • March 14
    • Defiance
  • March 21
    • Forbidden Zone
    • Little Miss Marker
  • March 28
    • Serial
    • Tom Horn
    • When Time Ran Out

April–June

• April 1980
  • April 1
    • The Baltimore Bullet
  • April 17
    • The Private Eyes
  • April 25
    • Where the Buffalo Roam
• May 1980
  • May 9
    • Friday the 13th
    • The Nude Bomb
  • May 16
    • Fame
    • The Long Riders
  • May 21
    • The Empire Strikes Back
  • May 23
    • Carny
    • The Gong Show Movie
    • The Shining
  • May 30
    • Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)
    • The Hollywood Knights
• June 1980
  • June 1
    • The Mountain Men
  • June 4
    • The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
  • June 6
    • Galaxina
    • Up the Academy
    • Urban Cowboy
  • June 11
    • Bronco Billy
  • June 13
    • The Children
    • The Island
    • Roadie
    • Wholly Moses!
  • June 19
    • Rough Cut
  • June 20
    • The Blues Brothers
    • Brubaker
    • Can't Stop the Music
  • June 25
    • Herbie Goes Bananas
    • The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

July–September

• July 1980
  • July 2
    • Airplane!
    • Alligator
  • July 5
    • The Blue Lagoon
  • July 11
    • Oh! Heavenly Dog
    • Used Cars
  • July 18
    • Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
    • Honeysuckle Rose
    • The Little Dragons
  • July 24
    • The Earthling
  • July 25
    • Caddyshack
    • Dressed to Kill
• August 1980
  • August 1
    • The Final Countdown
    • The Hunter
    • Loose Shoes
    • Raise the Titanic
  • August 8
    • The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
    • Xanadu
  • August 10
    • Why Would I Lie?
  • August 14
    • The Octagon
  • August 15
    • The Kidnapping of the President
    • Smokey and the Bandit II
    • Those Lips, Those Eyes
• September 1980
  • September 8
    • Battle Beyond the Stars
  • September 9
    • Phobia
  • September 12
    • He Knows You're Alone
  • September 19
    • The Exterminator
    • Melvin and Howard
  • September 26
    • In God We Tru$t
    • My Bodyguard
    • Resurrection
    • Stardust Memories
    • Without Warning

October–December

• October 1980
  • October 3
    • Coast to Coast
    • The First Deadly Sin
    • Oh, God! Book II
    • One-Trick Pony
    • Somewhere in Time
    • Terror Train
  • October 6
    • Kagemusha
  • October 10
    • The Elephant Man
    • Private Benjamin
    • Song of the South (re-release)
  • October 14
    • Fade to Black
  • October 18
    • Motel Hell
  • October 31
    • Touched by Love
    • The Awakening
• November 1980
  • November 7
    • The Boogeyman
  • November 11
    • Shogun Assassin
  • November 14
    • The Idolmaker
  • November 19
    • Heaven's Gate
  • November 21
    • The Apple
    • Hurray for Betty Boop
    • The Visitor
• December 1980
  • December 1
    • A Change of Seasons
  • December 3
    • The Competition
  • December 5
    • Flash Gordon
  • December 6
    • Popeye
  • December 12
    • Stir Crazy
  • December 17
    • Any Which Way You Can
  • December 19
    • The Aristocats (re-release)
    • The Formula
    • Inside Moves
    • The Jazz Singer
    • Nine to Five
    • Raging Bull
    • Seems Like Old Times
  • December 25
    • Altered States
    • First Family