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The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · 124m
Space OperaAI & RobotsSpace
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda.
Movies of 1980
60 movies from 1980. Includes The Empire Strikes Back, Raging Bull, and Who's Singin' Over There?.
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Tubi
Raging Bull
1980 · 129m
BiopicSports DramaSports
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
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Who's Singin' Over There?
1980 · 84m
War DramaMilitaryDrama
On Saturday, 5 April 1941, one day before the Invasion of Yugoslavia of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a colourful group of random passengers on a…
83
The Elephant Man
1980 · 124m
Medical DramaPeriod & Historical DramaBiopic
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak.
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Pixote
1980 · 127m
CrimeDrama
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by…
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Kagemusha
1980 · 180m
MilitaryActionDrama
A feudal epic presenting the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by…
81
Paramount+
Airplane!
1980 · 88m
Satire & ParodySlapstick & ScrewballAviation
An ex-fighter pilot is forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
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Ordinary People
1980 · 124m
Drama
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son.
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Max
The Long Good Friday
1980 · 114m
Mob / MafiaNeo-Noir & Film NoirGambling & Casinos
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American…
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Atlantic City
1980 · 104m
Mob / MafiaGambling & CasinosMafia & Mob
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money,…
80
Prime
Breaker Morant
1980 · 107m
Legal DramaBiopicMilitary
During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners.
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The Shining
1980 · 144m
Psychological HorrorPsychological ThrillerPsychological
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the…
78
Coal Miner's Daughter
1980 · 125m
BiopicMusicFriendship
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.
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My American Uncle
1980 · 126m
ComedyDramaRomance
Professor Henri Laborit uses three people's stories to discuss behaviourist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety:…
76
Tubi
The Gods Must Be Crazy
1980 · 109m
ActionComedy
A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the…
76
Max
The Last Metro
1980 · 131m
DramaRomanceWar
In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
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Max
Superman II
1980 · 127m
SuperheroScience FictionAction
Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and…
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The Big Red One
1980 · 162m
Medical DramaWar DramaMilitary
A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt.
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Bilo the Banker
1980 · 85m
Revenge ThrillerRevengeDrama
Bilo is a goodhearted man who wants to marry the cutest girl in the village but needs money to take the consent from her father.
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Night of the Juggler
1980 · 101m
Neo-Noir & Film NoirHostage & KidnappingAction
When a twisted psychotic kidnaps a young girl, mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy developer, her father, a hardened ex-cop, doggedly…
74
Tubi
Dressed to Kill
1980 · 105m
SlasherSerial KillerThriller
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation.
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Tubi
The Changeling
1980 · 107m
Horror
After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house…
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Shogun Assassin
1980 · 85m
Revenge ThrillerRevengeSamurai & Ninja
A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai.
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Prime
The Stunt Man
1980 · 131m
Hollywood & ShowbizActionComedy
A fugitive stumbles onto 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 while…
73
Netflix
The Blues Brothers
1980 · 133m
Showbiz & Music DramaEpic FantasyMusic & Arts Documentary
Just released from prison, Jake Blues puts his old band back together with his brother Elwood to save the Catholic home where they were raised.
73
Tubi
Hopscotch
1980 · 104m
EspionageComedyAdventure
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him.
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Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
1980 · 107m
Time-Travel Sci-FiAnimeTime Travel
When Suneo does not show Nobita the fossil of a dinosaur claw, he takes up a challenge to find a dinosaur.
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Prime
The Long Riders
1980 · 100m
Western
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin…
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My Bodyguard
1980 · 96m
High SchoolComedyDrama
Clifford Peache, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully terrorizes his…
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Spetters
1980 · 120m
DramaRomance
Amateur dirt-bikers Rien and Hans–and their mechanic Eef–each fall in love with Fientje, a young woman who, with her brother Jaap, works a…
71
Package Tour
1980 · 107m
Coming of AgeComedy
Stig-Helmer and Ole Bramserud on a trip to the Canary Islands for Christmas.
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Every Man for Himself
1980 · 88m
Showbiz & Music DramaHollywood & ShowbizDrama
A look at the sexual and professional lives of three people — a television director, his ex-girlfriend, and a sex worker.
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Prime
Altered States
1980 · 103m
HorrorScience FictionThriller
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness.
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Prime
Stardust Memories
1980 · 89m
Showbiz & Music DramaHollywood & ShowbizComedy
While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
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The Young Master
1980 · 107m
Martial ArtsActionComedy
Youthful martial arts master Lung is searching for his missing brother, when he is mistaken for a criminal on the run.
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Prime
Used Cars
1980 · 113m
Comedy
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of…
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City of Women
1980 · 140m
ComedyAdventureFantasy
The charismatic Snaporaz encounters an alluring woman on a train and pursues her through a forest.
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Return to the 36th Chamber
1980 · 101m
Martial ArtsActionComedy
The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production.
69
Paramount+
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!)
1980 · 76m
FamilyAnimationComedy
Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty and Marcie travel to France as foreign exchange students.
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Encounters of the Spooky Kind
1980 · 104m
Zombie HorrorSupernatural HorrorMartial Arts
"Big Guts" Cheung, a man well known in his local village for his lack of fear, is put to the test after being tricked into spending the night in a…
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Brubaker
1980 · 131m
BiopicPrisonUndercover
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
68
Netflix
Nine to Five
1980 · 110m
Comedy
Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.
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Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
1980 · 142m
DramaComedyRomance
Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow.
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Prime
The Fog
1980 · 90m
Small TownHolidayHorror
Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary.
67
Prime
The Party
1980 · 110m
DramaRomanceComedy
A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.
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Flash Gordon
1980 · 111m
Space OperaRoyalty & Palace IntrigueAliens
A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
67
Fame
1980 · 134m
DramaMusic
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
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Umbrella Coup
1980 · 95m
ComedyCrime
Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake.
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Caddyshack
1980 · 98m
Coming-of-AgeComing of AgeComedy
At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in…
66
Prime
Inferno
1980 · 107m
MagicHorrorThriller
A young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.
66
Tubi
Private Benjamin
1980 · 110m
MilitaryComedy
A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.
66
Prime
Alligator
1980 · 91m
Body HorrorHorrorScience Fiction
A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones.
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Bronco Billy
1980 · 116m
DramaRomanceComedy
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.
66
Tubi
Tom Horn
1980 · 94m
Legal DramaLegalWestern
A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his…
65
Tubi
Stir Crazy
1980 · 111m
Buddy ComedySlapstick & ScrewballPrison
New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs…
65
The Under-Gifted
1980 · 92m
Comedy
The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school.
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The Miser
1980 · 125m
Comedy
The children of Harpagon, Cléante and his sister Elise, are each in love but they still haven’t spoken to their father yet.
65
Paramount+
Urban Cowboy
1980 · 132m
Marriage & DivorceMusicDrama
After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called Gilley's, where he falls in love with Sissy, a cowgirl…
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American Gigolo
1980 · 117m
ProceduralDetectiveCrime
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area.