| Out of the Blue (1980) | 7.2 | |
| Bye Bye Brasil (1980) | 7.4 | |
| Argo (2012) | 7.7 | |
| Airplane! (1980) | 7.7 | |
| My American Uncle (1980) | 7.6 |
Year 1980 movies and TV shows – page 2
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List of year 1980 movies
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Patrick Foley has been on the move all his live. Tired of drifting, he wants to spend his last days in an isolated Australian valley where he grew up. On his difficult journey he meets Shawn, a little desperate city-boy whose parents were killed in ...
Style:
anamorphic, serious, surreal, independent film
Plot:
coming of age, survival, youth, 10 year old, bare chested male, boy, nature, homeless, homeless man, tragedy, wilderness, orphan ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
australia
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124K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by Gen. Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to ...
Style:
saga, breathtaking, exciting, epic, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, boys' night, pre-teens
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, alien invasion, revenge, space and aliens, niagara falls, superman, superpower, female alien, prison escape, villain, space ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, year 2016
Place:
washington d.c., new york, usa, idaho, north america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Col. Vincent Kane is a military psychiatrist who takes charge of an army mental hospital situated in a secluded castle. Among Kane's many eccentric patients is Capt. Billy Cutshaw, a troubled astronaut in the midst of an existential crisis. ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, philosophical, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
astronaut, atheism, mental illness, insanity, therapy, psychotherapy, nervous breakdown, nightmare, psychiatric hospital, castle, religion, insane asylum ...
Time:
year 1980, year 2016, 80s
Place:
vietnam, asia
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Young writer, Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to, "Come back to me." Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, period piece, sweet, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
time travel, love story, passion, obsession, time, hotel, playwright, love triangle, supernatural, love and romance, fall in love, love affair ...
Time:
1900s, 80s, year 1980, victorian era, edwardian era ...
Place:
usa, chicago, america, michigan, north america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.
Style:
suspense, intense, harsh, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revolution, mercenary, gunfight, machine gun, war, torture, undercover, soldier, military, dictator, espionage, political intrigue ...
Time:
year 1980, 80s
Place:
africa, west africa, new york, london, central america ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a dramatization of her life, Linda Eastman, takes a job snapping pictures for Rolling Stone Magazine, despite the objections of her straight-laced father, Lee Eastman. As Linda rubs elbows with music royalty, she bumps into rock star Paul ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
the beatles, tragic event, lifestyle, music band, supportive spouse, couple relations, unfulfillment, rising to stardom, terminal illness, couples, husband wife relationship, singer ...
Time:
20th century, year 1972, year 1976, year 1998, year 1997 ...
Place:
japan, new york, london, manhattan new york city, scotland
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The movie takes place in the three days leading up to Lennon's murder and is intended to be an exploration of Chapman's psyche, without putting substantial emphasis on the murder. The title "Chapter 27" suggests a continuation of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, losing-it hero, obsession, social misfits, mentally unstable, killer, lifestyle, serial killer, biopic, assassination, alone, rock ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Set in the late 1980s, this critically acclaimed indie classic from 1992 portrays a gritty side of gay life in Los Angeles. Ethan (Paul Marius), a 27-year-old photographer, believes he has no need for love or commitments, and is living his life ...
Style:
independent film, reflective, melancholic, intense, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, sexuality, jealousy, friendship, acceptance, self discovery, character study, identity, loneliness, heartbreak, realism ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
los angeles, palm springs california, california
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.
Style:
erotic, captivating, disturbing, sweet, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
love, mother daughter relationship, heroin addict, party, student, women, filmmaker, destiny, love affair, hopes, fall in love, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1980, 2010s, year 2019, 80s, year 1975 ...
Place:
venice, london, italy, england
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany, Brazil
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, captivating, intense, factual ...
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, italian mafia, gangster, trial, sex, mob boss, sicilian mafia, organized crime, italian history, assassination attempt, assassination ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, year 2000, year 1992, year 1984 ...
Place:
sicily, italy, rome italy, rio de janeiro, miami ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In 1970, three children are born at the height of a total eclipse. Due to the sun and moon blocking Saturn, which controls emotions, they have become heartless killers ten years later, and are able to escape detection because of their youthful and ...
Style:
slasher, sexy, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
evil child, solar eclipse, child in peril, holiday horror, patricide, bare breasts, sociopath, creepy child, children, birthday, elementary school, creepy kid ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, year 1980, 70s, year 1970
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Romania, Hungary, Canada, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, emotional, costume drama, political thriller ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, defiant, anti semitism, ss, family relations, danger, life is a bitch, confined, world war, spy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1957, year 1939, year 1962 ...
Place:
europe, hungary, berlin germany, switzerland, budapest ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares escapes from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, grindhouse, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, rough sex, gory, maniac, exploitation, murder, mental disorder, freak, extreme, murderer, home invasion, psycho killer ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
florida, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A modern priest investigates nuns' claims that the Devil is present in their nunnery.
Style:
suspense, independent film, grindhouse, creepy, slasher ...
Plot:
nun, nunsploitation, possession, female psychopath, serial killer, killer, exorcism, religion, supernatural horror, woods, rural setting, disturbed person ...
Time:
year 1980, 80s
Place:
southern italy, europe, italy
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765
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. He wants to start a new life in a place where he is not known and dreams only of a job, a wife and a family. He succeeds partially in fulfilling these dreams, but then runs into ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
corruption, class conflict, character study, social realism, working class, redemption, betrayal, alienation, solidarity, loneliness, realism, rehabilitation ...
Time:
year 1970, year 1980, year 1976, year 1978, year 1977 ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The true story of a journalist who investigates the backgrounds of the Oktoberfest terror attack of 1980.
Plot:
german history, neo nazi, investigative reporter, german politics, journalist, investigative journalism, government conspiracy, terrorist attack, government coverup, whistleblower, bombing, unsolved crime ...
Time:
year 1980, year 1983, year 2011, year 2006
Place:
southern germany, munich germany, west germany, bavaria
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22K
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Clara, a 65-year-old widow and retired music critic, was born into a wealthy and traditional family in Recife, Brazil. She is the last resident of the Aquarius, an original two-story building, built in the 1940s, in the upper-class, seaside Boa ...
Style:
talky, realistic, melancholic, stylized, independent film ...
Plot:
real estate, family drama, horny woman, sex, fighting the system, nostalgia, lifeguard, orgy, class differences, female protagonist, manipulation, character study ...
Time:
2010s, year 1980, year 2016
Place:
northeast brazil, brazil
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
The story of the Peoples Temple cult led by Jim Jones and the events leading up to one of the largest mass suicides in history.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
mass suicide, commune, manipulation, suicide, escapism, psychic, mass death, cult leader, jungle, american abroad, leadership, no survivors ...
Time:
70s, year 1980, 60s, year 1965, year 1978 ...
Place:
south america, indianapolis indiana, guyana, africa, san francisco ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Panama, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Style:
realistic, captivating, period piece, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
boxing, boxer, boxing match, sex scene, bare breasts, fight, rags to riches, contests and competitions, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, ambition, martial arts ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980, year 2016, 70s ...
Place:
panama
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663K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Style:
clever, tense, captivating, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
cia, secret agent, politics, rescue mission, revolution, u.s. embassy, secret mission, propaganda, danger, hostage, undercover, espionage ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1979, year 1980, 20th century ...
Place:
middle east, iran, tehran iran, los angeles, istanbul turkey ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A masked killer targets six college kids responsible for a prank gone wrong three years earlier and who are currently throwing a large New Year's Eve costume party aboard a moving train.
Style:
slasher, bloody, christmas horror, suspenseful, creepy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
revenge, train, masked killer, holiday horror, killer, prank, serial killer, murder, new year's eve, stalking, magician, blood ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 2016, 70s ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After 6 years of brutal murders the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to continue his reign of terror upon the citizens of Yorkshire, but things become more difficult for the ...
Style:
tense, gloomy, suspenseful, cerebral, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, police corruption, murder, police investigation, who done it, conspiracy, dead prostitute, uncover truth, police detective, dishonesty, riddles and clues ...
Time:
80s, year 2009, year 1980, 20th century, 70s
Place:
europe, england, yorkshire, london
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A masked killer, wearing World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35-year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual Spring Dance.
Style:
slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, bloody ...
Plot:
murder, masked killer, masked man, obsession, masked villain, soldier, sadism, small town, vengeance, youth, homecoming, love affair ...
Time:
1940s, year 1980, year 1944, year 1945, year 2016 ...
Place:
new jersey, california
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
This slasher movie follows a relentless killer who is out to avenge the death of a young girl who died after being bullied and teased by four of her classmates. Now high-school students, the guilt-ridden kids have kept their involvement a secret, ...
Style:
slasher, sexy, perverse, teen, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
serial killer, high school, teenager, revenge, prom, masked killer, high school prom, masked man, chase, stalking, teenage sex, murder ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1980, year 2016, 20th century ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Professor Ayres discovers a secret in an ancient stone and when he opens a crypt, he revives zombies that kill him. He had invited three couples to visit him in his manor to reveal his discovery. However, they never get around to meeting the ...
Style:
sexy, scary, stylized, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, crypt, survival horror, evil wins, cannibalism, gory, supernatural, mad scientist, blood, exploitation, body horror, violence ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
southern italy, europe, italy
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The true story of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets had some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
Style:
clever, political, factual, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cold war, cia, politics, womanizer, satire, spy, politician, propaganda, swimming pool, soviet afghanistan war, congressman, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, year 1988, 2000s, year 2007 ...
Place:
afghanistan, washington d.c., texas, pakistan, helsinki finland ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
Style:
parody, humorous, absurd, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
journalism, satire, father son relationship, dog, reporter, workplace, stupidity, jealousy, friendship, rivalry, media, ambitious ...
Time:
20th century, year 2013, 70s, year 1979, year 1980 ...
Place:
new york, california, usa, manhattan new york city, san diego california
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A Dutch film, post-Saturday Night Fever, which follows the lives of three young men who are amateur dirt-bike motorcycle racers. They each fall in love with a young woman who, with her brother, sells French fries and hot dogs at the races. Everyone ...
Style:
erotic, raunchy, disturbing, cult classic, art house ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
coming of age, rape, sex, sex scene, closeted homosexual, male pubic hair, male rape, erection, motocross, male nudity, explicit sex, teenager ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
netherlands, europe, holland, rotterdam netherlands, tokyo
Is relevant?
18K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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 the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.
Style:
funny, humorous, witty, talky, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
brother brother relationship, car salesman, car, public nudity, satire, stripper, father daughter relationship, no bra, farce, topless woman, heart attack, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, year 1980, future
Place:
arizona, california
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Genre: Family, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
No sooner does an all-American family takes possession of a baronial English manor when all manner of peculiar things occurring, including signs that point to the disappearance of a young girl during a solar eclipse decades before. Bette Davis ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, creepy, suspense, spooky ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, solar eclipse, missing person, ghost, woods, danger, children, halloween, folk horror, teenage girl, occult, secrets ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
england
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