Best Movies of 1980 – page 5

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She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown (1980)
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
Story: She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown is the 19th prime-time animated TV specials based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It was originally aired on the CBS network on February 25, 1980
Style: adult cartoon, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids
Plot: peanuts, superhero, holiday, cartoon dog, figure skating, competition, skating, contests and competitions, lifestyle, athlete and trainer, rivalry, youth ...
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The Lathe of Heaven (1980)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: George Orr, a man whose dreams can change waking reality, tries to suppress this unpredictable gift with drugs. Dr. Haber, an assigned psychiatrist, discovers the gift to be real and hypnotically induces Mr. Orr to change reality for the benefit of ...
Style: cyber, intelligent, surreal, psychological, serious ...
Plot: post apocalypse, cyberpunk, dystopian future, alternate reality, anarchist, new world, psychotherapy, gnostic, time warp, mental disorder, wasteland, interracial ...
Time: future
Place: portland oregon
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A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in ...
Style: costume drama, sad, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot: french revolution, charles dickens, revolution, historical event, literary, fall in love, friendship, love triangle, unrequited love, couples, dishonesty, couple relations ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s
Place: paris france, london, england, france, europe
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The First Deadly Sin (1980)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A serial killer is stalking New York. Inspector Edward X. Delaney is an NYPD detective, nearing retirement, who is trying to put together the pieces of the case. Are the victims somehow linked? What does the brutal method of death signify?
Style: suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, law enforcement, life is a bitch, police investigation, couple relations, mysterious villain, psychopath, murder investigation, evil man, violence, police detective ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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Without Warning (1980)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An alien creature stalks human prey.
Style: slasher, classic horror, grindhouse, gothic horror, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: evil alien, creature feature, monster, alien invasion, alien, paranoia, creature, wilderness, forest, predator, prey, exploitation ...
Time: year 1980, 1940s, 70s
Place: california, canada
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 8.0
 766
Good Riddance (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Set in a small rural town in the Quebec Laurentians, Michelle lives in an isolated house with her mentally-challenged brother Guy and her 13 year old daughter Manon. Together the three of them survive by running a small firewood business and ...
Plot: mental illness, illness, parent child relationship, pregnancy, brother sister relationship, accidental death, coming of age, lower class, runaway, precociousness, autumn, death of brother ...
Place: quebec, canada
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 210 min.
Story: Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, gloomy, atmospheric
Plot: shakespeare, ghost, rape, incest, revenge, insanity, sexual abuse, betrayal, tragic love, hamlet, indecision, vengeance ...
Time: middle ages
Place: denmark
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The Earthling (1980)
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, surreal, serious, independent film
Plot: coming of age, survival, youth, tragedy, homeless, nature, wilderness, orphan, culture clash, isolation, escapades, heroes ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place: australia
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How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Oregon, 1980: Jane, Elaine and Louise are all feeling the effects of inflation and cannot afford, as the title states, the high cost of living. Jane cannot afford a babysitter or get married and if she wants privacy with her boyfriend, she has to ...
Style: scenic, grindhouse, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: heist, shopping mall, caper, money, disorder, friends, couples, contests and competitions, buddies, society, dishonesty, love and romance ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: oregon
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Battle Creek Brawl (1980)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.
Style: humorous, slapstick, action adventure, action comedy, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, gangster, mixed martial arts, vengeance, violence, mafia, organized crime, combat, heroes, street fight ...
Time: 1930s, year 1980, 1920s
Place: chicago, texas, usa
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Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Cattle Annie and Little Britches is a 1981 American film[1] starring Burt Lancaster, Rod Steiger, Diane Lane, and Amanda Plummer, based on the lives of two adolescent girls in the late 19th century Oklahoma Territory, who became infatuated with the ...
Style: costume drama, period drama
Plot: woman with a gun, skinny dipping, train robbery, u.s. marshal, outlaw gang, girl, cowgirl, outlaw, cowboy, escape, love, teenager ...
Time: 1890s, 19th century, 1800s, year 1981
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 6.5
 1K
Serial (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: It's the end of the 70s. Hippies are assimilating, women are raising their consciousness, and men are becoming confused and ineffectual. Don't expect to be able to keep track of all the names or who's sleeping with who; the picture ...
Style: cult classic, sex comedy, biting, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: orgy, religious cult, religion, unfaithfulness, satire, family relations, infidelity, female nudity, religions or cults, misfit, society, obsession ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: california, northern california, usa, san francisco
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 5.4
 3K
The Children (1980)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A nuclear-plant leak turns a bus-load of children into murderous atomic zombies with black fingernails.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Plot: evil child, zombie, plague, killer child, burned alive, children, toxic, deadly creature, rescue, danger, mutant, zombie attack ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, new england, massachusetts
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The Black Marble (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: When alcoholic homicide investigator Valnikov is transferred to a burglary case that seems to involve a creepy dogcatcher, he's also given a new partner -- the pragmatic Sgt. Natalie Zimmerman, who's experiencing a midlife crisis and does ...
Style: independent film, thought provoking, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: midlife crisis, alcohol abuse, heist, kidnapping, couples, animal life, odd couple, law enforcement, buddies, dishonesty, pets, opposites attract ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, hawaii ...
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Night of the Juggler (1980)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.
Style: neo noir, detective, grim, hood
Plot: kidnapped, hostage, psychopath, ransom, urban, gang, ghetto, big city, gangster, abduction, child kidnapping, corrupt cop ...
Time: year 1980
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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Yogi's First Christmas (1980)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Yogi, Boo Boo and Cindy are awakened from hibernation and join their friends' Christmas activities while interfering with 2 villians' efforts to ruin the holiday.
Style: christmas special, christmas classics, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, holiday, yogi bear, xmas, unhappiness, christmas spirit, spoiled brat, ice fishing, recluse, disorder, friends, animal life ...
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The Nude Bomb (1980)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The KAOS organisation has developed a bomb that can dissolve all clothing. Maxwell Smart is brought in to foil this evil plot.
Style: parody, humorous, spoof, satirical, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: spy, secret agent, escapades, race against time, government agency, save the day, disorder, heroic mission, master villain, chases and races, goofy hero, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1980, 70s
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Hawk the Slayer (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Hawk the Slayer, after seeing both his father and bride die at the hands of his malevolent brother, Voltan, sets out for revenge and the chance to live up to his title. Tooling himself up with the "mind-sword" and recruiting a motley band ...
Style: cult classic, fantasy adventure, funny, semi serious, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, family outing
Plot: sword and sorcery, medieval, barbarian, magical sword, wizard, magic, good versus evil, vengeance, star wars, pop culture, camp, guy ...
Time: year 1980, medieval times, middle ages
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Touched by Love (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A teenager with cerebral palsy attempts to become pen pals with her idol, Elvis Presley.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: cerebral palsy, disability, mentally challenged, best friend, youth, artists and showbiz, misfit, hopes, social misfits, human spirit, doctors and patients, school ...
Time: year 1980, 20th century, 70s
Place: canada
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Hero at Large (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a superhero character of a film he is hired to to promote. He decides to dabble at being a superhero ...
Style: offbeat, semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Audience: kids
Plot: superhero, exodus, unemployment, mistaken identity, comedy of errors, heroes, rescue, politics, crime fighter, anti hero, disorder, righting the wronged ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: new york
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The Sea Wolves (1980)
Genre: Action, History, War
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: This true story follows the exploits of a top secret British military mission to destroy Nazi radio ships in a neutral harbor during WWII. The daring plan is led by British Intelligence officers Col. Lewis Pugh (Gregory Peck) and Capt. Gavin Stewart ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, war, battles, espionage, military, submarine, seaport, 007, ship, heroic mission, sea, undercover ...
Time: 1940s, year 1980, 20th century, year 1942, year 1943
Place: india, asia, goa india, portugal, germany
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 5.3
 3K
Hangar 18 (1980)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: During a Space Shuttle mission a satellite rams a unidentified flying object. The UFO afterwards performs an emergency landing in the deserts of Arizona. However the White House denies it's existence because of the near presidential elections. ...
Style: independent film, disturbing, suspenseful, serious, psychotronic ...
Plot: ufo, alien, nasa, extraterrestrial, alien invasion, investigation, conspiracy, chase, astronaut, unusual phenomena, alien contact, dystopian future ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: arizona
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The Diary of Anne Frank (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.
Style: uplifting, captivating, gloomy, sincere, touching ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, world war, nazi, writers, poet, anti semitism, family relations, dentist, teenage life, attic, family life ...
Time: 1940s
Place: amsterdam, europe, holland
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 724
Paul's Case (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
Story: Captures the essence of Willa Cather's haunting story of Pittsburgh circa 1900. Lost in a world of fantasy, young working-class Paul dreams of escaping his dreary existence in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh. As fate would have it Paul gets his ...
Plot: bondage, working class, infatuation, theater, thief, coming of age, teenager, snow, winter, gay interest, teenage boy, hotel
Place: pittsburgh
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Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: True story of a divorced father in search of his children when his ex-wife enters the witness relocation program.
Style: tense, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: mafia, witness protection, custody, witness protection program, society, dishonesty, rebellion, fighting the system, witnessing a crime, obsessive quest, gangster, father child relationship ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 60s
Place: albuquerque new mexico, washington d.c.
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 6.5
 830
Nijinsky (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: The film suggests Nijinsky was driven into madness by both his consuming ambition and self-enforced heterosexuality, the latter prompted by his romantic involvement with Romola de Pulszky, a society girl who joins impresario Sergei Diaghilev's ...
Style: psychological, artsy, independent film, captivating, serious ...
Plot: gay, ballet, dancing, art, youth, artist, lgbt, lgbtqi, choreographer, jealousy, love triangle, gay relationship ...
Time: year 1980, 1910s, 20th century, year 1912
Place: budapest, france, greece, paris france, monte carlo ...
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 6.3
 996
Simon (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A group of scientist take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwash experiment. After that they try to convince him that he was a living-being from another planet
Style: humorous, not serious, offbeat
Plot: brainwashing, alien, evolution, ufo, scientist, television, psychosis, disorder, friends, friendship, hidden identity, self discovery ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
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Can't Stop the Music (1980)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Movie about the Village People filmed in a documentary style.
Style: humorous, retro, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: disco, music, dancing, gay, camp, male nudity, nightclub, rock and roll, musician, dance, teen angst, dj ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: san francisco, new york, usa
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He Knows You're Alone (1980)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A reluctant bride to be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends get whacked one by one, a hard boiled renegade cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt him down before it is ...
Style: slasher, suspense, scary, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, danger, chase, wedding, psychopath, insanity, stalking, law enforcement, woman in danger, police detective, police investigation ...
Time: 70s, year 1980
Place: new york
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 7.3
 16K
The Last Metro (1980)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 131 min.
Story: In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
Style: sincere, art house, thought provoking, anthology, manga ...
Plot: world war two, theater, nazi, gestapo, women, world war, wartime life, infidelity, anti semitism, love triangle, actor, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1940s, year 1980, 20th century, year 1942
Place: france, paris france, europe, montmartre paris
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