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Displaying Search Results: 33 Best Movies from 1980 till 1981

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back ( 1980 )

Genre:   Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Runtime:  124

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Irvin Kershner

Writer:   Leigh Brackett | Lawrence Kasdan | George Lucas

Stars:   Mark Hamill | Harrison Ford | Carrie Fisher | Billy Dee Williams

Plot:    After the Empire overpowers the Rebel Alliance, Luke Skywalker begins training with Jedi Master Yoda, while Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett pursue his friends across the galaxy.

Raiders of the Lost Ark ( 1981 )

Genre:   Action | Adventure

Runtime:  115

Country:  United States

Language:  English | German | Spanish

Director:  Steven Spielberg

Writer:   Lawrence Kasdan | George Lucas | Philip Kaufman

Stars:   Harrison Ford | Karen Allen | Paul Freeman | Ronald Lacey

Plot:    In 1936, archaeologist Indiana Jones is tasked by Army Intelligence to help locate a legendary ancient power, the Ark of Covenant, before the Nazis get it first.

Das Boot ( 1981 )

Genre:   Drama | War

Runtime:  149

Country:  West Germany

Language:  German | English | French

Director:  Wolfgang Petersen

Writer:   Wolfgang Petersen | Lothar G. Buchheim

Stars:   Jürgen Prochnow | Herbert Grönemeyer | Klaus Wennemann | Hubertus Bengsch

Plot:    A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.

The Shining ( 1980 )

Genre:   Drama | Horror

Runtime:  146

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English

Director:  Stanley Kubrick

Writer:   Stephen King | Stanley Kubrick | Diane Johnson

Stars:   Jack Nicholson | Shelley Duvall | Danny Lloyd | Scatman Crothers

Plot:    A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.

The Elephant Man ( 1980 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama

Runtime:  124

Country:  United States | United Kingdom

Language:  English | French

Director:  David Lynch

Writer:   Christopher De Vore | Eric Bergren | David Lynch | Frederick Treves | Ashley Montagu

Stars:   Anthony Hopkins | John Hurt | Anne Bancroft | John Gielgud

Plot:    'A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.'

Raging Bull ( 1980 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama | Sport

Runtime:  129

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Martin Scorsese

Writer:   Jake LaMotta | Joseph Carter | Peter Savage | Paul Schrader | Mardik Martin

Stars:   Robert De Niro | Cathy Moriarty | Joe Pesci | Frank Vincent

Plot:    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.

The Blues Brothers ( 1980 )

Genre:   Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Music | Musical

Runtime:  133

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  John Landis

Writer:   Dan Aykroyd | John Landis

Stars:   Tom Erhart | Gerald Walling | John Belushi | Walter Levine

Plot:    Jake Blues rejoins his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.

'Breaker' Morant ( 1980 )

Genre:   Drama | History | War

Runtime:  107

Country:  Australia

Language:  English | Afrikaans

Director:  Bruce Beresford

Writer:   Jonathan Hardy | David Stevens | Bruce Beresford | Harold Lander | Kenneth G. Ross | Kit Denton

Stars:   Edward Woodward | Jack Thompson | John Waters | Bryan Brown

Plot:    Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.

My Dinner with Andre ( 1981 )

Genre:   Comedy | Drama

Runtime:  110

Country:  United States

Language:  English | French

Director:  Louis Malle

Writer:   Wallace Shawn | Andre Gregory

Stars:   Andre Gregory | Wallace Shawn | Jean Lenauer | Roy Butler

Plot:    Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.

Mephisto ( 1981 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  146

Country:  Hungary | West Germany | Austria

Language:  German | Hungarian | English

Director:  István Szabó

Writer:   Péter Dobai | István Szabó | Klaus Mann

Stars:   Klaus Maria Brandauer | Ildikó Bánsági | Krystyna Janda | Rolf Hoppe

Plot:    In early-1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor faces a dilemma: renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reich's doctrine, or face oblivion. But, Faustian bargains never end well. What is the price of success?

Airplane! ( 1980 )

Genre:   Comedy

Runtime:  88

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Jim Abrahams | David Zucker | Jerry Zucker

Writer:   Jim Abrahams | David Zucker | Jerry Zucker | Hall Bartlett | John C. Champion | Arthur Hailey | Arthur Hailey

Stars:   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Lloyd Bridges | Peter Graves | Julie Hagerty

Plot:    After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.

Ordinary People ( 1980 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  124

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Robert Redford

Writer:   Judith Guest | Alvin Sargent | Nancy Dowd

Stars:   Donald Sutherland | Mary Tyler Moore | Judd Hirsch | Timothy Hutton

Plot:    The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father and the guilt-ridden younger son.

Mad Max 2 ( 1981 )

Genre:   Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Runtime:  96

Country:  Australia

Language:  English

Director:  George Miller

Writer:   Terry Hayes | George Miller | Brian Hannant | George Miller | Byron Kennedy

Stars:   Mel Gibson | Bruce Spence | Michael Preston | Max Phipps

Plot:    In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community get rid of a horde of bandits.

On Golden Pond ( 1981 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  109

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Mark Rydell

Writer:   Ernest Thompson | Ernest Thompson

Stars:   Katharine Hepburn | Henry Fonda | Jane Fonda | Doug McKeon

Plot:    Curmudgeon Norman is estranged from his daughter Chelsea. Nevertheless, at Golden Pond he and his wife agree to look after Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.

An American Werewolf in London ( 1981 )

Genre:   Comedy | Horror

Runtime:  97

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English

Director:  John Landis

Writer:   John Landis

Stars:   Joe Belcher | David Naughton | Griffin Dunne | David Schofield

Plot:    American college students David Kessler and Jack Goodman on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists. Jack dies. David recovers in a hospital, where he has nightmares.

The Long Good Friday ( 1980 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Runtime:  114

Country:  United Kingdom

Language:  English | French

Director:  John Mackenzie

Writer:   Barrie Keeffe

Stars:   Paul Freeman | Leo Dolan | Kevin McNally | Patti Love

Plot:    An up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.

Coal Miner's Daughter ( 1980 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama | Music

Runtime:  124

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Michael Apted

Writer:   Loretta Lynn | George Vecsey | Thomas Rickman

Stars:   Sissy Spacek | Tommy Lee Jones | Levon Helm | Phyllis Boyens

Plot:    The fictionalized life of singer Loretta Lynn, a girl who rose from humble beginnings to become a country music star in the 1960s/70s.

Thief ( 1981 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  123

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Michael Mann

Writer:   Michael Mann | Michael Mann | Frank Hohimer

Stars:   James Caan | Tuesday Weld | Willie Nelson | Jim Belushi

Plot:    After years in prison, ace safe-cracker Frank owns a car dealership and a cocktail lounge, which are fronts for high-stakes jewelry heists. He wants to complete one last big heist for the Mob before he goes straight.

The Evil Dead ( 1981 )

Genre:   Horror

Runtime:  85

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Sam Raimi

Writer:   Sam Raimi

Stars:   Bruce Campbell | Ellen Sandweiss | Richard DeManincor | Betsy Baker

Plot:    Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.

Body Heat ( 1981 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Runtime:  113

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Lawrence Kasdan

Writer:   Lawrence Kasdan

Stars:   William Hurt | Kathleen Turner | Richard Crenna | Ted Danson

Plot:    During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.

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