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69 Best Movies from 1980 till 1983
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.
Scarface ( 1983 )
Genre: Crime | Drama
Runtime: 170
Country: United States
Language: English | Spanish
Director: Brian De Palma
Writer: Oliver Stone | Howard Hawks | Ben Hecht | Armitage Trail
Stars: Al Pacino | Steven Bauer | Michelle Pfeiffer | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Plot: In the 1980s, a determined criminal-minded Cuban immigrant becomes the biggest drug smuggler in Miami, and is eventually undone by his own drug addiction.
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi ( 1983 )
Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Runtime: 131
Country: United States
Language: English | Kikuyu | Tagalog
Director: Richard Marquand
Writer: Lawrence Kasdan | George Lucas | George Lucas
Stars: Mark Hamill | Harrison Ford | Carrie Fisher | Billy Dee Williams
Plot: After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempts to destroy the second Death Star while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.
The Thing ( 1982 )
Genre: Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Runtime: 109
Country: United States | Canada
Language: English | Norwegian
Director: John Carpenter
Writer: Bill Lancaster | John W. Campbell Jr.
Stars: Kurt Russell | Wilford Brimley | T.K. Carter | David Clennon
Plot: A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Koyaanisqatsi ( 1982 )
Genre: Documentary | Music
Runtime: 86
Country: United States
Language: None | Hopi | English
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Writer: Godfrey Reggio | Ron Fricke | Godfrey Reggio | Michael Hoenig | Alton Walpole | Jacques Ellul | Ivan Illich | David Monongye | Guy Debord | Leopold Kohr
Stars: Edward Asner | Pat Benatar | Jerry Brown | Johnny Carson
Plot: A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.
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.'
Eddie Murphy: Delirious ( 1983 )
Genre: Documentary | Comedy
Runtime: 69
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Bruce Gowers
Writer: Eddie Murphy | Eddie Murphy
Stars: Eddie Murphy | James Argiro | Gus Loundermon | Brian O'Neal
Plot: Eddie Murphy's raunchy, raucous stand-up comedy routine is captured for posterity on this tape.
Blade Runner ( 1982 )
Genre: Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Runtime: 117
Country: United States | United Kingdom
Language: English | German | Cantonese
Director: Ridley Scott
Writer: Hampton Fancher | David Webb Peoples | Philip K. Dick
Stars: Harrison Ford | Sean Young | Rutger Hauer | Edward James Olmos
Plot: A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Fanny och Alexander ( 1982 )
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 188
Country: Sweden | France | West Germany
Language: Swedish | German | Yiddish
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: Ingmar Bergman
Stars: Kristina Adolphson | Börje Ahlstedt | Pernilla Allwin | Kristian Almgren
Plot: Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.
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.
Gandhi ( 1982 )
Genre: Biography | Drama | History
Runtime: 191
Country: United Kingdom | India
Language: English | Hindi
Director: Richard Attenborough
Writer: John Briley
Stars: Ben Kingsley | Rohini Hattangadi | Roshan Seth | Candice Bergen
Plot: The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Pink Floyd: The Wall ( 1982 )
Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Music
Runtime: 95
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Director: Alan Parker
Writer: Roger Waters | Roger Waters
Stars: Bob Geldof | Christine Hargreaves | James Laurenson | Eleanor David
Plot: A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
A Christmas Story ( 1983 )
Genre: Comedy | Family
Runtime: 93
Country: United States | Canada
Language: English
Director: Bob Clark
Writer: Jean Shepherd | Jean Shepherd | Leigh Brown | Bob Clark
Stars: Melinda Dillon | Darren McGavin | Scott Schwartz | Jean Shepherd
Plot: In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ( 1982 )
Genre: Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi
Runtime: 115
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Melissa Mathison
Stars: Dee Wallace | Henry Thomas | Peter Coyote | Robert MacNaughton
Plot: A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.
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.
The Right Stuff ( 1983 )
Genre: Adventure | Biography | Drama | History
Runtime: 193
Country: United States
Language: English | Russian | Spanish
Director: Philip Kaufman
Writer: Philip Kaufman | Tom Wolfe
Stars: Sam Shepard | Scott Glenn | Ed Harris | Dennis Quaid
Plot: The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.
The King of Comedy ( 1982 )
Genre: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Runtime: 109
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: Paul D. Zimmerman
Stars: Robert De Niro | Jerry Lewis | Diahnne Abbott | Sandra Bernhard
Plot: Rupert is an aspiring stand-up comedian, who is willing to go the extra mile in his attempt to appear in the late night show hosted by his idol.