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53 Best Movies from 1980 till 1982
Missing ( 1982 )
Genre: Biography | Drama | History | Mystery | Thriller
Runtime: 122
Country: United States | Mexico
Language: English | Spanish | French
Director: Costa-Gavras
Writer: Costa-Gavras | Donald E. Stewart | Thomas Hauser | John Nichols
Stars: Jack Lemmon | Sissy Spacek | Melanie Mayron | John Shea
Plot: "When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him."
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.
Victor/Victoria ( 1982 )
Genre: Comedy | Music | Romance
Runtime: 134
Country: United Kingdom | United States
Language: English | French
Director: Blake Edwards
Writer: Blake Edwards | Hans Hoemburg | Reinhold Schünzel
Stars: Julie Andrews | James Garner | Robert Preston | Lesley Ann Warren
Plot: A struggling female soprano in 1934 Paris finally finds work after posing as a female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life when a visiting Chicago gangster finds himself inexplicably attracted to the seemingly male performer.
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.
Sophie's Choice ( 1982 )
Genre: Drama | Romance
Runtime: 150
Country: United Kingdom | United States
Language: English | Polish | German
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Writer: William Styron | Alan J. Pakula
Stars: Meryl Streep | Kevin Kline | Peter MacNicol | Rita Karin
Plot: Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.
The Secret of NIMH ( 1982 )
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Runtime: 82
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Don Bluth
Writer: Robert C. O'Brien | Don Bluth | John Pomeroy | Gary Goldman | Will Finn | Ken Anderson
Stars: Derek Jacobi | Elizabeth Hartman | Arthur Malet | Dom DeLuise
Plot: To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she suspected.
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.
Tootsie ( 1982 )
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Runtime: 116
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Sydney Pollack
Writer: Don McGuire | Larry Gelbart | Larry Gelbart | Murray Schisgal | Barry Levinson | Robert Garland | Robert Kaufman | Elaine May
Stars: Dustin Hoffman | Jessica Lange | Teri Garr | Dabney Coleman
Plot: Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.
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.
Blow Out ( 1981 )
Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Runtime: 108
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Brian De Palma
Writer: Brian De Palma | Bill Mesce Jr.
Stars: John Travolta | Nancy Allen | John Lithgow | Dennis Franz
Plot: A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.
Poltergeist ( 1982 )
Genre: Horror | Thriller
Runtime: 114
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Tobe Hooper
Writer: Steven Spielberg | Michael Grais | Mark Victor | Steven Spielberg
Stars: Craig T. Nelson | JoBeth Williams | Beatrice Straight | Dominique Dunne
Plot: A family\'s home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a doorway to the "other side." With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.
The Last Unicorn ( 1982 )
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Runtime: 92
Country: United Kingdom | United States | Japan
Language: English | German
Director: Jules Bass | Arthur Rankin Jr.
Writer: Peter S. Beagle | Peter S. Beagle
Stars: Alan Arkin | Jeff Bridges | Mia Farrow | Tammy Grimes
Plot: A beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.