Kiiss' Movie Collection


Search In The Top 1% Best Movies Of All Time













Displaying Search Results: 267 Best Movies from 1980 till 19811

Withnail & I ( 1987 )

Genre:   Comedy | Drama

Runtime:  107

Country:  United Kingdom

Language:  English | Latin

Director:  Bruce Robinson

Writer:   Bruce Robinson

Stars:   Richard E. Grant | Paul McGann | Richard Griffiths | Ralph Brown

Plot:    In 1969, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous.

Blood Simple ( 1984 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  99

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Spanish

Director:  Joel Coen | Ethan Coen

Writer:   Joel Coen | Ethan Coen

Stars:   John Getz | Frances McDormand | Dan Hedaya | M. Emmet Walsh

Plot:    The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies, and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

Trading Places ( 1983 )

Genre:   Comedy

Runtime:  116

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  John Landis

Writer:   Timothy Harris | Herschel Weingrod

Stars:   Denholm Elliott | Dan Aykroyd | Maurice Woods | Richard D. Fisher Jr.

Plot:    A snobbish Wall Street commodities broker and a wily street hustler find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaire brothers who run a brokerage house.

The Meaning of Life ( 1983 )

Genre:   Comedy | Musical

Runtime:  107

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English

Director:  Terry Jones

Writer:   Graham Chapman | John Cleese | Terry Gilliam | Eric Idle | Terry Jones | Michael Palin

Stars:   Graham Chapman | John Cleese | Terry Gilliam | Eric Idle

Plot:    The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.

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.

The Brutalist ( 2024 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  216

Country:  United States | United Kingdom | Canada

Language:  English | Hungarian | Italian

Director:  Brady Corbet

Writer:   Brady Corbet | Mona Fastvold

Stars:   Adrien Brody | Felicity Jones | Guy Pearce | Joe Alwyn

Plot:    A visionary architect flees post-war Europe in 1947 for a brighter future in the United States and finds his life forever changed by a wealthy client.

A Complete Unknown ( 2024 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama | Music

Runtime:  141

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  James Mangold

Writer:   James Mangold | Jay Cocks | Elijah Wald

Stars:   TimothĂ©e Chalamet | Joe Tippett | Edward Norton | Eriko Hatsune

Plot:    In 1961, an unknown 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York City with his guitar and forges relationships with musical icons on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking performance that reverberates around the world.

Conclave ( 2024 )

Genre:   Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  120

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English | Italian | Spanish

Director:  Edward Berger

Writer:   Peter Straughan | Robert Harris

Stars:   Ralph Fiennes | Jacek Koman | Lucian Msamati | Stanley Tucci

Plot:    When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a web of conspiracies and intrigue that could shake the very foundation of the...

Ordinary Angels ( 2024 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama

Runtime:  118

Country:  United States | Canada

Language:  English

Director:  Jon Gunn

Writer:   Meg Tilly | Kelly Fremon Craig | Jeffrey Knight

Stars:   Hilary Swank | Alan Ritchson | Emily Mitchell | Skywalker Hughes

Plot:    Inspired by the incredible true story of a hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ( 1988 )

Genre:   Comedy | Crime

Runtime:  110

Country:  United States

Language:  English | French | German

Director:  Frank Oz

Writer:   Dale Launer | Stanley Shapiro | Paul Henning

Stars:   Steve Martin | Michael Caine | Glenne Headly | Anton Rodgers

Plot:    Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of fifty thousand dollars first.

The Land Before Time ( 1988 )

Genre:   Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family

Runtime:  69

Country:  United States | Ireland

Language:  English

Director:  Don Bluth

Writer:   Stu Krieger | Judy Freudberg | Tony Geiss

Stars:   Pat Hingle | Helen Shaver | Gabriel Damon | Bill Erwin

Plot:    An orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a valley.

Escape from Sobibor ( 1987 )

Genre:   Drama | History | War

Runtime:  143

Country:  United Kingdom

Language:  English

Director:  Jack Gold

Writer:   Thomas 'Toivi' Blatt | Richard Rashke | Reginald Rose | Stanislaw 'Shlomo' Szmajzner

Stars:   Alan Arkin | Joanna Pacula | Rutger Hauer | Hartmut Becker

Plot:    German death camp in Sobibor, Poland, killed two hundred fifty thousand Jews. It had the most successful prisoner escape in World War II on October 14, 1943.

Radio Days ( 1987 )

Genre:   Comedy

Runtime:  88

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Spanish | Italian

Director:  Woody Allen

Writer:   Woody Allen

Stars:   Mike Starr | Paul Herman | Don Pardo | Martin Rosenblatt

Plot:    A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.

84 Charing Cross Road ( 1987 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama | Romance

Runtime:  100

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English

Director:  David Hugh Jones

Writer:   Helene Hanff | James Roose-Evans | Hugh Whitemore

Stars:   Anne Bancroft | Anthony Hopkins | Judi Dench | Jean De Baer

Plot:    Based on the true story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books, which later developed into a close, long-distance friendship that evolved over the course of two decades.

Hoosiers ( 1986 )

Genre:   Drama | Sport

Runtime:  114

Country:  United States | United Kingdom

Language:  English

Director:  David Anspaugh

Writer:   Angelo Pizzo

Stars:   Gene Hackman | Barbara Hershey | Dennis Hopper | Sheb Wooley

Plot:    A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small-town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the state championship in 1950s Indiana.

The Mission ( 1986 )

Genre:   Adventure | Drama | History

Runtime:  125

Country:  United Kingdom | France | United States

Language:  English | Guarani | Spanish

Director:  Roland JoffĂ©

Writer:   Robert Bolt

Stars:   Robert De Niro | Jeremy Irons | Ray McAnally | Aidan Quinn

Plot:    Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.

Great Movies Change Lives. Let's Spread Their Impact.