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American Gigolo (1980)
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Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, wit... more |
Paul Schrader |
Paul Schrader |
Richard Gere, Bill Duke, Hector Elizondo, Brian Davies, Lauren Hutton, Nina Van Pallandt |
Drama, Crime, Romance, Thriller |
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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After receiving a vision from Obi-Wan Kenobi and fleeing the ice world of Hoth with his friends after an Imperial attack, Luke Skywalker travels to the mar... more |
Irvin Kershner |
George Lucas, Leigh Brackett |
Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill |
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
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The Blues Brothers (1980)
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After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church stopped i... more |
John Landis |
Dan Aykroyd |
Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher, John Belushi, Ray Charles, James Brown, Paul Reubens |
Action, Comedy, Musical |
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The Shining (1980)
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A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees hor... more |
Stanley Kubrick |
Stephen King |
Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd, Barry Nelson |
Horror, Thriller |
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The Elephant Man (1980)
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A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is ... more |
David Lynch |
Ashley Montagu, Sir Frederick Treves |
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, Freddie Jones, Dexter Fletcher, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller |
Biography, Drama, History |
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Atlantic City (1980)
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Lou is a small time gangster, who thinks he used to be something big. He meets up with a younger girl, Sally, who is learning to be a croupier. Her husband... more |
Louis Malle |
John Guare |
Susan Sarandon, Burt Lancaster, Wallace Shawn, Michel Piccoli, Moses Znaimer |
Crime, Drama, Romance |
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Coup du parapluie, Le (1980)
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Gérard Oury |
Danièle Thompson |
Pierre Richard, Gordon Mitchell, Christine Murillo, Valérie Mairesse |
Comedy, Crime |
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Fame (1980)
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Alan Parker |
Christopher Gore |
Eddie Barth |
Drama, Music |
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The Blue Lagoon (1980)
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Randal Kleiser |
Henry De Vere Stacpoole |
Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins |
Adventure, Drama, Romance |
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Urban Cowboy (1980)
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James Bridges |
Aaron Latham |
John Travolta, Scott Glenn, Debra Winger, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Bonnie Raitt |
Drama, Music |
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Foxes (1980)
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A group of friends come of age in the asphalt desert of the San Fernando Valley set to a blazing soundtrack and endless drinking, drugs and sex.... more |
Adrian Lyne |
Gerald Ayres |
Randy Quaid, Jodie Foster, Fredric Lehne, Cherie Currie, Sally Kellerman |
Drama |
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Raging Bull (1980)
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Martin Scorsese |
Joseph Carter, Jake LaMotta |
Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Nicholas Colasanto |
Biography, Drama, Sport |
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Bronco Billy (1980)
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Clint Eastwood |
Dennis Hackin |
Clint Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis, Sondra Locke |
Adventure, Drama, Romance, Comedy |
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Flash Gordon (1980)
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A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyrant, Ming the Merciless, to save Earth.... more |
Mike Hodges |
Lorenzo Semple Jr., Alex Raymond |
Ornella Muti, Max von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Melody Anderson, Sam J. Jones |
Fantasy, Action, Sci-Fi |
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The Hollywood Knights (1980)
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Ruled by their comedic and prank leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965. Everyth... more |
Floyd Mutrux |
Richard Lederer |
Michelle Pfeiffer, Tony Danza, Robert Wuhl, Fran Drescher, Sandy Helberg |
Comedy |
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The Long Good Friday (1980)
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John Mackenzie |
Barrie Keeffe |
Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Bob Hoskins, Kevin McNally, Paul Freeman |
Crime, Drama, Thriller |
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Little Darlings (1980)
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Ronald F. Maxwell |
Kimi Peck |
Matt Dillon, Armand Assante, Tatum O'Neal, Kristy McNichol, Krista Errickson |
Comedy, Drama |
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Private Benjamin (1980)
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Howard Zieff |
Nancy Meyers |
Harry Dean Stanton, Goldie Hawn, Armand Assante |
Comedy |
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Friday the 13th (1980)
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Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to re-open a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.... more |
Sean S. Cunningham |
Victor Miller |
Kevin Bacon, Betsy Palmer, Robbi Morgan, Adrienne King |
Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
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The Dogs of War (1980)
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Jamie Shannon is a soldier of fortune, a mercenary who will stage a coup or a revolution for the right price. He is hired by British mining interest to sco... more |
John Irvin |
Gary DeVore, Frederick Forsyth |
Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, JoBeth Williams, Ed O'Neill |
Action, Adventure, War |
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