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| 1 |  | Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) |  3.7670 116 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$8.26
| As Luke goes into seclusion, to master his Jedi skills, Hans and Leia have joined the Rebel Army to ...more about Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back starring Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford |
| 2 |  | Raging Bull (1980) |  3.4999 54 reviews | R | Drama, Biography, Sports |
$8.26
| Middleweight boxing champion, Jake LaMotta, becomes suspicious of the relationship between his wife ...more about Raging Bull starring Robert De Niro and Cathy Moriarty |
| 3 |  | Blues Brothers, The (1980) |  3.2127 84 reviews | R | Action, Musical, Comedy, Music |
$7.02
| When Jake and Elwood Blues are released from prison, they return home to find their local church is ...more about Blues Brothers starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd |
| 4 |  | Stunt Man, The (1980) | 3.1694 35 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Romance, Comedy |
$4.99
| While on the run from the police, Steve Railsback hides in a group of moviemakers where he pretends ...more about Stunt Man starring Peter O'Toole and Steve Railsback |
| 5 |  | Shining, The (1980) | 3.1595 144 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$9.99
| Jack becomes the caretaker of a large summer resort hotel. Snowed in for the winter, he feels this ...more about Shining starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall |
| 6 |  | Airplane! (1980) | 3.1396 86 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$5.64
| This is a spoof of the airport disaster movies. When the crew of an airplane are struck by some ...more about Airplane! starring Lloyd Bridges and Peter Graves |
| 7 |  | Superman II (1980) | 3.1311 62 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$5.99
| When Superman saves Paris by throwing a nuclear bomb into outer space, he awakens three exiled ...more about Superman II starring Gene Hackman and Christopher Reeve |
| 8 |  | Friday the 13th (1980) | 3.0422 116 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$2.10
| In 1958, two camp counselors are mysteriously slain in the woods. After twenty years, the camp is ...more about Friday the 13th starring Betsy Palmer and Adrienne King |
| 9 |  | Dressed to Kill (1980) | 3.0316 67 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$5.75
| Caine plays the part of a psychiatrist to a woman who is murdered early in the film. He is ...more about Dressed to Kill starring Michael Caine and Angie Dickinson |
| 10 |  | Flash Gordon (1980) | 3.0000 19 reviews | NA | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy | N/A | In this update of the 1930's comic strip, Flash is a football hero who is skyjacked aboard Dr. ...more about Flash Gordon starring Sam J. Jones and Melody Anderson |
| 11 |  | Big Red One, The (1980) | 2.9914 85 reviews | R | Action, Drama, War |
$8.99
| Grim story of a WWII squad consisting of an anonymous sergeant and four long-time survivors who ...more about Big Red One starring Lee Marvin and Mark Hamill |
| 12 |  | 'Breaker' Morant (1980) | 2.9892 33 reviews | NA |
$20.95
| During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though ...more about 'Breaker' Morant starring Edward Woodward | |
| 13 |  | Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) | 2.9755 34 reviews | NA |
$6.35
| At only thirteen years of age, Loretta Webb marries Doolittle Lynn and is soon responsible for a ...more about Coal Miner's Daughter starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones | |
| 14 |  | Kagemusha (1980) | 2.9624 32 reviews | PG | Drama, History, War |
$26.99
| When a powerful warlord in medieval Japan dies, a poor thief recruited to impersonate him finds ...more about Kagemusha |
| 15 |  | Xanadu (1980) | 2.9552 26 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Musical, Romance |
$5.95
| The Greek muses incarnate themselves on Earth to inspire men to achieve. One of them, incarnated as ...more about Xanadu starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly |
| 16 |  | Fog, The (1980) | 2.9518 71 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$4.76
| The Centenary of the small sea town, Antonio Bay, is approaching. While the townsfolk prepare to ...more about Fog starring Adrienne Barbeau and Jamie Lee Curtis |
| 17 |  | Elephant Man, The (1980) | 2.9494 47 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$3.90
| Based on the true story of John Merrick, a 19th-century Englishman afflicted with a disfiguring ...more about Elephant Man starring Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt |
| 18 |  | Changeling, The (1980) | 2.9361 25 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery |
$5.84
| A man whose family is killed in a road accident retires to a lonely mansion and begins to ...more about Changeling starring George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere |
| 19 |  | Somewhere in Time (1980) | 2.9353 29 reviews | PG | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
$5.95
| Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs ...more about Somewhere in Time starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour |
| 20 |  | Gates of Heaven (1980) | 2.8983 31 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$9.20
| Funny, inspiring, and bizarre, "Gates of Heaven" is the celebrated pet cemeteries documentary that ...more about Gates of Heaven |
| 21 |  | Caddyshack (1980) | 2.8955 43 reviews | NA | Comedy, Sports |
$4.99
| Comical goings on at an exclusive golf club. All the members are wealthy and eccentric, and all the ...more about Caddyshack starring Chevy Chase and Rodney Dangerfield |
| 22 |  | Forbidden Zone (1980) | 2.8743 29 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Musical |
$15.85
| A mysterious door in the basement of the Hercules house leads to the Sixth Dimension by way of a ...more about Forbidden Zone starring Hervé Villechaize and Susan Tyrrell |
| 23 |  | Nine to Five (1980) | 2.8735 12 reviews | NA | Crime, Comedy |
$6.34
| Frank Hart is a pig. He takes advantage in the grossest manner of the women who work with him. When ...more about Nine to Five starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin |
| 24 |  | Altered States (1980) | 2.8685 39 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$3.99
| An American researching different states of consciousness with the aid of mind altering drugs and ...more about Altered States starring William Hurt and Blair Brown |
| 25 |  | Ordinary People (1980) | 2.8636 34 reviews | NA | Drama |
$2.10
| Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. ...more about Ordinary People starring Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore |
| 26 |  | Motel Hell (1980) | 2.8623 26 reviews | NA | Horror, Comedy |
$9.99
| Farmer Vincent kidnaps unsuspecting travellers and is burying them in his garden. Unfortunately for ...more about Motel Hell starring Rory Calhoun and Paul Linke |
| 27 |  | Maniac (1980) | 2.8499 52 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror |
$11.28
| Frank misses his mother, who was killed in a car accident years before. She was abusive to him, and ...more about Maniac starring Joe Spinell and Caroline Munro |
| 28 |  | Humanoids from the Deep (1980) | 2.8471 39 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi | N/A | Scientific experiments backfire and produce horrific mutations: halfman, halffish which terrorize a ...more about Humanoids from the Deep starring Ann Turkel and Cindy Weintraub |
| 29 |  | Inferno (1980) | 2.8467 35 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery |
$9.99
| Young poetess Rose Elliot buys a book from a local antique dealer, a diary in Latin of an ...more about Inferno starring Ania Pieroni and Irene Miracle |
| 30 |  | Atlantic City (1980) | 2.8451 27 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Romance |
$5.56
| Lou is a small time gangster, who thinks he used to be something big. He meets up with a younger ...more about Atlantic City starring Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon |
| 31 |  | You Better Watch Out (1980) | 2.8275 25 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$13.93
| Widely recognized as the best of the Christmas horror efforts, Christmas Evil is the story of a boy ...more about You Better Watch Out starring Jeffrey DeMunn and Dianne Hull |
| 32 |  | My Bodyguard (1980) | 2.8167 24 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy, Family |
$4.11
| Clifford Peache is the new kid in Lake View High School. Faced with all the stress that role ...more about My Bodyguard starring Chris Makepeace and Adam Baldwin |
| 33 |  | Bad Timing (1980) | 2.8024 30 reviews | NA | Drama |
$21.95
| The setting is Vienna. A young American woman is brought to a hospital after overdosing on pills, ...more about Bad Timing starring Art Garfunkel and Theresa Russell |
| 34 |  | Watcher in the Woods, The (1980) | 2.7917 23 reviews | PG | Thriller, Horror, Family, Disney |
$12.30
| When a normal American family moves into a beautiful old English house in a wooded area, strange, ...more about Watcher in the Woods starring Bette Davis and Lynn-Holly Johnson |
| 35 |  | Saturn 3 (1980) | 2.7909 19 reviews | NA | Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi | N/A | Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid fields of Saturn are intruded upon by a ...more about Saturn 3 starring Farrah Fawcett and Kirk Douglas |
| 36 |  | Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) | 2.7889 33 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi | N/A | In yet another film patterned on _The Seven Samurai_, a band of diverse heroes in outer space are ...more about Battle Beyond the Stars starring Richard Thomas and Robert Vaughn |
| 37 |  | Ninth Configuration, The (1980) | 2.7577 24 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$9.76
| A new commanding officer, Col. Kane, arrives at a remote castle where apparently insane soldiers ...more about Ninth Configuration starring Stacy Keach and Scott Wilson |
| 38 |  | Don't Go in the House (1980) |  2.7483 14 reviews | NA |
$13.73
| A slasher film about a victim of child abuse (Dan Grimaldi) who grows up to become a maniacal ...more about Don't Go in the House starring Dan Grimaldi and Robert Osth | |
| 39 |  | Bronco Billy (1980) | 2.7335 21 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Western, Romance, Comedy |
$4.41
| Bronco Billy McCoy is the proud owner of a small traveling Wild West show. But the business isn't ...more about Bronco Billy starring Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke |
| 40 |  | Final Countdown, The (1980) | 2.7247 16 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, War, Sci-Fi |
$11.28
| An American nuclear aircraft carrier and its crew are caught in a classic dilemma when a ...more about Final Countdown starring Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen |
| 41 |  | Melvin and Howard (1980) | 2.7210 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$8.00
| This movie tells the possibly true story of Melvin Dummar. Melvin is a nice guy, but he is a total ...more about Melvin and Howard starring Jason Robards and Paul Le Mat |
| 42 |  | Alligator (1980) | 2.7067 30 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy | N/A | Ramon the alligator is flushed down the toilet as a baby, and grows into a gargantuan monster by ...more about Alligator starring Robert Forster and Robin Riker |
| 43 |  | Big Brawl, The (1980) | 2.6724 21 reviews | NA | Action, Comedy |
$4.99
| A Korean man seeks fame and fortune in 1930s America when he enters an all-comers martial arts ...more about Big Brawl starring Jackie Chan and José Ferrer |
| 44 |  | Hopscotch (1980) | 2.6723 22 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$17.76
| Ex-CIA agent Kendig decides to get back into 'the game' by sending his memoirs, chapter by chapter, ...more about Hopscotch starring Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson |
| 45 |  | Cruising (1980) | 2.6576 16 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S&M and leather ...more about Cruising starring Al Pacino and Richard Cox |
| 46 |  | American Gigolo (1980) | 2.6559 23 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance |
$14.88
| Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a ...more about American Gigolo starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton |
| 47 |  | Monster Club, The (1980) | 2.6464 18 reviews | NA | Horror, Musical, Comedy |
$8.58
| A writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, ...more about Monster Club starring Vincent Price and John Carradine |
| 48 |  | Urban Cowboy (1980) | 2.6062 26 reviews | NA | Drama |
$3.90
| Bud Davis is a country boy who moves to the city to visit his uncle. He starts hanging out at ...more about Urban Cowboy starring John Travolta and Debra Winger |
| 49 |  | Mirror Crack'd, The (1980) | 2.6050 17 reviews | NA |
$6.97
| Based on the novel by Agatha Christie. The year is 1953. The small English village of St. Mary ...more about Mirror Crack'd starring Angela Lansbury and Geraldine Chaplin | |
| 50 |  | Prom Night (1980) | 2.5961 33 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance |
$4.99
| A little girl is accidently killed playing a game with other kids in an old deserted schoolhouse. ...more about Prom Night starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Casey Stevens |
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