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| 1 |  | 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 |
| 2 |  | 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 |
| 3 |  | 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 |
| 4 |  | 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 |
| 5 |  | 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 |
| 6 |  | 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 |
| 7 |  | 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 |
| 8 |  | 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 |
| 9 |  | 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 |
| 10 |  | 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 |
| 11 |  | 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 |
| 12 |  | 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 |
| 13 |  | 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 |
| 14 |  | 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 |
| 15 |  | 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 |
| 16 |  | 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 |
| 17 |  | 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 |
| 18 |  | 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 |
| 19 |  | 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 |
| 20 |  | 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 |
| 21 |  | Long Good Friday, The (1980) | 2.5361 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$9.94
| Harold, a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start ...more about Long Good Friday starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren |
| 22 |  | Blue Lagoon, The (1980) | 2.4610 11 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Romance |
$5.99
| Richard and Em are children when shipwrecked and marooned alone on a lush tropical island. By the ...more about Blue Lagoon starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins |
| 23 |  | Brubaker (1980) | 2.4606 24 reviews | NA | Drama |
$6.99
| When the new Warden comes in disguised as an inmate, he sees first hand all the corruption and ...more about Brubaker starring Robert Redford and Jane Alexander |
| 24 |  | Stardust Memories (1980) | 2.4089 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$6.62
| Sandy Bates, a successful filmmaker, attends a festival conducted to honor his work. During the ...more about Stardust Memories starring Woody Allen and Charlotte Rampling |
| 25 |  | Jazz Singer, The (1980) | 2.3626 16 reviews | NA | Drama, Music |
$9.10
| Neil Diamond stars as Yussel in this tale of a young Jewish cantor who strives to make a career in ...more about Jazz Singer starring Neil Diamond and Laurence Olivier |
| 26 |  | Exterminator, The (1980) | 2.3609 19 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$6.00
| When John Eastland's best friend, Michael Jefferson, is mugged and left permanently crippled, he ...more about Exterminator starring Samantha Eggar and Christopher George |
| 27 |  | Gloria (1980) | 2.3194 14 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$19.99
| Jack Dawn and his family are eliminated by the mob, because he was their accountant and was feeding ...more about Gloria starring Julie Carmen and Gena Rowlands |
| 28 |  | Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980) |  2.1825 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$10.98
| ...more about Jane Austen in Manhattan starring Anne Baxter and Robert Powell |
| 29 |  | Change of Seasons, A (1980) | 2.1201 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$2.50
| A self-centred university lecturer thinks it quite all right that he has taken one of his students ...more about Change of Seasons starring Shirley MacLaine and Anthony Hopkins |
| 30 |  | Black Marble, The (1980) | 2.0653 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Romance, Comedy |
$6.77
| Pragmatic Sgt. Natalie Zimmermann is paired with Valnikov, a romantic detective of Russian origin ...more about Black Marble starring Robert Foxworth and Paula Prentiss |
| 31 |  | Attic, The (1980) | 2.0309 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror |
$14.99
| Woman librarian devotes life to caring for wheelchair-bound tyrannical father after being stood up ...more about Attic starring Carrie Snodgress and Ruth Cox |
| 32 | | Mr. Patman (1980) | 1.9907 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Mr. Patman is well liked and has charm to spare. He works as an orderly in a mental hospital and ...more about Mr. Patman starring James Coburn and Kate Nelligan |
| 33 | | Hussy (1980) | 1.9432 7 reviews | NA | Drama |
$12.87
| ...more about Hussy starring Helen Mirren and John Shea |
| 34 |  | Out of the Blue (1980) | 1.9374 8 reviews | NA | Drama |
$1.99
| ...more about Out of the Blue starring Linda Manz and Dennis Hopper |
| 35 | | Falls, The (1980) | 1.9359 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi |
$19.81
| The world has been affected by a mysterious occurrance known as the Violent Unknown Event or VUE. ...more about Falls |
| 36 |  | Disco Godfather (1980) | 1.9039 13 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime |
$9.20
| A retired cop becomes a DJ/celebrity at the Blueberry Hill disco-- he's the "Disco Godfather!" All ...more about Disco Godfather starring Rudy Ray Moore and Carol Speed |
| 37 | | Nijinsky (1980) | 1.8866 13 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | Set in the early 1910s at a time of passionate artistic experimentalism, and based on biographical ...more about Nijinsky starring Alan Bates and George De La Pena |
| 38 | | Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) | 1.8628 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Family | N/A | Ceddie, Earl of Dorincourt's only grandson and heir lives in America with his mother. The Earl, ...more about Little Lord Fauntleroy starring Alec Guinness and Eric Porter |
| 39 |  | American Success Company, The (1980) | 1.8263 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | ...more about American Success Company starring Jeff Bridges and Belinda Bauer |
| 40 |  | Idolmaker, The (1980) | 1.8053 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Music |
$9.72
| ...more about Idolmaker starring Ray Sharkey and Tovah Feldshuh |
| 41 |  | Rude Boy (1980) | 1.7953 5 reviews | NA | Drama |
$6.82
| Rude Boy is a semi-documentary, part character study, part 'rockumentary', featuring a British punk ...more about Rude Boy |
| 42 |  | Times Square (1980) |  1.7015 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Music | N/A | Two girls run away from a mental institution and forge a relationship on the streets of New York. ...more about Times Square starring Tim Curry and Trini Alvarado |
| 43 | | Honeysuckle Rose (1980) | 1.6558 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Music |
$7.38
| ...more about Honeysuckle Rose starring Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving |
| 44 | | Club, The (1980) | 1.6528 3 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Club starring Jack Thompson and Graham Kennedy |
| 45 | | One Trick Pony (1980) | 1.6345 4 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about One Trick Pony starring Paul Simon and Blair Brown |
| 46 | | Competition, The (1980) | 1.6041 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Music | N/A | The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last ...more about Competition starring Richard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving |
| 47 | | Kidnapping of the President, The (1980) | 1.5752 2 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller |
$6.25
| A South American quasi-revolutionary/guerilla/terrorist and a misled, admiring girl compatriot ...more about Kidnapping of the President starring William Shatner and Hal Holbrook |
| 48 | | Babylon (1980) | 1.5523 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | The movie centers around Brindsley Forde's character blue. He fronts a reggae sound system based in ...more about Babylon starring Brinsley Forde and Karl Howman |
| 49 | | Why Would I Lie? (1980) | 1.5523 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | Cletus is a compulsive liar. He prefers the term 'fabrication' to lie though. When Cletus becomes a ...more about Why Would I Lie? starring Treat Williams and Lisa Eichhorn |
| 50 | | Harlequin (1980) | 1.5417 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Mystery |
$17.99
| A modern-day politician is faced with an incomprehensible in this mystical-fantasy. Senator Rast is ...more about Harlequin starring Robert Powell and David Hemmings |
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