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A list of American films released in 1980.
Ordinary People won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The highest grossing film of 1980 was The Empire Strikes Back.
Highest grossing[]
| 1980 Rank |
Title | Studio | Gross |
| 1. | The Empire Strikes Back | 20th Century Fox | $239,300,000 |
| 2. | Airplane! | Paramount | $183,000,500 |
| 3. | Stir Crazy | Columbia Pictures | $121,300,000 |
| 4. | Nine to Five | 20th Century Fox | $96,000,000 |
| 5. | Any Which Way You Can | Warner Bros. | $88,600,000 |
| 6. | Private Benjamin | Warner Bros. | $69,800,000 |
| 7. | Coal Miner's Daughter | Universal Studios | $67,100,000 |
| 8. | Smokey and the Bandit II | Universal Studios | $66,100,000 |
| 9. | The Blue Lagoon | Columbia Pictures | $59,800,000 |
| 10. | The Blues Brothers | Universal Studios | $58,200,000 |
A[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre/Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airplane! | Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker | Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Comedy | |
| Alien Dead | Fred Olen Ray | Buster Crabbe | Horror, Science fiction | |
| Alligator | Lewis Teague | Robert Forster, Robin Riker | Horror | |
| Altered States | Ken Russell | William Hurt, Blair Brown | written by Paddy Chayefsky | |
| American Gigolo | Paul Schrader | Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Héctor Elizondo | Drama | |
| Animalympics | Steven Lisberger | Billy Crystal | Animated | |
| Antropophagus | Joe D'Amato | Tisa Farrow, Serena Grandi | Horror | |
| Any Which Way You Can | Buddy Van Horn | Clint Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis, Sondra Locke | Every Which Way but Loose sequel | |
| Atlantic City | Louis Malle | Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon | 5 Oscar nominations |
B–C[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Timing | Nicolas Roeg | Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel | Drama | aka Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession |
| The Baltimore Bullet | Robert Ellis Miller | James Coburn, Omar Sharif, Ronee Blakley | Comedy | |
| Battle Beyond the Stars | Jimmy T. Murakami | Robert Vaughn | Science fiction | |
| Below the Belt | Robert Fowler | Regina Baff, John C. Becher, Mildred Burke (as herself), Firesign Theatre | Comedy Drama | based on Rosalyn Drexler's novel To Smithereens; character actor Herb Voland's last film. |
| The Big Brawl | Robert Clouse | Jackie Chan | Action | Chan's first U.S.-based film |
| The Big Red One | Samuel Fuller | Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine | War | Fuller's final war film |
| The Black Marble | Harold Becker | Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, Harry Dean Stanton | Crime Comedy | |
| The Blue Lagoon | Randal Kleiser | Christopher Atkins, Brooke Shields | Adventure | Razzie award for Shields |
| The Blues Brothers | John Landis | Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, James Brown, Cab Calloway, John Candy | Musical comedy | based on characters first introduced on Saturday Night Live |
| The Boogeyman | Ulli Lommel | Ron James, Suzanna Love, Ron Jeremy | Horror | |
| Bronco Billy | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Brubaker | Stuart Rosenberg | Robert Redford, Jane Alexander, Yaphet Kotto, David Keith | Drama | Screenplay nominated for Academy Award |
| Caboblanco | J. Lee Thompson | Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Dominique Sanda | Drama | |
| Caddyshack | Harold Ramis | Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Cindy Morgan, Sarah Holcomb | Comedy | First film directed by Ramis |
| Can't Stop the Music | Nancy Walker | Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Village People | Musical comedy | first Razzie award winner |
| Cardiac Arrest | Murray Mintz | Garry Goodrow | Thriller | |
| Carny | Robert Kaylor | Gary Busey, Jodie Foster, Robbie Robertson | Drama | |
| A Change of Seasons | Stephen Frears | Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek | Comedy Drama | |
| The Changeling | Peter Medak | George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere | Horror | Genie Award for Best Canadian Film |
| Cheech & Chong's Next Movie | Tommy Chong | Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin | Comedy | Sequel to Up in Smoke |
| The Children | Max Kalmanowicz | Gil Rogers | Horror, Science fiction | |
| Christmas Evil | Lewis Jackson | Brandon Maggart | Horror | |
| Circle of Two | Jules Dassin | Richard Burton, Tatum O'Neal | Drama | Dassin's final film |
| Coal Miner's Daughter | Michael Apted | Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm | Biography | Loretta Lynn story; Oscar for Spacek |
| Coast to Coast | Joseph Sargent | Robert Blake, Dyan Cannon | Comedy, Drama | Paramount |
| The Competition | Joel Oliansky | Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick | Drama, Romance | 2 Academy Award nominations |
| Cruising | William Friedkin | Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino | Thriller | 3 Razzie award nominations |
D–G[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defiance | John Flynn | Art Carney, Jan-Michael Vincent | Crime drama | produced by Jerry Bruckheimer |
| Delusion | Alan Beattie | Patricia Pearcy, David Hayward | Mystery | |
| Die Laughing | Jeff Werner | Robby Benson, Charles Durning, Elsa Lanchester | Comedy | |
| Divine Madness! | Michael Ritchie | Bette Midler | Documentary | Midler in concert |
| The Dogs of War | John Irvin | Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely | War | |
| Don't Go in the Woods | James Bryan | Mary Gail Artz | Horror | |
| Double Negative | George Bloomfield | John Candy, Anthony Perkins | Thriller | aka Deadly Companion |
| Dressed to Kill | Brian De Palma | Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon | Thriller | 3 Razzie nominations |
| The Earthling | Peter Collinson | William Holden, Rick Schroder | Adventure, Drama | Australia; Collinson's last film |
| The Elephant Man | David Lynch | Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft | Drama, Biography | story of Joseph Merrick |
| The Exterminator | James Glickenhaus | Robert Ginty, Samantha Eggar | Thriller | Avco Embassy Film |
| Fade to Black | Vernon Zimmerman | Dennis Christopher | Horror | Golden Globe, Saturn Award nominee |
| Fame | Alan Parker | Irene Cara, Debbie Allen, Maureen Teefy | Drama, Musical | 6 Oscar nominations |
| Fatso | Anne Bancroft | Dom DeLuise, Anne Bancroft, Ron Carey | Comedy, Drama | also written by Bancroft |
| The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Piers Haggard | Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren | Comedy | final film for Sellers |
| The Final Countdown | Don Taylor | Kirk Douglas, Katharine Ross, Martin Sheen | Science fiction | final film directed by Taylor |
| The First Deadly Sin | Brian G. Hutton | Frank Sinatra, Faye Dunaway, David Dukes | Thriller | based on Lawrence Sanders novel |
| First Family | Buck Henry | Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn, Gilda Radner | Comedy | |
| Flash Gordon | Mike Hodges | Timothy Dalton, Sam J. Jones, Max von Sydow | Science fiction, Action | based on film serial |
| The Fog | John Carpenter | Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh | Horror | remade in 2005 |
| Foolin' Around | Richard T. Heffron | Gary Busey, Annette O'Toole, Cloris Leachman | Romance | |
| The Formula | John G. Avildsen | George C. Scott, Marlon Brando | Thriller | based on Steve Shagan novel |
| Foxes | Adrian Lyne | Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, Randy Quaid | Drama | PolyGram Pictures |
| Friday the 13th | Sean S. Cunningham | Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Kevin Bacon | Horror | Led to 11 sequels |
| Galaxina | William Sachs | Dorothy Stratten | Comedy, Science fiction | |
| Gilda Live | Mike Nichols | Gilda Radner | Concert film | |
| Gloria | John Cassavetes | Gena Rowlands | Crime, Drama | remade in 1999 |
| The Gong Show Movie | Chuck Barris | Chuck Barris | Comedy | based on TV game show |
H–L[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hangar 18 | James L. Conway | Gary Collins, Darren McGavin, Robert Vaughn | Science fiction, Thriller | MST3K |
| The Happy Hooker Goes to Hollywood | Alan Roberts | Martine Beswick, Chris Lemmon, Phil Silvers | Sex comedy | |
| He Knows You're Alone | Armand Hamson | Don Scardino | Horror | |
| Health | Robert Altman | Carol Burnett, James Garner, Glenda Jackson | Comedy | Altman's 15th film |
| Heart Beat | John Byrum | Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, John Heard | Romance | |
| Heaven's Gate | Michael Cimino | Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, John Hurt, Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, Mickey Rourke | Western | 5 Razzie nominations |
| Herbie Goes Bananas | Vincent McEveety | Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman | Comedy | 3rd sequel to The Love Bug |
| Hero at Large | Martin Davidson | Anne Archer, John Ritter | Comedy | MGM |
| The Hollywood Knights | Floyd Mutrux | Tony Danza, Fran Drescher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Wuhl | Comedy | Columbia |
| Home Movies | Brian DePalma | Kirk Douglas, Nancy Allen, Vincent Gardenia | Comedy | |
| Honeysuckle Rose | Jerry Schatzberg | Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon, Amy Irving | Drama | |
| Hopscotch | Ronald Neame | Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Ned Beatty, Sam Waterston | Comedy, Mystery | based on Brian Garfield novel |
| How to Beat the High Co$t of Living | Robert Scheerer | Jane Curtin, Susan Saint James, Jessica Lange | Crime Comedy | MGM |
| Humanoids from the Deep | Barbara Peters | Doug McClure, Vic Morrow, Ann Turkel | Horror, Science fiction | New World Pictures |
| The Hunter | Buzz Kulik | Steve McQueen, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton | Action, Thriller | McQueen's final film |
| The Idolmaker | Taylor Hackford | Ray Sharkey, Peter Gallagher, Joe Pantoliano | Drama | 1st film for Gallagher, Pantoliano |
| Image of the Beast | Donald W. Thompson | William Wellman, Jr. | Thriller | |
| In God We Tru$t | Marty Feldman | Peter Boyle, Andy Kaufman, Richard Pryor | Comedy | Produced, co-written by Feldman |
| Inside Moves | Richard Donner | David Morse, John Savage, Diana Scarwid, Harold Russell | Drama | Academy Award nomination for Scarwid |
| The Island | Michael Ritchie | Michael Caine, David Warner | Adventure, Thriller | from Peter Benchley novel |
| It's My Turn | Claudia Weill | Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, Charles Grodin | Romantic comedy | |
| Jane Austen in Manhattan | James Ivory | Anne Baxter, Robert Powell | Drama, Romance | |
| The Jazz Singer | Richard Fleischer | Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier, Lucie Arnaz | Drama, Musical | remake of 1927 film; 5 Razzie nominations |
| Just Tell Me What You Want | Sidney Lumet | Alan King, Ali MacGraw, Peter Weller | Comedy | |
| The Kidnapping of the President | George Mendeluk | Ava Gardner, Van Johnson, William Shatner | Action, Thriller | from Charles Templeton novel |
| Kill or Be Killed | Ivan Hall | Charlotte Michelle, James Ryan | Action, Drama | |
| The Last Flight of Noah's Ark | Charles Jarrott | Elliott Gould, Rick Schroder | Adventure, Family | |
| The Last Married Couple in America | Gil Cates | George Segal, Natalie Wood | Comedy | Wood's penultimate film |
| The Lathe of Heaven | David Loxton | Kevin Conway, Bruce Davison | Science fiction | |
| The Legend of Alfred Packer | James W. Roberson | Patrick Day | Adventure, Western | |
| The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter | Connie Field | Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Documentary | |
| Little Darlings | Ronald F. Maxwell | Tatum O'Neal, Kristy McNichol, Matt Dillon, Armand Assante | Comedy | |
| Little Miss Marker | Walter Bernstein | Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis | Comedy drama | |
| The Long Riders | Walter Hill | David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, Randy Quaid, Dennis Quaid, Stacy Keach, James Keach | Western | stars Carradine, Quaid, Keach, Guest brothers |
| Loose Shoes | Ira Miller | Royce D. Applegate | Comedy | |
| Loving Couples | Jack Smight | Shirley MacLaine, James Coburn, Susan Sarandon | Comedy |
M–P[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Man with Bogart's Face | Robert Day | Robert Sacchi, Victor Buono, Misty Rowe | Comedy | |
| Maniac! | William Lustig | Caroline Munro, Joe Spinell | Horror | |
| Melvin and Howard | Jonathan Demme | Jason Robards, Paul LeMat, Mary Steenburgen | Comedy, Biography | Oscar for Steenburgen |
| Midnight Madness | Michael Nankin, David Wechter | Michael J. Fox, David Naughton | Comedy | |
| The Mirror Crack'd | Guy Hamilton | Angela Lansbury, Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak | Mystery | from Agatha Christie story |
| The Monster Club | Roy Ward Baker | Vincent Price | Comedy, Horror | |
| Motel Hell | Kevin Connor | Rory Calhoun | Horror | |
| Mother's Day | Charles Kaufman | Nancy Hendrickson, Deborah Luce | Horror | |
| The Mountain Men | Richard Lang | Charlton Heston, Brian Keith, Seymour Cassel | Adventure | |
| My Bodyguard | Tony Bill | Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon, Chris Makepeace | Drama | first film directed by Bill |
| Night of the Demon | James C. Wasson | Joy Allen, Bob CollinsTemplate:Disambiguation needed | Horror | |
| Nightkill | Ted Post | Robert Mitchum, Jaclyn Smith, James Franciscus | Thriller | |
| Nijinsky | Herbert Ross | Alan Bates, George de la Peña, Leslie Browne | Biography | story of Vaslav Nijinsky |
| Nine to Five | Colin Higgins | Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Dabney Coleman | Comedy | became TV series, Broadway show |
| The Ninth Configuration | William Peter Blatty | Stacy Keach, Jason Miller, Ed Flanders | Drama | based on Blatty's novel |
| The Nude Bomb | Clive Donner | Don Adams, Rhonda Fleming | Comedy, Mystery | based on Get Smart |
| The Octagon | Eric Karson | Chuck Norris | Action | |
| Oh, God! Book II | Gilbert Cates | George Burns, Suzanne Pleshette, David Birney | Comedy | |
| Oh Heavenly Dog | Joe Camp | Chevy Chase, Jane Seymour, Omar Sharif | Comedy | featuring Benji |
| One Trick Pony | Robert M. Young | Paul Simon, Rip Torn, Blair Brown | Drama | written by Simon |
| Ordinary People | Robert Redford | Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch, Elizabeth McGovern | Drama | based on novel by Judith Guest; Oscars for Hutton, Best Picture |
| Out of the Blue | Dennis Hopper | Dennis Hopper | Drama | |
| Permanent Vacation | Jim Jarmusch | Richard Boes, Ruth Bolton | Drama | |
| The Pilot | Cliff Robertson | Cliff Robertson, Diane Baker | Drama | |
| Popeye | Robert Altman | Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Paul Dooley | Musical comedy | based on cartoon character |
| Pray TV | Rick Friedberg | Rosemary Alexander, Dabney Coleman | Comedy | |
| Private Benjamin | Howard Zieff | Goldie Hawn, Armand Assante, Eileen Brennan, Albert Brooks | Comedy | 3 Academy Award nominations |
| The Private Eyes | Lang Elliott | Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Trisha Noble | Comedy | |
| Prom Night | Paul Lynch | Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen | Horror | followed by 3 sequels |
| The Psychotronic Man | Jack M. Sell | Peter Spelson | Horror, Science fiction |
R–S[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raging Bull | Martin Scorsese | Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty | Biography, Drama | Oscar for De Niro |
| Raise the Titanic | Jerry Jameson | Jason Robards, Alec Guinness, Anne Archer | Action | from Clive Cussler novel |
| Resurrection | Daniel Petrie | Ellen Burstyn, Richard Farnsworth, Sam Shepard | Drama | 2 Academy Award nominations |
| The Return of the King | Jules Bass | Orson Bean, John Huston, Roddy McDowall | Animation | |
| Return of the Secaucus Seven | John Sayles | Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi. David Strathairn | Drama | |
| Roadie | Alan Rudolph | Art Carney, Meat Loaf | Comedy, Musical | |
| Rockshow | Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Wings | Documentary, Musical | ||
| Rough Cut | Don Siegel | Burt Reynolds, David Niven, Lesley-Anne Down | Crime, Comedy | Siegel's next-to-last film |
| Running Scared | Paul Glickler | Judge Reinhold | Action, Drama | |
| Saturn 3 | Stanley Donen | Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett, Harvey Keitel | Science fiction | Martin Amis script |
| Scruples | Alan J. Levi | Lindsay Wagner, Marie-France Pisier, Barry Bostwick, Kim Cattrall, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Nick Mancuso, Gene Tierney | Drama | TV mini-series; based on a novel by Judith Krantz |
| The Sea Wolves | Andrew V. McLaglen | Roger Moore, Gregory Peck | Action, War | based on James Leasor book |
| Seems Like Old Times | Jay Sandrich | Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Charles Grodin | Comedy | Neil Simon script |
| Serial | Bill Persky | Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Christopher Lee | Comedy | from Cyra McFadden novel |
| The Shining | Stanley Kubrick | Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers | Horror | from Stephen King novel |
| Silent Scream | Denny Harris | Cameron Mitchell, Yvonne De Carlo | Horror | |
| Simon | Marshall Brickman | Alan Arkin, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton | Comedy | |
| A Small Circle of Friends | Rob Cohen | Karen Allen, Brad Davis | Drama | |
| Smokey and the Bandit II | Hal Needham | Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Dom DeLuise | Action, Comedy | Smokey and the Bandit sequel |
| Somewhere in Time | Jeannot Szwarc | Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour | Fantasy, Romance | from Richard Matheson novel |
| Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back | Irvin Kershner | Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams | Science fiction | sequel to Star Wars; top-grossing 1980 film in U.S. |
| Stardust Memories | Woody Allen | Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper | Comedy, Drama | filmed in black-and-white |
| Stir Crazy | Sidney Poitier | Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder | Comedy | Columbia Pictures |
| The Stunt Man | Richard Rush | Barbara Hershey, Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback | Comedy, Drama | 3 Academy Award nominations |
| Sunday Lovers | Bryan Forbes | Roger Moore, Lino Ventura, Gene Wilder, Lynn Redgrave | Comedy | |
| Super Fuzz | Sergio Corbucci | Michelle Smutny, Ernest Borgnine | Action, Science fiction | |
| Superman II | Richard Lester | Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine | Action, Adventure | sequel to Superman |
T–Z[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tell Me a Riddle | Lee Grant | Melvyn Douglas, Lila Kedrova, Brooke Adams | Drama | based on Tillie Olsen stories |
| Terror Train | Roger Spottiswoode | Hart Bochner, David Copperfield, Ben Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis | Horror | Canada |
| Those Lips, Those Eyes | Michael Pressman | Frank Langella, Glynnis O'Connor, Tom Hulce | Comedy | |
| Times Square | Allan Moyle | Tim Curry, Trini Alvarado | Drama, Musical | |
| Tom Horn | William Wiard | Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth | Western, Biography | McQueen's next-to-last film |
| The Unseen | Danny Steinmann | Stephen Furst, Barbara Bach, Sydney Lassick | Horror | |
| Up the Academy | Robert Downey, Sr. | Ralph Macchio | Comedy | |
| Urban Cowboy | James Bridges | John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn | Drama | based on Aaron Latham story |
| Used Cars | Robert Zemeckis | Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham | Comedy | Warden in two roles |
| The Watcher in the Woods | John Hough, Vincent McEveety | Carroll Baker, Bette Davis | Fantasy, Thriller | Walt Disney |
| When Time Ran Out | James Goldstone | Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, James Franciscus, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Burgess Meredith | Disaster film | the last feature film produced by Irwin Allen |
| Where the Buffalo Roam | Art Linson | Bill Murray, Peter Boyle, Bruno Kirby | Comedy | based on Hunter S. Thompson |
| Wholly Moses | Gary Weis | Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman, Jack Gilford | Comedy | |
| Why Would I Lie? | Larry Peerce | Treat Williams, Lisa Eichhorn | Comedy drama | |
| Willie & Phil | Paul Mazursky | Margot Kidder, Michael Ontkean, Ray Sharkey | Comedy drama | |
| Windows | Gordon Willis | Joseph Cortese, Talia Shire | Drama, Thriller | 5 Razzie nominations |
| Witches' Brew | Donna Ashbrook | Teri Garr, Richard Benjamin, Lana Turner | Comedy | |
| Xanadu | Robert Greenwald | Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, Gene Kelly | Fantasy, Musical | Kelly's final film; 6 Razzie nominations |
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