Movie List for "1980"

Raise the Titanic (1980)

To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the R.M.S. Titanic. Year 1980.

Generes: Action, Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Director: Jerry Jameson
Writer: Adam Kennedy (screenplay), Eric Hughes (adaptation), Clive Cussler (novel)
Actors: Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby, Anne Archer

Scared to Death (1980)

An ex-cop, now working as a hack novelist, is called out of retirement to help investigate a string of deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer but soon are revealed to be the … Year 1980.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: William Malone
Writer: William Malone, Robert Short (story), William Malone (story)
Actors: John Stinson, Diana Davidson, David Moses, Toni Jannotta

Eaten Alive! (1980)

A young woman teams up with an adventurer to find her missing sister in the jungles of New Guinea and they stumble upon a religious cult led by a deranged preacher whom has located his commune in an area inhabited by cannibals. Year 1980.

Generes: Adventure, Horror
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Writer: Umberto Lenzi (story and screenplay)
Actors: Robert Kerman, Janet Agren, Ivan Rassimov, Paola Senatore

The Offenders (1980)

Movie Year 1980.

Generes: Drama
Director: Beth B, Scott B
Writer: Scott B
Actors: Scott B, Kirsten Bates, Adele Bertei, Diego Cortez

Inside Moves (1980)

After a failed suicide attempt leaves him partially crippled, Roary begins spending a lot of time at a neighborhood bar full of interesting misfits. When Jerry the bartender suddenly finds … Year 1980.

Generes: Drama
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Todd Walton (based on the novel by), Valerie Curtin (screenplay), Barry Levinson (screenplay)
Actors: John Savage, David Morse, Diana Scarwid, Amy Wright

Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)

Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old. Year 1980.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: James Ivory
Writer: Jane Austen (libretto Sir Charles Grandison), Samuel Richardson (libretto Sir Charles Grandison), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Jane Austen (text Sir Charles Grandison, or The Happy Man)
Actors: Anne Baxter, Robert Powell, Michael Wager, Tim Choate

Just Tell Me What You Want (1980)

A TV producer who is the mistress of her boss, tries to have him make their relationship more permanent, and begins a relationship with a younger man. When her boss hears of this, he tries … Year 1980.

Generes: Comedy, Romance
Director: Sidney Lumet
Writer: Jay Presson Allen (novel), Jay Presson Allen (screenplay)
Actors: Ali MacGraw, Alan King, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn

The Gamekeeper (1980)

A simple tale of a year in the life of a Gamekeeper. From the troubles involved in rearing the pheasants and dealing with predators (poachers and foxes). The gamekeeper shows us all the … Year 1980.

Generes: Drama
Director: Ken Loach
Writer: Barry Hines (novel), Ken Loach
Actors: Phil Askham, Rita May, Andrew Grubb, Peter Steels

The Hollywood Knights (1980)

Led by their comedic leader, Turk, the Hollywood Knights car club raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965. Everything from chaotic pranks, drag racing and high school … Year 1980.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Floyd Mutrux
Writer: Floyd Mutrux (story), Richard Lederer (story), William Tennant (story), Floyd Mutrux (screenplay)
Actors: Julius Averitt, Steve Ballard, Phil Berle, Mike Binder

In God We Trust (or Gimme That Prime Time Religion) (1980)

Raised in a Trappist monastery, the innocent Brother Ambrose sets out to find money to save the bankrupt monastery. His education in worldliness is provided by a hooker. He eventually … Year 1980.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Marty Feldman
Writer: Marty Feldman, Chris Allen
Actors: Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Louise Lasser, Richard Pryor

Toxic Zombies (1980)

After drug crops are sprayed with a chemical by a passing airplane, the growers of the crop are poisoned by the chemical and turn into zombie-like mutants. Year 1980.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Charles McCrann
Writer: Charles McCrann
Actors: Charles McCrann, Beverly Shapiro, Dennis Helfend, Kevin Hanlon

Poto and Cabengo (1980)

Two young twins in the USA have invented their own shared language. Scientists are wanting to study the language but social workers are trying to get the twins to leave their secret … Year 1980.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Jean-Pierre Gorin
Writer: Jean-Pierre Gorin
Actors: Jean-Pierre Gorin

Alligator (1980)

A baby alligator is flushed down a Chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded laboratory rats injected with growth hormones. The small reptile grows gigantic, escapes the city sewers, and goes on a rampage. Year 1980.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Lewis Teague
Writer: John Sayles (screenplay), John Sayles (story), Frank Ray Perilli (story)
Actors: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo, Dean Jagger

Altered States (1980)

A Harvard scientist conducts experiments on himself with a hallucinatory drug and an isolation chamber that may be causing him to regress genetically. Year 1980.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Ken Russell
Writer: Paddy Chayefsky (written for the screen by), Paddy Chayefsky (novel)
Actors: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid

Fun Is Beautiful (1980)

Three stories, three characters all played by Verdone. The first is an awkward young man, who meet a Spanish tourist in Rome. The second has planned a trip towards East with a suitcase full… Year 1980.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Carlo Verdone
Writer: Leonardo Benvenuti (story), Piero De Bernardi (story), Carlo Verdone (story), Leonardo Benvenuti (screenplay), Piero De Bernardi (screenplay), Carlo Verdone (screenplay)
Actors: Carlo Verdone, Verónica Miriel, Mario Brega, Renato Scarpa