Best movies of 1980

Actors : Melvyn Douglas, Trish Van Devere, Jean Marsh, George C. Scott,
Directors : Peter Medak,

A man staying at a secluded historical mansion finds himself being haunted by the presence of a spectre.

Actors : Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, Anne-Marie Martin, Casey Stevens,
Directors : Paul Lynch,

At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously.

Actors : Marie-Christine Barrault, Charlotte Rampling, Woody Allen, Jessica Harper,
Directors : Woody Allen,

While attending a retrospective of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.

Actors : Leo Dolan, Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Paul Freeman,
Directors : John Mackenzie,

Harold, a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. A mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in on his ...

Actors : Kirk Douglas, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Don Taylor,

A modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Actors : John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Anthony Hopkins,
Directors : David Lynch,

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 revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.

Actors : Barbara Hershey, Steve Railsback, Peter O'Toole, Allen Garfield,
Directors : Richard Rush,

A fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out, and falls for the leading lady.

Actors : Robbie Robertson, Meg Foster, Gary Busey, Jodie Foster,
Directors : Robert Kaylor,

Tired of her dull job as a waitress, Donna decides to join two carnival hustlers and see what life in their field is like.

Actors : Peter Boyle, Bill Murray, Rene Auberjonois, Bruno Kirby,
Directors : Art Linson,

Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

Actors : Abigail Clayton, Kelly Piper, Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro,
Directors : William Lustig,

A psychopath, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in New York City, kills young women and takes their scalps as his trophies. Will he find the perfect woman in a photographer, and end his killing spree?

Actors : Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, Edward Woodward, John Waters,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.

Actors : Michael V. Gazzo, Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Dean Jagger,
Directors : Lewis Teague,

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.

Actors : Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons, Nina Axelrod, Rory Calhoun,
Directors : Kevin Connor,

A seemingly friendly farmer and his sister kidnap unsuspecting travelers and bury them alive, using them to create the "special meat" they are famous for.

Actors : Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty, Glenda Jackson, Walter Matthau,
Directors : Ronald Neame,

Grounded with a desk job by incompetent superiors, a clever CIA agent retires and writes a tell all memoir that will embarrass his bosses, prompting him to go on the run and elude them.

Actors : Ben Johnson, Hart Bochner, Jamie Lee Curtis, David Copperfield,
Directors : Roger Spottiswoode,

A masked killer targets six college kids responsible for a prank gone wrong three years earlier and who are currently throwing a large New Year's Eve costume party aboard a moving train.

Actors : Dee Hepburn, John Gordon Sinclair, Jake D'Arcy, Clare Grogan,
Directors : Bill Forsyth,

Gregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection.

Actors : Colin Blakely, Tom Berenger, Hugh Millais, Christopher Walken,
Directors : John Irvin,

Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.

Actors : Rod Steiger, Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Moustapha Akkad,

In the Fascist Italy Pre-World War II of Benito Mussolini, the cruel General Rodolfo Graziani is directly assigned by Il Duce to fight in the colonial war in Libya to vanquish the Arab ...

Actors : Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ôki, Shôgen Nitta, Tomisaburô Wakayama,

When the wife of the Shogun's Decapitator is murdered and he is ordered to commit suicide by the paranoid Shogun, he and his four-year-old son escape and become assassins for hire, embarking on a journey of blood and violent death.

Actors : Wendy Morgan, Angela Lansbury, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson,
Directors : Guy Hamilton,

Miss Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.