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XANADU (dir: Robert Greenwald, PG) - Guest reviewer Tracy says, "As a fairy princess-focused child, I was completely enchanted by Xanadu. Olivia Newton John’s blonde locks cascade behind her as she roller-skates through the film, outfitted in ethereal, pastel-colored frocks that I would’ve killed to have in my own closet. Plus, the movie features a cartoon segment with Olivia and her love interest frolicking amidst giant flowers and mushrooms as well as a battle of the bands between an 80s glam rock band and a 40s wartime swing band. If you’re looking for complex character development and plot arc in a movie, Xanadu’s probably not your thing. But if you want glamorous singing muses, early 80s fashion and the Electric Light Orchestra, Xanadu delivers."

9 TO 5 (dir: Colin Higgins, PG) - Michelle says, "I guess in 1980, Lilly Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and Dolly Parton could smoke a joint in your movie, and you could still get a PG rating. But apparently you had to be smoking something in 1980 to consider taking on your chauvinist boss. And you did that by trying to kill him, and when that didn't work, by kidnapping him. And then you could work with your other lady-friends to take over the office, empower yourselves, and maybe meet a nice man along the way who would propose to you. We've come a long way, huh, baby?"

MON ONCLE D'AMÉRIQUE (dir: Alain Resnais, PG) - Bart says, "HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR never did much for me, and don't even get me started about LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD. But if you get past his two calling card films, you'll find that Alain Resnais is responsible for a few genuine oddball masterpieces. This textbook on human behavior is one. It's structured as three case studies (one of whom is played by Gerard Depardieu) on the four motivating factors that, in various combinations, are responsible for every human action. Clearly an influence on the Charlie Kaufman/Michel Gondry school of filmmaking, this 'scientific' exploration has a surprisingly loving regard for its lab rat characters who are trapped by their own humanity."

AIRPLANE! (dir: Jim Abrahams / David Zucker / Jerry Zucker, PG)

BAD TIMING (dir: Nicolas Roeg, Not Rated)

FLASH GORDON (dir: Mike Hodges, PG)

THE ELEPHANT MAN (dir: David Lynch, Not Rated)

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (dir: Irvin Kershner, Not Rated)

LOULOU (dir: Maurice Pialat, Not Rated)

MELVIN AND HOWARD (dir: Jonathan Demme, Not Rated)

ORDINARY PEOPLE (dir: Robert Redford, Not Rated)

RAGING BULL (dir: Martin Scorsese, Not Rated)

THE SHINING (dir: Stanley Kubrick, Not Rated)

THE STUNT MAN (dir: Richard Rush, Not Rated)

Also:

Blues Brothers, The (1980) 7.9/10 (51659 votes)
Caddyshack (1980) 7.3/10 (28055 votes)
Superman II (1980) 6.7/10 (23529 votes)
Friday the 13th (1980) 6.2/10 (18911 votes)
Fog, The (1980) 6.8/10 (13452 votes)
...aka John Carpenter's The Fog (1980) (USA: complete title)
Gods Must Be Crazy, The (1980) 6.9/10 (11881 votes)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) 6.1/10 (10528 votes)
...aka Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust (1985) (USA: complete title)
Kagemusha (1980) 8.0/10 (8717 votes)
...aka Double, The (1980/II)
...aka Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) (1980)
...aka Kagemusha the Shadow Warrior (1980)
...aka Shadow Warrior (1980)
Nine to Five (1980) 6.3/10 (8187 votes)
...aka 9 to 5 (1980)
Dressed to Kill (1980) 7.1/10 (7420 votes)
Somewhere in Time (1980) 7.0/10 (7004 votes)
Private Benjamin (1980) 5.8/10 (6876 votes)
Altered States (1980) 6.6/10 (6810 votes)
American Gigolo (1980) 5.8/10 (5920 votes)
Changeling, The (1980) 7.4/10 (5355 votes)
...aka Enfant du diable, L' (1980) (Canada: French title)
Fame (1980) 6.3/10 (5348 votes)
Stardust Memories (1980) 7.1/10 (5184 votes)
Final Countdown, The (1980) 6.6/10 (5112 votes)
...aka U.S.S. Nimitz: Lost in the Pacific (2004) (Europe: English title: DVD box title)
Long Good Friday, The (1980) 7.8/10 (5110 votes)
Stir Crazy (1980) 6.5/10 (5079 votes)
Big Red One, The (1980) 7.3/10 (5061 votes)
...aka Big Red One - The Reconstuction, The (2005) (USA: DVD box title)
'Breaker' Morant (1980) 8.1/10 (4959 votes)
...aka Breaker Morant (1980) (USA)
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) 7.4/10 (4699 votes)
Atlantic City (1980) 7.5/10 (4468 votes)
...aka Atlantic City (1980) (USA)
...aka Atlantic City, USA (1980) (Canada: English title)
Brubaker (1980) 6.9/10 (4344 votes)
Used Cars (1980) 6.6/10 (4341 votes)
Any Which Way You Can (1980) 5.5/10 (4302 votes)
Urban Cowboy (1980) 5.9/10 (4116 votes)
Cruising (1980) 5.9/10 (3809 votes)
...aka Cruising (1980) (West Germany)
...aka William Friedkin's Cruising (1980) (USA: closing credits title)
Heaven's Gate (1980) 6.4/10 (3474 votes)
...aka Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate (1980) (USA: complete title)
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980) 5.3/10 (3396 votes)
...aka High Encounters of the Ultimate Kind (1980)
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) 6.3/10 (3375 votes)
Paura nella città dei morti viventi (1980) 6.2/10 (3188 votes)
...aka City of the Living Dead (1980) (International: English title)
...aka Fear in the City of the Living Dead (1980) (Italy: literal English title)
...aka Gates of Hell, The (1983) (USA)
...aka Pater Thomas (1980) (Europe: bootleg title)
Stunt Man, The (1980) 7.3/10 (3184 votes)
Bronco Billy (1980) 5.9/10 (3044 votes)
My Bodyguard (1980) 6.7/10 (3043 votes)
Long Riders, The (1980) 7.1/10 (2865 votes)
Dernier métro, Le (1980) 7.4/10 (2796 votes)
...aka Last Metro, The (1980) (International: English title)
Shogun Assassin (1980) 7.4/10 (2740 votes)
Seems Like Old Times (1980) 6.4/10 (2377 votes)
...aka Neil Simon's Seems Like Old Times (1980)
Alligator (1980) 5.6/10 (2353 votes)
Maniac (1980) 6.2/10 (2299 votes)
Dogs of War, The (1980) 6.2/10 (2151 votes)
Gloria (1980) 6.7/10 (2061 votes)
Hopscotch (1980) 7.1/10 (2009 votes)
Hollywood Knights, The (1980) 5.5/10 (1922 votes)
Ninth Configuration, The (1980) 7.1/10 (1713 votes)
...aka Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane (1980)
Terror Train (1980) 5.4/10 (1690 votes)
...aka Monstre du train, Le (1980) (Canada: French title)
...aka Train of Terror (1980)
Bad Timing (1980) 7.1/10 (1673 votes)
...aka Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980) (USA)
Moskva slezam ne verit (1980) 8.0/10 (1662 votes)
...aka Moscow Distrusts Tears (1980)
...aka Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1981) (USA)
...aka íÏÓË×Á ÓÌÅÚÁÍ ÎÅ ×ÅÒÉÔ (1980) (Soviet Union: Russian title: original Cyrillic KOI8-R title)
Forbidden Zone (1980) 6.9/10 (1620 votes)
Spetters (1980) 6.6/10 (1583 votes)
Melvin and Howard (1980) 7.0/10 (1559 votes)
Mirror Crack'd, The (1980) 6.1/10 (1529 votes)
...aka Agatha Christie's The Mirror Crack'd (1980) (UK: complete title)
Città delle donne, La (1980) 6.9/10 (1465 votes)
...aka City of Women (1981) (USA)
...aka Cité des femmes, La (1980) (France)
Poliziotto superpiù (1980) 5.8/10 (1452 votes)
...aka Super Fuzz (1981) (USA)
...aka Super Snooper (1980) (Italy) (UK: video title)
...aka Superpoderoso, El (1980) (Spain)
Watcher in the Woods, The (1980) 6.2/10 (1446 votes)
Midnight Madness (1980) 6.0/10 (1394 votes)
Permanent Vacation (1980) 6.1/10 (1285 votes)
Jazz Singer, The (1980) 5.1/10 (1256 votes)
Big Brawl, The (1980) 5.4/10 (1244 votes)
...aka Battle Creek (1980)
...aka Battle Creek Brawl (1980)
...aka Sha shou hao (1980)
Hunter, The (1980) 6.0/10 (1203 votes)
Mother's Day (1980) 5.0/10 (1125 votes)
Foxes (1980) 6.0/10 (1102 votes)
Humanoids from the Deep (1980) 5.2/10 (1098 votes)
...aka Humanoids of the Deep (1980)
...aka Monster (1980)
...aka Monster (Humanoids from the Deep) (1980) (UK)
Sea Wolves, The (1980) 6.2/10 (954 votes)
...aka Sea Wolves: The Last Charge of the Calcutta Light Horse, The (1980) (UK: complete title)
Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980) 7.1/10 (951 votes)
Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980) 7.8/10 (940 votes)
...aka My American Uncle (1980)
...aka Somnambules, Les (1980)
Oh Heavenly Dog (1980) 5.2/10 (849 votes)
Mangiati vivi! (1980) 5.0/10 (794 votes)
...aka Doomed to Die (1986) (USA)
...aka Eaten Alive by the Cannibals! (1980) (Europe: English title)
...aka Eaten Alive! (1980) (International: English title)
...aka Emerald Jungle, The (1986) (USA: video title)
...aka Mangiati vivi dai cannibali (1980) (Italy)
Formula, The (1980) 5.4/10 (759 votes)
...aka Formel, Die (1980) (West Germany)
Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, The (1980) 6.6/10 (671 votes)
Fatso (1980) 5.6/10 (574 votes)
Hero at Large (1980) 5.9/10 (506 votes)
Loulou (1980) 6.8/10 (503 votes)
Idolmaker, The (1980) 6.4/10 (484 votes)
Falls, The (1980) 7.6/10 (465 votes)
Out of the Blue (1980) 6.8/10 (444 votes)
...aka No Looking Back (1982) (USA: TV title)
...aka Plus rien à perdre (1983) (Canada: French title)
Rude Boy (1980) 6.5/10 (437 votes)
Lightning Over Water (1980) 6.6/10 (371 votes)
...aka Nick's Film - Lightning Over Water (1981) (West Germany)
...aka Nicks Movie (1981) (West Germany)
Divine Madness! (1980) 6.5/10 (315 votes)
...aka Bette Midler Is Divine Madness (1980) (Canada: English title: festival title)
Last Flight of Noah's Ark, The (1980) 5.2/10 (303 votes)
Windwalker (1980) 6.8/10 (273 votes)
Scared Straight! (1980) 8.0/10 (242 votes)
Home Movies (1980) 5.0/10 (230 votes)
...aka Maestro, The (1980) (USA)
Small Circle of Friends, A (1980) 5.8/10 (162 votes)
Deutschland bleiche Mutter (1980) 8.3/10 (161 votes)
...aka Germany Pale Mother (1984) (USA)
Tsigoineruwaizen (1980) 7.5/10 (143 votes)
...aka Zigeunerweisen (1980)
Tajna Nikole Tesle (1980) 7.0/10 (116 votes)
...aka Secret Life of Nikola Tesla, The (1980)
...aka Secret of Nikola Tesla, The (1980)
...aka Tesla (1980)
Tusk (1980) 5.2/10 (88 votes)
Hussy (1980) 5.0/10 (85 votes)
Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980) 5.1/10 (72 votes)
Sitting Ducks (1980) 6.8/10 (57 votes)