Your top movies of 1980

[Skekgar1982]

Since the year 1980 is 40 this year, what are your fave movies of that year?

My top 25 faves
Empire Strikes Back

Elephant Man

Airplane.

The Changeling

Caddyshack

The Shining

Shogun Assassin

Superman 2

The Fog

Stir Crazy

Watcher in the Woods

altered States

Stunt Man

Cheech and Chong's Next Movie

Alligator

Used Cars

Maniac.

Flash Gordon

City of the Living Dead aka Gates of Hell

Animalympics

House on the Edge of the Park.

9 to 5

Blues Brothers

Dressed to kill

Cannnibal Holocaust.

Honorable mentions: Final Countdown, Friday The 13th,, Christmas Evil aka you better watch out, Terror Train, Cannibal Apocalypse aka Invasion of the Flesh hunters, Bon Voyage Charlie Brown.

 

[Drizzle]

I've seen exactly ten films from 1980.

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. The Shining
3. Raging Bull
4. Superman II
5. Caddyshack
6. Airplane!
7. The Blues Brothers
8. Friday the 13th
9. Dressed to Kill
10. Popeye

 

[childeroland]

The Empire Strikes Back
The Shining
Popeye
Raging Bull
Superman II
The Long Good Friday
The Watcher in the Woods
Kagemusha
Cute Girl

 

[Batmannerism]

I'll go with a top 5.

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Superman II
3. Airplane!
4. The Blues Brothers
5. Flash Gordon




Honorable mention to:

Breaker Morant

 

[Breogan]

The Empire Strikes Back
Superman II
Kagemusha,
Raging Bull
Mad Max (hey it was released here 1980
The Blues Brothers

 

[Winterbourne]

Superman II
The Empire Strikes Back
The Big Red One
The Shining
Any Which Way You Can
The Blues Brothers
The Cannonball Run
Altered States
Caddyshack
Private Benjamin

 

[weezerspider]

1. Raging Bull (My all time favorite film)
2. The Shining
3. Raiders of The Lost Ark
4. The Sacrifice
5. Ran
6. The Thing
7. Blade Runner
8. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
9. Blow Out
10. The King of Comedy
11. Full Metal Jacket
12. Raising Arizona
13. E.T.
14. Stranger Than Paradise
15. Back To The Future

 

[batdude]

My top 3 from that year.
1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Superman 2
3.Flash Gordon
Caddyshack might fit here, but I didn't see it for a while after(I was in grade school that year.)
I honestly didn't remember Bon Voyage Charlie Brown was from 1980.

 

[Schlosser85]

Empire Strikes Back is #1 by a wide margin.

But I’ll give a shoutout to Blues Brothers and The Shining.

 

[weezerspider]

1. Raging Bull (My all time favorite film)
2. The Shining
3. Raiders of The Lost Ark
4. The Sacrifice
5. Ran
6. The Thing
7. Blade Runner
8. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
9. Blow Out
10. The King of Comedy
11. Full Metal Jacket
12. Raising Arizona
13. E.T.
14. Stranger Than Paradise
15. Back To The Future

lol I thought this was for the decade of the 1980s. OOPS.

RAGING BULL is still my answer.

 

[STARMAN]

Empire Strikes Back
Airplane
Friday the 13th