What's everyone's top movies of 1980?
 

A nice beginning to a great decade for movies, i am an 80s kid afterall who was born 2 years later.

My top 25.

1. The Empire Strikes Back.
2. The Elephant Man.
3. Cannibal Holocaust.
4. Raging Bull.
5. Airplane.
6. The Shining.
7. Shogun Assassin.
8. Watcher in the Woods.
9. Used Cars.
10. Caddyshack.
11. Blues Brothers.
12. The Fog.
13. Flash Gordon.
14. Stir Crazy.
15. Friday The 13th.
16. The Changeling.
17. Superman II.
18. Kagemusha.
19. Cheech and Chong's Next Movie.
20. House on The Edge of the Park.
21. Dressed To Kill.
22. The Final Countdown.
23. Maniac.
24. Animalympics.
25. Inferno.

Honorable mentions:
Motel Hell.
Altered States.
Bon Voyage Charlie Brown.
City of the Living Dead aka The Gates of Hell.
Terror Train.
Alligator.
The Gods Must Be Crazy.
Mother's Day.
Motel Hell.

Re: What's everyone's top movies of 1980?
 

I love The Fog, but you forgot Big Trouble in Little China, The Thing, Escape from New York, They Live, Christine, and Halloween II. Even Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Prince of Darkness, and Starman are better than some that you have mentioned.

Two thumbs up on The Changeling!

OK, I'm done for now! For now!

Re: What's everyone's top movies of 1980?
 

I think he meant the year 1980 Destiny not the decade :)

Just going by your list I'd say this would be my top 5, I would have to look up what else was released to make sure.

1.The Shining
2.The Changeling
3.Kagemusha
4.Empire Strikes Back
5.The Elephant Man

Thanks! It's been a long night. ;)

He's seriously missing out, stopping there.

Re: What's everyone's top movies of 1980?
 

Correct Camo, this is what is everyone's top movies of the year 1980.

Re: What's everyone's top movies of 1980?
 

1. Popeye
2. The Elephant Man
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. The Shining
5. The Falls
6. Dressed to Kill
7. Hopscotch
8. Atlantic City
9. Don't Play with Fire
10. The Stunt Man
11. The Spooky Bunch
12. The Long Good Friday
13. Bad Timing
14. Encounters of the Spooky Kind
15. Return of the Secaucus 7

Worst:
Demon Lover Diary

Wow lines! I seem to remember you being lukewarm on The Stunt Man when you first saw it. Perhaps I'm mistaken. Or has it grown on you over repeat viewings?

I love the scene with the dead soldiers on the beach. ;)

Re: What's everyone's top movies of 1980?
 

I've only seen it the one time but I'd give it another watch. I still have it down as a , which doesn't seem that lukewarm to me, but then again it would not have made my top ten in a more competitive year. Overall I thought it was a little ham-fisted but I liked where it was coming from and the beach scene definitely elevates it.

Not a single mention of the Oscar winner for Best Picture of 1980? Ordinary People?

Everyone hates it too much for winning over Raging Bull.

Re: What's everyone's top movies of 1980?
 

The Elephant Man is my favorite. Raging Bull is a technically impressive film, but I prefer a lot of Scorsese's other works.

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Elephant Movie was so sad wasn't it? first time i saw it on HBO at age 5 i felt sad for him as it was one of the movies that made me cry.

Sci-Fi
The Empire Strikes Back
Superman II
The Final Countdown

Comedy
Seems Like Old Times
Smokey and the Bandit II
Airplane!
Private Benjamin
9 to 5

Musicals
The Jazz Singer
Xanadu
The Idolmaker

Drama
Somewhere in Time
Ordinary People
The Competition

Teen Movies
Little Darlings
My Bodyguard
Up the Academy

Those are all better than The Fog.

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Either way, Carpenter is the man. (Think I prefer The Fog over They Live)

Then you live in a fog.

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Not a Fog fan?

I liked it even more the second time around.

I watched it during a commentary with Swan and Honeykid. It was a second commentary (back to back commentaries), but still, I greatly felt its awfulness.

Re: What's everyone's top movies of 1980?
 

1. Raging Bull
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Empire Strikes Back
4. Ghostbusters
5. Die Hard

Re: What's everyone's top movies of 1980?
 

'80, not '80s. :)