List of American films of 1980


A list of American films released in 1980.
Ordinary People won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The highest-grossing film of 1980 was The Empire Strikes Back.

Highest-grossing

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B–C

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M–P

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TitleDirectorCastGenreNote
Raging BullMartin ScorseseRobert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy MoriartyBiography, Dramastory of Jake LaMotta; Oscar for De Niro, 8 nominations
Raise the TitanicJerry JamesonJason Robards, Alec Guinness, Anne ArcherActionfrom Clive Cussler novel
ResurrectionDaniel PetrieEllen Burstyn, Richard Farnsworth, Sam ShepardDrama2 Oscar nominations
The Return of the KingJules BassOrson Bean, John Huston, Roddy McDowallAnimationfrom J. R. R. Tolkien story
Return of the Secaucus SevenJohn SaylesBruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, David StrathairnDramaLibra Films
RoadieAlan RudolphArt Carney, Meat LoafComedy, MusicalUnited Artists
RockshowPaul McCartney, Linda McCartney, WingsDocumentary, MusicalMiramax
Rough CutDon SiegelBurt Reynolds, David Niven, Lesley-Anne DownCrime, ComedySiegel's next-to-last film
Running ScaredPaul GlicklerJudge Reinhold, Ken WahlAction
Saturn 3Stanley DonenKirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett, Harvey KeitelScience fictionMartin Amis script
SchizoidDavid PaulsenMarianna Hill, Craig WassonHorror
ScruplesAlan J. LeviLindsay Wagner, Marie-France Pisier, Barry Bostwick, Kim Cattrall, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Nick Mancuso, Connie Stevens, Gene TierneyDramaTV mini-series; based on a novel by Judith Krantz
The Sea WolvesAndrew V. McLaglenRoger Moore, Gregory PeckAction, Warbased on James Leasor book
Seems Like Old TimesJay SandrichChevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Charles GrodinComedyNeil Simon script
SerialBill PerskyMartin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Christopher LeeComedyfrom Cyra McFadden novel
S*H*ERobert M. LewisOmar Sharif, Anita Ekberg, Cornelia SharpeSpy
The ShiningStanley KubrickJack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd, Anne Jackson, Barry NelsonHorrorfrom Stephen King novel; 4 Saturn Award nominations
Silent ScreamDenny HarrisCameron Mitchell, Yvonne De CarloHorror
SimonMarshall BrickmanAlan Arkin, Madeline Kahn, Austin PendletonComedyOrion
A Small Circle of FriendsRob CohenKaren Allen, Brad DavisDramaUnited Artists
Smokey and the Bandit IIHal NeedhamBurt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Dom DeLuiseAction, ComedySmokey and the Bandit sequel
Somewhere in TimeJeannot SzwarcChristopher Reeve, Jane SeymourFantasy, Romancefrom Richard Matheson novel; 3 Saturn Awards
The Empire Strikes BackIrvin KershnerCarrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams, Alec GuinnessScience fictionsequel to Star Wars; top-grossing 1980 film in U.S.; 3 Oscar nominations
Stardust MemoriesWoody AllenWoody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica HarperComedy, Dramafilmed in black-and-white
Stir CrazySidney PoitierRichard Pryor, Gene WilderComedyColumbia
The Stunt ManRichard RushBarbara Hershey, Peter O'Toole, Steve RailsbackComedy, Drama3 Oscar nominations
Sunday LoversBryan ForbesRoger Moore, Lino Ventura, Gene Wilder, Lynn RedgraveComedy4 stories
Super FuzzSergio CorbucciMichelle Smutny, Ernest BorgnineAction
Superman IIRichard LesterGene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas, Jack O'Halloran, Clifton James, Marc McClure, Valerie PerrineAction, Adventuresequel to Superman

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