| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Bad Timing |
Nicolas Roeg |
Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel |
Drama |
aka Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession |
| The Baltimore Bullet |
Robert Ellis Miller |
James Coburn, Omar Sharif, Ronee Blakley |
Comedy |
|
| Battle Beyond the Stars |
Jimmy T. Murakami |
Robert Vaughn |
Sci-Fi |
|
| The Big Brawl |
Robert Clouse |
Jackie Chan |
Action |
Chan's first U.S.-based film |
| The Big Red One |
Samuel Fuller |
Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine |
War |
Fuller's final war film |
| The Black Marble |
Harold Becker |
Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, Harry Dean Stanton |
Crime Comedy |
|
| The Blue Lagoon |
Randal Kleiser |
Christopher Atkins, Brooke Shields |
Adventure |
Razzie award for Shields |
| The Blues Brothers |
John Landis |
Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, James Brown, Cab Calloway, John Candy |
Musical comedy |
based on characters first introduced on Saturday Night Live |
| The Boogeyman |
Ulli Lommel |
Ron James, Suzanna Love, Ron Jeremy |
Horror |
|
| Bronco Billy |
Clint Eastwood |
Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke |
Comedy |
Warner Bros. |
| Brubaker |
Stuart Rosenberg |
Robert Redford, Jane Alexander, Yaphet Kotto, David Keith |
Drama |
Screenplay nominated for Academy Award |
| Caddyshack |
Harold Ramis |
Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Cindy Morgan, Sarah Holcomb |
Comedy |
First film directed by Ramis |
| Can't Stop the Music |
Nancy Walker |
Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Village People |
Musical comedy |
first Razzie award winner |
| Cardiac Arrest |
Murray Mintz |
Garry Goodrow |
Thriller |
|
| Carny |
Robert Kaylor |
Gary Busey, Jodie Foster, Robbie Robertson |
Drama |
|
| A Change of Seasons |
Stephen Frears |
Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek |
Comedy Drama |
|
| The Changeling |
Peter Medak |
George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere |
Horror |
Genie Award for Best Canadian Film |
| Cheech & Chong's Next Movie |
Tommy Chong |
Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin |
Comedy |
Sequel to Up in Smoke |
| The Children |
Max Kalmanowicz |
Gil Rogers |
Horror, Sci-Fi |
|
| Christmas Evil |
Lewis Jackson |
Brandon Maggart |
Horror |
|
| Circle of Two |
Jules Dassin |
Richard Burton, Tatum O'Neal |
Drama |
Dassin's final film |
| Coal Miner's Daughter |
Michael Apted |
Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm |
Biopic |
Loretta Lynn story; Oscar for Spacek |
| Coast to Coast |
Joseph Sargent |
Robert Blake, Dyan Cannon |
Comedy, Drama |
Paramount |
| The Competition |
Joel Oliansky |
Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick |
Drama, Romance |
2 Academy Award nominations |
| Cruising |
William Friedkin |
Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino |
Thriller |
3 Razzie award nominations |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Defiance |
John Flynn |
Art Carney, Jan-Michael Vincent |
Crime drama |
produced by Jerry Bruckheimer |
| Divine Madness! |
Michael Ritchie |
Bette Midler |
Documentary |
Midler in concert |
| The Dogs of War |
John Irvin |
Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely |
War |
|
| Don't Go in the Woods |
James Bryan |
Mary Gail Artz |
Horror |
|
| Double Negative |
George Bloomfield |
John Candy, Anthony Perkins |
Thriller |
aka Deadly Companion |
| Dressed to Kill |
Brian De Palma |
Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon |
Thriller |
3 Razzie nominations |
| The Earthling |
Peter Collinson |
William Holden, Rick Schroder |
Adventure, Drama |
Australia; Collinson's last film |
| The Elephant Man |
David Lynch |
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft |
Drama, Biopic |
story of Joseph Merrick |
| The Exterminator |
James Glickenhaus |
Robert Ginty, Samantha Eggar |
Thriller |
Avco Embassy Film |
| Fade to Black |
Vernon Zimmerman |
Dennis Christopher |
Horror |
Golden Globe, Saturn Award nominee |
| Fame |
Alan Parker |
Irene Cara, Debbie Allen, Maureen Teefy |
Drama, Musical |
6 Oscar nominations |
| Fatso |
Anne Bancroft |
Dom DeLuise, Anne Bancroft, Ron Carey |
Comedy, Drama |
also written by Bancroft |
| The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu |
Piers Haggard |
Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren |
Comedy |
final film for Sellers |
| The Final Countdown |
Don Taylor |
Kirk Douglas, Katharine Ross, Martin Sheen |
Sci-Fi |
final film directed by Taylor |
| The First Deadly Sin |
Brian G. Hutton |
Frank Sinatra, Faye Dunaway, David Dukes |
Thriller |
based on Lawrence Sanders novel |
| First Family |
Buck Henry |
Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn, Gilda Radner |
Comedy |
|
| Flash Gordon |
Mike Hodges |
Timothy Dalton, Sam J. Jones, Max von Sydow |
Sci-fi, Action |
based on film serial |
| The Fog |
John Carpenter |
Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh |
Horror |
remade in 2005 |
| The Formula |
John G. Avildsen |
George C. Scott, Marlon Brando |
Thriller |
based on Steve Shagan novel |
| Foxes |
Adrian Lyne |
Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, Randy Quaid |
Drama |
PolyGram Pictures |
| Friday the 13th |
Sean S. Cunningham |
Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Kevin Bacon |
Horror |
Led to 11 sequels |
| Galaxina |
William Sachs |
Dorothy Stratten |
Comedy, Sci-Fi |
|
| Gilda Live |
Mike Nichols |
Gilda Radner |
Concert film |
|
| Gloria |
John Cassavetes |
Gena Rowlands |
Crime, Drama |
remade in 1999 |
| The Gong Show Movie |
Chuck Barris |
Chuck Barris |
Comedy |
based on TV game show |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Hangar 18 |
James L. Conway |
Gary Collins, Darren McGavin, Robert Vaughn |
Sci-Fi, Thriller |
MST3K |
| The Happy Hooker Goes to Hollywood |
Alan Roberts |
Martine Beswick, Chris Lemmon, Phil Silvers |
Sex comedy |
|
| He Knows You're Alone |
Armand Hamson |
Don Scardino |
Horror |
|
| Health |
Robert Altman |
Carol Burnett, James Garner, Glenda Jackson |
Comedy |
Altman's 15th film |
| Heaven's Gate |
Michael Cimino |
Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, John Hurt, Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, Mickey Rourke |
Western |
5 Razzie nominations |
| Herbie Goes Bananas |
Vincent McEveety |
Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman |
Comedy |
3rd sequel to The Love Bug |
| Hero at Large |
Martin Davidson |
Anne Archer, John Ritter |
Comedy |
MGM |
| The Hollywood Knights |
Floyd Mutrux |
Tony Danza, Fran Drescher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Wuhl |
Comedy |
Columbia |
| Honeysuckle Rose |
Jerry Schatzberg |
Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon, Amy Irving |
Drama |
|
| Hopscotch |
Ronald Neame |
Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Ned Beatty, Sam Waterston |
Comedy, Mystery |
based on Brian Garfield novel |
| How to Beat the High Co$t of Living |
Robert Scheerer |
Jane Curtin, Susan Saint James, Jessica Lange |
Crime Comedy |
MGM |
| Humanoids from the Deep |
Barbara Peters |
Doug McClure, Vic Morrow, Ann Turkel |
Horror, Sci-Fi |
New World Pictures |
| The Hunter |
Buzz Kulik |
Steve McQueen, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton |
Action, Thriller |
McQueen's final film |
| The Idolmaker |
Taylor Hackford |
Ray Sharkey, Peter Gallagher, Joe Pantoliano |
Drama |
1st film for Gallagher, Pantoliano |
| Image of the Beast |
Donald W. Thompson |
William Wellman Jr. |
Thriller |
|
| In God We Tru$t |
Marty Feldman |
Peter Boyle, Andy Kaufman, Richard Pryor |
Comedy |
Produced, co-written by Feldman |
| Inside Moves |
Richard Donner |
David Morse, John Savage, Diana Scarwid, Harold Russell |
Drama |
Academy Award nomination for Scarwid |
| The Island |
Michael Ritchie |
Michael Caine, David Warner |
Adventure, Thriller |
from Peter Benchley novel |
| It's My Turn |
Claudia Weill |
Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, Charles Grodin |
Romantic comedy |
|
| Jane Austen in Manhattan |
James Ivory |
Anne Baxter, Robert Powell |
Drama, Romance |
|
| The Jazz Singer |
Richard Fleischer |
Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier, Lucie Arnaz |
Drama, Musical |
remake of 1927 film; 5 Razzie nominations |
| Just Tell Me What You Want |
Sidney Lumet |
Alan King, Ali MacGraw, Peter Weller |
Comedy |
|
| The Kidnapping of the President |
George Mendeluk |
Ava Gardner, Van Johnson, William Shatner |
Action, Thriller |
from Charles Templeton novel |
| Kill or Be Killed |
Ivan Hall |
Charlotte Michelle, James Ryan |
Action, Drama |
|
| The Last Flight of Noah's Ark |
Charles Jarrott |
Elliott Gould, Rick Schroder |
Adventure, Family |
|
| The Last Married Couple in America |
Gil Cates |
George Segal, Natalie Wood |
Comedy |
Wood's penultimate film |
| The Lathe of Heaven |
David Loxton |
Kevin Conway, Bruce Davison |
Sci-Fi |
|
| The Legend of Alfred Packer |
James W. Roberson |
Patrick Day |
Adventure, Western |
|
| The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter |
Connie Field |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
Documentary |
|
| Little Darlings |
Ronald F. Maxwell |
Tatum O'Neal, Kristy McNichol, Matt Dillon, Armand Assante |
Comedy |
|
| Little Miss Marker |
Walter Bernstein |
Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis |
Comedy drama |
|
| The Long Riders |
Walter Hill |
David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, Randy Quaid, Dennis Quaid, Stacy Keach, James Keach |
Western |
stars Carradine, Quaid, Keach, Guest brothers |
| Loose Shoes |
Ira Miller |
Royce D. Applegate |
Comedy |
|
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| The Man with Bogart's Face |
Robert Day |
Robert Sacchi, Victor Buono, Misty Rowe |
Comedy |
|
| Maniac! |
William Lustig |
Caroline Munro, Joe Spinell |
Horror |
|
| Melvin and Howard |
Jonathan Demme |
Jason Robards, Paul LeMat, Mary Steenburgen |
Comedy, Biopic |
Oscar for Steenburgen |
| Midnight Madness |
Michael Nankin, David Wechter |
Michael J. Fox, David Naughton |
Comedy |
|
| The Mirror Crack'd |
Guy Hamilton |
Angela Lansbury, Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak |
Mystery |
from Agatha Christie story |
| The Monster Club |
Roy Ward Baker |
Vincent Price |
Comedy, Horror |
|
| Motel Hell |
Kevin Connor |
Rory Calhoun |
Horror |
|
| Mother's Day |
Charles Kaufman |
Nancy Hendrickson, Deborah Luce |
Horror |
|
| My Bodyguard |
Tony Bill |
Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon, Chris Makepeace |
Drama |
first film directed by Bill |
| Night of the Demon |
James C. Wasson |
Joy Allen, Bob Collins[disambiguation needed  ] |
Horror |
|
| Nightkill |
Ted Post |
Robert Mitchum, Jaclyn Smith, James Franciscus |
Thriller |
|
| Nijinsky |
Herbert Ross |
Alan Bates, George de la Peña, Leslie Browne |
Biography |
story of Vaslav Nijinsky |
| Nine to Five |
Colin Higgins |
Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Dabney Coleman |
Comedy |
became TV series, Broadway show |
| The Ninth Configuration |
William Peter Blatty |
Stacy Keach, Jason Miller, Ed Flanders |
Drama |
based on Blatty's novel |
| The Nude Bomb |
Clive Donner |
Don Adams, Rhonda Fleming |
Comedy, Mystery |
based on Get Smart |
| The Octagon |
Eric Karson |
Chuck Norris |
Action |
|
| Oh Heavenly Dog |
Joe Camp |
Chevy Chase, Jane Seymour, Omar Sharif |
Comedy |
featuring Benji |
| One Trick Pony |
Robert M. Young |
Paul Simon, Rip Torn, Blair Brown |
Drama |
written by Simon |
| Ordinary People |
Robert Redford |
Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch, Elizabeth McGovern |
Drama |
based on novel by Judith Guest; Oscars for Hutton, Best Picture |
| Out of the Blue |
Dennis Hopper |
Dennis Hopper |
Drama |
|
| Permanent Vacation |
Jim Jarmusch |
Richard Boes, Ruth Bolton |
Drama |
|
| The Pilot |
Cliff Robertson |
Cliff Robertson, Diane Baker |
Drama |
|
| Popeye |
Robert Altman |
Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Paul Dooley |
Musical comedy |
based on cartoon character |
| Pray TV |
Rick Friedberg |
Rosemary Alexander, Dabney Coleman |
Comedy |
|
| Private Benjamin |
Howard Zieff |
Goldie Hawn, Armand Assante, Eileen Brennan, Albert Brooks |
Comedy |
3 Academy Award nominations |
| The Private Eyes |
Lang Elliott |
Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Trisha Noble |
Comedy |
|
| Prom Night |
Paul Lynch |
Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen |
Horror |
followed by 3 sequels |
| The Psychotronic Man |
Jack M. Sell |
Peter Spelson |
Horror, Sci-Fi |
|
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Raging Bull |
Martin Scorsese |
Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty |
Biography, Drama |
Oscar for DeNiro |
| Raise the Titanic |
Jerry Jameson |
Jason Robards, Alec Guinness, Anne Archer |
Action |
from Clive Cussler novel |
| Resurrection |
Daniel Petrie |
Ellen Burstyn, Richard Farnsworth, Sam Shepard |
Drama |
2 Academy Award nominations |
| The Return of the King |
Jules Bass |
Orson Bean, John Huston, Roddy McDowall |
Animation |
|
| Return of the Secaucus Seven |
John Sayles |
Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi. David Strathairn |
Drama |
|
| Roadie |
Alan Rudolph |
Art Carney, Meat Loaf |
Comedy, Musical |
|
| Rockshow |
|
Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Wings |
Documentary, Musical |
|
| Rough Cut |
Don Siegel |
Burt Reynolds, David Niven, Lesley-Anne Down |
Crime, Comedy |
Siegel's next-to-last film |
| Running Scared |
Paul Glickler |
Judge Reinhold |
Action, Drama |
|
| Saturn 3 |
Stanley Donen |
Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett, Harvey Keitel |
Sci-Fi |
Martin Amis script |
| Scruples |
Alan J. Levi |
Lindsay Wagner, Marie-France Pisier, Barry Bostwick, Kim Cattrall, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Nick Mancuso, Gene Tierney |
Drama |
TV mini-series; based on a novel by Judith Krantz |
| The Sea Wolves |
Andrew V. McLaglen |
Roger Moore, Gregory Peck |
Action, War |
based on James Leasor book |
| Seems Like Old Times |
Jay Sandrich |
Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Charles Grodin |
Comedy |
Neil Simon script |
| Serial |
Bill Persky |
Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Christopher Lee |
Comedy |
from Cyra McFadden novel |
| The Shining |
Stanley Kubrick |
Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers |
Horror |
from Stephen King novel |
| Silent Scream |
Denny Harris |
Cameron Mitchell, Yvonne De Carlo |
Horror |
|
| Simon |
Marshall Brickman |
Alan Arkin, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton |
Comedy |
|
| A Small Circle of Friends |
Rob Cohen |
Karen Allen, Brad Davis |
Drama |
|
| Smokey and the Bandit II |
Hal Needham |
Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Dom DeLuise |
Action, Comedy |
Smokey and the Bandit sequel |
| Somewhere in Time |
Jeannot Szwarc |
Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour |
Fantasy, Romance |
from Richard Matheson novel |
| Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back |
Irvin Kershner |
Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams |
Sci-Fi |
sequel to Star Wars; top-grossing 1980 film in U.S. |
| Stardust Memories |
Woody Allen |
Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper |
Comedy, Drama |
filmed in black-and-white |
| Stir Crazy |
Sidney Poitier |
Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder |
Comedy |
Columbia Pictures |
| The Stunt Man |
Richard Rush |
Barbara Hershey, Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback |
Comedy, Drama |
3 Academy Award nominations |
| Super Fuzz |
Sergio Corbucci |
Michelle Smutny, Ernest Borgnine |
Action, Sci-Fi |
|
| Superman II |
Richard Lester |
Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine |
Action, Adventure |
sequel to Superman |
