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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
1980 Rank
|
Title
|
Studio
|
Gross
|
1. |
The Empire Strikes Back
|
20th Century Fox
|
$239,300,000
|
2. |
Airplane!
|
Paramount
|
$183,000,500
|
3. |
Stir Crazy
|
Columbia Pictures
|
$121,300,000
|
4. |
Nine to Five
|
20th Century Fox
|
$96,000,000
|
5. |
Any Which Way You Can
|
Warner Bros.
|
$88,600,000
|
6. |
Private Benjamin
|
Warner Bros.
|
$69,800,000
|
7. |
Coal Miner's Daughter
|
Universal Studios
|
$67,100,000
|
8. |
Smokey and the Bandit II
|
Universal Studios
|
$66,100,000
|
9. |
The Blue Lagoon
|
Columbia Pictures
|
$59,800,000
|
10. |
The Blues Brothers
|
Universal Studios
|
$58,200,000
|
A
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre/Note
|
|
Airplane! |
Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker |
Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
Comedy |
|
Alien Dead |
Fred Olen Ray |
Buster Crabbe |
Horror, Science fiction |
|
Alligator |
Lewis Teague |
Robert Forster, Robin Riker |
Horror |
|
Altered States |
Ken Russell |
William Hurt, Blair Brown |
written by Paddy Chayefsky |
|
American Gigolo |
Paul Schrader |
Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Héctor Elizondo |
Drama |
|
Animalympics |
Steven Lisberger |
Billy Crystal |
Animated |
|
Antropophagus[citation needed] |
Joe D'Amato |
Tisa Farrow, Serena Grandi |
Horror |
|
Any Which Way You Can |
Buddy Van Horn |
Clint Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis, Sondra Locke |
Every Which Way but Loose sequel |
|
Atlantic City |
Louis Malle |
Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon |
5 Oscar nominations |
|
B–C
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 |
Avco Embassy
|
Battle Beyond the Stars |
Jimmy Murakami |
Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn |
Sci-fi |
|
Below the Belt |
Robert Fowler |
Regina Baff, John C. Becher, Mildred Burke (as herself), Firesign Theatre |
Comedy, drama |
based on Rosalyn Drexler novel; actor Herb Voland's last film
|
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 |
Avco Embassy
|
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, Kathleen Freeman, Steve Lawrence, John Candy |
Musical comedy |
based on characters introduced on Saturday Night Live
|
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) |
Phil Roman |
|
Animation |
Paramount
|
The Boogeyman |
Ulli Lommel |
Ron James, Suzanna Love, Ron Jeremy |
Horror |
|
Borderline |
Jerrold Freedman |
Charles Bronson, Ed Harris |
Action |
ITC
|
Bronco Billy |
Clint Eastwood |
Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
Brubaker |
Stuart Rosenberg |
Robert Redford, Jane Alexander, Yaphet Kotto |
Drama |
screenplay Oscar-nominated
|
Caboblanco |
J. Lee Thompson |
Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Dominique Sanda |
Action |
|
Caddyshack |
Harold Ramis |
Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Cindy Morgan |
Comedy |
first film directed by Ramis
|
Can't Stop the Music |
Nancy Walker |
Valerie Perrine, Caitlyn Jenner (credited as Bruce Jenner),[a] 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 |
United Artists
|
A Change of Seasons |
Stephen Frears |
Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek |
Romance |
Fox
|
The Changeling |
Peter Medak |
George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere |
Horror |
Genie Award 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 |
|
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 |
Biography |
story of Loretta Lynn; Oscar for Spacek, 7 nominations
|
Coast to Coast |
Joseph Sargent |
Robert Blake, Dyan Cannon |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
The Competition |
Joel Oliansky |
Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick |
Drama |
2 Oscar nominations
|
Cruising |
William Friedkin |
Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino |
Thriller |
3 Razzie nominations
|
D–G
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Death Watch |
Bertrand Tavernier |
Harvey Keitel, Romy Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton |
Sci-fi |
filmed in Scotland
|
Defiance |
John Flynn |
Art Carney, Jan-Michael Vincent, Danny Aiello, Theresa Saldana |
Crime drama |
produced by Jerry Bruckheimer
|
Delusion |
Alan Beattie |
Patricia Pearcy, David Hayward |
Mystery |
|
Die Laughing |
Jeff Werner |
Robby Benson, Charles Durning, Elsa Lanchester |
Comedy |
Orion
|
Divine Madness! |
Michael Ritchie |
Bette Midler |
Documentary |
Midler in concert
|
The Dogs of War |
John Irvin |
Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely |
War |
based on novel by Frederick Forsyth
|
Don't Go in the Woods |
James Bryan |
Mary Gail Artz |
Horror |
|
Double Negative[citation needed] |
George Bloomfield |
John Candy, Anthony Perkins |
Thriller |
aka Deadly Companion
|
Dressed to Kill |
Brian De Palma |
Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Dennis Franz |
Thriller |
Saturn Award for Dickinson; 3 Razzie nominations
|
The Earthling |
Peter Collinson |
William Holden, Rick Schroder |
Adventure |
Australia; Collinson's last film
|
The Elephant Man |
David Lynch |
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft |
Drama, Biography |
8 Oscar nominations; story of Joseph Merrick
|
The Exterminator |
James Glickenhaus |
Robert Ginty, Samantha Eggar |
Thriller |
Avco Embassy
|
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 |
Science fiction |
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 |
also written by Henry
|
Flash Gordon |
Mike Hodges |
Timothy Dalton, Sam J. Jones, Max von Sydow |
Science fiction |
based on film serial
|
The Fog |
John Carpenter |
Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh |
Horror |
remade in 2005
|
Foolin' Around |
Richard T. Heffron |
Gary Busey, Annette O'Toole, Cloris Leachman, William H. Macy, Tony Randall, Eddie Albert |
Romance |
|
The Formula |
John G. Avildsen |
George C. Scott, Marlon Brando |
Thriller |
from Steve Shagan novel; 4 Razzie nominations
|
Foxes |
Adrian Lyne |
Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, Randy Quaid |
Drama |
PolyGram
|
Friday the 13th |
Sean S. Cunningham |
Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Kevin Bacon |
Horror |
led to 11 sequels
|
Galaxina |
William Sachs |
Dorothy Stratten |
Sci-fi |
|
Gilda Live |
Mike Nichols |
Gilda Radner |
Concert film |
Warner Bros.
|
Gloria |
John Cassavetes |
Gena Rowlands |
Crime drama |
remade in 1999
|
The Gong Show Movie |
Chuck Barris |
Chuck Barris |
Comedy |
based on TV game show
|
H–L
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Hangar 18 |
James L. Conway |
Gary Collins, Darren McGavin, Robert Vaughn |
Science fiction |
MST3K
|
The Happy Hooker Goes to Hollywood |
Alan Roberts |
Martine Beswick, Chris Lemmon, Phil Silvers |
Sex comedy |
3rd Xaviera Hollander film
|
He Knows You're Alone |
Armand Hamson |
Don Scardino |
Horror |
|
Health |
Robert Altman |
Carol Burnett, James Garner, Glenda Jackson |
Comedy |
Altman's 15th film
|
Heart Beat |
John Byrum |
Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, John Heard |
Romance |
Orion
|
Heaven's Gate |
Michael Cimino |
Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, John Hurt, Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston |
Western |
5 Razzie nominations; wide release in 1981
|
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 |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Home Movies |
Brian DePalma |
Kirk Douglas, Nancy Allen, Vincent Gardenia |
Comedy |
|
Honeysuckle Rose |
Jerry Schatzberg |
Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon, Amy Irving |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Hopscotch |
Ronald Neame |
Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Ned Beatty, Sam Waterston |
Mystery |
Embassy; 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 |
Science fiction |
New World
|
The Hunter |
Buzz Kulik |
Steve McQueen, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson, Eli Wallach |
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 |
ITC; Oscar nomination for Scarwid
|
The Island |
Michael Ritchie |
Michael Caine, David Warner |
Thriller |
from Peter Benchley novel
|
It's My Turn |
Claudia Weill |
Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, Charles Grodin |
Romantic comedy |
Columbia
|
Jane Austen in Manhattan |
James Ivory |
Anne Baxter, Robert Powell |
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, Myrna Loy |
Comedy |
Loy's final film
|
The Kidnapping of the President |
George Mendeluk |
Ava Gardner, Van Johnson, William Shatner |
Thriller |
from Charles Templeton novel
|
Kill or Be Killed |
Ivan Hall |
Charlotte Michelle, James Ryan |
Action |
|
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark |
Charles Jarrott |
Elliott Gould, Rick Schroder |
Adventure, Family |
Disney
|
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 |
Science fiction |
|
The Legend of Alfred Packer |
James W. Roberson |
Patrick Day |
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, Cynthia Nixon |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Little Miss Marker |
Walter Bernstein |
Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis |
Comedy |
based on 1934 film
|
The Long Riders |
Walter Hill |
David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, Randy Quaid, Dennis Quaid, Stacy Keach, James Keach, Christopher Guest, Nicholas Guest |
Western |
stars 4 sets of brothers
|
Loose Shoes |
Ira Miller |
Royce D. Applegate |
Comedy |
|
Loving Couples |
Jack Smight |
Shirley MacLaine, James Coburn, Susan Sarandon |
Romance |
20th Century Fox
|
M–P
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
The Man with Bogart's Face |
Robert Day |
Robert Sacchi, Victor Buono, Misty Rowe |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Maniac! |
William Lustig |
Caroline Munro, Joe Spinell |
Horror |
|
Melvin and Howard |
Jonathan Demme |
Jason Robards, Paul LeMat, Mary Steenburgen |
Comedy, Biography |
Oscar for Steenburgen
|
Middle Age Crazy |
John Trent |
Bruce Dern, Ann-Margret |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Midnight Madness |
Michael Nankin, David Wechter |
Michael J. Fox, David Naughton |
Comedy |
Disney
|
The Mirror Crack'd |
Guy Hamilton |
Angela Lansbury, Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, Tony Curtis, Kim Novak |
Mystery |
from Agatha Christie story
|
The Monster Club |
Roy Ward Baker |
Vincent Price |
Comedy |
ITC Entertainment
|
Motel Hell |
Kevin Connor |
Rory Calhoun |
Horror |
|
Mother's Day |
Charles Kaufman |
Nancy Hendrickson, Deborah Luce |
Horror |
Troma Entertainment
|
The Mountain Men |
Richard Lang |
Charlton Heston, Brian Keith, Seymour Cassel |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
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 |
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, Elizabeth Wilson, Sterling Hayden |
Comedy |
became TV series, Broadway show; screen debut of Dolly Parton, hit song for Parton
|
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 |
ACR
|
Oh, God! Book II |
Gilbert Cates |
George Burns, Suzanne Pleshette, David Birney |
Comedy |
sequel to Oh, God!
|
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, Joan Hackett |
Musical, 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 |
Discovery Films
|
Permanent Vacation |
Jim Jarmusch |
Richard Boes, Ruth Bolton |
Drama |
|
The Pilot |
Cliff Robertson |
Cliff Robertson, Diane Baker |
Drama |
Summit Films
|
Popeye |
Robert Altman |
Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Paul Dooley |
Musical comedy |
Paramount and Disney; based on E. C. Segar character
|
Pray TV |
Rick Friedberg |
Rosemary Alexander, Dabney Coleman |
Comedy |
|
Private Benjamin |
Howard Zieff |
Goldie Hawn, Armand Assante, Eileen Brennan, Albert Brooks |
Comedy |
3 Oscar nominations; became TV series
|
The Private Eyes |
Lang Elliott |
Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Trisha Noble |
Comedy |
TriStar
|
Prom Night |
Paul Lynch |
Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen |
Horror |
followed by 3 sequels
|
The Psychotronic Man |
Jack M. Sell |
Peter Spelson |
Science fiction |
|
R–S
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Raging Bull |
Martin Scorsese |
Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty |
Biography, Drama |
story of Jake LaMotta; Oscar for De Niro, 8 nominations
|
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 Oscar nominations
|
The Return of the King |
Jules Bass |
Orson Bean, John Huston, Roddy McDowall |
Animation |
from J. R. R. Tolkien story
|
Return of the Secaucus Seven |
John Sayles |
Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, David Strathairn |
Drama |
Libra Films
|
Roadie |
Alan Rudolph |
Art Carney, Meat Loaf |
Comedy, Musical |
United Artists
|
Rockshow |
|
Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Wings |
Documentary, Musical |
Miramax
|
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, Ken Wahl |
Action |
|
Saturn 3 |
Stanley Donen |
Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett, Harvey Keitel |
Science fiction |
Martin Amis script
|
Schizoid |
David Paulsen |
Marianna Hill, Craig Wasson |
Horror |
|
Scruples |
Alan J. Levi |
Lindsay Wagner, Marie-France Pisier, Barry Bostwick, Kim Cattrall, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Nick Mancuso, Connie Stevens, 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, Danny Lloyd, Anne Jackson, Barry Nelson |
Horror |
from Stephen King novel; 4 Saturn Award nominations
|
Silent Scream |
Denny Harris |
Cameron Mitchell, Yvonne De Carlo |
Horror |
|
Simon |
Marshall Brickman |
Alan Arkin, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton |
Comedy |
Orion
|
A Small Circle of Friends |
Rob Cohen |
Karen Allen, Brad Davis |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Smokey and the Bandit II |
Hal Needham |
Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Dom DeLuise |
Action, Comedy |
Smokey and the Bandit sequel
|
Somewhere in Time |
Jeannot Szwarc |
Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour |
Fantasy, Romance |
from Richard Matheson novel; 3 Saturn Awards
|
The Empire Strikes Back |
Irvin Kershner |
Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams, Alec Guinness |
Science fiction |
sequel to Star Wars; top-grossing 1980 film in U.S.; 3 Oscar nominations
|
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
|
The Stunt Man |
Richard Rush |
Barbara Hershey, Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback |
Comedy, Drama |
3 Oscar nominations
|
Sunday Lovers |
Bryan Forbes |
Roger Moore, Lino Ventura, Gene Wilder, Lynn Redgrave |
Comedy |
4 stories
|
Super Fuzz |
Sergio Corbucci |
Michelle Smutny, Ernest Borgnine |
Action |
|
Superman II |
Richard Lester |
Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas, Jack O'Halloran, Clifton James, Marc McClure, Valerie Perrine |
Action, Adventure |
sequel to Superman
|
T–Z
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Tell Me a Riddle |
Lee Grant |
Melvyn Douglas, Lila Kedrova, Brooke Adams |
Drama |
based on Tillie Olsen stories
|
Terror Train |
Roger Spottiswoode |
Hart Bochner, David Copperfield, Ben Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis |
Horror |
Canada
|
Those Lips, Those Eyes |
Michael Pressman |
Frank Langella, Glynnis O'Connor, Tom Hulce |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
Times Square |
Allan Moyle |
Tim Curry, Trini Alvarado |
Drama, Musical |
EMI Films
|
Tom Horn |
William Wiard |
Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth |
Western, Biography |
McQueen's next-to-last film
|
The Unseen |
Danny Steinmann |
Stephen Furst, Barbara Bach |
Horror |
|
Up the Academy |
Robert Downey, Sr. |
Ralph Macchio, Barbara Bach |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
Urban Cowboy |
James Bridges |
John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn |
Drama |
based on Aaron Latham story
|
Used Cars |
Robert Zemeckis |
Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham |
Comedy |
Warden in two roles
|
The Watcher in the Woods |
John Hough, Vincent McEveety |
Carroll Baker, Bette Davis |
Fantasy, Thriller |
Walt Disney
|
When Time Ran Out |
James Goldstone |
Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, James Franciscus, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Barbara Carrera, Burgess Meredith |
Disaster film |
the last feature film produced by Irwin Allen
|
Where the Buffalo Roam |
Art Linson |
Bill Murray, Peter Boyle, Bruno Kirby |
Comedy |
based on Hunter S. Thompson
|
Wholly Moses |
Gary Weis |
Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman, Jack Gilford |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Why Would I Lie? |
Larry Peerce |
Treat Williams, Lisa Eichhorn |
Comedy, drama |
MGM
|
Willie & Phil |
Paul Mazursky |
Margot Kidder, Michael Ontkean, Ray Sharkey |
Comedy, drama |
20th Century Fox
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Windows |
Gordon Willis |
Joseph Cortese, Talia Shire |
Drama, Thriller |
5 Razzie nominations
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Witches' Brew |
Donna Ashbrook |
Teri Garr, Richard Benjamin, Lana Turner |
Comedy |
Turner's final film
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Xanadu |
Robert Greenwald |
Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, Gene Kelly |
Fantasy, Musical |
Kelly's final film; 6 Razzie nominations
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