Best Movies/TV shows of 1980

100 titles that travel well across time — a personal watchlist for best movies/tv shows of 1980.

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1 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back(1980)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA | English
2 The Shining(1980)
Movie | Drama, Horror | UK, USA | English
3 The Elephant Man(1980)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA, UK | English, French
4 Cosmos(1980)
TV | Documentary | USA, UK | English
5 Heerak Rajar Desheaka The Kingdom of Diamonds(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Bengali
6 Raging Bull(1980)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English
7 Kagemushaaka Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior(1980)
Movie | Drama, History | Japan, USA | Japanese
8 Sankarabharanam(1980)
Movie | Drama, Music | India | Telugu
9 Airplane!(1980)
Movie | Comedy | USA | English
10 Ko to tamo pevaaka Who's Singin' Over There?(1980)
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | Yugoslavia | Serbo-Croatian
11 Shogun(1980)
TV | Adventure, Drama | Japan, USA | English, Japanese
12 The Blues Brothers(1980)
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | USA | English
13 Zubukaka Z b k(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | Turkey | Turkish
14 Lion of the Desert(1980)
Movie | Biography, Drama | Libya, USA | English, Arabic
15 Khubsoorat(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
16 Aakrosh(1980)
Movie | Crime, Drama | India | Hindi
17 Berlin Alexanderplatz(1980)
TV | Crime, Drama | Germany, Italy | German
18 Varumayin Niram Sigappu(1980)
Movie | Drama | India | Tamil
19 Ordinary People(1980)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
20 Atlantic City(1980)
Movie | Crime, Drama | France, Canada | English, French
21 Moskva slezam ne veritaka Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Russia | Russian
22 Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fracoaka Pixote(1980)
Movie | Crime, Drama | Brazil | Portuguese, English
23 Yes Minister(1980)
TV | Comedy | UK | English
24 Sherlok Kholms i doktor Vatsonaka Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson(1980)
TV | Crime, Mystery | Russia | Russian
25 Sparshaka The Touch(1980)
Movie | Drama, Romance | India | Hindi
26 Karz(1980)
Movie | Action, Musical | India | Hindi
27 Shaan(1980)
Movie | Action, Adventure | India | Hindi
28 Magnum, P.I.(1980)
TV | Action, Adventure | USA | English
29 Pingu(1980)
TV | Animation, Short | Switzerland, UK | English
30 Caddyshack(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Sport | USA | English
31 Superman II(1980)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, USA | English, French
32 Le dernier metroaka The Last Metro(1980)
Movie | Drama, Romance | France | French, German
33 Vruc vetar(1980)
TV | Comedy | Yugoslavia | Serbian, German
34 The Gods Must Be Crazy(1980)
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | South Africa, Botswana | English, Afrikaans
35 Il bisbetico domatoaka The Taming of the Scoundrel(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Romance | Italy | Italian
36 Indul a bakterhazaka The Stationmaster Meets His Match(1980)
Movie | Comedy | Hungary | Hungarian
37 Le roi et l'oiseauaka The King and the Mockingbird(1980)
Movie | Animation, Family | France | French
38 Mon oncle d'Ameriqueaka My American Uncle(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | France | French
39 Billa(1980)
Movie | Action, Crime | India | Tamil, Hindi
40 Johnnyaka Johny Ustad(1980)
Movie | Action, Crime | India | Hindi, Tamil
41 The Burning Train(1980)
Movie | Action, Thriller | India | Hindi
42 The Long Good Friday(1980)
Movie | Crime, Drama | UK | English, French
43 Shogun Assassin(1980)
Movie | Action, Adventure | Japan | Japanese
44 Banker Bilo(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Turkey | Turkish
45 Dressed to Kill(1980)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
46 Tot samyy Myunkhgauzenaka The Very Same Munchhausen(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Russia | Russian
47 Dadar Kirti(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
48 Bancharamer Bagan(1980)
Movie | Fantasy | India | Bengali
49 Coal Miner's Daughter(1980)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English
50 Garazhaka The Garage(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Russia | Russian
51 Do Aur Do Paanch(1980)
Movie | Action, Comedy | India | Hindi
52 Minchina Oata(1980)
Movie | Adventure, Crime | India | Kannada
53 Friday the 13th(1980)
Movie | Horror, Mystery | USA | English
54 Shogun(1980)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | Japan, USA | English
55 'Breaker' Morantaka Breaker Morant(1980)
Movie | Drama, History | Australia | English, Afrikaans
56 The Fog(1980)
Movie | Horror, Thriller | USA | English
57 Qurbani(1980)
Movie | Action, Crime | India | Hindi
58 The Changeling(1980)
Movie | Horror, Mystery | Canada | English
59 Sallskapsresanaka S llskapsresan eller Finns det svenskt kaffe p grisfesten(1980)
Movie | Comedy | Sweden | Swedish, Norwegian
60 Cruising(1980)
Movie | Crime, Drama | Germany, USA | English
61 Gadajace glowyaka Talking Heads(1980)
Movie | Documentary, Short | Poland | Polish
62 Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
63 Moodu Pani(1980)
Movie | Crime, Thriller | India | Tamil
64 Somewhere in Time(1980)
Movie | Drama, Fantasy | USA | English
65 Cannibal Holocaust(1980)
Movie | Adventure, Horror | Italy | Italian, English
66 Inferno(1980)
Movie | Horror | Italy | English, Latin
67 Nirusu no fushigi na tabiaka The Wonderful Adventures of Nils(1980)
TV | Animation, Adventure | Japan, Austria | Japanese
68 Flash Gordon(1980)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, USA | English
69 Kanikuly v Prostokvashinoaka School Holidays in Prostokvashino(1980)
Movie | Animation, Short | Russia | Russian
70 Magyar nepmesekaka Hungarian Folk Tales(1980)
TV | Animation | Hungary | Hungarian
71 Dostana(1980)
Movie | Action, Crime | India | Hindi
72 Apne Paraye(1980)
Movie | Drama, Family | India | Hindi
73 Altered States(1980)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English, Spanish
74 Nine to Fiveaka 9 to 5(1980)
Movie | Comedy | USA | English, French
75 The Big Red One(1980)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English, French
76 Shi di chu maaka The Young Master(1980)
Movie | Action, Adventure | Hong Kong | Cantonese
77 Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsonaaka The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson(1980)
TV | Crime, Drama | Russia | Russian, English
78 Stardust Memories(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, French
79 La boumaka The Party(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | France | French, German
80 Paura nella citta dei morti viventiaka City of the Living Dead(1980)
Movie | Horror | Italy | Italian
81 The Blue Lagoon(1980)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA, Fiji | English
82 La citta delle donneaka City of Women(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Italy, France | Italian
83 Stir Crazy(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | USA | English, Spanish
84 Brubaker(1980)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
85 Fame(1980)
Movie | Drama, Music | USA | English, Spanish
86 Arabela(1980)
TV | Comedy, Fantasy | Czech, Germany | Czech
87 Ram Balram(1980)
Movie | Action, Comedy | India | Hindi
88 Aus dem Leben der Marionettenaka From the Life of the Marionettes(1980)
Movie | Drama | Germany, Austria | German
89 The Final Countdown(1980)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA, Australia | English, Japanese
90 Gloria(1980)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
91 Gehrayee(1980)
Movie | Drama, Horror | India | Hindi
92 Guru(1980)
Movie | Action, Crime | India | Tamil, Telugu
93 Private Benjamin(1980)
Movie | Comedy, War | USA | French, English
94 Poliziotto superpiuaka Super Fuzz(1980)
Movie | Action, Comedy | Italy, Spain | Italian, English
95 Spetters(1980)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Netherlands | Dutch
96 Murattu Kaalai(1980)
Movie | Action, Drama | India | Tamil
97 American Gigolo(1980)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Swedish
98 My Bodyguard(1980)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
99 The Stunt Man(1980)
Movie | Action, Comedy | USA | English
100 The Long Riders(1980)
Movie | Biography, Crime | USA | English, Swedish

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