Raging Bull(1980)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it.



Ordinary People(1980)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 78

The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son.



The Shining(1980)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.



Coal Miner's Daughter(1980)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 71

Biographical story of Loretta Lynn, a legendary country singer that came from poverty to worldwide fame. She rose from humble beginnings in Kentucky to superstardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.



The Big Red One(1980)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 63

The story of a sergeant and the inner core members of his unit as they try to serve in and survive World War II.



Fame(1980)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 48

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.



American Gigolo(1980)

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Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 45

A Los Angeles male escort, who mostly caters to an older female clientèle, is accused of a murder which he did not commit.



My Bodyguard(1980)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 52

When a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard.



The Blue Lagoon(1980)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 32

In the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together, unaware that sexual maturity will eventually intervene.



Urban Cowboy(1980)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 45

Bud is a young man from the country who learns about life and love in a Houston bar.



Brubaker(1980)

Combined Rating:
50
Combined Critics Rating: 42

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.



Somewhere in Time(1980)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 29

A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time and meet the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.



Cruising(1980)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 27

A police detective goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.



Kagemusha(1980)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.



Heaven's Gate(1980)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A dramatization of the real-life Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, in which a Sheriff born into wealth, attempts to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.



Stardust Memories(1980)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 18

While attending a retrospective of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.



The Long Good Friday(1980)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Harold, a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. A mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in on his ...



The Elephant Man(1980)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.



The Stunt Man(1980)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out, and falls for the leading lady.



Carny(1980)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 39

Tired of her dull job as a waitress, Donna decides to join two carnival hustlers and see what life in their field is like.




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