What a year! Comedies(some true classics), slasher films, sci-fi & dramas! Lots of fun Italian horror too. So much good stuff!! Woody Allen, Brian De Palma, Robert Altman, Louis Malle, Ken Russell, Nicolas Roeg... the list goes on. A remarkable, magical time to be sure. Such a formative time for me and with the rise of VHS(the medium I saw most of these films on), I can say that this was the time that my obsession with movies kinda began. Things are quite different now, but so many of these films endure for one reason or another.
AIRPLANE!
ALLIGATOR
ALTERED STATES
ANIMALYMPICS
ATLANTIC CITY
BAD TIMING
BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS
CADDYSHACK
CARNY
THE CHANGELING
THE CHILDREN
CHRISTMAS EVIL
DEATH SHIP
DON'T GO IN THE HOUSE
DRESSED TO KILL
THE ELEPHANT MAN
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
FADE TO BLACK
FLASH GORDON
THE FOG
FOXES
FRIDAY THE 13TH
HEAVEN'S GATE
HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD
HERO AT LARGE
HOPSCOTCH
HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP
INFERNO
THE ISLAND
LITTLE DARLINGS
THE LONG RIDERS
MANIAC
MELVIN AND HOWARD
MIDNIGHT MADNESS
MY BODYGUARD
NEW YEAR'S EVIL
NIGHT OF THE DEMON
NIGHTMARE CITY
THE NINTH CONFIGURATION
ORDINARY PEOPLE
OUT OF THE BLUE
POPEYE
THE PRIVATE EYES
PROM NIGHT
RAGING BULL
RESURRECTION
RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN
SATURN 3
SERIAL
THE SHINING
SOMEWHERE IN TIME
STARDUST MEMORIES
THE STUNT MAN
SUPER FUZZ
SUPERMAN II
TERROR TRAIN
TIMES SQUARE
USED CARS
WATCHER IN THE WOODS
WHEN TIME RAN OUT
WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM
XANADU
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What a great time it was to be 12 years old and going to the movies every week. I had to miss a few of the "R"s like BAD TIMING for obvious reasons in the theatre, but usually snuck them in on pay cable in '81 or '82. :-)
I really enjoy THE BLUES BROTHERS and STIR CRAZY to this day as well, and while CHEECH AND CHONG'S NEXT MOVIE is no masterpiece, it has a lot of sentimental value as one of the "R"s I did get into.
One 1980 film I haven't revisited since then is WHOLLY MOSES! I wonder how it would hold up now?
Another I haven't seen since '80, but I remember it getting really savaged, was CHEAPER TO KEEP HER. Could go on about that year in cinema for awhile....
The Stunt Man is one of my favorites, but wow is there a lot of (good) junk on that list! I had to look up Humanoids from the Deep, because I didn't believe it was as late as 1980 - McClure starring makes it seem older, I guess. Maniac was made (I've heard)just so Tom Savini could use one effect he created (a head filled with blood-filled condoms!); I saw it by mistake, looking for the 1934 film of the same name.
Hal- Yeah I was amazed just what a year it was. So much fun! I need to see STIR CRAZY again, been years. Recall enjoying it. Never been the world's biggest BLUES BROS fan which I realize is blasphemous. Not sure if I've ever seen C&C's NEXT. WHOLLY MOSES is another I've been meaning to watch for some time. Always looked interesting at the very least. CHEAPER TO KEEP HER certainly has me fascinated on cast alone!
Steve-Yeah the STUNT MAN is absolutely one of O'Toole's finest. Wow, I imagine watching MANIAC by mistake must have been quite enlightening.
Wow! What a year! I love Hopscotch and Flash Gordon.
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What's funny is we got hbo in the early 80's and that's where i fell in love with CARNY,FLASH GORDON,OUT OF THE BLUE and SERIAL.
i have to say my all time favorite comedy was released that year..USED CARS!!!! i have seen it 50 times atleast and even have it on my ipod!!
Robert-Yeah HOPSCOTCH gets overlooked a lot. Great Matthau. I like CHARLEY VARRICK more but it's quite solid.
Gene-USED CARS is one of the greatest comedies of all time!
WOW! What a list. I think I might just have nightmares from some of those posters. It's unbelievable these films are that old. i mean, 1980 doesn't sound like it was 30+ years ago!
Enjoyed viewing this!
Aurora
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