1980 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1980. Top 30 & many honorables.

(ballot)








30.              ALLIGATOR

29.           A LÉGY [THE FLY]

28.             BRONCO BILLY

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27.   THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY

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26.       MADONNA AND CHILD

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25.    THE AGE OF THE EARTH

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       DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS

24. OF THE FIRST KIND

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23.          THE CHANGELING

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22.                    SCUM

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21.                 POPEYE

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20.              USED CARS

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19.    THE BLUES BROTHERS

18.  CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI

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17.    MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE

16.     MY BRILLIANT CAREER

                      MANILA
15.     IN THE CLAWS OF LIGHT

14.                 INFERNO

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13.                 MAD MAX

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12.                AIRPLANE!

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11.           ALTERED STATES

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               THE BIG RED ONE

10. ["Reconstruction" cut]

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9.               RAGING BULL

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8.                  THE FOG

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         STAR WARS: EPISODE V -
7.    THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

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6.           DRESSED TO KILL

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5.                KAGEMUSHA

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4.         THE ELEPHANT MAN

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                     THE KING
3.      AND THE MOCKINGBIRD

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2.           THE LONG RIDERS

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1.               THE SHINING

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(other titles of 1980 I loved that could've placed)

PERSONAL PROBLEMS

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THE STUNT MAN

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HOPSCOTCH

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ZOMBIE

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RETURN 

OF THE SECAUCUS 7

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MELVIN AND HOWARD

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GROWN-UPS

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THE NINTH CONFIGURATION

[TWINKLE TWINKLE, "KILLER" KANE]

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FORBIDDEN ZONE

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HEALTH

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SUPERMAN II

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GLORIA

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WISE BLOOD

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PIF PAF OY-OY-OY!

Пиф-паф, ой-ой-ой!

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COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER

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BAD TIMING

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THE YOUNG MASTER

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THE VISITOR

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ENCOUNTERS 

OF THE SPOOKY KIND

POTO AND CABENGO

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ORDINARY PEOPLE

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OUR HITLER: 
A FILM FROM GERMANY

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BRUBAKER

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CRAZY THUNDER ROAD

LITTLE DARLINGS

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THE DAY AFTER TRINITY

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TESS

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LIGHTNING OVER WATER

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THE LAST METRO

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FLASH GORDON

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CLOSET CASES

OF THE NERD KIND

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CADDYSHACK

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CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD

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HOME MOVIES

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ARABIAN NIGHTS

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BREAKER MORANT

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STIR CRAZY

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BABYLON

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DINOSAUR

STARDUST MEMORIES

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FRIDAY THE 13TH

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PORKLIPS NOW

*****

1980
TOP 30

1. THE SHINING (Kubrick)
2. THE LONG RIDERS (Hill)
3. KING & THE MOCKINGBIRD (Grimault) 
4. THE ELEPHANT MAN (Lynch)
5. KAGEMUSHA (Kurosawa)
6. DRESSED TO KILL (De Palma)
7. EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Kershner)
8. THE FOG (Carpenter)
9. RAGING BULL (Scorsese)
10. THE BIG RED ONE (Fuller)
11. ALTERED STATES (Russell)
12. AIRPLANE! (Zucker/Abrahams)
13. MAD MAX (Miller)
14. INFERNO (Argento)
15. MANILA IN THE CLAWS OF LIGHT (Brocka)
16. MY BRILLIANT CAREER (Gillian Armstrong)
17. MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE (Resnais)
18. CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI (Rosi)
19. BLUES BROTHERS (Landis)
20. USED CARS (Zemeckis)
21. POPEYE (Altman)
22. SCUM (A.Clarke)
23. THE CHANGELING (Medak)
24. DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS 1ST KIND (Hark)
25. AGE OF THE WORLD (Rocha)
26. MADONNA & CHILD (Davies)
27. LONG GOOD FRIDAY (John Mackenzie)
28. BRONCO BILLY (Eastwood)
29. A LÉGY (Rofusz)
30. ALLIGATOR (Teague)

RUNNER UP
PERSONAL PROBLEMS (Gunn), THE STUNT MAN (Rush), HOPSCOTCH (Neame), ZOMBI 2 (Fulci), RETURN OF SECAUCUS 7 (Sayles), MELVIN & HOWARD (Demme), GROWN UPS (Leigh), 9TH CONFIGURATION (Blatty), FORBIDDEN ZONE (Elfman), HEALTH (Altman), SUPERMAN 2 (Donner/Lester), GLORIA (Cassavetes), WISE BLOOD (Huston), PIF PAF OY-OY-OY (Bardin/Peskov), COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER (Apted), BAD TIMING (Roeg), YOUNG MASTER (Chan), THE VISITOR (Paradisi), ENCOUNTER OF THE SPOOKY KIND (Sammo Hung), POTO & CABENGO (Gorin), ORDINARY PEOPLE (Redford), OUR HITLER (Syberberg), BRUBAKER (Rosenberg), CRAZY THUNDER ROAD (Ishii), LITTLE DARLINGS (Maxwell), DAY AFTER TRINITY (Else), TESS (Polanski), LIGHTNING OVER WATER (Wenders), THE LAST METRO (Truffaut), FLASH GORDON (Hodges), CLOSET CASES OF THE NERD KIND (Harper), CADDYSHACK (Ramis), CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (Fulci), HOME MOVIES (De Palma), ARABIAN NIGHTS (Pasolini), BREAKER MORANT (Beresford), STIR CRAZY (Poitier), BABYLON (Rosso), DINOSAUR (Vinton), STARDUST MEMORIES (Allen), FRIDAY THE 13TH (Cunningham), PORKLIPS NOW (Fosselius)