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Favorite movies of the year 1980 anyone?

posted 8 months ago by SimonPhoenix1982 (11)
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My top 25 personal favorites of that year.
1. Empire Strikes Back
2. The Changeling
3. The Fog
4. The Shining
5. Caddyshack
6. Airplane
7. Blues Brothers
8. Alligator
9. Elephant Man
10. Shogun Assassin
11. 9 to 5
12. Fade to Black
13. Maniac
14. Superman 2
15. Dressed to Kill
16. Inferno
17. Flash Gordon
18. Stir Crazy
19. Used Cars
20. Altered States
21. Watcher in the Woods
22. Cheech and Chong's Next Movie
23. Animalympics
24 Cannibal Holocaust
25. Terror Train

Honorable mentions: The Stunt Man, Final Countdown, City of the Living Dead aka Gates of Hell, House on the Edge of the Park, Christmas Evil aka You Better Watch Out, Cannibal Apocalypse aka Invasion of the Flesh Hunters, Bon Voyage Charlie Brown.

[–] [deleted] 8 months ago

A fine year and I have to say I like your list of favorites.

My favorites;

1. Friday the 13th
2. Inferno
3. The Shining
4. Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back
5. The Fog
6. The Changeling
7. Maniac
8. Humanoids from the Deep
9. City of the Living Dead
10. Don't Answer the Phone!

I really rate The Elephant Man, Raging Bull & Dressed to Kill but my horror preference relegates them to the honorable mentions.

[–] SimonPhoenix1982 (11) 8 months ago

I thought the first Friday was decent but i like some of the Jason starring sequels better as i like Jason himself better than his mother.

[–] [deleted] 8 months ago

I do too. My personal favorite is The Final Chapter (1984) with Part 2 (1981) just behind it. The franchise as a whole is perhaps my all time favorite franchise, it's certainly my most watched, many entries are my go-to's when I'm having a drink and relaxing.

[–] Valerian (-273) 8 months ago

I have rated these 13 movies from 1980 at IMDB.

The Shining
Airplane!
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Friday the 13th
Altered States
Somewhere in Time
Dressed to Kill
The Fog
The Changeling
The Watcher in the Woods
The Final Countdown
Alligator
Death Ship

[–] csweetleaf2 (3669) 8 months ago

1. Blues Brothers
2. Superman II
3. Used Cars
4. Airplane
5. Caddyshack

[–] BrandNewPoster (10996) 8 months ago

My favourites:

Raging Bull
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Breaker Morant
The Shining
Dressed to Kill
Altered States
Friday the 13th
Humanoids from the Deep
Little Darlings
Stardust Memories

[–] dmd (4) 19 days ago

Great list! Here are a few more films from 1980 that you might enjoy:
Somewhere in Time
Cruising
Altered States
https://movieslike.net/16100-the-long-good-friday