1980 American films

1980 American epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner

The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. It is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers. The film presents the descent into insanity of a recovering alcoholic and aspiring novelist who takes a job as winter caretaker for a mountain resort hotel with his wife and clairvoyant son.

1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese

1980 film by David Lynch

1980 film directed by John Landis

1980 film directed by Sean S. Cunningham

1980 film directed by Richard Lester

1980 film by Randal Kleiser

1980 film by Robert Redford

Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American comedy film written and directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debut, and produced by Jon Davison. It stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Lorna Patterson, Stephen Stucker, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. It is a parody of the disaster film genre, particularly the 1957 Paramount film Zero Hour!, from which it borrows the plot, central characters, and some dialogue. It also draws many elements from Airport 1975 and other films in

1980 American Western film directed by Michael Cimino

1980 film directed by John Carpenter

1980 film directed by Paul Schrader

1980 film by Mike Hodges

1980 US film directed by Brian De Palma

1980 film by Robert Altman

Caddyshack is a 1980 American sports comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis and Douglas Kenney, and starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe and Bill Murray with supporting roles by Sarah Holcomb, Cindy Morgan, and Doyle-Murray. It tells the story of a caddie, vying for a caddie scholarship, who becomes involved in a feud on the links between one of the country club's founders and a nouveau riche guest. A subplot involves a greenskeeper who uses extreme methods against an elusive gopher.

1980 film by Alan Parker

1980 film by Woody Allen

Brubaker is a 1980 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. It stars Robert Redford as a newly arrived prison warden, Henry Brubaker, who attempts to clean up a corrupt and violent penal system. The screenplay by W. D. Richter is a fictionalized version of the 1969 book, Accomplices to the Crime: The Arkansas Prison Scandal by Tom Murton and Joe Hyams, detailing Murton's uncovering of the 1967 prison scandal. The film features a large supporting cast, including Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton, David Keith, Tim McIntire, Matt Clark, M. Emmet Walsh, Everett McGill a

1980 film directed by Colin Higgins

1980 film by Clint Eastwood

1980 film by Jeannot Szwarc

1980 film by Michael Apted

1980 film by William Friedkin

1980 film by Don Taylor

1980 film by Howard Zieff

1980 American musical film directed by Robert Greenwald

1980 film directed by John Cassavetes

1980 film by Samuel Fuller

1980 film by Buddy Van Horn

1980 film by Ken Russell

1980 film by Walter Hill

1980 film directed by Sidney Poitier

1980 film by James Bridges

1980 film by John Irvin

1980 film by Robert Clouse

1980 film by Jonathan Demme

1980 film directed by Vincent McEveety

1980 film directed by Michael Ritchie

1980 film directed by Ronald Neame

1980 film by Robert Zemeckis

1980 film directed by Jimmy Murakami

1980 film by James Goldstone

1980 film by William Lustig

1980 film by Richard Rush

1980 film directed by Armand Mastroianni

1980 Canadian film by Roger Spottiswoode

1980 film directed by Jim Jarmusch

1980 film directed by William Wiard

1980 film directed by Eric Karson

1980 film by Gérard Oury

1980 film by Brian G. Hutton

1980 film by Hal Needham

1980 film by Adrian Lyne

1980 film by John G. Avildsen

1980 film directed by James Glickenhaus

1980 film by Jerry Jameson

1980 television film directed by Dick Lowry

1980 film directed by Alvin Rakoff