Category:1980, Top Films

7. Kagemusha (Kurosawa)

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3. The Elephant Man (Lynch)
5. Airplane!
(Abrahams)
43. The Gods Must Be Crazy (Uys)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (Gold)

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Notable Mention

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1. The Shining
(Kubrick)
2. Raging Bull (Scorsese)
4. The Empire Strikes Back (Kershner)
6. The Blues Brothers (Landis)
19. Ordinary People (Redford) <Oscar>
*M*A*S*H (IX)
(TV series)

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Additional Films

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I, Paul
(Arbusto)
The Fog
(Carpenter)
The Day Christ Died (Cellan-Jones)
The Earthling (Collinson)
Voltati Eugenio (Comencini)
The Long Days of Summer (Curtis)
Hero at Large (Davidson)
The Big Red One (Fuller)
The Long Good Friday (Mackenzie)
Atlantic City
(Malle)
The Changeling (Medak)
Loulou
(Pialat)
Treasures of the Snow (Pritchard)
Emil and the Detectives (Rahman)
Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (Roeg)
The Diary of Anne Frank (Sagal)
Little Women (Serikawa)
Love in a Taxi (Sickinger)
Wholly Moses!
(Weis)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Fassbinber) <TV>
Huckleberry Finn (Hively) <TV>
Pride and Prejudice (1980 Weldon) <TV>

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Critical Reception (1980)

MUBI, Best Films

-- #1. <The Shining> -- #2. <Raging Bull> -- #3. The Elephant Man -- #4. <Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back> -- #5. Airplane! -- #6. <The Blues Brothers> -- #7. Kagemusha -- #8. Stardust Memories -- #9. Dressed to Kill -- #10. Berlin Alexanderplatz

-- #11. The Last Metro -- #12. Bad Timing -- #13. Permanent Vacation -- #14. Talking Heads -- #15. Altered States -- #16. The Fog -- #17. Heaven's Gate -- #18. The Big Red One -- #19. Ordinary People -- #20. Gloria -- #27. Atlantic City -- #32. The Changeling -- #33. City of Women

-- #43. The Gods Must Be Crazy -- #46. Coal Miner's Daughter -- #47. Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears -- #49. Superman II

Flickchart, Best Films

-- @1. (#4) <Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back> -- @2. (#1) <The Shining> -- @3. (#2) <Raging Bull> -- @4. (#5) Airplane! -- @5. (#6) <The Blues Brothers> -- @6. (#7) Kagemusha -- @7. (?) Caddyshack -- @8. (?) The Long Good Friday -- @9. (#3) The Elephant Man -- @10. (#19) Ordinary People

-- @11. (#9) Dressed to Kill -- @12. (#32) The Changeling -- @13. (#49) Superman II -- @14. (?) Breaker Morant -- @15. (#8) Stardust Memories -- @16. (#16) The Fog -- @17. (#18) The Big Red One -- @18. (#15) Altered States -- @19. (?) Altered States -- @20. (#46) Coal Miner's Daughter

-- @21. (#27) Atlantic City

-- @32. (#11) The Last Metro -- @43. (#20) Gloria

-- @55. (#10) Berlin Alexanderplatz

CriticsTop10, Best Films (1980)

-- =1. Ordinary People -- =2. Raging Bull -- =3. The Elephant Man -- =4. Coal Miner's Daughter -- =5. Breaker Morant -- =6. The Empire Strikes Back -- =7. Melvin and Howard -- =8. The Stunt Man -- =9. Airplane! -- =10. The Great Santini

-- =11. The Tin Drum -- =12. My Brilliant Career -- =13. Tess -- =14. My Bodyguard -- =15. Dressed to Kill -- =16. Stardust Memories -- =17. Kagemusha -- =18. Fame -- =19. Mon Oncle d'Amerique -- =20. Wise Blood -- =21. The Long Riders -- =22. The Shining -- =23. Return of the Secaucus Seven -- =24. Best Boy -- =25. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith -- =26. Angi Vera -- =27. Brubaker -- =28. Resurrection -- =29. Altered States -- =30. Gloria (1980)

Oscar, Best Films

-- Ordinary People -- Coal Miner's Daughter -- The Elephant Man -- Raging Bull -- Tess -- The Stunt Man -- Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (URSS)

Golden Globe, Best Films

-- Ordinary People -- Coal Miner's Daughter -- Tess (UK) -- Raging Bull -- The Stunt Man -- The Elephant Man -- Fame

National Board of Review

-- Ordinary People -- Raging Bull -- Coal Miner's Daughter -- Tess -- Melvin and Howard -- The Great Santini -- The Elephant Man -- The Stunt Man -- My Bodyguard -- Resurrection

Top Grossing Films

-- The Empire Strikes Back -- 9 to 5 -- Stir Crazy -- Airplane! -- Any Which Way You Can -- Private Benjamin -- Coal Miner's Daughter -- Smokey and the Bandit II -- The Blue Lagoon -- The Blues Brothers

National Film Registry

-- Airplane! -- Atlantic City -- The Blues Brothers -- Coal Miner's Daughter -- The Empire Strikes Back -- Raging Bull -- Return of the Secaucus 7 -- The Shining -- Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers <doc> -- Hours for Jerome: Parts 1 and 2 <short> -- The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter <doc> -- Moon Breath Beat Animated <short>

NYT, Best Films

-- Kagemusha -- Airplane! -- Pixote -- The Elephant Man

-- Bye Bye Brazil -- Coal Miner's Daughter -- Breaker Morant -- The Big Red One -- My American Uncle -- Every Man for Himself -- The Shining -- Dressed to Kill -- Berlin Alexanderplatz -- The Long Good Friday -- Atlantic City -- The Last Metro -- Ordinary People -- Melvin and Howard -- Raging Bull -- Gregory's Girl

TSPDT, Best Films

-- The Elephant Man -- Kagemusha -- Airplane!

-- Raging Bull -- The Shining -- The Empire Strikes Back -- Berlin Alexanderplatz [TV] -- Heaven's Gate -- Sauve qui peut (la vie) -- The Blues Brothers -- Mon oncle d'Amérique -- The Age of the Earth -- Gregory's Girl -- Bad Timing

Top10ner, Best Films

-- The Elephant Man -- Kagemusha -- Airplane!

-- Raging Bull -- The Shining -- The Empire Strikes Back -- The Blues Brothers -- Ordinary People -- The Long Good Friday

Film101, Best Films

-- Kagemusha -- The Elephant Man -- Airplane!

-- Raging Bull -- Atlantic City -- The Big Red One -- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back -- The Shining -- Ordinary People -- Coal Miner's Daughter -- Mon Oncle d'Amérique -- The Last Metro -- Melvin and Howard -- Breaker Morant -- Berlin Alexanderplatz -- The Long Good Friday

Child Actors, Best Films

-- Airplane! -- Little Lord Fauntleroy

-- My Bodyguard -- The Blue Lagoon -- The Earthling (Australia) -- Fame -- The Last Flight of Noah's Ark -- Touched by Love -- Foxes -- Little Darlings

-- Amigo (Mexico) -- Barna från Blåsjöfjället / The Children from Blue Lake Mountain (Sweden) -- Barnens ö / Children's Island (Sweden) -- De bende van hiernaast (Netherlands) -- Bloody Kids (UK) -- Brontosaurus (Czechoslovakia) -- The Children -- Chissà perché... capitano tutte a me / Everything Happens to Me (Italy) -- Clarence and Angel -- Clown White (Canada) -- The Escape Artist -- Eugenio / Voltati Eugenio (Italy) -- Father Figure -- Fatty Finn (Australia) -- The Ghosts of Buxley Hall -- La guerra de los niños (Spain) -- Harlequin / Dark Forces Australia) -- Haruka naru yama no yobigoe / A Distant Cry from Spring (Japan) -- Une histoire sans importance / A History Without Importance (France) -- The Island -- Kavik, the Wolf Dog (1980) Canada) -- Die Kinder aus No. 67 (Germany) -- Lille Virgil og Orla Frøsnapper (Denmark) -- The Long Days of Summer -- Mystery Island (Australia) -- Priklyucheniya Elektronika (URSS) -- Scout's Honor -- The Shining -- Tendres cousines (France) -- Tiro al aire (Argentina) -- Treasures of the Snow (UK) -- Úteky domu (Czechoslovakia) -- Vi hade i alla fall tur med vädret (Sweden) -- De Witte van Sichem / Whitey (Belgium) -- Za trnkovym kerem / Behind the Sloe-Bush (Czechoslovakia) -- Zielone lata / Salad Days (Poland)