Best award winning movies with a refreshing take from 1980
Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a refreshing take from 1980! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a refreshing take from 1980, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Atlantic City (1980)
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
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- 1980-09-03 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon
Rating
6.8
2 The Long Riders (1980)
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.
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- 1980-05-16 | Western / Action
Cast
- David Carradine, Keith Carradine
Rating
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6.7
3 Raging Bull (1980)
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
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- 1980-11-14 | Drama
Cast
- Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci
Rating
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7.933
4 Ordinary People (1980)
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.
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- 1980-09-19 | Drama
Cast
- Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton
Rating
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7.454
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5 The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.
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- 1980-05-20 | Adventure / Action
Cast
- Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford
Rating
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8.392
6 The Elephant Man (1980)
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
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- 1980-10-09 | Drama / History
Cast
- Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt
Rating
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8.035
7 Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.
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- 1980-03-07 | Music / Drama
Cast
- Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones
Rating
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7.253
8 Fame (1980)
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
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- 1980-05-16 | Drama / Music
Cast
- Irene Cara, Barry Miller
Rating
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6.455
9 Kagemusha (1980)
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.
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- 1980-04-26 | Action / Drama
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Rating
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7.806
10 Somewhere in Time (1980)
Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.
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- 1980-10-02 | Drama / Fantasy
Cast
- Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour
Rating
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7.507
