Best totally incomprehensible award winning movies from 1980

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1 The Day Time Ended (1980)

Deep in the desert, a rural American family is forced to endure a night of inter-dimensional, extra terrestrial terror when a UFO appears over their home.

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1980-11-01 | Science Fiction / Adventure

Cast

Jim Davis, Christopher Mitchum

Rating

rating icon 3.543
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #385 for
    Claymation
  2. Ranked #498 for
    badly put together
  3. Ranked #548 for
    matte shot

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2 The Awakening (1980)

When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.

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1980-07-09 | Horror

Cast

Charlton Heston, Susannah York

Rating

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #612 for
    close scrutiny
  2. Ranked #627 for
    blander
  3. Ranked #647 for
    incredibly dull

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3 Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)

The adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico.

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1980-06-25 | Fantasy / Comedy

Cast

Cloris Leachman, Charles Martin Smith

Rating

rating icon 5.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #266 for
    least impressive
  2. Ranked #270 for
    kid-friendly
  3. Ranked #526 for
    least successful

Trailer

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4 Can't Stop the Music (1980)

A loose biography of seminal disco hit-makers The Village People and their composer Jacques Morali.

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1980-06-20 | Comedy / Music

Cast

Alex Briley, David Hodo

Rating

rating icon 5.202
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #97 for
    catchy tune
  2. Ranked #101 for
    catchy music
  3. Ranked #119 for
    kitschy editing

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5 Harlequin (1980)

Up-and-coming senator Nick Rast's young son is terminally ill with leukemia. A mysterious faith healer, Gregory Wolfe, appears and seems to cure the boy. Rast's wife Sandy falls in love with Wolfe, but the powerful interests behind Rast's career, represented by geriatric monster Doc Wheelan are less happy with events.

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1980-03-28 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Robert Powell, David Hemmings

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #34 for
    eschatological
  2. Ranked #60 for
    with sleight of hand
  3. Ranked #124 for
    mysterious

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6 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

rating icon 6.455
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #17 for
    tremendously talented
  2. Ranked #65 for
    great soundtrack
  3. Ranked #70 for
    equally talented cast

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7 Don't Answer the Phone! (1980)

A Vietnam veteran that spends his days photographing pretty girls, and his nights strangling them, sets sights on the patients of a radio psychiatrist.

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1980-02-29 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

James Westmoreland, Ben Frank

Rating

rating icon 4.567
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #9 for
    scuzzy
  2. Ranked #38 for
    lurid
  3. Ranked #40 for
    bludgeoned to death

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8 The Last Metro (1980)

In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.

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1980-09-17 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu

Rating

rating icon 7.244
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #10 for
    Grand-Guignol
  2. Ranked #114 for
    romantic character
  3. Ranked #129 for
    iconoclast

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9 The Formula (1980)

While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthetic alternative to gasoline during World War II. This revelation has the potential to end the established global oil industry, making the formula a very valuable and dangerous piece of information. Eventually, Caine must contend with oil tycoon Adam Steiffel, who clearly has his own agenda regarding the formula.

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1980-12-19 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

George C. Scott, Marlon Brando

Rating

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1707 for
    game changer
  2. Ranked #2050 for
    like The Prestige
  3. Ranked #2063 for
    mysterious

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10 Heaven's Gate (1980)

Harvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan Champion, a mercenary competing with Averill for the love of local madam Ella Watson. As the struggle escalates, Averill and Champion begin to question their decisions.

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1980-11-19 | Drama / Western

Cast

Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken

Rating

rating icon 6.763
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #28 for
    bloated
  2. Ranked #95 for
    gun-for-hire
  3. Ranked #111 for
    barely intelligible

Trailer

Heaven's Gate trailer
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