Films: 1980

Favorite Films of 1980 

1. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick)

2. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese)

3. The Elephant Man (David Lynch)

4. The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner)

5. Gloria (John Cassavetes)

6. Bad Timing (Nicolas Roeg)

7. Dressed to Kill (Brian De Palma)

8. Mad Max (George Miller)

9. The Fog (John Carpenter)

10. Alligator (Lewis Teague)

11. The Last Metro (Francois Truffaut)

12. Heaven's Gate (Michael Cimino)

13. Stardust Memories (Woody Allen)

14. Out of the Blue (Dennis Hopper)

15. The Big Red One (Sam Fuller)

16. Friday the 13th (Sean S. Cunningham)

17. Used Cars (Robert Zemeckis)

18. Crusing (William Friedkin)

19. The Gods Must Be Crazy (Jamie Uys)

20. Melvin and Howard (Jonathan Demme)

21. American Gigolo (Paul Schrader)

22. Altered States (Ken Russell)

23. Ordinary People (Robert Redford)

24. Atlantic City (Louis Malle)

25. Return of the Secaucus 7 (John Sayles)

26. The Blue Lagoon (Randal Kleiser)

27. The Long Riders (Walter Hill)

28. Caddyshack (Harold Ramis)

29. The Blues Brothers (John Landis)

30. Foxes (Adrian Lyne)

31. Permanent Vacation (Jim Jarmusch)

32. Popeye (Robert Altman)

BEST ACTOR: Robert De Niro in Raging Bull

BEST DIRECTOR: Stanley Kubrick for The Shining

BEST SCREENPLAY: Jake LaMotta for Raging Bull

 

Written by G. William Locke