1980 in film
The following is an overview of events in 1980 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
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Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1980 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
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| 1 | The Empire Strikes Back | 20th Century Fox | $209,398,025 |
| 2 | 9 to 5 | $103,290,500 | |
| 3 | Stir Crazy | Columbia | $101,300,000 |
| 4 | Airplane! | Paramount | $83,453,539 |
| 5 | Any Which Way You Can | Warner Bros. | $70,687,344 |
| 6 | Private Benjamin | $69,847,348 | |
| 7 | Coal Miner's Daughter | Universal | $67,182,787 |
| 8 | Smokey and the Bandit II | $66,132,626 | |
| 9 | The Blue Lagoon | Columbia | $58,853,106 |
| 10 | The Blues Brothers | Universal | $57,229,890 |
Worldwide gross revenue
The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1980. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1980.
| Title | Gross | Source | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Empire Strikes Back | $538,375,067 | [2] | United States |
| The Gods Must Be Crazy | $200,000,000 | [3] | South Africa |
| Airplane! | $130,000,000 | [4] | United States |
| The Blues Brothers | $115,229,890 | [5] |
Events
- April 29 – Sir Alfred Hitchcock, known as "the Master of Suspense", dies at his home in Bel Air, California, at the age of 80.
- May 21 – The Empire Strikes Back is released and is the highest-grossing film of the year (just as its predecessor, Star Wars, was three years prior).
- June 9 – Richard Pryor sets himself on fire while free-basing cocaine and drinking 151-proof rum. Pryor ran down his street in Northridge, California, until subdued by police.
- June 20 – The Blues Brothers is released, and in addition to becoming one of the top-grossing films of the year, it also became the first feature film to be based on characters created on Saturday Night Live.
- November 4 – Former Screen Actors Guild president and film actor Ronald Reagan wins the 1980 United States presidential election in a landslide victory.
- November 19 – Heaven's Gate becomes one of the biggest box office bombs of all-time and its colossal failure bankrupts United Artists.
- Allied Artists is sold to Lorimar Productions.
Context
Industry professionals predicted comedy films and upbeat entertainment to dominate theaters in 1980. This was a response to poor morale in a nation suffering through economic recession, which generally increased theatrical visits as audiences sought escapism and ignored romantic films and depictions of blue-collar life.[6][7] The financial success and low cost of production cost of comedies such as Blazing Saddles (1974) and Animal House (1978), had further driven demand for comedies; Airplane!, The Blues Brothers, Caddyshack, and The Jerk, were all scheduled for release that year. The average cost of making films had risen to $6 million which had reduced the number of films being made for niche audiences. Some studios continued to release a wide variety of films, hoping that few significant successes would compensate for other failures.[7]
A surge of interest in science-fiction following Star Wars' release had led to many low-budget entries in the genre attempting to profit by association, and big budget entries such as Star Trek: The Motion Picture and The Black Hole, both of which were released in late 1979, just months before The Empire Strikes Back.[8]
Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- All That Jazz, directed by Bob Fosse, United States
- Kagemusha, 影武者 (Shadow Warrior), directed by Akira Kurosawa, Japan
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Atlantic City, directed by Louis Malle, US / Canada / France
- Gloria, directed by John Cassavetes, United States
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Heartland, directed by Richard Pearce, United States
- Palermo or Wolfsburg (Palermo oder Wolfsburg), directed by Werner Schroeter, West Germany
Notable films released in 1980
United States unless stated
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- 9 to 5, directed by Colin Higgins, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman
A
- The Agency, starring Robert Mitchum, Lee Majors, Valerie Perrine – (Canada)
- Airplane!, starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Alien Dead, directed by Fred Olen Ray, starring Buster Crabbe
- Alligator, directed by Lewis Teague, starring Robert Forster, Robin Riker, and Michael Gazzo
- Altered States, directed by Ken Russell, starring William Hurt and Blair Brown
- American Gigolo, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton and Héctor Elizondo
- Antropophagus, directed by Joe D'Amato, starring George Eastman, Tisa Farrow, Zora Kerova, Saverio Vallone, and Serena Grandi (Italy)
- Any Which Way You Can, directed by Buddy Van Horn, starring Clint Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith, Barry Corbin, Ruth Gordon
- Arrebato (Rapture), directed by Ivan Zulueta, starring Eusebio Poncela, and Cecilia Roth (Spain)
- Atlantic City (Released in the U.S. in 1981), directed by Louis Malle, starring Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon – (Canada/France) – Golden Lion winner
- The Awakening, starring Charlton Heston, Susannah York and Stephanie Zimbalist – (U.K.)
B
- Babylon, starring Brinsley Forde – (U.K.)
- A Bad Son (un mauvais fils), directed by Claude Sautet – (France)
- Bad Timing, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Denholm Elliott, Harvey Keitel – (U.K.)
- The Baltimore Bullet, starring James Coburn
- Berlin Alexanderplatz, a TV mini-series directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Gunther Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa – (West Germany)
- The Big Brawl, starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong/United States)
- The Big Red One, directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine
- Bizalom (Confidence), directed by István Szabó – (Hungary)
- The Black Marble, directed by Harold Becker, starring Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, Harry Dean Stanton
- The Blood of Hussain, directed by Jamil Dehlavi – (Pakistan)
- The Blue Lagoon, starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins
- The Blues Brothers, directed by John Landis, starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway, Carrie Fisher, John Candy, Henry Gibson
- Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)
- Borderline, directed by Jerrold Freedman, starring Charles Bronson, Wilford Brimley, Bruno Kirby, Ed Harris, Kenneth McMillan, John Ashton
- Breaker Morant, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Edward Woodward – (Australia)
- Bronco Billy, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Sam Bottoms, Scatman Crothers
- Brubaker, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Robert Redford, David Keith, Jane Alexander, Yaphet Kotto
C
- Caboblanco, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Dominique Sanda
- Caddyshack, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Cindy Morgan, Bill Murray
- The Candidate (Der Kandidat), directed by Volker Schlöndorff – (West Germany)
- Cannibal Holocaust, directed by Ruggero Deodato, starring Robert Kerman – (Italy)
- Can't Stop the Music, directed by Nancy Walker, starring Valerie Perrine, Caitlyn Jenner, Steve Guttenberg, Village People
- Carny, starring Jodie Foster, Gary Busey and Robbie Robertson
- Chann Pardesi, starring Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Om Puri – (India)
- A Change of Seasons, starring Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek
- The Changeling, starring George C. Scott – (Canada)
- Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
- Children's Island (Barnens ö) – (Sweden)
- La Cicala (The Cicada), starring Anthony Franciosa and Virna Lisi – (Italy)
- City of Women (La città delle donne), directed by Federico Fellini, starring Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
- The Club, starring Jack Thompson – (Australia)
- Coal Miner's Daughter, starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones
- The Competition, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick, Sam Wanamaker
- The Constant Factor (Constans) – (Poland)
- The Crime of Cuenca (El crimen de Cuenca) – (Spain)
- Cruising, directed by William Friedkin, starring Al Pacino
- Cutting It Short (Postřižiny), directed by Jiří Menzel – (Czechoslovakia)
D
- Dadar Kirti (Deeds of My Elder Brother) – (India)
- Death Watch (La Mort en direct), directed by Bertrand Tavernier, starring Romy Schneider and Harvey Keitel – (France)
- Delusion directed by Alan Beattie, starring Patricia Pearcy and Joseph Cotten
- Die Laughing, starring Robby Benson and Bud Cort
- Dinosaurs, directed by Will Vinton
- The Dogs of War, starring Christopher Walken – (US/UK)
- Dostana (Friendship), starring Amitabh Bachchan – (India)
- Dressed to Kill, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Michael Caine, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Angie Dickinson
E
- Elisita – (Spain)
- The Elephant Man, directed by David Lynch, starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins – (US/UK)
- The Empire Strikes Back, directed by Irvin Kershner, starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
- Encounters of the Spooky Kind (Gui da gui), directed by and starring Sammo Hung – (Hong Kong)
- Every Man for Himself (Sauve qui peut (la vie)), directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jacques Dutronc and Isabelle Huppert – (France)
- The Exterminator, starring Robert Ginty and Samantha Eggar
F
- Fade to Black, starring Dennis Christopher
- The Falls, directed by Peter Greenaway – (U.K.)
- Fame, directed by Alan Parker, starring Irene Cara
- Fatso, directed by and starring Anne Bancroft, with Dom DeLuise
- The Final Countdown, starring Kirk Douglas, Katharine Ross, Martin Sheen
- The First Deadly Sin, starring Frank Sinatra, David Dukes, Martin Gabel, Brenda Vaccaro, Faye Dunaway
- First Family, directed by Buck Henry, starring Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn, Gilda Radner
- Flash Gordon, directed by Mike Hodges, starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Chaim Topol – (US/UK)
- The Fog, directed by John Carpenter, starring Adrienne Barbeau and Jamie Lee Curtis
- Foolin' Around, starring Gary Busey, Annette O'Toole, Eddie Albert, Cloris Leachman
- The Formula, starring George C. Scott and Marlon Brando
- Foxes, directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Jodie Foster, Cherie Currie, Scott Baio and Adam Faith
- Friday the 13th, directed by Sean S. Cunningham, starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King and Harry Crosby
G
- The Gamekeeper, directed by Ken Loach – (U.K.)
- Gamera: Super Monster (Uchu Kaijū Gamera) – (Japan)
- Germany, Pale Mother (Deutschland bleiche Mutter), starring Eva Mattes – (West Germany)
- Gilda Live, starring Gilda Radner, Father Guido Sarducci
- Gloria, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands – Golden Lion winner
- The Gods Must Be Crazy, directed by Jamie Uys, starring N!xau, Sandra Prinsloo and Marius Weyers – (South Africa)
- Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras) – (Canada)
- The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, a mockumentary directed by Julien Temple, featuring The Sex Pistols and Malcolm McLaren – (U.K.)
H
- Hangar 18, starring Darren McGavin and Robert Vaughn
- Health, a.k.a. H.E.A.L.T.H., directed by Robert Altman, starring Carol Burnett, Lauren Bacall, Glenda Jackson, James Garner
- Heart Beat, starring Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, John Heard
- He Knows You're Alone, starring Don Scardino and Caitlin O'Heaney
- Heaven's Gate, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Jeff Bridges
- Herbie Goes Bananas, directed by Vincent McEveety, starring Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman and Charles Martin Smith
- Hero at Large, starring John Ritter and Anne Archer
- Hey Babe!, starring Yasmine Bleeth and Buddy Hackett – (Canada)
- Hirak Rajar Deshe (Kingdom of Diamonds), directed by Satyajit Ray – (India)
- The Hit (Trhák) – (Czechoslovakia)
- Home Movies, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Kirk Douglas, Vincent Gardenia, Gerrit Graham, Nancy Allen
- Hopscotch, directed by Ronald Neame, starring Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson
- How to Beat the High Cost of Living, starring Susan Saint James, Jessica Lange, Jane Curtin, Dabney Coleman, Richard Benjamin
- Humanoids from the Deep, starring Vic Morrow, Doug McClure, Ann Turkel
- The Hunter, starring Steve McQueen (in his final film), Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson, Eli Wallach
I
- The Idolmaker, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Ray Sharkey and Peter Gallagher
- Inferno, directed by Dario Argento – (Italy)
- Inside Moves, directed by Richard Donner, starring John Savage, David Morse, Diana Scarwid
- The Island, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Michael Caine
- It's My Turn, directed by Claudia Weill, starring Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, Charles Grodin
J
- The Jazz Singer, starring Neil Diamond, Lucie Arnaz, Laurence Olivier
- Just Tell Me What You Want, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Ali MacGraw, Alan King, Peter Weller, Myrna Loy
K
- Karz (In Debt), starring Rishi Kapoor – (India)
- Kagemusha, directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara – (Japan) – Palme d'Or winner
- Khubsoorat, starring Ashok Kumar and Rekha – (India)
- Klondike Fever, starring Jeff East, Rod Steiger, Angie Dickinson, Gordon Pinsent – (Canada)
L
- Ladies' Choice (Dami Kanyat), directed by Ivan Andonov, starring Stefan Danailov – (Bulgaria)
- The Last Flight of Noah's Ark, starring Elliott Gould, Geneviève Bujold, Ricky Schroder
- The Last Married Couple in America, starring Natalie Wood, George Segal, Valerie Harper, Richard Benjamin
- The Last Metro (Le dernier metro), directed by François Truffaut, starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu – (France)
- The Last Witness (Choehuui jeungin) – (South Korea)
- The Lathe of Heaven, starring Bruce Davison
- Legend of Tianyun Mountain (Tiān yún shān chuán qí) – (China)
- The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter, a documentary film
- Little Darlings, starring Tatum O'Neal, Kristy McNichol, Armand Assante and Matt Dillon
- Little Miss Marker, starring Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart
- The Long Good Friday, directed by John Mackenzie, starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren – (U.K.)
- The Long Riders, directed by Walter Hill, starring the Keach brothers, Carradine brothers and Quaid brothers
- Loulou, starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu – (France)
- Loving Couples, directed by Jack Smight, starring Shirley MacLaine, James Coburn, Stephen Collins, Susan Sarandon
M
- The Magician of Lublin, starring Alan Arkin, Valerie Perrine, Louise Fletcher
- The Man with Bogart's Face, starring Robert Sacchi, Misty Rowe, Victor Buono, Yvonne De Carlo, Herbert Lom
- Manila by Night – (Philippines)
- McVicar, directed by Tom Clegg, starring Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith, Cheryl Campbell – (U.K.)
- Melvin and Howard, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen
- Midnight Madness, directed by Michael Nankin and David Wechter, starring David Naughton, Debra Clinger, Stephen Furst, Eddie Deezen, Maggie Roswell, Brad Wilkin, Michael J. Fox, Alan Solomon
- The Mirror Crack'd, directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson – (U.K.)
- Mon oncle d'Amérique, directed by Alain Resnais, starring Gérard Depardieu – (France) – Cannes Special Jury Prize
- Motel Hell, starring Rory Calhoun
- The Mountain Men, starring Charlton Heston and Brian Keith
- My Bodyguard, directed by Tony Bill, starring Matt Dillon, Adam Baldwin, Chris Makepeace, Martin Mull
N
- The Nest (El Nido) – (Spain)
- Nightkill, starring Robert Mitchum
- Nijinsky, starring George de la Peña and Alan Bates
- The Ninth Configuration, directed by William Peter Blatty, starring Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller
O
- O Megalexandros (Alexander the Great), directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos – (Greece)
- Oh, God! Book II, starring George Burns
- One Trick Pony, written by and starring Paul Simon, with Blair Brown, Joan Hackett, Rip Torn
- The Orchestra Conductor (Dyrygent), directed by Andrzej Wajda, starring John Gielgud – (Poland)
- Ordinary People, directed by Robert Redford, starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch, Elizabeth McGovern
- Out of the Blue, directed by and starring Dennis Hopper, with Linda Manz, Raymond Burr – (Canada)
P
- Pepi, Luci, Bom, directed by Pedro Almodóvar – (Spain)
- Palermo or Wolfsburg – (West Germany) – Golden Bear winner
- Permanent Vacation, directed by Jim Jarmusch
- The Pilot, directed by and starring Cliff Robertson, with Diane Baker and Gordon MacRae
- Playing for Time, directed by Daniel Mann, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Jane Alexander
- Popeye, directed by Robert Altman, starring Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall
- Pray TV, starring Dabney Coleman
- Private Benjamin, directed by Howard Zieff, starring Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Harry Dean Stanton
- The Private Eyes, starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts
- Prom Night, starring Leslie Nielsen and Jamie Lee Curtis
Q
- Qurbani (Sacrifice), directed by and starring Feroz Khan – (India)
R
- Raging Bull, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty
- Resurrection, starring Ellen Burstyn and Eva Le Gallienne
- The Return of the King, animated film, voices of Orson Bean, John Huston, William Conrad
- Return of the Secaucus 7, directed by John Sayles
- El Retorno del Hombre Lobo (Return of the Werewolf) – (Spain)
- Roadie, directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Meat Loaf and Kaki Hunter
- Le Roi et l'oiseau (The King and the Mocking Bird), animated film – (France)
- Rockshow, concert film featuring Paul McCartney and Wings – (U.K.)
- Rough Cut, directed by Don Siegel, starring Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven
- Rude Boy, a rockumentary featuring The Clash – (U.K.)
S
- Sällskapsresan (The Charter Trip), directed by and starring Lasse Åberg – (Sweden)
- Saturn 3, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel
- The Sea Wolves, starring Gregory Peck, David Niven, Roger Moore – (UK/US/Switzerland)
- See You in the Next War (enja u sledećem ratu) – (Yugoslavia)
- Seems Like Old Times, starring Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase and Charles Grodin
- Serial, starring Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Christopher Lee, Bill Macy, Sally Kellerman, Tom Smothers
- The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
- Simon, starring Alan Arkin
- A Small Circle of Friends, starring Brad Davis and Karen Allen
- Smokey and the Bandit II, directed by Hal Needham, starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed and Dom DeLuise
- Solo Sunny – (East Germany)
- Somewhere in Time, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour
- Special Treatment (Poseban tretman) – (Yugoslavia)
- Stardust Memories, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Charlotte Rampling and Jessica Harper
- Stir Crazy, directed by Sidney Poitier, starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder
- Stalker, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and released in 1979 but later released in 1980
- The Stunt Man, directed by Richard Rush, starring Peter O'Toole, Barbara Hershey, Steve Railsback
- Sunday Lovers, starring Gene Wilder, Roger Moore, Lino Ventura
- Superman II, starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp
T
- Terror Train, starring Ben Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hart Bochner
- La terrazza (The Terrace), starring Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi – (Italy)
- That Sinking Feeling, directed by Bill Forsyth, starring John Gordon Sinclair – (U.K.)
- Those Lips, Those Eyes, starring Frank Langella, Glynnis O'Connor, Tom Hulce
- Times Square, directed by Allen Moyle, starring Robin Johnson, Trini Alvarado, Tim Curry
- To Love the Damned (Maledetti vi amerò) – (Italy)
- Tom Horn, starring Steve McQueen, Richard Farnsworth, Linda Evans
- Tribute, starring Jack Lemmon – (Canada)
- Twelve Months (Sekai Meisaku Douwa Mori wa Ikiteiru / Dvenadtsat mesyatsev) – (Japan/U.S.S.R.)
U
- The Unseen, starring Barbara Bach and Stephen Furst
- Up the Academy, directed by Robert Downey Sr.
- Urban Cowboy, directed by James Bridges, starring John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, Madolyn Smith, Barry Corbin
V
- Virus (Fukkatsu no hi), starring Sonny Chiba and Glenn Ford – (Japan)
- Le Voyage en douce, starring Dominique Sanda and Geraldine Chaplin – (France)
W
- Waiter, Scarper! (Vrchní, prchni!) – (Czechoslovakia)
- The Watcher in the Woods, starring Bette Davis – (UK/US)
- When Time Ran Out, starring Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Burgess Meredith, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons
- Where the Buffalo Roam, directed by Art Linson, starring Bill Murray and Peter Boyle
- Wholly Moses!, starring Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman, Paul Sand, Dom DeLuise
- Who's Singin' Over There? (Ko to tamo peva) – (Yugoslavia)
- Why Would I Lie?, starring Treat Williams, Lisa Eichhorn, Valerie Curtin
- Willie & Phil, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Michael Ontkean
- Windows, starring Talia Shire and Elizabeth Ashley
- Witches' Brew, starring Teri Garr and Richard Benjamin
X
- Xanadu, starring Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, Gene Kelly
Y
- The Young Master (Shi di chu ma), directed by and starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)
- Yūgure made – (Japan)
Z
- Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), directed by Seijun Suzuki – (Japan)
1980 Wide-release movies
United States unless stated
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Births
- January 2 - David Gyasi, British actor
- January 4 - Greg Cipes, voice actor
- January 7
- Hele Kõrve, Estonian actress and singer
- Simon Woods, English actor and writer
- January 8
- Rachel Nichols, American actress and model
- Sam Riley, English actor and singer
- January 10
- Katie Dippold, American actress, writer and screenwriter
- Sarah Shahi, American actress and former model
- January 16 – Lin-Manuel Miranda, American singer-songwriter and actor[9]
- January 17 – Zooey Deschanel, American singer-songwriter and actress[10]
- January 18
- Estelle, British singer, songwriter, record producer and actress
- Jason Segel, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, author and producer
- January 21
- Nana Mizuki, Japanese singer and voice actress
- Kim Sharma, Indian actress
- January 29 - Jason James Richter, American actor and musician
- January 30 – Wilmer Valderrama, American actor
- February 2 – Zhang Jingchu, Chinese actress
- February 3 - Ben Turner, British-Iranian actor
- February 8
- William Jackson Harper, American actor
- Sinead Matthews, English actress
- February 11 – Matthew Lawrence, American actor[11]
- February 12 – Christina Ricci, American actress[12]
- February 14 – Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress and producer
- February 17 - Jason Ritter, American actor, voice actor and producer[13]
- February 21 - Brendan Sexton III, American actor
- February 25
- Chris Knowings, American actor
- Christy Knowings, American actress and comedian
- February 29 - Steven Cree, Scottish actor
- March 2 - Rebel Wilson, Australian actress, comedian, writer and producer[14]
- March 3
- Meiling Melançon, American actress and screenwriter
- Katherine Waterston, American actress[15]
- March 7
- Laura Prepon, American actress
- Mart Toome, Estonian actor
- March 9 – Matthew Gray Gubler, American actor
- March 18 - Sophia Myles, English actress
- March 23 - Itay Tiran, Israeli actor and director
- March 25 - Tinsel Korey, Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
- March 31
- Kate Micucci, American actress
- Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese singer and voice actress
- April 4 - Collette Wolfe, American actress
- April 8 – Carrie Savage, American voice actress
- April 11 - Julia Chantrey, Canadian actress
- April 13
- Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress
- Kelli Giddish, American actress
- April 14 - Tom Franco, American actor
- April 15 - Arian Moayed, Iranian-born American actor, writer and director
- April 17
- Nicholas D'Agosto, American actor
- Samantha Soule, American actress
- April 22 - Rodrigo Hilbert, Brazilian television presenter, actor, and former model
- April 25 - Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor and television presenter
- April 26
- Jordana Brewster, American actress
- Channing Tatum, American actor[16]
- April 29 - Damien Dante Wayans, American actor, screenwriter, producer and director
- May 2 - Ellie Kemper, American actress and comedian[17]
- May 8
- Jasen Fisher, American former child actor
- Kimberlee Peterson, American actress
- May 14 - Sérgio Guizé, Brazilian actor
- May 20 - Cauã Reymond, Brazilian actor
- May 22
- Nazanin Boniadi, British actress
- Lucy Gordon, English actress and model (died 2009)
- Evelin Võigemast, Estonian actress
- May 23
- D. J. Cotrona, American actor
- Chris Gethard, American actor, comedian and writer
- May 25 - Will Janowitz, American actor
- May 27 - Ben Feldman, American actor and producer
- May 29 - Adam Brown, English actor and comedian
- June 10 - Jessica DiCicco, American film, television and voice actress
- June 15 - Candace Brown, American actress and comedian
- June 16 – Sibel Kekilli, German actress
- June 18 - David Giuntoli, American actor
- June 19 - Neil Brown Jr., American actor
- June 20 - Tika Sumpter, American actress, singer, producer, television host and model
- June 21 - Preeya Kalidas, British singer and actress
- June 23
- Heath Freeman, American actor (died 2021)
- Melissa Rauch, American actress and comedian
- June 24 – Minka Kelly, American actress
- June 26 - Jason Schwartzman, American actor, producer and musician
- July 1 - Fortune Feimster, American writer, comedian and actress
- July 3 – Olivia Munn, American actress
- July 4 - Max Elliott Slade, American former child actor
- July 6 – Eva Green, French actress
- July 10
- James Rolfe, American filmmaker, actor, YouTuber and online personality
- Jessica Simpson, American singer and actress
- July 15 – Jasper Pääkkönen, Finnish actor and film producer
- July 17 – Brett Goldstein, British actor and comedian
- July 18 – Kristen Bell, American actress
- July 19 - Mark Webber, American actor, screenwriter and director
- July 27 - Ewen Leslie, Australian actor
- August 3 – Teuku Rifnu Wikana, Indonesian actor
- August 5 - Sophie Winkleman, English actress
- August 6 - Monique Ganderton, Canadian stunt performer and actress
- August 8 – Marisa Quintanilla, American actress
- August 9 - Stephen Schneider, American actor
- August 10 – Pua Magasiva, New Zealand actor (died 2019)[18]
- August 12 - Dominique Swain, American actress and producer
- August 13 - Álex González, Spanish actor
- August 15 - Natalie Press, English actress
- August 18 – Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress
- August 19
- Adam Campbell, English actor
- Aaron Horvath, American animator, screenwriter, producer and director
- August 21 - John Brotherton, American actor
- August 25 – Jackie Tohn, American actress and singer
- August 26
- Macaulay Culkin, American actor[19]
- Chris Pine, American actor[20]
- August 31 - Leo Bill, English actor
- September 7 - J. D. Pardo, American actor
- September 9 – Michelle Williams, American actress
- September 12 - Hiroyuki Sawano, Japanese music composer
- September 13 – Ben Savage, American actor
- September 13 – Cristiana Capotondi, Italian actress
- September 19 - Benjamin Davies, Scottish actor
- September 21 – Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress
- September 25 - T.I., American actor and rapper
- September 29 - Zachary Levi, American actor and singer
- September 30 - Toni Trucks, American actress
- October 3 - Daniel DeSanto, Canadian actor and voice actor
- October 4 - Nick Mohammed, English actor, comedian and writer
- October 6 - David Alpay, Canadian actor, musician and producer
- October 8
- Nick Cannon, American comedian, rapper and television host
- Nathan Head, British actor
- October 14 – Ben Whishaw, English actor
- October 18
- Erin Dean, American former actress
- Natasha Rothwell, American writer, actress and comedian
- October 19 – Benjamin Salisbury, American actor
- October 21 - Kim Kardashian, American media personality, model and actress
- October 23 - Robert Belushi, American actor
- October 24 – Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer and actress
- October 28 - Wes Ball, American film director and artist
- October 29 – Ben Foster, American actor
- November 1 - Dani Rovira, Spanish comedian and actor
- November 2 - Kim So-yeon, South Korean actress
- November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
- November 9 - Vanessa Lachey, American actress, fashion model and television host
- November 12
- Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor
- Gustaf Skarsgård, Swedish actor
- November 13 - Monique Coleman, American actress
- November 18 - Mathew Baynton, English actor, writer, comedian, singer and musician
- November 29 - Jason Griffith, American actor and voice actor
- December 3
- Anna Chlumsky, American actress
- Jenna Dewan, American actress and dancer
- December 9 – Simon Helberg, American actor and comedian
- December 13 - Satoshi Tsumabuki, Japanese actor
- December 16 - Michael Jibson, English actor, director, writer and voice over artist
- December 18
- Christina Aguilera, American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality
- Neil Fingleton, English actor (died 2017)
- December 19
- Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor
- Marla Sokoloff, American actress
- December 27 - Elizabeth Rodriguez, American actress
- December 30 – Eliza Dushku, American actress
- December 31 – Rosanne Mulholland, Brazilian actress
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | Adolph Deutsch | 82 | US | Composer, Arranger | |
| 3 | Ivan Triesault | 81 | Estonia | Actor | ||
| 14 | Robert Ardrey | 71 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 17 | Barbara Britton | 60 | US | Actress | ||
| 18 | Cecil Beaton | 76 | UK | Costume Designer, Production Designer | ||
| 22 | Iris Meredith | 64 | US | Actress | ||
| 23 | Leonard Strong | 71 | US | Actor | ||
| 24 | Lil Dagover | 92 | Germany | Actress | ||
| 24 | James Poe | 58 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 27 | Peppino De Filippo | 76 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 28 | Erle C. Kenton | 83 | US | Director | ||
| 29 | Jimmy Durante | 86 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| February | 1 | Romolo Valli | 54 | Italy | Actor | |
| 3 | Ray Heindorf | 71 | US | Composer | ||
| 9 | Renée Houston | 77 | UK | Actress | ||
| 13 | David Janssen | 48 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Jerry Fielding | 57 | US | Composer | ||
| 17 | Ed Graves | 62 | US | Art Director | ||
| 18 | Gale Robbins | 58 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| 26 | Mario Mattoli | 81 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 27 | George Tobias | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| March | 5 | Jay Silverheels | 67 | Canada | Actor | |
| 8 | Frank McDonald | 80 | US | Director | ||
| 17 | Farciot Edouart | 85 | US | Special Effects Artist | ||
| 27 | Philip W. Anderson | 64 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 27 | Steve Fisher | 67 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 28 | Dick Haymes | 61 | Argentina | Actor, Singer | ||
| 30 | David Sharpe | 70 | US | Stuntman, Actor | ||
| April | 3 | Mary McCarty | 56 | US | Actress | |
| 6 | John Collier | 78 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| 9 | Kathleen Burke | 66 | US | Actress | ||
| 10 | Kay Medford | 65 | US | Actress | ||
| 11 | Charlotte Henry | 66 | US | Actress | ||
| 14 | Tom Fadden | 85 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | Raymond Bailey | 75 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Alf Sjöberg | 76 | Sweden | Director | ||
| 19 | Tony Beckley | 50 | UK | Actor | ||
| 25 | Mario Bava | 65 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer | ||
| 26 | Cicely Courtneidge | 87 | Australia | Actress, Singer | ||
| 29 | William Clemens | 74 | US | Director | ||
| 29 | Alfred Hitchcock | 80 | UK | Director | ||
| May | 1 | Henry Levin | 70 | US | Director | |
| 1 | Gene Markey | 84 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 2 | George Pal | 72 | Hungary | Producer, Director | ||
| 4 | Kay Hammond | 71 | UK | Actress | ||
| 12 | Lillian Roth | 69 | US | Actress | ||
| 14 | Hugh Griffith | 67 | UK | Actor | ||
| 15 | Gordon E. Sawyer | 74 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
| 16 | José Calvo | 64 | Spain | Actor | ||
| 19 | Ray Rennahan | 84 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| 21 | Ida Kamińska | 80 | Ukraine | Actress | ||
| 26 | Franz Bachelin | 84 | Germany | Art Director | ||
| June | 4 | Gloria Saunders | 52 | US | Actress | |
| 12 | Milburn Stone | 75 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | Terence Fisher | 76 | UK | Director | ||
| 22 | Monang Carvajal | 82 | Philippines | Actress | ||
| 23 | John Laurie | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
| 23 | Odile Versois | 50 | France | Actress | ||
| 24 | Boris Kaufman | 73 | Poland | Cinematographer | ||
| 28 | José Iturbi | 84 | Spain | Conductor, Actor | ||
| 30 | Thomas Browne Henry | 72 | US | Actor | ||
| July | 6 | Frank Cordell | 62 | UK | Composer | |
| 6 | Gail Patrick | 69 | US | Actress | ||
| 7 | Reginald Gardiner | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
| 7 | Dore Schary | 74 | US | Producer, Screenwriter, Executive | ||
| 11 | Peggy Knudsen | 57 | US | Actress | ||
| 24 | Peter Sellers | 54 | UK | Actor | ||
| 30 | Charles McGraw | 66 | US | Actor | ||
| 31 | Bobby Van | 51 | US | Actor, Dancer | ||
| August | 1 | Strother Martin | 61 | US | Actor | |
| 2 | Donald Ogden Stewart | 85 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 9 | Elliot Nugent | 83 | US | Director | ||
| 14 | Dorothy Stratten | 20 | Canada | Actress | ||
| 17 | Harold Adamson | 73 | US | Lyricist | ||
| 24 | Yootha Joyce | 53 | UK | Actress | ||
| 25 | Gower Champion | 59 | US | Actor, Dancer, Director | ||
| 25 | Lester Dorr | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Tex Avery | 72 | US | Animator, Director | ||
| 27 | Douglas Kenney | 33 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| September | 3 | Barbara O'Neil | 70 | US | Actress | |
| 4 | Duncan Renaldo | 76 | Romania | Actor | ||
| 5 | Barbara Loden | 48 | US | Actress, Director | ||
| 12 | Lillian Randolph | 81 | US | Actress | ||
| 17 | Michael Strong | 62 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | Sol Lesser | 90 | US | Producer | ||
| 25 | Lewis Milestone | 84 | Moldova | Director | ||
| October | 6 | Hattie Jacques | 58 | UK | Actress | |
| 10 | Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas | 49 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Leon Janney | 63 | US | Actor | ||
| November | 4 | Noel Langley | 68 | South Africa | Screenwriter | |
| 7 | Emilio Cigoli | 70 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 7 | Steve McQueen | 50 | US | Actor | ||
| 9 | Carmel Myers | 81 | US | Actress | ||
| 9 | Victor Sen Yung | 65 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | Nick Dennis | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | Bill Lee | 64 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 16 | Imogen Hassall | 38 | UK | Actress | ||
| 22 | Mae West | 87 | US | Actress, Screenwriter | ||
| 24 | Nancy Hsueh | 38 | US | Actress | ||
| 24 | George Raft | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Conrad A. Nervig | 91 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 26 | Rachel Roberts | 53 | UK | Actress | ||
| 28 | Sarah Y. Mason | 84 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | Edith Evanson | 84 | US | Actress | ||
| December | 8 | John Lennon | 40 | UK | Singer, Actor | |
| 12 | Urie McCleary | 75 | US | Art Director | ||
| 16 | Peter Collinson | 44 | UK | Director | ||
| 20 | Ben Sharpsteen | 85 | US | Director, Producer | ||
| 21 | Marc Connelly | 90 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
| 22 | Lesser Samuels | 86 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 23 | Memmo Carotenuto | 72 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 28 | Sam Levene | 75 | US | Actor | ||
| 31 | Raoul Walsh | 93 | US | Director, Actor | ||
Film debuts
- Christopher Atkins – The Blue Lagoon
- Michael Badalucco – Raging Bull
- Adam Baldwin – My Bodyguard
- Drew Barrymore – Altered States
- Jennifer Beals – My Bodyguard
- Pierce Brosnan – The Long Good Friday
- Julie Carmen – Night of the Juggler
- Jim Carter – Flash Gordon
- Robbie Coltrane – Death Watch
- Barry Corbin – Urban Cowboy
- Tony Cox – Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
- Peter Coyote – Die Laughing
- Joan Cusack – Cutting Loose
- Willem Dafoe – Heaven's Gate
- John Diehl – Falling in Love Again
- Billy Drago – Windwalker
- Frankie Faison – Permanent Vacation
- Miriam Flynn – First Family
- Michael J. Fox – Midnight Madness
- Peter Gallagher – The Idolmaker
- Richard Gant – Night of the Juggler
- Michael Gross – Just Tell Me What You Want
- Julie Hagerty – Airplane!
- Tom Hanks – He Knows You're Alone
- Robert Hays – Airplane!
- Linda Hunt – Popeye
- William Hurt – Altered States
- Jeremy Irons – Nijinsky
- Gregory Itzin – Airplane!
- O-Lan Jones – Die Laughing
- Don Lake – Don't Answer the Phone!
- William H. Macy – Somewhere in Time
- Ann Magnuson – The Long Island Four
- Michael Maloney – Richard's Things
- Sophie Marceau – La Boum
- Francis Xavier McCarthy – Altered States
- Christopher McDonald – The Hearse
- Elizabeth McGovern – Ordinary People
- Cathy Moriarty – Raging Bull
- David Morse – Inside Moves
- Cynthia Nixon – Little Darlings
- Catherine O'Hara – Nothing Personal
- Ed O'Neill – Cruising
- Terry O'Quinn – Heaven's Gate
- Michelle Pfeiffer – The Hollywood Knights
- Cindy Pickett – Night Games
- Richard Portnow – Roadie
- Harold Ramis – Caddyshack (director)
- Judge Reinhold – Running Scared
- Paul Reubens – Pray TV
- Marco Rodríguez – The Baltimore Bullet
- John Rothman – Stardust Memories
- Armin Shimerman – Stardust Memories
- Jean Smart – Hoodlums
- Kurtwood Smith – Roadie
- Sharon Stone – Stardust Memories
- David Strathairn – Return of the Secaucus 7
- David Suchet – Schiele in Prison
- John Turturro – Raging Bull
- Gedde Watanabe – The Long Island Four
- Hugo Weaving – ...Maybe This Time
- Dianne Wiest – It's My Turn
- Bruce Willis – The First Deadly Sin
- Mare Winningham – One-Trick Pony
- John Witherspoon – The Jazz Singer
- Nicholas Woodeson – Heaven's Gate
- Sean Young – Jane Austen in Manhattan
- Lenore Zann – Hounds of Notre Dame
See also
Notes
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