Movie World lists 599 titles released in 1980: 513 movies and 86 TV series. The most common genres that year are Drama (248), Comedy (167) and Documentary (82). Every title below links to a page with its cast, TMDB rating, official trailer and where to watch it.
1980 in numbers
1980 accounts for 0% of the Movie World catalogue, and 320 of its titles were added in the last 30 days. The table breaks the year down by genre, counting movies and TV series separately; a title with several genres is counted once in each of them.
Popular titles from 1980
These 8 titles from 1980 rank highest in TMDB's popular, trending and top-rated lists, which Movie World re-reads every 12 hours. They are ordered by that ranking, not by score. Each one links to its own page with the trailer, full cast, TMDB rating and where to watch it.
- Friday the 13th 1980 · TMDB score 6.4/10 from 3,573 votes Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
- The Shining 1980 · TMDB score 8.2/10 from 19,628 votes Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
- Magnum, P.I. 1980 · TMDB score 7.3/10 from 468 votes A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka…
- The Empire Strikes Back 1980 · TMDB score 8.4/10 from 19,071 votes 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.
- Cosmos: A Personal Voyage 1980 · TMDB score 8.7/10 from 467 votes Carl Sagan covers a wide range of scientific subjects, including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe.
- The Elephant Man 1980 · TMDB score 8.0/10 from 4,109 votes 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.
- Raging Bull 1980 · TMDB score 7.9/10 from 4,961 votes 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.
- Chespirito 1980 · TMDB score 8.2/10 from 410 votes
7 of these 8 titles (88%) have a TMDB score of 7.0 or higher, based on 52,687 votes in total.
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