Films of 1980

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Last Updated: 9/11/25
Total Films: 64
Note: The year of each film is according to IMDb. It sometimes changes without my knowledge. When I become aware, I will make adjustments. Like the Oscars, I select the best for each category: picture, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, director, cinematography, editing, original screenplay, adapted screenplay, and documentary. This is based on the movies I've actually seen, and miniseries and telefilms are fair game. Each winner is named along with the next four ordered runner-ups (which may be less) and honorable mentions (if any). These categories may be left blank if I feel there's no deserving winner. A ranked list of films is presented afterwards.



Best Picture
Raging Bull

2. Spetters
3. American Gigolo
4. Urban Cowboy
5. The Elephant Man
Honorable Mentions: Bronco Billy and Breaker Morant


Best Actor
Robert De Niro (Raging Bull)

2. Anthony Quinn (Lion of the Desert)
3. Richard Gere (American Gigolo)
4. Robert Sacchi (The Man with Bogart's Face)
5. Ray Sharkey (The Idolmaker)
Honorable Mentions: Robert Blake (Second-Hand Hearts), Powers Boothe (Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones), Dom DeLuise (Fatso), Anthony Hopkins (The Elephant Man), Bob Hoskins (The Long Good Friday), John Hurt (The Elephant Man), Lee Marvin (The Big Red One), Christopher Reeve (Somewhere in Time), John Savage (Inside Moves), Donald Sutherland (Ordinary People), Hans van Tongeren (Spetters), John Travolta (Urban Cowboy), and Edward Woodward (Breaker Morant)


Best Actress
Mary Tyler Moore (Ordinary People)

2. Renée Soutendijk (Spetters)
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Honorable Mentions: None


Best Supporting Actor
Ted Knight and Rodney Dangerfield (Caddyshack) TedRodney

2. Jack Thompson (Breaker Morant)
3. Oliver Reed (Lion of the Desert)
4. Scott Glenn (Urban Cowboy)
5. Raf Vallone (Lion of the Desert)
Honorable Mentions: Toon Agterberg (Spetters), Ron Carey (Fatso), Peter Gallagher (The Idolmaker), Paul Land (The Idolmaker), Joe Pesci (Raging Bull), and John Quade (Any Which Way You Can)


Best Supporting Actress
Debra Winger (Urban Cowboy)

2. Dyan Cannon (Honeysuckle Rose)
3. Barbara Harris (Second-Hand Hearts)
4. Nancy Allen (Dressed to Kill)
5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Director
Moustapha Akkad (Lion of the Desert)

2. Paul Verhoeven (Spetters)
3. Paul Schrader (American Gigolo)
4. David Lynch (The Elephant Man)
5. James Bridges (Urban Cowboy)
Honorable Mentions: Bruce Beresford (Breaker Morant), Clint Eastwood (Bronco Billy), Peter Medak (The Changeling), and Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull)


Best Cinematography
Michael Chapman (Raging Bull)

2. Reynaldo Villalobos (Urban Cowboy)
3. Isidore Mankofsky (Somewhere in Time)
4. John Bailey (American Gigolo)
5. Donald McAlpine (Breaker Morant)
Honorable Mentions: Néstor Almendros (The Blue Lagoon), John A. Alonzo (Tom Horn), Freddie Francis (The Elephant Man), Peter Suschitzky (The Empire Strikes Back), Jost Vacano (Spetters), and Vilmos Zsigmond (Heaven's Gate)


Best Editing
Thelma Schoonmaker (Raging Bull)

2. Ine Schenkkan (Spetters)
3. Lilla Pedersen (The Changeling)
4. Richard Halsey (American Gigolo)
5. William M. Anderson (Breaker Morant)
Honorable Mentions: Anne V. Coates (The Elephant Man), Jeff Gourson (Somewhere in Time), and David Rawlins (Urban Cowboy)


Best Original Screenplay
Brian Doyle-Murray, Harold Ramis, and Douglas Kenney (Caddyshack)

2. Paul Schrader (American Gigolo)
3. H.A.L. Craig (Lion of the Desert)
4. James Bridges and Aaron Latham (Urban Cowboy)
5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin (Raging Bull)

2. Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, and Bruce Beresford (Breaker Morant)
3. Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, and David Lynch (The Elephant Man)
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5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Films Rated '10'
  1. Raging Bull

  2. Spetters

  3. American Gigolo

  4. Urban Cowboy

  5. The Elephant Man

  6. Bronco Billy

Films Rated '9'
  1. Breaker Morant

  2. The Gods Must Be Crazy

  3. Dressed to Kill

  4. My Bodyguard

Films Rated '8'
  1. Caddyshack

  2. Lion of the Desert

  3. The Changeling

  4. The Idolmaker

  5. Tom Horn

  6. Any Which Way You Can

  7. Atlantic City

  8. Fatso

  9. Motel Hell

Films Rated '7'
  1. The Blue Lagoon

  2. Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

  3. Somewhere in Time

  4. The First Deadly Sin

  5. Inside Moves

  6. Fame

  7. The Big Red One

  8. The Empire Strikes Back

  9. Brubaker

  10. Honeysuckle Rose

  11. The Dogs of War

  12. The Island

  13. Heart Beat

  14. The Mirror Crack'd

Films Rated '6'
  1. Ordinary People

  2. The Man with Bogart's Face

  3. Cruising

  4. The Long Good Friday

  5. Terror Train

  6. Friday the 13th

  7. Used Cars

  8. Mon oncle d'Amérique

  9. Roadie

  10. Second-Hand Hearts

Films Rated '5'
  1. Maniac

  2. Smokey and the Bandit II

  3. The Fog

Films Rated '4'
  1. Superman II

  2. Gregory's Girl

  3. Hopscotch

  4. The Hunter

Films Rated '3'
  1. Beulah Land

  2. Altered States

  3. He Knows You're Alone

  4. New Year's Evil

  5. Prom Night

  6. Heaven's Gate

  7. The Formula

  8. Stir Crazy

  9. The Octagon

Films Rated '2'
  1. The Blues Brothers

  2. The Stunt Man

  3. The Shining

  4. Airplane!

Films Rated '1'
  1. Permanent Vacation