8.3The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back

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. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

PG
8.3
1980Action124 minPlay
TV8.5Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

Carl Sagan covers a wide range of scientific subjects, including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe.

NRPBS
8.5
1980Documentary60 minPlay
8.0The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

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. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

PG
8.0
1980Drama124 minPlay
7.9Raging Bull

Raging Bull

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.

R
7.9
1980Drama129 minPlay
TV8.2Yes Minister

Yes Minister

Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.

TV-PGBBC Two
8.2
1980Comedy30 minPlay
7.8Kagemusha

Kagemusha

Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.

PG
7.8
1980Action180 minPlay
7.7The King and the Mockingbird

The King and the Mockingbird

The kingdom of Takicardie quakes under the rule of the tyrannical King Charles V-et-III-font-VIII-et-VIII-font-XVI, whose favourite pastime is shooting birds. His archenemy is a cheeky mockingbird, whose favourite pastime is thwarting the king’s attempts to shoot birds. One night, a portrait of the king comes to life and disposes of the real king, taking his place. The portrait king falls in love with a young shepherdess in another painting and intends to marry her. But, alas, the ...

NR
7.7
1980Animation83 minPlay
7.7The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

R
7.7
1980Action133 minPlay
TV8.0Chespirito

Chespirito

NRLas Estrellas
8.0
1980Comedy40 minPlay
7.5Somewhere in Time

Somewhere in Time

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.

PG
7.5
1980Drama103 minPlay
TV7.7The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a Japanese anime series, directed by Hiroshi Saitô which was aired in 1980. It is based on the well-known and popular novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. The series was broadcast on the World Masterpiece Theater, an animation staple on Fuji TV that showcased each year an animated version of a different classical book or story of Western literature, and was originally titled "Tom Sawyer no Bōken". It was the second installment of the series, ...

NRFuji TV
7.7
1980Action24 minPlay
7.4Ordinary People

Ordinary People

Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.

R
7.4
1980Drama124 minPlay
TV7.6Shogun

Shogun

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.

NRNBC
7.6
1980Action108 minPlay
7.2Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.

NR
7.2
1980Drama103 minPlay
7.2Airplane!

Airplane!

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

PG
7.2
1980Comedy88 minPlay
7.2Coal Miner’s Daughter

Coal Miner’s Daughter

Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.

PG
7.2
1980Drama125 minPlay
7.2The Gods Must Be Crazy

The Gods Must Be Crazy

A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.

PG
7.2
1980Action109 minPlay
7.2The Last Metro

The Last Metro

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

NR
7.2
1980Drama131 minPlay
7.1The Taming of the Scoundrel

The Taming of the Scoundrel

A rich farmer is well known for being very unkind. He's misanthropic, misogynous and cantankerous. Until he meets by chance a gorgeous girl...

NR
7.1
1980Comedy104 minPlay
7.1Fun Is Beautiful

Fun Is Beautiful

Three stories set in summer Rome, three characters all played by Verdone: an awkward young man meets a Spanish tourist; another one plans a trip towards East with a suitcase full of stockings and biro pens; a hippie is visited by his father, who tries to convince him to get back home.

NR
7.1
1980Comedy97 minPlay
7.1The Long Good Friday

The Long Good Friday

In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.

R
7.1
1980Crime114 minPlay
TV7.3Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

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 Magnum, P.I.

TV-PGCBS
7.3
1980Action45 minPlay
7.0Brubaker

Brubaker

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

R
7.0
1980Crime125 minPlay
7.0The Changeling

The Changeling

After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has been uninhabited for many years. But, soon after, the obscure history of such an old mansion and his own past begin to haunt him.

NR
7.0
1980Horror103 minPlay