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Movies released in 1980

Rating: 73 %
Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations.
Length: 88 mins
Airplane! poster

Airplane! (1980)

  • March 5th, 1979, the airplane flight

Rating: 81 %
Awards: Nominated for 8 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 13 nominations.
Length: 124 mins
The Elephant Man poster

The Elephant Man (1980)

  • April 11th, the Elephant Man dies

Rating: 65 %
Length: 28 mins
The Eruption of Mount St. Helens! poster

The Eruption of Mount St. Helens! (1980)

Rating: 58 %
Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 nominations.
Length: 109 mins
The Diary of Anne Frank poster

The Diary of Anne Frank (1980)

  • June 12th, 1942, Anne is given a diary on her 13th birthday

  • August 4th, 1944, Anne Frank is captured by the Germans

Rating: 82 %
Awards: 4 wins & 8 nominations.
Length: 144 mins
The Shining poster

The Shining (1980)

  • July 4th, 1921, Jack Torrance attends the July 4th Ball at the Overlook Hotel

  • October 30th, the Overlook Hotel shuts down for the winter, and Jack Torrance takes over as caretaker

Rating: 65 %
Length: 102 mins
Sewers of Gold poster

Sewers of Gold (1980)

  • July 16th, 1976, Albert Spaggiari tunnels into a bank vault

Rating: 69 %
Awards: 1 nomination.
Length: 94 mins
Out of the Blue poster

Out of the Blue (1980)

  • November 13th, 1990, the Aramoana massacre

Rating: 63 %
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations.
Length: 103 mins
The Final Countdown poster

The Final Countdown (1980)

  • December 6th, 1941, the USS Nimitz is sent back to the day before Pearl Harbor