The Stunt Man (1980)
[9] Steve Railsback (Lifeforce, The X-Files) stars as a fugitive who stumbles onto a motion picture set and gets hired as a stunt performer. As long as he's working, the film's director agrees to hide him from the law. The…
Dressed to Kill (1980)
[8] Brian DePalma (Carrie, Sisters) serves up a sexually charged Hitchcockian thriller about a female slasher hunting a prostitute who witnessed her last murder. Michael Caine stars as the shrink who tries to help the call girl, who's played by…
Fade to Black (1980)
[6] A film buff (Breaking Away's Dennis Christopher) suffers a schizophrenic break, dressing up like various movie villains on a killing spree, getting revenge on everyone who slighted him. He also pursues a Marilyn Monroe look-alike (Linda Kerridge) who doesn't…
The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980)
[2] It didn't fall down fast enough. The master of disaster, Irwin Allen (The Towering Inferno, The Poseidon Adventure), produced this three-hour TV movie about a handful of people trapped on a bridge collapsing at both ends. Making matters worse,…
When Time Ran Out… (1980)
[4] Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, and William Holden lead the all-star ensemble in producer Irwin Allen's final theatrically-released disaster movie, signaling the end of a film phenomenon that started ten years earlier with tragedy-adventures like Airport and The Poseidon Adventure.…
Little Darlings (1980)
[7] Tatum O'Neal and Kristy McNichol star as teen girls competing at summer camp to see who can lose their virginity first. O'Neal's character is a rich girl trying to bed the camp's athletic coach (Armand Assante), while McNichol plays…
Used Cars (1980)
[7] Before they struck box office gold with Back to the Future, co-writers Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale offered up this wacky dark comedy about used car salesmen trying to save their run-down lot from a hostile takeover. Kurt Russell…
Spetters (1980)
[8] Paul Verhoeven (Soldier of Orange, RoboCop) brings his devil-may-care attitude toward sex and morality to this slice-of-life story about three young Dutch boys who dream of escaping their restrained provincial lives by winning motor cross competitions. One of the boys, Rien…
The Island (1980)
[6] Michael Caine stars as a reporter who takes his young son (Jeffrey Frank) to the Bermuda Triangle to investigate the disappearance of many ships and travelers. After a plane crash strands them on an island, the father and son…
The Earthling (1980)
[8] The Earthling is an odd, disconcerting sort of film that nevertheless casts a spell and is a bit hard to shake when it's over. It stars William Holden (Sunset Boulevard) in his penultimate film performance, playing a terminally ill…