Subgenre Sampler
Formula, The (1980)- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Marlon Brando, George C. Scott, Marthe Keller… - Muddled thriller with Scott as a detective caught up in a conspiracy to manipulate world fuel prices. Brando –only in three scenes– does…
Foxes (1980)- Dir. Adrian Lyne
Feat. Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman… - Four teenage loose cannons speed towards self–destruction in this frank, impressionistic portrait of L.A. teen culture. A young Jodie Foster…
Frank Zappa: Live in Paris (1980)- Dir. Frank Zappa
Feat. Frank Zappa - Rare music gig from innovative musician Frank Zappa performed in Paris in 1980 at the height of his career (the year after he recorded the albums…
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Friday the 13th [Franchise] (1980-1989)- Dir. Sean S. Cunningham
Feat. Betsy Palmer, Kevin Bacon - The most successful film to exploit the '80s stalk–and–slash formula, characterised by disposable teenagers being endlessly slaughtered…
From Mao to Mozart (1980)
- Dir. Murray Lerner
- Deserving winner of the Best Documentary Oscar follows violinist Isaac Stern on his concert and tutorial tour of China in 1979. A film as moving as…
From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Robert Atzom, Heinz Bennent, Martin Benrath - A dark themed and intricately plotted drama from dir. Bergman's later period, concerning a businessman who commits the sex–murder of a…
Gambler, The (1980)- Dir. Dick Lowry
Feat. Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Christine Belford… - Amiable western with a gambler saddling up after receiving a letter from his son requesting his help. Kenny Rogers knows when to fold 'em and hold…
Gates of Heaven (1980)
- Dir. Errol Morris
- This acclaimed debut of dir. Errol Morris (THIN BLUE LINE) staked a high water mark for eccentric film subjects by documenting the closing down of a…
Gentle Touch, The (TV Series) (1980)- Feat. Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe
- Ground–breaking police drama featuring Britain's first female TV detective fighting crime and the demands of being a solo mother. Jill Gascoine…
Germany, Pale Mother (Deutschland bleiche Mutter) (1980)- Dir. Helma Sanders-Brahms
Feat. Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi - Bleak WWII drama that follows the tragic fate of a couple who marry the day before the war breaks out when he is drafted to the Eastern front only to…
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