Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)- Dir. Piers Haggard
Feat. Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren - Notable as Peter Sellers' last movie, but ranking close to the bottom of the Sellers canon for its fiendish forced humour and racist overtones.
Final Countdown, The (1980)- Dir. Don Taylor
Feat. Martin Sheen, Kirk Douglas, Katherine Ross… - The nuclear–era aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, skippered by Martin Sheen, steams into a time–warp and pops up in the Pacific Ocean, just…
First Deadly Sin, The (1980)- Dir. Brian G. Hutton
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Faye Dunaway, Bruce Willis… - Probably Ol' Blue Eyes' last decent film, giving an understated, effective performance as a pressured NYC detective hunting a serial killer and…
Flash Gordon (1980)
- Dir. Michael Hodges
Feat. Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol… - Max Von Sydow's Ming the Merciless only has one thing in his way of universal domination – that blasted quarterback from the New York Jets!…
Flickers (TV Series) (1980)- Feat. Bob Hoskins, Frances de la Tour, Sheila Reid
- An amiable Cockney rogue seeking investors in the silent–film industry finds that building a business out of make believe isn't as easy as he…
Fog, The (1980)- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Adrienne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, Janet Leigh… - A curse, put on a Californian coastal town by shipwrecked sailors, is fulfilled when bank of fog, concealing vengeful ghouls, rolls in from the sea.…
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…
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