Movies Set in 1980

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Scarface(1983)

4.1/5 (with 5,452 votes)

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.

Directed by Brian De Palma - With Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, Paul Shenar, Harris Yulin, ...

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Bohemian Rhapsody(2018)

PG-13

| 2h 15min | Music, Drama, History

4.0/5 (with 7,768 votes)

Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.

Directed by Bryan Singer - With Rami Malek, Mike Myers, Lucy Boynton, Joseph Mazzello, Ben Hardy, Allen Leech, ...

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2(2017)

PG-13

| 2h 17min | Science Fiction, Adventure, Action

3.8/5 (with 10,031 votes)

The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.

Directed by James Gunn - With Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Sean Gunn, ...

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GoodFellas(1990)

| 2h 25min | Drama, Crime

4.3/5 (with 5,556 votes)

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Directed by Martin Scorsese - With Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, ...

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No Country for Old Men(2007)

| 2h 2min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

4.0/5 (with 5,549 votes)

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - With Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, ...

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The Blues Brothers(1980)

| 2h 13min | Music, Comedy, Action, Crime

3.9/5 (with 1,876 votes)

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.

Directed by John Landis - With John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, ...

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Casino(1995)

| 2h 59min | Crime, Drama, History

4.0/5 (with 2,559 votes)

In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.

Directed by Martin Scorsese - With Sharon Stone, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Frank Vincent, Pasquale Cajano, ...

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Bloodsport(1988)

| 1h 32min | Action, Drama

3.5/5 (with 749 votes)

U.S. soldier Frank Dux has come to Hong Kong to be accepted into the Kumite, a highly secret and extremely violent martial arts competition. While trying to gain access into the underground world of clandestine fighters, he also has to avoid military officers who consider him to be AWOL. After enduring a difficult training and beginning a romance with journalist Janice Kent, Frank is given the opportunity to fight. But can he survive?

Directed by Newt Arnold - With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roy Chiao, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Bolo Yeung, Forest Whitaker, ...

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American Made(2017)

| 1h 55min | Action, Crime, Comedy

3.4/5 (with 1,951 votes)

The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.

Directed by Doug Liman - With Tom Cruise, Lola Kirke, Domhnall Gleeson, Jesse Plemons, Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Wright, ...

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Friday the 13th(2009)

| 1h 37min | Horror

2.9/5 (with 1,200 votes)

A group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.

Directed by Marcus Nispel - With Derek Mears, Nana Visitor, Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, ...

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Doctor Sleep(2019)

| 2h 32min | Horror, Thriller, Fantasy

3.6/5 (with 1,895 votes)

Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook, Dan Torrance has fought to find some semblance of peace. But that peace is shattered when he encounters Abra, a courageous teenager with her own powerful extrasensory gift, known as the 'shine'. Instinctively recognising that Dan shares her power, Abra has sought him out, desperate for his help against the merciless Rose the Hat and her followers.

Directed by Mike Flanagan - With Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Alex Essoe, Carl Lumbly, Zahn McClarnon, Kyliegh Curran, ...

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Hands of Stone(2016)

| 1h 45min | Drama

3.3/5 (with 183 votes)

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

Directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz - With Drena De Niro, Édgar Ramírez, Ellen Barkin, John Turturro, Reg E. Cathey, Robert De Niro, ...

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Blow(2001)

| 2h 4min | Crime, Drama

3.7/5 (with 1,917 votes)

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.

Directed by Ted Demme - With Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente, Ray Liotta, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens, ...

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The Dirt(2019)

1h 48min | Drama, Music, History, Comedy

3.8/5 (with 522 votes)

The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.

Directed by Jeff Tremaine - With Douglas Booth, Machine Gun Kelly, Daniel Webber, Iwan Rheon, Pete Davidson, Leven Rambin, ...

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Boogie Nights(1997)

| 2h 36min | Drama

3.8/5 (with 1,450 votes)

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson - With Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Heather Graham, Don Cheadle, ...

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Argo(2012)

| 2h | Drama, Thriller

3.6/5 (with 3,762 votes)

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

Directed by Ben Affleck - With Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Michael Cassidy, ...

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Empire of Light(2022)

| 1h 53min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.3/5 (with 154 votes)

The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

Directed by Sam Mendes - With Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, ...

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues(2013)

PG-13

| 1h 59min | Comedy

3.1/5 (with 1,117 votes)

With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

Directed by Adam McKay - With Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Kristen Wiig, ...

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The Final Countdown(1980)

| 1h 43min | War, Action, Science Fiction

3.3/5 (with 244 votes)

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Directed by Don Taylor - With Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal, Charles Durning, ...

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A Taxi Driver(2017)

2h 18min | Action, Drama, History

4.0/5 (with 380 votes)

May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.

Directed by Jang Hoon - With Song Kang-ho, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hai-Jin, Ryu Jun-yeol

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Children of the Corn(1984)

| 1h 33min | Horror, Thriller

2.8/5 (with 418 votes)

A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.

Directed by Fritz Kiersch - With Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R. G. Armstrong, John Franklin, Courtney Gains

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Nighthawks(1981)

| 1h 39min | Action, Crime, Thriller

3.2/5 (with 168 votes)

An international terrorist has New York in a grip of panic and it's up to Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva to take him down.

Directed by Bruce Malmuth - With Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer, Lindsay Wagner, Persis Khambatta, Nigel Davenport, ...

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Cry Macho(2021)

PG-13

| 1h 44min | Drama, Western

3.0/5 (with 398 votes)

Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home from Mexico.

Directed by Clint Eastwood - With Dwight Yoakam, Fernanda Urrejola, Clint Eastwood, Natalia Traven

Mr. Popper's Penguins(2011)

| 1h 34min | Comedy, Kids & Family

3.0/5 (with 1,312 votes)

Jim Carrey stars as Tom Popper, a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland — and the rest of his world upside-down.

Directed by Mark Waters - With Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Angela Lansbury, Madeline Carroll, Maxwell Perry Cotton, Ophelia Lovibond, ...

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A River Runs Through It(1992)

2h 3min | Drama, Kids & Family

3.5/5 (with 449 votes)

A River Runs Through It is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying life circumstances in the untamed west of Montana in the 1920s.

Directed by Robert Redford - With Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Lloyd, Edie McClurg, ...

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Finding Steve McQueen(2019)

| 1h 31min | Crime, Thriller

3.2/5 (with 45 votes)

In 1972, a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions. Based on the true story of the biggest bank heist in US history.

Directed by Mark Steven Johnson - With Travis Fimmel

The Delta Force(1986)

| 2h 5min | Action, Thriller, Adventure

3.0/5 (with 168 votes)

A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.

Directed by Menahem Golan - With Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Kim Delaney, Robert Forster, ...

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Bad Education(2004)

NC-17

| 1h 46min | Crime, Drama

3.7/5 (with 403 votes)

Two children, Ignacio and Enrique, know love, the movies and fear in a religious school at the beginning of the 1960s. Father Manolo, director of the school and its professor of literature, is witness to and part of these discoveries. The three are followed through the next few decades, their reunion marking life and death.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar - With Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Lluís Homar, Javier Cámara, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Paco Maestre, ...

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Prom Night(1980)

| 1h 32min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

2.9/5 (with 167 votes)

At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously.

Directed by Paul Lynch - With Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anne-Marie Martin, Antoinette Bower, Robert A. Silverman, Jeff Wincott, ...

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The Prowler(1981)

| 1h 29min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery

3.0/5 (with 82 votes)

A masked killer, wearing World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35-year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual Spring Dance.

Directed by Joseph Zito - With Christopher Goutman, Farley Granger, Lawrence Tierney, Thom Bray

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Movies Set in 1980

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Scarface(1983)

Bohemian Rhapsody(2018)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2(2017)

GoodFellas(1990)

No Country for Old Men(2007)

The Blues Brothers(1980)

Casino(1995)

Bloodsport(1988)

American Made(2017)

Friday the 13th(2009)

Doctor Sleep(2019)

Hands of Stone(2016)

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Blow(2001)

The Dirt(2019)

Boogie Nights(1997)

Argo(2012)

Empire of Light(2022)

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues(2013)

The Final Countdown(1980)

A Taxi Driver(2017)

Children of the Corn(1984)

Nighthawks(1981)

Cry Macho(2021)

Mr. Popper's Penguins(2011)

A River Runs Through It(1992)

Finding Steve McQueen(2019)

The Delta Force(1986)

Bad Education(2004)

Prom Night(1980)

The Prowler(1981)

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