1980 Wide-release movies.
U.S.A. unless stated.
January–March[]
- January 1980
- January 18
- Just Tell Me What You Want
- Windows
- January 30
- To All a Goodnight
- January 18
- February 1980
- February 1
- Fatso
- February 8
- American Gigolo
- The Fog
- Midnight Madness
- February 15
- Caligula
- Cruising
- February 29
- Don't Answer the Phone
- Foxes
- The Ninth Configuration
- February 1
- March 1980
- March 7
- Coal Miner's Daughter
- Lady and the Tramp (re-release)
- March 14
- Defiance
- March 21
- Forbidden Zone
- Little Miss Marker
- March 28
- Serial
- Tom Horn
- When Time Ran Out
- March 7
April–June[]
- April 1980
- April 1
- The Baltimore Bullet
- April 17
- The Private Eyes
- April 25
- Where the Buffalo Roam
- April 1
- May 1980
- May 9
- Friday the 13th
- The Nude Bomb
- May 16
- Fame
- The Long Riders
- May 21
- The Empire Strikes Back
- May 23
- Carny
- The Gong Show Movie
- The Shining
- May 30
- Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)
- The Hollywood Knights
- May 9
- June 1980
- June 1
- The Mountain Men
- June 4
- The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
- June 6
- Galaxina
- Up the Academy
- Urban Cowboy
- June 11
- Bronco Billy
- June 13
- The Children
- The Island
- Roadie
- Wholly Moses!
- June 19
- Rough Cut
- June 20
- The Blues Brothers
- Brubaker
- Can't Stop the Music
- June 25
- Herbie Goes Bananas
- The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
- June 1
July–September[]
- July 1980
- July 2
- Airplane!
- Alligator
- July 5
- The Blue Lagoon
- July 11
- Oh! Heavenly Dog
- Used Cars
- July 18
- Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
- Honeysuckle Rose
- The Little Dragons
- July 24
- The Earthling
- July 25
- Caddyshack
- Dressed to Kill
- July 2
- August 1980
- August 1
- The Final Countdown
- The Hunter
- Loose Shoes
- Raise the Titanic
- August 8
- The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
- Xanadu
- August 10
- Why Would I Lie?
- August 14
- The Octagon
- August 15
- The Kidnapping of the President
- Smokey and the Bandit II
- Those Lips, Those Eyes
- August 1
- September 1980
- September 8
- Battle Beyond the Stars
- September 9
- Phobia
- September 12
- He Knows You're Alone
- September 19
- The Exterminator
- Melvin and Howard
- September 26
- In God We Tru$t
- My Bodyguard
- Resurrection
- Stardust Memories
- Without Warning
- September 8
October–December[]
- October 1980
- October 3
- Coast to Coast
- The First Deadly Sin
- Oh, God! Book II
- One-Trick Pony
- Somewhere in Time
- Terror Train
- October 6
- Kagemusha
- October 10
- The Elephant Man
- Private Benjamin
- Song of the South (re-release)
- October 14
- Fade to Black
- October 18
- Motel Hell
- October 31
- Touched by Love
- The Awakening
- October 3
- November 1980
- November 7
- The Boogeyman
- November 11
- Shogun Assassin
- November 14
- The Idolmaker
- November 21
- The Apple
- Hurray for Betty Boop
- The Visitor
- November 7
- December 1980
- December 1
- A Change of Seasons
- December 3
- The Competition
- December 5
- Flash Gordon
- December 6
- Popeye
- December 12
- Stir Crazy
- December 17
- Any Which Way You Can
- December 19
- The Aristocats (re-release)
- The Formula
- Heaven's Gate
- Inside Moves
- The Jazz Singer
- Nine to Five
- Raging Bull
- Seems Like Old Times
- December 25
- Altered States
- First Family
- December 1
References[]
Resources[]
- Wikipedia, 1980 in film