1980 in film
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Events
- April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London.
- Sharon Stone makes her film debut in the Woody Allen movie Stardust Memories (released September 26 in USA)
Top three grossing films
- North America
- Superman II starring Christopher Reeve
- Nine to Five starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton
- Best Picture: Ordinary People - Wildwood, Paramount
- Best Director: Robert Redford - Ordinary People
- Best Actor: Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
- Best Actress: Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter
- Best Supporting Actor: Timothy Hutton - Ordinary People
- Best Supporting Actress: Mary Steenburgen - Melvin and Howard
Births
- February 12 - Christina Ricci, actress
Deaths
- January 29 - Jimmy Durante, actor
- February 13 - David Janssen, actor
- March 5 - Jay Silverheels, actor (Tonto)
- March 28 - Dick Haymes, actor, singer
- April 29 - Alfred Hitchcock, director
- July 6 - Gail Patrick, actress
- July 24 - Peter Sellers, actor
- July 31 - Bobby Van, actor, dancer
- August 14 - Dorothy Stratten, actress, Playboy Magazine model
- August 25 - Gower Champion, actor, dancer, choreographer
- October 6 - Hattie Jacques, actress
- November 7 - Steve McQueen, actor
- November 22 - Mae West, actress
- November 24 - George Raft, actor
- November 26 - Rachel Roberts, actress
- December 8 - John Lennon, singer/songwriter
- December 31 - Raoul Walsh, director
Other movies released
- 'Breaker' Morant
- Airplane!
- All That Jazz, Palme d'Or winner
- Any Which Way You Can
- Atlantic City, Golden Lion winner
- ''Berlin Alexanderplatz
- The Blues Brothers (film), directed by John Landis, starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin
- Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back)
- Brubaker
- Bye Bye Brazil
- Caddyshack, starring Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight and others
- City Of Women
- Cruising
- Fame
- Flash Gordon (film)
- The Fog, directed by John Carpenter, starring Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman and Hal Holbrook
- Friday the 13th
- Gloria, Golden Lion winner
- Heartland (film), Golden Bear (award) winner
- Hey Babe!, starring Yasmine Bleeth and Buddy Hackett
- Inferno, directed by Dario Argento
- Kagemusha, Palme d'Or winner
- Loulou (film)
- Midnight Madness
- Mon oncle d'Amérique, Cannes Special Jury Prize
- Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears Academy Award for Best Foreign -Language Film
- Nine to Five, starring Dolly Parton
- No Child's Land
- O Megalexandros
- Ordinary People
- Palmero oder Wolsfburg, Golden Bear (award) winner
- Raging Bull
- Seems Like Old Times
- Stir Crazy, starring Richard Pryor
- Superman II
- Tess
- The Apple
- The Big Red One
- The Blue Lagoon
- The Blues Brothers
- The Club
- The Constant Factor
- The Cricket (La Cicala)
- The Elephant Man (film)
- The Great Santini
- The Stunt Man
- The Young Master
- Urban Cowboy
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