The following is an overview of events in 1980 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The top ten 1980 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
May 21 – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is released and is the biggest grosser of the year (just as its predecessor, Star Wars, was three years prior).
May 23 - The Shining is released. Notable for being the first "epic" horror film. It has since become one of the most referenced and popular films of all time.
June 20 – The Blues Brothers is released and in addition to becoming one of the top-grossing films of the year it also became the first feature film to be based on characters created on Saturday Night Live.
November 19 – Heaven's Gate becomes one of the biggest box office bombs of all-time and its colossal failure bankrupts United Artists.
Academy Awards:
Best Picture:
Ordinary People
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
Best Foreign Language Film:
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (
Москва Слезам Не Верит), directed by Vladimir Menshov, USSR
Golden Globe Awards:
Drama:
Best Picture:
Ordinary People
Best Actor:
Robert De Niro –
Raging Bull
Best Actress:
Mary Tyler Moore –
Ordinary People
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture:
Coal Miner's Daughter
Best Actor:
Ray Sharkey –
The Idolmaker
Best Actress:
Sissy Spacek –
Coal Miner's Daughter
Other
Best Director:
Robert Redford –
Ordinary People
Best Foreign Language Film:
Tess, United Kingdom
Golden Globe Award for World film favourite male:
Roger Moore –
Golden Globe Award for World film favourite female:
Jane Fonda –
Golden Raspberry Awards:
Worst Picture:
Can't Stop the Music
Worst Director:
Robert Greenwald –
Xanadu
Worst Actor:
Neil Diamond –
The Jazz Singer
Worst Actress:
Brooke Shields –
The Blue Lagoon
Worst Supporting Actor:
John Adames –
Gloria;
Laurence Olivier –
The Jazz Singer
Worst Supporting Actress:
Amy Irving –
Honeysuckle Rose
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
All That Jazz, directed by Bob Fosse, United States
Kagemusha, 影武者 (
Shadow Warrior), directed by Akira Kurosawa, Japan
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Atlantic City, directed by Louis Malle, USA / Canada / France
Gloria, directed by John Cassavetes, United States
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Heartland, directed by Richard Pearce, United States
Palermo or Wolfsburg (
Palermo oder Wolfsburg), directed by Werner Schroeter, West Germany
U.S.A. unless stated
9 to 5, directed by Colin Higgins, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman
A
The Agency, starring Robert Mitchum, Lee Majors, Valerie Perrine – (Canada)
Airplane!, starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Alien Dead, directed by Fred Olen Ray, starring Buster Crabbe
Alligator, directed by Lewis Teague, starring Robert Forster, Robin Riker, and Michael Gazzo
Altered States, directed by Ken Russell, starring William Hurt and Blair Brown
American Gigolo, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton and Héctor Elizondo
Antropophagus, directed by Joe D'Amato, starring George Eastman, Tisa Farrow, Zora Kerova, Saverio Vallone, and Serena Grandi (Italy)
Any Which Way You Can, directed by Buddy Van Horn, starring Clint Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith, Barry Corbin, Ruth Gordon
Arrebato (Rapture), directed by Ivan Zulueta, starring Eusebio Poncela, and Cecilia Roth (Spain)
Atlantic City, directed by Louis Malle, starring Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon – (Canada/France) – Golden Lion winner
The Awakening, starring Charlton Heston, Susannah York and Stephanie Zimbalist – (U.K.)
B
Babylon, starring Brinsley Forde – (U.K.)
A Bad Son (un mauvais fils), directed by Claude Sautet – (France)
Bad Timing, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel – (U.K.)
The Baltimore Bullet, starring James Coburn
Berlin Alexanderplatz, a TV mini-series directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Gunther Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa – (West Germany)
The Big Brawl, starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong/U.S.A.)
The Big Red One, directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine
Bizalom (Confidence), directed by István Szabó – (Hungary)
The Black Marble, directed by Harold Becker, starring Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, Harry Dean Stanton
The Blood of Hussain, directed by Jamil Dehlavi – (Pakistan)
The Blue Lagoon, starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins
The Blues Brothers, directed by John Landis, starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway, Carrie Fisher, John Candy, Henry Gibson
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)
Breaker Morant, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Edward Woodward – (Australia)
Bronco Billy, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Sam Bottoms, Scatman Crothers
Brubaker, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Robert Redford, David Keith, Jane Alexander, Yaphet Kotto
C
Caboblanco, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Dominique Sanda
Caddyshack, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Cindy Morgan, Bill Murray
The Candidate (Der Kandidat), directed by Volker Schlöndorff – (West Germany)
Cannibal Holocaust, directed by Ruggero Deodato, starring Robert Kerman – (Italy)
Can't Stop the Music, directed by Nancy Walker, starring Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Village People
Carny, starring Jodie Foster and Gary Busey
Chann Pardesi, starring Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Om Puri – (India)
A Change of Seasons, starring Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek
The Changeling, starring George C. Scott – (Canada)
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
Children's Island (Barnens ö) – (Sweden)
La Cicala (The Cicada), starring Anthony Franciosa and Virna Lisi – (Italy)
City of Women (La città delle donne), directed by Federico Fellini, starring Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
The Club, starring Jack Thompson – (Australia)
Coal Miner's Daughter, starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones
The Competition, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick, Sam Wanamaker
The Constant Factor (Constans) – (Poland)
The Crime of Cuenca (El crimen de Cuenca) – (Spain)
Cruising, directed by William Friedkin, starring Al Pacino
Cutting It Short (Postřižiny), directed by Jiří Menzel – (Czechoslovakia)
D
Dadar Kirti (Deeds of My Elder Brother) – (India)
Death Watch (La Mort en direct), directed by Bertrand Tavernier, starring Romy Schneider and Harvey Keitel – (France)
Delusion directed by Alan Beattie, starring Patricia Pearcy and Joseph Cotten
Die Laughing, starring Robby Benson and Bud Cort
The Dogs of War, starring Christopher Walken – (U.S.A./U.K.)
Dostana (Friendship), starring Amitabh Bachchan – (India)
Dressed to Kill, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Michael Caine, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Angie Dickinson
E
Elisita – (Spain)
The Elephant Man, directed by David Lynch, starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins – (U.S.A./U.K.)
Encounters of the Spooky Kind (Gui da gui), directed by and starring Sammo Hung – (Hong Kong)
Every Man for Himself (Sauve qui peut (la vie)), directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jacques Dutronc and Isabelle Huppert – (France)
The Exterminator, starring Robert Ginty and Samantha Eggar
F
Fade to Black, starring Dennis Christopher
The Falls, directed by Peter Greenaway – (U.K.)
Fame, directed by Alan Parker, starring Irene Cara
Fatso, directed by and starring Anne Bancroft, with Dom DeLuise
The Final Countdown, starring Kirk Douglas, Katharine Ross, Martin Sheen
The First Deadly Sin, starring Frank Sinatra, David Dukes, Martin Gabel, Brenda Vaccaro, Faye Dunaway
First Family, directed by Buck Henry, starring Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn, Gilda Radner
Flash Gordon, directed by Mike Hodges, starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Chaim Topol – (U.S.A./U.K.)
The Fog, directed by John Carpenter, starring Adrienne Barbeau and Jamie Lee Curtis
Foolin' Around, starring Gary Busey, Annette O'Toole, Eddie Albert, Cloris Leachman
The Formula, starring George C. Scott and Marlon Brando
Foxes, directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Jodie Foster, Cherie Currie, Scott Baio and Adam Faith
Friday the 13th, directed by Sean S. Cunningham, starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King and Harry Crosby
G
The Gamekeeper, directed by Ken Loach – (U.K.)
Gamera: Super Monster (Uchu Kaijū Gamera) – (Japan)
Germany, Pale Mother (Deutschland bleiche Mutter), starring Eva Mattes – (West Germany)
Gilda Live, starring Gilda Radner, Father Guido Sarducci
Gloria, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands – Golden Lion winner
The Gods Must Be Crazy, directed by Jamie Uys, starring N!xau, Sandra Prinsloo and Marius Weyers – (South Africa)
Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras) – (Canada)
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, a mockumentary directed by Julien Temple, featuring The Sex Pistols and Malcolm McLaren – (U.K.)
H
Hangar 18, starring Darren McGavin and Robert Vaughn
Health, a.k.a. H.E.A.L.T.H., directed by Robert Altman, starring Carol Burnett, Lauren Bacall, Glenda Jackson, James Garner
Heart Beat, starring Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, John Heard
He Knows You're Alone, starring Don Scardino and Caitlin O'Heaney
Heaven's Gate, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Jeff Bridges
Herbie Goes Bananas, directed by Vincent McEveety, starring Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman and Charles Martin Smith
Hero at Large, starring John Ritter and Anne Archer
Hey Babe!, starring Yasmine Bleeth and Buddy Hackett – (Canada)
Hirak Rajar Deshe (Kingdom of Diamonds), directed by Satyajit Ray – (India)
The Hit (Trhák) – (Czechoslovakia)
Home Movies, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Kirk Douglas, Vincent Gardenia, Gerrit Graham, Nancy Allen
Hopscotch, directed by Ronald Neame, starring Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson
How to Beat the High Cost of Living, starring Susan Saint James, Jessica Lange, Jane Curtin, Dabney Coleman, Richard Benjamin
Humanoids from the Deep, starring Vic Morrow, Doug McClure, Ann Turkel
The Hunter, starring Steve McQueen (in his final film), Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson, Eli Wallach
I
The Idolmaker, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Ray Sharkey and Peter Gallagher
Inferno, directed by Dario Argento – (Italy)
Inside Moves, directed by Richard Donner, starring John Savage, David Morse, Diana Scarwid
The Island, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Michael Caine
It's My Turn, directed by Claudia Weill, starring Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, Charles Grodin
JK
The Jazz Singer, starring Neil Diamond, Lucie Arnaz, Laurence Olivier
Just Tell Me What You Want, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Ali MacGraw, Alan King, Peter Weller, Myrna Loy
Karz (In Debt), starring Rishi Kapoor – (India)
Kagemusha, directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara – (Japan) – Palme d'Or winner
Khubsoorat, starring Ashok Kumar and Rekha – (India)
Klondike Fever, starring Jeff East, Rod Steiger, Angie Dickinson, Gordon Pinsent – (Canada)
L
Ladies' Choice (Dami Kanyat), directed by Ivan Andonov, starring Stefan Danailov – (Bulgaria)
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark, starring Elliott Gould, Geneviève Bujold, Ricky Schroder
The Last Married Couple in America, starring Natalie Wood, George Segal, Valerie Harper, Richard Benjamin
The Last Metro (Le dernier metro), directed by François Truffaut, starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu – (France)
The Last Witness (Choehuui jeungin) – (South Korea)
The Lathe of Heaven, starring Bruce Davison
Legend of Tianyun Mountain (Tiān yún shān chuán qí) – (China)
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter, a documentary film
Little Darlings, starring Tatum O'Neal and Kristy McNichol
Little Miss Marker, starring Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart
The Long Good Friday, directed by John Mackenzie, starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren – (U.K.)
The Long Riders, directed by Walter Hill, starring the Keach brothers, Carradine brothers and Quaid brothers
Loulou, starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu – (France)
Loving Couples, directed by Jack Smight, starring Shirley MacLaine, James Coburn, Stephen Collins, Susan Sarandon
Lulu (1980 film) (not same as above) – (France/Italy/West Germany)
M
The Magician of Lublin, starring Alan Arkin, Valerie Perrine, Louise Fletcher
The Man with Bogart's Face, starring Robert Sacchi, Misty Rowe, Victor Buono, Yvonne De Carlo, Herbert Lom
Manila by Night – (Philippines)
McVicar, directed by Tom Clegg, starring Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith, Cheryl Campbell – (U.K.)
Melvin and Howard, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen
Midnight Madness
The Mirror Crack'd, directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson – (U.K.)
Mon oncle d'Amérique, directed by Alain Resnais, starring Gérard Depardieu – (France) – Cannes Special Jury Prize
Motel Hell, starring Rory Calhoun
Mother's Day, starring Nancy Hendrickson
The Mountain Men, starring Charlton Heston and Brian Keith
My Bodyguard, directed by Tony Bill, starring Matt Dillon, Adam Baldwin, Chris Makepeace, Martin Mull
N
The Nest (El Nido) – (Spain)
Nightkill, starring Robert Mitchum
Nijinsky, starring George de la Peña and Alan Bates
The Ninth Configuration, directed by William Peter Blatty, starring Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller
O
O Megalexandros (Alexander the Great), directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos – (Greece)
Oh, God! Book II, starring George Burns
One Trick Pony, written by and starring Paul Simon, with Blair Brown, Joan Hackett, Rip Torn
The Orchestra Conductor (Dyrygent), directed by Andrzej Wajda, starring John Gielgud – (Poland)
Ordinary People, directed by Robert Redford, starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch, Elizabeth McGovern
Out of the Blue, directed by and starring Dennis Hopper, with Linda Manz, Raymond Burr – (Canada)
PQ
Pepi, Luci, Bom, directed by Pedro Almodóvar – (Spain)
Palermo or Wolfsburg – (West Germany) – Golden Bear winner
Permanent Vacation, directed by Jim Jarmusch
The Pilot, directed by and starring Cliff Robertson, with Diane Baker and Gordon MacRae
Playing for Time, directed by Daniel Mann, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Jane Alexander
Popeye, directed by Robert Altman, starring Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall
Pray TV, starring Dabney Coleman
Private Benjamin, directed by Howard Zieff, starring Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Harry Dean Stanton
The Private Eyes, starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts
Qurbani (Sacrifice), directed by and starring Feroz Khan – (India)
R
Raging Bull, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty
Resurrection, starring Ellen Burstyn and Eva Le Gallienne
The Return of the King, animated film, voices of Orson Bean, John Huston, William Conrad
Return of the Secaucus 7, directed by John Sayles
El Retorno del Hombre Lobo (Return of the Werewolf) – (Spain)
Roadie, directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Meat Loaf and Kaki Hunter
Le Roi et l'oiseau (The King and the Mocking Bird), animated film – (France)
Rockshow, concert film featuring Paul McCartney and Wings – (U.K.)
Rough Cut, directed by Don Siegel, starring Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven
Rude Boy, a rockumentary featuring The Clash – (U.K.)
S
Sällskapsresan (The Charter Trip), directed by and starring Lasse Åberg – (Sweden)
The Sea Wolves, starring Gregory Peck, David Niven, Roger Moore – (U.K./U.S.A./Switzerland)
See You in the Next War (enja u sledećem ratu) – (Yugoslavia)
Seems Like Old Times, starring Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase
Serial, starring Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Christopher Lee, Bill Macy, Sally Kellerman, Tom Smothers
The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Simon, starring Alan Arkin
A Small Circle of Friends, starring Brad Davis and Karen Allen
Smokey and the Bandit II, directed by Hal Needham, starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed and Dom DeLuise
Solo Sunny – (East Germany)
Somewhere in Time, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour
Special Treatment (Poseban tretman) – (Yugoslavia)
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, directed by Irvin Kershner, starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher
Stardust Memories, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Charlotte Rampling and Jessica Harper
Stir Crazy, directed by Sidney Poitier, starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder
The Stunt Man, directed by Richard Rush, starring Peter O'Toole, Barbara Hershey, Steve Railsback
Sunday Lovers, starring Gene Wilder, Roger Moore, Lino Ventura
Superman II, starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp
T
Terror Train
La terrazza (The Terrace), starring Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi – (Italy)
That Sinking Feeling, directed by Bill Forsyth, starring John Gordon Sinclair – (U.K.)
Those Lips, Those Eyes, starring Frank Langella, Glynnis O'Connor, Tom Hulce
Times Square, directed by Allen Moyle, starring Robin Johnson, Trini Alvarado, Tim Curry
To Love the Damned (Maledetti vi amerò) – (Italy)
Tom Horn, starring Steve McQueen, Richard Farnsworth, Linda Evans
Tribute, starring Jack Lemmon – (Canada)
Twelve Months (Sekai Meisaku Douwa Mori wa Ikiteiru / Dvenadtsat mesyatsev) – (Japan/U.S.S.R.)
UV
The Unseen, starring Barbara Bach and Stephen Furst
Up the Academy, directed by Robert Downey Sr.
Urban Cowboy, directed by James Bridges, starring John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, Madolyn Smith, Barry Corbin
Used Cars, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Kurt Russell, Deborah Harmon, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham
Virus (Fukkatsu no hi), starring Sonny Chiba and Glenn Ford – (Japan)
Le Voyage en douce, starring Dominique Sanda and Geraldine Chaplin – (France)
W
Waiter, Scarper! (Vrchní, prchni!) – (Czechoslovakia)
The Watcher in the Woods, starring Bette Davis – (U.K./U.S.A.)
When Time Ran Out, starring Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Burgess Meredith, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons
Where the Buffalo Roam, directed by Art Linson, starring Bill Murray
Wholly Moses!, starring Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman, Paul Sand, Dom DeLuise
Who's Singin' Over There? (Ko to tamo peva) – (Yugoslavia)
Why Would I Lie?, starring Treat Williams, Lisa Eichhorn, Valerie Curtin
Willie & Phil, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Michael Ontkean
Windows, starring Talia Shire and Elizabeth Ashley
Witches' Brew, starring Teri Garr and Richard Benjamin
X
Xanadu, starring Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, Gene Kelly
Y
The Young Master (Shi di chu ma), directed by and starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)
Yūgure made – (Japan)
Z
Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), directed by Seijun Suzuki – (Japan)
U.S.A. unless stated
January 1980
January 18
Just Tell Me What You Want
Windows
January 30
To All a Goodnight
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
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
April 1980
April 1
The Baltimore Bullet
April 17
The Private Eyes
April 25
Where the Buffalo Roam
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
June 1980
June 1
The Alien Dead
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
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
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
September 1980
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
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
October 14
Fade to Black
October 18
Motel Hell
October 31
Touched by Love
The Awakening
November 1980
November 7
The Boogeyman
November 11
Shogun Assassin
November 14
The Idolmaker
November 21
The Apple
The Visitor
December 1980
December 1
A Change of Seasons
December 3
The Competition
December 5
Flash Gordon
December 12
Popeye
Stir Crazy
December 17
Any Which Way You Can
December 19
The Formula
Heaven's Gate
The Jazz Singer
Nine to Five
Raging Bull
Seems Like Old Times
December 25
Altered States
First Family
January 7 - Hele Kõrve, Estonian actress and singer
January 17 – Zooey Deschanel, American singer-songwriter and actress
January 18 - Estelle, British singer, songwriter, record producer and actress
February 12 – Christina Ricci, American actress
March 7 - Mart Toome, Estonian actor
March 9 – Matthew Gray Gubler, American actor
April 8 – Carrie Savage, American voice actress
April 13
Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress
Kelli Giddish, American actress
April 26
Jordana Brewster, American actress
Channing Tatum, American actor
May 8
Jasen Fisher, American former child actor
Kimberlee Peterson, American actress
May 22 - Evelin Võigemast, Estonian actress
June 23 – Melissa Rauch, American actress and comedian
June 24 – Minka Kelly, American actress
July 3 – Olivia Munn, American actress
July 6 – Eva Green, French actress
July 18 – Kristen Bell, American actress
August 26
Chris Pine, American actor
Macaulay Culkin, American actor
September 9 – Michelle Williams, American actress
October 14 – Ben Whishaw, English actor
October 24 – Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer and actress
October 29 – Ben Foster, American actor
November 12 – Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor
December 3 – Anna Chlumsky, American actress
December 19
Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor
Marla Sokoloff, American actress
December 30 – Eliza Dushku, American actress
Adam Baldwin – My Bodyguard
Drew Barrymore – Altered States
Jennifer Beals – My Bodyguard
Pierce Brosnan – The Long Good Friday
Robbie Coltrane – Flash Gordon
Joan Cusack – My Bodyguard
Willem Dafoe – Heaven's Gate
Tony Danza – The Hollywood Knights
Neil Diamond – The Jazz Singer
Charles Fleischer – Die Laughing
Michael J. Fox – Midnight Madness
Peter Gallagher – The Idolmaker
Tom Hanks – He Knows You're Alone
Linda Hunt – Popeye
William Hurt – Altered States
Timothy Hutton – Ordinary People
Jeremy Irons – Nijinsky
Ralph Macchio – Up the Academy
William H. Macy – Somewhere in Time
Christopher McDonald – The Hearse
Cathy Moriarty – Raging Bull
David Morse – Inside Moves
Cynthia Nixon – Little Darlings
Catherine O'Hara – Deadly Companion
Terry O'Quinn – Heaven's Gate
Joe Pantoliano – The Idolmaker
Dolly Parton – 9 to 5
Michelle Pfeiffer – The Hollywood Knights
Harold Ramis (director) - Caddyshack
Paul Reubens – Pray TV
Sharon Stone – Stardust Memories
David Strathairn – Return of the Secaucus 7
John Turturro – Raging Bull
Dianne Wiest – It's My Turn
Robin Williams – Popeye
Bruce Willis – The First Deadly Sin
Sean Young – Jane Austen in Manhattan
