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Rotten Tomatoes Highest Rated Movies 1980

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List RulesThe highest rated movies of 1980, according to the aggregated ratings at www.rottentomatoes.com

Here is a list of the top 50 highest rated movies from Rotten Tomatoes for 1980. The list is comprised of popular box office movies, along with independent films as rated on Rotten Tomatoes website for the year 1980. The list answers the question, “What is the highest rated movie of 1980, according to Rotten Tomatoes?” The 1980 movies with 20 or more critic reviews compete for the top spot on Rotten Tomatoes website based on their Tomatometer Scores. The top critics are generally those that write for a notable newspaper and to be a critic for the site, the original review must be popular and get a certain amount of ‘likes’ regardless of whether the review is positive or negative. Each of the 50 highest rated movies of 1980 has a picture of the movie next to the title so that readers can see what the film looks like. Each film also lists the name of the director, or directors, which worked on the movie.Rotten Tomatoes is not just about the highest rated movies of a certain year, but also offers reviews, information, and news pertaining to movies that are just released or have been in the theater.

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1
Atlantic City
Susan Sarandon, Burt Lancaster
Released: 1980
Directed by: Louis Malle
2
Breaker Morant
Edward Woodward, Bryan Brown
Released: 1980
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
3
Raging Bull
Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci
Released: 1980
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
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4
Airplane!
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Leslie Nielsen
Released: 1980
Directed by: Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker
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#137 of 549 The Greatest Epic Movies Ever Made#70 of 372 'Old' Movies Every Young Person Needs To Watch In Their Lifetime
5
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Released: 1980
Directed by: Irvin Kershner
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6
Gloria
Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry
Released: 1980
Directed by: John Cassavetes
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#86 of 123 The Best Mafia Films Of All Time#17 of 25 The Best '80s Gangster Movies
7
The Long Good Friday
Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren
Released: 1980
Directed by: John Mackenzie
8
The Shining
Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall
Released: 1980
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
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9
The Stunt Man
Peter O'Toole, Barbara Hershey
Released: 1980
Directed by: Richard Rush
10
The Big Red One
Mark Hamill, Lee Marvin
Released: 1980
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
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#43 of 374 The 50+ Best War Movies Ever Made, Ranked#37 of 221 The Greatest World War II Movies of All Time
11
Ordinary People
Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland
Released: 1980
Directed by: Robert Redford
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#22 of 46 Movies That Won Best Picture at the Oscars and Golden Globes#144 of 369 The Best Movies Based On Books
12
The Elephant Man
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt
Released: 1980
Directed by: David Lynch
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13
Slap Shot
Paul Newman, M. Emmet Walsh
Released: 1977
Directed by: George Roy Hill
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#13 of 150 The Most Inspirational Sports Movies#3 of 34 The Funniest Movies About Sports

14
Private Benjamin
Goldie Hawn, Albert Brooks
Released: 1980
Directed by: Howard Zieff
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#214 of 1,137 The Absolute Funniest Movies Of All Time#213 of 382 The Greatest Movie Themes
15
The Blues Brothers
Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin
Released: 1980
Directed by: John Landis
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16
Altered States
Drew Barrymore, William Hurt
Released: 1980
Directed by: Ken Russell
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17
Shadow Warrior
18
My Bodyguard
Matt Dillon, Jennifer Beals
Released: 1980
Directed by: Tony Bill
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#48 of 80 The Best Movies About Depression#56 of 259 The Greatest Teen Movies of the 1980s
19
Dressed to Kill
Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson
Released: 1980
Directed by: Brian De Palma
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20
9 to 5
Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton
Released: 1980
Directed by: Colin Higgins
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#401 of 1,540 The Most Rewatchable Movies#112 of 541 The Greatest Guilty Pleasure Movies
21
Flash Gordon
Timothy Dalton, Max von Sydow
Released: 1980
Directed by: Mike Hodges
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#164 of 512 The Greatest Movies Of The 1980s, Ranked#64 of 177 The Greatest Comic Book Movies Of All Time
22
Fame
Debbie Allen, Irene Cara
Released: 1980
Directed by: Alan Parker
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23
The Long Riders
Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid
Released: 1980
Directed by: Walter Hill
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24
Caddyshack
Bill Murray, Chevy Chase
Released: 1980
Directed by: Harold Ramis
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25
Brubaker
Nicolas Cage, Morgan Freeman
Released: 1980
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
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Shadow Warrior