Movies 1980 Page 40

Two brothers get separated during their childhood; one grows up to become a police officer while the other turns into a gangster. Problems arise when...

A modern-day pirate hijacks private yachts, steals the valuables on board, and sends the passengers to the bottom of the ocean. But his current...

Peter the fairy, who is head of Placid forest, loves to play with his animal friends. One day "Man" threatens to destroy their homes by cutting down...

During the Cultural Revolution, Xie Zhixin (Yuan Yue) learns that his son Xie Feng (Ma Xiaowei)'s lover Ulan (Zhang Xiaolei) is the daughter of his...

17 year old Saki lives in a run-down shack with her mom, who survives by pushing a food cart from dawn to dusk. Saki has dropped out of school, and...

An adaptation of B. Prus's novella. The story takes place at the end of the 19th century, in a manor house falling into ruin. The protagonists are...

Thanks to some misunderstandings, an art student gets into the role of a gynecologist. And as a gynecologist he makes the ladies happy.

Johan, a former Volksdeutscher, after thirty years after the end of the Second World War, comes back to the place where he was born and grew up,...

In the summer of 1980, Tallinn hosted yachtsmen participating in the 22nd Summer Olympics. The competition was held at the new Olympic Sailing Center...

To restore Soraya's spirit of life, her uncle managed to persuade Rafiq, who looks like Husain, Soraya's deceased lover, to pretend. This makes...

Learning to see our surroundings

Sultanmurat is a 14 year old boy who lives in a small Kyrgyz village. All the men have gone off to war so he is left alone to tend to the horses who...

Short film by Copper Giloth & Mimi Shevitz

In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in...

The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the...

Britta Hallberg lives an ordinary life - middle aged, married, respected working woman. When she loses her sight she suddenly has to accept a totally...

The film tells the story of a group of patriots, represented by Master Hai Neng, Mengjie, and Situ Jun, protecting Buddhist treasures in Leshan on...

8mm film by Swiss artist Roman Signer.

Due to a mix-up at the doctor's office, Fred believes he has only 24 hours left to live.

The relationship among a divorced man, his incurably ill teenage son, and his long-estranged father is explored when the youngster joins his dad for...

This short film is an autobiographical portrait of a young Argentine lesbian growing up in a homophobic environment.

Danny Kaye stars in the Disneyland 25th Anniversary television special with special guest star Michael Jackson, The Osmond’s, Adam Rich, and others.

A family of gnomes preparing for the wedding of their eldest son must engage in a battle of wits with an enemy family of vicious trolls.

Filmed account of the five MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) concerts at Madison Square Garden and an outdoor rally at Battery Park in New York...

The title of this video work, ‘Running Time’, refers to its duration. A figure running in landscape from infinity towards and past the camera is...

Documentary by Jean-Pierre Gorin about twin girls who spontaneously developed their own unique language as children.

Roving gunslingers team up against a common enemy, but then they turn on each other.

Based on the well-publicized Oregon criminal case of the late 1970s, this film dramatizes the unique dispute in which Greta Rideout instigated the...

Natalia LL carried out the seance Points of Support, during which she performed nude gymnastics combined with choreography on a meadow in the Pieniny...

Based on Bleier's 1975 autobiography of the same name, it tells the story of how, after becoming a running back for the Steelers in 1968, he was then...

A crucial few hours in the life of a would-be London gangster

Spanish documentary that takes a look at the art in local museums.

Hong Kong film

A salute to movement in various forms, both literal (the physical movement of a dancer or gymnast) and figurative (movement in a relationship between...

A family on holiday stop to pick up a mysterious hitch-hiker. Originally an episode of British horror anthology TV series, Hammer House of Horror,...

A man discovers that he has psychotronic powers--the ability to will people to die. He begins exercising that power.

Essay on the history of Los Angeles

Richard Gaikowski chronicles punk rock band The Offs' performing at San Francisco's notorious "Deaf Club"