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Lovers and Liars
Lovers and Liars (1979) on 1 january 1980
, 1h55
Directed by Mario Monicelli
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Goldie Hawn, Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Aurore Clément, Andréa Ferréol, Renzo Montagnani
Rating48% 2.415682.415682.415682.415682.41568
Anita (Hawn) is an American actress who decides to vacation in Rome. There, she becomes involved in a romance with her friend's married lover Guido (Giannini).
Judaai
Judaai (1980) on 1 january 1980

Directed by Rama Rao Tatineni
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ashok Kumar, Jeetendra, Rekha, Sachin, Arun Govil, A. K. Hangal
Rating58% 2.9132552.9132552.9132552.9132552.913255
Retired and widowed judge Umakant Verma (Ashok Kumar) lives a wealthy lifestyle with his only son, Dr. Shashikant (Jeetendra). Gauri (Rekha), the daughter of Umakant's childhood friend, Narayan Singh (A.K. Hangal), is the lead servant in the house, but she has never been treated as a servant but rather as a family member. When Umakant makes his last will and testament, he wants Shashikant to marry Gauri. And indeed, after Umakant's death, Shashikant and Gauri get married. Soon Gauri gives birth to a boy, Ravikant (Sachin), and a few months later gets pregnant again. However, before she gives birth, she finds out that Shashikant has been seeing his former girlfriend Krishna (Asha Sachdev), not understanding that he is treating her sick daughter. One night, Krishna calls the house seeking Sashikant's help for her daughter. Gauri, who receives the call and suspects an affair, refuses to relay the message to Sashikant. Consequently, Krishna's daughter dies. An intense rift happens between Gauri and Shashikant, and Gauri leaves the house. Angry about how Gauri was responsible for Krishna's daughter's death, he does not let her take their son with her. Ravikant is brought up by his father, while Gauri gives birth to another son, Umakant (Arun Govil), and does her best to bring him up. The story follows the separate individual lives of Shashikant and Gauri and their two children.
The 36 Deadly Styles
The 36 Deadly Styles (1979) on 1 january 1980
, 1h30
Origin Taiwan
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Hwang Jang-lee, Bolo Yeung
Rating54% 2.71432.71432.71432.71432.7143
The pace and tone of the film is immediately made clear with an opening fight in the woods as Wah-jee (Cheung Lik) and his uncle (Sham Chin-bo) attempt to flee from ruthless fighters led by Mien Tsu-mun (Chan Lau). The pair make it to a Buddhist temple, but the uncle dies after Tsu-mun and his thugs break in. A fighter turned monk named Huang (Yeung Chak-lam) manages to kill most of them. Once recovered from his wounds, Wah-jee is put to work at the temple, making soy milk runs into town and cleaning out the smoke-filled oven. He spends time with two junior monks and trades friendly kung fu blows with Tsui-jee (Jeannie Chang), the attractive soy milk seller.
We're Going to Eat You
We're Going to Eat You (1980) on 1 january 1980
, 1h30
Directed by Tsui Hark
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Eddy Ko, Tsang Choh-lam
Rating64% 3.244163.244163.244163.244163.24416
A secret agent named Agent 999 is in trying to apprehend a thief named Rolex. His hunt leads him to a village where residents routinely capture visitors and eat them. Although the cannibalistic ritual has been initiated by the town chief, the villagers feel close to rebelling against him as more of their food has been given to his soldiers than the townspeople. Agent 999 is rescued from the villagers by Rolex, who has been posing at the village chief's assistant. He rescues Agent 999 as an act to help redeem his career. Soon after, Rolex is caught by the village chief and eaten. This leads to Agent 999 escaping from several different villagers along with a newfound love in his life named Eileen.
Return of the Tiger
Return of the Tiger (1977) on 31 december 1979
, 1h32
Genres Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Bruce Li, Paul L. Smith, Angela Mao, Chang Yi, Blackie Ko
Rating55% 2.765842.765842.765842.765842.76584
Chang Hung, who works for a rival organization, and his female partner devise an elaborate plan to take out a heroin drug ring led by the nefarious Paul the Westerner.
The Legend of Alfred Packer
The Legend of Alfred Packer (1980) on 1 january 1980

Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Rating52% 2.611932.611932.611932.611932.61193
McMurphy (Bleir) comes to Denver, Colorado to see Polly Pry (Nessin) about the Packer case. As Pry leaves for her scheduled meeting with McMurphy, she is stalked and shot at by a gunman. The bullets hit her skirts and lessen the blows inflicted on her publishers behind her.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven (1980) on 1 january 1980
, 2h
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy
Themes Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Bruce Davison, Kevin Conway, Margaret Avery, Frank Miller, R. A. Mihailoff
Rating70% 3.5451253.5451253.5451253.5451253.545125
In Portland, Oregon in the near future, George Orr is charged with misuse of multiple prescription medications, which he was taking to keep himself from dreaming; he volunteers for psychiatric care to avoid prosecution, and is assigned to the care of licensed "oneirologist" William Haber. Orr's explanation of his drug abuse is incredible: he has known since age 17 his dreams change reality, and tries to prevent himself from dreaming because he fears their effects.
Iran, Utopia in the Making
Iran, Utopia in the Making (1980) on 1 january 1980

Directed by Jocelyne Saab
Genres Documentary

Un an après la victoire des révolutionnaires en Iran, Jocelyne Saab part documenter le changement de vie des Iraniens. Ce film est un document historique fondamental pour comprendre la crise idéologique (politique et religieuse) qui s'impose dans la région du Moyen-Orient au tournant des années 1980.
Confidence
Confidence (1980) on 1 january 1980
, 1h45
Directed by István Szabó
Origin Hongrie
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Ildikó Bánsági, Péter Andorai, Lajos Balázsovits, Zoltán Bezerédy, Katalin Karády
Rating74% 3.7389253.7389253.7389253.7389253.738925
Pendant les derniers mois de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la vie de Kata prend un tournant inattendu. Elle apprend qu'en raison des activités de résistance de son mari, tous deux doivent se cacher quelque temps. Elle reçoit de nouveau papiers d'identité en tant qu'épouse de János Bíró, un réfugié transylvain, et découvre un nouveau foyer et un nouveau mari qui lui est inconnu. Kata, effrayée et ne sachant que faire, se tourne vers cet homme avec confiance et s'ouvre à lui, attendant de lui qu'il réponde à ses questions, qu'il la comprenne et la soutienne. Mais János Bíró, un combattant expérimenté du mouvement de résistance, a été rendu méfiant par des expériences humaines et historiques difficiles, et accueille Kata avec suspicion et froideur, exigeant d'elle la prudence la plus stricte vis-à-vis de tout et de tout le monde.
Bombay 405 Miles
Bombay 405 Miles (1980) on 1 january 1980

Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha, Zeenat Aman, Pran Krishan Sikand, Bhagwan Dada, Amjad Khan
Rating68% 3.414373.414373.414373.414373.41437
Ordered to stay away from Delhi's border for several years, two convicts, Kishan and Kanhaiya, decide to hitch a ride through a goods train to Bombay. While on this train, they come to the rescue of an elderly male with a female child, Munni. On his last breath, the elderly male asks them to take care of Munni as millions of rupees are involved. Greed overtakes both and they take the child with them in order to locate her next of kin. Unable to find anyone they advertise in the newspapers, and demand a hefty sum from Veer Singh, who answered the advertisement. What Kishan and Kanhaiya don't know that is that officially Munni is already dead, along with her mother, and brother, purportedly killed by their father, Ranvir Singh, when he suspected his wife's fidelity. Kishan and Kanhaiya find themselves immersed in a web of lies and deceit as they try to fathom what the truth really is. But before they could get to the bottom of this matter, their lives themselves are under threat - by a man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
The Cricket
The Cricket (1980) on 1 january 1980
, 1h41
Directed by Alberto Lattuada
Genres Drama
Actors Anthony Franciosa, Virna Lisi, Renato Salvatori, Clio Goldsmith, Barbara De Rossi, Mario Maranzana
Rating59% 2.995182.995182.995182.995182.99518
Clio plays a fun loving girl who likes men. She leaves her home town and meets up with Wilma, a once famous singer. After Wilma bombs out at a local joint they hook up together and become prostitutes.
The Falls
The Falls (1980) on 1 january 1980
, 3h15
Directed by Peter Greenaway
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy
Actors Peter Greenaway
Rating71% 3.5933753.5933753.5933753.5933753.593375
The world has been struck by a mysterious incident called the "Violent Unknown Event" or VUE, which has killed many people and left a great many survivors suffering from a common set of symptoms: mysterious ailments (some appearing to be mutations of evolving into a bird-like form), dreaming of water (categorised by form, such as Category 1, Flight, or Category 3, Waves) and becoming obsessed with birds and flight. Many of the survivors have been gifted with new languages. They have also stopped aging, making them immortal (barring disease or injury).
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog (1980) on 1 january 1980
, 1h40
Directed by Peter Carter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Ronny Cox, John Ireland, Chris Wiggins, John Candy, Cec Linder
Rating48% 2.4089452.4089452.4089452.4089452.408945
Kavik, a champion sled dog, who has just won a race in Alaska, is sold for $2000 to George Hunter, a ruthless businessman from Seattle, who has local business interests. The plane carrying the dog crashes into the snow-covered wilderness; the pilot is killed and the dog is more dead than alive.
Sultan and the Rock Star
Sultan and the Rock Star (1980) on 1 january 1980

Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Children's films
Actors Timothy Hutton, Kenneth C. Swofford, Bruce Glover, Shug Fisher
Rating55% 2.7840452.7840452.7840452.7840452.784045
Paul Winters (Hutton) is a teenage rock star who escapes from his fans and obligations to hide out on "Hunter's Island" where he befriends a gentle 400-pound Bengal tiger named Sultan. When he discovers that Sultan is to be hunted and killed, Paul scrambles to protect his newfound friend.
A Snow White Christmas
A Snow White Christmas (1980) on 1 january 1980
, 46minutes
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Christmas films, Children's films
Actors Erika Scheimer, Arte Johnson, Melendy Britt, Diane Pershing, Larry D. Mann, Clinton Sundberg
Rating58% 2.943042.943042.943042.943042.94304
After vanquishing the Wicked Queen, the new queen, Snow White and her husband King Charming are now the rulers of the land of Noel. They have a young daughter, also named Snow White for her snow-white hair. The royal family decides to host a Christmas winter sports festival. One of the participants is Grunyon, a bumbling dwarf and a friend of the young Snow White. Snow White says her Christmas wish is to build a playhouse for all the children and suggests remodeling the old abandoned castle that was once home to the Wicked Queen.