1980 in film



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.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1980 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

 * May 21 – 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.

Awards
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

Romance films released in 1980

 * 1) Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

Sports films released in 1980

 * 1) Raging Bull

Births

 * 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 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 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

Film debuts

 * 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
 * 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