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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from 1980
289 movies from 1980, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Once Upon a Time Twenty Years Later
1980 · Comedy
Yogi’s First Christmas
1980 · Animation
The Apple
1980 · Sci-Fi
The Visitor
1980 · Sci-Fi
Heaven's Gate
1980 · Adventure
The Last Witness
1980 · Drama
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
1980 · Western
Legend of the Fox
1980 · Action
The Idolmaker
1980 · Biography
Alligator
1980 · Sci-Fi
Raging Bull
1980 · Biography
The Promise of Love
1980 · Drama
Shogun Assassin
1980 · Adventure
The Boogey Man
1980 · Horror
Nizhalgal
1980 · Drama
Polladhavan
1980 · Action
The Day Time Ended
1980 · Horror
Christmas Evil
1980 · Horror
Taxi zum Klo
1980 · Comedy
Witches’ Brew
1980 · Comedy
The Jayne Mansfield Story
1980 · Drama
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980 · Drama
Motel Hell
1980 · Thriller
Who’s Singin’ Over There?
1980 · Drama
Cannibal Terror
1980 · Horror
Times Square
1980 · Music
Dostana
1980 · Drama
Breaker Morant
1980 · Drama
A Bad Son
1980 · Drama
Fade to Black
1980 · Thriller
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
1980 · Horror
Kagemusha
1980 · Drama
The Elephant Man
1980 · Biography
Private Benjamin
1980 · Comedy
Navajeros
1980 · Drama
I Don’t Understand You Anymore
1980 · Comedy
Coast to Coast
1980 · Comedy
The First Deadly Sin
1980 · Mystery
Cries in the Night
1980 · Horror
Oh, God! Book II
1980 · Fantasy
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