Top 10 Films of 1980

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  • 1. Elephant Man directed by David Lynch
  • 2. Ordinary People directed by Robert Redford
  • 3. Stardust Memories directed by Woody Allen
  • 4. The Shining directed by Stanley Kubrick
  • 5. The Empire Strikes Back directed by Irvin Kershner
  • 6. Breaker Morant directed by Bruce Beresford
  • 7. Airplane! directed by Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, and David Zucker
  • 8. Atlantic City directed by Louis Malle
  • 9. Altered States directed by Ken Russell
  • 10. The Gods Must Be Crazy directed by Jamie Uys
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This is my canon of the top 10 films of the year. I feel these films are the most important and contributed immensely to the advancement of the motion picture. If a movie you like is not listed here, it means I did not value it as highly as these 10 films.