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8- EUROPEAN MOVIES (1980-1989) -

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  • The Long Good Friday (1980)

    1. The Long Good Friday

    19801h 54mR82Metascore
    7.5 (28K)
    An up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.
    DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsBob HoskinsHelen MirrenPaul Freeman
  • Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

    2. Cannibal Holocaust

    19801h 35mUnrated22Metascore
    5.8 (64K)
    An anthropologist ventures into the Amazon rainforest on a rescue mission, where he recovers footage shot by a film crew documenting their disastrous encounters with local cannibal tribes.
    DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsRobert KermanFrancesca CiardiPerry Pirkanen
  • Inferno (1980)

    3. Inferno

    19801h 46mR69Metascore
    6.5 (25K)
    An American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book.
    DirectorDario ArgentoStarsLeigh McCloskeyIrene MiracleEleonora Giorgi
  • James Mason, Roger Moore, and Anthony Perkins in North Sea Hijack (1980)

    4. North Sea Hijack

    19801h 35mPG58Metascore
    6.3 (6.1K)
    When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.
    DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsRoger MooreJames MasonAnthony Perkins
  • Who's Singin' Over There? (1980)

    5. Who's Singin' Over There?

    19801h 26m
    8.7 (17K)
    It's April 5, 1941, somewhere in Serbia. A group of people go on a bus to Belgrade, on a journey that will change their lives forever.
    DirectorSlobodan SijanStarsPavle VuisicDragan NikolicDanilo 'Bata' Stojkovic
  • City of the Living Dead (1980)

    6. City of the Living Dead

    19801h 33mNot Rated
    6.2 (20K)
    A reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves.
    DirectorLucio FulciStarsChristopher GeorgeCatriona MacCollCarlo De Mejo
  • Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu in The Last Metro (1980)

    7. The Last Metro

    19802h 12mPG
    7.3 (16K)
    In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Germans while doing both of their jobs.
    DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsCatherine DeneuveGérard DepardieuJean Poiret
  • House on the Edge of the Park (1980)

    8. House on the Edge of the Park

    19801h 31m
    5.7 (6.2K)
    Two low-life punks are invited to a party at a posh villa and take everyone hostage after being humiliated by their snobbish guests, subjecting them to rape, torture and mayhem.
    DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsDavid HessAnnie BelleChristian Borromeo
  • Petar Bozovic in The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla (1980)

    9. The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla

    19801h 55m
    7.2 (1.5K)
    Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to this day.
    DirectorKrsto PapicStarsPetar BozovicOrson WellesOja Kodar
  • Lili Marleen (1981)

    10. Lili Marleen

    19812hR
    7.1 (4.5K)
    In 1938, a German singer falls in love with a Jewish composer in Zurich, who helps Jews flee Nazi Germany. She wants to help but is forced back to Germany. Her song "Lili Marleen" becomes a hit with soldiers and the Nazi top brass.
    DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsHanna SchygullaGiancarlo GianniniMel Ferrer
  • Mephisto (1981)

    11. Mephisto

    19812h 26mUnrated
    7.7 (12K)
    In early-1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor faces a dilemma: renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reich's doctrine, or face oblivion. But, Faustian bargains never end well. What is the price of success?
    DirectorIstván SzabóStarsKlaus Maria BrandauerIldikó BánságiKrystyna Janda
  • Frédéric Andréi, Richard Bohringer, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, and An Luu in Diva (1981)

    12. Diva

    19811h 57mR
    7.1 (15K)
    Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed all twist their way through an intricate and stylish French-language thriller.
    DirectorJean-Jacques BeineixStarsWilhelmenia FernandezFrédéric AndréiRoland Bertin
  • Brad Davis, Ben Cross, Yves Beneyton, Colin Bruce, Ian Charleson, Dennis Christopher, Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Farrell, Daniel Gerroll, Stephen Mallatratt, Alan Polonsky, Struan Rodger, Edward Wiley, Benny Young, and David John in Chariots of Fire (1981)

    13. Chariots of Fire

    19812h 5mPG78Metascore
    7.1 (69K)
    Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.
    DirectorHugh HudsonStarsBen CrossIan CharlesonNicholas Farrell
  • David Bowie and Natja Brunckhorst in Christiane F. (1981)

    14. Christiane F.

    19812h 18mR
    7.5 (32K)
    A teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.
    DirectorUli EdelStarsNatja BrunckhorstEberhard AurigaPeggy Bussieck
  • The Beyond (1981)

    15. The Beyond

    19811h 27mR38Metascore
    6.6 (27K)
    A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.
    DirectorLucio FulciStarsCatriona MacCollDavid WarbeckCinzia Monreale
  • Possession (1981)

    16. Possession

    19812h 4mR75Metascore
    7.3 (50K)
    A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.
    DirectorAndrzej ZulawskiStarsIsabelle AdjaniSam NeillMargit Carstensen
  • Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, and John Wyman in For Your Eyes Only (1981)

    17. For Your Eyes Only

    19812h 7mPG54Metascore
    6.7 (112K)
    Secret service agent James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.
    DirectorJohn GlenStarsRoger MooreCarole BouquetTopol
  • John Cleese, Sean Connery, Ian Holm, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Michael Palin, David Warner, Ralph Richardson, and Peter Vaughan in Time Bandits (1981)

    18. Time Bandits

    19811h 50mPG79Metascore
    6.9 (72K)
    A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsSean ConneryShelley DuvallJohn Cleese
  • Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, and Yves Montand in Choice of Arms (1981)

    19. Choice of Arms

    19811h 54mNot Rated
    6.9 (2.2K)
    The powerful story of a reformed underworld kingpin whose stable lifestyle is turned upside-down when a desperate, escaped killer hides out at his rural estate.
    DirectorAlain CorneauStarsYves MontandGérard DepardieuCatherine Deneuve
  • Romy Schneider, Michel Serrault, and Lino Ventura in The Grilling (1981)

    20. The Grilling

    19811h 27m
    7.6 (5.8K)
    A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours.
    DirectorClaude MillerStarsLino VenturaMichel SerraultRomy Schneider
  • Ljiljana Blagojevic in Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981)

    21. Do You Remember Dolly Bell?

    19811h 50mNot Rated
    7.5 (7.1K)
    A young man's personality is shaped, involving some weird happenings around.
    DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsSlavko StimacSlobodan AligrudicLjiljana Blagojevic
  • Das Boot (1981)

    22. Das Boot

    19812h 29m85Metascore
    8.4 (279K)
    A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
    DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsJürgen ProchnowHerbert GrönemeyerKlaus Wennemann
  • Jean-Paul Belmondo in The Professional (1981)

    23. The Professional

    19811h 48mNot Rated
    7.4 (18K)
    Victim of a plot which has resulted in his imprisonment in a Central African jail for two years, a French secret agent arrives in Paris to settle accounts.
    DirectorGeorges LautnerStarsJean-Paul BelmondoJean DesaillyCyrielle Clair
  • Clean Slate (1981)

    24. Clean Slate

    19812h 8mNot Rated
    7.3 (7K)
    A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life - and resorts to drastic means to do so.
    DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsPhilippe NoiretIsabelle HuppertStéphane Audran
  • Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard in La Chèvre (1981)

    25. La Chèvre

    19811h 31m
    7.3 (11K)
    A daughter of a millionaire, distinguished by incredible bad luck, goes missing. The idea how to find her is either insane or brilliant - to send after her an equally unlucky person.
    DirectorFrancis VeberStarsPierre RichardGérard DepardieuPedro Armendáriz Jr.

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