The year involved some significant events.
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# '' Superman II '' starring Christopher Reeve (U.K. release)
# '' Nine To Five '' starring Jane Fonda , Lily Tomlin , and Dolly Parton
# '' Airplane! '' starring Robert Hays , Julie Hagerty Leslie Nielsen , and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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: Best Picture : ''
: Best Actor : - ''Raging Bull''
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: Best Actress : - ''Coal Miner's Daughter''
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: Best Director : - ''Ordinary People''
:'', directed by Bob Fosse , United States
:'' (''Shadow Warrior''), directed by Akira Kurosawa , Japan
:'', directed by Louis Malle , USA / Canada / France
:'', directed by John Cassavetes , United States
:'', directed by Richard Pearce , United States
:'' (''Palermo oder Wolfsburg''), directed by Werner Schroeter , West Germany
- '' Airplane! ''
- '' Alien Contamination ''
- '' Altered States ''
- '' American Gigolo ''
- '' Any Which Way You Can ''
- '' The Apple ''
- '' Atlantic City '', Golden Lion winner
- '' Bad Timing '', directed by Nicolas Roeg
- '' Berlin Alexanderplatz '', directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- '' The Big Red One ''
- '' The Blue Lagoon ''
- '' The Blues Brothers '', directed by John Landis , starring John Belushi , Dan Aykroyd , James Brown , Cab Calloway , Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin
- '' Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) ''
- '' Breaker Morant ''
- '' Brubaker ''
- '' Caddyshack '', starring Bill Murray , Chevy Chase , Rodney Dangerfield , Ted Knight and others
- '' Cannibal Holocaust '', directed by Ruggero Deodato , starring Robert Kerman
- '' La Cicala ''
- '' City Of Women '' (''La città delle donne''), directed by Federico Fellini , starring Marcello Mastroianni
- '' The Club ''
- '' Coal Miner's Daughter ''
- '' The Constant Factor ''
- '' Cruising ''
- '' The Elephant Man ''
- '' Fame ''
- '' Flash Gordon ''
- '' The Fog '', directed by John Carpenter , starring Adrienne Barbeau , Jamie Lee Curtis , Janet Leigh , John Houseman and Hal Holbrook
- '' Friday The 13th ''
- '' Germany Pale Mother ''
- '' Gilda Live '' Starring Gilda Radner , Father Guido Sarducci
- '' Gloria '', Golden Lion winner
- '' Heaven's Gate ''
- '' Hey Babe! '', starring Yasmine Bleeth and Buddy Hackett
- '' Hopscotch ''
- '' The Idolmaker ''
- '' Inferno '', directed by Dario Argento
- '' The Jazz Singer ''
- '' Kagemusha '', Palme D'Or winner
- '' Little Darlings ''
- '' Little Miss Marker (1980 Film) '' with Jule Andrews
- '' Loulou ''
- '' The Long Good Friday ''
- '' Lulu '' (not same as above)
- '' McVicar ''
- '' Melvin And Howard ''
- '' Midnight Madness ''
- '' Mon Oncle D'Amérique '', Cannes Special Jury Prize
- '' Nine To Five '', starring Dolly Parton
- '' No Child's Land ''
- '' O Megalexandros ''
- '' Oh God, Book II ''
- '' Ordinary People ''
- '' Palmero Oder Wolsfburg '', Golden Bear (award) winner
- '' Permanent Vacation ''
- '' Raging Bull '', directed by Martin Scorsese
- '' El Retorno Del Hombre Lobo ''
- '' Seems Like Old Times ''
- '' The Shining ''
- '' Stardust Memories ''
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- '' Stir Crazy '', starring Richard Pryor
- '' The Stunt Man ''
- '' Superman II '' (U.K.)
- '' The Young Master ''
- '' Urban Cowboy ''
- '' Zigeunerweisen '', directed by Seijun Suzuki
- January 29 - Jimmy Durante , actor
- February 13 - David Janssen , actor
- March 5 - Jay Silverheels , actor (''Tonto'')
- March 28 - Dick Haymes , actor, singer
- April 29 - Alfred Hitchcock , director
- July 6 - Gail Patrick , actress
- July 24 - Peter Sellers , actor
- July 31 - Bobby Van , actor, dancer
- August 14 - Dorothy Stratten , actress, Playboy Magazine model
- August 25 - Gower Champion , actor, dancer, Choreographer
- October 6 - Hattie Jacques , actress
- November 7 - Steve McQueen , actor
- November 22 - Mae West , actress
- November 24 - George Raft , actor
- November 26 - Rachel Roberts , actress
- December 8 - John Lennon , singer/songwriter, occasional actor
- December 31 - Raoul Walsh , director
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