Best Movies of 1980
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
Raging BullScorsese's hardest film, and the rare boxing picture with no interest in whether you like the fighter.Read the review
The Elephant ManLynch's most conventional film is still unmistakably his: a Victorian weepie shot like an industrial nightmare, carried by John Hurt acting through a mask.
The ShiningA haunted hotel built as impossible architecture, undercut by a lead who starts unhinged.
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes BackThe sequel that loses on purpose, and makes the entire saga heavier for it.
Superman IITerence Stamp's Zod gives Superman the first opponent who can actually hit him, and the film knows it.