Movie Releases by Genre

Altered States

Altered States

December 25, 1980 | R
A Harvard scientist conducts experiments on himself with a hallucinatory drug and an isolation chamber that may be causing him to regress genetically.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
7.1
The Mirror Crack'd

The Mirror Crack'd

December 19, 1980 | PG
Miss Jane Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
tbd
Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon

December 5, 1980 | PG
Emperor Ming of planet Mongo is bored, and the only thing that seems to appease his ennui is to slowly destroy that celestial trifle known as Earth-- bombarding his new plaything with hailstorms and earthquakes. While Earth’s inhabitants scramble to understand what is happening to their planet, Dr. Hans Zarkov figures out the space coordinates of the origin of attack and commandeers a rocket. But before take-off, he inadvertently kidnaps beautiful New York reporter, Dale Arden, and famed football player, Flash Gordon. Will these mere Earthlings be able to stop the wrath of Emperor Ming? Maybe not, but Flash Gordon is no mere Earthling; he’s a New York Jet.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
6.9
Alligator

Alligator

November 14, 1980 | R
A baby alligator is flushed down a Chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded laboratory rats injected with growth hormones. The small reptile grows gigantic, escapes the city sewers, and goes on a rampage.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.6
Motel Hell

Motel Hell

October 24, 1980 | R
A seemingly friendly farmer and his sister kidnap unsuspecting travelers and bury them alive, using them to create the "special meat" they are famous for.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
6.6
Fade to Black

Fade to Black

October 14, 1980 | R
A shy, lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking his idol, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
tbd
Terror Train

Terror Train

October 3, 1980 | R
Three years after a prank went terribly awry, the six college students responsible are targeted by a masked killer at a New Year's Eve party aboard a moving train.
Metascore:
42
User Score:
5.2
Gloria

Gloria

October 1, 1980 | PG
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
tbd
Mother's Day

Mother's Day

September 19, 1980 | Unrated
Two brothers kidnap and brutalize three women for the pleasure of their demented mother.
Metascore:
1
User Score:
tbd
He Knows You're Alone

He Knows You're Alone

August 29, 1980 | R
A young bride-to-be is being stalked upon by a serial killer in Staten Island. She gets help from a former lover, but will they manage to escape?
Metascore:
41
User Score:
tbd
The Octagon

The Octagon

August 15, 1980 | R
A martial artist must defeat a plan by ninjas to create a worldwide training camp for terrorists.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
tbd
The Hunter

The Hunter

August 1, 1980 | PG
The story of professional bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson (Steve McQueen).
Metascore:
31
User Score:
tbd
Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

July 25, 1980 | R
A mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.8
Prom Night

Prom Night

July 18, 1980 | R
At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously.
Metascore:
45
User Score:
7.7
The Stunt Man

The Stunt Man

June 27, 1980 | R
A fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
6.8
The Outsider

The Outsider

June 2, 1980 | R
A young American man joins the IRA in Ireland but soon finds out that he is being used for political purposes and propaganda.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
tbd
The Shining

The Shining

May 23, 1980 | R
A married couple with a small son are employed to look after a resort hotel high in the Colorado mountains. As a result, they are the sole occupants during the long winter. The hotel manager warns them not to accept the job because of a tragedy that occurred during the winter of 1970. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.8
ffolkes

ffolkes

April 18, 1980 | PG
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.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
7.8
When Time Ran Out...

When Time Ran Out...

March 28, 1980 | PG
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
Metascore:
25
User Score:
tbd
Death Ship

Death Ship

March 7, 1980 | R
A mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a World War II Nazi torture vessel.
Metascore:
10
User Score:
tbd
The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

March 1, 1980 | PG
While travelling in pre-war Nazi Germany, a young couple realize a passenger seems to have been kidnapped off of their train, but, no other passenger aside from themselves, recalls her.
Metascore:
42
User Score:
tbd
The Ninth Configuration

The Ninth Configuration

February 29, 1980 | R
A former marine arrives at a mental asylum housed in a remote castle to run it. There he attempts to rehabilitate the patients by letting them act out their craziest fantasies and desires.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
4.8
Saturn 3

Saturn 3

February 15, 1980 | R
Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid fields of Saturn are intruded upon by a retentive technocrat from Earth and his charge: a malevolent eight foot robot.
Metascore:
9
User Score:
3.9
Cruising

Cruising

February 15, 1980 | R
A police detective (Al Pacino) goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
7.6
Mad Max

Mad Max

February 15, 1980 | TV-MA
Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson), an Australian policeman, sets out to avenge his wife and son.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.0
The Fog

The Fog

February 8, 1980 | R
Legend says that Antonio Bay was built in 1880 with blood money obtained from shipwrecked lepers, which no one believes. On the eve of the town's centennial, many plan to attend the celebrations, including the murdered lepers.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
6.9
American Gigolo

American Gigolo

February 1, 1980 | R
A Los Angeles male escort (Richard Gere), who mostly caters to an older female clientèle, is accused of a murder he didn't commit.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
3.8
Cuba

Cuba

December 21, 1979 | R
A British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train General Batista's Army against Castro's guerrillas while he also romances a former lover now married to an unscrupulous plantation owner.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
tbd
The Human Factor

The Human Factor

December 18, 1979 | R
When a leak of information in the African Section of British Intelligence is discovered, security man Daintry is brought in to investigate.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
tbd
When a Stranger Calls

When a Stranger Calls

October 26, 1979 | R
A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
7.0
...and justice for all.

...and justice for all.

October 19, 1979 | R
A lawyer is forced to defend a guilty judge, while defending other innocent clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
8.1
Meteor

Meteor

October 19, 1979 | PG
The U.S. must join forces with the U.S.S.R. in order to destroy a gigantic asteroid heading straight for Earth.
Metascore:
27
User Score:
tbd
Time After Time

Time After Time

September 28, 1979 | TV-14
H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.6
The Concorde... Airport '79

The Concorde... Airport '79

August 17, 1979 | TV-PG
A supersonic airborne disaster. In order to survive a flight headed for the Moscow Olympics, passengers of the Concorde must endure aerial acrobatics to dodge missiles and survive a device that decompresses the plane.
Metascore:
39
User Score:
tbd
Moonraker

Moonraker

June 29, 1979 | PG
James Bond, Agent 007, investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
6.0
Escape from Alcatraz

Escape from Alcatraz

June 22, 1979 | PG
Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possible successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.8
Alien

Alien

June 22, 1979 | R
For the first time in nearly a quarter-century, Alien returns to the big screen with a digitally remastered special edition of director Ridley Scott's science fiction/horror classic. [Fox]
Metascore:
89
User Score:
9.0
The In-Laws

The In-Laws

June 15, 1979 | PG
On the eve of their children's marriage, NYC in-laws Sheldon Kornpett and Vince Ricardo embark on a series of misadventures involving the CIA, the Treasury Department and Central American dictators.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
tbd
The Driller Killer

The Driller Killer

June 15, 1979 | Not Rated
An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
Prophecy

Prophecy

June 15, 1979 | PG
A log company's waste mutates the environment, creating a giant killer bear-monster.
Metascore:
41
User Score:
tbd
Game of Death

Game of Death

June 8, 1979 | R
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.
Metascore:
36
User Score:
5.9
Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead

May 24, 1979 | Unrated
Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a traffic reporter, and his television executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.1
A Force of One

A Force of One

May 18, 1979 | PG
When the detectives of an undercover police unit are being mysteriously killed by a martial artist, a professional kickboxer is hired to assist them.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
tbd
Winter Kills

Winter Kills

May 11, 1979 | R
The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Long Weekend

Long Weekend

March 29, 1979 | Not Rated
When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
tbd
The Silent Partner

The Silent Partner

March 16, 1979 | R
A timid bank teller anticipates a bank robbery and steals the money himself before the crook arrives. When the sadistic crook realizes he's been fooled, he tracks down the teller and engages him in a cat-and-mouse chase for the cash.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.8
The China Syndrome

The China Syndrome

March 16, 1979 | PG
This thriller about the dangers of nuclear power arrived in theaters a mere thirteen days before the disaster at Three Mile Island. In it, a reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a California nuclear power plant.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.0
The Warriors

The Warriors

February 9, 1979 | R
In 1979 a charismatic leader summons the street gangs of New York City in a bid to take it over. When he is killed, The Warriors are falsely blamed and now must fight their way home while every other gang is hunting them down to kill them.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
8.1
Murder by Decree

Murder by Decree

February 9, 1979 | PG
Sherlock Holmes investigates the murders commited by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
tbd
The Great Train Robbery

The Great Train Robbery

February 2, 1979 | PG
Also known as "The First Great Train Robbery." In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.1
Hardcore

Hardcore

January 1, 1979 | R
A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in California to look for his runaway teenage daughter who is making porno films in California's porno pits.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
6.2
Superman

Superman

December 15, 1978 | PG
An adventure re-told, spanning the Man of Steel's life from his Krypton infancy and Midwest boyhood to his career as Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent and through his titanic struggle with archnemesis Lex Luthor. [Warner Bros.]
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.0
I Spit on Your Grave

I Spit on Your Grave

November 22, 1978 | R
An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.
Metascore:
19
User Score:
6.0
Watership Down

Watership Down

November 1, 1978 | TV-MA
A group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and face many dangers to find and protect their new home.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
8.0
Halloween

Halloween

October 25, 1978 | R
On Halloween night in 1963, 6-year old Michael Myers stabbed his sister to death. After being in a mental hospital for 15 years, Myers escapes and returns to Haddonfield, Illinois to kill.
Metascore:
91
User Score:
8.6
The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

October 6, 1978 | R
A Nazi hunter in Paraguay (Laurence Olivier) discovers a bizarrely sinister plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
Metascore:
40
User Score:
7.3
Midnight Express

Midnight Express

October 6, 1978 | R
Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
7.8
Piranha

Piranha

August 3, 1978 | R
When flesh-eating piranhas are inadvertently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.3
Eyes of Laura Mars

Eyes of Laura Mars

August 2, 1978 | R
A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a killer.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
5.8
Who'll Stop the Rain

Who'll Stop the Rain

August 2, 1978 | R
Vietnam veteran Ray Hicks gets conned into helping his buddy John Converse smuggle some heroin, only to wind up on the lam with John's wife when the deal goes sour.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
tbd
The Driver

The Driver

July 28, 1978 | PG
A getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
5.9
Foul Play

Foul Play

July 14, 1978 | PG
A shy San Francisco librarian (Goldie Hawn) and a bumbling cop (Chevy Chase) fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
Metascore:
45
User Score:
7.4
The Swarm

The Swarm

July 14, 1978 | PG
A huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people.
Metascore:
30
User Score:
3.5
Jaws 2

Jaws 2

June 16, 1978 | PG
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
7.4
Capricorn One

Capricorn One

June 2, 1978 | PG
A NASA Mars mission won't work, and its funding is endangered, so they decide to fake it just this once. But then they have to keep the secret.
Metascore:
38
User Score:
5.3
F.I.S.T.

F.I.S.T.

April 28, 1978 | PG
A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
7.5
Deathsport

Deathsport

April 1, 1978 | R
Futuristic Science Fiction about a sport to the death, using "destructocycles".
Metascore:
33
User Score:
tbd
The Toolbox Murders

The Toolbox Murders

March 3, 1978 | R
A ski-masked maniac kills apartment complex tenants with the contents of a toolbox.
Metascore:
35
User Score:
tbd
Coma

Coma

January 6, 1978 | TV-PG
When a young female doctor notices an unnatural amount of comas occurring in her hospital she uncovers a horrible conspiracy.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
6.5
The Gauntlet

The Gauntlet

December 21, 1977 | R
A hard but mediocre cop is assigned to escort a prostitute into custody from Las Vegas to Phoenix, so that she can testify in a mob trial. But a lot of people are literally betting that they won't make it into town alive.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
7.5
Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder

October 14, 1977 | TV-14
A returning war veteran loses his family to a violent home invasion and decides to seek and retaliate against those responsible.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
6.7
The American Friend

The American Friend

September 24, 1977 | Not Rated
Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.4
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

August 10, 1977 | PG
13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives alone in a high-class Quebec small town, but unknown to the neighbors, she is leading a secret and dangerous life.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
tbd
The Spy Who Loved Me

The Spy Who Loved Me

August 3, 1977 | PG
James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
6.9
The Hills Have Eyes

The Hills Have Eyes

July 22, 1977 | R
On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
6.3
Sorcerer

Sorcerer

June 24, 1977 | PG
Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous South American jungle.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.6
The Deep

The Deep

June 17, 1977 | TV-PG
In Bermuda, two amateur treasure-hunting divers (Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset) have a dust-up with local criminals when they inadvertently discover the secret cargo of a World War II shipwreck.
Metascore:
41
User Score:
tbd
Tentacles

Tentacles

June 15, 1977 | PG
A mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community.
Metascore:
36
User Score:
tbd
The Car

The Car

May 13, 1977 | PG
A small desert town is terrorized by a powerful, seemingly possessed car, and the local sheriff may be the only one who can stop it.
Metascore:
21
User Score:
6.0
Eaten Alive

Eaten Alive

May 13, 1977 | R
A psychotic redneck, who owns a dilapidated hotel in rural East Texas, kills various people who upset him or his business, and he feeds their bodies to a large crocodile that he keeps as a pet in the swamp beside his hotel.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
tbd
The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed

April 2, 1977 | PG
A German plot to kidnap Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
6.9
Airport '77

Airport '77

March 11, 1977 | TV-PG
Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.
Metascore:
36
User Score:
tbd
Black Sunday

Black Sunday

March 11, 1977 | R
Black Sunday is the powerful story of a Black September terrorist group attempting to blow up a Goodyear blimp hovering over the Super Bowl stadium with 80,000 people and the president of the United States in attendance.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
5.8
The Cassandra Crossing

The Cassandra Crossing

February 9, 1977 | R
Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. So what happens next?
Metascore:
30
User Score:
tbd
The Town That Dreaded Sundown

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

December 24, 1976 | R
In 1946, a hooded serial killer terrorizes the residents of a small Arkansas town.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
5.6
The Enforcer

The Enforcer

December 22, 1976 | R
Dirty Harry must foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans. But this time, he's teamed with a rookie female partner that he's not too excited to be working with.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
6.9
Silver Streak

Silver Streak

December 3, 1976 | PG
On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.
Metascore:
41
User Score:
8.0
Alice Sweet Alice

Alice Sweet Alice

November 13, 1976 | R
In 1960s New Jersey, a withdrawn adolescent girl is suspected of her younger sister's brutal murder during her first communion, as well as a series of stabbings that follow.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.1
Two-Minute Warning

Two-Minute Warning

November 12, 1976 | R
A crazed sniper is set to kill spectators at an L.A. Coliseum football championship game and the police race against time to eliminate him.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
tbd
The Next Man

The Next Man

November 10, 1976 | R
Influential Arab diplomat becomes the target of numerous assassination attempts, after he announces his plan to make peace with Israel by letting them join the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (O.P.E.C.).
Metascore:
40
User Score:
tbd
Assault on Precinct 13

Assault on Precinct 13

November 5, 1976 | R
The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.
Metascore:
89
User Score:
7.6
God Told Me To

God Told Me To

October 22, 1976 | R
A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
Burnt Offerings

Burnt Offerings

October 18, 1976 | PG
A family moves into an old, haunted house that regenerates itself by feeding off of the life forces of its injured occupants.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
6.0
Marathon Man

Marathon Man

October 8, 1976 | R
A graduate history student is unwittingly caught in the middle of an international conspiracy involving stolen diamonds, an exiled Nazi war criminal, and a rogue government agent.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.3
J.D.'s Revenge

J.D.'s Revenge

August 25, 1976 | R
Murdered on Bourbon Street in 1942 New Orleans, a gangster returns from the dead 34 years later possessing the body of a young, black law student in his quest for revenge.
Metascore:
42
User Score:
tbd
Futureworld

Futureworld

August 13, 1976 | PG
Upon uncovering the dirty secret of futuristic theme-park Futureworld, an ex-employee is killed after he tips off two other reporters who decide to do an undercover investigation.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
tbd
Obsession

Obsession

August 1, 1976 | PG
A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his wife.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
5.7
Cannonball!

Cannonball!

July 6, 1976 | PG
This is another story of the secret Coast to Coast auto race across America The only rule is, the first to finish is the winner. Naturally, anyone driving 55 isn't going to win. They'll need to drive a little faster than that. Well actually, they will need to drive a LOT faster that 55.
Metascore:
35
User Score:
tbd
The Tenant

The Tenant

June 25, 1976 | R
A quiet and inconspicuous man (Roman Polanski) rents an apartment in France where the previous tenant committed suicide.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.4
Murder by Death

Murder by Death

June 23, 1976 | PG
Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
6.9
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