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20 Most Popular Movies of Each Year on Letterboxd: 1980s

Here are the top 20 movies of each year from the 1980s via Letterboxd. These aren't the highest rated but rather the most popular/most viewed and rated.
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Airplane! (1980)
Airplane! (1980)
1
97%7.7
Altered States (1980)
Altered States (1980)
2
85%6.9
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
3
8%5.8
The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
4
73%7.9
Caddyshack (1980)
Caddyshack (1980)
5
73%7.3
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
6
65%5.8
The Changeling (1980)
The Changeling (1980)
7
83%7.2
Cruising (1980)
Cruising (1980)
8
50%6.5
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Dressed to Kill (1980)
9
80%7.1
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Elephant Man (1980)
10
93%8.1
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
11
94%8.7
The Fog (1980)
The Fog (1980)
12
75%6.8
Friday the 13th (1980)
Friday the 13th (1980)
13
63%6.4
Inferno (1980)
Inferno (1980)
14
64%6.6
Kagemusha (1980)
Kagemusha (1980)
15
88%8.0
Nine to Five (1980)
Nine to Five (1980)
16
83%6.9
Ordinary People (1980)
Ordinary People (1980)
17
89%7.7
Raging Bull (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
18
94%8.2
The Shining (1980)
The Shining (1980)
19
84%8.4
Superman II (1980)
Superman II (1980)
20
85%6.8
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
21
88%7.5
The Beyond (1981)
The Beyond (1981)
22
67%6.8
Blow Out (1981)
Blow Out (1981)
23
84%7.4
Christiane F. (1981)
Christiane F. (1981)
24
78%7.5
Das Boot (1981)
Das Boot (1981)
25
98%8.3
Escape From New York (1981)
Escape From New York (1981)
26
87%7.2
The Evil Dead (1981)
The Evil Dead (1981)
27
95%7.5
Excalibur (1981)
Excalibur (1981)
28
74%7.4
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
29
70%7.3
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
30
27%6.1
Halloween II (1981)
Halloween II (1981)
31
30%6.5
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
32
94%7.6
Ms .45 (1981)
Ms .45 (1981)
33
85%6.8
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
34
58%6.3
My Dinner With André (1981)
My Dinner With André (1981)
35
92%7.8
Possession (1981)
Possession (1981)
36
88%7.4
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
37
95%8.4
Scanners (1981)
Scanners (1981)
38
70%6.8
Thief (1981)
Thief (1981)
39
94%7.4
Time Bandits (1981)
Time Bandits (1981)
40
90%7.0
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