TV Movie Movies
The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980)
The story of the 1950s platinum-blonde sex symbol whose search for stardom and meteoric (if brief) career ended in an automobile accident when she was 36.
Life Is a Circus Charlie Brown (1980)
When the circus comes to town, Snoopy naturally pays a visit. There he falls for a beautiful poodle performing there. He soon runs away to join it. While he quickly…
The Taming of the Shrew (1980)
Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody’s much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista declares that he won’t give Bianca away…
Blade on the Feather (1980)
A reclusive, elderly author is visited by a young admirer … but both men are more than they claim to be.
Playing for Time (1980)
When a Jewish songstress is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other musicians find themselves assigned to a terrible task—using their talents to soothe fellow prisoners…
The Gamekeeper (1980)
George Purse is the gamekeeper for the duke’s estate, a role he takes seriously. His position gives him a certain status, but he has an uneasy relationship with some of…
Once Upon a Spy (1980)
Computer genius and chess champion Ted Danson is lured into service by secret agent Eleanor Parker and becomes a reluctant hero thanks to a number of exploits with villainous Christopher…
The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980)
A group of random individuals get stranded on a bridge that begins collapsing at both ends. Not only that, but there’s a gun-wielding bank robber using the bridge as his…
The Long Days of Summer (1980)
In this sequel to his 1978 “When Every Day Was the Fourth of July” (and a pilot to a prospective series), producer/director Dan Curtis recalls more of his youth during…
Gideon’s Trumpet (1980)
True story of Clarence Gideon’s fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court’s decision which extended this right to…
The Gambler (1980)
This Western adventure, inspired by Kenny Rogers’ hit song, tells how fictional gambler Brady Hawkes, going in search of a young son he never knew he had, teams up with…
Brave New World (1980)
A man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to join the futuristic society where his parents are from. However, he cannot adapt…
Attica (1980)
Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York’s Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since…
S.O.S. Titanic (1980)
The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.
She’s a Good Skate Charlie Brown (1980)
Peppermint Patty is in zealous training for a figure skating competition, but with no help from her grumpy coach, Snoopy. He growls coaching tips that don’t make sense, and Marcie…
Detour to Terror (1980)
A homicidal dune-buggy trio terrorizes a busload of Las Vegas bound tourists with the intent to kidnap one of them.
Escape (1980)
The true story of Dwight Worker, an American who was caught smuggling drugs in Mexico, and sentenced to fortress-like Lecumberri Prison where he endured brutal conditions. With the help of…
The Hard Way (1980)
John Connor is a soon-to-retire hitman that agrees to take on one last job. After years plying his deadly trade, he has finally had enough. Seeking to retire to Dublin…
Animalympics (1980)
Animalympics is all about the Animal Olympics Contest where all the animals around the world gather to take part in everything from skiing in North America to the very long…
The Lathe of Heaven (1980)
George Orr, a man whose dreams can change waking reality, tries to suppress this unpredictable gift with drugs. Dr. Haber, an assigned psychiatrist, discovers the gift to be real and…
Rappaccini’s Daughter (1980)
Set in 18th Century Italy, RAPPACCINI’S DAUGHTER is the tale of a young scholar named Giovanni (Kristoffer Tabori) who falls in love with a beautiful, yet forbidden, girl who tends…
Fårö Document 1979 (1979)
In 1969, with Sven Nykvist as cinematographer, Ingmar Bergman made The Fårö Document, a film that ended with a rather pessimist view of the island’s future. One of the scenes…
Scooby Goes Hollywood (1979)
Shaggy and Scooby-Doo quit their Saturday morning TV series in pursuit of Hollywood stardom.
Schalcken the Painter (1979)
Can Schalcken save his love, Rose, from the clutches of a ghastly suitor before it is too late?
Christmas Lilies of the Field (1979)
In this belated sequel to ‘Lilies of the Field’ (1963), jack-of-all-trades Homer Smith revisits the chapel in the Arizona desert that he helped build for five German nuns under the…
An American Christmas Carol (1979)
In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of…
Jack Frost (1979)
Pardon-me Pete, the official groundhog of Groundhog Day, tells the story of Jack Frost, who falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begs Father Winter to make him…
Aunt Mary (1979)
The true-life drama about a handicapped Baltimore woman living on welfare who organized a sandlot baseball team and ended up coaching more than 50,000 boys and girls over nearly 40…
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)
In this beloved holiday classic, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and all the Muppets join the singer for a heart-warming Christmas celebration, with traditional carols as well as lesser-known holiday…
Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women (1979)
The all-male crew of an oil company makes an emergency landing on an island and finds itself at the mercy of a tribe of hostile women programmed to kill all…
Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
A TV movie special that compiles of a few Looney Tunes episodes centered around an episode of a Christmas Carol, with the part of Scrooge played by Yosemite Sam.
When She Was Bad… (1979)
Stressed by a recent move and being a stay-at-home mom, Teeny takes out her bottled-up rage on her daughter Robbie. Only the help of her friends, family and counselors can…
Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979)
Crimefighting Captain America rights more wrongs by doing battle with a fanatical terrorist who uses his deadly drug that causes accelerated aging to finance his world revolution.
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for…
The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979)
Hoping to repair their marriage, Jennie Logan and her husband move into a beautiful Victorian manor. When Jennie tries on an antique dress she finds in the attic, she is…
The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone (1979)
The Flintstones and the Rubbles win a trip on “Make a Deal or Don’t” to Count Rockula’s castle in Rocksylvania, where they have an unpleasant meeting with the Count and…
Concrete Cowboys (1979)
Two Montana saddletramps head to Nashville to open up a detective agency. At first, the agency begins on a lark but, soon, they get involved in a case involving a…
The Miracle Worker (1979)
The true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, a gripping battle to overcome impossible obstacles and the struggle to communicate. As a young girl, Helen Keller is stricken with…