List of Italian films of 1980
This is a list of Italian films that premiered or were originally released in 1980 (see 1980 in film ).
Italian films released in 1980
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
3 Supermen Against the Godfather
Comedy science fiction
Action
Tinto Brass
Luc Merenda , Adriana Asti
—
[citation needed ]
Alien 2: On Earth
Ciro Ippolito
Belinda Mayne , Mark Bodin , Robert Barrese
—
[ 1]
Antropophagus
Joe D'Amato
Tisa Farrow , George Eastman
Horror
[citation needed ]
Arrivano i bersaglieri
Luigi Magni
Ugo Tognazzi , Giovanna Ralli , Pippo Franco
Comedy
[ 2]
Il Bisbetico Domato
Castellano & Pipolo
Adriano Celentano , Ornella Muti , Edith Peters
Comedy, romance
[ 3]
Blow Job (Soffio erotico)
Alberto Cavallone
Danilo Micheli, Anna Massarelli, Anna Bruna Cazzato
—
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
Alfredo Giannetti
Franco Nero
Crime
[ 5]
Café Express
Nanni Loy
Nino Manfredi , Adolfo Celi , Vittorio Caprioli
Comedy, crime
[ 6]
Cannibal Apocalypse
Antonio Margheriti
John Saxon , Elizabeth Turner, Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Horror
Italian-Spanish co-production[ 7]
Cannibal Holocaust
Ruggero Deodato
Robert Kerman , Francesca Ciardi , Perry Pirkanen
Horror
[ 8] [ 9]
Catherine and I
Alberto Sordi
Alberto Sordi , Edwige Fenech , Catherine Spaak
comedy
Ciao marziano
Pier Francesco Pingitore
Pippo Franco , Silvia Dionisio
Science fiction, comedy
[citation needed ]
City of the Living Dead
Lucio Fulci
Christopher George , Catriona MacColl , Carlo De Mejo
Horror
[ 10]
City of Women
Federico Fellini
Marcello Mastroianni
Fantasy
Italian-French co-production[ 13] [ 14]
Contamination
Luigi Cozzi
Ian McCulloch , Louise Marleau , Marino Masé
Horror, science fiction
Italian-West German co-production[ 15] [ 16]
Contraband
Lucio Fulci
Fabio Testi , Ivana Monti , Marcel Bozzuffi
Crime
[ 17] [ 18]
The Cricket
Alberto Lattuada
Virna Lisi , Anthony Franciosa
Drama
Day of the Cobra
Enzo G. Castellari
Franco Nero , Sybil Danning
Crime
[ 19]
La dottoressa ci sta col colonnello
Michele Massimo Tarantini
Lino Banfi , Nadia Cassini , Alvaro Vitali
Commedia sexy all'italiana
Eaten Alive!
Umberto Lenzi
Robert Kerman , Janet Agren , Ivan Rassimov
Horror
[ 20] [ 21]
Erotic Nights of the Living Dead
Joe D'Amato
Laura Gemser , George Eastman
erotic-horror
Everything Happens to Me
Michele Lupo
Bud Spencer , Cary Guffey
Comedy
Fantozzi contro tutti
Neri Parenti , Paolo Villaggio
Paolo Villaggio , Milena Vukotic
Comedy
Fico d'India
Steno
Renato Pozzetto , Aldo Maccione , Gloria Guida
Comedy
Flatfoot in Egypt
Steno
Bud Spencer , Robert Loggia
crime-comedy
Fontamara
Carlo Lizzani
Michele Placido , Ida Di Benedetto
drama
Fun Is Beautiful
Carlo Verdone
Carlo Verdone , Mario Brega , Renato Scarpa
Comedy
Won a Special David di Donatello Award and a Nastro d'Argento Award for Best New Actor.
Hell of the Living Dead
Bruno Mattei
Margit Evelyn Newton
Horror
[ 22]
The House on the Edge of the Park
Ruggero Deodato
David Hess , Annie Belle , Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Horror
[citation needed ]
I Hate Blondes
Giorgio Capitani
Enrico Montesano , Jean Rochefort , Corinne Cléry
comedy
I'm Getting a Yacht
Serfio Corbucci
Johnny Dorelli , Laura Antonelli
comedy
I'm Photogenic
Dino Risi
Renato Pozzetto , Edwige Fenech , Aldo Maccione
comedy
Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival
Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy
Salvatore Piscicelli
Ida Di Benedetto
romance drama
Inferno
Dario Argento
Irene Miracle , Leigh McCloskey , Daria Nicolodi
Horror
[ 25]
L'insegnante al mare con tutta la classe
Michele Massimo Tarantini
Lino Banfi , Anna Maria Rizzoli , Alvaro Vitali
Commedia sexy all'italiana
In the Pope's Eye
Renzo Arbore
Renzo Arbore , Roberto Benigni , Isabella Rossellini
Comedy
Il ladrone
Marco Bellocchio
Enrico Montesano , Edwige Fenech , Bernadette Lafont
comedy
A Leap in the Dark
Marco Bellocchio
Michel Piccoli , Anouk Aimée , Michele Placido
Drama
La liceale al mare con l'amica di papà
Marino Girolami
Marisa Mell , Renzo Montagnani , Alvaro Vitali
Commedia sexy all'italiana
La locandiera
Paolo Cavara
Adriano Celentano , Paolo Villaggio , Claudia Mori
comedy
Love in First Class
Salvatore Samperi
Enrico Montesano , Sylvia Kristel , Franca Valeri
comedy
Il lupo e l'agnello
Francesco Massaro
Tomas Milian , Michel Serrault
comedy
Macabre
Lamberto Bava
Stanko Molnar
Horror
Madness
Fernando Di Leo
Joe Dallesandro
Crime
Il medium
Silvio Amadio
Vincent Mannari Jr. , Sherry Buchanan , Stefano Mastrogirolamo
Drama
Men or Not Men
Valentino Orsini
Flavio Bucci , Monica Guerritore
Drama
Mia moglie è una strega
Castellano & Pipolo
Renato Pozzetto , Eleonora Giorgi
Comedy
La moglie in bianco... l'amante al pepe
Michele Massimo Tarantini
Lino Banfi , Pamela Prati
Commedia sexy all'italiana
La moglie in vacanza... l'amante in città
Michele Massimo Tarantini
Lino Banfi , Edwige Fenech , Barbara Bouchet
Commedia sexy all'italiana
The Mystery of Oberwald
Michelangelo Antonioni
Monica Vitti , Franco Branciaroli , Paolo Bonacelli
Drama
[ 31]
Nightmare City
Umberto Lenzi
Hugo Stiglitz , Francisco Rabal , Mel Ferrer
Horror
[ 32]
Oggetti smarriti
Giuseppe Bertolucci
Mariangela Melato , Bruno Ganz , Renato Salvatori
Comedy drama
Ombre
Giorgio Cavedon
Lou Castel , Monica Guerritori , Laura Belli
—
La pagella
Ninì Grassia
Mario Trevi , Marc Porel
Drama
Patrick Still Lives
Mario Landi
Sacha Pitoëff , Mariangela Giordano
Horror
The Precarious Bank Teller
Luciano Salce
Paolo Villaggio , Catherine Spaak , Anna Maria Rizzoli
Comedy
The Pumaman
Alberto De Martino
Donald Pleasence , Sydne Rome
superhero
Qua la mano
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Enrico Montesano , Adriano Celentano , Lilli Carati
comedy
The Rebel
Umberto Lenzi
Maurizio Merli , Jutta Speidel
poliziottesco
La ripetente fa l'occhietto al preside
Mariano Laurenti
Lino Banfi , Anna Maria Rizzoli , Alvaro Vitali
Commedia sexy all'italiana
La settimana bianca
Mariano Laurenti
Anna Maria Rizzoli , Gianfranco D'Angelo
Commedia sexy all'italiana
Si salvi chi vuole
Roberto Faenza
Gastone Moschin , Claudia Cardinale
Comedy drama
Speed Cross
Stelvio Massi
Fabio Testi , Vittorio Mezzogiorno , Daniela Poggi
crime-action
Super Fuzz
Sergio Corbucci
Terence Hill , Ernest Borgnine , Joanne Dru
—
Sugar, Honey and Pepper
Sergio Martino
Lino Banfi , Edwige Fenech , Renato Pozzetto
comedy
La terrazza
Ettore Scola
Marcello Mastroianni , Ugo Tognazzi , Vittorio Gassman
Drama
Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress (Carla Gravina) awards at the Cannes Film Festival . 2 Nastro d'Argento Awards
To Love the Damned
Marco Tullio Giordana
Flavio Bucci
drama
Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival
Savage Breed
Pasquale Squitieri
Saverio Marconi , Stefano Madia , Enzo Cannavale
drama
Entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival
Voltati Eugenio
Luigi Comencini
Dalila Di Lazzaro , Saverio Marconi , Bernard Blier
Comedy drama
Zappatore
Alfonso Brescia
Mario Merola , Regina Bianchi
drama
^ "Alien 2 sulla Terra (1980)" (in Italian). Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved March 22, 2015 .
^ "Arrivano i bersaglieri" . AllMovie. Retrieved March 22, 2015 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Il Bisbetico Domato" . AllMovie. Retrieved March 22, 2015 .
^ "The Blue-Eyed Bandit" . AllMovie. Retrieved March 22, 2015 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Café Express" . AllMovie. Retrieved March 22, 2015 .
^ Binion, Cavett. "Cannibal Apocalypse" . AllMovie. Retrieved March 22, 2015 .
^ Deodato, Ruggero (interviewee) (2003). In the Jungle: The Making of Cannibal Holocaust (Documentary). Italy: Alan Young Pictures.
^ Deodato, Ruggero (12 November 2000). "Cult-Con 2000". Cannibal Holocaust DVD Commentary (Interview). Interviewed by Sage Stallone , Bob Murawski . Tarrytown, New York.
^ Firsching, Robert. "City of the Living Dead" . AllMovie. Retrieved March 19, 2015 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "City of Women" . AllMovie. Retrieved March 22, 2015 .
^ "La Citta delle donne" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved March 22, 2015 .
^ Firsching, Robert. "Alien Contamination" . AllMovie. Retrieved March 22, 2015 .
^ "Astaron - Brut des Schreckens" . Filmportal.de. Retrieved March 22, 2015 .
^ Curti, 2013. p. 276
^ Curti, 2013. p. 277
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Il Giorno del Cobra" [Day of the Cobra]. AllMovie. Retrieved March 23, 2015 .
^ Sandra, Sandra. "Eaten Alive" . AllMovie. Retrieved March 19, 2015 .
^ Shipka, 2011. p.136
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Hell of the Living Dead" . AllMovie. Retrieved March 19, 2015 .
^ Legare, Patrick. "Inferno" . AllMovie . Retrieved March 19, 2015 .
^ Hastings, Michael. "Il Mistero di Oberwald" . AllMovie. Retrieved March 19, 2015 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Nightmare City" . AllMovie. Retrieved March 19, 2015 .
References
Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980 . McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765 .
Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989 . McFarland. ISBN 978-1476672434 .
Shipka, Danny. Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960-1980 . McFarland , 2011. ISBN 0786448881 .
Curti, Roberto (2016). Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema . Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1-936168-60-6 .
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