1980

9 to 5: the safety of home and authority, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

A pilot who can’t fly, a plane full of nonsense — and the odd inflatable hero called Otto.

A head-trip that never forgets the man at its centre: curiosity, marriage and a tank of trouble.

Armani, a hit single and a loneliness you can almost wear.

Any Which Way You Can: courage and heroism, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Battle Beyond the Stars: fear and family, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

War, orders and the politics of blame.

Brubaker: mortality and greed, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Slobs, snobs and one remarkably relaxed golfer.

Can't Stop the Music: love and friendship, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Cannibal Holocaust: loss and parents protecting their children, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

City of the Living Dead: family and mortality, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Coal Miner's Daughter: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Undercover, unsettled and uncomfortably watchable — Steve Burns is why you should look again.

Voyeurs, doubles and a very composed doctor.

Fame: family and corporate power, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Brash heroics, operatic spectacle and a Queen soundtrack — Flash Gordon wears its pulp heart on its sleeve.

Inferno: mortality and mortality and lifespan, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Little Darlings: family and love, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Maniac: mortality and family, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Melvin and Howard: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Motel Hell: heroism and freedom, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

My Bodyguard: courage and friendship, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

New Year's Evil: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Grief, family tension and one father trying to keep things from falling apart.

Popeye: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Private Benjamin: family and love, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Prom Night: mortality and lifespan and loss, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Raging Bull: family and courage, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Raise the Titanic: exploitation, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Seems Like Old Times: the safety of home and family, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

A love so determined it teaches itself to travel.

A harsher lesson in heroism: mentorship, bad luck and the cost of growing up in a galaxy far, far away.

Stir Crazy: greed and consumerism, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Love, duty and a handful of Kryptonians — Superman II asks what a hero gives up to be human.

Terror Train: mortality, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

The Big Red One: heroism and courage, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

The Blue Lagoon: family and mortality, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

The Blues Brothers: authority and freedom, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

The Changeling: family and the safety of home, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

The Competition: family, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

The Dogs of War: authority and the safety of home, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

A film that asks us to look — and not to turn away.

The Exterminator: family and fear, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

The Final Countdown: fear and isolation, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

A radio voice, a lighthouse and a sea of revenge — Stevie Wayne stands between Antonio Bay and the fog.

The Formula: corporate power and exploitation, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

The Hunter: mortality and lifespan and the safety of home, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

A gangster who wants a boardroom as much as a fiefdom — and pays for both.

Harold Shand thinks he owns London. One very bad weekend is about to prove otherwise.

The Mirror Crack'd: mortality and mortality and lifespan, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

The Ninth Configuration: humanity and authority, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

A hotel that remembers you — and a man who forgets who he is.

The Stunt Man: authority and freedom, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

The Watcher in the Woods: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

The Young Master: heroism and courage, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Urban Cowboy: family and the safety of home, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Xanadu: love and family, and why this 1980 movie still matters.