List of LGBT-related films of 1980
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This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in 1980. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.
Films edit
| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon Breezes | Hitoshi Yazaki | Japan | Drama | Setsuko Aya, Naomi Ito | a.k.a. Kazetachi no Gogo[1] |
| La Cage aux Folles II | Edouard Molinaro | France Italy |
Comedy | Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Marcel Bozzuffi, Michel Galabru, Paola Borboni, Benny Luke, Giovanni Vettorazzo, Glauco Onorato, Roberto Bisacco, Gianrico Tondinelli, Giorgio Cerioni, Nazzareno Natale, Antonio Francioni, Stelio Candelli, Mark Bodin and Tom Felleghy | |
| Can't Stop the Music | Nancy Walker | United States | Musical comedy | Steve Guttenberg, Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Paul Sand, Tammy Grimes, Alex Briley, David Hodo, Glenn Hughes, Randy Jones, Felipe Rose, Ray Simpson, June Havoc, Barbara Rush, Altovise Davis, Marilyn Sokol, Russell Nype, Jack Weston, Leigh Taylor-Young and Dick Patterson | |
| Cruising | William Friedkin | United States | Crime, drama, thriller | Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Richard Cox, Don Scardino, Joe Spinell, Jay Acovone, Randy Jurgensen, Barton Heyman, Gene Davis, Arnaldo Santana, Larry Atlas, Allan Miller, Sonny Grosso, Edward O'Neil, Michael Aronin, James Remar, William Russ, Mike Starr, Leo Burmester, Henry Judd Baker, Steve Inwood, Keith Prentice, Leland Starnes and Powers Boothe | Based on the novel of the same name by New York Times reporter Gerald Walker |
| Curse | Osman F. Seden | Turkey | Drama | Bülent Ersoy, Mine Mutlu, Kadir Savun, Hakki Çagdas, Sermin Ölçmen, Cem Erman, Turgut Özatay, Diler Saraç, Osman F. Seden (as Osman Seden), Hüseyin Kasif, Necdet Kökes, Mustafa Yavuz, Nubar Terziyan, Hakki Kivanç and Giray Alpan | a.k.a. Beddua[2] |
| Dear Boys | Paul de Lussanet | Netherlands | Comedy, drama | Hugo Metsers, Hans Dagelet, Bill van Dijk, Albert Mol, Pleuni Touw, Marina de Graaf, Astrid Nijgh, Gerard Cox, Jan Hopmann, Hans Cornelissen, Jaap Hoogstra, Jan Staal, Mevrouw de Meijer, Wim Bary and Herman Ouwersloot | a.k.a. Lieve jongens, based on novels by Gerard Reve[3] |
| Two Lions in the Sun | Claude Faraldo | France | Drama, fantasy | Jean-François Stévenin, Jean-Pierre Sentier, Catherine Lachens, Jean-Pierre Tailhade, Martine Sarcey, Michel Robin, Valérie Kling, Alain Doutey, Jeanne Herviale, Nathalie Jadot, Guilhaine Dubos, Mario D'Alba, Dominique Bonnaud and Georges Trillat | a.k.a. Deux lions au soleil[4] |
| Dressed to Kill | Brian De Palma | United States | Thriller | Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Dennis Franz, David Margulies, Ken Baker, Susanna Clemm, Brandon Maggart and William Finley | |
| Él y él | Eduardo Manzanos Brochero | Spain | Drama | Antonio Escudero, María Luisa Ponte (as Mª Luisa Ponte), Carmen Utrilla, Aparicio Rivero, Alejandro Urquía, Montserrat Calvo, Fernando Huesca, Joaquin Solano, Teresa Mur, José Luis López Vázquez, Mónica Randall, Lola Herrera, Álvaro de Luna and Sancho Gracia | [5][6] |
| Fame | Alan Parker | United States | Musical, drama | Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean, Antonia Franceschi, Paul McCrane, Barry Miller, Gene Anthony Ray, Maureen Teefy, Albert Hague, Anne Meara, Joanna Merlin, Jim Moody, Debbie Allen, Eddie Barth, Boyd Gaines, Tresa Hughes, Steve Inwood, Richard Belzer, Bill Britten, Isaac Mizrahi, Sal Piro, Michael DeLorenzo and Meg Tilly | |
| Giselle | Victor di Mello | Brazil | Drama | Alba Valeria, Carlo Mossy, Maria Lúcia Dahl, Nildo Parente, Ricardo Faria, Monique Lafond, Celso Faria, Zózimo Bulbul, Vinícius Salvatori, Luciano Sabino, Iara Jati, J. Queiroz, Mario Ludgero, Esmeralda de Lima and Hudson Malta Santos | [7] |
| Happy Birthday, Gemini | Richard Benner | United States | Comedy | Madeline Kahn, Rita Moreno, Robert Viharo | |
| Hide and Seek | Dan Wolman | Israel | Drama | Gila Almagor, Benyamin Armon, Chaim Hadaya, Efrat Lavie, Rahel Shor and Doron Tavory | a.k.a. Machboim |
| Immacolata e Concetta | Salvatore Piscicelli | Italy | Drama | Ida Di Benedetto, Marcella Michelangeli, Tommaso Bianco, Lucio Allocca, Lucia Ragni, Biancamaria Mastrominico, Nina De Padova, Linda Moretti, Antonio Ferrante, Berto Lama and Cetty Sommella | Internationally released as Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy |
| Ixe | Lionel Soukaz | France | Short, drama | Jean-François B., François Dantchev, Farida, Karine, Hervé Leymarie, Lionel Soukaz, Verveine, Philippe Veschi and York | [8][9] |
| The Kiss | Bruno Barreto | Brazil | Crime, Drama | Tarcísio Meira, Ney Latorraca, Lídia Brondi, Christiane Torloni, Daniel Filho, Oswaldo Loureiro, Ligia Diniz, Pedro Paulo Rangel, Thelma Reston (as Telma Reston), Flávio São Thiago, Nelson Caruso, Renato Coutinho, Lícia Magna, Xuxa Lopes and Estelita Bell | a.k.a. O Beijo no Asfalto,[10][11] based on the play of the same name by Nelson Rodrigues |
| The Lady Banker | Francis Girod | France | Drama | Romy Schneider, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Brasseur, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean Carmet, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Fabbri, Daniel Mesguich, Noëlle Chatelet, Daniel Auteuil, Thierry Lhermitte, Alan Adair, François-Régis Bastide, Arnaud Boisseau and Yves Brainville | a.k.a. La Banquière |
| Nijinsky | Herbert Ross | United States | Biography, drama | Alan Bates, George de la Peña, Leslie Browne | Based on the later life and career of Vaslav Nijinsky |
| Pepi, Luci, Bom | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain | Comedy | Carmen Maura, Eva Siva, Alaska (Olvido Gara), Félix Rotaeta, Concha Grégori, Kiti Manver, Cecilia Roth, Fabio McNamara (Fabio de Miguel), Julieta Serrano and Cristina Sánchez Pascual | |
| Pixote | Héctor Babenco | Brazil | Action, crime, drama | Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino, Zenildo Oliveira Santos, Claudio Bernardo, Israel Feres David, Jose Nilson Martin dos Stos, Marília Pêra, Jardel Filho, Rubens de Falco, Elke Maravilha, Tony Tornado, Beatriz Segall and João José Pompeo | Based on the novel A Infância dos Mortos by José Louzeiro |
| Le Rebelle | Gérard Blain | France | Drama | Patrick Norbert, Michel Subor, Isabelle Rosais, Jean-Jacques Aublanc, Françoise Michaud, Alain Jérôme, Robert Delarue, Germaine Ledoyen, Monique Gilliot, Maurice Rollet and Hervé Claude | |
| Richard's Things | Anthony Harvey | United Kingdom | Drama | Liv Ullmann, Amanda Redman, Peter Burton | Based on the novel by Frederic Raphael, who also wrote the movie |
| Serial | Bill Persky | United States | Comedy | Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld | |
| Spetters | Paul Verhoeven | Netherlands | Drama | Hans van Tongeren, Renée Soutendijk, Toon Agterberg, Maarten Spanjer, Marianne Boyer, Peter Tuinman, Saskia van Basten-Batenburg (credited as Saskia Ten Batenburg), Yvonne Valkenburg, Ab Abspoel (credited as Albert Abspoel), Rudi Falkenhagen as Hans' Vader Hans Veerman, Ben Aerden, Kitty Courbois, Margot Keune, Jonna Koster, Gees Linnebank, Hugo Metsers, Peter Oosthoek, Jeroen Krabbé, Rutger Hauer, Bruni Heinke and Herman Vinck | |
| Squeeze | Richard Turner | New Zealand | Drama | Robert Shannon, Paul Eady, Donna Akersten | |
| Stir | Stephen Wallace | Australia | Action, Drama, Thriller | Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller, Gary Waddell, Phil Motherwell, Michael Gow, Edward Robshaw, Tex Morton (as Robert 'Tex' Morton), Ray Marshall, Syd Heylen, Robert Noble, Paul Sonkkila, Keith Gallasch, Les Newcombe and James Marsh | |
| Times Square | Allan Moyle | United States | Musical, drama | Trini Alvarado, Robin Johnson, Tim Curry, Peter Coffield, Herbert Berghof, David Margulies, Anna Maria Horsford, Michael Margotta, J.C. Quinn, Tim Choate, Elizabeth Peña, Steve James and Jay Acovone | |
| Le Voyage en douce | Michel Deville | France | Drama | Dominique Sanda, Geraldine Chaplin, Jacques Zabor, Jean Crubelier, Valerie Masterson, Cécile Le Bailly, Jacqueline Parent, Jacques Pieiller, Liliane Rovère, Françoise Morhange, Frédéric Andréi, Christophe Malavoy, André Marcon, Catherine Le Dall, Hélène Garcia and Robin Camus | |
| Windows | Gordon Willis | United States | Drama, thriller | Talia Shire, Joseph Cortese, Elizabeth Ashley, Kay Medford, Michael Gorrin, Russell Horton, Michael Lipton, Rick Petrucelli, Ron Ryan, Linda Gillen, Tony DiBenedetto, Bryce Bond, Ken Chapin, Marty Greene, Bill Handy, Robert Hodge, Kyle Scott Jackson, Pat McNamara and Gerry Vichi | |
| Witches, Faggots, Dykes and Poofters | Digby Duncan | Australia | Documentary | Jude Kuring (Narrator)[12] |
References edit
- ^ "Afternoon Breezes". IMDB. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ Gönül Dönmez-Colin The Routledge Dictionary of Turkish Cinema, p. 414, at Google Books
- ^ David A. Gerstner (Editor) Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture , p. 421, at Google Books
- ^ Devarrieux, Claire (7 November 1980). "" DEUX LIONS AU SOLEIL " de Claude Faraldo Changer de vie". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Él y él (1980) Película - PLAY Cine". abc (in Spanish). 30 March 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ Valeria Vegas Vestidas de azul: Análisis social y cinematográfico de la mujer transexual en los años de la transiciõn española, p. 202, at Google Books
- ^ "GISELLE (1980)". Archived from the original on June 2, 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Lionel Soukaz - Ixe". Experimental Cinema. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Alt, Jean-Yves. "Ixe, un film de Lionel Soukaz (1980)". Contribution subjective à une mémoire gaie : littérature, cinéma, arts, histoire... (in French). Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Resenha: O beijo no Asfalto (1980)". objETHOS (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1 June 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ Giacobbo, Bruno (11 December 2018). "CRÍTICA | 'O Beijo no Asfalto' marca o nascimento de um cineasta promissor e autoral". BLAH!ZINGA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ Abelló, David Patricia (2017). "In Memory of Now: A Queer History of the Present" (PDF). opus.lib.uts.edu.au. Retrieved 14 July 2018.