List of Italian films of 1980 explained

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
				^[1]
Antropophagus			Horror
Arrivano i bersaglieri			Comedy	^[2]
			Comedy, romance	^[3]
Blow Job (Soffio erotico)		Danilo Micheli, Anna Massarelli, Anna Bruna Cazzato
		Franco Nero	Crime	^[4]
Café Express			Comedy, crime	^[5]
Cannibal Apocalypse			Horror	Italian-Spanish co-production^[6]
Cannibal Holocaust			Horror	^[7] ^[8]
Catherine and I			comedy
Ciao marziano			Science fiction, comedy
City of the Living Dead			Horror	^[9]
City of Women			Fantasy	Italian-French co-production^[10] ^[11]
Contamination			Horror, science fiction	Italian-West German co-production^[12] ^[13]
Contraband		Fabio Testi, Ivana Monti, Marcel Bozzuffi	Crime	^[14] ^[15]
Day of the Cobra			Crime	^[16]
Eaten Alive!			Horror	^[17] ^[18]
Erotic Nights of the Living Dead			erotic-horror
Everything Happens to Me			Comedy
Fantozzi contro tutti			Comedy
Fico d'India			Comedy
Flatfoot in Egypt			crime-comedy
Fontamara			drama
Fun Is Beautiful				Won a Special David di Donatello Award and a Nastro d'Argento Award for Best New Actor.
Hell of the Living Dead			Horror	^[19]
			Horror
I Hate Blondes			comedy
I'm Getting a Yacht			comedy
I'm Photogenic			comedy	Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival
			romance drama
Inferno			Horror	^[20]
In the Pope's Eye			Comedy
			comedy
			Drama
			comedy
Love in First Class			comedy
			comedy
Macabre			Horror
Madness			Crime
		Vincent Mannari Jr., Sherry Buchanan, Stefano Mastrogirolamo	Drama
Men or Not Men			Drama
Mia moglie è una strega			Comedy
			Drama	^[21]
Nightmare City			Horror	^[22]
Oggetti smarriti			Comedy drama
Ombre		Lou Castel, Monica Guerritori, Laura Belli
			Drama
Patrick Still Lives			Horror
The Precarious Bank Teller			Comedy
			superhero
Qua la mano			comedy
			poliziottesco
Si salvi chi vuole
Speed Cross			crime-action
Super Fuzz
Sugar, Honey and Pepper			comedy
			Drama	Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress (Carla Gravina) awards at the Cannes Film Festival. 2 Nastro d'Argento Awards
To Love the Damned			drama	Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival
Savage Breed			drama	Entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival
Voltati Eugenio			Comedy drama
Zappatore			drama

Footnotes

References

• Book: Curti, Roberto. Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. 978-0786469765. 2013.
• Book: Curti, Roberto . Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989 . McFarland . 2019 . 978-1476672434.
• Shipka, Danny. Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960-1980. McFarland, 2011. .
• Book: Curti, Roberto . Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema . Midnight Marquee Press . 2016 . 978-1-936168-60-6 .

External links

• Italian films of 1980 at the Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alien 2 sulla Terra (1980). Archivio del Cinema Italiano. it. March 22, 2015.
2. Web site: Arrivano i bersaglieri. AllMovie. March 22, 2015.
3. Web site: Il Bisbetico Domato. AllMovie. March 22, 2015. Mannikka. Eleanor.
4. Web site: The Blue-Eyed Bandit. AllMovie. March 22, 2015.
5. Web site: Café Express. AllMovie. March 22, 2015. Mannikka. Eleanor.
6. Web site: Cannibal Apocalypse. AllMovie. March 22, 2015. Binion. Cavett.
7. Deodato, Ruggero (interviewee) . 2003 . In the Jungle: The Making of Cannibal Holocaust . Documentary . Italy . Alan Young Pictures.
8. Deodato . Ruggero . Ruggero Deodato . . Cult-Con 2000 . Tarrytown, New York . 12 November 2000 . Cannibal Holocaust DVD Commentary.
9. Web site: City of the Living Dead. AllMovie. March 19, 2015. Firsching. Robert.
10. Web site: City of Women. AllMovie. March 22, 2015. Mannikka. Eleanor.
11. Web site: La Citta delle donne. Bifi.fr. March 22, 2015. fr.
12. Web site: Alien Contamination. AllMovie. March 22, 2015. Firsching. Robert.
13. Web site: Astaron - Brut des Schreckens. Filmportal.de. March 22, 2015.
14. Curti, 2013. p. 276
15. Curti, 2013. p. 277
16. Web site: Il Giorno del Cobra. AllMovie. Day of the Cobra. March 23, 2015. Mannikka. Eleanor.
17. Web site: Eaten Alive. AllMovie. Sandra. Sandra. March 19, 2015.
18. Shipka, 2011. p.136
19. Web site: Hell of the Living Dead. AllMovie. March 19, 2015. Mannikka. Eleanor.
20. Web site: Inferno. AllMovie. March 19, 2015. Legare. Patrick.
21. Web site: Il Mistero di Oberwald. AllMovie. March 19, 2015. Hastings, Michael.
22. Web site: Nightmare City. AllMovie. March 19, 2015. Mannikka, Eleanor.