This is a list of animated feature films first released in 1980.
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Technique | Format | Notes | Release | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Sonyeon Uju Pyoryugi | South Korea | Sambu Productions | Third installment of the Dreamland Cartoon Theater series. | July 27, 1980 | 80 minutes | ||||
| 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother | Japan | Film compiled from TV series episodes | July 19, 1980 | 107 minutes | |||||
| Animalympics | Originally planned as two one-hour television specials to be aired on NBC as a companion piece to the network's coverage of the 1980 Summer and Winter Olympics; A theatrical version was later prepared for overseas release. | February 1, 1980 | 75 minutes | ||||||
| Back to the Forest | Japan | Sixth animated special produced for Fuji TV's "Nissei Family Special" program. | February 3, 1980 | 75 minutes | |||||
| Be Forever Yamato | Japan | Fourth feature film in the Space Battleship Yamato series and the third to be released theatrically. | August 2, 1980 | 145 minutes | |||||
| Betty Boop for President | United States | Dan Dalton | Compilation film of select Betty Boop cartoons adapted for television syndication and then reanimated in color in South Korea by NTA; originally titled Hurray for Betty Boop and meant for a 1976 theatrical release. | November 21, 1980 | 78 minutes | ||||
| Bloody Lady | Czechoslovakia | 77 minutes | |||||||
| Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) | United States | The fourth and final feature film in the Peanuts franchise until 2015, and the only installment so far to feature adult characters and their actual voices on screen. | May 30, 1980 | 76 minutes | |||||
| Botchan | Japan | Eighth animated special produced for Fuji TV's "Nissei Family Special" program. | June 13, 1980 | 70 minutes | |||||
| Captain | Japan | April 2, 1980 | 94 minutes | ||||||
| Colargol and the Wonderful Suitcase | Poland | Tadeusz Wilkosz | January 17, 1980 | 75 minutes | |||||
| | Japan | Masayuki Akehi | December 20, 1980 | 130 minutes | |||||
| Doksuri 5 Hyeongje | South Korea | Samjung Planning Co., Ltd. | Unauthorized reanimated remake of (1978). | July 26, 1980 | 72 minutes | ||||
| | Japan | First installment of the Doraemon film series; Remade 26 years later in 2006. | March 15, 1980 | 100 minutes | |||||
| Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned | Japan | Minoru Okazaki | August 19, 1980 | 94 minutes | |||||
| Eleven Hungry Cats | Japan | Shiro Fujimoto | July 19, 1980 | 83 minutes | |||||
| Foam Bath | Hungary | April 6, 1980 | 79 minutes | ||||||
| Fumoon | Japan | Third animated special produced for Nippon TV's 24 Hour TV "Love Saves the Earth" telethon. | August 31, 1980 | 91 minutes | |||||
| Gaegujangi Cheonsadeul | South Korea | Dong-A Yanghaeng Co., Ltd. | December 25, 1980 | 75 minutes | |||||
| Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother!! | Japan | Alternate retelling of episodes 51 ("Artemis of the Transparent Sea–Part 1") & 52 ("Artemis of the Transparent Sea–Part 2") from the anime television series. | October 2, 1980 | 93 minutes | |||||
| Galaxy Express 999: Emeraldas the Eternal Traveller | Japan | Alternate retelling of episode 22 ("The Pirate Ship Queen Emeraldes") from the anime television series. | April 3, 1980 | 48 minutes | |||||
| Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! 2nd Gekitō Pennant Race | Japan | May 3, 1980 | 94 minutes | ||||||
| Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Hatsu Warai 3rd Aa Tsuppari Jinsei | Japan | December 13, 1980 | 96 minutes | ||||||
| Gnomes | United States | November 11, 1980 | 60 minutes | ||||||
| Ikkyū-san: Ōabare no Yancha-hime | Japan | Kimio Yabuki Iku Ishiguro Takeshi Shirado Akinori Orai | Originally aired in between episodes 217 ("A Hanging Scroll and a Disappearing White Horse") and 218 ("Kikyouya, Who Lost Without Doing the Magistrate") of the animated television series respectively. | August 25, 1980 | 49 minutes | ||||
| The King and the Mockingbird | France | Originally released unfinished in 1952 without Grimault's consent, but he regained the rights to finish it in 1980, making it one of the longest productions in an animated feature. | March 19, 1980 | 87 minutes | |||||
| Kkomaeosa Ttori | South Korea | Namyang Planning Co., Ltd. | December 11, 1980 | 75 minutes | |||||
| The Legend of Marine Snow | Japan | TV Asahi NOW Planning Studio Oka | August 12, 1980 | 111 minutes | |||||
| The Little Train | Italy | URBS Film | July 26, 1980 | 89 minutes | |||||
| Makoto-chan | Japan | July 26, 1980 | 85 minutes | ||||||
| The Missing Link | France Belgium | Pils Films | May 21, 1980 | 95 minutes | |||||
| | Japan | Film complied from TV episodes | March 15, 1980 | 96 minutes | |||||
| Phoenix 2772 | Japan | March 15, 1980 | 121 minutes | ||||||
| Pinocchio's Christmas | United States Japan | Rankin/Bass Video Tokyo Production | December 3, 1980 | 49 minutes | |||||
| Pogo for President: 'I Go Pogo' | United States | O.G.P.I. Inc. Possum Productions Inc. Stowmar Enterprises World Entertainment Corp. | August 1, 1980 | 86 minutes | |||||
| The Return of the King | United States Japan | May 11, 1980 | 98 minutes | ||||||
| Scruffy | United States | Originally aired on the ABC anthology series ABC Weekend Special as a three-part installment on the series' sixth season. | October 4–18, 1980 | 72 minutes | |||||
| A Snow White Christmas | United States | December 19, 1980 | 60 minutes | ||||||
| Sonyeon 007 Eunhateukgongdae | South Korea | Cape Production | December 13, 1980 | 80 minutes | |||||
| Tajemnica szyfru Marabuta | Poland | Compilation film of the Polish animated television series that was produced from 1976 to 1979. | April 1980 | 76 minutes | |||||
| The Tale of John and Mary | Czechoslovakia | Last film written and directed by Czech artist and filmmaker Karel Zeman. | November 1, 1980 | 64 minutes | |||||
| The Tale of the Three Kingdoms – Breaking Through the Five Gulfs | South Korea | Song Production | July 28, 1980 | 82 minutes | |||||
| The Tale of the Three Kingdoms – Oath of the Peach Garden | South Korea | Song Production | January 16, 1980 | 84 minutes | |||||
| The Thralls' Kids | Denmark | Jannik Hastrup | Dansk Tegnefilm | Film compiled from TV series episodes | October 14, 1980 | 81 minutes | |||
| Time Machine 001 | South Korea | Sequel to last year's Starland Trio (1979); Second installment of the Dreamland Cartoon Theater series. | January 12, 1980 | 101 minutes | |||||
| Tomorrow's Joe | Japan | Film compiled from TV series episodes | March 8, 1980 | 150 minutes | |||||
| Toward the Terra | Japan | April 26, 1980 | 115 minutes | ||||||
| The Trouble with Miss Switch | United States | Originally aired on the ABC anthology series ABC Weekend Special as a two-part installment on the series' third season. | February 16 – 23, 1980 | ||||||
| Twelve Months | Japan Soviet Union | Third film in the anthology film series Sekai Meisaku Dōwa ("World Masterpiece Fairy Tales"); Co-production with Soyuzmultfilm. | March 15, 1980 | 65 minutes | |||||
| Twenty-Four Eyes | Japan | Ninth animated special produced for Fuji TV's "Nissei Family Special" program. | October 10, 1980 | 73 minutes | |||||
| Ujudaejang aekkunun | South Korea | Central Film Company | July 25, 1980 | 77 minutes | |||||
| Wakakusa Monogatari | Japan | Seventh animated special produced for Fuji TV's "Nissei Family Special" program. | May 3, 1980 | 68 minutes | |||||
| Yogi's First Christmas | United States | November 22, 1980 | 98 minutes |