Top 30 Fantasy Movies Releases from 1980

The adventures of the famous sailor man and his friends in the seaside town of Sweethaven. Check out Popeye / IMDB / YouTube

A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time and meet the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel. More about Somewhere in Time / IMDB / YouTube

A struggling artist living in Los Angeles meets a girl who may hold the key to his happiness. See more about Xanadu / IMDB / YouTube

The adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico. Explore Herbie Goes Bananas / IMDB / YouTube

A chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king. Read about The King and the Mockingbird / IMDB / YouTube

Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle. More about The Return of the King / IMDB / YouTube

Thousands of years ago, aliens visited Earth and fathered the Pumaman, a man-god with supernatural powers entrusted by a gold mask with the ability to control people's minds, which in present-day London, falls upon the wrong hands. See more about The Pumaman / IMDB / YouTube

With the aid of his companions, a man seeks to defeat his evil brother who has taken a nun hostage. Info on Hawk the Slayer / IMDB / YouTube

A woman enters the afterlife briefly after a car crash that kills her husband. But she survives - and finds herself possessing strange powers. Learn about Resurrection / IMDB / YouTube

A rickshaw driver's wife and his rich client are secret lovers, and they decide to get rid of him without being implicated, so they hire a powerful sorcerer to kill him, but the sorcerer's colleague intervenes to protect him. Look into Encounter of the Spooky Kind / IMDB / YouTube

In 1994, a young couple enters the world of the music industry, and subsequently the world of drugs. Info on The Apple / IMDB / YouTube

In a highly controlled and overpopulated society, a man who has terrifying dreams that affect reality is assigned a psychiatrist who takes advantage of the situation. Info on The Lathe of Heaven / IMDB / YouTube

A murdered detective must avenge his murder after he is reincarnated as a dog. See more about Oh Heavenly Dog / IMDB / YouTube

A young girl receives a divine message and starts a campaign to promote faith. Her family and teacher, skeptical of her claims, try to stop her efforts. She persists despite their opposition, convinced of her heavenly calling. Explore Oh, God! Book II / IMDB / YouTube

Filmmaker Julien Temple chronicles the Sex Pistols' tumultuous rise to fame, as told by their manager, Malcolm McLaren. Check out The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle / IMDB / YouTube

When Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae is spilled by a hapless flunky, Fu Manchu sends his lackeys to round up supplies for a fresh batch of elixir, including a precious jewel, which prompts a team of agents to track him down. More about The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu / IMDB / YouTube

An all-star comedy cast hams it up in this hilarious Biblical spoof. Get info on Wholly Moses! / IMDB / YouTube

An enigmatic faith healer - who appears to possess genuine magical powers - and a political fixer vie for influence over a senator and his family. Learn about Harlequin / IMDB / YouTube

An elderly widower relies on his daydreams and faith to get through a lonely Christmas. Info on Mr. Krueger's Christmas / IMDB / YouTube

Angered that Katrina has grown fond of schoolmaster Crane, Brom Bones determines to scare off the interloper by filling his head with spooky tales of a Headless Horseman. Crane disparages the legends, until one fateful ride home in the dark of night. See more about The Legend of Sleepy Hollow / IMDB / YouTube

It's Pinocchio's first Christmas, and he sells the book Geppetto gives him for present money, but Cat and Fox trick him out of it. Details on Pinocchio's Christmas / IMDB / YouTube

An ugly, misshapen podiatrist ingests a formula made by a colleague and turns into a handsome, devil-may-care (but violent) ladies' man. Info on Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype / IMDB / YouTube

Four Third-World Christs try to stop the American industrialist John Brahms in Glauber Rocha's experimental film inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini's murder. Check out The Age of the Earth / IMDB / YouTube

A man who believes that he has murdered his wife, sees her return as a vengeful ghost. Find out about Hex / IMDB / YouTube

Young Martine begins working as a nurse at Deadlock House, a secluded grande retirement home, but from the beginning not everything is as it seems, strange residents each with their own quirks and a rather macabre dietary supplement to their vegetarian diet are ruled by the strict Miss Helene, and her suspicions are soon raised when her co-worker who has taken her lea. Get info on Night of Death / IMDB / YouTube

Lille Virgil, 8 years old, lives by himself and his own rules, in a shed he has adapted himself. He spends his time looking after his chicken, helping village people, after a fashion, going to school (when they're not suspended), and grifting for what he needs. He and his best friend have a hairy old time with their exploits, including dodging Orla, the local ne'er do. Read about Little Virgil and Orla Frogsnapper / IMDB / YouTube

In this animated adaptation of the Tomb of Dracula comic book series, Dracula assumes control of a satanic cult and fathers a child through one of his followers, but the forces of both good and evil align themselves against him. Get info on Dracula / IMDB / YouTube

Six women inherit a gas station and have sex with the customers while their cars are getting filled up outside. Explore High Test Girls / IMDB / YouTube

Tanya and her beau escape to the solitude of a tropical island. When a hulking gorilla sets his sights, and paws, on the lovely Tanya's attention, a bizarre battle for the woman's love ensues between the three desperate island dwellers. Read about Tanya's Island / IMDB / YouTube

Life at the Magic Roundabout is disrupted when a blue cat called Buxton finds his way into town. Everyone loves Buxton except for Dougal, who discovers the cat's mad plan to become the king of blue army and destroy all who are not blue. Info on Dougal and the Blue Cat / IMDB / YouTube