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10 Best Movies Like 1980

If you loved 1980, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon

Ricky Gervais: Armageddon

2023★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1980 for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ricky Gervais dishes out controversial takes on political correctness and oversensitivity in a taboo-busting comedy special about the end of humanity....

#2
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

1982★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1980 for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he caught on fire....

#3
Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics

Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics

2004★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1980 for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A year after Animals, Ricky Gervais comes back with his second stand up comedy tour: Politics....

#4
Strange Brew

Strange Brew

1983★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1980 for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, t...

#5
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature

2022★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1980 for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

With his signature pitch-black sense of humor, Ricky Gervais takes the stage at the London Palladium in this provocative stand-up comedy special....

#6
Ricky Gervais Live: Animals

Ricky Gervais Live: Animals

2003★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1980 for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ricky Gervais entertains a live audience in his first stand-up routine....

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