Events
Top three grossing films
- North America
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- Superman II starring the late Christopher Reeve
- Nine to Five starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton
Deaths
- January 29 - Jimmy Durante, actor
- February 13 - David Janssen, actor
- March 5 - Jay Silverheels, actor (Tonto)
- March 28 - Dick Haymes, actor, singer
- April 29 - Alfred Hitchcock, director
- July 6 - Gail Patrick, actress
- July 24 - Peter Sellers, actor
- July 31 - Bobby Van, actor, dancer
- August 14 - Dorothy Stratten, actress, Playboy Magazine model
- August 25 - Gower Champion, actor, dancer, choreographer
- October 6 - Hattie Jacques, actress
- November 7 - Steve McQueen, actor
- November 22 - Mae West, actress
- November 24 - George Raft, actor
- November 26 - Rachel Roberts, actress
- December 8 - John Lennon, singer/songwriter
- December 31 - Raoul Walsh, director
Other movies released
- Airplane!
- The Big Red One
- The Blues Brothers
- Bon Voyage,Charlie Brown(And Don't Come Back)
- Brubaker
- Bye Bye Brazil
- Caddyshack, starring Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight and others
- City Of Women
- The Elephant Man
- Ordinary People
- Raging Bull
- Nine to Five, starring Dolly Parton
- Stir Crazy, starring Richard Pryor
- Any Which Way You Can
- Urban Cowboy
- Friday the 13th
- Mon oncle d'Amérique, Cannes Special Jury Prize
- Kagemusha, Palme d'Or winner
- All That Jazz, Palme d'Or winner
- Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears Academy Award for Best Foreign -Language Film
- Gloria, Golden Lion winner
- Atlantic City, Golden Lion winner
- Heartland, Golden Bear winner
- Palmero oder Wolsfburg, Golden Bear winner
- Loulou
- Tess
- The Stunt Man
- The Great Santini
- Fame
- Yanks
- Flash Gordon
- No Child's Land
- O Megalexandros
- The Constant Factor
- The Club
- Breaker Morant
- The Young Master
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