The early 1980s saw the release of big movies starring big stars: Robert De Niro in Raging Bull, Jack Nicholson in The Shining and Robert Redford directing Ordinary People. Empire Strikes Back becomes the biggest movie of the year, setting the tone for an entire decade in which filmmakers like George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis break one box office record after another. Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols and Woody Allen also make some of their best films.
The early 1980s saw the release of big movies starring big stars: Robert De Niro in Raging Bull, Jack Nicholson in The Shining and Robert Redford directing Ordinary People. Empire Strikes Back becomes the biggest movie of the year, setting the tone for an entire decade in which filmmakers like George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis break one box office record after another. Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols and Woody Allen also make some of their best films.