This is a list of notable Hindi movies released in the 1980s (with GEMs highlighted). Note that the list is sortable by each column. (Multiple levels of sorting are possible by sorting more than one column in succession, from lowest to highest.)
Most of the movies are available for free viewing on YouTube, and a link is provided below in the “Video” column. In other cases, the link may indicate that the movie is available to Netflix or Amazon Prime subscribers or for a nominal fee on YouTube. Many of the movies are also available for checkout at public libraries.
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Year
Hindi film
GEM!
Producer
Director
Male stars (selected)
Female stars (selected)
Video
Wikipedia
More
1980
Aakrosh
NFDC
Govind Nihalani
Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Amrish Puri
Smita Patil
1980
Aasha
J Om Prakash
J Om Prakash
Jeetendra, Girish Karnad
Reena Roy, Rameshwari
1980
Ek Baar Phir
Vinod Pande
Vinod Pande
Suresh Oberoi, Pradeep Verma
Deepti Naval
1980
Insaf Ka Tarazu
B R Chopra
B R Chopra
Raj Babbar, Deepak Parashar
Zeenat Aman, Padmini Kohlapure
1980
Karz
Subhash Ghai
Subhash Ghai
Rishi Kapoor, Raj Kiran, Premnath, Pran
Tina Munim, Simi
1980
Khubsoorat
N C Sippy, Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Rakesh Roshan, Ashok Kumar
Rekha, Dina Pathak
1980
Man Pasand
Amit Khanna
Basu Chatterjee
Dev Anand, Girish Karnad, Mehmood
Tina Munim, Simple Kapadia
1980
Qurbani
Feroz Khan
Feroz Khan
Feroz Khan, Vinod Khanna, Amjad Khan, Amrish Puri
Zeenat Aman
1980
Sparsh
Basu Bhattacharya
Sai Paranjpye
Naseeruddin Shah
Shabana Azmi
1980
Thodisi Bewafaii
Various
Esmayeel Shroff
Rajesh Khanna
Shabana Azmi
1981
Dard
Shyam Sunder Shivdasani
Ambrish Sangal
Rajesh Khanna
Hema Malini, Poonam Dhillon
1981
Ek Duuje Ke Liye
Prasad Productions
K Balachander
Kamal Haasan
Rati Agnihotri
1981
Kalyug
Shashi Kapoor
Shyam Benegal
Shashi Kapoor, Raj Babbar, Victor Banerjee, Anant Nag
