| George Anderson | Pittsburgh Post Gazette | 1980 | Yes |
| Gary Arnold | Washington Post | 1980 | Yes |
| Bruce Bailey | Montreal Gazette | 1980 | Yes |
| Joe Baltake | Philadelphia Daily News | 1980 | Yes |
| Bart Becker | Lincoln Journal Star | 1980 | No |
| Ed Blank | Pittsburgh Press | 1980 | No |
| Michael Blowen | Boston Globe | 1980 | Yes |
| Rick Brough | Park City Newspaper | 1980 | No |
| Joan Bunke | Des Moines Register | 1980 | No |
| Burl Burlington | Honolulu Star-Bulletin | 1980 | No |
| Stuart Byron | Village Voice | 1980 | Yes |
| Scott Cain | Atlanta Journal | 1980 | No |
| Vincent Canby | New York Times | 1980 | Yes |
| Kate Carroll | New York Daily News | 1980 | No |
| Charles Champlin | Los Angeles Times | 1980 | Yes |
| Rick Chatenever | Santa Cruz Sentinel | 1980 | No |
| John Coleman | New Statesman | 1980 | No |
| Richard Corliss | Film Comment | 1980 | Yes |
| Ron Cowan | Salem Statesman Journal | 1980 | No |
| Dan Craft | Pantagraph | 1980 | No |
| Bernard Drew | Gannett News Service | 1980 | No |
| Roger Ebert | Chicago Sun Times | 1980 | Yes |
| Marshall Fine | Sioux Falls Argus-Leader | 1980 | Yes |
| Dick Fleming | Sailisbury Daily Times | 1980 | No |
| Al Frank | Morristown Daily Record | 1980 | No |
| Richard Freedman | Montana Standard | 1980 | Yes |
| Phillip French | The Observer | 1980 | No |
| Wayne Harada | Honolulu Advertiser | 1980 | No |
| Stephen Harvey | Film Comment | 1980 | No |
| John Hawn | Indianapolis Star | 1980 | No |
| Terry Hazlett | Observer-Reporter | 1980 | No |
| Jennifer Hewko | Reading Eagle | 1980 | No |
| J. Hoberman | Village Voice | 1980 | Yes |
| International Film Guide | | 1980 | No |
| Richard Jameson | Film Comment | 1980 | No |
| Malcolm Johnson | Hartford Courant | 1980 | No |
| Dave Kehr | Chicago Reader | 1980 | Yes |
| Steve Kirchman | Manitowoc Herald-Times | 1980 | No |
| John Lapsley | Sydney Morning Herald | 1980 | No |
| Jeffrey Lyons | WCBS Radio | 1980 | Yes |
| Derek Malcolm | The Guardian | 1980 | No |
| David Mannweiler | Indianapolis News | 1980 | No |
| Jack Mathews | Detroit Free Press | 1980 | Yes |
| Bill and Jon Marlowe von Mauer | Miami News | 1980 | No |
| Michael Maza | Arizona Republic | 1980 | No |
| Bruce McCabe | boston Globe | 1980 | Yes |
| Bruce Miller | Sioux City Journal | 1980 | No |
| Karen Miller | Reading Eagle | 1980 | No |
| Kevin and Mike McInally Miller | The Missoulian | 1980 | No |
| Martin Mitchell | After Dark | 1980 | No |
| Greg Moody | Milwaukee Sentinel | 1980 | No |
| Tom Moore | Daily Tar Heel | 1980 | No |
| William Mootz | Louisville Courier-Journal | 1980 | No |
| Gary Mullinax | Wilmington News Journal | 1980 | No |
| National Board of Review | | 1980 | No |
| Steve Otto | Tampa Times | 1980 | No |
| People Magazine | | 1980 | No |
| Jon Plaut | Madison Eagle | 1980 | No |
| Joe Pollack | St. Louis Post Dispatch | 1980 | Yes |
| Joseph Reedy | Reading Eagle | 1980 | No |
| Carrie Rickey | Village Voice | 1980 | Yes |
| Brooks Riley | Film Comment | 1980 | No |
| Keith Roysdon | Munci Evening Post | 1980 | No |
| Candice Russell | Fort Lauderdale News | 1980 | Yes |
| Desmond Ryan | Philadelphia Inquirer | 1980 | Yes |
| Andrew Sarris | Village Voice | 1980 | Yes |
| Dick Shippy | Akron Beacon Journal | 1980 | No |
| Gene Siskel | Chicago Tribune | 1980 | Yes |
| Elliott Stein | Film Comment | 1980 | Yes |
| Norma McLain Stoop | After Dark | 1980 | No |
| Richard Corliss | Time Magazine | 1980 | Yes |
| Greg Tozian | Tampa Tribune | 1980 | No |
| Connie Wilson | Quad City Times | 1980 | No |
| Peter Travers | White Plains Journal | 1980 | Yes |
| Archer Winsten | New York Post | 1980 | No |
| Dan Yakir | Film Comment | 1980 | Yes |
| J.T. Yurko | | 1980 | No |
| Rex Reed | New York Daily News | 1980 | Yes |
| Catholic Conference | | 1980 | No |