1981

A Plasticine Crow
8.2

A Plasticine Crow

Dec. 31, 1981

A Plasticine Crow

Short animation of a Russian folk tale, made in 1981. A parody of the fable by Ivan Krylov “The Crow and the Fox”.
Modern Problems
5.1

Modern Problems

Dec. 25, 1981

Modern Problems

Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the ...
Reds
7.3

Reds

Dec. 25, 1981

Reds

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed (1887-1920), who shared his adventurous professional life ...
Mad Max 2
7.6

Mad Max 2

Dec. 24, 1981

Mad Max 2

Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for ...
The Marquis of Grillo
7.8

The Marquis of Grillo

Dec. 23, 1981

The Marquis of Grillo

The marquess of Grillo is a good-natured, clever and women-loving man who is always inventing stories and cracking all types of jokes. The film ...
Strange Affair
6.8

Strange Affair

Dec. 23, 1981

Strange Affair

A young Parisian advertising executive becomes so captivated by the unsettling charm of his mysterious new employer that he eventually abandons ...
Fracchia The Human Beast
6.7

Fracchia The Human Beast

The world’s greatest criminal and the world greatest loser share the same face… now they’ll share the same life!
Taps
6.8

Taps

Dec. 20, 1981

Taps

Military cadets take extreme measures to insure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.
Sharky’s Machine
6.3

Sharky’s Machine

Dec. 18, 1981

Sharky’s Machine

Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. ...
Neighbors
5.6

Neighbors

Dec. 18, 1981

Neighbors

One man’s quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted house next door. From the ...
Ghost Story
6.3

Ghost Story

Dec. 18, 1981

Ghost Story

Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley’s ...
Madly in Love
7

Madly in Love

Dec. 18, 1981

Madly in Love

Cristina is a rich, spoiled princess visiting Rome with her royal parents. The mission of their visit is to marry her off to a super-wealthy ...
Quest for Fire
7.3

Quest for Fire

Dec. 16, 1981

Quest for Fire

A colossal adventure odyssey that turns back the hands of time to the very beginning of man’s existence. 80,000 years ago, when man roamed ...
Les babas cool
5.3

Les babas cool

Dec. 15, 1981

Les babas cool

Whilst driving through rural France, Antoine Bonfils comes across a community of babas – men and women who have turned their back on the ...
Buddy Buddy
6.5

Buddy Buddy

Dec. 11, 1981

Buddy Buddy

During a high profile Mafia testimony case, a contract killer checks-in a hotel room near the courthouse while his next door depressed neighbor ...
Pennies from Heaven
6.5

Pennies from Heaven

Dec. 11, 1981

Pennies from Heaven

A musical set in the great Busby Berkeley style. In Chicago during the depression, sheet music salesman, Arthur Parker, is trying to sell his ...
The Little Fox
8.3

The Little Fox

Dec. 10, 1981

The Little Fox

A tale about a little fox Vuk from the novel of the famous Hungarian writer István Fekete.
A Friend Is a Treasure
7.2

A Friend Is a Treasure

Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island at the end of World War II. But some gangsters ...
Varning för Jönssonligan
6.3

Varning för Jönssonligan

The movie begins with the Jönsson gang making a minor burglary. It goes wrong and the gang leader, Sickan, gets caught. After he has spent 10 ...
Cabbage Soup
6.5

Cabbage Soup

Dec. 02, 1981

Cabbage Soup

2 buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
7.3

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he ...
On Golden Pond
7.6

On Golden Pond

Dec. 01, 1981

On Golden Pond

For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family ...
Open All Night

Open All Night

Nov. 28, 1981

Open All Night

Open All Night is a situation comedy on ABC. It premiered on November 28, 1981, and ran until March 5, 1982. The show centered on Gordon Feester ...
Frankenstein Island
2.2

Frankenstein Island

Nov. 27, 1981

Frankenstein Island

A hot air balloon crew and a dog find themselves on an island with scantily-clad part-alien women, zombies, and other monsters.
They All Laughed
6.3

They All Laughed

Nov. 20, 1981

They All Laughed

A mad cap private-eye caper about a team of detectives who are following, and are being followed by, a group of beautiful women.
Ragtime
7.3

Ragtime

Nov. 20, 1981

Ragtime

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and ...
Absence of Malice
6.9

Absence of Malice

Nov. 19, 1981

Absence of Malice

Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his ...