Search results for "1981"
Skokie

Skokie

Skokie
IMDb: 7.2
125

A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominately Jewish community of Skokie.

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Caligula and Messalina

Caligula and Messalina

Caligula and Messalina
IMDb: 3.6
111

Messalina (played by gorgeous Betty Roland) is a power-hungry nymphomaniac who will stop at nothing to become Empress of Rome. She brings herself to the attention of Caligula by battling…

Ticket to Heaven

Ticket to Heaven

Ticket to Heaven
IMDb: 6.9
108

David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and brainwashing to mold recruits into money hustling disciples of a messiah-like leader. Chronicles David’s chilling…

Genre: Drama
Liar’s Moon

Liar’s Moon

Liar’s Moon
IMDb: 5.8
106

Matt Dillion In East Texas, the summer after high school, Jack falls in love with Ginny, the daughter of the town’s banker (Jack’s mom’s high school sweetheart). Ginny’s been at…

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
TMDb: 8
33,35 min

Don’t Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman who life was spared by his friend, who turned out to be an alien, while the planet Earth is destroyed….

Status: Ended
Malevil

Malevil

Malevil
IMDb: 6.6
N/A

Tracey Ullman returns with her unique take on some of the extraordinary characters who make up the global hub that is the UK.

Genre: Comedy
Stations of the Elevated

Stations of the Elevated

Stations of the Elevated
IMDb: 7.2
45

Stations of the Elevated exposes viewers to an underground art scene- that is, one found exclusively on the sides of subways and train cars. A moving portrait of late-70’s NYC,…

Genre: Documentary
Rolling on the Road

Rolling on the Road

Rolling on the Road
IMDb: 5.8
83

George is a washed-up middle-aged rocker, who divorces his wife and lives with his girlfriend, a soap massage parlor worker.

Distant Thunder

Distant Thunder

Distant Thunder
IMDb: 7
135

A young man living on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in a residential area. Tomato cultivation is as doomed as his personal life where he tries to keep alive his…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Fire on the Mountain

Fire on the Mountain

Fire on the Mountain
IMDb: 6.7
120

Fire on the Mountain is a 1981 made-for-television movie adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel, Fire on the Mountain, directed by Donald Wrye and starring Buddy Ebsen as John Vogelin,…

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Going Ape!

Going Ape!

Going Ape!
IMDb: 4
87

When his father – who owned a circus – dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars – and 3 orang outangs. However there’s a condition connected to the money: if he…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Lovely But Deadly

Lovely But Deadly

Lovely But Deadly
IMDb: 4.3
95

A cheerleader goes undercover to fight drug dealers because her brother OD’d and her fellow cheerleaders are hooked.

Genre: Action, Drama
Love and Money

Love and Money

Love and Money
IMDb: 4.4
90

An investment planner, bored with his job and his girlfriend, is given the opportunity to help open a new firm in South America. Once in the new country, he finds…

Genre: Drama, Romance
A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
IMDb: 6.8
112

A TV adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy, made for the BBC Television Shakespeare series.

Hollywood High Part II

Hollywood High Part II

Hollywood High Part II
IMDb: 2.6
86

It’s another year at Hollywood High and the students are upholding the standards of their school. It’s the end of the semester and finals are near, but that doesn’t stop…

Genre: Comedy
Deep Water

Deep Water

Deep Water
IMDb: 6.7
95

On the island of Jersey, off the French coast, Mélanie, a beautiful woman gifted with a captivating personality, enjoys having unimportant love affairs that her husband Victor, a perfumer older…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Son of the White Mare

Son of the White Mare

Son of the White Mare
IMDb: 7.9
81

The story’s main character is Fehérlófia, who is a man with superhuman power. He is born as the third son of a horse. He listened to old tales, mostly about…

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
IMDb: 6.3
112

A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
IMDb: 5.2
90

In a small Southern town, the local sheriff tries to keep everything peaceful and under control.

Genre: Comedy
If You Go Down in the Woods Today

If You Go Down in the Woods Today

If You Go Down in the Woods Today
IMDb: 5.7
78

A Boy Scout troupe led by their scoutmaster (Sykes) is on a field trip to a seemingly-peaceful English woodland. However, the woods are actually teeming with strange characters, some of…

Genre: Comedy, TV Movie
Winter of Our Dreams

Winter of Our Dreams

Winter of Our Dreams
IMDb: 6.2
90

When a womanizing bookshop owner hears about the suicide of a former girlfriend, he tries to find out more and meets her friend, a prostitute. They hook up, but when…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Alison’s Birthday

Alison’s Birthday

Alison’s Birthday
IMDb: 5.3
97

On her 16th birthday, Alison Findlay and two of her friends make contact with a spirit, who warns Alison of impending doom on her 19th birthday. Three years later, on…

Genre: Horror, Thriller
A Day of Judgment

A Day of Judgment

A Day of Judgment
IMDb: 3.7
97

In a 1930s small town rife with lust, corruption and sin, a mysterious figure wielding a scythe arrives to cut an unholy swath of murder, madness, and moralizing that may…

Genre: Horror
Freedom

Freedom

Freedom
IMDb: 8.2
96

Teenager Libby Bellow begins soul-searching after becoming legally emancipated from her mother and begins working on the road with a traveling carnival.

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold

The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold

The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold
IMDb: 6.3
24

Sent in search of a Christmas tree, cabin boy Dinty Doyle lands on a mysterious, uncharted Irish island where he accidentally releases a bad-tempered banshee from her pine tree prison….

The Boy Soldier

The Boy Soldier

The Boy Soldier
IMDb: 7
118

In the 1930s a young fellow, Simon Chalumet, is sent to a military school by his overbearing father, an ex-soldier who has little sympathy for his son’s more gentle temperament,…

Genre: Drama, War
Love Letter

Love Letter

Love Letter
IMDb: 6
83

Yuko is in love with an old poet who happens to be also a married man. She waits patiently for him and only him, yet she is constantly being lust…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Senior Trip

Senior Trip

Senior Trip
IMDb: 4.7
96

A group of graduating students from a midwestern high school comes to New York City on a trip to celebrate the impending end of school. The students include: Roger Ellis,…

Le Pont du Nord

Le Pont du Nord

Le Pont du Nord
IMDb: 6.9
129

Marie is just out from prison when she runs into Baptiste, a young paranoid needing companionship. In their pursuit of a mysterious briefcase carried by Marie’s former lover, they roam…

Genre: Drama, Mystery
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
IMDb: 5.6
100

A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains. Has Cooper succeeded in following a meticulous plan to disappear into…

Dreadnaught

Dreadnaught

Dreadnaught
IMDb: 7.3
91

A short-tempered, violent criminal named “White Tiger” is on the run from the police and joins a theater troupe for disguise, killing anyone who angers him or who suspects his…

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
IMDb: 4.3
100

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash is a 1981 comedy film starring Alan Arkin, Carol Burnett, Jack Warden, Ruth Buzzi, and Danny Aiello. It was released in 1981 by 20th…

Genre: Comedy
Angel Dusted

Angel Dusted

Angel Dusted
IMDb: 6.3
98

Cautionary anti-drug film based on a true story about the effects on Jean Stapleton and Arthur Hill when their teenage son (John Putch, Stapleton’s real-life son) gets spaced out on…

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Amy

Amy

Amy
IMDb: 6.6
100

A woman leaves her husband after the death of her child to teach deaf children how to speak. Her own child was deaf and although she has no formal training…

Genre: Drama, Family
C.O.D.

C.O.D.

C.O.D.
IMDb: 5.6
96

Albert Zack is a struggling, bumbling, advertising salesman hired to save the Beaver Bra Company from impending doom. He is charged with signing five specific, world-famous, busty woman as endorsers…

Genre: Comedy
I Love It From Behind!

I Love It From Behind!

I Love It From Behind!
IMDb: 5
65

A young girl named Mimei is working hard to get as many “penis prints” as possible. She’s been collecting these works of art since high school, and her goal is…

Genre: Comedy
Tomorrow’s Joe 2

Tomorrow’s Joe 2

Tomorrow’s Joe 2
IMDb: 7.4
112

It has been six months since the tragic accident in Joe and Rikiishi’s fight. Joe believes he has overcomed Rikiishi’s death and decides to make a comeback. Joe does make…

Maeve

Maeve

Maeve
IMDb: 6.7
109

Maeve returns home to Belfast after a long absence. Her arrival in the city stimulates a series of memories of childhood and adolescence both in herself and other people.

Genre: Drama
Adieu Galaxy Express 999

Adieu Galaxy Express 999

Adieu Galaxy Express 999
IMDb: 7
135

Two years after the events of Galaxy Express 999, Earth has become a battlefield, and Tetsuro is summoned to board the Three-Nine once more. In this, the shattering, full-length theatrical…

The Big Picnic

The Big Picnic

The Big Picnic
IMDb: 6.6
86

Ricky is an escapee from a reform school. Julian escaped the anger of a voluntarily fire brigade in a small town from which he embezzled. They team together in Warsaw….

Genre: Comedy, Music