1981

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Tattoo
5.2

Tattoo

Oct. 09, 1981

Tattoo

Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he is hired to body-paint several women for a photo ...
Tarzan: The Ape Man
3.4

Tarzan: The Ape Man

Aug. 07, 1981

Tarzan: The Ape Man

The Tarzan story from Jane’s point of view. Jane Parker visits her father in Africa where she joins him on an expedition. A couple of brief ...
Taps
6.7

Taps

Dec. 20, 1981

Taps

Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.
Take This Job and Shove It
4.9

Take This Job and Shove It

A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.
Bloody Moon
5.2

Bloody Moon

Mar. 27, 1981

Bloody Moon

Miguel, a horribly disfigured young man, goes on a rampage at a masquerade party and rapes and then mutilates a girl. Institutionalized at a ...
The Outsider
6.4

The Outsider

Feb. 24, 1981

The Outsider

A talented but irresponsible violinist ruins his marriage with his drinking and antisocial behaviour.
The Survivor
5.1

The Survivor

Jul. 09, 1981

The Survivor

When a 747 crashes shortly after take-off, the sole survivor is the pilot. Virtually unhurt, he and the investigators look for the answers to the ...
Student Bodies
5.4

Student Bodies

Aug. 07, 1981

Student Bodies

This zany send-up of teen slasher flicks features a maniacal psycho known as the Breather, who stalks –and murders– promiscuous students at a ...
Stripes
6.8

Stripes

Jun. 26, 1981

Stripes

John Winger, an indolent sad sack in his 30s, impulsively joins the U.S. Army after losing his job, his girlfriend and his apartment.
St. Helens
6.1

St. Helens

Jan. 01, 1982

St. Helens

Centers on the events leading up to the cataclysmic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington, with the story beginning on the day volcanic ...
Sphinx
5.1

Sphinx

Feb. 11, 1981

Sphinx

Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs – murder, theft, ...
Southern Comfort
7.1

Southern Comfort

Sep. 21, 1981

Southern Comfort

A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by ...
So Fine
5

So Fine

Sep. 25, 1981

So Fine

While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight financial fashion ...
Smash Palace
7

Smash Palace

May. 01, 1981

Smash Palace

Al Shaw’s life revolves around motor racing and his back country junkyard, the “Smash Palace”. His French wife, Jacqui, ...
Skokie
7.2

Skokie

Nov. 17, 1981

Skokie

A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois.
Shock Treatment
5.7

Shock Treatment

Oct. 30, 1981

Shock Treatment

Janet and Brad Majors, unhappily married, are separated after appearing on a game show. Janet becomes a superstar while Brad is thrown into a ...
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. ...
Sex Is Crazy
4.2

Sex Is Crazy

Jan. 01, 1981

Sex Is Crazy

Adult film actresses get abducted and impregnated by aliens after appearing in a sci-fi porno in this outrageous sex comedy from Jess Franco. ...
Senior Trip
4.5

Senior Trip

Dec. 30, 1981

Senior Trip

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 ...
Saturday the 14th
4.6

Saturday the 14th

Oct. 30, 1981

Saturday the 14th

After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. ...
The Salamander
5.5

The Salamander

Jan. 01, 1981

The Salamander

An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a ...
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
6.3

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.
S.O.B.
6.4

S.O.B.

Jul. 01, 1981

S.O.B.

A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star ...
Rollover
5.4

Rollover

Oct. 11, 1981

Rollover

An Arab oil organization devises a plan to wreck the world economy in order to cause anarchy and chaos.
Roar
6.1

Roar

Nov. 12, 1981

Roar

Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.
Roadgames
6.6

Roadgames

Feb. 27, 1981

Roadgames

A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate ...
Rich and Famous
5.8

Rich and Famous

Sep. 23, 1981

Rich and Famous

Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.
Reds
7.3

Reds

Dec. 25, 1981

Reds

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his ...
Rasmus and the Vagabond
6.7

Rasmus and the Vagabond

9-year old orphan called Rasmus runs away from the orphanage. He meets a vagabond they call Paradise Oskar who likes to sing and play his ...
Raiders of the Lost Ark
8.4

Raiders of the Lost Ark

When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the ...
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 ...
Raggedy Man
6.7

Raggedy Man

Sep. 18, 1981

Raggedy Man

Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town in World War II. Her friendship with a sailor ...
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
5.6

Race for the Yankee Zephyr

In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks ...
The House by the Cemetery
6.1

The House by the Cemetery

After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr. Norman ...
Quartet
6.2

Quartet

From $6 subs to the most sought-after ingredients on the planet—Matty Matheson eats it all, with friends new and old.
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
5.5

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains. Has Cooper succeeded in ...
Puberty Blues
5.9

Puberty Blues

Dec. 10, 1981

Puberty Blues

Two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney ingratiate themselves with a new group of boys.
The Prowler
5.9

The Prowler

Nov. 06, 1981

The Prowler

A masked killer, wearing World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35-year-old double murder by focusing ...
The Professional
7.4

The Professional

Oct. 21, 1981

The Professional

French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N’Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, ...
Private Lessons
5.1

Private Lessons

Aug. 21, 1981

Private Lessons

Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper ...
Prince of the City
7.4

Prince of the City

Aug. 19, 1981

Prince of the City

New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, ...
Priest of Love
6.1

Priest of Love

Oct. 11, 1981

Priest of Love

Following the banning and burning of his novel, “The Rainbow,” D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and ...
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
6.4

The Pride of Jesse Hallam

Jesse Hallum sells the family farm to see that his daughter receives the medical care she needs at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. The ...
The Postman Always Rings Twice
6.6

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
Possession
7.3

Possession

May. 27, 1981

Possession

A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he ...
Le Pont du Nord
6.8

Le Pont du Nord

Mar. 24, 1982

Le Pont du Nord

Marie is just out from prison when she runs into Baptiste, a young paranoid needing companionship. In their pursuit of a mysterious briefcase ...
Polyester
7

Polyester

May. 29, 1981

Polyester

A suburban Baltimore housewife’s life is upended when her husband reveals he’s been serially unfaithful and her teenage children go ...