My Champion

My Champion 1981

1

In 1964 Miki came to LA with only a suitcase, hoping to become the world's best marathon runner. She meets Mike and they start running together. But for Mike it isn't just a game. The movie is based on her own story.

1981

Tattoo

Tattoo 1981

4.80

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 shoot, making the women look like they have large tattoos. As Kinsky grows more obsessed with Maddy, he becomes increasingly determined that Maddy should bear his "mark" -- forever.

1981

Diva

Diva 1981

6.69

Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio cassette into his mail bag...

1981

Knightriders

Knightriders 1981

6.15

A medieval reenactment troupe struggles to maintain its family-like dynamic amid pressure from local authorities, interest from talent agents, and their so-called king's delusions of grandeur.

1981

Gallipoli

Gallipoli 1981

7.05

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

1981

United Kingdom

United Kingdom 1981

1

Incendiary 1981 Play for Today, written by Jim Allen and directed by Roland Joffé that tells the story of a group of housing estate residents who attempt to organise against persistent rent rises.

1981

Death Hunt

Death Hunt 1981

6.63

Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the mountains, buys a dog almost dead after a brutal dogfight, a good deed that will put him in trouble.

1981

Zombi 65: The Water that Killed Everyone

Zombi 65: The Water that Killed Everyone 1981

7.00

The "crazy" engineer Murat, who sacrificed not only his labor and sweat but also his wife and son for the Keban Dam, is engaged in a difficult struggle against the ambitions of his stepbrother. The tunnel and road construction work being carried out to create a gambling paradise in the dam area has also brought with it incidents of dynamite explosions. The geological structure of the region poses a risk of causing the dam to collapse. Murat has sensed the danger and is risking his life to warn both his brother and the local community. However, this struggle he is waging alone is also hopeless.

1981

Bhagyavantha

Bhagyavantha 1981

10.00

Krishna, a child, faces various obstacles as he is considered unlucky by his family who avoids him. However, he finds comfort in his paternal uncle, who cares for him.

1981

Sphinx

Sphinx 1981

5.50

Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse!

1981

Total vereist

Total vereist 1981

2.00

The extravagant funeral for a suddenly deceased family man is attended not only by his bizarre relatives, but also by a frozen pilot from World War I and a group of rebellious teenagers. Ultimately, the grandfather blows them all up. A cheerful German disaster movie that pokes fun at the symptoms of decay in bourgeois society.

1981

Engraçadinha

Engraçadinha 1981

4.80

After the funeral of her father Arnaldo, who committed suicide, Engraçadinha confesses to the priest the motives. On the engagement party of her cousin Sílvio with Letícia, Engraçadinha seduces him in the library, and later she ends her engagement with Zózimo and lies to Letícia, telling that she is pregnant. Letícia decides to tell Arnaldo what happened, and he says that the child can not be born. He exposes dirty secrets to Engraçadinha, and a tragedy is announced.

1981

Heartbeeps

Heartbeeps 1981

4.33

Two domestic robots fall in love and run off together.

1981

Taps

Taps 1981

6.80

Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.

1981

Inchon

Inchon 1981

3.40

Gen. Douglas MacArthur leads a Korean War campaign, and the war tests a married couple's relationship.

1981

Time Bandits

Time Bandits 1981

6.61

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

1981

Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans 1981

6.89

To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken.

1981

An American Werewolf in London

An American Werewolf in London 1981

7.39

American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbing changes to his body and mind.

1981

Friday the 13th Part 2

Friday the 13th Part 2 1981

6.20

Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, new counselors roam the area, not sensing the ominous lurking presence that proves that the grisly legend is real.

1981

Fang of the Sun Dougram

Fang of the Sun Dougram 1981

7.50

Fang of the Sun Dougram is a 75-episode anime television series, created by Ryosuke Takahashi and Sunrise, and aired in Japan from October 23, 1981 to March 25, 1983 on TV Tokyo. A 1983 full-length feature film, Dougram: Documentary of the Fang of the Sun, summarized the series.

1981

Postman Pat

Postman Pat 1981

6.48

Pat and his black-and-white cat Jess deliver the mail in Greendale.

1981

Wheel of Fortune

Wheel of Fortune 1981

1

Wheel of Fortune is an Australian television game show produced by Grundy Television. The program aired on the Seven Network from 1981 to 2004 and November 2005 to July 2006 and is mostly based on the same general format as the original American version of the program. After Wheel of Fortune ended, the format was revived by the Nine Network in 2008 as Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune, until it was cancelled in June 2008 due to low ratings following arguments from long-time host John Burgess concerning why he did not like the show. An earlier unrelated show also titled Wheel of Fortune had been broadcast on the Nine Network. That version had been developed by Reg Grundy as a radio game show before it transferred to television in 1959.

1981

Young Wong Fei Hung

Young Wong Fei Hung 1981

1

In order to eradicate the revolutionary chaotic party, Yuan Shikai sent people to design the murder of Huang Qiying and his wife, and his son Huang Feihong was falsely accused and imprisoned. Brother Bu Qingyun betrayed Shikai and was assassinated, and Fei Hong vowed to fight wits and strength with Shikai and others in order to help Qingyun avenge and fulfill his last wish.

1981

Danger Mouse

Danger Mouse 1981

7.08

Danger Mouse, the world's greatest secret agent, and his side-kick Penfold work to foil the evil schemes of Baron Greenback.

1981

Hello! Spank

Hello! Spank 1981

6.40

Morimura Aiko is a junior high school student who is short for her age. Her father went on a yacht ten years ago and his whereabouts remained in obscurity. Her mother, a designer for hats, left for Paris, leaving Aiko in the care of her uncle, Mr Fujinami. Aiko had a pet dog, Papi, but it died in a car accident. Around the same time, another dog, Spank, appears before her. Having gone through so many unfortunate events in her life, Spank's presence begins to brighten up Aiko's life and put a smile on her face.

1981

Queen Millennia

Queen Millennia 1981

8.40

The planet LaMetal begins a war of conquest with the Earth, and the only one who can defend the world from this threat is the Queen Millennia, a former princess of LaMetal who has made Earth her home.

1981

Kita no kuni kara

Kita no kuni kara 1981

9.00

Narrated by the son, Jun, the tale follows the lives of two children torn between their parents and their parents' divorce. Jun, and his sister Hotaru, grow and mature - willingly and sometimes forcibly - in the harsh climates of Hokkaido, learning the ways of life through their interaction with the folk of Furano.

1981

Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight 1981

4.10

Daily tabloid television news show on entertainment and celebrity news with unprecedented access to Hollywood's biggest stars, exclusive behind-the-scenes looks at upcoming film and television projects, as well as the real story behind Hollywood's latest news.

1981

Superbook

Superbook 1981

7.73

Superbook, also known as Animated Parent and Child Theatre, is an anime television series initially produced by Tatsunoko Productions in Japan in conjunction with the Christian Broadcasting Network in the United States and more recently solely produced by CBN for global distribution and broadcast. The series chronicled the events of the Bible's Old and New Testaments in its 52 episode run. The first 26 episodes aired from October 1, 1981 to March 29, 1982. The series returned as Superbook II with 26 episodes to air from April 4, 1983 to September 26, 1983. Between both series in the first run was the companion series The Flying House. The Christian Broadcasting Network is currently producing a new Superbook series and has released fourteen episodes.

1981

La madrastra

La madrastra 1981

3.50

Marcia has grown bitter and full of resentment after being framed for murder 20 years ago during a visit to the United States. As soon as she gets out of jail she comes back to Chile to recover what was taken away from her and search the real killer of the incident that costed several years of her life.

1981

The Greatest American Hero

The Greatest American Hero 1981

7.18

The chronicles of  teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, Ralph, who hates wearing the suit, immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error, often with comical results.

1981

MotorWeek

MotorWeek 1981

4.40

This award-winning weekly automotive magazine provides unbiased, consumer-oriented car news with feature stories on related topics.

1981

Gimme a Break!

Gimme a Break! 1981

6.60

Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons, October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters.

1981

Beast King GoLion

Beast King GoLion 1981

7.60

Long ago, a powerful sentient robot known as GoLion, abused his great powers by attacking and killing creatures known as Deathblack Beastmen, boasting that no one could defeat him. For his arrogance, The Goddess of the Universe punished GoLion by separating him into 5 different lion robots. In the year 1999, a group of 5 young men returned to Earth after a space voyage, only to find it ravaged by nuclear war. After encountering the alien race known as the Galra, the 5 youths end up on the planet Altea and learn that the 5 lion robots that GoLion was split into are in hibernation in various parts of Altea. Somehow, they must reunite the lions and form GoLion, the only hope for the human race.

1981

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1981

8.10

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. His friend tells him about the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a guide with anything you ever needed, and wanted to know. They travel across the galaxy, meeting friendly, and not so friendly characters in order to find the great question (the answer being 42).

1981

The Woodwright's Shop

The Woodwright's Shop 1981

9.00

The Woodwright's Shop is a traditional woodworking show hosted by Roy Underhill on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. It is one of the longest running "how to" shows on PBS. Since its debut in 1979, the show has aired over 400 episodes. The first two seasons were broadcast only on public TV in North Carolina; the season numbering was restarted when the show went national in 1981. It is still filmed at the UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

1981