Very Like a Whale

Very Like a Whale 1981

3.00

Theme of a powerful and respected man tearing his life to pieces.

1981

Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown

Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown 1981

6.00

After Charlie Brown spots a girl briefly shown in a sports event broadcasting, he is smitten enough to go in search of her with the help of Linus. Unfortunately in his search, he has his usual amount of luck. As Charlie Brown is watching a football game, he spots a girl in the stands that he immediately attaches himself to. When the game ends, he is desperate to find her, so he enlists Linus to help him and, because of his absolute nervousness, to do the talking for him. However, that move could wind up spelling doom for the love-starved Charlie Brown once they finally find her.

1981

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery 1981

6.90

When two mysterious deaths mar an otherwise pleasant weekend in the English countryside, unflappable flapper Lady Eileen Brent teams up with the dashing Jimmy Thesinger to solve the dastardly deeds. Their sleuthing leads them into a world of espionage and international intrigue as they discover a secret society known as "The Seven Dials" and the attempted theft of top-secret government documents.

1981

Heart Tremors

Heart Tremors 1981

4.50

The general practitioner Balla and his wife abandoning her higher education begin their common life in the small mountain village in the hope of quick enrichment and return to the capital. Despite Éva and Emma, the two school mistresses longing for love and Demeter, the dove-keeper obsessed with a desire for flight life is boring in the country.

1981

Roaring Fire

Roaring Fire 1981

6.40

On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s real parents died tragically in a plane crash. Shortly thereafter Joji goes to Japan is search of his sister and his twin brother Toru. Joji’s quickly finds his sister Chihiro who is now blind and lives with their uncle. Joji one evening accidently over hears his uncle who has ties to the criminal underworld discussing his various illegal operations. Joji ‘s eavesdropping is discovered by his uncle who offers him a chance to join the organization. Joji promptly turns his uncle’s offer down which immediately puts his life in danger.

1981

For a Cop's Hide

For a Cop's Hide 1981

5.80

Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.

1981

Ticket to Heaven

Ticket to Heaven 1981

6.60

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 transformation into a gaunt, mindless shadow of his former self...and his ultimate salvation when friends and family launch a plan to kidnap and deprogram him.

1981

Oh My Love

Oh My Love 1981

1.00

Young-ju's wedding is cancelled when it is revealed that her mother was a prostitute for American soldiers. Young-ju, pregnant by her fiance, gives birth to a child, but her ex demands that she give up custody to him as she has no future.

1981

The King and His Vassal

The King and His Vassal 1981

1

This is a story of "Takechiyo," the previous name of Iemitsu Tokunaga, the third Shogun (General). Takechiyo got sick of daily run-of-the-mill tasks, and it put him off being the Shogun, saying "there is no truth". Then, Hikozaemon Ookubo took him to Tasuke Isshin to bring him up into a full-fledged and admirable man.

1981

The Battle for the Republic of China

The Battle for the Republic of China 1981

6.20

Patriotic extravanganza concerning early 20th century political events in Taiwan (i.e. the Republic of China), told in an ensemble format

1981

Hospital Massacre

Hospital Massacre 1981

5.10

When Susan was a little girl, she rejected the Valentine of a lovestruck classmate. Decades later, she’s come to the hospital for a routine medical examination, and finds herself trapped in a bizarre nightmare, made all the worse as her vengeful childhood valentine, disguised among the hospital staff, begins murdering everyone in his path as a means of proving his undying ‘romantic’ obsession…

1981

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash 1981

4.60

Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, before falling into alcoholism like him, was a successful entertainer. Now she still dances, but in the streets, for no more than a cent or two. Luck seems to smile at them the day stolen government documents literally fall from the sky. They decide to return them to their legal owners, but instead of the expected reward money, all they get is a load of trouble.

1981

Day Dream

Day Dream 1981

4.10

Loosely based on a 1926 short story by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, the film opens as an artist and a young woman are in a dentist's waiting room. Though he is attracted to the woman, he says nothing to her. They are later in the same examining room. When he is given an anesthetic, he begins to imagine a series of scenes in which the woman undergoes various forms of sexual abuse, including rape and torture. When the artist recovers from the anesthetic, he finds clues showing that he may not have been hallucinating.

1981

La provinciale

La provinciale 1981

4.80

When Christine, young and out of work, arrives in Paris without money, a job or support, vulnerable and ignorant of the rules of the game, she seems to be an easy victim. But she is determined not to let herself be destroyed.

1981

Xiongmao Monogatari TaoTao

Xiongmao Monogatari TaoTao 1981

6.30

The Story of Panda – Taotao, directed by Shuichi Nakahara and Tatsuo Shimamura, was the first animation produced as a Chinese-Japanese joint venture. Released in December, 1981, the film is about Taotao, a small panda from Sichuan, who was captured and sold to a European zoo, where he got into adventures with his animal friends. The series includes a film in 1981 and a 52-episode series in 1983.

1981

Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage

Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage 1981

1

Sakane, a police officer nicknamed "Kasajiro," remains single. He meets Shinko, the daughter of a condemned smuggler with a kappa tattoo, in a mysterious encounter.

1981

To Crush The Serpent

To Crush The Serpent 1981

5.00

Esme, the most beautiful woman in her village, is in love with Abbas, the valiant young man of the village, but she is married to the village lord Halim. When Abbas kills Halim, the people of the village lynch Esme and pressures Esme's son to kill her.

1981

Spaghetti at Midnight

Spaghetti at Midnight 1981

5.60

Savino La Gastra discovers his wife Celeste has a liaison with an architect: Andrea. Even if also Savino has a story with Elvira, a judge's wife, he decides anyway to ask to a mobster to kill his wife. In the mean time Celeste is organizing a surprise party for Savino's birthday, and that day things start to get complicated. First Savino kills accidentally the mafia killer in charge to kill Celeste; second his lover Elvira arrives to the party with the judge... not to mention the police and the mafia Don...

1981

Marriage

Marriage 1981

1

Councillor Podkolyossin has called on the services of Madame Fyokla, the matchmaker - decision he is already beginning to regret. Against his better judgment he finds himself competing for the hand of Miss Agafya.

1981

Sex with the Stars

Sex with the Stars 1981

3.00

After the British magazine he works for is taken over by a sex-obsessed American, a shy astrology columnist is ordered to spice up his column by writing about having sex with a woman from each star sign.

1981

Circus International

Circus International 1981

1

Circus International is a Canadian documentary television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1981.

1981

Enterprise

Enterprise 1981

1

Half-hour program on the "real-life adventure" of big business. Newsman Eric Sevareid, who served as host, described the series as neither "chamber of commerce boosterism" nor anti-establishment; rather, "an effort to report how various industrial sectors actually work."

1981

Black Galaxies

Black Galaxies 1981

1

The French police is puzzled by strange deaths caused by a plant growing out of the stomach of the victims which finally appeared to be aliens.

1981

Izz ad-Din al-Qassam

Izz ad-Din al-Qassam 1981

1

A historical series that reviews the life of the martyr Izz al -Din al -Qassam, and its transition from Syria to Palestine to escape the death sentence issued by the French, to establish the resistance in Palestine against the British occupation.

1981

Wa Mashait Tareq Al Akhtar

Wa Mashait Tareq Al Akhtar 1981

1

The series takes place in the framework of my teaser of Melodrama, where the girl (Lubna) the school whose fiance is unjustly imprisoned, disguised the character of the widow (Narcisus) for revenge of the family, which was the cause of this extent, and during her living with this family, she is related to them and the events continue, where she begins to reveal facts that she did not know about her fiance.

1981

Daily at Dawn

Daily at Dawn 1981

1

Daily at Dawn was an Australian sitcom that screened in 1981 on the Seven Network. The series was written and produced by Gary Reilly and Tony Sattler, the team behind other popular Australian comedy series such as Kingswood Country, Hey Dad..! and The Naked Vicar Show.

1981

Abu Awad Neighborhood

Abu Awad Neighborhood 1981

1

The series takes place in Abu Awad neighborhood, where the series reflects some of the customs, cultures and problems prevailing in Jordanian civil society and rural society in a social comedy framework

1981

1000 Meisterwerke

1000 Meisterwerke 1981

1

1000 Meisterwerke was a German art series. It was the German version of the British 100 Great Paintings. From 1980 through 1994, the German broadcaster WDR produced the series, which was broadcast by ARD, ORF and BR. In each of the 10-minute broadcasts, a single painting was presented and analyzed by an art historian. The Sunday evening broadcasts had five million viewers.

1981