Who Pulled the Plug?

Who Pulled the Plug? 1981

5.65

To secure an order for 1 000 cruise ships from an Arab prince, two companies have to compete by racing each other by canal from Stockholm to Gothenburg. A small family owned company on the brink of bankruptcy is pitted against their major competitor and they both have to resort to dirty tricks in order to reach the goal line first. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

1981

Random Moments in a May Garden

Random Moments in a May Garden 1981

1

A middle-aged couple give a dinner party to their friends. In the room is a photograph of another group of people, taken in a garden in May.

1981

Goodbye Pork Pie

Goodbye Pork Pie 1981

6.60

Gerry hires a car in Kaitaia with a stolen licence and travels to Invercargill with John, whose wife has just left him. The ultimate New Zealand road trip adventure.

1981

Margin for Murder

Margin for Murder 1981

5.50

Mickey Spillane's hard-hitting '50s private eye, Mike Hammer, returns to television in the guise of Kevin Dobson to track down the killer of his best friend who was driving Hammer's car. Joining in the hunt are the detective's Girl Friday, the ever-hopeful Velda, and his cop friend, Pat Chambers.

1981

V zámku a podzámčí

V zámku a podzámčí 1981

1

The story of an unhappy, childless princess, her loving husband and the poor villagers threatened by a terrible disease, who finally received help from above.

1981

Heroin

Heroin 1981

1

Unfinished David Wojnarowicz film that was salvaged by Marion Scemama from Fales Library.

1981

Body Heat

Body Heat 1981

6.98

During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.

1981

Thief

Thief 1981

7.21

Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.

1981

Wie die Weltmeister

Wie die Weltmeister 1981

1

Franz Bielek is a bailiff by conviction. However, his overzealousness is increasingly a thorn in the side of his superiors, so they transfer him from the provinces to Munich without further ado. Overwhelmed by the big city, Bielek no longer collects a single mark and is sent to Berlin for further training.

1981

Khan Asparukh - Part II - The Migration

Khan Asparukh - Part II - The Migration 1981

7.20

This is an epic screen presentation showing the creation, the consolidation and the power of First Bulgarian Kingdom and the first Bulgarian ruler Khan Asparuh. The second part of the great historical epic - "The Migration" - tells about the long journey to the land of the Bulgarians of today's Bulgaria. Here the young Khan Asparukh laid the foundations of the new state. The authors adhere to the established historical versions for this event. The film builds on the impressive mass scenes and the convincing served psychological characteristics of the main characters. The image of Asparoukh is a natural center of the story, in which many minor persons recreate the environment of the Khan. Romantic exalted, Asparukh is shown as capable leader of the people, consistently implement his own ideas.

1981

The Butcher

The Butcher 1981

7.70

A politically naive Viennese butcher manages to survive the Nazi occupation of Austria and the second world war.

1981

The Opportunities of Rosa

The Opportunities of Rosa 1981

4.50

Rosa (Marina Suma) is a low-level worker who decides to quit a nowhere job and turn to prostitution instead, all the while living with a boyfriend who is dealing drugs for his financial support. Entering into the picture is a homosexual friend who wants a child of his own and is willing to donate a good apartment to the couple if Rosa will marry her boyfriend and bear a child. She does get pregnant, but by that time has had it with the constant presence of the homosexual, and is having second thoughts about her pregnancy.

1981

The Decline of Western Civilization

The Decline of Western Civilization 1981

7.10

The Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 is the focus of this film. With Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X.

1981

The Tiger and the Widow

The Tiger and the Widow 1981

6.00

The movie is about an illegal salt smuggling ring run by Tanny and her male partner, who spend most of the movie arguing which one of them is going to sacrifice him/herself and surrender to the police.

1981

A Fratricide

A Fratricide 1981

1

A man murders his brother in a crime of jealous passion. An adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story of the same name.

1981

Miss Machiko

Miss Machiko 1981

5.40

The mischievous students of Arama Academy meet their match in a beautiful and clever new teacher, Miss Machiko! But they're determined to find a prank that will really humiliate her.

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

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

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

Bullseye

Bullseye 1981

7.50

Bullseye was a popular British television programme. It was first made for the ITV network by ATV in 1981, then by Central from 1982 until 1995, and was hosted by Jim Bowen.

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

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

J9 Series

J9 Series 1981

1

The J9 Series are a series of anime originally created by Kokusai Eigasha.

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

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

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

Elvira's Movie Macabre

Elvira's Movie Macabre 1981

6.89

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, presents low-budget scary movies and provides sarcastic, campy commentary all while bringing the voluptuous charm & energy that only she can give.

1981

Postman Pat

Postman Pat 1981

6.48

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

1981