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

Continental Divide

Continental Divide 1981

6.10

A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.

1981

Sanshiro the Judoist

Sanshiro the Judoist 1981

1

In the year 1882, Sanshirou comes to Tokyo seeking for a worthy martial arts teacher. There, he meets Yano - a judo master who single-handedly defeats 39 jujitsu practitioners. Extremely impressed by his skill, Sanshirou decides to become his disciple. Later, Sanshirou falls for Sayo Murai - a girl whose father is a martial arts instructor at the local police department; and he also has to face Higaki Gennosuke, a skilled jujitsu fighter and his greatest rival.

1981

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen 1981

5.20

Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also encounters an old nemesis known as the Dragon Queen who is the prime suspect.

1981

The Women Soldiers

The Women Soldiers 1981

1

Four girls graduate from high school with the hope of joining the army, even though that may clash with their parents' wishes...

1981

Frigid Fantasies

Frigid Fantasies 1981

4.60

Their sexually dissatisfying marriage life changes when Paula discovers her latent masochism after raped by her husband, Fernando. She welcomes Celia, a vicious young woman whom she has met in a park and, in the end, Paula ends up officiating as a dog of both, while Celia will eventually dominate the situation.

1981

Permanent Vacation

Permanent Vacation 1981

5.89

In downtown Manhattan, twentysomething Allie, whose father is not around and whose mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for meaning in his life and meets some idiosyncratic characters along the way.

1981

The Haunted House

The Haunted House 1981

3.00

Gunawan moves his troubled family (including an adulterous wife) into a new Dutch home that comes complete with a hidden treasure and ghosts.

1981

The World Machine

The World Machine 1981

7.70

After the passing of her husband, the commissioned painter Anneliese Psiko decides to travel across the country. In the Austrian province of Styria, she discovers a strange work of art entitled "Weltmaschine" (World Machine). From now on, it will change her life significantly.

1981

Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu

Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu 1981

4.90

After the massacre of a small village a group of survivors lead by one of man called Ah Tien is trained by a mysterious monk in the deadly arts of the Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu. The group of survivors includes women and children but this is not an obstacle for them to get the training, after they learn the arcane secrets of Tong Zi Kung, the remaining villagers decide to avenge their loved ones and face the people responsible for their deaths, the Nine Devil Gang.

1981

King of the Mountain

King of the Mountain 1981

5.78

A group of friends race their high-powered cars up and down a dangerous and deadly mountain road known as Mulholland Drive to see who can claim the title of "King of the Hill."

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

Choice of Arms

Choice of Arms 1981

6.53

A former crook is pulled out of retirement when a gang on the run turn to him for shelter after a prison break.

1981

The Caretaker

The Caretaker 1981

1

The story of two brothers and a tramp. Harold Pinter's first major success as a dramatist.

1981

Mephisto

Mephisto 1981

7.20

A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the popularity of his character supercedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons.

1981

Zoom Up: Sexual Crime Report

Zoom Up: Sexual Crime Report 1981

3.00

The wife of a prominent businessman works as a late-night radio personality. One night on her way to the radio station, she is raped by a motorcycle gang without knowing the reason...

1981

Gangster Wars

Gangster Wars 1981

7.50

The film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Michael Nouri), Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Joe Penny) and Michael Lasker (Brian Benben) (a fictional character who was most likely modeled after Meyer Lansky), growing up in New York's ghettos during the early 1900s to their rise though organized crime.

1981

Jake Thackray and Songs

Jake Thackray and Songs 1981

1

Jake Thackray and Songs was a six-part television series recorded in 1980 and broadcast on BBC2 in 1981, in which Jake Thackray and guests performed songs live in a variety of venues. A live album of the same name, recorded at the Stables Theatre, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, as part of the sessions for the TV series, was released on LP by Dingles Records in 1983. All six episodes of the TV series still exist in the BBC archives. The album is currently out of print.

1981

Fighter Pilot

Fighter Pilot 1981

1

The BBC cameras follow an ever diminishing band of students through 3 years of training and selection.

1981

Kevin Turvey Investigates

Kevin Turvey Investigates 1981

1

Kevin Turvey has been hired by the BBC to investigate things but rather than investigate 'normal' things Kev decides to investigate stupidly bizarre things.

1981

Petőfi

Petőfi 1981

6.00

A series on the life of Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi.

1981

La Sicilia rivisitata

La Sicilia rivisitata 1981

1

Divided into four episodes, it is a film about the passage of time and mutations. De Seta returns to his home Sicily, where he shot his famous first short films in the 1950s, in search of the vestiges of a culture erased by the economic, social and cultural policies of the post-war period.

1981

Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1981

1

It's tough fighting a divorce but when your wife decides to show your children your sponge bag in order to promote you as being one of the three most evil men - along with Nero and Attila the Hun - then you are in trouble. Roger Flower, an impoverished composer, is one such man and his acrimonious divorce from his well-heeled wife, Emma, is doing him no favors. He has, however, found some consolation in the arms of Rose, who finds an adulterous relationship a major turn on. In order to maintain their healthy sex-life she marries an all-in wrestler called Stanley on the morning of his divorce!

1981

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George 1981

6.00

Biographical drama series about the poor Welsh boy who became prime minister. David Lloyd George's career as a lawyer takes a fateful turn when he marries the daughter of a wealthy landowner and becomes a Liberal Party parliamentary candidate.

1981

Luisana Mia

Luisana Mia 1981

1

Luisana Mia is a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. Ligia Lezama wrote this telenovela and Humberto Morales was its director. This telenovela lasted 104 episodes and was distributed internationally by Coral International.

1981