The Warrior

The Warrior 1981

6.08

Barry Prima plays Jaka Sembung, a Robin Hood figure who possesses mystical powers. Captured, tortured and left for dead, he returns even more powerful than before. In desperation the invaders resurrect an evil wizard and set him against Jaka Sembung in a fierce fight to the death.

1981

Twins of Kung Fu

Twins of Kung Fu 1981

1

A humble village finds itself at the center of an ongoing blood feud. Innocent lives are sacrificed as the two warring factions duel to the death. Twins are taught the styles of Dragon and Phoenix to enable them to avenge their mother's murder.

1981

Kōshoku hana densha

Kōshoku hana densha 1981

1

After a man racks up a huge debt, his wife and his father are “persuaded” to perform together in a sex show in order to pay it off.

1981

Day of the Idiots

Day of the Idiots 1981

5.50

A woman experiences psychic disintegration and ends up in a psychiatric hospital.

1981

Parrot Sang with Her Own Body

Parrot Sang with Her Own Body 1981

7.70

The widower Choi is impotent. He adopts the infants Mun and Su-ryun and raises them. Mun graduates from college in Seoul but he can’t adjust to Seoul life so he returns to Choi’s home. Mun learns that Su-ryun is not his sister in blood and he falls in love with her.

1981

Hotel America

Hotel America 1981

6.15

Helene, a pill-addicted anesthesiologist, is mourning the death of her boyfriend when, through a car accident she causes, she chances to meet the lethargic Gilles, a young man who lives for free at his mother's hotel. Gilles pursues Helene romantically, and she eventually softens up. Gilles, however, is also devoted to Bernard, a petty crook who revels in mugging gay men. All three struggle with relationships that seem to be going nowhere.

1981

Country

Country 1981

7.00

In 1945, the Carlions assemble at an English country house for a family gathering. During the event, they must determine who is to take over the family brewing empire, since the present head of the business, Sir Frederick, is getting old. The results of the 1945 general election causes a major stir, and some angry farmers occupy a barn.

1981

She's in the Army Now

She's in the Army Now 1981

4.70

Akin to Private Benjamin, this comedy deals with the tough life of female army recruits going through basic training. Through their training they come to realize that there is more to being tough than having muscles.

1981

Rubber Tarzan

Rubber Tarzan 1981

6.25

Ivan is a very lonely 8 year boy who is bullied almost every day in school. Even his father taunts him because Ivan litteraly is a weakling (That should explain the title Rubber Tarzan). As a result of this Ivan spends a lot of his time on daydreaming until he meets a kind of kindred spirit - the friendly and lonely crane driver Ole.

1981

Shivers

Shivers 1981

6.40

A boy comes of age under an oppressive, cruel socialist government and watches as it slowly but surely distorts his family, his school and even his own thoughts.

1981

Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase

Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase 1981

1

Charlie Bartlett is a retired railroad worker whose dream of crossing the country in a hot air balloon is encouraged by his grandson Morris O'Neill, who decides to go along for the ride despite the misgivings of his widowed mother whose plans to remarry have left him disenchanted.

1981

Antony & Cleopatra

Antony & Cleopatra 1981

6.30

Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to Fulvia, spends his time in Egypt, living a life of decadence and conducting an affair with Queen Cleopatra. In Antony's absence, Caesar and Lepidus worry about Pompey's increasing strength.

1981

Hoodwink

Hoodwink 1981

4.00

Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of the media (if not the authorities). John Hargreaves stars as a criminal serving time in a New South Wales prison. He's not partial to the physical labor required of the convicts, so he hits upon a labor-saving plan. Hargreaves pretends to be totally blind, thus lightening his work load....and carries off the hoax for years.

1981

On the Right Track

On the Right Track 1981

5.30

Lester is a homeless shoeshine boy living in a railway station. He's got this funny knack for picking the winning horses' names out of the paper while shining shoes. When word gets around, though, everyone wants a piece of the action.

1981

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy 1981

7.20

An Earth Man and his alien friend escape an exploding Earth, and set forth on an odd adventure across the universe with a known fugitive.

1981

Bill

Bill 1981

6.60

Bill, an intellectually disabled man, ventures out into the world for the first time, having spent most of his life in a dreary inner city institution. He is taken in by a kind family and learns what it means to love and be loved for the first time in his life.

1981

Stand by Your Man

Stand by Your Man 1981

7.30

The rags-to-riches tale of country western queen, Tammy Wynette, from her impoverished childhood to country's First Lady and her two rocky marriages to fellow superstar George Jones, who had been her childhood idol.

1981

Lifepod

Lifepod 1981

5.10

The first interplanetary cruise ship malfunctions halfway to Jupiter, forcing most of the crew and passengers to abandon ship. A handful of people are trapped onboard.

1981