The Night of the Werewolf

1981

Spanish

5.8

♡ 5

Paul Naschy Director

Luis Barboo as Sando - Bandit

Ricardo Palacios as Veres - First graverobber

Paul Naschy as Waldemar Daninsky / Werewolf

Rafael Hernández as Yoyo - Second graverobber

An evil witch brings back to life the infamous Elizabeth Bathory, who was executed several hundred years previously for murdering young women and bathing in their blood.

Ninja in the Claws of the CIA

1981

Chinese

4.5

♡ 6

Action

Drama

John Liu Director

Bik-Lin Cheng as

Martín Garrido Ramis as (as Martín Garrido)

Víctor Israel as Doctor Stahl

Raquel Evans as Gisete

Kung fu champ John is given the chance to train CIA agents in martial arts by using self-hypnosis. But when he discovers the reason, he escapes and the CIA go after him. John must fight for his life all over Europe as he flees the CIA.

The Bunker

1981

English

6.8

♡ 10

55%

George Schaefer Director

Anthony Hopkins as Adolf Hitler

Susan Blakely as Eva Braun

Terrence Hardiman as Gen. Fegelein

Robert Pugh as Turnow

Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.

Eye of the Needle

1981

English

7.1

♡ 18

85%

75%

Action

based on novel or book

d-day

husband wife relationship

Richard Marquand Director

Philip Martin Brown as Billy Parkin

Ian Bannen as Godliman

Sam Kydd as Lock Keeper

Bill Nighy as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop

Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.

In the Wink of an Eye

1981

Tagalog

7.6

♡ 2

100%

Mike De Leon Director

Charito Solis as Adelina Carandang

Juan Rodrigo as Ernie

Jay Ilagan as Noel Manalansan

Aida Carmona as Onyang

A young woman gets married but her authoritarian father refuses to let her out of his sight.

Iancu Jianu, haiducul

7.5

Dinu Cocea Director

Marioara Sterian as

Draga Olteanu Matei as

Adrian Pintea as Iancu Jianu

Odette Tyler as Princess

The movie is set in 1788-1843, a tumultuous era for Walla Wallachia, when the Phanariot regime was exercising its power over the people. In a world marked by oppression, the young Iancu Jianu becomes a symbol of resistance, fighting against abuses. Together with his friend Mereanu, Jianu plans courageous actions to stand up to the tyranny of the Phanariots and bring justice to the country. His journey brings him into contact with Tudor Vladimirescu, the leader of the 1821 rebellion movement, and the two unite in a fierce struggle for freedom and independence.

Cutting it Short

1981

Czech

7.6

♡ 2

1920s

based on novel or book

Comedy

Jirí Menzel Director

Rudolf Hrusínský as Dr. Gruntorád

Jirí Schmitzer as Francin

Jaromír Hanzlík as Pepin

Jaroslava Kretschmerová as Sekretárka

Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but loves meat and beer, while Francin is an ascetic. The strict members of the brewery board of directors come to audit the accounts, but are diverted from concentrating on Francin's detailed reports by Maryska, who has organized a pig-killing feast and is ably assisting the butcher. When she invites the old curmudgeons on the board to enjoy the fresh pork, they are too happy to agree. Francin doesn't know whether he is going to get a permanent contract. To make things worse his brother Pepin - eccentric, noisy and garrulous - turns up on an indefinite visit.

Death of a Prophet

1981

English

4.4

♡ 3

45%

Action

Drama

History

Woodie King Jr. Director

Sonny Jim Gaines as

George Harris as

Morgan Freeman as Malcolm X

Ossie Davis as Self

After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed in. Despite death threats and intimidation, Malcolm marched on - continuing to spread the word of equality and brotherhood right up until the moment of his brutal and untimely assassination. Highlighted by newsreel footage and interviews, this is the story of the last twenty-four hours of Malcolm X. Featuring the music of jazz percussionist Max Roach.

Challenge of the Gamesters

1981

Cn

6.4

♡ 1

Action

Drama

Jing Wong Director

Hsin Nan Hung as

Ging Man Fung as

Wah Cheung as

Fa Yuan Li as

A forerunner to the new wave gambling films, this is one of Wong Jing's first hits--before he would go on to dominate Hong Kong cinema for the next two decades. Although rife with Japanese spies, Shanghai tycoons, beautiful starlets, and enough intrigue to keep 007 happy, Bond himself would be no match for the heroes' skill at mahjong and other games Hong Kong gamblers play--proving that the cube is often mightier than the baccarat card.

Nightmare

1981

English

5.6

♡ 12

33%

Romano Scavolini Director

Baird Stafford as George Tatum

Ken Thomas as Police Officer

William Paul as Steve

Sharon Smith as Susan Temper

A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares is released from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.

Angel Guts: Red Porno

1981

Japanese

5.5

♡ 13

Toshiharu Ikeda Director

Osamu Tsuruoka as Agawa

Yuri Yamashina as Miss Yamada

Jun Izumi as Nami Tsuchiya

Toshiyuki Kitami as Oka

Nami is a department store worker who agrees to stand in for a friend in a magazine photo shoot, which turns out to be for an S&M magazine. When the photos are published, she is sacked and her lover abandons her…

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure

1981

Italian

7.1

♡ 14

61%

Sergio Corbucci Director

Terence Hill as Alan

Bud Spencer as Charlie

Giovanni Cianfriglia as Hood

John Fujioka as Kamasuka

Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island at the end of World War II. But some gangsters try to steal the map from him and so he hides on Charlie's boat which just leaves the harbor. He manipulates the ship's compass so that Charlie is not aware that he is sailing to the treasure island. But when they step on the island, they discover that it is not as abandoned as they believed: there are some natives - and a Japanese soldier still defending the treasure

Clean Slate

1981

French

7.3

♡ 9

88%

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Stéphane Audran as Huguette / Lucien's wife

Gérard Hernandez as Leonelli

Philippe Noiret as Lucien Cordier

Isabelle Huppert as Rose Marcaillou

A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.

Condorman

1981

English

5.7

♡ 3

27%

Charles Jarrott Director

Oliver Reed as Krokov

Dana Elcar as Russ Devlin

Vernon Dobtcheff as Russian Agent

Michael Crawford as Woody Wilkins

Comic artist and writer Woody performs a simple courier operation for his friend Harry who works for the CIA. But when he successfully fends off hostile agents, he earns the respect of the beautiful Natalia, who requests his assistance for her defection. Woody uses this request as leverage to use the CIA's resources to bring his comic book creation, Condorman, to life to battle the evil Krokov.

The Munsters' Revenge

1981

English

5.9

♡ 12

71%

Don Weis Director

Anita Dangler as Elvira

Howard Morris as Igor

Read Morgan as Loader #2

Barry Pearl as Warren Thurston

The lovable Munster family finds their placid world turned into turmoil by the diabolical Dr. Diablo, the mastermind of an art heist using monster robots, including clones of Herman and Grandpa.

Est-ce bien raisonnable?

1981

French

5.5

♡ 1

investigative journalism

nice france

paris, france

Romance

Georges Lautner Director

Jose Gonella as (as José Gonella)

Gérard Lanvin as Gérard Louvier

Miou-Miou as Julie Boucher

Dominique Lavanant as Mme Lavanant, la restauratrice

A young journalist comes from Nice to Paris to meet with the famous judge, Simon, hoping he will help her understand a case. She does not know that, according to the will of fate, in the office of judge was fugitive criminal. The couple hit the road.

Night of Horror

1981

English

1.5

♡ 4

Horror

Tony Malanowski Director

Jeff Belt as Confederate Ghost

Lewis Ellis as Confederate Ghost

Ray Cooper as Confederate Ghost

Mark Trunk as Confederate Ghost

A group of four individuals becomes stranded on a former civil war battlefield, only to be tormented by the spirits of those who lost their lives there.

Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr

1981

English

5.6

♡ 2

David Hemmings Director

Ken Wahl as Barney

Donald Pleasence as Gilbert Carson

Lesley Ann Warren as Sally

George Peppard as Theo Brown

In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks follows and threatens him and his daughter, because they know there are 50 million dollars in the wreck. Helicopter pilot Barney helps Gibbie against them, risking his life thereby.

Divine Emanuelle

1981

German

3.8

♡ 12

Christian Anders Director

Sylvia Engelmann as

Heiner Lauterbach as Dorian

Sascha Borysenko as Tanga

Laura Gemser as The Divine One

The young daughter of a US Senator is drawn into a hippie “free love” cult called “The Children of Light” by the blond boyfriend of the cult’s leader, a mysterious and beautiful Asian woman. The cult turns out to be not quite the “free” love community it presents itself to be.

Time Bandits

1981

English

6.9

♡ 75

92%

Terry Gilliam Director

Shelley Duvall as Dame Pansy / Pansy

David Warner as Evil

David Daker as Kevin's Father

Sean Connery as King Agamemnon / Fireman

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.

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Ninja in the Claws of the CIA

The Bunker

Eye of the Needle

In the Wink of an Eye

Iancu Jianu, haiducul

Cutting it Short

Death of a Prophet

Challenge of the Gamesters

Nightmare

Angel Guts: Red Porno

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure

Clean Slate

Condorman

The Munsters' Revenge

Est-ce bien raisonnable?

Night of Horror

Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr

Divine Emanuelle

Time Bandits