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    Do You Remember Dolly Bell? 1981 POSTER

    Do You Remember Dolly Bell?

    1981

    Serbo-croatian

    7.5

    3

    90%

    90%

    1960s

    boy band

    Comedy

    coming of age

    Drama

    Romance

    Emir Kusturica Emir Kusturica Director Sanela Spahovic Sanela Spahovic as Mahir Imamovic Mahir Imamovic as Kerim Zakira Stjepanovic Zakira Stjepanovic as Meliha Tomislav Gelic Tomislav Gelic as Skembe
    A young man grows up in Sarajevo in the 1960s, under the shadow of his good, but ailing father, and gets attracted by the world of small-time criminals.
    Masked Avengers 1981 POSTER

    Masked Avengers

    1981

    Chinese

    7.0

    9

    Action

    Drama

    kung fu

    martial arts

    murder mystery

    revenge

    Cheh Chang Cheh Chang Director Hsin Nan Hung Hsin Nan Hung as Wai Man Tam Wai Man Tam as (as Wei-Min Tan) Yu Lung Hsiao Yu Lung Hsiao as Chung Chang Long Huang-Hsi Liu Huang-Hsi Liu as Chung Yu Long
    Philip Kwok plays a repentant killer who vows to destroy the masked gang of which he was a member. A young fighter and his martial arts brothers come to the town to catch the killers, but one of them is not to be trusted!
    Pourquoi pas nous? 1981 POSTER

    Pourquoi pas nous?

    1981

    French

    4.9

    Action

    Comedy

    Romance

    Michel Berny Michel Berny Director Dominique Lavanant Dominique Lavanant as Jacqueline Puiset Hubert Deschamps Hubert Deschamps as L'ophtalmo Aldo Maccione Aldo Maccione as Marcello Degli Fiori, alias Cromagnon Mammouth Sikki Mammouth Sikki as Self - un catcheur
    A wrestler and a bookseller disgraced by life fall in love with each other.
    Dead & Buried 1981 POSTER

    Dead & Buried

    1981

    English

    6.5

    18

    Action

    corpse

    grave

    Horror

    murder

    Mystery

    new england

    sheriff

    small town

    Gary Sherman Gary Sherman Director Estelle Omens Estelle Omens as Betty Christopher Allport Christopher Allport as George Le Moyne / Freddie Michael Currie Michael Currie as Herman Michael Pataki Michael Pataki as Sam
    After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.
    Buddy Goes West 1981 POSTER

    Buddy Goes West

    1981

    Italian

    6.5

    7

    Action

    Comedy

    Western

    Michele Lupo Michele Lupo Director Bud Spencer Bud Spencer as Buddy Angelo Boscariol Angelo Boscariol as Guest in Bath Margherita Horowitz Margherita Horowitz as Guest on Train Benito Pacifico Benito Pacifico as Slim Henchman
    Trinity series star Bud Spencer returns to the Wild West in director Michele Lupo's comic tale of an outlaw drifter, Buddy, who is mistaken for a doctor after his Indian companion inadvertently steals a bag of surgical instruments. When a band of murderous outlaws attempts to overrun the small town Buddy is passing through, the presumed medico shows that his true talent is cracking skulls. Music is composed by Ennio Morricone.
    Das Boot 1981 POSTER

    Das Boot

    1981

    German

    8.4

    143

    98%

    95%

    Action

    Adventure

    based on novel or book

    comrade

    Drama

    german submarine

    periscope

    suicidal mission

    Thriller

    u-boat

    War

    Wolfgang Petersen Wolfgang Petersen Director Martin Semmelrogge Martin Semmelrogge as 2nd Lieutenant - 2WO Ralf Richter Ralf Richter as Frenssen Bernd Tauber Bernd Tauber as Kriechbaum - Chief Quartermaster-Navigator Oliver Stritzel Oliver Stritzel as Schwalle
    A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
    Caligula and Messalina 1981 POSTER

    Caligula and Messalina

    1981

    French

    3.6

    12

    Action

    Adventure

    Biography

    Drama

    erotic movie

    History

    Horror

    Jean-Jacques Renon Jean-Jacques Renon Director Florence Guérin Florence Guérin as Gino Turini Gino Turini as (as John Turner) Raul Cabrera Raul Cabrera as Silius Giuseppe Marrocco Giuseppe Marrocco as Spectator of Gladiator Fight
    When the deranged emperor Caligula falls for an insatiable gladiatrix, their reign launches a mind-bending bacchanal of torture, sodomy, incest, castration, and aroused livestock.
    The Prowler 1981 POSTER

    The Prowler

    1981

    English

    5.9

    7

    75%

    48%

    Action

    Horror

    maniac

    mask

    murder

    Mystery

    pitchfork

    serial killer

    slasher

    Thriller

    Joseph Zito Joseph Zito Director Bill Nunnery Bill Nunnery as Hotel Clerk Christopher Goutman Christopher Goutman as Mark London Bryan Englund Bryan Englund as Paul Lisa Dunsheath Lisa Dunsheath as Sherry
    Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.
    Dawn of the Mummy 1981 POSTER

    Dawn of the Mummy

    1981

    English

    3.9

    8

    23%

    23%

    curse

    gore

    Horror

    mummy

    tomb

    zombie

    Frank Agrama Frank Agrama Director Baher Saied Baher Saied as Egyptian Ali Azab Ali Azab as Egyptian Diane Beatty Diane Beatty as June Ali Gohar Ali Gohar as Tarak
    A group of fashion models disturb the tomb of a mummy and revive an ancient curse. Along with the mummy rising, slaves who were buried in the desert thousands of years before, also rise, with a craving for human flesh.
    Diva 1981 POSTER

    Diva

    1981

    French

    7.1

    7

    97%

    86%

    Action

    Comedy

    Crime

    diva

    Drama

    mistake in person

    moped

    Music

    paris, france

    postman

    Romance

    subway

    Thriller

    Jean-Jacques Beineix Jean-Jacques Beineix Director Richard Bohringer Richard Bohringer as Gorodish Vladimir Cosma Vladimir Cosma as Le chef d'orchestre Dominique Pinon Dominique Pinon as Le curé Patrick Floersheim Patrick Floersheim as Zatopek
    Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio cassette into his mail bag...
    Galaxy of Terror 1981 POSTER

    Galaxy of Terror

    1981

    English

    5.0

    25

    36%

    28%

    Action

    Adventure

    alien

    alien planet

    gore

    Horror

    monster

    murder

    Sci-Fi

    spacecraft

    Bruce D. Clark Bruce D. Clark Director Edward Albert Edward Albert as Cabren Grace Zabriskie Grace Zabriskie as Captain Trantor Ray Walston Ray Walston as Kore Robert Englund Robert Englund as Ranger
    As a lone spaceship proceeds on its long voyage across space, the crew are surprised to encounter a strange pyramid form. Surprise turns to horror as one by one, they discover that their darkest nightmares are all starting to become real. The pyramid has to be behind it all somehow, but how can they save themselves from its influence?
    Lola 1981 POSTER

    Lola

    1981

    German

    16

    Action

    bavaria, germany

    brothel

    coburg

    corruption

    Drama

    prostitution

    province

    Romance

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director Günther Kaufmann Günther Kaufmann as GI Mario Adorf Mario Adorf as Schuckert Armin Mueller-Stahl Armin Mueller-Stahl as Von Bohm Udo Kier Udo Kier as Waiter
    Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.
    Deprisa, Deprisa 1981 POSTER

    Deprisa, Deprisa

    1981

    Spanish

    7.0

    6

    62%

    62%

    Action

    Crime

    delinquent

    Drama

    gun battle

    juvenile delinquent

    madrid, spain

    robbery

    Romance

    youth gang

    Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Director Berta Socuéllamos Berta Socuéllamos as Ángela Jesús Arias Jesús Arias as Meca Jose Antonio Valdelomar González Jose Antonio Valdelomar González as Pablo José María Hervás Roldán José María Hervás Roldán as Sebas
    Angela is a young waitress who turns her back on society when she meets and falls in love with Pablo, a reckless criminal delinquent. Along with Pablo’s gang of car thieves, the pair embark on a drug and disco-fueled robbery spree as they hurtle toward oblivion.
    Malevil 1981 POSTER

    Malevil

    1981

    French

    6.5

    9

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    dystopia

    nuclear explosion

    post-apocalyptic future

    Sci-Fi

    survival

    Christian de Chalonge Christian de Chalonge Director Jacques Dutronc Jacques Dutronc as Colin Eduard Linkers Eduard Linkers as Fabrelatre Jean-Louis Trintignant Jean-Louis Trintignant as Fulbert Hanns Zischler Hanns Zischler as Le vétérinaire
    In southern France, in a quiet little town, the mayor, who also owns a castle with some cattle, is in the wine cellar with some other people: the pharmacist, the veterinary, and some of his employees. As they are drinking wine, they hear a terrible noise and the heat's getting higher and higher. They don't realize what's happening: when they come out of the cellar, they realize that everything has burned, and all the buildings are destroyed...
    The Decline of Western Civilization 1981 POSTER

    The Decline of Western Civilization

    1981

    English

    7.5

    20

    100%

    83%

    Action

    cult film

    Documentary

    History

    interview

    midnight movie

    Music

    nihilism

    punk rock

    self-destruction

    Penelope Spheeris Penelope Spheeris Director Pat Smear Pat Smear as Guitarist, The Germs Penelope Spheeris Penelope Spheeris as Herself - Interviewer Exene Cervenka Exene Cervenka as 'X' - vocals John Doe John Doe as 'X' - vocals, bassist
    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.
    Goin' All the Way! 1981 POSTER

    Goin' All the Way!

    1981

    English

    4.2

    5

    Comedy

    Robert Freeman Robert Freeman Director Eileen Davidson Eileen Davidson as BJ Sherrie Miller Sherrie Miller as Candy Hardin Meredith Jung Meredith Jung as Joni Vicky Gagne Vicky Gagne as Weightlifter
    High schoolers Arnie and Monica split over his relentless pursuit of sex, only to find themselves drawn back together after a series of misadventures, awkward courtships, and the looming threat of jealous bully “Piggy” Bronk. Amid flirtations, fights, and fleeting romances, the teens navigate the chaos of youth, choosing between love and lust.
    La Chèvre 1981 POSTER

    La Chèvre

    1981

    French

    7.3

    4

    50%

    83%

    Action

    Adventure

    clumsy fellow

    Comedy

    Crime

    disappearance

    Francis Veber Francis Veber Director Jorge Luke Jorge Luke as Arbal Pierre Richard Pierre Richard as François Perrin Sergio Calderón Sergio Calderón as Prisoner María Cardinal María Cardinal as (uncredited)
    When the boss' unlucky daughter is missing in South America, Campana is sent to watch the boss' most unlucky employee who is sent as a private detective in hopes he can duplicate the daughter's mistakes.
    The Queen of Black Magic 1981 POSTER

    The Queen of Black Magic

    1981

    Indonesian

    6.2

    11

    Action

    Drama

    Horror

    Liliek Sudjio Liliek Sudjio Director Belkiez Rachman Belkiez Rachman as Adang Mansyur Adang Mansyur as Ali Albar Ali Albar as H.I.M. Damsyik H.I.M. Damsyik as (as I.M. Damsyik)
    A woman is seduced by and cast aside by a fickle lover. When the lover marries another woman who starts hallucinating during their wedding, she is accused of being a witch and thrown to her death over a cliff. A strange man rescues her, nurses her back to health, and is told that she must master black magic in order to exact vengeance on her tormentors. She casts a variety of spells over the populace--with the male population as her favorite target, and becomes the queen of black magic. But who, exactly, is the man, and does he have other plans?
    Continental Divide 1981 POSTER

    Continental Divide

    1981

    English

    6.2

    5

    73%

    53%

    Action

    bear

    camping

    Comedy

    eagle

    journalist

    love affair

    rocky mountains

    Romance

    Michael Apted Michael Apted Director Bruce Jarchow Bruce Jarchow as Hellinger Allen Garfield Allen Garfield as Howard McDermott Ron Dean Ron Dean as Plesko Val Avery Val Avery as Yablonowitz
    A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
    Scanners 1981 POSTER

    Scanners

    1981

    English

    6.7

    60

    69%

    64%

    Action

    Horror

    mind control

    murder

    paranormal phenomena

    psychic power

    Sci-Fi

    telekinesis

    telepathy

    Thriller

    David Cronenberg David Cronenberg Director Lawrence Dane Lawrence Dane as Braedon Keller Stephen Lack Stephen Lack as Cameron Vale Roland Nincheri Roland Nincheri as Large Man in Mall Chuck Shamata Chuck Shamata as Tony
    After a man with extraordinary, and frighteningly destructive, telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers. Some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.
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