The story of the 1980 United States Olympic hockey players, a group of amateurs from around the country who were whipped into a cohesive unit by controversial coach Herb Brooks to win a gold medal at Lake Placid during the winter games.

The Road Warrior

1981

English

7.6

♡ 133

93%

George Miller Director

Joanne Samuel as Jessie

Mel Gibson as Max

Bruce Spence as The Gyro Captain

Max Phipps as The Toadie

Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.

Från och med herr Gunnar Papphammar

1981

Swedish

6.4

♡ 6

Action

Comedy

Gösta Ekman Director

Pia Ekman as En dam

Edith Aspegren as En dam till

Mats Arehn as En herre

Gösta Ekman as Herr Gunnar Papphammar

The clumsy Gunnar Papphammar, with his gray coat and funny hat, stumbles from one disaster to the next.

Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy

1981

Serbo-croatian

5.9

♡ 6

Comedy

Horror

Sci-Fi

Dusan Vukotic Director

Petr Drozda as Mumu

Petar Buntic as Ronioc

Karel Augusta as Stelin otac

Rene Bitorajac as Targo

Robert is a SF writer, who realizes that he can make his thoughts material. Because of that, a group of aliens arrives to Earth. Their leader is Andra, who shows affection for Robert, which does not please his girlfriend, Biba. A monster, Mumu, has arrived together with the visitors from space.

The Boy Soldier

1981

French

7.4

♡ 3

Drama

War

Yves Boisset Director

Albert Dray as

Thelonious Bernard as

Jean Carmet as L'adjudant Chalumot

Jean-Marc Thibault as Pradier

In the 1930s a young fellow, Simon Chalumet, is sent to a military school by his overbearing father, an ex-soldier who has little sympathy for his son's more gentle temperament, or for his interest in films.

My Dinner with Andre

1981

English

7.7

♡ 36

93%

Louis Malle Director

Andre Gregory as Andre Gregory

Deborah Eisenberg as Patron

Jean Lenauer as Waiter

Wallace Shawn as Wally Shawn

Wally, a struggling playwright and actor, reluctantly agrees to catch up with his old friend Andre, a theater director who disappeared several years prior in order to travel the world. Meeting at a posh Manhattan restaurant, the two share life stories, anecdotes and philosophical musings over the course of an evening meal.

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981

English

6.9

♡ 15

83%

67%

Action

adultery

based on novel or book

Karel Reisz Director

Jeremy Irons as Charles and Mike

Leo McKern as Dr. Grogan

Doreen Mantle as Lady on Train

Edward Duke as Nathaniel

In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature of the script leads to an off-camera love affair as well. While attempting to maintain their composure and professionalism, Anna and Mike struggle to come to terms with their infidelity.

Female Teacher Rope Hell

1981

Japanese

4.7

♡ 17

Shôgorô Nishimura Director

Tomoaki Udou as Iwai

Miki Yamaji as Ranko - High School Girl

Junko Mabuki as Sayuri - Female Teacher

Shinji Sekikawa as Tsushima

A female teacher spots one of her students being molested by a vagrant. But her rescue attempt fails as the vagrant drags the teacher into an empty classroom and sexually assaults her. The student finds a school employee, a piano tuner, to try and help but all they can offer is some comfort. Later the piano tuner invites the teacher to his house. He wants her to be his obedient loving bride and has built a nice caged apartment in his basement all for her. He subjects her to an endless series of sexual humiliations to persuade her to say yes.

The Hand

1981

English

5.5

♡ 16

29%

psychological suspense thriller

severed hand

Thriller

Oliver Stone Director

Andrea Marcovicci as Anne Lansdale

Charles Fleischer as David Maddow

Michael Caine as Jonathan Lansdale

Rosemary Murphy as Karen Wagner

Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.

Cutter's Way

1981

English

6.8

♡ 9

92%

Ivan Passer Director

John Heard as Alex Cutter

Jack Murdock as Concession Owner

Jeff Bridges as Richard Bone

Julia Duffy as Young Girl

Alex Cutter is a boozy, belligerent and deeply cynical Vietnam veteran whose encounter with a landmine during the war has left him minus an eye, a leg and an arm. When his drifter playboy friend Richard Bone is falsely accused of murder, Cutter sets out for revenge in his own inimitable style.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981

English

8.4

♡ 259

94%

Steven Spielberg Director

Harrison Ford as Indy

Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood

Alfred Molina as Satipo

Frank Welker as Special Vocal Effects

When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.

Ce fleuve qui nous charrie

1981

French

5.7

♡ 1

Drama

Sport

Raymond Vouillamoz Director

Nicole Die as La patronne du bistrot

André Faure as Le médecin

Nicolas Bideau as L'enfant

Pierre-André Gamba as Un coureur

Following a bet, Simon has no choice but to participate in the Morat-Fribourg race. The preparation and the race itself reveal painful memories that have been buried for far too long.

Brooklyn Bridge

1981

English

7.5

♡ 3

architecture

brooklyn bridge

brooklyn, new york city

construction

Documentary

History

Ken Burns Director

Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny (clip from 'Bowery Bunny')

Julie Harris as Emily Roebling

George Raft as Self (clip from "The Bowery")

David McCullough as Self - Narrator

Today it's a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems and ingenious solutions that marked the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. From conception to construction, it traces the bridge's transformation from a spectacular feat of heroic engineering to an honored symbol in American culture.

On Golden Pond

1981

English

7.6

♡ 25

91%

87%

Action

based on play or musical

parent child relationship

son

Mark Rydell Director

Doug McKeon as Billy Ray

William Lanteau as Charlie Martin

Jane Fonda as Chelsea Thayer Wayne

Katharine Hepburn as Ethel Thayer

For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years.

It's Magic, Charlie Brown

1981

English

7.1

♡ 9

Phil Roman Director

Michael Mandy as Charlie Brown

Sydney Penny as Lucy van Pelt

Brent Hauer as Peppermint Patty

Bill Melendez as Snoopy / Woodstock

When Snoopy turns Charlie Brown invisible in a magic act, he has trouble changing him back.

Het einde van de reis

1981

Dutch

5.4

♡ 2

Action

family

Peter Simons Director

Daniël Muyllaert as Jean

Rafaël Troch as Kwajongen

Monique De Beun as Nadine

Noëlla Keymolen as Verkoopster

A 40-year-old mother struggles to deal with the anxiety of growing older after her eldest daughter moves out and the youngest distances herself.

Friday the 13th Part 2

1981

English

6.1

♡ 76

Action

blood

brisbane

characters murdered one by one

Steve Miner Director

Adrienne King as Alice

Amy Steel as Ginny

Betsy Palmer as Mrs. Voorhees

Marta Kober as Sandra

Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, new counselors roam the area, not sensing the ominous lurking presence that proves that the grisly legend is real.

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1981

English

6.6

♡ 38

79%

58%

Action

adultery

based on novel or book

Bob Rafelson Director

Christian Slater as Extra

John P. Ryan as Kennedy

Christopher Lloyd as The Salesman

Glenn Shadix as Twin Oaks Customer

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

Eyewitness

1981

English

5.9

♡ 11

73%

Peter Yates Director

James Woods as Aldo

Pamela Reed as Linda Mercer

Morgan Freeman as Lt. Black

Sigourney Weaver as Tony Sokolow

NYC custodian Daryll Deever is a big fan of local news reporter Tony Sokolow, so he is intrigued when she shows up to cover a story at his workplace. There's been a murder in the office building, and Tony suspects that Daryll may have insight into the crime, a notion that he furthers to stay close to her. However, when those behind the killing begin to think that he really knows something, they target the pair to keep their secrets hidden.