In 19th century London, a sex maniac sneaks into the engagement party of Dr. Henry Jekyll and Miss Fanny Osbourne, turning the event into a nightmarish whirlpool of murder and debauchery.

Quest for Fire

1981

French

7.3

♡ 27

88%

75%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Jean-Jacques Annaud Director

Ron Perlman as Amoukar

Peter Elliott as Mikr - The Ulam Tribe

Matt Birman as Morah - The Ulam Tribe

Everett McGill as Naoh

In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventually extinguishes. Lacking the knowledge to start a new fire, the tribe sends three warriors on a quest for more. With the tribe's future at stake, the warriors make their way across a treacherous landscape full of hostile tribes and monstrous beasts. On their journey, they encounter Ika, a woman who has the knowledge they seek.

They All Laughed

1981

English

6.2

♡ 7

50%

suspicion of adultery

taxi driver

womanizer

Peter Bogdanovich Director

Colleen Camp as Christy Miller

Patti Hansen as Sam (Deborah Wilson)

Vassili Lambrinos as Stavros Niotes

Lisa Dunsheath as Tulips

New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women suspected of infidelity. Ladies' man John Russo trails Angela Niotes, the elegant wife of a wealthy Italian industrialist, while Charles Rutledge and Arthur Brodsky follow Dolores Martin, the beautiful young wife of a jealous husband. Their respective cases are complicated when John falls for Angela, and Charles falls for Dolores.

Thief

1981

English

7.4

♡ 59

80%

81%

Action

based on novel or book

Michael Mann Director

James Belushi as Barry

Mike Genovese as Bartender at Green Mill

James Caan as Frank

Del Close as Mechanic #1

Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.

My Young Auntie

1981

Cn

6.7

♡ 6

Action

Comedy

female martial artist

kung fu

martial arts

Chia-Liang Liu Director

Yu-Shu Wu as

King Chu Lee as

Wilson Tong as

Chia-Hui Liu as James

Cheng, a beautiful martial arts ace, battles to keep her inheritance from the ruthless Yun Wei, but her efforts are sabotaged by Yu Tao, her wayward and irrepressible great-nephew. Following a frenzy of spectacular comic mishaps, the hapless duo are setup and imprisoned and the deeds to Cheng's estate are stolen. She is held hostage after a doomed attempt to reclaim the papers back from Yu Wei's place, and the stage is set for a savage fight to the death.

The Prodigal Son

1981

Cn

7.3

♡ 8

100%

Sammo Kam-Bo Hung Director

Biao Yuen as Leung Chang

Dick Wei as Mr Suen

Sammo Kam-Bo Hung as Wong Wah-bo

Lung Chan as Yee Tong-choi

A rich man's son believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of an actor in a traveling theatre company, the son resolves to find a better teacher.

The Final Conflict

1981

English

5.5

♡ 22

29%

Graham Baker Director

Louis Mahoney as Brother Paulo

Hazel Court as Champagne Woman At Hunt

Sam Neill as Damien Thorn

Don Gordon as Harvey Dean

Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Damien fulfills a terrifying biblical prophecy. He also faces his own potential demise as an astronomical event brings about the second coming of Christ.

Amy

1981

English

6.4

♡ 2

Drama

Family

Vincent McEveety Director

Barry Newman as Dr. Ben Corcoran

Lance LeGault as Edgar Wambuck

Kathleen Nolan as Helen Gibbs

Frances Bay as Mrs. Lindey

A woman leaves her husband after the death of her child to teach deaf children how to speak. Her own child was deaf and although she has no formal training she successfully teaches one boy.

Black Lizard

1981

Chinese

5.8

♡ 6

Yuen Chor Director

Chok Chow Cheung as

Wah Yuen as

Ging Man Fung as Mo Yuen

Mo Yuen as (as Yuan-Chun Wu)

Young swordsman Lung Fei encounters strange omens portending the death of his fiancee Ting Tzu-chu. His enquiries with the help of Chief Constable Tieh Hu reveal an astounding story.

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

1981

English

4.1

♡ 12

29%

san francisco, california

Clive Donner Director

Michelle Pfeiffer as Cordelia

Lee Grant as Mrs. Lupowitz

Don Murray as Pimp

Brian Keith as Police Chief

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.

The Beyond

1981

Italian

6.6

♡ 27

74%

new orleans, louisiana

surrealism

Lucio Fulci Director

Armando Tortorici as Hospital Zombie

Dardano Sacchetti as Mob Member

Antoine Saint-John as Schweick

Lucio Fulci as Town Clerk

A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.

Hell Night

1981

English

5.6

♡ 16

57%

Tom DeSimone Director

Peter Barton as Jeff

Linda Blair as Marti

Jenny Neumann as May

Vincent Van Patten as Seth

As an initiation rite into Alpha Sigma Rho fraternity, four pledges must spend a night in Garth Manor, twelve years to the day after the previous resident murdered his entire family.

Le maître d'école

1981

French

5.9

♡ 4

Comedy

co-workers relationship

Claude Berri Director

Yvette Petit as Germaine

Josiane Balasko as Jacqueline Lajoie

Christian Bouillette as Le patron du magasin de vêtements

Jean Champion as L'inspecteur

After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.

The Grilling

1981

French

7.6

♡ 6

Action

based on novel or book

husband wife relationship

Claude Miller Director

Romy Schneider as Chantal Martinaud

Lino Ventura as Inspector Antoine Gallien

Annie Miller as La mère de Camille

Patrick Depeyrrat as Policeman

Martinaud, an illustrious notary suspected of being the perpetrator of two horrendous crimes, voluntarily agrees to be questioned by Inspector Gallien on New Year's Eve. What initially is a routine procedure, soon becomes a harsh interrogation that seems to confirm the initial suspicions.

Choice of Arms

1981

French

6.9

♡ 3

82%

Alain Corneau Director

Guy Mairesse as L'entraîneur de boxe

Gérard Depardieu as Mickey

Catherine Deneuve as Nicole Durieux

Yves Montand as Noel Durieux

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

Police Destination Oasis

1981

French

3.1

♡ 13

José Jara Director

Jean Rene Bleu as

Pierre Picard as

Berto Navarro as Armando

Óscar Cortina as (as Óscar A. Cortina)

Freewheeling female friends Annie and Nadine are snatched during a night of rump-shaking discotheque shenanigans by an evil slavery ring. Drugged and gagged, the gals wake up in the "Oasis", a clandestine bordello nestled deep in the African Congo where they - and a gaggle of girl prisoners from all over the world.

The Instructor

1981

English

4.6

♡ 5

Don Bendell Director

Bruce Wendell as

Steve Boergadine as Al Butcher

Bob Chaney as The Instructor

Don Bendell as Thumper Rhodes

A widowed, principled karate instructor finds his patience is tested when a rival martial arts school starts engaging in criminal acts around town and begins to attack his students and friends.

Halloween II

1981

English

6.5

♡ 91

35%

Rick Rosenthal Director

Leo Rossi as Budd

Pamela Susan Shoop as Karen

Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode

Kyle Richards as Lindsey

After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach his favorite victim.

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

1981

English

6.3

♡ 22

William Asher Director

Bo Svenson as Detective Joe Carlson

Bill Paxton as Eddie

Julia Duffy as Julie Linden

Marcia Lewis as Margie

Rejected by her lover, the only man left in Cheryl's life is the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. She'll stop at nothing to keep Billy with her. When her plans misfire, she is swept up into an insane frenzy that means death to anyone who comes between her and her obsession. But the investigating detective is convinced that Billy is the real killer - and determined to prove it. Madness and fanaticism work together to drag all concerned into a terrifying vortex of blood-letting that adds a nightmarish twist to the classic Oedipus story.

Don't Go in the Woods

1981

English

3.8

♡ 10

24%

James Bryan Director

John Williams as Cop #1

Bonnie Harris as On The Trail - Skater

Jack McClelland as Peter

Michael Smith as Posse Member

Four backpackers decide to take a hike in the mountains of Utah. But within the woods lurks a killer. But who...or what...is it? The lazy local sheriff blames bears. But the escalating body count seems to point to a human killer. Ignoring the warning signs, our campers remain lost in the woods...alone...awaiting their fate.

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne

Quest for Fire

They All Laughed

Thief

My Young Auntie

The Prodigal Son

The Final Conflict

Amy

Black Lizard

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

The Beyond

Hell Night

Le maître d'école

The Grilling

Choice of Arms

Police Destination Oasis

The Instructor

Halloween II

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

Don't Go in the Woods