Alison's Birthday

1981

English

5.9

♡ 4

Ian Coughlan Director

Joanne Samuel as Alison Findlay

Adam Bowen as Cousin Richard

Julie Wilson as Maureen Tate

Eric Oldfield as Priest

During a Ouija board session with her teenaged friends, 16-year-old Alison gets a message from beyond the grave not to go home for her birthday three years later.

A Day of Judgment

1981

English

4.1

♡ 3

Charles Reynolds Director

Terri McCoy as Customer

Larry Sprinkle as Kenny

Hanns Manship as Morgan

Jerry Rushing as Sheriff

In a 1930s small town rife with lust, corruption and sin, a mysterious figure wielding a scythe arrives to cut an unholy swath of murder, madness, and moralizing that may lead straight to Hell.

Freedom

1981

English

6.7

♡ 5

Drama

Joseph Sargent Director

Bill Morey as

Jerry Gatlin as

Ray Girardin as John

Tony Bill as Richard

Talented musician and free spirit Libby chafes under the rule of her divorced journalist mother, so she seeks emancipation from her parents and hits the road, soon joining the ranks of a traveling carnival. She gains the freedom she has longed for but learns some hard lessons along the way.

Man on the Brink

1981

Cn

6.9

♡ 1

Action

Crime

Drama

Kwok-Ming Cheung Director

Ging Man Fung as

Lun Chia as

Ling Wei Chen as

Hing-Yin Kam as

An undercover cop goes deep undercover to inside one of Hong Kong's most notorious Triad gangs only to find him getting consumed by a life of crime and seediness.

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

1981

Japanese

6.3

♡ 3

Action

based on novel or book

fish out of water

japan

japanese film

japanese high school girl

Romance

yakuza

Shinji Sômai Director

Hiroko Yakushimaru as Izumi Hoshi

Yuki Kazamatsuri as Mayumi Sandaiji

Tatsuya Oka as Tetsuo, Izumi's Friend

Shingo Yanagisawa as Tomoo, Izumi's Friend

A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.

Son of the White Mare

1981

Hungarian

7.8

♡ 5

100%

Marcell Jankovics Director

Vera Pap as Aranyhajú Nyárszépe / Ezusthajú Tavaszszépe / Rézhajú Öszszépe

György Cserhalmi as Fanyüvö / Vasgyúró / Kömorzsoló

Ferenc Szalma as Griffmadár úr

Gyula Szabó as Hétszünyü Kaponyányi Monyók / Esökirály

A horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their ancestors' lost kingdom.

Mephisto

1981

German

7.7

♡ 6

76%

István Szabó Director

Kati Sólyom as (as Sólyom Katalin)

Christian Grashof as Cesar von Muck

Irén Bordán as Filmszínésznõ

Klaus Maria Brandauer as Hendrik Höfgen

A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the popularity of his character supercedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons.

Going Ape!

1981

English

4.1

♡ 3

24%

Jeremy Joe Kronsberg Director

Gabriel Jarret as Boy at Funeral

Stacey Nelkin as Cynthia

Joseph Maher as Gridley

Danny DeVito as Lazlo

When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangutans. However there's a condition connected to the money: if he gives away the apes or just one gets sick or dies during the next 3 years, the zoologic society will get all the money. So he not only has to deal with 3 apes and an annoyed girlfriend, but also with a greedy zoologic society's president.

Student Bodies

1981

English

5.4

♡ 6

33%

Michael Ritchie Director

Cullen G. Chambers as Charles Ray

Oscar James as Football Coach

Joe Flood as Mr. Dumpkin

Jerry Belson as The Breather

This zany send-up of teen slasher flicks features a maniacal psycho known as the Breather, who stalks –and murders– promiscuous students at a suburban high school. The fanatical killer's unusual weapons include paper clips, blackboard erasers and eggplants.

Priest of Love

1981

English

6.0

♡ 3

57%

Christopher Miles Director

James Faulkner as Aldous Huxley

Ian McKellen as D.H. Lawrence

Burnell Tucker as Earl Brewster

Ava Gardner as Mabel Dodge Luhan

Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy, where Lawrence writes "Lady Chatterley's Lover."

Oh! Woman: A Dirty Song

1981

Japanese

5.6

♡ 7

Tatsumi Kumashiro Director

Akira Takahashi as

Rumi Tama as Female Guest in Bath House

Renji Ishibashi as Guest in Japanese Bar

Rikiya Yasuoka as Yutaka

George is a washed-up middle-aged punk rocker, who divorces his wife and lives with his girlfriend, a soap massage parlor worker. His life becomes even more of a mess when the nurse he raped moves in with them.

Distant Thunder

1981

Japanese

6.9

♡ 1

Action

Drama

Kichitaro Negishi Director

Toshiyuki Kitami as

Akira Takahashi as Father of Ayako

Rie Yokoyama as Kaede

Akemi Negishi as Mother of Hirotsugu

A young man living on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in a residential area. Tomato cultivation is as doomed as his personal life where he tries to keep alive his romance with the eccentric Kaede and parents selected fiancee Ayako.

Crazed Fruit

1981

Japanese

5.8

♡ 5

Kichitaro Negishi Director

Toshihiko Oda as Middle-aged Man

Ken Nakamoto as Ôsugi

Toshiyuki Kitami as Shigeo Tanaka

Eiji Okada as Tôno, Chika's step father

A working class young man, Tetsuo, who distrusts all rich people, falls in love with a girl, Chika, from an affluent family. He has a difficult time, but love survives despite the problems.

Wolfen

1981

English

6.3

♡ 19

77%

48%

Action

based on novel or book

Michael Wadleigh Director

Roy Brocksmith as Fat Jogger in Park

Diane Venora as Rebecca Neff

Jery Hewitt as Victim

David Connell as Victim

A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.

Liar's Moon

1981

English

5.9

♡ 6

60%

David Fisher Director

Christopher Connelly as Alex Peterson

Richard Moll as Det. Roy Logan

Matt Dillon as Jack Duncan

Dawn Dunlap as Teaser

In East Texas, the summer after high school, Jack falls in love with Ginny, the daughter of the town's banker (Jack's mom's high school sweetheart). Ginny's been at boarding school; she's headed for Vassar. Over her father's strenuous objections, she spends time with Jack. At summer's end, Jack and Ginny elope to Louisiana (where 17-year-olds can marry without their parents' permission), and he gets a job in the oil fields. Her dad hires a menacing private eye to find them, Ginny's pregnant, her town doctor gives her horrible news, and Jack's mom has her own agenda. It seems that Jack and Ginny have grown up under a liar's moon. What will these sweethearts do?

Kagero-za

1981

Japanese

6.9

♡ 7

Action

based on novel or book

Seijun Suzuki Director

Mariko Kaga as Mio

Michiyo Yasuda as Shinako

Yoshio Harada as Wada

Hideko Okiyama as Woman in a bright colour kimono

A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.

Waitress!

1981

English

4.0

♡ 4

21%

Lloyd Kaufman Director

Deborah Warner as

Chris Ryan as Chinese Delivery Boy

Julie Sommars as Restaurant Personnel

Scott Valentine as Swingdog Dope Busboy

Three lovely waitresses contend with a drunken, slovenly chef and mutinous patrons.

Honky Tonk Freeway

1981

English

5.3

56%

John Schlesinger Director

Celia Weston as Grace

Frances Bay as Mrs. Lewenowski

John Ashton as Otto Kemper

Anita Dangler as Saleslady

Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. The people of Ticlaw, leaded by its Mayor, will do anything in order to convince the governor to alter the project.

Modern Problems

1981

English

5.0

♡ 4

32%

Ken Shapiro Director

Nell Carter as Dorita

Henry Corden as Dubrovnik

Frank Birney as Man in Lobby

Chevy Chase as Max Fielder

Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses to not only win her back, but to gain a little revenge.