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    Callie & Son 1981 POSTER

    Callie & Son

    1981

    English

    4

    Drama

    Waris Hussein Waris Hussein Director John Harkins John Harkins as Arthur Cotham Bill Morey Bill Morey as Horace Johnston Frances Bay Frances Bay as Mabel Simpson Henry G. Sanders Henry G. Sanders as Tanner
    A fictional drama, covering a 30-year period, about a poverty-stricken teenager forced to give up her illegitimate son at birth, and the climb to wealth and power as the wife of a newspaper publisher who helps her locate her son, in whose future she becomes obsessed.
    A Chipmunk Christmas 1981 POSTER

    A Chipmunk Christmas

    1981

    English

    4

    Adventure

    Animation

    cartoon

    chipmunk

    christmas

    Comedy

    Family

    Fantasy

    harmonica

    holiday

    Musical

    Phil Monroe Phil Monroe Director Ross Bagdasarian Jr. Ross Bagdasarian Jr. as Alvin June Foray June Foray as Mrs. Waterford Frank Welker Frank Welker as Santa Claus R.J. Williams R.J. Williams as Tommy Waterford
    Alvin learns the true meaning of Christmas.
    Stagefright 1981 POSTER

    Stagefright

    1981

    English

    2

    Drama

    Jon Jost Jon Jost Director
    An essay-film on language and theater, on human communication - intellectual in content, but purely poetic in terms of form: image, sound, language, cinema. Stagefright, with the exception of one shot, was all filmed in a small puppet theater space, actors against black.
    Choices 1981 POSTER

    Choices

    1981

    English

    3

    22%

    22%

    Drama

    A popular high school student seems to have it all; a spot on the football team, the love of playing music in the school orchestra and a girlfriend. His world seems to come apart when the school doctor discovers he is partially deaf, causing him to be cut from the football team on the advice of the doctor. The student's friends fight to keep him on the team; while he struggles with his problem by withdrawing from everything he loves and starts falling in with the wrong crowd.
    Coup de torchon 1981 POSTER

    Coup de torchon

    1981

    French

    9

    88%

    82%

    adultery

    based on novel or book

    Comedy

    Crime

    Drama

    french noir

    mistress

    murder

    racism

    Bertrand Tavernier Bertrand Tavernier Director Stéphane Audran Stéphane Audran as Huguette / Lucien's wife Gérard Hernandez Gérard Hernandez as Leonelli Philippe Noiret Philippe Noiret as Lucien Cordier Isabelle Huppert 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.
    Gallagher: An Uncensored Evening 1981 POSTER

    Gallagher: An Uncensored Evening

    1981

    English

    2

    Comedy

    roller skating

    tv special

    watermelon

    Join Gallagher for his first TV special from 1980, complete with candy bar treats and a Sledge-O-Matic routine for which the audience was ill prepared.
    Texas Lightning 1981 POSTER

    Texas Lightning

    1981

    English

    2

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    guitar

    musician

    texas

    A tough, macho, truck driver decides to make his soft son more manly by taking him hunting. They vacation and go to a honky tonk bar where the younger man falls in love with a burned out waitress.
    Caveman 1981 POSTER

    Caveman

    1981

    English

    5.8

    25

    33%

    54%

    Action

    cavemen

    Comedy

    dinosaur

    History

    prehistory

    Romance

    Sci-Fi

    slapstick

    slapstick comedy

    stone age

    Carl Gottlieb Carl Gottlieb Director Richard Moll Richard Moll as Abominable Snowman Jack Gilford Jack Gilford as Gog Dennis Quaid Dennis Quaid as Lar Mark King Mark King as Ruck
    Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.
    The Orchard End Murder 1981 POSTER

    The Orchard End Murder

    1981

    English

    5.9

    7

    1960s

    Action

    apple

    Drama

    english village

    hunchback

    murder

    Thriller

    Christian Marnham Christian Marnham Director Clive Mantle Clive Mantle as Ewen Tracy Hyde Tracy Hyde as Pauline Cox Rik Mayall Rik Mayall as Policeman Alexander John Alexander John as Radio News Reader
    Charthurst Green, Kent, 1966. Pauline Cox accompanies Mike Robins to a village cricket match in which he is playing, but becomes bored and wanders away. She fetches up at the local railway station, where she is first entertained to tea by the garrulous, hunchbacked station master, then upset by the intrusion of the latter's assistant Ewen, who proceeds to kill a rabbit in her presence. Making her way back to the match, Pauline is waylaid by the simple-minded Ewen as she crosses an apple orchard; when his advances become violent, she tries to fight him off and he strangles her. The station master helps in covering up the murder, burying the corpse in the orchard.
    Victory 1981 POSTER

    Victory

    1981

    English

    6.7

    27

    70%

    71%

    Action

    Drama

    escape

    football (soccer)

    nazi

    Sport

    sports

    War

    John Huston John Huston Director Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone as Captain Robert Hatch - The Players: U.S.A. Michael Caine Michael Caine as Capt. John Colby - The Players: England Michael Cochrane Michael Cochrane as Farrell - The English Clive Merrison Clive Merrison as The Forger - The English
    A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
    Freak Orlando 1981 POSTER

    Freak Orlando

    1981

    German

    5.9

    3

    Action

    Comedy

    cult film

    Fantasy

    surreal

    woman director

    Ulrike Ottinger Ulrike Ottinger Director Eva Ebner Eva Ebner as Frau Gorgo Delphine Seyrig Delphine Seyrig as Helena Müller, als Lebensbaumgöttin, Kaufhausonsängerin, Mutter der Wundergeburt.... Jackie Raynal Jackie Raynal as Siamesischr Zwiling Leni un Bunny Dan van Husen Dan van Husen as Zwolf Lederboys
    FREAK ORLANDO is divided into five more-or-less distinct sections, all featuring "Freak" Orlando, a woman, played by the late Magdalena Montezuma, who appears in various guises, and deformities, throughout.
    Patrimonio nacional 1981 POSTER

    Patrimonio nacional

    1981

    Spanish

    7.0

    Comedy

    Luis García Berlanga Luis García Berlanga Director Óscar Ladoire Óscar Ladoire as Ciego Luis Escobar Luis Escobar as Marqués de Leguineche Alfredo Mayo Alfredo Mayo as Nacho Luis Ciges Luis Ciges as Segundo
    After the death of General Franco, the Leguineche family leaves their estate of Los Tejadillos, where they have remained for decades in voluntary exile, with the purpose of returning to Madrid to actively participate in the social events of the aristocracy and to get closer to the closest circle of the Spanish monarch. The obsession of the old marquis is centered on getting in touch with the most illustrious surnames, to ascend socially and to resume the pomp and courtly life that his family lost a long time ago. To this end, he decides to move into an old palace he owns, located in the center of the capital, but not before overcoming the difficulties posed by his wife, who deeply hates both her husband and her son. To regain control of the palace, the Marquis of Leguineche tries to handicap his wife, arguing an incurable mental illness, and then undertake a reform of the place in order to adapt it to aristocratic life.
    Les fourberies de Scapin 1981 POSTER

    Les fourberies de Scapin

    1981

    French

    5.6

    1

    Comedy

    Roger Coggio Roger Coggio Director Richard Serfaty Richard Serfaty as Michel Ben Abu Michel Ben Abu as Fanny Cottençon Fanny Cottençon as Hyacinthe Stéphane Bébert Stéphane Bébert as Le jeune voleur
    Octave has married Hyacinthe during the absence of Argante, his father.
    Terror Among Us 1981 POSTER

    Terror Among Us

    1981

    English

    5.7

    6

    Action

    compulsion

    obsession

    serial rapist

    Thriller

    Paul Krasny Paul Krasny Director Jim Antonio Jim Antonio as Doctor Jane Badler Jane Badler as Pam Ken Foree Ken Foree as Prisoner Sharon Spelman Sharon Spelman as Sara Kates
    A convicted rapist continually violates his parole but slips through the cracks of the justice system until his crimes escalate into a frenzy of terror against five helpless women.
    Faces of Death II 1981 POSTER

    Faces of Death II

    1981

    English

    3.9

    4

    35%

    35%

    car accident

    Documentary

    fake documentary

    found footage

    gore

    Horror

    mortuary

    necrophilia

    John Alan Schwartz John Alan Schwartz Director Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan as Self Johnny Owen Johnny Owen as Self Chuck Strange Chuck Strange as Self John Alan Schwartz John Alan Schwartz as Wounded Criminal in Front of Drug Store
    Brief scenes of death related material: mortuaries, accidents and police work are filmed by TV crews and home video cameras. Some of it is most likely fake, some not as much.
    The Raccoons on Ice 1981 POSTER

    The Raccoons on Ice

    1981

    English

    7.1

    6

    Animation

    Family

    Kevin Gillis Kevin Gillis Director Len Carlson Len Carlson as Bert Raccoon Rich Little Rich Little as Narrator Sharon Lewis Sharon Lewis as Sophia Tutu Hadley Kay Hadley Kay as Tommy
    The Raccoons on Ice is the second of four specials leading up to the television series The Raccoons. It initially aired on CBC and in syndication on December 20, 1981.
    Dragonslayer 1981 POSTER

    Dragonslayer

    1981

    English

    6.6

    28

    84%

    63%

    Action

    Adventure

    crossdressing

    Fantasy

    magic

    princess

    sacrifice

    self sacrifice

    virgin

    Matthew Robbins Matthew Robbins Director Peter MacNicol Peter MacNicol as Galen Albert Salmi Albert Salmi as Greil John Hallam John Hallam as Tyrian Caitlin Clarke Caitlin Clarke as Valerian
    A sorcerer and his apprentice are on a mission to kill an evil dragon to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed according to a pact that the King himself made with the dragon to protect his kingdom.
    Sharky's Machine 1981 POSTER

    Sharky's Machine

    1981

    English

    6.3

    10

    83%

    63%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    gangster

    jazz

    martial arts

    police

    robbery

    Thriller

    transvestism

    Burt Reynolds Burt Reynolds Director Richard Libertini Richard Libertini as Nosh Brian Keith Brian Keith as Papa Burt Reynolds Burt Reynolds as Sgt. Tom Sharky Darryl Hickman Darryl Hickman as Smiley
    Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.
    Graduation Day 1981 POSTER

    Graduation Day

    1981

    English

    4.8

    10

    57%

    19%

    Action

    heart attack

    high school

    high school sports

    Horror

    Mystery

    runner

    slasher

    Sport

    Thriller

    Herb Freed Herb Freed Director Deborah Dutch Deborah Dutch as Debra Darlin Michael Pataki Michael Pataki as Principal Guglione Hal Bokar Hal Bokar as Ronald Corliss Patrick Wright Patrick Wright as Truck Driver
    After the death of a high school track star during a race, a mysterious killer in a fencing mask begins murdering her friends and teachers.
    Comin' at Ya! 1981 POSTER

    Comin' at Ya!

    1981

    English

    5.2

    4

    25%

    25%

    Action

    Drama

    revenge

    Western

    Ferdinando Baldi Ferdinando Baldi Director Charly Bravo Charly Bravo as Victoria Abril Victoria Abril as Abilene Ricardo Palacios Ricardo Palacios as Polk Domenico Cianfriglia Domenico Cianfriglia as Thompson Henchman
    A young couple's wedding ceremony is brutally interrupted when a pair of outlaw brothers arrive and massacre almost everyone in sight. They kidnap the beautiful young bride and leave her husband for dead. Luckily, he only sustains a flesh wound and quickly saddles up to track down the brothers before they sell his wife and a group of other women at an auction to a group of Mexican brothel owners.
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