1981 Movies

The escapades of Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, and the runaway slave, Jim, drifting down the Mississippi on a homemade raft, and their encounter with the Duke and his cohort, Dauphin.

Newlyweds Kumar and Vaishali travels to France. They stay in a country manor where, unbeknownst to Vaishali, Kumar's first wife already lives. He tells Vaishali that Lucy is his colleague, and Lucy that Vaishali is his sister.

This film is Beat Takeshi's first starring role.

A man is stalked by a flying cape in this short film with multiple endings.

Johan van der Keuken went against the grain in 1980: from Amsterdam (on April 30 with the coronation riots and squatting actions) via Paris, southern France and Italy to Egypt. He made his personal travelogue in three parts for VPRO television. Later, he fused...

Extraordinary Toei/Nippon TV production screened as part of the Thursday Golden Drama series. Three men who made a name for themselves in the oil business—a trading company worker, an architect, and an oil businessman—search for a strange fish said to inhabit...

Retrospective reportage on the life of an ordinary woman, which aims to analyse the domestic and social factors which contributed to her suicide.

Sirpa Lane is being abducted by some former film actors; these ask a high ransom from the (adult) film producers.

Motivation for the population to collaborate with the Population and Housing Census of 1979-1980.

A television film based on the short stories by Anton Chekhov: “On the Road,” “In Autumn,” and “In Exile.” Part one of a two-part series; the second part is “A Love Story”

Documentary about the lives of three generations of residents of Warsaw’s Wola district.

Compilation film by Jim Terry based on Daikyu Maru Gaiking "The most spectacular tale of space adventure ever told. Travel the cosmos and witness the startling powers of GAIKING, the mighty flying warrior as he comes to the aid of a defenseless planet Earth o...

Dames, drunks, and devil-worshipers—a day in the life of the Langley Punks.

Conflicts between power-hungry triad gangsters in Macao leads to bloody battles.

An unemployed teacher becomes a counselor at a summer camp for severely disabled children.

Gianni Manera writes, directs and stars in this violent U.S. based story of Mafia members and Black gangsters fighting for turf.

Three couples—each made up of a man named Roger and a woman named Jeanne—are close friends who plan a convivial dinner gathering. In a humorous twist, the wives unexpectedly fail to appear, leaving the three Rogers to navigate the evening on their own. As they...

Five men venture into a hidden cave to find a treasure map. After they have encountered the dangers of the cave (body melting acid, a flying mini-dragon, living skeletons...),the two last survivors finally find the treasure map inside a golden Buddha. One of...

A group of thieves plans a daring heist to steal a valuable diamond from a wealthy businessman.