There were some fantastic movies in 1981 and based on votes from readers here are the top 8 as they stand at the moment. See the full list of 100 movies below and vote for your favourite movies in 1981. Do your 8 best movies match the best eight?
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- 118Raiders of the Lost Ark
- 217Piranha II: The Spawning
- 317The French Lieutenant's Woman
- 417Christiane F.
- 517Ghost Story
- 616The Final Conflict
- 716Escape from New York
- 816My Dinner with Andre
- 916Tarzan the Ape Man
Do you agree with the best eight movies above? Are there other movies that should be in the list? Scroll through the movies below and vote for your favourite 8 movies of 1981.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler’s Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.Genre : Action, AdventureDirector : Adolf HitlerActors : Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies
Piranha II: The Spawning
A scuba diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose lair is a sunken freighter ship off a Caribbean island resort.Genre : Drama, Horror, RomanceDirector : James CameronActors : Ovidio G. Assonitis, Miller Drake, Tricia O’Neil, Steve Marachuk
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Wife and husband, both actors, play a couple in love from the Victorian era. Soon they begin to feel that fiction interweaves into reality.Genre : Drama, RomanceDirector : Karel ReiszActors : Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Hilton McRae, Emily Morgan
Christiane F.
A teen girl in 1970’s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.Genre : Biography, DramaDirector : Uli EdelActors : Natja Brunckhorst, Eberhard Auriga, Peggy Bussieck, Lothar Chamski
Ghost Story
Two generations of men find themselves haunted by the presence of a spectral woman. When the son of one of the elderly men returns to his hometown after his brother’s mysterious death, they attempt to unravel her story.Genre : Drama, Horror, ThrillerDirector : John IrvinActors : Craig Wasson, Alice Krige, Fred Astaire, John Houseman
The Final Conflict
The now adult Antichrist plots to eliminate his future divine opponent while a cabal of monks plot to stop him.Genre : HorrorDirector : Graham BakerActors : Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi, Don Gordon, Lisa Harrow
Escape from New York
In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.Genre : Action, Adventure, Sci-FiDirector : John CarpenterActors : Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence
My Dinner with Andre
Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.Genre : Biography, Comedy, DramaDirector : Louis MalleActors : Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler
Tarzan the Ape Man
While on an African expedition with her father, Jane Parker meets Tarzan, and the two become fascinated by each other.Genre : Adventure, DramaDirector : John DerekActors : Bo Derek, Richard Harris, Miles O’Keeffe, John Phillip Law
Neighbors
A quiet man’s peaceful suburban lifestyle is threatened by the new, obnoxious couple that moves in next door.Genre : ComedyDirector : John G. AvildsenActors : John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Kathryn Walker, Cathy Moriarty
Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror
An archaeology professor discovers an ancient crypt which contains living dead corpses. The zombies go on a rampage and attack a group of people which the professor had invited to celebrate his discovery.Genre : HorrorDirector : Andrea BianchiActors : Karin Well, Gianluigi Chirizzi, Simone Mattioli, Antonella Antinori
Cannibal Ferox
Three friends set out to disprove cannibalism on a trip to the Amazonian jungle, where they meet two men trying to escape a vicious cannibal tribe.Genre : Adventure, HorrorDirector : Umberto LenziActors : Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Lorraine De Selle, Danilo Mattei, Zora Kerova
Modern Romance
Albert Brooks directs himself as a successful film editor with far too many issues that affects the relationship between him and his remarkably patient girlfriend.Genre : Comedy, RomanceDirector : Albert BrooksActors : Albert Brooks, Kathryn Harrold, Tyann Means, Bruno Kirby
Shock Treatment
Janet and Brad become contestants on a game show… but wind up as captives instead.Genre : Comedy, MusicalDirector : Jim SharmanActors : Jessica Harper, Cliff De Young, Richard O’Brien, Patricia Quinn
Nighthawks
Conservative street cop Deke DaSilva reluctantly agrees to terminate an international terrorist who has demanded media attention. But DaSilva’s “at-home” tactics are very much put to the challenge.Genre : Action, Crime, ThrillerDirector : Bruce MalmuthActors : Gary Nelson, Sylvester Stallone, Rutger Hauer, Billy Dee Williams
Mommie Dearest
The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.Genre : Biography, DramaDirector : Christina CrawfordActors : Joan Crawford, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Howard Da Silva
The Prowler
An unknown killer, clad in World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35 year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual Spring Dance.Genre : Horror, Mystery, ThrillerDirector : Joseph ZitoActors : Vicky Dawson, Christopher Goutman, Lawrence Tierney, Farley Granger
X-Ray
While receiving a routine check-up, a woman finds herself stranded on the hospital’s eighth floor, while someone dressed as a doctor is intent on her never leaving, even if it means killing any staff member who comes into contact with her.Genre : Horror, ThrillerDirector : Boaz DavidsonActors : Barbi Benton, Charles Lucia, Jon Van Ness, John Warner Williams
The Fox and the Hound
A little fox named Tod, and Copper, a hound puppy, vow to be best buddies forever. But as Copper grows into a hunting dog, their unlikely friendship faces the ultimate test.Genre : Animation, Adventure, DramaDirector : Ted BermanActors : Richard Rich, Art Stevens, David Hand, Wolfgang Reitherman
Endless Love
A high-school student’s love for a 15-year-old girl is thwarted by parental disapproval, circumstance, and accident; he burns down her family’s house and is committed to psychiatric hospital.Genre : Drama, RomanceDirector : Franco ZeffirelliActors : Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight, Don Murray
Southern Comfort
During a routine exercise, a team of National Guards are threatened by angry and violent locals.Genre : Action, ThrillerDirector : Walter HillActors : Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, Franklyn Seales
The Evil Dead
Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.Genre : HorrorDirector : Sam RaimiActors : Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker
The Professional
Victim of a plot which has resulted in his imprisonment in a Central African jail for two years, a French secret agent arrives in Paris to settle accounts.Genre : Action, Crime, DramaDirector : Georges LautnerActors : Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly, Cyrielle Clair, Marie-Christine Descouard
The Funhouse
Four teenage friends spend the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a deformed man in a Frankenstein mask.Genre : HorrorDirector : Tobe HooperActors : Elizabeth Berridge, Shawn Carson, Jeanne Austin, Jack McDermott
Diva
Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed all twist their way through an intricate and stylish French-language thriller.Genre : ThrillerDirector : Jean-Jacques BeineixActors : Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Fr?d?ric Andr?i, Richard Bohringer, Thuy An Luu
For Your Eyes Only
James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel, equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.Genre : Action, Adventure, ThrillerDirector : John GlenActors : Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson
They All Laughed
A mad cap private-eye caper about a team of detectives who are following, and are being followed by, a group of beautiful women.Genre : Comedy, RomanceDirector : Peter BogdanovichActors : Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, Patti Hansen, John Ritter
Roar
A naturalist living with big cats in East Africa expects a visit by his family of four from Chicago. A mix-up leaves him searching for his family, who have been left in the clutches of wild lions.Genre : Adventure, Comedy, ThrillerDirector : Noel MarshallActors : Tippi Hedren, Noel Marshall, Melanie Griffith, John Marshall
Blow Out
A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.Genre : Crime, Drama, MysteryDirector : Brian De PalmaActors : John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz
Outland
A federal marshal stationed at a mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io, uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy. He gets no help from the workers or authorities when he finds himself marked for murder.Genre : Action, Crime, Sci-FiDirector : Peter HyamsActors : Sean Connery, Frances Sternhagen, Peter Boyle, James Sikking
Chariots of Fire
Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics.Genre : Biography, Drama, SportDirector : Hugh HudsonActors : Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers
Venom
Terrorists in the process of kidnapping a child get trapped in a house with an extremely deadly snake.Genre : Horror, ThrillerDirector : Piers HaggardActors : Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson, Sarah Miles
Quest for Fire
This story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.Genre : Adventure, Drama, HistoryDirector : Jean-Jacques AnnaudActors : Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi, Rae Dawn Chong
My Bloody Valentine
A decades-old folk tale surrounding a deranged murderer killing those who celebrate Valentine’s Day turns out to be true to legend when a group defies the killer’s order and people start turning up dead.Genre : Horror, Mystery, ThrillerDirector : George MihalkaActors : Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, Neil Affleck, Keith Knight
The Howling
After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.Genre : HorrorDirector : Joe DanteActors : Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone
Private Lessons
An immigrant housemaid seduces a 15-year-old boy and later fakes her own death as part of his chauffeur’s blackmail plot. Troubles arise when the two start to fall in love.Genre : ComedyDirector : Alan MyersonActors : Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown, Patrick Piccininni
Dragonslayer
A young wizarding apprentice is sent to kill a dragon which has been devouring girls from a nearby kingdom.Genre : Action, Adventure, FantasyDirector : Matthew RobbinsActors : Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam
Hell Night
Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion, where they are stalked by the monstrous survivor of a family massacre years earlier.Genre : Horror, ThrillerDirector : Tom DeSimoneActors : Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Peter Barton, Kevin Brophy
Happy Birthday to Me
At the snobby Crawford Academy, Virginia’s group of friends start to go missing years after horrible events that happened to her as a child around her birthday.Genre : Horror, Mystery, ThrillerDirector : J. Lee ThompsonActors : Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Lawrence Dane, Sharon Acker
Clash of the Titans
Perseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.Genre : Action, Adventure, FamilyDirector : Desmond DavisActors : Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
A small town stud wants to go to Nashville and be a big country star. His ambitious kid sister works as his manager. When they cross paths with a small town sheriff, their dream comes in jeopardy.Genre : Drama, MusicDirector : Ron MaxwellActors : Kristy McNichol, Dennis Quaid, Mark Hamill, Sunny Johnson
The House by the Cemetery
A New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement.Genre : HorrorDirector : Lucio FulciActors : Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni, Giovanni Frezza
Arthur
Arthur spends his time with booze and whores. His dad has a wife lined up for him that he keeps rejecting – until it’s her or being cut off from $750,000,000. Then he goes shopping where he falls in love with a shoplifter.Genre : Comedy, RomanceDirector : Steve GordonActors : Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald
Butterfly
In 1937 Nevada, silver mine caretaker Jess Tyler is reunited with his teenage daughter Kady who will do anything to persuade Jess to let her have claim to the mine.Genre : Crime, DramaDirector : Matt CimberActors : Stacy Keach, Pia Zadora, Orson Welles, Lois Nettleton
An American Werewolf in London
Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.Genre : Comedy, HorrorDirector : John LandisActors : David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Joe Belcher, Griffin Dunne
Ms .45
A timid and mute seamstress goes insane after being attacked and raped twice in one day, in which she takes to the streets of New York City after dark and randomly shoots men with a .45 caliber pistol.Genre : Crime, Drama, ThrillerDirector : Abel FerraraActors : Zo? Lund, Bogey, Albert Sinkys, Darlene Stuto
The Fan
Douglas, a record salesman, is an obsessive fan of actress Sally Ross. When his letters are rejected, he strikes out at her and her loved ones.Genre : Drama, Horror, ThrillerDirector : Ed BianchiActors : Lauren Bacall, James Garner, Michael Biehn, Maureen Stapleton
Friday the 13th Part 2
Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant.Genre : Horror, Mystery, ThrillerDirector : Steve MinerActors : Betsy Palmer, Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King
The Beyond
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.Genre : HorrorDirector : Lucio FulciActors : Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale, Antoine Saint-John
Das Boot
The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror.Genre : Adventure, Drama, ThrillerDirector : Wolfgang PetersenActors : J?rgen Prochnow, Herbert Gr?nemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Condorman
Cartoonist Woody becomes the superhero he draws. Using his gadgets he helps a Soviet spy defect to the West.Genre : Action, Adventure, ComedyDirector : Charles JarrottActors : Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Barbara Carrera, James Hampton
Caveman
A caveman seeks revenge on a much larger competitor for the hand of a beautiful cavewoman.Genre : Comedy, RomanceDirector : Carl GottliebActors : Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long, Jack Gilford
Polyester
A suburban housewife’s world falls apart when she finds that her pornographer husband is serially unfaithful to her, her daughter is pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who’s been breaking local women’s feet.Genre : ComedyDirector : John WatersActors : Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson
Halloween II
While Sheriff Brackett and Dr. Loomis hunt for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to hospital, and the serial killer is not far behind her.Genre : HorrorDirector : Rick RosenthalActors : Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Jeffrey Kramer
Absence of Malice
When a prosecutor leaks a false story that a liquor warehouse owner is involved in the murder of a union head, the man’s life begins to unravel.Genre : Drama, Romance, ThrillerDirector : Sydney PollackActors : Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon
Eye of the Needle
A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband.Genre : Romance, Thriller, WarDirector : Richard MarquandActors : Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Stephen MacKenna, Philip Martin Brown
Wolfen
A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks.Genre : Horror, ThrillerDirector : Michael WadleighActors : Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines
The Cannonball Run
A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country road race. However, the eccentric entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks.Genre : Action, Comedy, SportDirector : Hal NeedhamActors : Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise
Porky's
In 1954, a group of Florida high-school guys try to help their buddy lose his virginity, which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.Genre : ComedyDirector : Bob ClarkActors : Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Roger Wilson
Carbon Copy
When a rich white corporate executive finds out that he has an illegitimate black son, things start falling apart for him at home, at work, and in his social circles.Genre : Comedy, DramaDirector : Michael SchultzActors : George Segal, Susan Saint James, Jack Warden, Dick Martin
Bloody Birthday
Three children are born at the height of an eclipse of the sun. Ten years later, they begin to murder the people around them – even their family members.Genre : Horror, ThrillerDirector : Ed HuntActors : Lori Lethin, Melinda Cordell, Julie Brown, Joe Penny
Excalibur
Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.Genre : Adventure, Drama, FantasyDirector : John BoormanActors : Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi
Ragtime
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.Genre : DramaDirector : Milos FormanActors : James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Brad Dourif
The Four Seasons
Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, parental and other crises.Genre : Comedy, DramaDirector : Alan AldaActors : Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Len Cariou, Sandy Dennis
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
When an ordinary woman is exposed to a unique mix of chemicals, she begins to uncontrollably physically shrink.Genre : Comedy, Sci-FiDirector : Joel SchumacherActors : Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson
Lady Chatterley's Lover
After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband’s consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.Genre : Drama, RomanceDirector : Just JaeckinActors : Sylvia Kristel, Shane Briant, Nicholas Clay, Ann Mitchell
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits.Genre : Action, Adventure, Sci-FiDirector : George MillerActors : Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps
Sharky's Machine
Tom Sharky is demoted to vice after a bust goes terribly wrong. He and his team stumble across a mob murder tied to prostitution and government.Genre : Action, Crime, DramaDirector : Burt ReynoldsActors : Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Vittorio Gassman, Brian Keith
Thief
Coming closer to his dream of leading a normal life, a professional safecracker agrees to do a job for the Mafia, who has other plans for him.Genre : Action, Crime, DramaDirector : Michael MannActors : James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi
Fort Apache the Bronx
In New York City, South Bronx’s main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.Genre : Crime, DramaDirector : Daniel PetrieActors : Paul Newman, Edward Asner, Ken Wahl, Danny Aiello
Firecracker
Femme fatale martial arts expert teaches the mafia a lesson.Genre : Action, Drama, ThrillerDirector : Cirio H. SantiagoActors : Jillian Kesner, Darby Hinton, Rey Malonzo, Ken Metcalfe
Gallipoli
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.Genre : Adventure, Drama, HistoryDirector : Peter WeirActors : Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins
Knightriders
A medieval reenactment troupe find it increasingly difficult to keep their family-like group together, with pressure from local law enforcement, interest from entertainment agents and a growing sense of delusion from their leader.Genre : Action, DramaDirector : George A. RomeroActors : Ed Harris, Gary Lahti, Tom Savini, Amy Ingersoll
S.O.B.
A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.Genre : Comedy, DramaDirector : Blake EdwardsActors : Julie Andrews, William Holden, Marisa Berenson, Larry Hagman
The Burning
A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.Genre : HorrorDirector : Tony MaylamActors : Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer, Larry Joshua
The Hand
A comic book artist loses his hand, which in turn takes on a murderous life of its own.Genre : Drama, Horror, ThrillerDirector : Oliver StoneActors : Michael Caine, Andrea Marcovicci, Annie McEnroe, Bruce McGill
Galaxy of Terror
Science fiction suspense thriller, in which a rescue space ship crew meets up with horrors projected by their own imaginations.Genre : Action, Adventure, HorrorDirector : Bruce D. ClarkActors : Edward Albert, Erin Moran, Ray Walston, Bernard Behrens
Time Bandits
A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.Genre : Adventure, Comedy, FantasyDirector : Terry GilliamActors : Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, John Cleese, Katherine Helmond
The Last Shark
James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area.Genre : HorrorDirector : Enzo G. CastellariActors : James Franciscus, Vic Morrow, Micaela Pignatelli, Joshua Sinclair
Looker
Three of four models, who had plastic surgery done by Larry after a computed list, are dead. Neither the cops nor Larry believe they’re suicides. Larry investigates and stays with the fourth model. Who’s behind the lists and murders?Genre : Drama, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector : Michael CrichtonActors : Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey, Leigh Taylor-Young
Heavy Metal
A glowing green orb – which embodies ultimate evil – terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.Genre : Animation, Adventure, FantasyDirector : Gerald PottertonActors : John Bruno, John Halas, Julian Harris, Jimmy T. Murakami
Body Heat
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman persuades her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.Genre : Crime, Drama, RomanceDirector : Lawrence KasdanActors : William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson
History of the World: Part I
Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.Genre : Comedy, History, MusicalDirector : Mel BrooksActors : Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn
The Loveless
Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.Genre : DramaDirector : Kathryn BigelowActors : Monty Montgomery, Willem Dafoe, J. Don Ferguson, Robert Gordon
Prince of the City
A New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption, and soon realises he’s in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.Genre : Crime, DramaDirector : Sidney LumetActors : Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.Genre : Crime, Drama, RomanceDirector : Bob RafelsonActors : Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner
Taps
Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.Genre : DramaDirector : Harold BeckerActors : George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Ronny Cox, Sean Penn
Reds
A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.Genre : Biography, Drama, HistoryDirector : Warren BeattyActors : Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski
Deadly Blessing
After her husband dies under mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her.Genre : Horror, ThrillerDirector : Wes CravenActors : Maren Jensen, Sharon Stone, Susan Buckner, Jeff East
On Golden Pond
Norman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea’s new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.Genre : DramaDirector : Mark RydellActors : Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon
Victory
As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team’s escape.Genre : Drama, Sport, WarDirector : John HustonActors : Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Pel?, Bobby Moore
One from the Heart
A couple has a fight after living together 5 years in Las Vegas. They go out and celebrate 4th of July, each with a new partner. Breakup?Genre : Drama, Musical, RomanceDirector : Francis Ford CoppolaActors : Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia, Nastassja Kinski
Dead & Buried
A suspense horror film set in a small coastal town where, after a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses begin to come back to life.Genre : Horror, MysteryDirector : Gary ShermanActors : James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, Dennis Redfield
Stripes
Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.Genre : Comedy, WarDirector : Ivan ReitmanActors : Bill Murray, John Candy, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates
The Great Muppet Caper
Kermit the Frog, The Great Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.Genre : Adventure, Comedy, CrimeDirector : Jim HensonActors : Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson
Inseminoid
A crew of interplanetary archaeologists is threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members, causing her to turn homicidal and murder them one by one.Genre : Horror, Sci-FiDirector : Norman J. WarrenActors : Robin Clarke, Jennifer Ashley, Stephanie Beacham, Steven Grives
Scanners
A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him.Genre : Horror, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector : David CronenbergActors : Jennifer O’Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane
Possession
A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.Genre : Drama, HorrorDirector : Andrzej ZulawskiActors : Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent
The Skin
After the Allies liberate Naples in 1943, the life for the locals is not much easier, especially for women. Many sacrifice their dignity and morale to survive.Genre : Drama, WarDirector : Liliana CavaniActors : Marcello Mastroianni, Ken Marshall, Alexandra King, Carlo Giuffr
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