1981

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The Postman Always Rings Twice
6.6

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.
Possession
7.3

Possession

May. 27, 1981

Possession

A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he ...
Le Pont du Nord
6.8

Le Pont du Nord

Mar. 24, 1982

Le Pont du Nord

Marie is just out from prison when she runs into Baptiste, a young paranoid needing companionship. In their pursuit of a mysterious briefcase ...
Polyester
7

Polyester

Stretching from the Stone Age to the year 2000, Simon Schama’s Complete History of Britain does not pretend to be a definitive chronicle of ...
New Wave Lovers
4.2

New Wave Lovers

Jan. 01, 1981

New Wave Lovers

Freddy wants to be a star. He writes and performs his own songs, but has no record contract yet. He has an idea to form a group of back-up ...
Pennies from Heaven
6.5

Pennies from Heaven

Dec. 11, 1981

Pennies from Heaven

During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent ...
National Heritage
7

National Heritage

Mar. 26, 1981

National Heritage

After the death of General Franco, the Leguineche family leaves their estate of Los Tejadillos, where they have remained for decades in voluntary ...
Outland
6.6

Outland

May. 22, 1981

Outland

An honest marshal in a corrupt mining colony on Io, Jupiter’s sunless third moon, is determined to confront a violent drug ring even though ...
Tora-san’s Promise
6.5

Tora-san’s Promise

Dec. 28, 1981

Tora-san’s Promise

Tora-san returns to his family’s home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and ...
Tora-san’s Love in Osaka
6.8

Tora-san’s Love in Osaka

When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs ...
Only When I Laugh
6.4

Only When I Laugh

Sep. 25, 1981

Only When I Laugh

A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends as well as her needy daughter. She tries to balance ...
On Golden Pond
7.6

On Golden Pond

Dec. 04, 1981

On Golden Pond

For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family ...
Buddy Goes West
6.5

Buddy Goes West

May. 14, 1981

Buddy Goes West

Trinity series star Bud Spencer returns to the Wild West in director Michele Lupo’s comic tale of an outlaw drifter, Buddy, who is mistaken ...
Nobody’s Perfekt
4.5

Nobody’s Perfekt

Aug. 07, 1981

Nobody’s Perfekt

While everyone knows you can’t fight City Hall, there are those who, for whatever reason, can’t resist the challenge. Three slightly ...
Nightmare
5.6

Nightmare

Oct. 23, 1981

Nightmare

A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares is released from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.
Nighthawks
6.3

Nighthawks

Mar. 17, 1981

Nighthawks

When one of Europe’s most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
5.9

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

An aspiring country singer and his feisty younger sister/manager struggle to reach their dreams of Nashville stardom-as long as she can keep her ...
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
6.3

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

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 ...
Night School
5.6

Night School

Jan. 07, 1981

Night School

A Boston police detective investigates a series of gruesome decapitations of various college coeds, committed by a helmeted, black-leather clad ...
The Nesting
4.9

The Nesting

May. 01, 1981

The Nesting

A New York writer of gothic fiction finds her mansion full of ghosts from a brothel massacre.
Neighbors
5.5

Neighbors

Dec. 18, 1981

Neighbors

One man’s quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted house next door. From the ...
My Dinner with Andre
7.7

My Dinner with Andre

Oct. 11, 1981

My Dinner with Andre

Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory share life stories and anecdotes over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant.
My Bloody Valentine
6.2

My Bloody Valentine

Feb. 11, 1981

My Bloody Valentine

Twenty years after a Valentine’s Day tragedy claimed the lives of five miners, Harry Warden returns for a vengeful massacre among teen ...
The Munsters’ Revenge
5.9

The Munsters’ Revenge

The lovable Munster family finds their placid world turned into turmoil by the diabolical Dr. Diablo, the mastermind of an art heist using ...
Ms .45
6.8

Ms .45

Apr. 24, 1981

Ms .45

A shy and mute seamstress goes insane after being attacked and raped twice in one day. She wanders the New York streets at night in a sexy black ...
Montenegro
6.6

Montenegro

Oct. 09, 1981

Montenegro

Marilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she poisons the ...
Mystery on Monster Island
3.8

Mystery on Monster Island

A young European boy living in San Francisco is reluctant to marry his long-term girlfriend because he wants to travel around the world first. ...
Mommie Dearest
6.6

Mommie Dearest

Sep. 16, 1981

Mommie Dearest

Renowned actress Joan Crawford, at the height of her career, adopts two orphans — Christina and Christopher — to fill the lonely gap in her ...
Modern Romance
7

Modern Romance

Mar. 13, 1981

Modern Romance

A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love.
Modern Problems
5

Modern Problems

Dec. 25, 1981

Modern Problems

Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the ...