1981 Movies

Family conflicts and shady business practices lead to fratricide. And then...

Mexican feature film

The king goes out onto the streets of his kingdom to find out how his people feel about him.

A Hungarian band plays American rock & roll and blues hits with great enthusiasm and passion, but success seems to avoid them. TV and radio don't play...

Eurocrime/Poliziotteschi movie from 1981

A Special Guitar Summernight with John McLaughlin, Al di Meola and Paco de Lucia at the Loreley. August 30, 1981.

Sushil Kumar, a police officer, is charged with the task of apprehending a gang of kidnappers, who only target women. However, doing so not only threa...

Police officer Jensen orders the evacuation of a leading media group's office building after a bomb threat is made. There won't be any explosion, howe...

A 1981 documentary looking at the Cult following of the Rocky Horror show and introducing the sequel "Shock Treatment".

Douglas Davis presents his interpretations of The Maltese Falcon (1941),The Wizard of Oz (1939),and Napoleon in the triptych style of the finale of...

A Vietnam vet decides to undergo a sex change operation in the 1970s.

A wealthy landowner uncovers a bronze statue of Venus on his property. He asks an antique expert to examine the statue and confirm its wealth. Upon ar...

Monte Hellman's short portrait of Francis Ford Coppola discussing business and craft at home and on the set of his Zoetrope Studios.

An anthology of 8 and ¾ macabre and absurd jokes. Witty souls of the dead, genocidal animals, lethal sport performances, medical appointments. Each li...

"Afandi" is adapted from Xinjiang Uyghur folklore. The protagonist Avanti uses his ingenuity and wisdom to act for the working people and fight injust...

The second solo performance by the Dutch comedian Freek de Jonge.

The film tells the story of the everyday life of a large Italian family, the Villano family, who after returning five times to their homeland - a smal...

Helen is a professional tennis player and a lesbian. Her best friends are Rick and Sheila — both are in love with her, although Sheila has never confe...