Force: Five 1981
A martial-arts expert leads a team of fellow martial artists to rescue a senator’s daughter from an island ruled by the evil leader of a fanatical religious cult.
Buddy Buddy 1981
A hitman is bumping off the witnesses in a Mafia trial. Only one witness remains and the hitman checks in at a hotel with the aim of shooting the witness…
Sayônara, ginga tetsudô Surî-Nain: Andromeda shûchakueki 1981
It’s been three years since the destruction of planet La Maetel, but the Machine Empire is as great of a threat as ever. Teen Tetsuro, now a rebel fighter, learns…
Maeve 1981
Maeve (Mary Jackson) returns to Belfast after being away for several years, and she stays in the family home with her sister and father.
The Ondekoza 1981
This documentary narrates the beginnings of the founding members of ondekoza who are a group of young musician living communally on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture. They create the taiko…
Från och med herr Gunnar Papphammar 1981
La Chèvre 1981
When the accident-prone daughter of a French businessman disappears in Mexico and the detective sent down to find her returns empty-handed, the businessman’s company psychologist comes up with an unusual…
Body and Soul 1981
A young man struggles to become a boxing champ, but success blinds him. It is only through the love of his girlfriend that he is brought back to reality.
Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen? 1981
The Boat Is Full 1981
During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: “Our boat is full.” A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum:…
Quartet 1981
It’s 1927 Paris. Following the conviction of her art dealer husband, Stephan Zelli (Anthony Higgins), for theft for which he was handed a one-year prison sentence, Marya Zelli (Isabelle Adjani),…
Slow na boogie ni shitekure 1981
The Chosen 1981
Brooklyn 1944. Despite being the same age, having grown up within blocks of each other, and both being Jewish, late teens Danny Saunders and Reuven Malter don’t really know each…
Mephisto 1981
A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his…
Freak Orlando 1981
In the form of a “small theater of the world”, a history of the world from its beginnings to our day, including the errors, the incompetence, the thirst for power,…
All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution 1981
Mur murs 1981
Agnes Varda’s documentary on murals in Los Angeles.
E nachtlang Füürland 1981
A Radio commentator in Zürich, Switzerland, breaks the bonds of his dreary existence for one night in the company of a young woman only to realise at daybreak that he…
Frankfurt: The Face of a City 1981
Girl goes to the bright lights of Frankfurt when her boyfriend goes into the army; the seamy side of life is not as attractive as she expected.
Tarzan the Ape Man 1981
The Tarzan story from Jane’s point of view. Jane Parker visits her father in Africa where she joins him on an expedition. A couple of brief encounters with Tarzan establish…