1981

A documentary about George A. Romero’s films, with a behind scenes look at Dawn of the Dead.

Drama students decide to pay tribute to their favorite horror star by stealing his body from his crypt for a farewell party. They fail to realize their violation of the…

A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.

Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses to not…

Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly…

Military cadets take extreme measures to insure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.

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 word go it is obvious…

In this 1981 science fiction comedy, two domestic robots, played by Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters, develop feelings for each other and embark on a journey to explore the world…

Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Accompanied by an all-star jazz soundtrack, Sharky’s new “machine” gathers evidence while…

A colossal adventure odyssey that turns back the hands of time to the very beginning of man’s existence. 80,000 years ago, when man roamed the earth, he was exposed to…

A 9-year-old orphan named Rasmus escapes from the orphanage and encounters a wanderer known as Paradise Oskar, who enjoys singing and playing his accordion. Oskar brings a sense of joy…

A musical set in the great Busby Berkeley style. In Chicago during the depression, sheet music salesman, Arthur Parker, is trying to sell his products, but it’s not easy to…

The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney.Meet Sue, a teenage Australian girl in the late 70s, whose life mainly consists of doing what…

For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of…

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…

Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Tunes shorts and characters. This movie was released in 1981 by Warner Bros. and was produced by Friz Freleng. New…

In this gripping drama directed by Sydney Pollack, a businessman named Michael Gallagher, played by Paul Newman, finds himself at the center of a media storm when a newspaper article…

Set in 1954, a group of Florida high schoolers seek out to lose their virginity which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff…

Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.

In this charming animated film directed by Attila Dargay, the story follows the adventures of a young fox named Vuk as he navigates the challenges of growing up in the…

A masked killer, wearing 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…

Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of the media (if not the authorities). John Hargreaves stars as a criminal…

In this 1981 science fiction thriller, a plastic surgeon becomes embroiled in a sinister conspiracy involving a high-tech corporation that uses advanced technology to manipulate reality and control the public….

After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book…

After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where…

Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of attacking a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, only to be hunted down and shot by…

A schizophrenic patient, under medication, tormented by terrifying dreams, breaks out of the hospital and embarks on a murderous rampage.

Twelve year-old Jamie Benjamin is a solitary misunderstood boy in his preteens. His classmates pick on him, his neighbors think he’s weird and his parents ignore him. But now Jamie…

French secret agent Joss Baumont is sent to kill the president Njala of an African country. However, a counter-order is given before he can execute his mission and he is…

While receiving a routine check-up, a beautiful woman is stalked by a maniac out to avenge a childhood Valentine’s Day humiliation.

A scientist is experimenting with teenagers and turning them into murderers.

A two-bit promoter tries to take a women’s wrestling team to the top.

When a group of college students finds a mysterious book and recording in the old wilderness cabin they’ve rented for the weekend, they unwittingly unleash a demonic force from the…

In this 1981 film, the story follows the infamous hijacker D.B. Cooper, who parachutes out of a plane with a hefty ransom and vanishes into the wilderness, sparking a thrilling…

Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant.

A man has lost his sanity due to scientific experiments approved by the church, which also make him nearly invincible. He flees to America, where a priest follows him. Once…

In pre-Depression Kansas, two young lovers navigate the challenges posed by their parents and the rigid sexual norms of their time.

Otherworldly creatures inhabit the bootleg tunnels underneath a small town mining community, and they kill any of the townsfolk who invade their home.

While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight financial fashion success – the bottomless…

A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute

In this biographical film, glamorous yet lonely star Joan Crawford takes in two orphans, and at first their unconventional family seems happy. But after Joan’s attempts at romantic fulfillment go…

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat…

Millionairess actress-singer Marie Coleby (Deborah Couls) lives in a luxurious villa on a deserted beach. One afternoon following a TV commercial shoot at the villa she incites gardener Gordon Mason…

A thriller starring and directed by Alain Delon about ex-cop who is after a drug pusher gang.