1981

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The Brave Archer 3
6.4

The Brave Archer 3

Nov. 12, 1981

The Brave Archer 3

Guo Jing and Huang Rong pursue Yang Kang to Iron Palm Peak, where Qiu Qianren and the Iron Palm Sect is based. Huang is injured by Qiu in a fight ...
Stoney Knows How
8.3

Stoney Knows How

Nov. 11, 1981

Stoney Knows How

A visit with a master of the Oldest Art In The World: tattooing. Disabled by arthritis since the age of four, confined to a wheelchair, his ...
The Prodigal Son
7.3

The Prodigal Son

Nov. 10, 1981

The Prodigal Son

A rich man’s son believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son’s safety, ...
Willful Murder
7.5

Willful Murder

Nov. 07, 1981

Willful Murder

The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and ...
Troilus & Cressida
6.5

Troilus & Cressida

Nov. 07, 1981

Troilus & Cressida

The bitter Trojan War drags on – the Greeks blame Achilles’ apathy for low morale, while Troy’s hero Hector challenges one of ...
The Fall Guy
7.607

The Fall Guy

Nov. 04, 1981

The Fall Guy

Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers.
The Orchard End Murder
5.9

The Orchard End Murder

Charthurst Green, Kent, 1966. Pauline Cox accompanies Mike Robins to a village cricket match in which he is playing, but becomes bored and ...
Looker
6.1

Looker

Oct. 30, 1981

Looker

Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a ...
Quartet
6.2

Quartet

Oct. 25, 1981

Quartet

When her husband’s arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a strange couple.
Blood Wedding
7.5

Blood Wedding

Oct. 25, 1981

Blood Wedding

A bride elopes with her lover on the very day of her wedding. The groom follows the two lovers, and a knife fight takes place. The rivals stab ...
That’s My Boy
6.1

That’s My Boy

Oct. 23, 1981

That’s My Boy

That’s My Boy is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1981 to 1986. Starring Mollie Sugden, it was written by Pam Valentine and Michael ...
Rolling on the Road
5.6

Rolling on the Road

Oct. 23, 1981

Rolling on the Road

George is a washed-up middle-aged rocker, who divorces his wife and lives with his girlfriend, a soap massage parlor worker.
Distant Thunder
7

Distant Thunder

Oct. 23, 1981

Distant Thunder

A young man living on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in a residential area. Tomato cultivation is as doomed as his personal life where he tries ...
The Big Picnic
6.7

The Big Picnic

Oct. 23, 1981

The Big Picnic

Rysiek is an escapee from a reform school. Julek escapes the anger of a voluntarily fire brigade in a small town from which he embezzled. In ...
Tenko
8.214

Tenko

Oct. 22, 1981

Tenko

Based on real-life experiences, Tenko remains one of the most fondly remembered and acclaimed BBC dramas of the early 1980s. It follows a group ...
Son of the White Mare
7.8

Son of the White Mare

Oct. 22, 1981

Son of the White Mare

A horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and ...
Brideshead Revisited
8

Brideshead Revisited

Oct. 12, 1981

Brideshead Revisited

Charles Ryder, an agnostic man, becomes involved with members of the Flytes, a Catholic family of aristocrats, over the course of several years ...
Priest of Love
6.1

Priest of Love

Oct. 11, 1981

Priest of Love

Following the banning and burning of his novel, “The Rainbow,” D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and ...
Tattoo
5.2

Tattoo

Oct. 09, 1981

Tattoo

Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he is hired to body-paint several women for a photo ...
Ticket to Heaven
6.9

Ticket to Heaven

Oct. 09, 1981

Ticket to Heaven

David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and brainwashing to mold recruits into money hustling ...
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
5.3

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

Oct. 09, 1981

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

In a small Southern town, the local sheriff tries to keep everything peaceful and under control.
Body and Soul
4.5

Body and Soul

Oct. 09, 1981

Body and Soul

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 ...
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 ...
Vernon, Florida
7

Vernon, Florida

Oct. 08, 1981

Vernon, Florida

Early Errol Morris documentary intersplices random chatter he captured on film of the genuinely eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida. A few ...
Paternity
4.9

Paternity

Oct. 02, 1981

Paternity

A single man searches for a woman who will bear his baby with no strings attached.
Zoot Suit
6.7

Zoot Suit

Oct. 02, 1981

Zoot Suit

Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez’s critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon ...
Stations of the Elevated
7.1

Stations of the Elevated

Stations of the Elevated exposes viewers to an underground art scene- that is, one found exclusively on the sides of subways and train cars. A ...
Frankfurt: The Face of a City
6

Frankfurt: The Face of a City

Bored with her stuffy village life, teenager Susanne decides to run away to the bright lights Frankfurt, while her boyfriend does his military. ...
Danger Mouse
7.1

Danger Mouse

Sep. 28, 1981

Danger Mouse

Danger Mouse, the world’s greatest secret agent, and his side-kick Penfold work to foil the evil schemes of Baron Greenback.
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 ...