Body Heat (1981)
Synopsis: A second-rate lawyer, Ned Racine (William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman), begins a clandestine love affair with a shifty businessman’s wife, Matty Walker (Kathleen Turner, Romancing The Stone). […]
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Caveman (1981)
Synopsis: One zillion years ago, meekly caveman Atouk (Ringo Starr, A Hard Day’s Night) is constantly humiliated by his tribe’s leader, the mighty Tonda (John Matuszak, The Goonies). To make […]
Pennies from Heaven (1981)
Synopsis: Inspired by the romantic songs of the Great Depression, an unhappily married travelling music salesman (Steve Martin, The Man With Two Brains) dumps his aloof wife (Jessica Harper, Dario […]
Eyes of a Stranger (1981)
Synopsis: A TV newswoman (Lauren Tewes, TV’s The Love Boat) suspects that a man (John DiSanti, The Presidio) from her apartment building is a serial killer. Undeterred by the lack of […]
Only When I Laugh (1981)
Synopsis: A stage actress with a drinking problem, Georgia Haines (Marsha Mason, The Goodbye Girl), is determined to stay sober, but after her estranged teen daughter (Kristy McNichol, Just the […]
Dead & Buried (1981)
Synopsis: A small town sheriff (James Farentino, The Final Countdown) is baffled by a sudden series of grisly murders. Reaction & Thoughts: “I’ll take my secret to the grave.” Unfairly […]
Road Games (1981)
Synopsis: In Australia, trucker Pat Quid (Stacy Keach, The Long Riders) teams up with a hitchhiker (Jamie Lee Curtis, Halloween) to capture a serial killer. Reaction & Thoughts: “… it’s […]
Brideshead Revisited (1981, TV-Mini-Series)
Synopsis: An officer in the British army recalls twenty years of his friendship with a troubled aristocrat and his powerful family. Reaction & Thoughts: “I believed myself very close to […]
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981, TV-Movie)
Synopsis: In a small town, a posse of angry men kills a mentally disabled man (Larry Drake, Benny Stulwicz in TV’s L.A. Law) after he is (falsely) accused of hurting a […]
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Synopsis: Two young Americans, David (David Naughton, The Hot Dog: The Movie) and Jack (Griffin Dunne, After Hours), who are backpacking through England, are attacked by a werewolf. Jack is […]
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Synopsis: A young man (John Furey, Island Claws) opens “Packanack Lodge,” a training facility for camp counselors. There is only one problem: the camp is at a walking distance from […]
Eyewitness (1981)
Synopsis: A night janitor, played by William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman), discovers a body during his shift. He didn’t see anything, he didn’t hear anything, he doesn’t know […]
Outland (1981)
Synopsis: In the near future, a Federal Marshal, William O’Niel (Sean Connery, Dr. No), is in charged of security on a titanium mining colony located on one of Jupiter’s moons. […]
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Synopsis: When a British sea ship carrying a top secret encryption device sinks, M16 agent James Bond (Roger Moore, The Cannonball Run) is sent to Spain to investigate. Bond’s mission […]
Excalibur (1981)
Synopsis: During the Middle Ages, a young man named Arthur (Nigel Terry, The Lion in Winter) retrieves the mysterious sword Excalibur from a stone, and immediately he is proclaimed King. […]
Ghost Story (1981)
Synopsis: Four longtime friends (Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman) share a terrible secret that they are forced to confront after their lives are disrupted by strange […]
Rich and Famous (1981)
Synopsis: Liz Hamilton (Jacqueline Bisset, The Thief Who Came to Dinner) and Merry Blake (Candice Bergen, The Wind and the Lion) are college pals whose close friendship is put to […]
The Fan (1981)
Synopsis: A famous actress, Sally Ross (Lauren Bacall, The Big Sleep and Key Largo), becomes the object of a devoted fan’s pathological obsession. The psychotic admirer, Douglas Breen (Michael Biehn, The […]
Priest of Love (1981)
Synopsis: Tired of fighting British’s censorship, controversial author, D.H. Lawrence (Ian McKellen, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring), and his wife, Frieda (Janet Suzman, Nicholas and […]
Deadly Blessing (1981)
Synopsis: When a member of a religious sect, Jim Schmidt (Douglas Barr, TV’s The Fall Guy), marries outside his faith, his father (Ernest Borgnine, Marty), who is also the church’s […]
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