1981 Movies

Originally aired in 1981 and later virtually lost for decades, Sound Business is a UK-produced documentary about two British sound systems, the legend...

Parankimala is a 1981 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Bharathan and produced by M. O. Joseph. The film stars Sukumari, Nedumudi Venu, Acha...

Benjamin Britten's powerful opera Peter Grimes is considered to be one of the masterpieces of the 20th century. In this famous production by Elijah Mo...

Today, the only inhabitants of this environmentally inhospitable Pacific island are birds and crabs. Yet over 80 years ago, Clipperton hosted other vi...

One day at a holiday home for the disabled in Hammerdal, Jämtland, depicted in clay animation and with authentic sound from the home that the film tel...

A couple with baby try to re-unite after illegally seeking refuge in Hong Kong.

Jean Pierre, a young Parisian salesman, decides to go on vacation by hitchhiking at random. Taken as a jaguar by a rich man, he finds himself invited...

A story about a kid whose entire family was killed yet he escaped and found an amulet then seeks justice with the help of four beggars.

A documentary by Tony Palmer on English composer Sir William Walton (1902–1983),made shortly before his death. The film includes the only full-length...

An orphan girl meets a snake and it becomes her best friend.

Moscow mid-XIX century. Middle-aged provincial businessman Savva Gennadievich Vasilkov falls in love with local beauty Lidiya Yuryevna Cheboksarova. W...

Risking jobs, friends, family and the opposition of church and community, eight unassuming women begin the longest bank strike in American history.

A story of hurt pride, obsession, vengeance, and love.

Set in 1905. The story focuses on a young and inexperienced man in a revolutionary execution squad. He does his killing job out of idealism, and for t...

A small group of well-to-do vacationers go on a hiking trip into the woods. Foolishly unprepared to deal with Mother Nature and their situation, they...

Taiwanese movie

A young music journalist dreams of meeting his idol, Bob Dylan.