1981 Movies

This short documentary chronicles a four-month period between 1979 and 1980 when residents of Hawaii's Sand Island "squatter" community attempted to r...

When a man is hired to enhance a fashion show, he decides to go to a puppeteer and use Chinese puppets as accents to the models and the clothes. His i...

a comedy by funny man, Chiquito.

This is an atypical police film from 1981 and an opportunity to see a younger Kent Cheng playing a policeman.

Romantic tragedy, the story of Tristan and Isolde.

A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrat...

Depicting the turbulent life of truck driver Takashi, his fellow drivers, and the women he meets.

Falling Star is based on three stories by the contemporary Russian writer Viktor Astafyev and centers on a young soldier on the front lines who is wou...

An upper-class, late 19th-century dining room where a wealthy industrialist presides as "king" sets the stage for this version of "The Frog King," the...

The feud between the Medranos (poor but respected in the society) and the Sablantes (wealthy and corrupt) dates back to World War II where Joaquin Sab...

A mysterious man named Michael Allan Jones arrives in Prague to search for his ancestors. Specifically, he is interested in the year 1611, when a mete...

Many centuries ago, on the southwest coast of India, in Travancore, the art of kathakali dance arose, the most important place in which gestures occup...

Two ex-convicts are hired by the Devil to manage a small town cemetery.

This Bengali Feature Film centers around a socially conscious author reaching the end of his life and creative career. As his last wish, he decides to...

A young wife becomes pregnant, but the child's father is not her husband. Afraid to tell him, she leaves home, and meets an outgoing, free-spirited wo...

The events of the film revolve around the university student (Samia Abu Al-Saad),who is arrested because of her political activities. During her impr...