1981 movies

Clash of the Titans (1981)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Laurence Olivier | Claire Bloom | Maggie Smith | Ursula Andress | Jack Gwillim | Susan Fleetwood | Pat Roach | Harry Hamlin | Judi Bowker | Burgess Meredith | Siân Phillips | Flora Robson | Anna Manahan | Freda Jackson | Tim Pigott-Smith
Directors: Desmond Davis
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By answering a seemingly impossible riddle, Perseus, the son of Zeus, wins the hand of the Princess Andromeda in marriage. Trouble appears in the shape of Calibos, the princess’s former love, and his mother, the Goddess Thetis. In order that the dreaded Kraken not be released, Andromeda has to be sacrificed and Perseus searches for the Medusa; her head is the only thing that can stop the Kraken.

The Final Conflict (1981)

Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Sam Neill | Rossano Brazzi | Don Gordon | Lisa Harrow | Barnaby Holm | Mason Adams | Robert Arden | Leueen Willoughby | Marc Boyle | Milos Kirek | Tommy Duggan | Louis Mahoney | Richard Oldfield | Tony Vogel | Arwen Holm
Directors: Graham Baker
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Damien, the anti-Christ, is a thirty-something CEO of a huge multinational corporation and the new ambassador for Great Britain (Scotland, England & Wales), but he lusts for control of the world. The Dark One’s only enemies are seven monks sworn to Damien’s destruction with sacred daggers forged for that one purpose. As the monks hunt Damien, he orders the systematic elimination of recently born boys, who he believes are the Second Coming of Christ. Will good or evil triumph?

Time Bandits (1981)

Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: John Cleese | Sean Connery | Ian Holm | Michael Palin | Ralph Richardson | Peter Vaughan | David Warner | David Rappaport | Kenny Baker | Malcolm Dixon | Mike Edmonds | Jack Purvis | Tiny Ross | Craig Warnock | David Daker
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A young boy’s wardrobe contains a time hole. Through this hole an assortment of short people (i.e. dwarfs) come while escaping from their master, the supreme being. They take Kevin with them on their adventures through time from Napoleonic times to the Middle Ages to the early 1900s, to the time of Legends and the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness where they confront Evil.

American Werewolf in London, An (1981)

Monday, April 28th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Romance | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: David Naughton | Jenny Agutter | Griffin Dunne | John Woodvine | Lila Kaye | Joe Belcher | David Schofield | Brian Glover | Rik Mayall | Sean Baker | Paddy Ryan | Anne-Marie Davies | Frank Oz | Don McKillop | Paul Kember
Directors: John Landis
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Two American students are on a walking tour of England and are attacked by a Werewolf. One is killed, the other is mauled. The Werewolf is killed, but reverts to it’s human form, and the townspeople are able to deny it’s existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on 4 feet at first, but then finds that his friend and other recent victims appear to him, demanding that he find a way to die to release them from their curse, being trapped between worlds because of their unnatural death.

The Evil Dead (1981)

Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Bruce Campbell | Ellen Sandweiss | Richard DeManincor | Betsy Baker | Theresa Tilly | Philip A. Gillis | Dorothy Tapert | Cheryl Guttridge | Barbara Carey | David Horton | Wendall Thomas | Don Long | Stu Smith
Directors: Sam Raimi
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Five friends go up to a cabin in the woods where they find unspeakable evil lurking in the forest. They find the Necronomicon and the taped translation of the text. Once the tape is played, the evil is released. One by one, the teens become deadly zombies. With only one remaining, it is up to him to survive the night and battle the evil dead.

Taps (1981)

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: George C. Scott | Timothy Hutton | Ronny Cox | Sean Penn | Tom Cruise | Brendan Ward | Evan Handler | John P. Navin Jr. | Billy Van Zandt | Giancarlo Esposito | Donald Kimmel | Tim Wahrer | Tim Riley | Jeff Rochlin | Rusty Jacobs
Directors: Harold Becker
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An announcement that the venerable Bunker Hill Military Academy, a 141 year old institute, is to be torn down and replaced with condos sets off the young cadets led by their stodgy commander (George C. Scott). Under the command of a student cadet major (Timothy Hutton), the cadets seize the campus, refuse entry of the construction crews and ultimately confront the real military.

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Mel Gibson | Bruce Spence | Vernon Wells
Directors: George Miller
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Max is travelling in a post apocalypse Australia where Gasoline is the most valuable commodity. He becomes involved in a struggle between bandits and a town that has build defenses around a small refinery. He must cross the no man’s land several times to allow them to make a dash for freedom, pursued by the bandits in their vehicles.

007 For Your Eyes Only (1981)

Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Roger Moore | Carole Bouquet | Topol | Lynn-Holly Johnson | Julian Glover | Cassandra Harris | Jill Bennett | Michael Gothard | John Wyman | Jack Hedley | Lois Maxwell | Desmond Llewelyn | Geoffrey Keen | Walter Gotell | James Villiers
Directors: John Glen
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James Bond Adventure. A British spy-ship, the St. Georges, accidently hits a mine and sinks near a Warsaw Pact country. On aboard is ATAC, a communications device that could order Western subs to attack friendly areas. 007 is sent to recover the ATAC and the Russians, interested in getting ATAC, send a message to their local “contact”. Bond’s investigations leads to Greece and he meets Melina Havelock, out for revenge, as the “Contact” has had her parents murdered. Bond also meets Aristotle Kristatos and Milos Colombo (known as “The Dove”) and evidence leads that one of them is the Russian’s “Contact” but both accuses the other. Melina and Bond sets out to recover the ATAC and not only goes up against the “Contract” but also against Bibi, a young ice-skater, who has a major crush on 007…