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Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
Today it’s a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems and ingenious solutions that marked the construction…
The Prowler (1981)
Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay’s graduation dance, the sleepy town’s teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be…
Born to Be Sold (1981)
A social worker tries to break up a ring of crooks who buy newborn babies from teenaged mothers and sell them to couples who can’t obtain them through legal adoption…
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981)
The life and tragic death of the “Playboy” centerfold model/actress Dorothy Stratten.
Someday You’ll Find Her Charlie Brown (1981)
After Charlie Brown spots a girl briefly shown in a sports event broadcasting, he is smitten enough to go in search of her with the help of Linus. Unfortunately in…
Madman (1981)
Madman Marz, an old folklore legend who murdered his family before escaping into the woods, is inadvertently summoned to a campsite to finish the spree he started decades ago.
Halloween II (1981)
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where…
Saturday the 14th (1981)
After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book…
Roar (1981)
Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.
Looker (1981)
Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts killing…
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of attacking a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, only to be hunted down and shot by…
Nightmare (1981)
A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares is released from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.
Hospital Massacre (1981)
When Susan was a little girl, she rejected the Valentine of a lovestruck classmate. Decades later, she’s come to the hospital for a routine medical examination, and finds herself trapped…
Just Before Dawn (1981)
In the Oregon mountains, a pair of hunters encounter a machete-wielding killer in an abandoned church. Meanwhile, five campers arrive to examine some property one of them has inherited but…
Callie & Son (1981)
A fictional drama, covering a 30-year period, about a poverty-stricken teenager forced to give up her illegitimate son at birth, and the climb to wealth and power as the wife…
The Flintstones: Jogging Fever (1981)
After failing his annual physical, Fred wants to prove to everyone that he is in shape, so he decides to become the first citizen of Bedrock to enter the Rockstone…
Family Reunion (1981)
Elizabeth Winfield is a retired teacher, who desperately tries to keep her family together. While she’s traveling through the country and meeting her relatives, back in her hometown, a group…
Rollover (1981)
An Arab oil organization devises a plan to wreck the world economy in order to cause anarchy and chaos.
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
Wally, a struggling playwright and actor, reluctantly agrees to catch up with his old friend Andre, a theater director who disappeared several years prior in order to travel the world….
Soggy Bottom U.S.A. (1981)
In a small Southern town, the local sheriff tries to keep everything peaceful and under control.
Body and Soul (1981)
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 reality.
Coward of the County (1981)
A lifelong yellow-belly who made a deathbed promise to his father to be a pacifist seeks bloody revenge on the men who gang-raped his wife.
The Wave (1981)
A teacher conducts an experiment in an American high school where students learn how easy it is to be seduced by the same social forces which led to the horrors…
The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma (1981)
Wilma is a celebrity when she gets a shot at the big leagues and becomes a pitcher for the Bedrock Dodgers after nailing a couple of robbers with a melon…
Paternity (1981)
Buddy Evans manages events at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He is a confirmed bachelor who lives with his housekeeper Celia. After coming into contact with several children,…
Zoot Suit (1981)
Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez’s critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots…
Stations of the Elevated (1981)
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 moving portrait of late-70’s NYC,…
Galaxy of Terror (1981)
As a lone spaceship proceeds on its long voyage across space, the crew are surprised to encounter a strange pyramid form. Surprise turns to horror as one by one, they…
So Fine (1981)
While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight financial fashion success – the bottomless…
Only When I Laugh (1981)
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 the terrors…
The Boogens (1981)
Otherworldly creatures inhabit the bootlegging tunnels underneath a small town mining community, and they kill any of the townsfolk who invade their home.
True Confessions (1981)
A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.
Southern Comfort (1981)
A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live…
Raggedy Man (1981)
Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town in World War II. Her friendship with a sailor on leave…
Continental Divide (1981)
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
Mommie Dearest (1981)
Renowned film star Joan Crawford’s abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour.
Model (1981)
MODEL shows male and female models at work on TV commercials, fashion shows, magazine covers, and advertising for a variety of products, including designer collections, fur coats, sports clothes and…
The Evil Dead (1981)
In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they’ve rented for a weekend getaway.
Frightmare (1981)
Drama students decide to pay tribute to their favorite horror star by stealing his body from his crypt for a farewell party. They fail to realize their violation of the…
Don’t Go in the Woods (1981)
Four backpackers decide to take a hike in the mountains of Utah. But within the woods lurks a killer. But who…or what…is it? The lazy local sheriff blames bears. But…