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St. Helens (1982)
Centers on the events leading up to the cataclysmic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington, with the story beginning on the day volcanic activity started on March 20,…
Return of the Ewok (1982)
A mockumentary starring Warwick Davis, the actor who played the Ewok, Wicket W. Warrick in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and the Ewok spin-off films. Davis and…
Senior Trip (1981)
A group of graduating students from a midwestern high school comes to New York City on a trip to celebrate the impending end of school. The students include: Roger Ellis,…
Incident at Crestridge (1981)
A woman campaigns for and wins election as sheriff in a crusade against the ineptitude and outright corruption of the local law enforcement in a small town in the West.
Reds (1981)
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his…
Modern Problems (1981)
Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses to not…
The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold (1981)
Sent in search of a Christmas tree, cabin boy Dinty Doyle lands on a mysterious, uncharted Irish island where he accidentally releases a bad-tempered banshee from her pine tree prison….
Taps (1981)
Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.
Neighbors (1981)
One man’s quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted house next door. From the word go it is obvious…
Ghost Story (1981)
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley’s twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to…
Sharky’s Machine (1981)
Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky’s new ‘machine’ gathers evidence while Sharky falls in…
Heartbeeps (1981)
Two domestic robots fall in love and run off together.
A Chipmunk Christmas (1981)
Alvin learns the true meaning of Christmas.
Four Friends (1981)
A young immigrant comes to America in the 60s and is caught up in the counterculture movement which tests his bonds of friendship and love.
Pennies from Heaven (1981)
During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school teacher.
Dr. Black Mr. Hyde (1981)
A doctor in a Watts clinic takes his own medicine and becomes a monstrous white killer of hookers.
Child Bride of Short Creek (1981)
A dramatization of the true account of a fundamentalist sect in Arizona that practices polygamy, and a returning Korean War veteran’s rebellion against his father when he learns that the…
On Golden Pond (1981)
For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of…
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do…
Indecent Exposure (1981)
Tony Ross, a photographer by trade, uses his position and influence to seduce his beautiful, young models. But when his best friend Ted, who has just gotten divorced, turns to…
Genesis | Three Sides Live (1981)
Three Sides Live is a 1981 concert film of the Abacab tour by British rock band Genesis. It tied in with the double live album of the same name. The…
Frankenstein Island (1981)
A hot air balloon crew and a dog find themselves on an island with scantily-clad part-alien women, zombies, and other monsters.
Fire on the Mountain (1981)
A young real estate developer returns to his hometown to make a land killing but soon takes up the cause of a crusty old-timer in his struggles with the government…
Ragtime (1981)
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York…
Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker (1981)
Rejected by her lover, the only man left in Cheryl’s life is the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. She’ll stop at nothing to keep Billy with…
The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Tunes shorts and characters.
They All Laughed (1981)
New York’s Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women suspected of infidelity. Ladies’ man John Russo trails Angela Niotes, the elegant wife of a…
Absence of Malice (1981)
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it…
Skokie (1981)
A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois.
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)
A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains. Has Cooper succeeded in following a meticulous plan to disappear into…
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…