Romance Movies
Cane River (1982)
A budding, forbidden romance lays bare the tensions between two black communities, both descended from slaves but of disparate opportunity—the light-skinned, property-owning Creoles and the darker-skinned, more disenfranchised families of…
Yes Giorgio (1982)
A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to a female throat specialist, Pamela Taylor, whom he falls in love with.
Smithereens (1982)
A narcissistic runaway engages in a number of parasitic relationships amongst members of New York’s waning punk scene.
Tempest (1982)
A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek…
The Pirate Movie (1982)
A comedy/musical utilizing both new songs and parodies from the original (Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance), as well as references to popular films of the time, including Star Wars…
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer’s course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive,…
A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982)
A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a randy doctor, and a free-thinking nurse spend a summer weekend in and around a stunning –…
Summer Lovers (1982)
Michael Pappas and his girlfriend, Cathy, are enjoying the white sand beaches of a Greek island as well as the freewheeling nature of the locals. When Michael meets Lina, who…
Author! Author! (1982)
A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4…
Grease 2 (1982)
It’s 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there’s a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and…
Victor/Victoria (1982)
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
A Little Sex (1982)
Michael and Katherine have enjoyed a long relationship together even before they tie the knot. But Michael does not hide the fact he’s a womanizer and sex addict, cheating on…
Silent Rage (1982)
A mentally ill man in a small Texas town goes on a killing rampage and is fatally wounded by police. When doctors use an experimental serum to bring him back…
The Secret of Yolanda (1982)
Making Love (1982)
A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when Zach confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.
Cannery Row (1982)
Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giving them both…
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame’s cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimodo’s guardian, the archdeacon of the cathedral, and…
Shoot the Moon (1982)
After fifteen years of marriage, an affluent couple divorce and take up with new partners.
Liar’s Moon (1982)
In East Texas, the summer after high school, Jack falls in love with Ginny, the daughter of the town’s banker (Jack’s mom’s high school sweetheart). Ginny’s been at boarding school;…
Foxfire Light (1982)
A spoiled rich girl used to getting her way comes up against a rancher who won’t be intimidated by her.
Stuck on You! (1982)
A couple with marriage problems goes to Family Court, where a judge takes them back in time to view lovers through the ages.
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…
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…
Heartbeeps (1981)
Two domestic robots fall in love and run off together.
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.
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.
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…