Eyewitness (1981)
NYC custodian Daryll Deever is a big fan of local news reporter Tony Sokolow, so he is intrigued when she shows up to cover a story at his workplace. There’s…
American Pop (1981)
The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.
Angel Dusted (1981)
Cautionary anti-drug film based on a true story about the effects on Jean Stapleton and Arthur Hill when their teenage son (John Putch, Stapleton’s real-life son) gets spaced out on…
Sphinx (1981)
Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs – murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy’s curse!
Eyes of a Stranger (1981)
A TV newswoman catches a pervert watching her sister who cannot see, hear or speak.
Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York’s infamous South Bronx. In the center is “Fort Apache”, as the officers call their police…
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention…
Fear No Evil (1981)
Brilliant and aloof teenager Andrew is always the butt of his classmates’ jokes — but little do they know that he is actually the demon Lucifer. As the evil wells…
All’s Well That Ends Well (1981)
Helena loves Bertram, but he’s of noble birth, while she’s just a doctor’s daughter. But Bertram is at the court of the King of France, who is ill, and Helena…
Night of Horror (1981)
Steve’s buddy Chris can’t understand why he’s reluctant to play in their band. So, one night at Steve’s house, he tells Chris a story about traveling to Baltimore to meet…
Death of a Prophet (1981)
After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death…and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed in. Despite death…
Home Sweet Home (1981)
An escaped mental patient steals a station wagon and makes his way to the Bradleys’ Thanksgiving celebration, where he plans to make them a little less thankful…
Kiss Daddy Goodbye (1981)
Two children who have psychic powers use them to avenge the death of their father, who was murdered by a biker gang.
Pippin (1981)
A mysterious performance troupe led by a Leading Player tells the story of Pippin, a young prince on his search for meaning and significance. Taped at Hamilton Place in Hamilton,…
A Day of Judgment (1981)
In a 1930s small town rife with lust, corruption and sin, a mysterious figure wielding a scythe arrives to cut an unholy swath of murder, madness, and moralizing that may…
Time Warp (1981)
After a long space journey, an astronaut returns home to his family only to discover that he has somehow gone through a “time warp” and is now one year into…
Warp Speed (1981)
A psychic investigates the disappearance of a space-shuttle crew and discovers an alien force present in the craft.
New Year’s Evil (1980)
During a live punk-rock New Year’s Eve TV programme, the presenter gets a phone call from a psycho calling himself “Evil” saying that when New Year’s strikes in each US…
Mr. Krueger’s Christmas (1980)
Willy Krueger, a lonely and aging widower, lives in a basement apartment with only his cat George for company. Finishing his work for the day as the custodian for the…
Borderline (1980)
Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter’s…
The Jazz Singer (1980)
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
Windwalker (1980)
An ancient Indian warrior who has reached the end of his life is brought back from his ‘death’ to save his family from a raiding party of enemy Indians in…
Stir Crazy (1980)
New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to…
Superman II (1980)
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton, who have the same powers on Earth as Superman, test the Man of Steel’s mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control…
The Competition (1980)
The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul’s last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance…
Pinocchio’s Christmas (1980)
As Geppetto prepares for Christmas, Pinocchio joins a puppet show to earn money for a present. There he meets and elopes with the beautiful girl puppet, Julietta, leaving Geppetto alone…
Below the Belt (1980)
A close-up look at the turbulent world of women’s professional wrestling as a New York City waitress decides to become a professional wrestler.
The Wild and the Free (1980)
Two scientists involved in chimpanzee research — one maintaining that the animals should be kept in their native habitat in Africa without human interference, the other trying to train them…
Falling in Love Again (1980)
Harry and Sue Lewis met in the 40s as teenagers living in the Bronx. He was an aspiring architect, she was the most beautiful girl in school, and both had…
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980)
The fugitives Burke, Virdon and Galen try to save the life of a human blacksmith and his son, whom gorilla leader Urko has threatened with death should his horse lose…
High Noon Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980)
Former Marshal Will Kane and his Amish bride, Amy, return to Hadleyville a year after he resigned and find the town in the grip of a bounty-hunting marshal and his…
The Boogey Man (1980)
A young girl witnesses the brutal murder of her stepfather at the hands of her brother, by mirror reflection. Years later, when the mirror is accidentally shattered, a dark and…
The Day Time Ended (1980)
Deep in the desert, a rural American family is forced to endure a night of inter-dimensional, extra terrestrial terror when a UFO appears over their home.
The Jericho Mile (1980)
A runner, serving a life sentence at Folsom Prison, works at becoming the world’s fastest miler and wins a chance to compete for a spot on the Olympic team.
It’s My Turn (1980)
A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father’s wedding and falls in love with her father’s bride’s son, a prematurely retired pro baseball player. She must choose between…
One Trick Pony (1980)
An aging rock star trying to put together a new album in the face of an indifferent record label and a talentless producer. At the same time, he’s struggling to…
The Man with Bogart’s Face (1980)
In this send-up of the Humphrey Bogart detective films of the 1940s, a man idolizes Bogart so much that he has his features altered to look exactly like him and…
Blank Generation (1980)
Nada, a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up and coming punk rock star, Billy. Soon she enters into a volatile…
Bloodeaters (1980)
After drug crops are sprayed with a chemical by a passing airplane, the growers of the crop are poisoned by the chemical and turn into zombie-like mutants.
The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy (1980)
The adventures of three Puerto Rican brothers scraping by while contending with the ghost of their dead father. The three brothers are tasked with refurbishing the house of Miss Malloy,…