TV Movie Movies
The Executioner’s Song (1982)
In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long,…
A Charlie Brown Celebration (1982)
Several new different Peanuts sketches are featured in this TV special, adapted from the comic strip, including Peppermint Patty’s stint at dog training school and Charlie Brown spending time in…
Dreams Don’t Die (1982)
Two young kids in love, one young graffiti artist and the other a foster-child, find trouble on the mean streets on the other side of the river in New York…
Inside the Third Reich (1982)
A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler’s young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon Speer’s own monograph of the same…
Mae West (1982)
Biography of the curvaceous and sharp-witted actress who scandalized Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s-30s with her frank approach to sex.
To Alter the Image (1982)
A Woman Called Golda (1982)
The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel’s prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Ivanhoe (1982)
Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and…
Beyond Witch Mountain (1982)
After news of the boy’s amazing abilities surfaces, Tony and Tia are sent to go find him knowing that the boy must be from their world. They are joined by…
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…
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;…
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,…
Artemis ’81 (1981)
Paranormal novelist Gideon Harlax is drawn into a battle between the forces of good, represented by alien angel Helith, and the forces of evil, represented by Helith’s evil brother Asrael….
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….
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1981)
Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the…
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…
Skokie (1981)
A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois.
Troilus & Cressida (1981)
The bitter Trojan War drags on – the Greeks blame Achilles’ apathy for low morale, while Troy’s hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal duel. And after…
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…
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…
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…
Freedom (1981)
Talented musician and free spirit Libby chafes under the rule of her divorced journalist mother, so she seeks emancipation from her parents and hits the road, soon joining the ranks…
Antony & Cleopatra (1981)
Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to…
If You Go Down in the Woods Today (1981)
A Boy Scout troupe led by their scoutmaster (Sykes) is on a field trip to a seemingly-peaceful English woodland. However, the woods are actually teeming with strange characters, some of…
It’s Magic Charlie Brown (1981)
When Snoopy turns Charlie Brown invisible in a magic act, he has trouble changing him back.
The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981)
Jesse Hallum sells the family farm to see that his daughter receives the medical care she needs at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. The big city challenges him, though, especially when…
Miracle on Ice (1981)
The story of the 1980 United States Olympic hockey players, a group of amateurs from around the country who were whipped into a cohesive unit by controversial coach Herb Brooks…
The Munsters’ Revenge (1981)
The lovable Munster family finds their placid world turned into turmoil by the diabolical Dr. Diablo, the mastermind of an art heist using monster robots, including clones of Herman and…
The Intruder Within (1981)
When drillers on an offshore oil rig dredge up several prehistoric eggs, one man is attacked by what appears to be an unidentified deep-sea creature protecting them. Soon, strange symptoms…
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…
The Winter’s Tale (1981)
The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies. Leontes exiles his newborn daughter Perdita, who is raised by shepherds for…
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…
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981)
When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15-year-old cold case.
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.
Staying On (1980)
A british colonel and his wife decide to remain in India after the departure of the British raj in the 1940s.
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…
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…