Movie List for "1981"

Bukit Kepong (1981) Drama History Movie

Bukit Kepong is an adaptation from Bukit Kepong incident that was an armed encounter which took place on 23 February 1950 between the Federation of Malaya Police and the gunmens of Malayan Communist Party during the Malayan Emergency Year 1981.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Jins Shamsuddin
Writer: N/A
Actors: Suhaina Yahya, Jamaliah Arshad, Hussein Abu Hassan

Mandala (1981) Drama Movie

A story that follows the lives and interactions of two Buddhist monks living in South Korea. Year 1981.

Generes: Drama
Director: Kwon-taek Im
Writer: Song-dong Kim, Sang-hyon Lee, Kil-han Song
Actors: Sung-Ki Ahn, Moo-Song Jeon, Jong-su Kim

Foo ji ching (1981) Drama Movie

A young man dreamed of a career in comics and movies. But his father would rather gave up all he had in order to let him receive formal education. Year 1981.

Generes: Drama
Director: Allen Fong
Writer: Chui Chan, Alfred Cheung, Pik-Wah Lee
Actors: Lei Shih, Hong Zhu, Wai-Man Yung

Deprisa, deprisa (1981) Crime Drama Movie

Angela begins to hang around with Pablo and his gang of young robbers. Year 1981.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Carlos Saura
Writer: Carlos Saura
Actors: Berta Socuéllamos, Jose Antonio Valdelomar González, Jesús Arias

Bodas de sangre (1981) Drama Music Romance Movie

A group of dancers puts Lorca’s ‘Blood Wedding’ on stage, the tragic play about a married man who is still in love with his ex-girlfriend, and tries to reunite with her despite her planned wedding. Year 1981.

Generes: Drama, Music, Romance
Director: Carlos Saura
Writer: Antonio Gades, Federico García Lorca, Alfredo Mañas
Actors: Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos, Juan Antonio Jiménez

Das Boot (1981) Adventure Drama Thriller War Movie

The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror. Year 1981.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Writer: Wolfgang Petersen (screenplay), Lothar G. Buchheim (novel)
Actors: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) Crime Drama Romance Thriller Movie

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband. Year 1981.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: Bob Rafelson
Writer: James M. Cain (novel), David Mamet (screenplay)
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner

Fruits of Passion (1981) Drama Movie

A girl loves an older man. He demands that she goes in a brothel, as evidence that she loves him. Year 1981.

Generes: Drama
Director: Shûji Terayama
Writer: Dominique Aury (novel), Shûji Terayama (adaptation), Rio Kishida (adaptation), Dominique Aury (text)
Actors: Isabelle Illiers, Klaus Kinski, Arielle Dombasle, Pîtâ

Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (1981) Comedy Drama History Movie

The arrival of a hussar regiment stirs a small town into life. The love of cornet Pletnev for the young actress Nastenka unexpectedly intertwines with the machinations of Merzlyayev, an … Year 1981.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, History
Director: Eldar Ryazanov
Writer: Grigori Gorin, Eldar Ryazanov
Actors: Evgeniy Leonov, Oleg Basilashvili, Valentin Gaft, Georgiy Burkov

Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1981) Drama Romance Movie

After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband’s consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs. Year 1981.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Just Jaeckin
Writer: Marc Behm, Just Jaeckin, D.H. Lawrence (novel), Christopher Wicking
Actors: Sylvia Kristel, Shane Briant, Nicholas Clay, Ann Mitchell

Separate Ways (1981) Drama Movie

A wife unhappy in her marriage begins an affair with an art student, unaware that her husband, a race driver, is also having an affair. Year 1981.

Generes: Drama
Director: Howard Avedis
Writer: Leah Appet (screenplay), Leah Appet (story), Howard Avedis (story), Marlene Schmidt (story)
Actors: Karen Black, Tony Lo Bianco, Arlene Golonka, Monte Markham

Body Heat (1981) Crime Drama Romance Thriller Movie

In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman persuades her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband. Year 1981.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Writer: Lawrence Kasdan
Actors: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson

Caligula and Messalina (1981) Action Adventure Biography Drama History Movie

The seductive Messalina (Betty Roland) will stop at nothing to become the most powerful woman in Rome. Gaining the attention of the Emperor Caligula (Gino Turini), she soon finds herself at… Year 1981.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Director: Bruno Mattei, Antonio Passalia, Jean-Jacques Renon(co-director)
Writer: Antonio Passalia
Actors: Vladimir Brajovic, Betty Roland, Françoise Blanchard, Raul Cabrera

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981–) Crime Mystery Movie

When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in his country house, Dr James Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes for help to save Sir Henry Baskerville, the only known heir, from the curse that haunts Baskerville family. Year 1981–.

Generes: Crime, Mystery
Director: Igor Maslennikov
Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle (novel), Igor Maslennikov, Yuri Veksler
Actors: Vasiliy Livanov

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Action Adventure Movie

In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler’s Nazis can obtain its awesome powers. Year 1981.

Generes: Action, Adventure
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay by), George Lucas (story by), Philip Kaufman (story by)
Actors: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey