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Brideshead Revisited (Mini-series)Brideshead Revisited (Mini-series) (1981) Recommended
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick
Famous adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel chronicles one Charles Ryder and his relationship with the Marchmain family in England between the wars.…
Britannia HospitalBritannia Hospital (1981)
Dir. Lindsay Anderson
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Malcolm McDowell, Joan Plowright
Political allegory dressed as raucous Blighty comedy going all out, but it hasn't quite the magic of cult predecessors IF... and O LUCKY MAN!
Bunker, TheBunker, The (1981)
Dir. George Schaefer
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Richard Jordan, Cliff Gorman
Absorbing account of Hitler's last days spent hiding under Berlin with Hopkins giving one of his finest performances. Somber adaptation of James P.…
Burning, TheBurning, The (1981)
Dir. Tony Maylam
Feat. Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer
A proficient slasher in the wake of FRIDAY THE 13TH in which a former summer camp caretaker plots bloody revenge on the teenagers who accidentally…
Bustin' LooseBustin' Loose (1981)
Dir. Oz Scott
Feat. Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson
Comedian Richard Pryor produced, wrote and starred in this mad 80's comedy involving a criminal forced to help out the director of a school for…
Cannibal FeroxCannibal Ferox (Make Them Die Slowly, aka Woman From Deep River) (1981)
Dir. Umberto Lenzi
Feat. John Morghen, Lorraine De Selle, Bryan Redford
Prime example of the notorious "Cannibal" subgenre of Italian horror films, that creates a dubious mythology of its own as it exploits our mythical…
Cannonball RunCannonball Run (1981)
Dir. Hal Needham
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett
Packed with an absurd combination of stars, this trans–continental car race yarn is largely a vehicle for Burt Reynolds wisecracks and some…
CatsCats (1981)
The blockbuster Broadway musical authored by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, based on T S Eliot's 'cat' poems.
CavemanCaveman (1981)
Dir. Carl Gottlieb
Feat. Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long
Stone Age spoof in which a hairy Starr cavorts with various other grunting stars in a distant past ruled by dinosaurs. High quality production and…
Chariots of FireChariots of Fire (1981)
Dir. Hugh Hudson
Feat. Nigel Havers, Ben Cross
Despite all the Oscar glory, this tale of athletic derring–do in Edwardian England is a mostly lame–footed attempt to dramatise the…

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