Subgenre Sampler
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Brideshead Revisited (Mini-series) (1981)
- 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 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, 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, 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' 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 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 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…
Cats (1981)
- The blockbuster Broadway musical authored by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, based on T S Eliot's 'cat' poems.
Caveman (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 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…