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Subgenre Sampler
Priest Of Love (1981)- Dir. Christopher Miles
Feat. Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner… - Ian McKellen stars as D.H Lawrence in this biopic, chronicling the author's tempestuous relationship with his wife Frieda (Suzman), and his battle…
Prince of the City (1981)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Treat Williams - A rookie cop is victimised and ostracised after blowing the whistle on a corruption ring in his own precinct. This epic, highly detailed treatment of…
Private Lessons (1981)- Dir. Alan Myerson
Feat. Sylvia Kristel, Eric Brown, Howard Hesseman… - A slightly queasy mix of thriller and sexual drama, has a teenager (Brown) initiated by the family maid (Kristel) into the carnal facts of life, and…
Private Schulz (1981)- Feat. Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson, Billie Whitelaw…
- Gleefully macabre farce focuses on the scheming titular character who convinces the Nazis to mass counterfeit millions of five pound notes in a bid…
Professional, The (1981)- Dir. Georges Lautner
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo - Action and humour alternate in this carefree Belmondo vehicle, in which the French larrikin plays a secret service agent out for revenge.
Puberty Blues (1981)- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Nell Schofield, Jad Capelja - Affecting teenage odyssey with Nell Schofield and Jad Capelja as surfing–groupies, learning to fit into a sex’n’drugs beach–scene.
Quartet (1981)- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Isabelle Adjani, Alan Bates, Maggie Smith… - Merchant–Ivory period drama, starring Isabelle Adjani as a young Parisian who moves in with an older couple following the arrest of her husband.
Quest for Fire (1981)- Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Feat. Everett McGill, Ron Perlman - Sci–fi set 80,000 years ago, it follows a tribe's attempt to replenish fire when it is stolen from them. Ambitious production makes the most of…
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)- Dir. David Hemmings
Feat. Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasence… - Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasance and George Peppard cavort on and over the South Island in search of a 'McGuffin'.
Raggedy Man (1981)- Dir. Jack Fisk
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard… - Texas–set drama led by Spacek (fresh from her Oscar winning performance in COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER) portraying a perturbed divorcee mother who…
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