Subgenre Sampler
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Tenko (TV Series) (1981-1984)
- Feat. Stephanie Cole, Jean Anderson
- Memorable British drama in which a group of English women, shipwrecked while fleeing the invasion of Singapore in 1941, are captured by the Japanese…
That's My Boy (TV Series) (1981)
- Feat. Mollie Sugden, Christopher Blake
- ARE YOU BEING SERVED?'s kooky Mollie Sugden broke ranks with this batty British sitcom, in which she played the hired housekeeper of a young married…
They Call Her...Cleopatra Wong (1981)
- Dir. Bobby A. Suarez
Feat. Marrie Lee
- Singapore's top policewoman, the deadly Miss Cleopatra Wong, teams up with her Filipino counterpart to bust a counterfeit operation in this…
Thief (1981)
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. James Caan, Tuesday Weld
- Exhilarating, distinctive portrait of a criminal professional, here a safecracker played with wired conviction by James Caan. A scorching…
Time After Time (1981)
- Dir. Nicholas Meyer
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen
- Intriguing time–travel fantasy sees a young H G Wells (Malcolm McDowell), tracking Jack the Ripper from 1890s England to 1970s San Fransisco…
Timon of Athens (1981)
- Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. John Fortune, Tony Jay, John Bird
- Adaptation of the Shakespeare play about the overly generous citizen of Athens whose friends abandon him when he falls into debt. Forms part of the…
True Confessions (1981)
- Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall
- Roberts' De Niro and Duvall act their socks off as cop and priest who happen to be brothers. Conflicting loyalties come to a head through a…
Turkey Shoot (1981)
- Dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
Feat. Steve Railsback
- Vicious Ozzie cult film set in a future society where criminals are hunted in a controlled environment. Intended to make MAD MAX look like THE SOUND…
Urgh! A Music War (1981)
- Outstanding collection of live performances from the new wave/post–punk music scene of the early 80's. Cut from a myriad of concerts, the sound…
Victory (Escape to Victory) (1981)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow
- Implausible yet jolly entertaining WWII story has a soccer team of assorted POWs attempting to escape a Paris stadium during a match against the Nazi…