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Subgenre Sampler
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman… - Iconic adventure movie catapults one Indiana Jones into a world of endless peril to retrieve the mystical Arc of the Covenant. Breath–taking,…
Shoot the Moon (1981)- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Diane Keaton, Albert Finney, Peter Weller… - A devastating account of a marital breakdown between Diane Keaton and Albert Finney and the impact it has on their four daughters.
Winter's Tale, The (1981)- Dir. Jane Howell
Feat. Jeremy Kemp, Anna Calder-Marshall - Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Alligator (1980)- Dir. Lewis Teague
Feat. Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo - Post–Jaws monster thriller, with giant alligator lurking in Chicago sewers. John Sayles script.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1980)- Dir. John De Bello
Feat. Jack Riley - Wanna–B–movie, that has the requisite half an idea, but fails to take itself as seriously as the true gems in this genre.
Deathwatch (1980)- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton - Cerebral drama set in the future about a media group who attempt to film the deaths of the terminally ill for public consumption.
- Divine Madness (1980)
- Feat. Bette Midler
- Before enjoying a string of Hollywood hits, Bette was queen of the outrageous live performance. From ballsy ballads to camp nostalgia, this film…
Falls, The (1980)- Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Peter Westley, Aad Wirtz, Michael Murray - One of dir. Greenaway's more trenchantly avant–garde works (think 'A Walk Though H' crossed with DROWNING BY NUMBERS), expanding his riddling…
Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)- Dir. Piers Haggard
Feat. Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren - Notable as Peter Sellers' last movie, but ranking close to the bottom of the Sellers canon for its fiendish forced humour and racist overtones.
Gloria (1980)- Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry, Julie Carmen - Rowlands is devastating as a gangster moll who runs from the Mob after taking protective custody of a neighbour's son, whose parents have fallen…
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