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Escape from New YorkEscape from New York (1981) Recommended
Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine…
1997 New York is a huge maximum–security prison where the President's plane just happens to crash! Futuristic actioner notable for its sardonic…
EurekaEureka (1981)
Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Nicolas Roeg…
Irishman Gene Hackman strikes it rich in Alaska, and retires to his own Carribean island for family fights with flaky son–in–law Rutger…
Evil Dead, TheEvil Dead, The (1981) Recommended
Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Bruce Campbell
Made on a budget of less than $100,000, this explosive splatter movie takes gore to the very limits. Colossal amounts of tomato sauce fill the screen…
Evil Under the SunEvil Under the Sun (1981)
Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely…
Murder at a resort hotel, with Peter Ustinov as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. An all–star cast and top production values, with sun and sea…
ExcaliburExcalibur (1981)
Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson, Nicholas Clay…
The King Arthur legend is given a fanciful, dynamic spin by a director at his creative peak in an epic fantasy tale of sorcery and magic.
Eye of the NeedleEye of the Needle (1981)
Dir. Richard Marquand
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove
Donald Sutherland plays a German agent with a deadly secret in this above–average WW2 suspense yarn that builds to an impressive,…
Fall Guy, The (TV Series)Fall Guy, The (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas
Post–SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN vehicle for Lee Majors, with the burly TV star balancing freelance work as a bounty hunter with a day job as a…
Final Conflict, TheFinal Conflict, The (The Omen III) (1981)
Dir. Graham Baker
Feat. Sam Neill
Anti–christ Damien Thorn is now a 33–year–old corporate tycoon planning a diabolical takeover bid. This installment has the…
Fine Romance, A (TV Series)Fine Romance, A (TV Series) (1981-1984)
Feat. Judi Dench, Michael Williams
Dame Judi Dench stars opposite her real–life husband, Michael Williams, in this touching Britcom about middle–aged romance between two…
Flame Trees of Thika, The (TV Mini Series)Flame Trees of Thika, The (TV Mini Series) (1981)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Hayley Mills, Ben Cross
A nostalgic and wonderfully–photographed adaptation of Elspeth Huxley's memoir of growing up in Kenya in the 1910s, where her well–off…

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