Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
36 Chowringhee Lane (1981)- Dir. Aparna Sen
Feat. Jennifer Kendal, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Debashree Roy… - An English spinster living out her twilight years teaching in India befriends a young couple whose motives might not be what she suspects. Tender…
Aviator's Wife, The (La femme de l'aviateur) (1981)- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Philippe Marlaud, Marie Riviere - A young student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and…
Blood Wedding (1981)- Dir. Carlos Saura
Feat. Antonio Gades - The first of Saura's hot–blooded flamenco dance films captures the preparation and performance a tragic ballet by choreographer/actor Antonio…
Choix Des Armes, Le (Choice of Arms) (1981)- Dir. Alain Corneau
Feat. Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu - Two disparate ex–convicts face difficulties settling into normal society. Boasts France's greatest acting talents.
Christiane F. (1981)
- Dir. Ulrich Edel
Feat. David Bowie - Absorbing account of the decline and fall into the Berlin's degrading drug and prostitution scene of two young heroin addicts. Features the music and…
City of Women (1981)- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni - Dir. Fellini pushes his fantasies to their zenith (or nadir), again with Marcello Mastroianni as the surrogate male. Falling asleep on a train, he…
Coup de Torchon (Clean Slate) (1981)- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle… - Mordantly humourous suspense set in dusty French Senegal, with Noiret playing a much–abused police chief who begins to have dreams of…
Das Boot (The Boat) (1981)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Jurgen Prochnow - Nail biting, meticulous and realistic account of a German U–boat's prowlings through the North Atlantic. The most expensive German film to…
For Your Height Only (1981)- Dir. Eddie Nicart
Feat. Weng Weng, Yehlen Catral, Carmi Martin… - Schlocky riff on the 007 franchise with pint sized ass–kicker Weng Weng as the world's smallest super spy, Agent 00, doing battle with mad…
House By the Cemetery (1981)- Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Paolo Malco, Giovanni Frezza, Catriona MacColl… - One of the most notable from the filmography of director Lucio Fulci is this haunted house movie in which the guests at a New England home are…
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