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PolyesterPolyester (1981) Recommended
Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey
Divine gives suburban neurosis a new meaning as a wife and mother of a whacked–out family living in Baltimore. The director's first…
Present Laughter / Star QualityPresent Laughter / Star Quality (The Noel Coward Collection - Disc 5) (1981-1985)
Feat. Donald Sinden, Ian Richardson, Susannah York
– 'Present Laughter' (81') Semi–autobiographical comedy following a self–obsessed actor as he prepares himself for a tour amid a…
Private LessonsPrivate 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 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…
Rodney Dangerfield - No RespectRodney Dangerfield - No Respect (1981-1995)
Feat. Rodney Dangerfield, Tim Allen, Bill Murray
Weighty retrospective of comic legend Rodney Dangerfield's hilarious career highlights, with collaborative appearances by other big name comedy acts,…
S.O.B.S.O.B. (1981)
Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Julie Andrews, William Holden, Richard Mulligan
Blake Edwards' satire of the film industry and Hollywood society in which a movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by…
Secret Policeman's Other Ball, TheSecret Policeman's Other Ball, The (1981)
Dir. Julien Temple
Feat. John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, Barry Humphries
Most comical and musical shenanigans performed for the benefit of Amnesty International in the second 'Ball' of the series. The Monty Python team…
Shock TreatmentShock Treatment (1981)
Dir. Jim Sharman
Feat. Jessica Harper, Cliff De Young, Patricia Quinn
Richard O'Brien and co. camp through the Rocky Horror premise again without the magic, but not without charm. Brad and Janet return as a…
Sorry! (TV Series)Sorry! (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. Ronnie Corbett, Barbara Lott
Ronnie Corbett, forty–something and with the world as his oyster, can't get a break in this memorable sitcom where his possessive mother (Lott)…
StripesStripes (1981)
Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates
In a moment of weakness and despair, a slobbish Bill Murray enlists in the US Army and spends the rest of the movie humourously regretting the…

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