1981 Movies

Kwong and Ming, two boys from rural China, sneak into Hong Kong to get quick rich. But they are instantly disillusioned and they get into messy situat...

The film is a powerful condemnation of the political radicalism of the Cultural Revolution and shows how ordinary people were victimized during a deca...

Kurt Gerber is attending his final class and gets into trouble with the math professor, a frustrated self-assured petty bourgeois sadist. The duel end...

An undercover cop goes deep undercover to inside one of Hong Kong's most notorious Triad gangs only to find him getting consumed by a life of crime an...

A gala performance at Cirkus in Stockholm ahead of the International Women's Day on March 8, 1981.

Documentary about American filmmaker Abraham Polonsky.

In the sweltering heat a wife searches for men to satisfy her insatiable lust. But someone is watching… and learning.

Douglas Davis presents his interpretations of The Maltese Falcon (1941),The Wizard of Oz (1939),and Napoleon in the triptych style of the finale of...

Stations of the Elevated exposes viewers to an underground art scene- that is, one found exclusively on the sides of subways and train cars. A moving...

A play by Victoria Wood. Frances is 28, single and happy, despite ritual interrogation from her family as to why she's not married. Then she meets Jim...

A mysterious performance troupe led by a Leading Player tells the story of Pippin, a young prince on his search for meaning and significance. Taped at...

The Momskys are not only messy, they also need money. Cunningly, they plan to kidnap the son of a millionaire. But their scheme doesn't exactly go acc...

A comic mystery about Vasia Kurolesov who is trying to become a detective.

In this sequel to 1979's "Goldie and the Boxer," the ingratiating twosome, heavyweight champ and his 10-year-old manager, flee to California when a ve...

In the winter of 1944, chief of surgery at a small-town Czech hospital is suspected of Nazi collaboration by his community.

James Levine leads a remarkable cast in one of Verdi’s most enduringly popular operas and brings fresh insights to this beloved score. Ileana Cotrubas...

An animated special that presents highlights of the life of Daniel Boone, the famous American trailblazer -- from his early childhood years in North C...