1981 Movies

Marko is a boy whose family finds himself in a difficult situation after his mother is severely ill. Although doctors perform a successful operation, the father abandons wife and son. In such a situation, Marko must be too early to grow up.

An adaptation for television by Trevor Griffiths of DH Lawrence's classic novel

Fran, the assistant to university professor Paddy, is about to turn 30. She is having an affair with a married minister's aide, Stephen. She returns home to the country town she grew up in and has a fling with an old flame, Alan. She also begins sleeping with...

A safety-focused documentary short highlighting the critical importance of reading signal warnings, maintaining machinery, and following proper operating procedures on construction sites. The film emphasizes how attention to both signals and instructions can p...

With soft curves and deadly cunning a widow and her two daughters take revenge for the killing of her husband who was the leader of their gang. Based on the novel by Azusa Katsume.

Mother tenth-grader Nadia gets married and goes to her husband. The girl remains single, and when come the holidays, heading South. The mother and stepfather, finding her at the resort, trying to persuade her to move in with them, but not so easy to convince N...

The style is relatively unchanged, but the images--press conferences, news events, disasters--convey his vision of the world in a new, direct, political fashion. Featuring startling footage of the City Hall riots after Councilman Dan White received a light pri...

Val Brosse, a private detective, receives Françoise, who confesses to him that she murdered her husband. The story is false, but Val, intrigued, decides to investigate.

John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfordshire, with the intent of turning it into the most celebrated Inn in England, catering to the brightest lights in London's literati.

By the end of 1980 I knew that I'd be entering the Ph.D program in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences at Northwestern University. In retrospect it's perhaps surprising that I'd satisfied all my course requirements in the Business...

This movie revolves around the story of an innocent girl (Nawal) who was married to a rich and possessive man who still wants her back after their divorce; however she meets a hair stylist (Shoukry) and falls in love with him. They get married but her first hu...

To anyone outside the Atlantic provinces, K. C. Irving is virtually unknown. Yet he is reputed to be the richest man in Canada, patriarch of a New Brunswick-based industrial empire involving oil, transportation, newspapers, lumber and much more. This one-hour...

Aspiring actress finds herself sidetracked from her goals when she gets romanced-up by her director. It's all downhill from there.

Gerry hires a car in Kaitaia with a stolen licence and travels to Invercargill with John, whose wife has just left him. The ultimate New Zealand road trip adventure.

Play about two elderly cancer patients suffering in hospital.

Several children from the Sofia district play in the street. Suddenly, one of them, little Vasco, disappears. The "consequence" that children accept begins as a game, but gradually captures their entire imagination. They go through stressful and dramatic situa...

Bishan loses his fortune while helping his friend Kishan in his singing career. Now successful, will Kishan return the favour?