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Tag Archives: 1980s
World War III (1982) David Greene, Boris Sagal, David Soul, Brian Keith, Cathy Lee Crosby
In 1987, Soviet paratroopers drop into Alaska to sabotage the oil pipeline Read More »
Darlings of the Gods (1989) Catherine Millar, Anthony Higgins, Mel Martin, Jerome Ehlers
Biographical dramatization of the tempestuous marriage of actors Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Read More »
Carlos the Terrorist AKA Carlos el terrorista (1980) René Cardona Jr., Andrés García, Alicia Encinas, René Cardona III
After killing his underworld boss, a man turns to the CIA for help, but finds the opposite extreme of terrorism Read More »
Heatwave (1982) Phillip Noyce, Judy Davis, Richard Moir, Chris Haywood
A planned housing development in the mid 70’s designed for an upstart Cockney immigrant developer Read More »
The Wild Duck (1984) Henri Safran, Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Irons, Lucinda Jones
A loving family’s world is shattered by an old friend’s arrival, carrying a dark secret. Read More »
Across the Lake (1988) Tony Maylam, Phyllis Calvert, Richenda Carey, Robert East
This movie charts the last sixty days in the life of speed ace Donald Campbell (Sir Anthony Hopkins) Read More »
Haywire (1980) Michael Tuchner, Lee Remick, Jason Robards, Deborah Raffin
Based on autobiography of Brooke Hayward, daughter of famous Broadway producer Read More »
Growing Up AKA Xiao Bi de gu shi (1983) Kun-Hou Chen, Chun-Fang Chang, Cheng-Kuo Yen, Doze Niu
Growing Up was the film that “first attracted broad critical and popular attention to the movement” known as New Taiwan Cinema. Read More »
Strangers Kiss (1983) Matthew Chapman, Peter Coyote, Victoria Tennant, Blaine Novak
To help his actress girlfriend regain her confidence a Hollywood bigshot bankrolls Read More »
Ms .45 (1981) Abel Ferrara, Zoë Lund, Bogey, Albert Sinkys
In Manhattan, Thana is a timid and mute woman that works as a seamstress in the fashion Read More »
Love Massacre AKA Ai sha (1981) Patrick Tam, Kuo-Chu Chang, Charlie Chin, Ann Hui
The story of a young co-ed whose boyfriend turns into a demented stalker after the suicide of his sister. Read More »
Raggedy Man (1981) Jack Fisk, Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard
It’s 1944 in the small town of Gregory, Texas. Divorcée Nita Longley has been brought Read More »
Law of Desire AKA La ley del deseo (1987) Pedro Almodóvar, Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas
Pablo and Tina have complicated sexual lives. Pablo writes and directs plays and films Read More »
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986) William A. Graham, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Marcia Cross
This movie looks at the last years (not days, as implied in the title) of famous outlaws, Frank and Jesse James. Read More »