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Tag Archives: 1980s
Choice of Arms AKA Le choix des armes (1981) Alain Corneau, Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve
Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey Read More »
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) Peter Weir, Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt
Guy Hamilton is a journalist on his first job as a foreign correspondent. Read More »
Hajji Washington (1983) Ali Hatami, Ezzatolah Entezami, Richard Harrison, Russel Case
Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori (Haji Baba) goes to Washington D.C. as the first Iranian (Persian) Read More »
Fight for Life (1987) Elliot Silverstein, Jerry Lewis, Morgan Freeman, Jaclyn Bernstein
Jerry Lewis plays an Ohio optometrist who has a six-year old daughter with epilepsy. Read More »
Hotwire (1980) Frank Q. Dobbs, Bruce Paul Barbour, Penny Bennett, Peggy Ann Byers
A hard drinking old man and a cocky street-wise drifter are blackmailed Read More »
Mirror of Death AKA Dead of Night (1988) Deryn Warren, Julie Merrill, Janet Graham, Ray Quiroga
An abused woman conjures up a spirit to take revenge on the men who have misused her. Read More »
Sweetie (1989) Jane Campion, Geneviève Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos
Based solely on a tea leaf reading, superstitious and introspective Kay believes she Read More »
Blanche et Marie (1985) Jacques Renard, Miou-Miou, Sandrine Bonnaire, Gérard Klein
A little town in the north of France, 1941. Blanche has three children. Read More »
The Man Hunt AKA La garce (1984) Christine Pascal, Isabelle Huppert, Richard Berry, Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Lucien Sabatier is a police inspector. One night, while he is on his round Read More »
The Icicle Thief AKA Ladri di saponette (1989) Maurizio Nichetti, Caterina Sylos Labini, Federico Rizzo
The director Maurizio Nichetti is invited by a TV studio to introduce a screening Read More »
Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983) Fielder Cook, Susan Blakely, Lee Grant, Royal Dano
Based on the fast and frantic life of actress Frances Farmer tracing her life Read More »
The Passion of Beatrice AKA La passion Béatrice (1987) Bertrand Tavernier, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Julie Delpy, Nils Tavernier
A warrior leaves home to fight in the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) between France and England. Read More »
Ratu Sakti Calon Arang (1985) Sisworo Gautama Putra, Suzzanna, Barry Prima, Amoroso Katamsi
The evil witch Calon Arang uses black magic and strikes fear in the population Read More »
The Moro Affair AKA Il caso Moro (1986) Giuseppe Ferrara, Gian Maria Volontè, Mattia Sbragia, Bruno Zanin
On March 16th 1978, the Red Brigades kidnap Aldo Moro, the former Italian Prime Minister Read More »