Reishu quits a job on a US military base; while mulling over his future he catches snakes, sticks numbers on ants and gets village girl Nabi pregnant. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
La machine à découdre (1986) Jean-Pierre Mocky, Patricia Barzyk, Pierre Semmler, Comedy, Thriller
The insane Doctor Enger is obsessed with his plan to build a hospital to cure blind children. Read More »
Mr. Vampire (1985) Ricky Lau, Ching-Ying Lam, Siu-Ho Chin, Ricky Hui, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A ghost sucks the life-force out of a one of Uncle Nine’s student. The other is slowly turned into a vampire. Read More »
La vie et rien d’autre / Life and Nothing But (1989) Bertrand Tavernier, Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azéma, Pascale Vignal, Drama, War
January, 1920. 350,000 French soldiers remain missing in action. Major Dellaplane tirelessly matches the dead and the wounded with families’ descriptions. Read More »
Silverado (1985) Lawrence Kasdan, Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
A misfit bunch of friends come together to right the injustices which exist in a small town. Read More »
Frantic (1988) Roman Polanski, Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A doctor and his wife go to Paris for a medical conference. While showering, his wife disappears. Read More »
Poulet au vinaigre / Chicken with Vinegar (1985) Claude Chabrol, Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Mystery, Crime, Thriller
When a small town begins losing its citizenry in a series of grisly murders, out-of-town police inspector Jean Lavardin (Jean Poiret) is sent to investigate. Read More »
Inspecteur Lavardin (1986) Claude Chabrol, Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Lavardin is induced to investigate the murder of a province’s notable who was taking himself as the moral guardian of his village. Read More »
The Silent Lovers (1980) John Erman, Brian Keith, Barry Bostwick, Harold Gould, Drama
Follows the arrival of Greta Garbo in Hollywood, and her ill fated affair with fellow star John Gilbert. Read More »
Author! Author! (1982) Arthur Hiller, Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Comedy, Drama, Family
Playwright Travalian feels pulled limb from limb these days. He has a Broadway play in rehearsal and they want rewrites. Read More »
Suzanne (1980) Robin Spry, Jennifer Dale, Gabriel Arcand, Winston Rekert, Drama
An unhappy married woman has an affair with a violent criminal. She gets pregnant with his baby, but he gets arrested and goes to prison. Now what? Read More »
One Deadly Summer / L’été meurtrier (1983) Jean Becker, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon, Drama, Mystery
Eliane is obsessed by the violent rape of her mother back in 1955, the very incident which spawned her. Read More »
Mr. Krueger’s Christmas (1980) Kieth Merrill, James Stewart, Beverly Rowland, Kamee Aliessa, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Short, Music
An elderly widower relies on his daydreams and faith to get through a lonely Christmas.
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Ni luo he nu er / Daughter of the Nile (1987) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Lin Yang, Jack Kao, Shu-Fang Chen, Crime, Drama
The eldest daughter of a broken and troubled family works to keep the family together and look after her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime. Read More »
Zone Troopers (1985) Danny Bilson, Tim Thomerson, Timothy Van Patten, Art LaFleur, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, War
In Italy during WW II, a patrol of American soldiers discover a space ship that has crash-landed in the woods, and they come across its alien crew. Read More »