Subgenre Sampler
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Lola (1981)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf
- Shattering Fassbinder drama depicting an exotic singer searching for true happiness and survival in post–war Germany. Fassbinder again excels…
Lonely Hearts (1981)
- Dir. Paul Cox
Feat. Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye, Jon Finlayson
- An off–beat gem about an awkward agency–linked romance between a middle–aged piano tuner and a shy office clerk.
Looker (1981)
- Dir. Michael Crichton
Feat. Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey…
- Sci–fi thriller written and directed by Michael Crichton that comments upon and satirizes media, advertising, TV's effects on the populace, and…
Loveless, The (1981)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Robert Gordon, Marin Kanter
- A brooding, fetishised love–letter to the motorcycle movies of the 1950s (THE WILD ONE et al), with a bike gang having a troubled interlude in…
Mad Max II - The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) (1981)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence
- Studio–backed sequel retains the integrity of the first while sprucing up the artillery, pyrotechnics and going for a more futuristic style.…
Madame Wang's (1981)
- Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Virginia Bruce
- Latterday Morrissey/Warhol production set around the politico–erotic misadventures of a German lad who stows away to New York City. Features…
Man from Snowy River , The (1981)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Jack Thompson
- Sterling entertainment in the old fashioned sense, this Western has both spectacle and a big–hearted story of a man who must prove himself to…
Man of Iron (1981)
- Dir. Andrzej Wajda
Feat. Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania
- Angry sequel to MAN OF MARBLE covers much the same ground with an alcoholic journalist sent to cover the Polish Solidarity strike and to discredit…
Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981)
- Dir. Robert Guenette
Feat. Orson Welles
- Orson Welles narrates and appears in this dramatisation of the prophecies of Nostradamus, many of which have proved to be alarmingly accurate.
Masada (TV Mini-series) (1981)
- Dir. Boris Sagal
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera…
- Epic mini–series set in the first century AD, where commander Flavius Silva (O'Toole) leads his army into combat against the remaining Jewish…