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Subgenre Sampler

 
My Young AuntieMy Young Auntie (1981)
Dir. Liu Chia Liang
Feat. Kara Hui, Liu Chia Liang
Screwball comedy fits like a glove in this kung fu farce concerning a family inheritance and the sexual tension between a side–kicking Aunt…
Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians, TheMysterious Castle in the Carpathians, The (Tajemstvi hradu v Karpatech) (1981)
Dir. Oldrich Lipsky
Feat. Michal Docolomansky, Rudolf Hrusinsky, Vlastimil Brodsky
Cult oddity based on the Jules Verne novel The Carpathian Castle, a sci–fi horror story about a campy count who haunts a house overlooking a…
Naked Civil Servant, TheNaked Civil Servant, The (1981)
Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. John Hurt, Patricia Hodge, Colin Higgins
The life and times of homosexual Quentin Crisp, as drawn from his autobiography. John Hurt is a revelation as this courageous man who endured major…
NeighborsNeighbors (Neighbours) (1981)
Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Cathy Moriarty
Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi bicker over the back–fence in this suburban comedy.
Only Fools and Horses (TV Series)Only Fools and Horses (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Lennard Pearce
The highly successful British comedy series that made David Jason a star of the smallscreen, playing Del, a black–marketeer on the streets of…
Pacific BananaPacific Banana (1981)
Dir. John D. Lamond
One of the last Australian sexploitation–ers is set around a madcap airline and a pilot with an 'undercarriage problem'. Randy humour abounds…
PolyesterPolyester (1981) Recommended
Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey
Divine gives suburban neurosis a new meaning as a wife and mother of a whacked–out family living in Baltimore. The director's first…
Present Laughter / Star QualityPresent Laughter / Star Quality (The Noel Coward Collection - Disc 5) (1981-1985)
Feat. Donald Sinden, Ian Richardson, Susannah York
– 'Present Laughter' (81') Semi–autobiographical comedy following a self–obsessed actor as he prepares himself for a tour amid a…
Private LessonsPrivate Lessons (1981)
Dir. Alan Myerson
Feat. Sylvia Kristel, Eric Brown, Howard Hesseman
A slightly queasy mix of thriller and sexual drama, has a teenager (Brown) initiated by the family maid (Kristel) into the carnal facts of life, and…
Private Schulz Private Schulz (1981)
Feat. Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson, Billie Whitelaw
Gleefully macabre farce focuses on the scheming titular character who convinces the Nazis to mass counterfeit millions of five pound notes in a bid…

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