Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Chariots of Fire (1981)- Dir. Hugh Hudson
Feat. Nigel Havers, Ben Cross - Despite all the Oscar glory, this tale of athletic derring–do in Edwardian England is a mostly lame–footed attempt to dramatise the…
Cherry Orchard, The (1981)- Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Judi Dench, Bill Paterson, Timothy Spall… - BBC television drama based on the classic 1904 play by Anton Chekhov about the decline of the Russian aristocracy in general and one high–born…
Choix Des Armes, Le (Choice of Arms) (1981)- Dir. Alain Corneau
Feat. Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu - Two disparate ex–convicts face difficulties settling into normal society. Boasts France's greatest acting talents.
Christiane F. (1981)
- Dir. Ulrich Edel
Feat. David Bowie - Absorbing account of the decline and fall into the Berlin's degrading drug and prostitution scene of two young heroin addicts. Features the music and…
City of Women (1981)- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni - Dir. Fellini pushes his fantasies to their zenith (or nadir), again with Marcello Mastroianni as the surrogate male. Falling asleep on a train, he…
Coup de Torchon (Clean Slate) (1981)- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle… - Mordantly humourous suspense set in dusty French Senegal, with Noiret playing a much–abused police chief who begins to have dreams of…
Cutter's Way (1981)- Dir. Ivan Passer
Feat. John Heard, Jeff Bridges, Lisa Eichhorn - Low–key mystery set in the hazy South Californian boondocks, that gets under your skin in its own moody, mordant way. Story concerns lippy…
Duet for Four (1981)- Dir. Tim Burstall
Feat. Michael Pate, Wendy Hughes, Diane Cilento… - Wry Aussie dramatic comedy centres on wealthy toy manufacturer in the midst of a mid–life crisis, both his and his wife's infidelities and his…
Dynasty (TV Series) (1981-1989)- Feat. John Forsythe, Joan Collins, Linda Evans…
- Producer Aaron Spelling's lavish prime–time soap, conceived to capitalize on the huge success of rival, "Dallas", can't hide its status as a…
Endless Love (1981)- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Brooke Shields - Brooke Shields is the saving grace of this fiasco made of Scott Spencer's acclaimed novel about an obsessive teenage romance.
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