Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Quartet (1981)- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Isabelle Adjani, Alan Bates, Maggie Smith… - Merchant–Ivory period drama, starring Isabelle Adjani as a young Parisian who moves in with an older couple following the arrest of her husband.
Raggedy Man (1981)- Dir. Jack Fisk
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard… - Texas–set drama led by Spacek (fresh from her Oscar winning performance in COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER) portraying a perturbed divorcee mother who…
Ragtime (1981)- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn… - 8–time Oscar nominated adaptation of E. L. Doctorow's novel which recreates a real–life murder mystery in ragtime–era America…
Reds (1981)- Dir. Warren Beatty
Feat. Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson - A provocative political saga about an American journalist's involvement with communism, the Russian revolution and the love of a like–minded…
Rich and Famous (1981)- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, Meg Ryan - Seasoned 'women's' director George Cukor remakes OLD ACQUAINTANCES in his final film, about two close friends turned literary rivals. A far cry from…
S.O.B. (1981)- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Julie Andrews, William Holden, Richard Mulligan… - Blake Edwards' satire of the film industry and Hollywood society in which a movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by…
Sense and Sensibility (1981)- Dir. Rodney Bennett
Feat. Irene Richards, Tracey Childs, Diana Fairfax… - Two sisters search for love, happiness and a way out of financial strife. From Jane Austen's novel, this was filmed by the BBC on location in Dorset…
Shoot the Moon (1981)- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Diane Keaton, Albert Finney, Peter Weller… - A devastating account of a marital breakdown between Diane Keaton and Albert Finney and the impact it has on their four daughters.
Smash Palace (1981)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Grier Robson - One of local cinema's finest hours is this rural tale of a brusque auto–mechanic (Bruno Lawrence) whose estrangement from his family leads him…
Take a Letter Mr. Jones (TV Series) (1981)- Feat. John Inman, Rula Lenska, Miriam Margolyes
- British sitcom set in the office of a multinational corporation, where an exec juggles her hectic work life (and workplace sexual politics) with…
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