Cinematic Era: 1981 Vintage

Gianni Manera writes, directs and stars in this violent U.S. based story of Mafia members and Black gangsters fighting for turf.

A Georgian animation rarity that recounts the transition in the life of a musician who has decided to change his violin for a musical box, where a multicolored butterfly is witness to all the moments in the ephemeral life of this character.

An assessment of the 20th century's best known artist and his vast achievements through the insights and speculations of over a dozen participants. Filmed on the 100th anniversary of Picasso's birth at MoMA, Musée Picasso, Walker Art Center, Museu Picasso Barcelona. Featuring Henry Moore, Anthony Caro, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rosenblum, Clement Greenberg, Roland Penrose and others.

Upset by the death of one of her patients, Marie, a young nurse, decides to go in search of the relatives of the deceased. This is how she meets the gang of thugs of which he was a part.

Chakrapani (Prabhakar Reddy), a businessman, asks his son Gopi, a musician if he would marry his maternal uncle’s (Allu Ramalingaiah) daughter Priya (Jayasudha), but Gopi keeps declining this idea. Gopi falls in love with a girl Radha (Jayaprada) a dancer in Kashmir and he informs his parents by telegram that he has chosen a girl. Gopi promises to pay off the debts owed by Radha's father. But when Gopi reaches his home, he finds that his father has committed suicide due to bankruptcy and he expresses his last wish that his second wife and her daughter be taken care of.

Based on the True Story about the 'Care & Rehabilitation situation of the residents of 'Leumeah'in Australia and the case put forward and action that the residents took towards the media amongst other things to get attention brought to their cause in 1973.

It's a belief that money which were put into a dead man's mouth will be used by them in their next life when the dead has been disturbed and the money stolen, the dead will somehow get it back who ever took those money will have to face the consequences.

Mauricio and Alberto are friends and work in an insurance company. Apparently they have very dissimilar personalities, since Alberto is a hummingbird who lives courting as many women as he can and Mauricio is serious and lover of his wife. In reality, Mauricio maintains a hidden relationship with a vedette named Monica, who constantly puts him in trouble when he asks him to separate from his wife and go live with her. Alberto, aware of this, proposes to Mauricio that he pass his lover to him, and Monica becomes his stable lover. Mauricio and Alberto's women become suspicious and everything gets complicated, and they come to the conclusion that keeping Monica is very dangerous for both of them.

Kosmas has his views on women challenged when an old friend and his wife visit him.

The second sequel to "Ubu roi" (1965).

A series of vignettes is woven into a larger story in this first film to be written and directed by Juan Minon and Miguel A. Trujillo. A writer who works in a bookshop to earn a living meets a wealthy American named Kargus looking for talent to ensconce in his projected art colony in the Gilbert Islands. In order to convince the American to take him on as a good prospect, the writer promotes his own stories -- the vignettes seen in the film. One story is about a young man trying to impress his girlfriend with his new car, a car he indirectly borrowed from a rental agency. His efforts to hide the rental sign on top of the car lead to various comical posturings. Other vignettes are from the era of the Spanish Civil War, including one about two people trying to survive by hunting cats and killing them to sell to butchers. Another vignette shows pro-Franco activists eradicating anti-Franco graffiti in Madrid.

Calling International Resuce… a runaway rocket carrying three astronauts is heading for a collision course with the Sun… Impact imminent!

A rich business man falls for a young girl and vows to fulfill her dream of becoming a punk rock star.

A Bengali film about the revenge of a man who is arrested after a false accusation, causing his father to go insane.

The Old Beekeeper brings a suggestive reflection on the pure soul of a brave simple man who strives to live honestly and selflessly. His relationship to the order of the world and nature also reflects his relationship to people, and he achieves harmony in life through his ability to live in accordance with his conscience and moral principles.

The year is 1998 and the world is in an ecological cataclysm: there is shortage of water, environment is polluted and being outside brings high risks. The main character is a tv technician, Jan, an individualist, who is harassed by the conformists. Jan loves Ewa, a ballet student, who in turn is in a liaison with Allan, a successful and powerful man.

About the forestry scientist Ivan Vikhrov, who devoted his life to the forest and the fight against the fact that “forestry is turning into ordinary forest management.”

A TV adaptation of Zuzka Zguriška's novel of the same name. The story takes place in a characterful Slovak village. It shows a picture of the inhabitants of Myjava in the 1920s, where there is no lack of freshness, brightness, liveliness and cheerfulness. The main character, a wealthy patriarchal ruler, orders her three adult sons around. She refuses to acknowledge her son's love; she does not want a poor bride. She enjoys the rich Susanna, whom the second son marries. After many convoluted and humorous transformations, the poor girl nevertheless wins the seemingly stony heart of the Scourge.

Best friends Ji-hye and Mi-yeong, fall in love with Jeong Woo-jin. Mi-yeong seduces him to end the love triangle and the two soon marry. Ji-hye leaves but returns 5 years later with a child in tow whom she claims is Woo-jin's.

Do Posti is a film released in 1981, it is an Indian Punjabi film

The incomparable Luciano Pavarotti at his most eloquent brings Donizetti’s Nemorino to live as only he can, combining vocal fireworks, personal charisma, and charm. The enchanting production by Nathaniel Merrill, with designs by Robert O’Hearn, is the perfect setting for Nemorino’s quest to win the heart of beautiful Adina, sung by the sparkling Judith Blegen. Brent Ellis as Belcore and Sesto Bruscantini as Dr. Dulcamara round out the all-star cast. Nicola Rescigno conducts.

One day at a holiday home for the disabled in Hammerdal, Jämtland, depicted in clay animation and with authentic sound from the home that the film tells about. Various episodes show everyday events and relationships between the old ones who have lent their voices and characters to the movie figures. The film shows how an ordinary day looks like meals, mail delivery, card games and visits to the Salvation Army. In the end, the real people compare and comment on their characters.

A psychotic saxophone player lures victims to deserted spots with his music and then guns them down.

An evil wizard unleashes a legion of worms on an innocent village. These worms can burrow into the skin and take control of the person. Later in the film, the infected people become sex-crazed zombies and then an army to help protect the evil magician from a good wizard.

A Milanese industrialist goes to Rome to bribe a politician but he loses money. A thief helps him recover them. Milan and Rome in comparison in the duets of the couple Pozzetto-Milian.

More documentary in its approach than dramatized history, this is a compelling story about a 1901 children's strike in Wrzesnia near the Polish border with Prussia. Poland was partitioned at this time, and a rigidly patriotic Prussian teacher in Wrzesnia follows the dictates of the Germans in parliament and insists that the children be taught their religion classes in German. When the children refuse to take part in the classes, they are supported by the local priest, but that does not save them from being beaten. They are also kept after school and tormented in other ways as well. Newspapers, parents, and the nation as a whole get involved, transforming a simple children's strike into a national incident.

Flo, a young woman from the province, moves to Berlin to become a photo model.

Nebojsa was the nickname given to a young man who was not afraid of anything. One day he heard that a cursed princess lived in a castle. Whoever could uncurse her would have her as his wife and half the kingdom. Dear Nebojsa went out into the world to try his luck. He experienced many adventures until he reached the goal of his journey. But the greatest danger awaited him in the mysterious castle. If he wanted to uncurse the princess, he had to fulfill a difficult condition: no matter what evil was done around him and to him, he was not allowed to reveal, even with a word, that he was afraid. Well, he certainly wouldn't be Nebojsa if he didn't fulfill this task. And so he won the princess and the kingdom.

A group of terrorists take a radio disk jockey and his wife and child hostage in order to get their manifesto out to the world.

A group of high school students make their end-of-year trip to Bariloche. The excursion is complicated when it is discovered that the travel agency that takes them has scammed them

This 1982 film explains the KGB infiltration of America. Who they are, what they are doing, and how well they have infiltrated North America.

Masochists are in for a treat when Spede Productions' most vulgar folk farce hits the screen. Created by no fewer than three first-time directors, the film tells the story of the village of Pölhölä, "where people are even more foolish than in Hölmölä."

Dreams. What are they? Is it possible they can be used by strange beings from another planet to manipulate man? This man is dreaming. Could it be that at this very moment his dreams are being structured by a beam from outer space?

Based on a theatrical text by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), who was a bitter and funny witness of the turn-of-the-20th-century Romanian bourgeois mores, Carnival Scenes manages to preserve and further enhance the slightly hysteric atmosphere of his plays. Pintilie creates a strange combination of carnival scenes which is brought to the screen as a burlesque, fast-paced, screwball comedy with a meditative undertone. This film was banned in Romania for a decade until the death of Ceausescu in 1989 and was only released after the 1989 revolution.

The working class couple, Roger and Lisette, knows that it is impossible to live an honest life in a society of thieves. When they succeed in scoring the top result on the football pools without earning the top money, they have had enough.

"I am blushing" - Swedish comedy about a film crew traveling to the Philippines to find environments for a movie.

Four British teens on vacation visit an island and discover that a terrorist group is using it as their headquarters.

Tetsuya Nakashima's entry into the Pia film festival when he was a student.

Details the impact of television on people and social institutions.

Ratna is married off into a rich family and leads a happy existence with her husband. But the doings of a relative and her husband's tragic death push her down a road full of trials and tribulations.

A young couple's dog becomes a subject of crutiny by the other residents of their apartment complex, setting off a bureacratic nightmare in this satire of Polish society.

Dharma witnesses a brutal murder by a politician who falsely accuses him of molesting a woman. Years later, Dharma's son decides to provide justice to his father.

Sketch-comedy collection, heavy on the 'sketchy'.

Raja and Suman, two sons of a labour leader, choose different professions in their life after facing numerous difficulties from childhood to adulthood.

Telugu language remake of the 1977 James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me".

A woman runs an 'establishment' for gay servicemen during World War Two in Scotland. A Scottish and an American serviceman meet and spend the night together there.

The film follows a young boy and a soldier during the Iran-Iraq War.

Odysseus and Giblas (Giorgos Pantzas and Stathis Psaltis) come to Athens, hoping to make their lives. They find a room and work at the Aristomenos factory (Grigoris Vafias). When the rumors about the attempted murder of his son Giorgos Pantzas organized the factory, Odysseus, who looks amazing, will take on the role of salvation to deceive the killers. Odysseus, without knowing what is happening, charismatically emphasizes his boss's son and gives benefits to the workers. Soon it is revealed that the very son of the factory was the one who spread the rumors and Odysseus, taking the part of the workers clean, destroying an agreement with Arab entrepreneurs, overcoming his superiors and finally resigning.

A young farmer deals with a traumatic past experience as his wife is about to give birth.

Saturnino, a young archaeologist, bourgeois and wealthy, lives in a luxurious mansion. He receives a visit from his old teacher, Don Felipe, accompanied by his daughter and a monumental mummy he has just discovered in one of his excavations in the Upper Nile. The Mummy, was in his time a princess and has on his bandages a curse, that when it breaks ... it will be dedicated to chasing and raping all the men it finds in its path.

Extended family in working-class neighborhood; story mostly focuses on a young man who aspires to a pro boxing career, his grandma and the restaurant she owns.

A social scientist working in a New Town development discovers that the community television system is being used to monitor and control the population.