1981

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Skokie
7.2

Skokie

Nov. 17, 1981

Skokie

A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois.
Shock Treatment
5.7

Shock Treatment

Aug. 21, 1981

Shock Treatment

Brad and Janet Majors find their strained marriage put to the test on popular Denton TV show Marriage Maze. Poor Brad is heavily sedated and ...
Sharky’s Machine
6.3

Sharky’s Machine

Dec. 18, 1981

Sharky’s Machine

Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. ...
Sex Is Crazy
4.3

Sex Is Crazy

Jan. 01, 1981

Sex Is Crazy

Adult film actresses get abducted and impregnated by aliens after appearing in a sci-fi porno. Knocked up with high-powered extraterrestrial ...
Senior Trip
4.4

Senior Trip

Dec. 30, 1981

Senior Trip

A group of graduating students from a midwestern high school comes to New York City on a trip to celebrate the impending end of school. The ...
Saturday the 14th
4.6

Saturday the 14th

Oct. 30, 1981

Saturday the 14th

After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. ...
The Salamander
5.6

The Salamander

Apr. 25, 1981

The Salamander

An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a ...
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
6.3

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.
S.O.B.
6.4

S.O.B.

Jul. 01, 1981

S.O.B.

A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star ...
Rollover
5.4

Rollover

Oct. 11, 1981

Rollover

The wife of a murdered petrochemical company chairman and a banker investigating the liquidity of his new bank stumble upon an international ...
Roar
6.1

Roar

Oct. 30, 1981

Roar

Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.
Roadgames
6.6

Roadgames

Feb. 27, 1981

Roadgames

A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate ...
Rich and Famous
5.8

Rich and Famous

Sep. 23, 1981

Rich and Famous

Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.
Reds
7.3

Reds

Dec. 25, 1981

Reds

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his ...
Rasmus and the Vagabond
6.8

Rasmus and the Vagabond

9-year old orphan called Rasmus runs away from the orphanage. He meets a vagabond they call Paradise Oskar who likes to sing and play his ...
Raiders of the Lost Ark
8.4

Raiders of the Lost Ark

When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the ...
Ragtime
7.3

Ragtime

Nov. 20, 1981

Ragtime

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and ...
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
5.6

Race for the Yankee Zephyr

In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks ...
Raggedy Man
6.8

Raggedy Man

Sep. 18, 1981

Raggedy Man

Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town in World War II. Her friendship with a sailor ...
The House by the Cemetery
6.1

The House by the Cemetery

After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr. Norman ...
Quartet
6.2

Quartet

Oct. 25, 1981

Quartet

When her husband’s arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a strange couple.
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
5.6

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains. Has Cooper succeeded in ...
Puberty Blues
5.9

Puberty Blues

Dec. 10, 1981

Puberty Blues

Two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney ingratiate themselves with a new group of boys.
The Prowler
5.9

The Prowler

Nov. 06, 1981

The Prowler

Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay’s graduation dance, the sleepy town’s teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a ...
The Professional
7.4

The Professional

Oct. 21, 1981

The Professional

French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N’Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, ...
Private Lessons
5.1

Private Lessons

May. 01, 1981

Private Lessons

Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper ...
Prince of the City
7.4

Prince of the City

Aug. 19, 1981

Prince of the City

New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, ...
Priest of Love
6

Priest of Love

Oct. 11, 1981

Priest of Love

Following the banning and burning of his novel, “The Rainbow,” D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and ...
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
6.4

The Pride of Jesse Hallam

Jesse Hallum sells the family farm to see that his daughter receives the medical care she needs at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. The ...