1981-1990

  • Harley Cokeliss – Black Moon Rising (1986)

    1981-1990ActionHarley CokelissThrillerUSA

    Buckle up for ride in the Black Moon, a sleek, high-tech supercar, powered by hydrogen and capable of speeds of over 300mph! Tommy Lee Jones (Rolling Thunder, Under Siege) stars as Sam Quint, a master thief working for the government who hides a computer disc loaded with evidence of corporate crime in a prototype supercar, the Black Moon. When a gang of thieves steal the car, Quint seduces their leader, Nina (Linda Hamilton, Terminator), to get to the disc. But in order to reclaim his property, Quint and Nina must break into an impenetrable skyscraper and take down Ed Ryland (Robert Vaughn, The Delta Force), the head of a dangerous stolen car syndicate…A fast-moving, hydrogen-fuelled action thriller written by John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing), Black Moon Rising has earned admiration from cult movie audiences for its thrilling chase sequences, pounding synth score, and slick direction courtesy of Harley Cokeliss (Battle Truck, The Glitterball).Read More »

  • Adolfo Arrieta – Grenouilles (1983)

    1981-1990Adolfo ArrietaArthouseFantasyFrance

    Grenouilles (Frogs) is perhaps Arrieta’s strangest film. Anne Wiazemsky plays a beautiful Russian spy, Nora, who arrives on an island in the middle of the ocean, to avenge the betrayal of her lover, the artist Tibor. Other characters include a spy from UNESCO, a mysterious stranger who is plotting the end of the world, and a gang of thieves disguised as frogmen…Read More »

  • Ringo Lam – Lung foo fung wan AKA City on Fire (1987)

    1981-1990ActionChinaCrimeRingo Lam

    Ko Chow (Chow Yun-Fat) is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau (Yueh Sun), wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; in order to do this he must obtain some handguns; his girlfriend (Carrie Ng) wants him to commit to marriage or she will leave Hong Kong with another lover; and he is being pursued by other cops who are unaware that he is a colleague.Read More »

  • Olivier Assayas – Laissé inachevé à Tokyo (1982)

    France1981-1990ArthouseOlivier AssayasShort Film

    About two novelists, one returning from Japan with an adventure story she has not completed, the other in Japan, at work typing his next novel.Read More »

  • Michel Lemoine – Ardeurs perverses (1983)

    1981-1990EroticaFranceMichel Lemoine

    Roland, a handsome forty-year old businessman, is quite fond of his lovely wife, Doris – but that doesn’t stop him from taking advantage of the lovely young girls who are always attracted to him.Read More »

  • Michel Lemoine – La maison des milles et un plaisirs (1985)

    1981-1990EroticaFranceMichel Lemoine

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    A young woman is forced by circumstances to become a prostitute in a brothel., operated by a couple. He makes sure the girls stay fit by having them exercise and jog. The young girl eventually falls for a client and plans to run away with him but the girls and the couple have other plans in store for them.Read More »

  • Shunichi Nagasaki – Kugatsu no joudan kurabu bando AKA The Lonely Hearts Club Band in September (1982)

    Shunichi Nagasaki1981-1990ArthouseDramaJapan

    After the death of his friend Tetsuji, Ryo (Takashi Naito) and his biker gang drift apart. Ryo runs a bar, while Reiko wants to get married and have a normal job. As the first anniversary of Tetsuji’s death approaches, Zaji, Yuhi, and Nemu work to fix a bike for the legendary “Yokohama Ryo” to ride. Meanwhile, a mysterious man (Hideo Murota) seeks to destroy any remaining biker gangs. Ryo is pulled back into that world by both friends and enemies, and is expected to live up to his own legendary figure that he no longer wants anything to do with.Read More »

  • Masud Kimiai – Dandan-e-mar AKA Snake Fang (1990)

    1981-1990IranMasud KimiaiWar

    Reza, the veteran worker of a print house whose sight is adversely affected because of his job, loses his mother. Finding the gloom reigning over the home beyond bearing, he departs to overcome his sorrows. He ends up at a hostel where he shares his room with a southern guy called Ahmad who has a group of orphan war-stricken children under his wing. After the initial inkling gives way to the friendship, Reza discovers that Ahmad’s patron plies his trade in black-market. At the same time, Reza’s sister is constantly beaten and humiliated by her husband for being infertile…Read More »

  • Michel Lemoine – Neiges brûlantes (1983)

    1981-1990EroticaFranceMichel Lemoine

    A beautiful Muriel comes to spend her vacation with her friend but everyone mistakes her as a notorious girl Lorna. Now they are trying to find out whether she is really Muriel or Lorna.Read More »

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