1980s

  • John Woo – Ba cai Lin Ya Zhen AKA Plain Jane to the Rescue (1982)

    John Woo1981-1990ActionComedyHong Kong

    Jane, with plain looks but a heart of gold, is always in between jobs. Once she gets a job, her knack for creating awkward situations immediately loses it for her. Ricky is her suitor, but he gets nowhere as the girl has no time for love. So Ricky goes along with her in job hunting. Somehow, Jane lands on a job as governess. Not to a child, but to an uncouth very old, very rich man who still wants to lead the life of his poor, uncivilized youth. His son is now running the old man’s millions. He wants to bring up the father the civilized way. And he wants to take over the whole city through take-over deals. He is ruthless and has thrown thousands into the streets.Read More »

  • Halit Refig – Ölüm Yolu (1985)

    1981-1990AdventureDramaHalit RefigTurkey

    Mehmet and his friends are prisoners and escape from a prison bus, when they have an accident. They stop a van, kill its driver and take Zeynep, who is the driver’s fiancée, as a hostage. They also contact Zeynep’s family and ask for ransom. They hide in a chalet, but the police is after them.Read More »

  • Georgiy Daneliya – Kin-dza-dza! (1986) (HD)

    Georgiy Daneliya1981-1990ComedySci-FiUSSR

    Two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other are transported to the planet Pluke in the Kin-dza-da galaxy due to a chance encounter with an alien teleportation device. They must come to grips with a language barrier and Plukian social norms (not to mention the laws of space and time) if they ever hope to return to Earth.Read More »

  • Michael J. Murphy – Death Run (1987)

    1981-1990HorrorMichael J. MurphySci-FiUnited Kingdom

    A scientist places her son and his girlfriend into a cryogenic sleep so they can survive the coming apocalypse. They wake 25 years later in a world dominated by neo-Nazi like ruler, called the Messiah who holds the “Death Run”.Read More »

  • Joakim Marusic – Zadarski memento AKA Zadar’s Memento (1984)

    1981-1990DramaJoakim MarusicYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under Tito

    Extremely rare and interesting Croatian movie about the history of the city of Zadar from 1918-1943.

    A brief historical background:
    After Napoleonic Wars and controversial Congress of Vienna (1814-1815) , Zadar was a capitol city of Austro-Hungarian Empire’s province Kingdom Of Dalmatia from 1815-1918.
    Based on a a secret pact between the Triple Entente and Italy, signed in London on 26 April 1915, and known as Treaty of London (1915), Kingdom of Italy claimed large parts of former Austro-Hungarian Empire after the end of WW I. Finally, after the Treaty of Rapallo (1920), large parts of territories inhabited with 480.000 Croats and Slovenians were given to Italy.Read More »

  • Tatsumi Kumashiro – Kamu onna AKA Love Bites Back (1988) (HD)

    Tatsumi Kumashiro1981-1990DramaEroticaJapan

    Yuichi Koga is an upper-class business executive, running his own adult video company, and living a successful life with his wife and daughter. Outwardly, his family seems really happy, but in reality Yuichi enjoys sex with everyone but his wife Chikako. One day, he gets a phone call from a woman named Sanae, an old elementary school classmate of his.Read More »

  • Sisworo Gautama Putra – Petualangan Cinta Nyi Blorong AKA The Hungry Snake Woman (1986)

    Sisworo Gautama Putra1981-1990FantasyHorrorIndonesia

    Burhan, desperate for wealth and glory, decides to visit the Snake Woman, a mysterious and powerful deity who can confer instant riches on those who obey her commands. She tells Burhan he must kill three women, feast on their blood and eat their breasts. Transformed into Dracula, with cloak and fangs, he sets off on his mission. One killing is all he can take before abandoning the task. He encounters Nyi Lajang, the Snake Woman’s enemy, a half human/half snake creature. Nyi Lajang offers Burhan a way out of his contract with the Snake Woman. She gives him a silver pin that he must stab Snake Woman with during sex while she is in human form. This will turn her back into a snake and neutralize all her magical powers. This is what Burhan does. But his problems are far from over…Read More »

  • Suzanne Osten – Livsfarlig film (1988)

    Suzanne Osten1981-1990ComedySweden

    The real horror is worse than – than a horror film, worse than – than the worst horror film. A story about some who are producing horror and special effects.Read More »

  • Eiichi Kudô – Yaju-deka AKA The Dropout (1982) (HD)

    Eiichi Kudô1981-1990CrimeFilm NoirJapan

    Quote:
    Detective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was ostensibly a student but in reality a high-priced prostitute. Even though he has been taken off the case for beating up a suspect, he refuses to let it go and recruits his mistress to act as a decoy for the killer. Her involvement turns out to be a fatal mistake, and when her husband gets out of prison, Detective Otaki is in worse trouble than ever.Read More »

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