Search results for "1980"
In the Pope’s Eye

In the Pope’s Eye

In the Pope’s Eye
IMDb: 6.7
95

The Pope is disturbed by the fact that today’s youth are not as spiritually inclined as they should be, and so he decides to set up a Vatican television station…

Genre: Comedy
Tyll the Giant

Tyll the Giant

Tyll the Giant
IMDb: 7.6
13

Based on an Estonian folk tale about of the gigantic hero, Tõll, who lived on the island of Saaremaa (Oesel) in the Baltic Sea. Though he was king of the…

Why Did You Pick On Me?

Why Did You Pick On Me?

Why Did You Pick On Me?
IMDb: 5.8
99

Following the events of The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid, Sheriff Hall and H-725 (using the official identity of Charlie Warren) still get no rest from the military – because…

The Bloody Lady

The Bloody Lady

The Bloody Lady
IMDb: 6.3
72

The folktale about Bloody Lady Bathory, doomed to bathe in the blood of young girls in order to be forever youthful herself

The Wild and the Free

The Wild and the Free

The Wild and the Free
IMDb: 6.9
100

Two scientists involved in chimpanzee research — one maintaining that the animals should be kept in their native habitat in Africa without human interference, the other trying to train them…

The Party

The Party

The Party
IMDb: 6.7
110

A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cataclysm

Cataclysm

Cataclysm
IMDb: 3.8
94

Police detective, Mitchell, investigating the death of a victim of a Nazi concentration camp discovers a nightclubbing playboy who has strange powers over women and is seemingly ageless.

Genre: Horror
Pumaman

Pumaman

Pumaman
IMDb: 2.3
97

Thousands of years ago, aliens visited Earth and fathered the Pumaman, a man-god with supernatural powers entrusted by a gold mask with the ability to control people’s minds, which in…

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
IMDb: 5.5
90

The fugitives Burke, Virdon and Galen try to save the life of a human blacksmith and his son, whom gorilla leader Urko has threatened with death should his horse lose…

Personal Problems

Personal Problems

Personal Problems
IMDb: 7.3
165

An “experimental soap opera” centered on a Harlem nurse, her husband, her father-in-law, and her lover.

Genre: Drama
The Border

The Border

The Border
IMDb: 4.6
78

Frank Cooper, a senior immigration police, remains a daily struggle against mafias operating between Mexico and the United States. Although it has a good standing with the poorest of Mexican…

Genre: Action
The Buddhist Fist

The Buddhist Fist

The Buddhist Fist
IMDb: 6.5
86

Two orphans raised by monks are taught divine secrets of kung fu. As adults, one chooses the path of the monks while the other opts for the outside world. Aspiring…

Genre: Action
Walkabout to Hollywood

Walkabout to Hollywood

Walkabout to Hollywood
IMDb: 7.5
49

Produced and directed this documentary for BBC in the 1980’s, about David Gulpilil, acclaimed Australian Aboriginal actor, dancer and musician. The film shows how Gulpilil is always working to bridge…

Cries in the Night

Cries in the Night

Cries in the Night
IMDb: 5.1
93

A young woman arrives at her grandmother’s house, which used to be a funeral home, to help her turn the place into a bed-and-breakfast inn. After they open, however, guests…

Genre: Horror, Thriller
Toward the Terra

Toward the Terra

Toward the Terra
IMDb: 6.5
113

A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans determined to keep them from Earth.

The Incredible Voyage of Stingray

The Incredible Voyage of Stingray

The Incredible Voyage of Stingray
IMDb: 6.6
90

Adventures of the super-sub Stingray and the World Aquanaut Security Patrol and their battles against Titan, leader of the underwater city of Titanica.

Let There Be Light

Let There Be Light

Let There Be Light
IMDb: 7.5
58

The final entry in a trilogy of films produced for the U.S. government by John Huston. Some returning combat veterans suffer scars that are more psychological than physical. This film…

Genre: Documentary, War
Simon

Simon

Simon
IMDb: 6.3
97

A group of scientists take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwashing experiment and try to convince him that he is a living being from another…

Legend of the Fox

Legend of the Fox

Legend of the Fox
IMDb: 6.6
129

Chin Siu Ho plays a young man who believes himself to be an orphan. Until one rainy night when he and three different men find themselves taking shelter from the…

Three Men to Destroy

Three Men to Destroy

Three Men to Destroy
IMDb: 6.3
93

A man helps the victim of an auto accident, not realizing that the man has actually been shot. The men who shot him are now after the man who helped…

Challenge of the Tiger

Challenge of the Tiger

Challenge of the Tiger
IMDb: 5.2
86

Two CIA agents, a kung fu master and a suave womanizer, track the stolen formula for a super-sterility drug from Spain to Hong Kong, battling Neo-Nazi terrorists and a Vietnamese…

Genre: Action, Adventure
Death Games

Death Games

Death Games
IMDb: 4.3
81

A glossy thriller about a show-business tycoon with a shady background, and a young documentary filmmaker and his girlfriend who are making a film about him. They believe the tycoon…

Genre: Drama
La Femme flic

La Femme flic

La Femme flic
IMDb: 6.9
103

Young police inspector Corinne Levasseur interrogated a dealer without the judge’s consent. Following an indiscretion of her lover, the substitute Berthot, Corinne is transferred to a small town in the…

Genre: Drama
Fist of Fear, Touch of Death

Fist of Fear, Touch of Death

Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
IMDb: 2.4
86

A television reporter interviews fighters and promoters about Bruce Lee in preparation for a tournament to claim the title of “Successor to the Bruce Lee legacy”. Footage from Bruce Lee’s…

Gamera: Super Monster

Gamera: Super Monster

Gamera: Super Monster
IMDb: 3.6
92

As a massive alien craft heads to Earth to do evil, three good and powerful superwomen befriend a young boy who has a special connection to Gamera. The alien Zanon…

War of the Shaolin Temple

War of the Shaolin Temple

War of the Shaolin Temple
IMDb: 6.3
89

Set during the Sung Dynasty, patriotic monks of the Shaolin Temple fight against foreign invasion.

Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Will Your Heart Beat Faster?

Will Your Heart Beat Faster?

Will Your Heart Beat Faster?
IMDb: 7.1
104

In a spoof on the contemporary sacred cons, two yuppy couples get entangled with warring smugglers of dope that include fake priests and nuns as well as Japanese and Chinese…

Genre: Comedy
Koto: The Ancient City

Koto: The Ancient City

Koto: The Ancient City
IMDb: 6.7
125

Chieko (Momoe Yamaguchi) has been raised as the only child of parents who run a dry goods store. When Chieko was a middle-school student, she learned that her parents are…

Genre: Drama
Jane Austen in Manhattan

Jane Austen in Manhattan

Jane Austen in Manhattan
IMDb: 4.6
108

Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Leg Fighters

The Leg Fighters

The Leg Fighters
IMDb: 5.7
90

When Pan, a South China martial artist is defeated and killed by Tan, a North China challenger in a legfighter duel, Pan’s younger brother Pak vows to crush Tan with…

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Nitemare

Nitemare

Nitemare
IMDb: 6.3
5

A child, who is afraid, of the dark forms a unique relationship with the objects that once frightened him.

Genre: Animation
Madicken of June Hill

Madicken of June Hill

Madicken of June Hill
IMDb: 6.4
82

A second movie based on Astrid Lindgren’s novel “Madicken och Junibackens pims”, which is about two sisters and their adventures in 1910s Sweden.

Genre: Comedy, Family
Super Power

Super Power

Super Power
IMDb: 6.5
89

A dying Manchu kung fu fighter sends his three sons on a mission of revenge against the five Southern champs who defeated and humiliated him a generation ago. The three…

Genre: Action
Loulou

Loulou

Loulou
IMDb: 6.7
106

Nelly, a restless young woman abandons her bourgeois friends and a steady relationship for the unemployed wild, leather-clad bad boy Loulou, whose charms include focusing his energy into sex.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Under-Gifted

The Under-Gifted

The Under-Gifted
IMDb: 6.5
92

The story centers around a graduating class of “less-gifted” students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical…

Genre: Comedy
Island Claws

Island Claws

Island Claws
IMDb: 4.3
90

A biological experiment in Florida goes awry. The result: 8-foot long land crabs which roar loudly and kill everything in sight.

Rebellious Reign

Rebellious Reign

Rebellious Reign
IMDb: 7.2
86

Top fighter leaves his sifu to join his new friend the 4th Prince, and supports him in his bid to gain the throne and eventually overthrow the Ching.

Genre: Action, Drama
Under Siege

Under Siege

Under Siege
IMDb: 5.4
93

A band of thugs belonging to an organized crime family assaults several casinos at the same time creating death and panic in their wake. As they flee the scenes of…

Genre: Action, Thriller
Falling in Love Again

Falling in Love Again

Falling in Love Again
IMDb: 5
103

Harry and Sue Lewis met in the 40s as teenagers living in the Bronx. He was an aspiring architect, she was the most beautiful girl in school, and both had…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Vicious and Nude

Vicious and Nude

Vicious and Nude
IMDb: 4.2
95

An aging writer has a successful career and a nice family. One day, the family goes on a trip and he stays at home. Two beautiful girls knock on his…

Genre: Thriller