1981 Movies

Aina Eriksson is eighty years old. She stays in a nursing home and is largely immobile. She looks back at her life in Stockholm and Paris, and the fac...

Prevention and treatment of typhoid fever, which is ravaging the slums of Lima.

A look into the world of early 1980s male strippers in Montreal.

A woman is menaced by a masked killer while waiting for a train at a railway station.

Cloudy days that produce snow are great but there’s nothing quite like the days where you get to Ski in the Sun. Grab your skis and sunscreen and join...

Portrait of a young woman through her relationship to money. The director films her friend for a whole month. The dynamic of the film is based on th...

The film takes place entirely in one room and is based on a series of six repetitive shots. These shots establish a schema, a set of expectations whic...

The Cramps perform live from NYC's Mudd Club in 1981. Highlights include: "TV Set", "Goo Goo Muck" and "I Was a Teenage Werewolf".

Experimental film.

Animated film about the impact of bombs on flowers and vice versa. A good example of the possibilities of animated films to turn reality upside down s...

The Baader-Meinhof connected terrorist Norbert Kröcher builds a terrorist cell in Stockholm. They plan to kidnap Swedish migrant minister Anna-Greta L...

Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

“A private, dark meditation on fleeting moments, sightings.” (J.B.)

About Viktor Stepanovich Litvinenko, Director of the Tutaevsky Diesel Engine Plant in the Yaroslavl region.

A documentary about Monimbo, a town in Nicaragua.

Vincent Price hosts this history of amusement parks and roller coasters across the United States.

Lidija is a wealthy Zagreb lady who, during the German occupation, begins to collaborate with Yugoslav Resistance.

In 1930s Albania, revolutionary student Kujtimi uses his camera to capture the poverty and oppression under King Zog’s regime. Moved by what he sees,...