Movie Releases by Genre

D.C. Cab

D.C. Cab

December 16, 1983 | R
The story of a shiftless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
tbd
Two of a Kind

Two of a Kind

December 16, 1983 | PG
Angels try to redeem mankind in God's eyes with Zack's (Travolta) romance with Debbie (Newton-John).
Metascore:
5
User Score:
4.8
Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment

November 23, 1983 | PG
Following the mother-daughter relationship of Aurora Greenway (MacLaine) who doesn't like it when her daughter Emma (Winger) marries Flap (Daniels).
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.5
A Christmas Story

A Christmas Story

November 18, 1983 | PG
This delightfully funny holiday gem tells the story of Ralphie Parker a 1940's nine-year-old who pulls out all the stops to obtain the ultimate Christmas present. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.6
Born in Flames

Born in Flames

November 9, 1983 | Not Rated
The movie that rocked the foundations of the early Indie film world, this provocative, thrilling and still-relevant classic is a comic fantasy of female rebellion set in America ten years after the Second American Revolution. When Adelaide Norris, the black radical founder of the Woman’s Army, is mysteriously killed, a diverse coalition of women - across all lines of race, class, and sexual preference - emerges to blow the System apart. [First Run Features]
Metascore:
75
User Score:
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The Big Chill

The Big Chill

September 28, 1983 | R
Good friends reunite for the funeral of a college pal. During the weekend that follows, they compare their 60's ideas with the harsh reality of their lives in the 80's, and discover that in a cold world, you need your friends to keep you warm. [Sony Pictures]
Metascore:
61
User Score:
7.3
Educating Rita

Educating Rita

September 21, 1983 | PG
Bored with her life as a hairdresser, and under pressure from her husband to start a family, Rita enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university determined to better herself. (Paramount Pictures)
Metascore:
54
User Score:
6.9
Strange Brew

Strange Brew

August 26, 1983 | PG
Canada's most famous hosers, eh, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
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Mr. Mom

Mr. Mom

August 19, 1983 | PG
After he's laid off, a husband (Michael Keaton) swaps roles with his wife (Teri Garr). She returns to the workforce and he becomes a stay-at-home dad - a job he has no worldly idea how to handle. Comedy ensues.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
6.8
Easy Money

Easy Money

August 19, 1983 | R
To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard-living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before they get the best of him.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
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Curse of the Pink Panther

Curse of the Pink Panther

August 12, 1983 | PG
Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Surete's computer to select, instead, the world's WORST detective, NYPD Sergeant Clifton Sleigh. Sleigh obtusely bungles his way past assassins and corrupt officials as though he were Clouseau's American cousin.
Metascore:
31
User Score:
3.8
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

August 12, 1983 | PG
Big and Little Enos are opening a sea food restaurant. They bet Sheriff Buford T. Justice that he cannot drive from Miami to the Enos ranch in Texas in a given amount of time. If Buford loses he has to give up his badge.
Metascore:
4
User Score:
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Risky Business

Risky Business

August 5, 1983 | R
A high school senior is tired of being Mr. All-American and facing such traumatic decisions as which Ivy League college to attend. His life gets turned around when he meets a sexy call girl who transforms his house into a brothel while his parents are away. [Warner Bros.]
Metascore:
75
User Score:
4.0
National Lampoon's Vacation

National Lampoon's Vacation

July 29, 1983 | R
The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more difficult than they ever anticipated.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
7.8
Private School

Private School

July 29, 1983 | R
Christine (Phoebe Cates), a student at an exclusive all-girls private school, is in love with Jim, who attends an academy for boys nearby. Christine's arch rival Jordan also has her eye on Jim, and she is willing to do whatever she can to steal him away. Jim's uber-slob buddy Bubba is going with Betsy, Christine's cynical friend, though he would probably be unfaithful if any other woman were willing to get near him. Bubba and his pals sneak into the girls' school dressed in drag in hopes of reaching the Promised Land (better known as the women's shower room), while Christine and Jim run away together for the weekend, though their escapade isn't as romantic as they had hoped.
Metascore:
25
User Score:
6.5
Class

Class

July 22, 1983 | R
A young man in an all-guys private high school (Andrew McCarthy), at the urging of his roommate (Rob Lowe) spends one crazy night out, but soon realizes the woman he hooked up with is not who he expected.
Metascore:
33
User Score:
7.0
Stroker Ace

Stroker Ace

July 1, 1983 | PG
Stroker Ace (Burt Reynolds), a popular NASCAR driver, clashes with the fried-chicken mogul that sponsors his racing team.
Metascore:
30
User Score:
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Porky's II: The Next Day

Porky's II: The Next Day

June 24, 1983 | R
The horny high schoolers of Angel Beach High now seek revenge on a group of KKK religious fanatics and corrupt politicians who want to shut down their Shakespeare production after they cast a Seminole transfer student in the lead.
Metascore:
38
User Score:
5.6
Yellowbeard

Yellowbeard

June 24, 1983 | PG
After serving two decades in prison, Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman) breaks out determined to recover the treasure that he buried so long ago, alongside his son, old crew, and the British Navy.
Metascore:
39
User Score:
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Superman III

Superman III

June 17, 1983 | PG
Synthetic kryptonite laced with tobacco tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and evil Man of Steel.
Metascore:
44
User Score:
4.6
Trading Places

Trading Places

June 8, 1983 | R
Billy Ray Valentine (Murphy), a street con man and Louis Winthorpe III, a commodities broker (Aykroyd) agree to trade places after monied Mortimer Duke (Ameche) bets Billy Ray could pull in more money than Louis could on the streets.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
8.2
The Man with Two Brains

The Man with Two Brains

June 3, 1983 | R
Widowed, world-famous neurosurgeon Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin) is trapped in a loveless marriage with Dolores Benedict (Kathleen Turner), who is interested only in Hfuhruhurr's money. On a trip to Vienna to attend a medical conference, Hfuhruhurr falls in love with a bottled brain (voiced by Sissy Spacek), and finds himself in the middle of murders committed by the elevator killer. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
61
User Score:
8.5
Doctor Detroit

Doctor Detroit

May 6, 1983 | R
A timid college professor, conned into posing as a flamboyant pimp, finds himself enjoying his new occupation on the streets.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
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Still Smokin

Still Smokin

May 6, 1983 | R
Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party/festival in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that the guy who invited them has taken off with all the money, and the rest of the hosts have a VERY limited budget. They are actually expecting Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, so our heroes gets to be Mr. Burt and Mr. Dolly. We follow them around Amsterdam, at their hotel, (still) smokin' joints and doing shows.
Metascore:
4
User Score:
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Valley Girl

Valley Girl

April 29, 1983 | R
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.5
My Tutor

My Tutor

April 22, 1983 | R
A rich father hires a tutor (Caren Kaye) for his son. The son is a horny teenager and the tutor is a gorgeous blonde. Ribald hilarity ensues.
Metascore:
17
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Losin' It

Losin' It

April 8, 1983 | R
In 1965, Woody, Dave, Spider and Wendell travel to Tijuana, Mexico to lose their virginity before the night is over.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
6.0
Screwballs

Screwballs

April 1, 1983 | R
Frolicking youth comedy about zany high school students set in the 1960s.
Metascore:
34
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The Meaning of Life

The Meaning of Life

March 31, 1983 | R
The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.5
Spring Break

Spring Break

March 25, 1983 | R
A sex-and-sand epic about the annual mating rituals in Fort Lauderdale, focusing on two pairs of college bros on spring break.
Metascore:
17
User Score:
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The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

February 18, 1983 | G
After a young man leaves a band of pirates, hilarity ensues.
Metascore:
66
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The King of Comedy

The King of Comedy

February 18, 1983 | PG
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.0
Local Hero

Local Hero

February 17, 1983 | PG
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.5
Trail of the Pink Panther

Trail of the Pink Panther

December 17, 1982 | PG
Inspector Clouseau mysteriously disappears and a journalist attempts to uncover the mystery. New scenes are interspersed with old footage of Peter Sellers from the previous films.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
4.2
Best Friends

Best Friends

December 17, 1982 | PG
When a professional couple who have lived & worked together for many years finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpectedly funny and awkward difficulties. They soon find that being married is often quite different from being "best friends."
Metascore:
70
User Score:
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Tootsie

Tootsie

December 17, 1982 | PG
Unable to get an acting job, Michael Dorsey (Hoffman) becomes Dorothy Michaels and gets a part in a New York soap opera.
Metascore:
88
User Score:
7.9
Honkytonk Man

Honkytonk Man

December 15, 1982 | PG
As the film opens on an Oklahoma farm during the depression, two simultaneous visitors literally hit the Wagoneer home: a ruinous dust storm and a convertible crazily driven by Red, the missus' brother. A roguish country-western musician, he has just been invited to audition for the Grand Ole Opry, his chance of a lifetime to become a success. However, this is way back in Nashville, Red clearly drives terribly, and he's broke and sick with tuberculosis to boot. Whit, 14, seeing his own chance of a lifetime to avoid "growing up to be a cotton picker all my life," begs Ma to let him go with Uncle Red as driver and protege. Thus begins a picaresque journey both hilarious and poignant.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
6.8
Airplane II: The Sequel

Airplane II: The Sequel

December 10, 1982 | PG
A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track - again?
Metascore:
48
User Score:
6.3
The Toy

The Toy

December 10, 1982 | PG
An underemployed reporter (Richard Pryor) finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.
Metascore:
16
User Score:
7.0
48 Hrs.

48 Hrs.

December 8, 1982 | R
Detective Jack Cates (Nolte) takes convict Reggie Hammond (Murphy) out of jail for forty-eight hours to solve a case.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
8.3
The Slumber Party Massacre

The Slumber Party Massacre

November 12, 1982 | R
An eighteen-year-old high school girl is left at home by her parents and she decides to have a slumber party. There is friction between some of the invited guests and the new girl, who is better at basketball than they, so the new girl decides to stay at home (which is conveniently across the street from the host's house). Meanwhile, a murderer of five people with a propensity for power tools has escaped and is at large, and eventually makes his way to the party, where the guests begin experiencing an attrition problem, with only the new girl to help them.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
6.6
Creepshow

Creepshow

November 12, 1982 | R
An anthology which tells five terrifying tales based on the E.C. horror comic books of the 1950s.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
8.3
Lookin' to Get Out

Lookin' to Get Out

October 18, 1982 | R
Two gamblers must leave New York City after one loses a lot of money. Doing what all gamblers in trouble would do, they hurry to the gambling capital Las Vegas to turn their luck around.
Metascore:
44
User Score:
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My Favorite Year

My Favorite Year

October 8, 1982 | PG
A dissolute matinee idol is slated to appear on a live TV variety show.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.0
Zapped!

Zapped!

September 3, 1982 | PG
A high school science nerd gains telekinetic powers after a laboratory accident and uses them for revenge upon bullies.
Metascore:
10
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Human Highway

Human Highway

September 1, 1982 | Not Rated
The new owner of a roadside diner stuck in a town built around an always leaking nuclear power plant plans to torch the place to collect insurance. However, an assortment of bizare characters and weird events (such as spaceships flying around) gets in his way.
Metascore:
41
User Score:
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

August 13, 1982 | X
Amy Heckerling's chronicle of a year in life of a group of teenagers at a Southern Calfornia high school in the 1970s is based on Cameron Crowe's undercover experiences and has clearly set the bar for all teen comedies to shoot for.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
7.3
Tempest

Tempest

August 13, 1982 | PG
Unhappy middle-aged architect Philip Dimitrius leaves his wife Antonia and career for a spiritual awakening on a Greek island with his new girlfriend Aretha and teenage daughter, leading to extraordinary results for everyone around him.
Metascore:
40
User Score:
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The Pirate Movie

The Pirate Movie

August 6, 1982 | PG
The crew of a large ship sail the high seas encountering other pirates from other ships. The boy from the ship ends up having to save his girlfriend who is kidnapped by a bunch of other pirates.
Metascore:
19
User Score:
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Things Are Tough All Over

Things Are Tough All Over

August 4, 1982 | R
Cheech and Chong are hired to drive a limo from Chicago to Las Vegas by two shady dudes - Mr. Slyman (Cheech) and Prince Habib (Chong). Unbeknownst to them, five million dollars of dirty money has been stuffed throughout the car.
Metascore:
40
User Score:
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The Last American Virgin

The Last American Virgin

July 30, 1982 | R
The bond of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs, and work is jeopardized by a romantic interest which may turn pals into bitter rivals.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
6.4
Night Shift

Night Shift

July 30, 1982 | R
A morgue attendant (Henry Winkler) is talked into running a brothel at his workplace after a deceased pimp is sent there. However, the pimp's killers don't look too kindly on this new 'business', nor does the morgue's owner.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.5
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

July 23, 1982 | R
A town's Sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse.
Metascore:
40
User Score:
6.8
The World According to Garp

The World According to Garp

July 23, 1982 | R
Based on the John Irving novel, a struggling young writer (Robin Williams) finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
6.6
Six Pack

Six Pack

July 16, 1982 | PG
Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quickly and expertly stripped. He chases down the miscreants, who turn out to be six orphan children. He has no recourse to the law, for the corrupt local Sheriff takes most of the proceeds of their thievery in exchange for not putting them in an orphanage. They are charming rogues, who are in turn charmed by him. Disliking their arrangement with the Sheriff, they stow away with him, and he finds himself becoming a reluctant father figure. Thanks to their enthusiasm and incredible mechanical know-how, he begins to make a name for himself on the racing circuit. But the Sheriff doesn't take kindly to losing his extra income.
Metascore:
45
User Score:
7.2
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

July 16, 1982 | PG
A wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
6.6
Author! Author!

Author! Author!

June 18, 1982 | PG
While facing the stress of his play being produced on Broadway, a playwright deals with having to raise his son, his stepdaughters, and his stepsons.
Metascore:
42
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Grease 2

Grease 2

June 11, 1982 | PG
An English student at a 1960s American high school has to prove himself to the leader of a girls' gang whose members can only date greasers.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
4.0
The Escape Artist

The Escape Artist

May 28, 1982 | PG
Teenager Danny Masters, the son of the late Harry Masters, considered the second best escape artist in history, wants to follow in his father's footsteps, he already a skilled but untested magician. As far as Danny knows, his father died in a dangerous escape routine. Escaping from under his grandmother's roof, Danny, in a step to achieve his goal as they have all his father's old professional paraphernalia, reunites with his Aunt Sibyl and Uncle Burke in the town of Harding where they have a mind-reading act, she who actually can read minds but which only impinges on the smoke and mirrors they've developed with the act itself. In his wanderings around Harding, Danny gets involved with corrupt Stu Quiñones, and indirectly with Stu's equally corrupt father, the town's mayor, Leon Quiñones. This father/son pair no longer associate with each other as although Stu aspires to be as corrupt as his father, Stu's activities are a little too brazen and public for a politician with which to deal. In those dealings, Danny devises what is largely seen as a publicity stunt in reality to get the one up on the Quiñoneses, but in which he will have to show his true mettle as a great escape artist. In the process, Danny may also provide some justice for his father, the true nature of his death which Danny learns along the way.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

May 21, 1982 | PG
Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from real noirs appear as scenes from various films are intercut.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
4.8
Wrong Is Right

Wrong Is Right

May 14, 1982 | R
A TV reporter finds himself in the middle of an Arab leader buying two portable nukes, terrorists, arms dealer, a reporter/CIA spy killed, a US president ordering a K-I-L-L etc.
Metascore:
50
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Basket Case

Basket Case

April 2, 1982 | Not Rated
A young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed Siamese-twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.5
Some Kind of Hero

Some Kind of Hero

April 2, 1982 | R
A Vietnam vet (Richard Pryor) returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country.
Metascore:
68
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Eating Raoul

Eating Raoul

March 24, 1982 | R
A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discovers a bizarre, if not murderous, way to get funding for opening a restaurant.
Metascore:
69
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Porky's

Porky's

March 19, 1982 | R
A group of Florida high schoolers seek revenge after being kicked out of a bar named Porky's where they were trying to lose their virginities.
Metascore:
40
User Score:
6.6
Deathtrap

Deathtrap

March 19, 1982 | PG
Sidney Bruhl, a playwriter (Michael Caine) receives a play from a student (Christopher Reeve). With the help of his wife (Dyan Cannon), Sidney plans to murder the young man and take credit for the script.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
7.1
Victor Victoria

Victor Victoria

March 19, 1982 | PG
A struggling female soprano (Julie Andrews) finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.4
Diner

Diner

March 5, 1982 | R
A group of 20-somethings work on what they should do in the future while hanging out at a Baltimore diner in 1959.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.3
Cannery Row

Cannery Row

February 12, 1982 | PG
Monterey, California in the 1940's. Cannery Row - the section of town where the now closed fish canneries are located - is inhabited primarily by the down and out, although many would not move away even if they could. Probably the most upstanding citizen in the area is Doc, a marine biologist who earns a living primarily by collecting and selling marine specimens for research. He is a lost soul who is looking for his place in life. He is running away from his past, one where he is trying to make amends for what he considers a past wrong. But his current life isn't totally satisfying either. He believes that his recent collection of eight baby octopi will help him define that future in conducting research on their behavior. However, he is finding that research is not as easy as he had hoped, and that he is still feeling restless. Into the area comes drifter Suzy DeSoto. She too is a lost soul. With few job skills, she gets a job as what she calls a floozy in the local whorehouse, despite her openly headstrong demeanor not making her well suited to the work. Doc and Suzy are immediately attracted to each other, but theirs is a clash of personalities, despite each truly liking the other. The other residents of Cannery Row do their part for a Doc/Suzy coupling, not always with successful results. Doc and Suzy will first have to find their own lot in life before they can commit to someone else, be it the other or anyone else.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
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Modern Problems

Modern Problems

December 25, 1981 | PG
Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fiedler (Chevy Chase), recently dumped by his girlfriend (Patti D'Arbanville), comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses not only to win her back, but to gain a little revenge.
Metascore:
27
User Score:
5.0
Neighbors

Neighbors

December 18, 1981 | R
A quiet man's peaceful suburban lifestyle is threatened by the new, obnoxious couple that moves in next door.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
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Time Bandits

Time Bandits

November 6, 1981 | PG
A young boy accidentally joins a band of time traveling dwarves as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.0
Shock Treatment

Shock Treatment

October 31, 1981 | PG
In this "sort-of sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show," (Dave Kehr) Janet and Brad become contestants on a game show... but wind up as captives instead. Denton, Denton USA!
Metascore:
36
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Saturday the 14th

Saturday the 14th

October 30, 1981 | PG
A family (Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss) moves into a house inhabited by spooky creatures and a number of close calls ensue.
Metascore:
13
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My Dinner with Andre

My Dinner with Andre

October 11, 1981 | PG
Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.4
Paternity

Paternity

October 2, 1981 | PG
A single man (Burt Reynolds) searches for a woman who will bear his baby with no strings attached.
Metascore:
45
User Score:
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So Fine

So Fine

September 25, 1981 | R
While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man (Ryan O'Neil) comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight financial fashion success - the bottomless pants.
Metascore:
48
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Continental Divide

Continental Divide

September 18, 1981 | PG
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
Metascore:
64
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Private Lessons

Private Lessons

August 28, 1981 | R
A house maid seduces a 15-year-old boy and later fakes her own death as part of his chauffeur's blackmail plot. Troubles arise when the two start to fall for each other.
Metascore:
34
User Score:
5.2
They All Laughed

They All Laughed

August 21, 1981 | PG
A mad cap private-eye caper about a team of detectives who are following, and are being followed by, a group of beautiful women.
Metascore:
63
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Condorman

Condorman

August 7, 1981 | PG
Cartoonist Woody becomes the superhero he draws. Using his gadgets he helps a Soviet spy defect to the West.
Metascore:
46
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Student Bodies

Student Bodies

August 7, 1981 | R
A killer named the Breather terrorizes students at a high school. Whenever the killer finds students having sex, he kills them. Murder weapons? Eggplant, paper clips, and, of course, horse-head bookends. He likes to breathe heavily, and he likes to make prank calls while talking through a rubber chicken. He also hates sugarless gum. Who doesn't?
Metascore:
41
User Score:
7.7
Zorro: The Gay Blade

Zorro: The Gay Blade

July 17, 1981 | PG
Mexico, 1840s. When the new Spanish Governor begins to grind the peasants under his heel, wealthy landowner Don Diego Vega follows in his late father's footsteps and becomes Zorro, the masked man in black with a sword who rights wrongs and becomes a folk hero to the people of Mexico. When Vega sprains his ankle and cannot figure out how to continue his campaign against the corrupt Captain Esteban, luck stays with Vega when his long-lost twin brother Ramon, who was sent off by their father to the British Royal Navy to make a "man" of him, whom is also flamboyantly gay, and now known as Lt. Bunny Wigglesworth, appears for a visit. 'Bunny' agrees to temporarily take his brother's place as Zorro, but wishes to make some changes. Bunny becomes 'the Gay Blade' in which his new suits are lemon, plum, and scarlet colored, and Bunny insists on using a whip. Bunny also becomes the liaison between Don Vega and the liberal American activist/feminist Charlotte a long-time critic of Captain Esteban's policies, and who has a crush on her masked hero.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
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Arthur

Arthur

July 17, 1981 | PG
Arthur is a happy drunk with no pretensions at any ambition. He is also the heir to a vast fortune which he is told will only be his if he marries Susan. He does not love Susan, but she will make something of him the family expects. Arthur proposes but then meets a girl with no money who he could easily fall in love with.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.4
S.O.B.

S.O.B.

July 1, 1981 | R
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 takes her top off.
Metascore:
62
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The Great Muppet Caper

The Great Muppet Caper

June 26, 1981 | G
Kermit, Gonzo, and Fozzie are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.9
Stripes

Stripes

June 26, 1981 | R
Two old friends who are dissatisfied with their lives decide to join the army to mix things up.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.3
The Cannonball Run

The Cannonball Run

June 19, 1981 | PG
A motley crew of eccentric competitors participate in a frenetic and illegal cross-country road race. However, the entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks.
Metascore:
28
User Score:
7.6
History of the World: Part I

History of the World: Part I

June 12, 1981 | R
Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
7.2
Nice Dreams

Nice Dreams

June 5, 1981 | R
Disguised as ice cream vendors, Cheech and Chong make--and subsequently lose--millions of dollars selling a batch of marijuana with an unusual side effect.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
tbd
Polyester

Polyester

May 29, 1981 | R
A suburban housewife's world falls apart when she finds that her pornographer husband is serially unfaithful to her, her daughter is pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
tbd
The Monster Club

The Monster Club

May 27, 1981 | Unrated
A writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three gruesome stories are told to him; between each story some musicians play their songs.
Metascore:
45
User Score:
tbd
Bustin' Loose

Bustin' Loose

May 22, 1981 | R
Joe Braxton is an ex-con who has been given a second chance to freedom after violating his probation. He has been hired by a school teacher named Vivian Perry to repair and drive an old school bus and drive a group of Special kids to Ms. Perry's Washington Farm from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to give them a new home after The Clarmont Center for Children is shut down by the city. The kids have severe mental problems and Joe is not looking forward to the trip at all, but Joe later bonds with Vivian and the children, offering his support and love and changes his outlook on life. But Donald, the social worker and Vivian's lover who gave Joe his break is hot on their tail and wants Joe back in prison. Joe and Vivian must now prevent Donald from sending the children back to Philidelphia where they'll have no future.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons

May 22, 1981 | PG
Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, parental and other crises.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
Second-Hand Hearts

Second-Hand Hearts

May 8, 1981 | PG
A high-spirited wife and her meekish husband hit the road to take back her kids from her previous marriage who live with her ex-inlaws.
Metascore:
28
User Score:
tbd
Caveman

Caveman

April 17, 1981 | PG
A cave-man seeks revenge on a much larger competitor for the hand of a beautiful cave-woman.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
Back Roads

Back Roads

March 13, 1981 | R
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
tbd
Permanent Vacation

Permanent Vacation

March 6, 1981 | Not Rated
A young man wanders New York City searching for some meaning in life and encounters many idiosyncratic characters.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
tbd
Drunken Master

Drunken Master

December 19, 1980 | PG-13
Wong Fei-Hung (Jackie Chan) is a mischievous, yet righteous young man, but after a series of incidents, his frustrated father has him disciplined by Beggar So (Siu-Tin Yuen), a Master of drunken martial arts.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.9
Inside Moves

Inside Moves

December 19, 1980 | TV-14
After a failed suicide attempt leaves him partially crippled, Roary begins spending a lot of time at a neighborhood bar full of interesting misfits. When Jerry the bartender suddenly finds himself playing basketball for the Golden State Warriors, Roary and the rest of the bar regulars hope his success will provide a lift to their sagging spirits. Will Jerry forget his friends? What about his junkie hooker girlfriend and her pimp?
Metascore:
63
User Score:
tbd
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