Missing (1982)

Missing (1982)

[7] Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek star in this true story about the disappearance of American journalist Charles Horman (John Shea) who went missing during the U.S.-sponsored 1973 Chilean coup. Spacek plays Horman's wife and Lemmon plays his father. When…
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)

[4] Treat Williams (Smooth Talk, Deep Rising) and Robert Duvall star in this fictionalized imagining of what happened to the infamous 'D.B. Cooper' after he parachuted from a Boeing 727 with $200,000 of the airline's money in 1971. The film…
Excalibur (1981)

Excalibur (1981)

[9] Director John Boorman (Deliverance, Zardoz) mounts an ambitious pastiche of the entire Arthurian legend with Excalibur. Nigel Terry plays King Arthur from his naïve youth to his death and departure for Avalon, guided nearly every step of the way…
King of the Mountain (1981)

King of the Mountain (1981)

[5] Harry Hamlin (Clash of the Titans), Joseph Bottoms (The Black Hole), and Richard Cox (Cruising) star as three friends who engage in illegal car racing along a twenty-three mile, hilltop stretch of Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles... while also…
For Your Eyes Only (1981)

For Your Eyes Only (1981)

[5] Roger Moore returns for his fifth outing as James Bond. After the silliness of Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only makes an effort to dial down the franchise's more comic-book qualities. After an unceremonious pre-title demise of long-time supervillain Blofeld,…
Thief (1981)

Thief (1981)

[6] James Caan plays an elite safe-cracker in this stylish crime drama from director Michael Mann (Heat, The Last of the Mohicans). When a high profile gangster (Robert Prosky) offers him a lifetime of lucrative heist opportunities, Caan takes him…
Outland (1981)

Outland (1981)

[4] Sean Connery stars in this middling conspiracy thriller set on one of Jupiter's moons. Connery plays the new head policeman at a titanium mining facility where some of the workers have begun losing their minds and endangering lives. When…
Heavy Metal (1981)

Heavy Metal (1981)

[7] Producer Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) wrangled together animation companies from around the world to assemble Heavy Metal, a string of six animated shorts based on the popular adult fantasy magazine. The stories are tied together by a loose framing device…
Possession (1981)

Possession (1981)

[7] Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani star in this disturbing horror film from writer/director Andrzej Zulawski. Adjani's character asks Neill's for a divorce, but when Neill refuses to let her go, both of them descend into madness. Possession is part…
Incubus (1981)

Incubus (1981)

[7] John Cassavetes (Rosemary's Baby, Love Streams) stars in this odd horror film about a boy whose recurring nightmare seems to coincide with a string of rapes and murders in a small New England town. Cassavetes plays a doctor who…