Movies 1982 Page 23

A coolie is ofter a job a policeman after saving a government official, and through treachery and corruption rises through the ranks of the police,...

Stephen Poliakoff's parody of the spy-thriller genre. A Russian diplomat becomes convinced that he is at the centre of a Foreign Office plot.

Four heroes embark on a secret mission for Dr Sun Yat Sen's Nationalist Guard. Relentlessly pursued by the warriors of notorious Warlord Yue Sai...

The first all women climbing film. Lynn Hill and Beth Bennet make the first female free ascent of the Naked Edge, Eldorado Canyon, Colorado. A film...

Professor Anatole Lacoste is having a meeting with one of the agents of doctor Brain at a Jackson Pollock exhibition at Centre Pompidou. Meanwhile,...

Filmed at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London in 1981, this video shows the band singing some of their most famous hits of that time, live on...

Six female POWs lead an escape from a North Vietnamese prison camp, then join the local rebel forces to plan an attack to wipe out the camp and free...

Inspired by 'The Count of Monte Cristo', Padayottam was the first Indian movie to be shot in 70mm format. Prince Udayan (Nazir) is the successor to...

A strange man named Karl Rhamarevich dies shortly after discovering a way to become even more powerful in death through telekinesis. On the night of...

Corn grain contaminated with steroids produces large rats the size of small dogs who begin feeding on the residents of Toronto. Paul, a college...

Max Baumstein is a reputable businessman who founded an international organization fighting against violations of human rights. Why would he commit...

Taiwanese drama film.

A misunderstood youth is incorrectly placed in a mental hospital.

A young woman investigates the seemingly accidental death of her father, revealing many unsettling secrets and putting her in mortal danger.

When the senior sorority sisters of Theta Pi decide to do in their demented house mother, someone seeks revenge, and begins a night of terror and...

Taiwanese thriller.

A small contribution to the discussion on women's equality.

A coroner's assistant, who is also a law student, gets involved in a strange case involving his girlfriend's place of employment (a hospital),...

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...

A window cleaner fancies a sausage roll, but all is not well in the sausage roll factory.

This is the story of the Osmond Family and is based on the book written by Olive (Mother) Osmond. This film tells of the beginnings of this family...

Three powerful shamans fight it out in a series of bizarre encounters over an a-go-go dancer. Their final encounter ends disastrously for all three,...

A single mother is overprotective of her mentally challenged son, which has made him angry and difficult, while she denies herself a social life....

Kin Kiesse is a 1982 documentary film about "Kin" (Kinshasa), the capital of Zaire, and the capital of paradoxes and excesses, commentated on by one...

An odd young real estate agent shows a couple an older house that has seen better days.

The incompetent Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer king.

HBO filmed version of the Neil Simon play (filmed in front of a live audience) has three separate acts set in the same hotel suite in New York's...

Documentary hosted by Robin Williams about the history of aliens in the movies, made to coincide with the cinema release of E.T. the...

A psychopath escapes from a mental institution and starts a murder spree, which ends in the pursuing of a young handicapped girl, who once got a...

Various moments in the life of two old friends who live together.

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the...

Haunted by his mother’s overbearing presence, reluctant young virgin Freddie embarks on a hilarious journey of self-discovery in order to please...

A seemingly perfect marriage disintegrates, as both husband and wife become involved in a series of affairs.

A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).

A man heads for Mexico with a mobster's girlfriend.

A man is wrongly convicted for murder and sent to prison, where he is accused of murdering a brutal guard he killed in self-defense.

An elderly widow must find meaning and activity in her life when her son suggests she is no longer capable of handling her own affairs.

On the SCTV Foreign Film Festival, Angelo loses control of his fantasies.

8mm film by Swiss artist Roman Signer.