Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
An action movie starring Chuck Norris, David Carradine and Barbara Carrera
The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his wits and martial arts after a gun battle leaves his partner dead. All of this inevitably culminates in a martial arts showdown between the drug lord and the ranger, and involving the woman they both love.
The Thing (1982)
A horror movie starring Kurt Russell, Keith David and Wilford Brimley
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
Rocky III (1982)
A drama starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire and Burt Young
Following Rocky Balboa's intense battle with his most powerful adversary yet – the ferocious Clubber Lang – Rocky joins forces with former rival Apollo Creed in an effort to get back his fighting spirit.
Quest for Fire (1982)
A drama starring Everett McGill, Ron Perlman and Nicholas Kadi
In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventually extinguishes. Lacking the knowledge to start a new fire, the tribe sends three warriors on a quest for more. With the tribe's future at stake, the warriors make their way across a treacherous landscape full of hostile tribes and monstrous beasts ... (more)
Halloween II (1981)
A horror movie starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence and Charles Cyphers
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life ... (more)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
A lovestory starring Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons and Hilton McRae
In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature of the script leads to an off-camera love affair as well ... (more)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
A horror movie starring David Naughton, Jenny Agutter and Griffin Dunne
Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
Blow Out (1981)
A thriller starring John Travolta, Nancy Allen and John Lithgow
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president ... (more)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
A thriller starring Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet and Chaim Topol
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
An action movie starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen and Paul Freeman
In the first part of the "Indiana Jones" film series, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is commissioned by the US authorities to find the Ark of the Covenant before it falls into the hands of the Germans. Together with his former lover Marion Ravenwood, he travels to Egypt and they face several dangers.