All Films

Hey Vern, It's My Family Album

1983 • 57 min

Ernest finds his old family album in the attic and discusses his family members from the album to his neighbor, Vern.

Brass Band

1983 • 20 min • Soviet Union

An aging train engineer, Nikolai Yegorovich, retires and decides to revive the railway brass band that once existed in his youth. He sets out to convince its former members to return, but not everyone shares his enthusiasm or understands his vision.

Atomic Artist

1983 • 30 min

The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More

1983 • 60 min • United States of America

Rodney Dangerfield special, featuring stand-up and sketches.

Focus on Fishko

1983 • 37 min • United States of America

This short film satirizes French auteur theory. An earnest critic rediscovers washed-up director Seymour Z. Fishko ("Revenge of the 80-Foot Stripper," "They Froze Hitler's Head," "Dragstrip Mummy") and makes a documentary about his life and work.

Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World

1983 • 58 min • United States of America

A compelling study of the Hopi that captures their deep spirituality and reveals their integration of art and daily life. Amidst beautiful images of Hopi land and life, a variety of Hopi — a farmer, a religious elder, a grandmother, a painter, a potter, and a weaver — speak about the preservation of the Hopi way. Their philosophy of living in balance and harmony with nature is a model to the Western world of an environmental ethic in action.

Quem KISS Teve

1983 • 30 min • Brazil

A satirical documentary portraying KISS' visit to Brazil in 1983 during their tour celebrating 10 years of the band and the album Creatures of the Night. Centered on the historic Morumbi Stadium show in São Paulo, the film captures the vibrant spirit of 80s rock youth.

The Raccoons and the Lost Star

1983 • 48 min • Canada

"The Raccoons and the Lost Star" is the last totally original Raccoons .... On a far-away planet, Cyril Sneer plots his takeover of earth.

Miss A and Miss M

1983 • 51 min • United Kingdom

Young Lizzie Cole and her newly widowed mother go to stay in the country at a small guesthouse occupied by spinsters, retired schoolmasters and young schoolmistresses. Lizzie becomes quite fond of two particular schoolmistresses who live together in a small cottage. Their lifestyle and living arrangement is a constant source of interest and challenge for Lizzie. However, what she ends up experiencing is beyond the comprehension of a young girl. The story of Miss A And Miss M is a very sensitively performed portrayal of the boundaries of love and friendship.

Wayne and Albert

1983 • 60 min

When Wayne has to go and live with his grandfather Albert, they both initially resent the arrangement. Hostilities soften when they discover some common interests.

Down The Mine: The Pilot Episode

1983 • 6 min • United Kingdom

Watch Thomas in his very first adventure, as he cheekily tries to pass a danger sign. To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Thomas & Friends, this unique pilot episode, filmed in 1983, is now available for everyone to enjoy for the very first time.

Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain

1983 • 15 min • United States of America

Oscar nominated animated short film from 1983. A blind boy visualizes what he hears and experiences on a regular basis.

The Old Engine Driver

1983 • 34 min • Soviet Union

Based on the story "Gabo" by Archil Sulakauri.

Let's Misbehave

1983 • 2 min • United States of America

A bird chases and teases a worm to Cole Porter's "Let's Misbehave" as sung by Irving Aaronson.

Storm of Falling Petals: Banner of a Fireman in the Flames

1983 • 45 min • Japan

The Oedo Investigative Network investigates a mysterious fire one evening. Could it be connected to a mysterious man in an eyepatch who just came into town?

The Oshima Gang

1983 • 30 min • United Kingdom

Documentary about the making of Nagisa Oshima's 1983 film MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE.

My Breakfast with Blassie

1983 • 57 min • United States of America

My Breakfast with Blassie is a movie starring Andy Kaufman and professional wrestler "Classy" Freddie Blassie. It is a mostly improvised parody of the popular art film My Dinner with Andre and is set in a restaurant where Kaufman and Blassie have a discussion over breakfast. Also featured is Kaufman's partner Bob Zmuda, who plays a nosy fan. Lynne Margulies, who would later become Kaufman's girlfriend, also plays a role; in fact, she and Kaufman met for the first time on camera.

Fireworks for Elspeth

1983 • 51 min

Will they starve her? Shave her head? Force her to wear a hair shirt? Elspeth's friends and family react with horror, grief and even derision to her desire to become a nun. She experiences her parents' hurt, her fiancee's feeling of betrayal, her friends' incomprehension - and her own obstinate joy.

Likely Stories, Vol. 4

1983 • 60 min • United States of America

"Likely Stories" was one Pay-TV's first original comedy programs. The one-hour shows were a mixed-bag of short films, videos, and animation that helped define the cutting-edge of today's no-holds- barred cable comedy programming. Each episode was chock-full of notable comedy stars eager to dabble in pay-cable's new found freedoms.

The Camps of Death

1983 • 60 min • United States of America

Human torture. Factories of death. War atrocities. The crimes that haunt the pagse of history are chronicled in the piercing documentary Camps of Death. Following Hitler's murderous career, the film traces his rise to power, his ultimate demise, and the subsequent nuremberg trials that publicized the horrors of Hitler's regime. Concentration camp footage combines with chilling POW interviews to graphically create the nazi nightmare that few could hope to survive. A powerful look at the third reich adn the horrifying fate of its enemies.

Okori-jizō

1983 • 27 min • Japan

Hiro-chan, a girl celebrating her sixth birthday, visits her neighborhood Laughing Jizo statue. At that moment, on August 6, 1945, the atomic bomb detonates over the city of Hiroshima

Package Tour

1983 • 40 min

A documentary following a group of holiday-makers from Manchester on holiday in Benidorm.

Allison Sydney Harrison

1983 • 60 min • United States of America

The story, set in San Francisco, depicts the adventures of Allison Sydney Harrison, a high-school student who teams with her wealthy private-detective father David Harrison to solve crimes. In the pilot, Allison and David team to solve the murder of a beautiful woman. The prime suspect is their chauffeur, Pat Rosetti.

James Bond: The First 21 Years

1983 • 60 min • United Kingdom

A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series.