Video: 'Missing' trailer

(Friday, February 12, 1982) — Missing, a drama film based on the true story of American journalist Charles Horman, who disappeared in the bloody aftermath of the US-backed Chilean coup of 1973 that deposed leftist President Salvador Allende, opened today in U.S. theaters, including the Beekman Theater in New York.

Directed by Costa Gavras, the film starred Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Charles Cioffi and Janice Rule.

Video: 'On Golden Pond' trailer

(Friday, December 4, 1981) — On Golden Pond, a film about an aging couple Ethel (Katharine Hepburn) and Norman Thayer (Henry Fonda) who are visited by daughter Chelsea (Jane Fonda) with her fiance and his rebellious son at their summer home on Golden Pond, opened today at the Cinema 1 in New York City.

Directed by Mark Rydell, the drama was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning three, including Best Actor (Henry Fonda, in his final role).

Video: 'Reds'trailer

(Thursday, December 3, 1981) — Reds, an epic film about the life and career of John Reed, the revolutionary communist, journalist, and writer who chronicled the Russian Revolution in his book Ten Days That Shook the World, premiered in the U.S. today.

The movie was co-written, produced, directed by and starred Warren Beatty. It also starred Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson.

(Friday, September 25, 1981) — Chariots of Fire, a British film that tells the fact-based story of two athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice, premiered in the U.S. today at the New York Film Festival, six months after opening in Britain.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo67TAEOUnc
Das Boot - Theatrical Trailer

(Friday, September 17, 1981) — Das Boot, a German epic war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer and Klaus Wennemann, opened today in West Germany. Set during World War II, the film tells the fictional story of U-96 and its crew (it would open in the U.S. on Feb. 10, 1982).

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXHTAHXFdLY
Trailer: Body Heat 1981

(Friday, August 28, 1981) — Body Heat, a neo-noir film written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan, opened today in the U.S. Starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, and Mickey Rourke, the plot is heavily inspired by “Double Indemnity.”

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY_FyamZ84M
James Bond (For Your Eyes Only) helicopter sequence (HD)

(Wednesday, June 24, 1981) — For Your Eyes Only, the 12th spy film in the James Bond film series and the fifth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, premiered today in London (it would open in the U.S. on Friday, June 26, 1981).