Director:
Steven Spielberg

Casting:
Harrison Ford,
Karen Allen,
Paul Freeman,

USA, 1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Action , Adventure
Director:
Daniel Haller Hollingsworth Morse Bruce Bilson

Casting:
Lee Majors,
Douglas Barr,
Heather Thomas,

USA, 1981

The Fall Guy
Action , Adventure
Director:
Gregory Hoblit Christian I. Nyby II David Anspaugh

Casting:
Daniel J. Travanti,
Taurean Blacque,
Bruce Weitz,

USA, 1981

Hill Street Blues
Drama
Director:
Alexander Singer James Frawley Reza Badiyi

Casting:
Tyne Daly,
Al Waxman,
John Karlen,

USA, 1981

Cagney & Lacey
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
Michael Mackenroth Michael Kreindl Peter Adam

Casting:
Claus Theo Gärtner,
Renate Kohn,
Paul Frielinghaus,

West Germany, 1981

A Case for Two
Crime , Thriller
Director:
Bob Rafelson

Casting:
Jack Nicholson,
Jessica Lange,
John Colicos,

USA, West Germany, 1981

The Postman Always Rings Twice
Crime , Drama , Thriller
Director:
James L. Conway

Casting:
Rebecca Balding,
Fred McCarren,
Anne-Marie Martin,

USA, 1981

The Boogens
Horror
Director:
Chi Wong

Casting:
Dennis Chan,
Philip Chan,
Roy Chiao,

Hong Kong, 1981

Chuang ban shen tan dian zi gui
Director:
Oliver Stone

Casting:
Michael Caine,
Andrea Marcovicci,
Annie McEnroe,

USA, 1981

The Hand
Drama , Horror , Thriller
Director:
Ted Berman Richard Rich Art Stevens

Casting:
Mickey Rooney,
Kurt Russell,
Pearl Bailey,

USA, 1981

The Fox and the Hound
Animation , Adventure , Drama
Director:
Mamoru Oshii Kazuo Yamazaki Iku Suzuki

Casting:
Fumi Hirano,
Toshio Furukawa,
Saeko Shimazu,

Japan, 1981

Urusei yatsura
Animation , Comedy , Sci-Fi
Director:
Robert Tronson Michael Rolfe Robert Young

Casting:
John Nettles,
Terence Alexander,
Sean Arnold,

UK, Australia, 1981

Bergerac
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Casting:
Everett McGill,
Ron Perlman,
Nicholas Kadi,

Canada, France, USA, 1981

Quest for Fire
Adventure , Drama , History
Director:
Michael Mann

Casting:
James Caan,
Tuesday Weld,
Willie Nelson,

USA, 1981

Thief
Action , Crime , Drama
Director:
Peter Yates

Casting:
William Hurt,
Sigourney Weaver,
Christopher Plummer,

USA, 1981

Eyewitness
Thriller
Director:
Frank Hof Alexander Arnz Martin Keiffenheim

Casting:
Thomas Gottschalk,
Frank Elstner,
Mirjam Weichselbraun,

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, 1981

Wetten, dass..?
Comedy , Game-Show , Music
Director:
Michael Apted

Casting:
John Belushi,
Blair Brown,
Allen Garfield,

USA, 1981

Continental Divide
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Billy Wilder

Casting:
Jack Lemmon,
Walter Matthau,
Paula Prentiss,

USA, 1981

Buddy Buddy
Comedy
Director:
Theodore J. Flicker

Casting:
Ben Johnson,
Dub Taylor,
Ann Wedgeworth,

USA, 1981

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
Comedy
Director:
Irving J. Moore Don Medford Jerome Courtland

Casting:
John Forsythe,
Linda Evans,
Joan Collins,

USA, 1981

Dynasty
Drama
Director:
Gus Trikonis

Casting:
Robert Hays,
Barbara Hershey,
David Keith,

USA, 1981

Take This Job and Shove It
Comedy
Director:
Arnold Laven Ivan Dixon Rod Holcomb

Casting:
William Katt,
Robert Culp,
Connie Sellecca,

USA, 1981

The Greatest American Hero
Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi
Director:
Herbert Ross

Casting:
Steve Martin,
Bernadette Peters,
Jessica Harper,

USA, 1981

Pennies from Heaven
Drama , Musical , Romance
Director:
Peter R. Hunt

Casting:
Charles Bronson,
Lee Marvin,
Andrew Stevens,

USA, Hong Kong, 1981

Death Hunt
Action , Adventure , Crime
Director:
Ernest Pintoff

Casting:
Art Carney,
David Huffman,
Cassie Yates,

USA, 1981

St. Helens
Adventure , Drama
Director:
John Landis

Casting:
Joe Belcher,
David Naughton,
Griffin Dunne,

UK, USA, 1981

An American Werewolf in London
Horror
Director:
Bruce Beresford

Casting:
Nell Schofield,
Jad Capelja,
Geoff Rhoe,

Australia, 1981

Puberty Blues
Comedy , Drama
Director:
Sidney Lumet

Casting:
Treat Williams,
Jerry Orbach,
Richard Foronjy,

USA, 1981

Prince of the City
Crime , Drama , Thriller
Director:
Claude Lelouch

Casting:
Robert Hossein,
Nicole Garcia,
Geraldine Chaplin,

France, 1981

Bolero
Drama , Music
Director:
Robert Reed Nick Hurran Peter Frazer-Jones

Casting:
Donald Sinden,
Windsor Davies,
Derek Deadman,

UK, 1981

Never the Twain
Comedy
Director:
Prakash Mehra

Casting:
Zeenat Aman,
Vikas Anand,
Amitabh Bachchan,

India, 1981

Laawaris
Drama , Action , Musical
Director:
Bertrand Blier

Casting:
Patrick Dewaere,
Ariel Besse,
Maurice Ronet,

France, 1981

Beau Pere
Drama
Director:
John Badham

Casting:
Richard Dreyfuss,
John Cassavetes,
Christine Lahti,

USA, 1981

Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Drama
Director:
Michael Laughlin

Casting:
Michael Murphy,
Louise Fletcher,
Dan Shor,

Australia, USA, New Zealand, 1981

Strange Behavior
Horror , Mystery , Sci-Fi
Director:
Aldo Lado

Casting:
Stefania Sandrelli,
Teresa Ann Savoy,
Mario Adorf,

Italy, France, 1981

La disubbidienza
Drama
Director:
Just Jaeckin

Casting:
Sylvia Kristel,
Shane Briant,
Nicholas Clay,

UK, France, West Germany, 1981

Lady Chatterley's Lover
Drama , Romance
Director:
Peter Bonerz

Casting:
Gabe Kaplan,
Alex Karras,
Robert Klein,

USA, 1981

Nobody's Perfekt
Comedy
Director:
Bruce D. Clark

Casting:
Edward Albert,
Erin Moran,
Ray Walston,

USA, 1981

Galaxy of Terror
Action , Adventure , Horror
Director:
Frank Arnold Di Drew Julian Pringle

Casting:
Ivar Kants,
Peter Gwynne,
Geoffrey Rush,

Australia, 1981

Menotti
Drama
Director:
Sheldon Renan Leonard Schrader

Casting:
Chuck Riley,
Ed Dorris,
Thomas Noguchi,

USA, Japan, 1981

The Killing of America
Documentary , Crime
Director:
Bruce Malmuth Gary Nelson

Casting:
Sylvester Stallone,
Billy Dee Williams,
Lindsay Wagner,

USA, 1981

Nighthawks
Action , Crime , Thriller
Director:
Bruno Pischiutta

Casting:
Gianfranco Molaro,
Richard Coleman,
Liliana Tari,

Italy, 1981

The Comoedia
Drama
Director:
Ernest Day

Casting:
Ryan O'Neal,
Anne Archer,
Omar Sharif,

UK, 1981

Green Ice
Adventure , Romance
Director:
Allan Arkush

Casting:
Andy Kaufman,
Bernadette Peters,
Randy Quaid,

USA, 1981

Heartbeeps
Sci-Fi , Comedy
Director:
Blake Edwards

Casting:
Julie Andrews,
William Holden,
Marisa Berenson,

USA, 1981

S.O.B.
Comedy
Director:
Steve Gordon

Casting:
Dudley Moore,
Liza Minnelli,
John Gielgud,

USA, 1981

Arthur
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Jim Henson

Casting:
Jim Henson,
Frank Oz,
Dave Goelz,

UK, 1981

The Great Muppet Caper
Comedy , Crime , Family
Director:
Ivan Reitman

Casting:
Bill Murray,
Harold Ramis,
Warren Oates,

USA, 1981

Stripes
Comedy , War
Director:
George Cukor

Casting:
Jacqueline Bisset,
Candice Bergen,
David Selby,

USA, 1981

Rich and Famous
Drama
Director:
Francis Veber

Casting:
Pierre Richard,
Gérard Depardieu,
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.,

France, Mexico, Malta, 1981

The Goat
Adventure , Comedy , Crime
Director:
Richard C. Sarafian

Casting:
Michael Nouri,
Brian Benben,
Joe Penny,

USA, 1981

Gangster Wars
Biography , Crime , History
Director:
Ray Patterson Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora

Casting:
Don Messick,
Danny Goldman,
Lucille Bliss,

USA, Belgium, 1981

Smurfs
Animation , Family , Fantasy
Director:
Moustapha Akkad

Casting:
Anthony Quinn,
Oliver Reed,
Irene Papas,

Libya, USA, 1981

Lion of the Desert
Biography , Drama , History
Director:
Matthew Robbins

Casting:
Peter MacNicol,
Caitlin Clarke,
Ralph Richardson,

USA, 1981

Dragonslayer
Action , Adventure , Fantasy
Director:
David Steinberg

Casting:
Burt Reynolds,
Beverly D'Angelo,
Norman Fell,

USA, 1981

Paternity
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Gary Sherman

Casting:
James Farentino,
Melody Anderson,
Jack Albertson,

USA, 1981

Dead & Buried
Horror
Director:
Ivan Passer

Casting:
Jeff Bridges,
John Heard,
Lisa Eichhorn,

USA, 1981

Cutter's Way
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
Jack Fisk

Casting:
Sissy Spacek,
Eric Roberts,
Sam Shepard,

USA, 1981

Raggedy Man
Drama
Director:
John Blanchard Jim Drake John Bell

Casting:
John Candy,
Joe Flaherty,
Eugene Levy,

Canada, USA, 1981

SCTV Network
Comedy
Director:
Norman J. Warren

Casting:
Robin Clarke,
Jennifer Ashley,
Stephanie Beacham,

UK, 1981

Horror Planet
Horror , Sci-Fi
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