Director:
Chi Wong

Casting:
Dennis Chan,
Philip Chan,
Roy Chiao,

Hong Kong, 1981

Chuang ban shen tan dian zi gui
Director:
Ivan Reitman

Casting:
Bill Murray,
Harold Ramis,
Warren Oates,

USA, 1981

Stripes
Comedy , War
Director:
Clive Donner

Casting:
Peter Ustinov,
Lee Grant,
Angie Dickinson,

USA, 1981

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Comedy , Mystery
Director:
John Carpenter

Casting:
Kurt Russell,
Lee Van Cleef,
Ernest Borgnine,

UK, USA, 1981

Escape from New York
Action , Sci-Fi
Director:
Desmond Davis

Casting:
Laurence Olivier,
Claire Bloom,
Maggie Smith,

USA, 1981

Clash of the Titans
Adventure , Fantasy
Director:
Martin Ritt

Casting:
Sally Field,
Tommy Lee Jones,
David Keith,

USA, 1981

Back Roads
Adventure , Comedy , Romance
Director:
Steven Spielberg

Casting:
Harrison Ford,
Karen Allen,
Paul Freeman,

USA, 1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Action , Adventure
Director:
William F. Claxton Michael Landon Leo Penn

Casting:
Merlin Olsen,
Katherine Cannon,
Timothy Gibbs,

USA, 1981

Father Murphy
Drama , Family , Western
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:
Howard Avedis

Casting:
Karen Black,
Tony Lo Bianco,
Arlene Golonka,

USA, 1981

Separate Ways
Drama
Director:
Peter Zinner

Casting:
Franco Nero,
Anthony Quinn,
Martin Balsam,

USA, Italy, UK, 1981

The Salamander
Thriller
Director:
George A. Romero

Casting:
Ed Harris,
Gary Lahti,
Tom Savini,

USA, 1981

Knightriders
Action , Adventure , Drama
Director:
Richard Pearce

Casting:
Donald Sutherland,
John Marley,
Sharon Acker,

Canada, 1981

Threshold
Drama , Sci-Fi
Director:
William A. Fraker

Casting:
Klinton Spilsbury,
Michael Horse,
Christopher Lloyd,

USA, UK, 1981

The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Action , Adventure , Western
Director:
George Miller

Casting:
Mel Gibson,
Bruce Spence,
Michael Preston,

Australia, 1981

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Action , Adventure , Thriller
Director:
Jeff Lieberman

Casting:
George Kennedy,
Mike Kellin,
Chris Lemmon,

USA, 1981

Just Before Dawn
Horror , Thriller
Director:
Rick Rosenthal

Casting:
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Donald Pleasence,
Charles Cyphers,

USA, 1981

Halloween II
Horror , Thriller
Director:
Wolfgang Petersen

Casting:
Jürgen Prochnow,
Herbert Grönemeyer,
Klaus Wennemann,

West Germany, 1981

Das Boot
Action , Adventure , Drama
Director:
Alexander Singer James Frawley Reza Badiyi

Casting:
Tyne Daly,
Al Waxman,
John Karlen,

USA, 1981

Cagney & Lacey
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
Margarethe von Trotta

Casting:
Jutta Lampe,
Barbara Sukowa,
Rüdiger Vogler,

West Germany, 1981

Marianne and Juliane
Drama , History
Director:
George Mihalka

Casting:
Paul Kelman,
Lori Hallier,
Neil Affleck,

Canada, 1981

My Bloody Valentine
Horror , Thriller
Director:
John Landis

Casting:
Joe Belcher,
David Naughton,
Griffin Dunne,

UK, USA, 1981

An American Werewolf in London
Horror
Director:
David Hemmings

Casting:
Ken Wahl,
Lesley Ann Warren,
Donald Pleasence,

Australia, New Zealand, USA, 1981

Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr
Action , Drama , Adventure
Director:
Ulu Grosbard

Casting:
Robert De Niro,
Robert Duvall,
Charles Durning,

USA, 1981

True Confessions
Crime , Drama
Director:
Gregory Hoblit Christian I. Nyby II David Anspaugh

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

USA, 1981

Hill Street Blues
Drama
Director:
John Derek

Casting:
Bo Derek,
Richard Harris,
John Phillip Law,

USA, 1981

Tarzan, the Ape Man
Adventure
Director:
Roy Ward Baker

Casting:
Vincent Price,
Donald Pleasence,
John Carradine,

UK, 1981

The Monster Club
Comedy , Horror
Director:
Eric Weston

Casting:
Clint Howard,
R.G. Armstrong,
Joe Cortese,

USA, 1981

Evilspeak
Horror
Director:
Jules Dassin

Casting:
Tatum O'Neal,
Norma Dell'Agnese,
Donann Cavin,

Canada, 1981

Circle of Two
Drama
Director:
David Lowell Rich

Casting:
Alan Arkin,
Carol Burnett,
Jack Warden,

USA, 1981

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Comedy
Director:
Gerald Potterton

Casting:
Don Francks,
Caroline Semple,
Richard Romanus,

Canada, 1981

Heavy Metal
Animation , Adventure , Fantasy
Director:
Terry Gilliam

Casting:
John Cleese,
Sean Connery,
Shelley Duvall,

UK, 1981

Time Bandits
Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy
Director:
Hal Cooper Jim Drake Linda Day

Casting:
Nell Carter,
Lara Jill Miller,
Lauri Hendler,

USA, 1981

Gimme a Break!
Comedy
Director:
J. Lee Thompson

Casting:
Melissa Sue Anderson,
Glenn Ford,
Lawrence Dane,

Canada, 1981

Happy Birthday to Me
Horror , Mystery , Thriller
Director:
Richard C. Sarafian

Casting:
Michael Nouri,
Brian Benben,
Joe Penny,

USA, 1981

Gangster Wars
Biography , Crime , History
Director:
Jim Henson

Casting:
Jim Henson,
Frank Oz,
Dave Goelz,

UK, 1981

The Great Muppet Caper
Comedy , Crime , Family
Director:
Hal Needham

Casting:
Burt Reynolds,
Roger Moore,
Farrah Fawcett,

USA, Hong Kong, 1981

The Cannonball Run
Action , Comedy
Director:
John Boorman

Casting:
Nigel Terry,
Helen Mirren,
Nicholas Clay,

USA, UK, 1981

Excalibur
Adventure , Drama , Fantasy
Director:
Peter Hyams

Casting:
Sean Connery,
Peter Boyle,
Frances Sternhagen,

UK, 1981

Outland
Action , Crime , Sci-Fi
Director:
Ken Burns

Casting:
Paul Roebling,
Julie Harris,
Arthur Miller,

USA, 1981

Brooklyn Bridge
Documentary , History
Director:
Donald Shebib

Casting:
Margot Kidder,
Annie Potts,
Robert Carradine,

Canada, 1981

Heartaches
Comedy , Drama
Director:
Norman J. Warren

Casting:
Robin Clarke,
Jennifer Ashley,
Stephanie Beacham,

UK, 1981

Horror Planet
Horror , Sci-Fi
Director:
Marco Ferreri

Casting:
Ben Gazzara,
Ornella Muti,
Susan Tyrrell,

Italy, France, 1981

Tales of Ordinary Madness
Drama
Director:
Carl Gottlieb

Casting:
Ringo Starr,
Dennis Quaid,
Shelley Long,

USA, 1981

Caveman
Comedy , Sci-Fi
Director:
Ivan Passer

Casting:
Jeff Bridges,
John Heard,
Lisa Eichhorn,

USA, 1981

Cutter's Way
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
Don Leaver James Cellan Jones Simon Cellan Jones

Casting:
Judi Dench,
Michael Williams,
Susan Penhaligon,

UK, 1981

A Fine Romance
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Steve Rash

Casting:
Chevy Chase,
Carrie Fisher,
Eve Arden,

USA, 1981

Under the Rainbow
Comedy
Director:
Theodore J. Flicker

Casting:
Ben Johnson,
Dub Taylor,
Ann Wedgeworth,

USA, 1981

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
Comedy
Director:
John Schlesinger

Casting:
David Rasche,
Paul Jabara,
Howard Hesseman,

USA, UK, 1981

Honky Tonk Freeway
Action , Comedy
Director:
David Steinberg

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

USA, 1981

Paternity
Comedy , Romance
Director:
John Blanchard Jim Drake John Bell

Casting:
John Candy,
Joe Flaherty,
Eugene Levy,

Canada, USA, 1981

SCTV Network
Comedy
Director:
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Casting:
Everett McGill,
Ron Perlman,
Nicholas Kadi,

Canada, France, USA, 1981

Quest for Fire
Adventure , Drama , History
Director:
Ralph L. Thomas

Casting:
Nick Mancuso,
Saul Rubinek,
Meg Foster,

Canada, 1981

Ticket to Heaven
Drama
Director:
Robert Guenette

Casting:
Orson Welles,
Philip L. Clarke,
Ray Laska,

USA, 1981

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Biography , Drama , History
Director:
Reza Badiyi Harry Harris Robert Foxworth

Casting:
Jane Wyman,
Lorenzo Lamas,
Chao Li Chi,

USA, 1981

Falcon Crest
Drama
Director:
Peter Yates

Casting:
William Hurt,
Sigourney Weaver,
Christopher Plummer,

USA, 1981

Eyewitness
Thriller
Director:
Robert Reed Nick Hurran Peter Frazer-Jones

Casting:
Donald Sinden,
Windsor Davies,
Derek Deadman,

UK, 1981

Never the Twain
Comedy
Director:
Roger Coggio

Casting:
Roger Coggio,
Michel Galabru,
Jean-Pierre Darras,

France, 1981

Les fourberies de Scapin
Comedy
Director:
See-Yuen Ng Sammo Hung Kam-Bo Corey Yuen

Casting:
Bruce Lee,
Tai Chung Kim,
Jang Lee Hwang,

Hong Kong, 1981

Game of Death II
Action , Mystery
Director:
John Quested

Casting:
Albert Finney,
Martin Sheen,
Susannah York,

UK, 1981

Loophole
Adventure , Crime , Drama
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