Director:
Steven Spielberg

Casting:
Harrison Ford,
Karen Allen,
Paul Freeman,

USA, 1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Action , Adventure
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:
Arnold Laven Ivan Dixon Rod Holcomb

Casting:
William Katt,
Robert Culp,
Connie Sellecca,

USA, 1981

The Greatest American Hero
Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi
Director:
Martin Ritt

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

USA, 1981

Back Roads
Adventure , Comedy , Romance
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:
Howard Avedis

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

USA, 1981

Separate Ways
Drama
Director:
Jeremy Joe Kronsberg

Casting:
Tony Danza,
Jessica Walter,
Stacey Nelkin,

USA, UK, 1981

Going Ape!
Comedy , Crime , Family
Director:
Gregory Hoblit Christian I. Nyby II David Anspaugh

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

USA, 1981

Hill Street Blues
Drama
Director:
Reza Badiyi Harry Harris Robert Foxworth

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

USA, 1981

Falcon Crest
Drama
Director:
George Miller

Casting:
Mel Gibson,
Bruce Spence,
Michael Preston,

Australia, 1981

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Action , Adventure , Thriller
Director:
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Casting:
Everett McGill,
Ron Perlman,
Nicholas Kadi,

Canada, France, USA, 1981

Quest for Fire
Adventure , Drama , History
Director:
Alexander Singer James Frawley Reza Badiyi

Casting:
Tyne Daly,
Al Waxman,
John Karlen,

USA, 1981

Cagney & Lacey
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
Ulu Grosbard

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

USA, 1981

True Confessions
Crime , Drama
Director:
Oliver Stone

Casting:
Michael Caine,
Andrea Marcovicci,
Annie McEnroe,

USA, 1981

The Hand
Drama , Horror , Thriller
Director:
Richard C. Sarafian

Casting:
Michael Nouri,
Brian Benben,
Joe Penny,

USA, 1981

Gangster Wars
Biography , Crime , History
Director:
Sidney Lumet

Casting:
Treat Williams,
Jerry Orbach,
Richard Foronjy,

USA, 1981

Prince of the City
Crime , Drama , Thriller
Director:
Harold Becker

Casting:
George C. Scott,
Timothy Hutton,
Ronny Cox,

USA, 1981

Taps
Drama
Director:
Peter Yates

Casting:
William Hurt,
Sigourney Weaver,
Christopher Plummer,

USA, 1981

Eyewitness
Thriller
Director:
Hal Cooper Jim Drake Linda Day

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

USA, 1981

Gimme a Break!
Comedy
Director:
Ray Patterson Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora

Casting:
Don Messick,
Danny Goldman,
Lucille Bliss,

USA, Belgium, 1981

Smurfs
Animation , Family , Fantasy
Director:
Sydney Pollack

Casting:
Paul Newman,
Sally Field,
Bob Balaban,

USA, 1981

Absence of Malice
Drama , Romance , Thriller
Director:
Alan J. Pakula

Casting:
Jane Fonda,
Kris Kristofferson,
Hume Cronyn,

USA, 1981

Rollover
Drama , Mystery , Romance
Director:
Karel Reisz

Casting:
Meryl Streep,
Jeremy Irons,
Hilton McRae,

UK, 1981

The French Lieutenant's Woman
Drama , Romance
Director:
Jeremy Kagan

Casting:
Maximilian Schell,
Rod Steiger,
Robby Benson,

USA, 1981

The Chosen
Drama
Director:
Kevin Bishop Bill Wilson John Bishop

Casting:
Kenny Everett,
Cleo Rocos,
Sheila Steafel,

UK, 1981

The Kenny Everett Television Show
Comedy , Music
Director:
Gus Trikonis

Casting:
Robert Hays,
Barbara Hershey,
David Keith,

USA, 1981

Take This Job and Shove It
Comedy
Director:
Ed Bianchi

Casting:
Lauren Bacall,
James Garner,
Maureen Stapleton,

USA, 1981

The Fan
Drama , Horror , Thriller
Director:
Robert Tronson Michael Rolfe Robert Young

Casting:
John Nettles,
Terence Alexander,
Sean Arnold,

UK, Australia, 1981

Bergerac
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
Dennis Abey Jim Goddard Charles Crichton

Casting:
Oliver Tobias,
Lesley Dunlop,
Hywel Williams-Ellis,

UK, Canada, 1981

Smuggler
Adventure , History
Director:
Marco Ferreri

Casting:
Ben Gazzara,
Ornella Muti,
Susan Tyrrell,

Italy, France, 1981

Tales of Ordinary Madness
Drama
Director:
Ken Burns

Casting:
Paul Roebling,
Julie Harris,
Arthur Miller,

USA, 1981

Brooklyn Bridge
Documentary , History
Director:
Wolfgang Petersen

Casting:
Jürgen Prochnow,
Herbert Grönemeyer,
Klaus Wennemann,

West Germany, 1981

Das Boot
Action , Adventure , Drama
Director:
Jim Buckley

Casting:
Bambi Woods,
Robert Kerman,
Ashley Welles,

USA, 1981

Debbie Does Dallas Part II
Adult , Comedy
Director:
Vincent McEveety Sigmund Neufeld Jr. Burt Kennedy

Casting:
Gerald McRaney,
Jameson Parker,
Mary Carver,

USA, 1981

Simon & Simon
Action , Mystery , Drama
Director:
Daniel Haller Hollingsworth Morse Bruce Bilson

Casting:
Lee Majors,
Douglas Barr,
Heather Thomas,

USA, 1981

The Fall Guy
Action , Adventure
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:
Francesco Rosi

Casting:
Philippe Noiret,
Michele Placido,
Vittorio Mezzogiorno,

Italy, France, 1981

Three Brothers
Drama
Director:
Bob Claver

Casting:
Fritz Weaver,
Gretchen Corbett,
Jon Korkes,

USA, 1981

Jaws of Satan
Horror
Director:
Jack Fisk

Casting:
Sissy Spacek,
Eric Roberts,
Sam Shepard,

USA, 1981

Raggedy Man
Drama
Director:
John Boorman

Casting:
Nigel Terry,
Helen Mirren,
Nicholas Clay,

USA, UK, 1981

Excalibur
Adventure , Drama , Fantasy
Director:
Peter Zinner

Casting:
Franco Nero,
Anthony Quinn,
Martin Balsam,

USA, Italy, UK, 1981

The Salamander
Thriller
Director:
Steve Gordon

Casting:
Dudley Moore,
Liza Minnelli,
John Gielgud,

USA, 1981

Arthur
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Philippe de Broca

Casting:
Patrick Dewaere,
Anny Duperey,
Jean-François Stévenin,

France, 1981

Psy
Comedy
Director:
Margarethe von Trotta

Casting:
Jutta Lampe,
Barbara Sukowa,
Rüdiger Vogler,

West Germany, 1981

Marianne and Juliane
Drama , History
Director:
Liliana Cavani

Casting:
Marcello Mastroianni,
Ken Marshall,
Alexandra King,

Italy, France, 1981

La pelle
Drama , War
Director:
Oz Scott Michael Schultz

Casting:
Richard Pryor,
Cicely Tyson,
Ángel Ramírez,

USA, 1981

Bustin' Loose
Comedy
Director:
Ovidio G. Assonitis

Casting:
Trish Everly,
Michael MacRae,
Dennis Robertson,

Italy, 1981

And When She Was Bad
Horror
Director:
Eric Till

Casting:
Alan Arkin,
Mariette Hartley,
Monica Parker,

Canada, 1981

Improper Channels
Comedy
Director:
Tony Maylam

Casting:
Brian Matthews,
Leah Ayres,
Brian Backer,

USA, Canada, 1981

The Burning
Horror
Director:
Carl Gottlieb

Casting:
Ringo Starr,
Dennis Quaid,
Shelley Long,

USA, 1981

Caveman
Comedy , Sci-Fi
Director:
Michele Lupo

Casting:
Bud Spencer,
Amidou,
Joe Bugner,

Italy, 1981

Buddy Goes West
Comedy , Western
Director:
Roy Ward Baker

Casting:
Vincent Price,
Donald Pleasence,
John Carradine,

UK, 1981

The Monster Club
Comedy , 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:
Terry Gilliam

Casting:
John Cleese,
Sean Connery,
Shelley Duvall,

UK, 1981

Time Bandits
Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy
Director:
Herbert Ross

Casting:
Steve Martin,
Bernadette Peters,
Jessica Harper,

USA, 1981

Pennies from Heaven
Drama , Musical , Romance
Director:
Peter Goedel

Casting:
Udo Werner,

West Germany, 1981

Talentprobe
Documentary
Director:
Alain Tanner

Casting:
Trevor Howard,
Mick Ford,
Bernice Stegers,

Switzerland, France, 1981

Light Years Away
Drama
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