Director:
Ivan Reitman

Casting:
Bill Murray,
Harold Ramis,
Warren Oates,

USA, 1981

Stripes
Comedy , War
Director:
Chi Wong

Casting:
Dennis Chan,
Philip Chan,
Roy Chiao,

Hong Kong, 1981

Chuang ban shen tan dian zi gui
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:
William F. Claxton Michael Landon Leo Penn

Casting:
Merlin Olsen,
Katherine Cannon,
Timothy Gibbs,

USA, 1981

Father Murphy
Drama , Family , Western
Director:
William A. Fraker

Casting:
Klinton Spilsbury,
Michael Horse,
Christopher Lloyd,

USA, UK, 1981

The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Action , Adventure , Western
Director:
Desmond Davis

Casting:
Laurence Olivier,
Claire Bloom,
Maggie Smith,

USA, 1981

Clash of the Titans
Adventure , Fantasy
Director:
Richard Pearce

Casting:
Donald Sutherland,
John Marley,
Sharon Acker,

Canada, 1981

Threshold
Drama , Sci-Fi
Director:
George A. Romero

Casting:
Ed Harris,
Gary Lahti,
Tom Savini,

USA, 1981

Knightriders
Action , Adventure , Drama
Director:
Martin Ritt

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

USA, 1981

Back Roads
Adventure , Comedy , Romance
Director:
Peter Zinner

Casting:
Franco Nero,
Anthony Quinn,
Martin Balsam,

USA, Italy, UK, 1981

The Salamander
Thriller
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:
John Landis

Casting:
Joe Belcher,
David Naughton,
Griffin Dunne,

UK, USA, 1981

An American Werewolf in London
Horror
Director:
Howard Avedis

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

USA, 1981

Separate Ways
Drama
Director:
Alexander Singer James Frawley Reza Badiyi

Casting:
Tyne Daly,
Al Waxman,
John Karlen,

USA, 1981

Cagney & Lacey
Crime , Drama , Mystery
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:
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:
Wolfgang Petersen

Casting:
Jürgen Prochnow,
Herbert Grönemeyer,
Klaus Wennemann,

West Germany, 1981

Das Boot
Action , Adventure , Drama
Director:
Eric Weston

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

USA, 1981

Evilspeak
Horror
Director:
Robert Guenette

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

USA, 1981

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Biography , Drama , History
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:
J. Lee Thompson

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

Canada, 1981

Happy Birthday to Me
Horror , Mystery , Thriller
Director:
Rick Rosenthal

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

USA, 1981

Halloween II
Horror , Thriller
Director:
Steven Spielberg

Casting:
Harrison Ford,
Karen Allen,
Paul Freeman,

USA, 1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Action , Adventure
Director:
John Derek

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

USA, 1981

Tarzan, the Ape Man
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:
Jules Dassin

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

Canada, 1981

Circle of Two
Drama
Director:
Terry Gilliam

Casting:
John Cleese,
Sean Connery,
Shelley Duvall,

UK, 1981

Time Bandits
Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy
Director:
Steve Gordon

Casting:
Dudley Moore,
Liza Minnelli,
John Gielgud,

USA, 1981

Arthur
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Ulu Grosbard

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

USA, 1981

True Confessions
Crime , Drama
Director:
Roy Ward Baker

Casting:
Vincent Price,
Donald Pleasence,
John Carradine,

UK, 1981

The Monster Club
Comedy , Horror
Director:
Oliver Stone

Casting:
Michael Caine,
Andrea Marcovicci,
Annie McEnroe,

USA, 1981

The Hand
Drama , Horror , Thriller
Director:
Gerald Potterton

Casting:
Don Francks,
Caroline Semple,
Richard Romanus,

Canada, 1981

Heavy Metal
Animation , Adventure , Fantasy
Director:
John Boorman

Casting:
Nigel Terry,
Helen Mirren,
Nicholas Clay,

USA, UK, 1981

Excalibur
Adventure , Drama , Fantasy
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:
Ken Wiederhorn

Casting:
Lauren Tewes,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
John DiSanti,

USA, 1981

Eyes of a Stranger
Horror , Thriller
Director:
Roger Spottiswoode Buzz Kulik

Casting:
Robert Duvall,
Treat Williams,
Kathryn Harrold,

USA, 1981

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
Adventure , Crime , Thriller
Director:
Don Leaver James Cellan Jones Simon Cellan Jones

Casting:
Judi Dench,
Michael Williams,
Susan Penhaligon,

UK, 1981

A Fine Romance
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Richard C. Sarafian

Casting:
Michael Nouri,
Brian Benben,
Joe Penny,

USA, 1981

Gangster Wars
Biography , Crime , History
Director:
David Steinberg

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

USA, 1981

Paternity
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Christopher Miles

Casting:
Ian McKellen,
Janet Suzman,
Ava Gardner,

UK, 1981

Priest of Love
Biography , Drama , Romance
Director:
Hal Cooper Jim Drake Linda Day

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

USA, 1981

Gimme a Break!
Comedy
Director:
George Cukor

Casting:
Jacqueline Bisset,
Candice Bergen,
David Selby,

USA, 1981

Rich and Famous
Drama
Director:
Gus Trikonis

Casting:
Robert Hays,
Barbara Hershey,
David Keith,

USA, 1981

Take This Job and Shove It
Comedy
Director:
Ettore Scola

Casting:
Bernard Giraudeau,
Valeria D'Obici,
Laura Antonelli,

Italy, France, 1981

Passione d'amore
Drama , Romance
Director:
Bryan Izzard

Casting:
John Inman,
Rula Lenska,
Gina Maher,

UK, 1981

Take a Letter Mr. Jones
Comedy
Director:
Karel Reisz

Casting:
Meryl Streep,
Jeremy Irons,
Hilton McRae,

UK, 1981

The French Lieutenant's Woman
Drama , Romance
Director:
Peter Bogdanovich

Casting:
Audrey Hepburn,
Ben Gazzara,
Patti Hansen,

USA, 1981

They All Laughed
Comedy , Romance
Director:
August Everding

Casting:
Edita Gruberova,
Brigitte Fassbaender,
Hermann Prey,

West Germany, 1981

Hänsel und Gretel
Family , Adventure , Fantasy
Director:
Graeme Muir Don Clayton

Casting:
Mollie Sugden,
Christopher Blake,
Jennifer Lonsdale,

UK, 1981

That's My Boy
Comedy
Director:
Michael Levanios Jr. Tom Pileggi

Casting:
Maxine Greene,
John Russell,
James E. Myers,

USA, 1981

Uncle Scam
Comedy
Director:
Reza Badiyi Harry Harris Robert Foxworth

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

USA, 1981

Falcon Crest
Drama
Director:
John Huston

Casting:
Sylvester Stallone,
Michael Caine,
Pelé,

USA, 1981

Victory
Action , Drama , Sport
Director:
Warren Beatty

Casting:
Warren Beatty,
Diane Keaton,
Edward Herrmann,

USA, 1981

Reds
Biography , Drama , History
Director:
Tom DeSimone

Casting:
Linda Blair,
Vincent Van Patten,
Peter Barton,

USA, 1981

Hell Night
Horror , Thriller
Director:
Peter Weir

Casting:
Mark Lee,
Bill Kerr,
Harold Hopkins,

Australia, 1981

Gallipoli
Adventure , Drama , History
Director:
Ken Burns

Casting:
Paul Roebling,
Julie Harris,
Arthur Miller,

USA, 1981

Brooklyn Bridge
Documentary , History
Director:
Franco Zeffirelli

Casting:
Brooke Shields,
Martin Hewitt,
Shirley Knight,

USA, 1981

Endless Love
Drama , Romance
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